Last night, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that beginning today, ice rinks are not permitted to open for amateur ice hockey until November 7. Our understanding is that this is intended as an opportunity for a reset, as some in the Massachusetts Hockey community have not been following public health guidance.
All Saugus-Lynnfield Youth Hockey on-ice practices and games are canceled until November 7. Our coaches are looking into creating off-ice activities in order to maintain fitness and team chemistry during this time.
We remain confident in our ability to safely continue with our season when we are permitted to do so. In the interim, we will continue to evaluate our protocols and remain in close communication with Massachusetts Hockey, and our partners with Valley Associates, the operators of Kasabuski.
As always, we hope you and your families remain safe and healthy. Please continue to take care of each other and don't forget to check in on your teammates, even if you can't see them at the rink. We look forward to resuming our season soon.
There has been an update from the Valley Hockey League with important information regarding rink protocols. The details can be reviewed by clicking here.
The key points in the update include:
Stricter policy regarding spectators. Only one spectator per player is allowed. Parents arriving with siblings may be denied entry. Note that some rinks are not allowing any spectators at all. (currently Haverhill & Flynn Rink are not allowing any spectators)
Players are asked to not enter the rink until 15-minutes prior to game time.
Parents are not allowed in the locker rooms. Skates must be tied prior to the player entering the locker room or tied by a coach.
Players and coaches must remain in locker room until buzzer sounds for pre-game warm-ups.
Only 2 coaches are allowed on the bench during the game.
Many of these protocols and policies have been in place since the start of VHL play, but they have either been ignored or followed inconsistently. If we don't do our part and follow these guidelines, there is a strong chance that rinks may move to a No Spectator policy for the remainder of the VHL season.
Our teams have a number of games this weekend and in the future, and the state, Massachusetts Hockey and rink owners will be watching. We appreciate your cooperation for the sake of our players.
The Stars continued their strong VHL play this weekend with our Mite teams beginning the season winning 3 out of 4 games!! Congrats to all the players, coaches and parents for coming to practice every week during these crazy times. Everyone had a great time playing against an outside opponent for the first time and representing our towns!
This year the Stars are excited to have two Mini-Mite teams in the Mite Development League at Mass Bay Hockey Center. Games are every Sunday, and the teams practice 2x/week. We still have spots open for players to join. Skating and some learn-to-play hockey experience is required. You can register today at www.lynnfieldyouthhockey.com or email
for more information.
Also, if you're looking for helmet or stick stickers this season, our team store at Stick Bandits is open and they are offering a 40% discount off every order by using the Promo Code SEPT40 through this Wednesday, Sept. 30th.
Great opening weekend of VHL play for the Stars Squirt, Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget teams! Collectively, the teams went 6-1 in the first games of the Parity round. Great showing!
There are 8 games on the schedule this weekend starting with Friday night, so good luck to all the players and coaches.
The VHL Mite schedule should be published very soon. Check your team page on www.lynnfieldyouthhockey.com this weekend for an update!
We've partnered with a local company to produce Stars-branded face coverings for purchase, with a portion of the sales being donated back to our program. The masks come in a variety of colors and two styles: gaiter/neck roll or regular over the ears mask.
The masks can be purchased by clicking here or visiting www.beseenmasks.com and searching under "Gaiter and Mask Fundraisers". Facemasks are $10 each and the gaiters are $14.99 and are available in Youth and Adult sizes.
Additionally, we now have a team site available with Stick Bandits, a company that produces a number of different stickers for helmets**, sticks, skates and water bottles. You can access the Stars team site here or visiting www.stickbandits.com and searching for North Shore Stars.
**The helmet stickers are not required as part of your player's uniform.
The North Shore Stars are thrilled to announce our 2020-21 coaches! Click the links above to view the full list along with their bios.
Overall, we have a coaching staff with many years of coaching and playing experience. In addtion, 12 of our coaches were college athletes, and our new goalie instructor has played professionally!
We couldn’t run the program without the tireless help of these individuals!
The Valley Hockey League recently posted this year's division champions and runners up, and although the season was unfortunately cut short, several North Shore Stars teams were recognized as medal winners.
Congratulations to our Bantam AAA (champs), Mite AAA (champs), Bantam AA (runners up), and Mite AA (runners up)!
As a program, the Saugus-Lynnfield Youth Hockey program finished tied for sixth overall out of 90 programs across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine participating in the VHL.
Congratulations to all of our coaches and players and we can't wait to get back on the ice!
For the second Sunday in a row a Stars team has come home with a tournament trophy. First it was our Mites, and now our Bantams who won their second straight Mass Hockey State title.
Congrats to all the players, coaches and parents for a well deserved victory!!!
