Robert was born and raised in the Chicago land area and has been playing competitive hockey since he was 2 years old. Competition in the HPHL began playing 2011-2012 year with both a Boys and Girls division. 1879, 149 L.Ed.2d 904 (2001). Coach Hewer has spent 13 seasons with us as a coach for various age levels. Register Online Here. Ian Mack is a renowned sports scientist and performance coach who has worked with the worlds greatest athletes, from Olympic teams to top players in all four major U.S. sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL), including his recent work helping NHL legend Patrick Kane reach peak performance at age 30. Plaintiff is a high school student and long-time player of hockey in organized hockey leagues and teams. When a term is undefined, it is assumed that the legislature intended for it to have its ordinary and popularly understood meaning. Indeed, persuasive federal authority is clear that athletic organizations may nevertheless be subject to civil rights laws if they exercise sufficient control over a place of public accommodation by, for example, leasing or operating the venue where its public sporting events are held. Baseball He has coached teams at the Under 12, Under 14, and Under 18 levels. Jordan is an excellent teacher and extremely passionate about every aspect of coaching. We are very excited to have Jamie return to Team Illinois and look forward to his leadership on our 18U team. 19 Article 1 of the Act sets forth general provisions as well as a definitions section that is applicable to all portions of the Act. The Tier I AAA designation is established by USA Hockey, the governing body for Amateur and Olympic hockey in the United States. EIN: 36-3666549. 40 Defendants attempts to distinguish Martin are unpersuasive. Mo. Blum v. Koster, 235 Ill. 2d 21, 29, 335 Ill.Dec. Jamie grew up in the Chicagoland area and played his youth hockey with the Chicago Young Americans where he won three state titles, three regional titles and was a finalist in two National Championships. Home Hockey Headlines Alumni in the News Playing for Team Illinois 'For Sure' Helped Goalie Grosenick Make His Way to the NHL. Our analysis does not end there, however. Girls U12 at 677, 121 S.Ct. Name Title Compensation Date of data; Jim Marchi: President: $0: 2021-04-13: Peter May: Vice - President: $0: 2020-06-30: Lynne Bournazos: Secretary: Team Illinois offers a variety of activities and services, including club hockey teams, practices, clinics, workouts, team meals, travel opportunities, sessions to review game tape . The past two seasons he was a Head Coach and Associate Coach for the Chicago Young Americans/Windy City Storm. The Registration "Fall Tryout Registration 2021-22 Season" is not currently available. During Larrys years in college hockey, he spent 3 years as an assistant coach at Michigan under long time and current Head Coach Red Berenson. See 775 ILCS 5/5-101(A) (West 2020). Vince went on to play four years in the USHL for the Omaha Lancers, Indiana Ice, Bloomington Thunder and the Tri City Storm. Vinces sophomore season saw his team fall one game short of attending the frozen four. Ben began his coaching career as an assistant coach with the New Trier girls hockey club. Andy was a member of 4 State Championship teams at U14 A, U16 AAA, and twice at U18 AA. 4. 1. The court must also construe the well-pleaded facts in a light most favorable to the plaintiff. Using his athletic and academic experiences, he has a unique ability to relate to other athletes allowing him to bring out the the best in them. Hockey will be back this fall and we are so excited about the team's potential under this staff. While Gilbert and Cut 'N Dried assessed whether an entity is a place of public accommodation by evaluating whether the entity used a screening process and whether it provided services to the public as if any one customer is the same as the last, plaintiff offers no authority to suggest that courts are limited to only these features in applying the canon of ejusdem generis in evaluating the scope of section 5-101(A). 567 talking about this. Most recently, Sorensen was involved with the Chicago Reapers from 2021-22. Plaintiff frames her reliance on Seven Bridges as a place of public accommodation as the simplest statutory analysis. This argument is similar to that offered by plaintiff in her response to defendants motion to dismiss. (207) 712-4718. John will be an invaluable assistant on the 2012 boys team. Illinois still has an ACHA Division 1 club hockey team, which plays in the Illinois Ice Arena on campus. His approachable manner makes it easy for him to connect with his players and his impact on the girls program was immediate. Arlington Park is just 15 minutes away. 12181(7) (2018)) and in prohibiting discrimination in those places (compare 42 U.S.C. Jeff is currently an assistant with our Girls 14U team and a huge asset not only that team, but the entire girls program. Place of public accommodation includes, but is not limited to: (1) an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a building that contains not more than 5 units for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as the residence of such proprietor; (2) a restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink; (3) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment; (4) an auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of public gathering; (5) a bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or other sales or rental establishment; (6) a laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service establishment; (7) public conveyances on air, water, or land; (8) a terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation; (9) a museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or collection; (10) a park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation; (11) a non-sectarian nursery, day care center, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate school, or other place of education; (12) a senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, non-sectarian adoption agency, or other social service center establishment; and. Played all minor hockey for Gloucester Rangers, Spent one year playing for Tier 2, Central Junior Hockey League as a protected player, Played major Jr. Hockey in OHL for the Sault Ste. 36, 731 N.E.2d 809 (2000)). Indeed, Webster's Dictionary repeatedly defines place in terms of spatial location. A station is a regular stopping place in a transportation route and the building connected with such a stopping place. Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary 1128 (1981). Athletics: 630-844-5110 Email: athletics@aurora.edu Admissions: 800 . 1879, a professional golfer with a physical disability challenged, under the ADA, a PGA Tour rule that prohibited the use of golf carts in PGA Tour events. Primary Industries. 2. Team Illinois offers a variety of activities and services, including club hockey teams, practices, clinics, workouts . The court did not reach defendants remaining two arguments, which asserted that plaintiff failed to allege facts sufficient to support a cause of action against AHAI for aiding and abetting under the Act and that permanent injunctive relief was not available to plaintiff under the Act. at 677, 121 S.Ct. In such circumstance, it is appropriate to look to dictionary definitions. Rules for AAA players in Spring HS Hockey. Jamie. He has a knack for immediately connecting with his players encouraging an open dialogue from the moment he joined us. Moreover, the categories that feature either term as a catchall utilize them as the subject of the clause. PO Box 3892 Lake Zurich IL 60047-0883, Barrington, IL 60011 United States. These allegations were sufficient to bring Team Illinois within the scope of the Act for purposes of evaluating defendants section 2-615 motion to dismiss. Tier I Chair. She further alleged that, four days later, her parents had a telephone call with Mullally, who confirmed that he and [Pedrie] had *** decided to exclude [plaintiff] from hockey and reaffirmed the 100% participation requirement as AHAI's position for when [plaintiff] could return to hockey. Accepting these allegations as true and drawing all reasonable inferences therefrom in plaintiff's favor, as we must, they adequately present a claim against AHAI of aiding and abetting a violation of the Act. Team Illinois participates in the . Second, defendants argue that Team Illinois is unlike the examples listed in the Act, because the examples are all places that are open to the general public, without any prescreening or qualifications, and that provide services as if one individual is no different than the next. See Gilbert v. Department of Human Rights, 343 Ill. App. 33 In Gilbert, the appellate court determined that a business offering scuba diving lessons was unlike the entities enumerated in the then-effective section 5-101(A) of the Act and thus was not a public accommodation, because the business prescreened its applicants and offered its services only to qualifying members of the public. The case concerned whether a private membership organization, the Boy Scouts of America (Boy Scouts), was covered under the public accommodation provisions of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Players can move freely from one AAA club to another after a season is completed in March. 1999). Ted grew up in the Detroit area where he played AAA hockey and then went on to play Jr A Hockey the Metro Junior A Hockey League in Ontario, Canada. Tryouts for boys 15U, 16U and 18U are held in July. The Act is remedial in nature and is construed liberally to achieve its purpose. Congratulations to our 10U HPHL Regular Season Champions! At the Tier I and Tier II levels his teams have won numerous Illinois State Championships and have had many National Championship appearances under his leadership. Because we have already determined that Team Illinois is subject to the Act, we presume for purposes of this issue that Team Illinois's actions amounted to a violation of the Act. Monday, August 8 2022. Tom is a Special Education teacher full time and coaches multiple sports for the high school as well. TravelSports.com. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. He has coached, Spencer is currently scouting for the Chicago Steel (USHL) and has been since August 2020., Eric is currently the General Manager of the Glacier Ice Arena and Hockey Director for, We are very pleased to have John Wallin as part of the Team Illinois family.. 34 To be sure, defendants cite Gilbert in support of the argument that Team Illinois's selectivity and competitive prescreening process removes it from the scope of the Act as a place of public accommodation. The High Performance Hockey League. He then moved on to play Jr. A Tier 2 in Canada. Main address. Team Illinois offers a variety of activities and services, including club hockey teams, practices, clinics, workouts, team meals, travel opportunities, sessions to review game tape . Kennedy Cup: 'The Holy Grail' Of The Chicago Catholic Hockey League. McIlvaine v. City of St. Charles, 2015 IL App (2d) 141183, 14, 396 Ill.Dec. Team Illinois is an Illinois nonprofit corporation that operates youth hockey teams as part of AHAI, which is the governing body in Illinois for USA Hockey. Jamie previously served as co-head coach of the Team Illinois 2007 and 2008 in 2020/2021. In Illinois, unlike AA hockey, AAA players are not limited to two choices. 18U Midgets Relevant here, it defines the term person as one or more individuals, partnerships, associations or organizations, labor organizations, labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees, or union labor associations, corporations, the State of Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, units of local government, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy or receivers. 775 ILCS 5/1-103(L) (West 2020). He is the current President and Owner of Rosebrook Pools which is a high end concrete swimming pool construction company. Instead, membership is offered by invitation only, to select individuals who pass competitive tryouts, meet the coaches expectations, and make the significant financial and time commitments necessary to play in a top competitive travel [hockey] program. In short, defendants maintain that, because Team Illinois has a prescreening process, it is not truly open to the general public and, accordingly, is not a place of public accommodation. 3d at 145, 239 Ill.Dec. His former coaching experience includes: 4 years Division I Assistant at The University of Illinois Chicago, 2 years Head Coach Northern Illinois University, 5 years Head Coach Chicago Chill AAA, Head coach Chicago Bluesman Roller Hockey International, 10 years Tier II Head coach Ice Dogs. Team Illinois AAA Hockey. 1879. TEAM ILLINOIS HOCKEY CLUB. We are very excited to have him on board. We couldnt be happier Alex is joining us here at TI and look forward to his coaching success! He was a draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks and played 2 years of professional hockey. USA Hockey Central District Tier I Kohlman Cup Share Fond du . High Performance Hockey League Visit Website. Third, they asserted that permanent injunctive relief, as sought by plaintiff, was unavailable under the Act.1 Defendants made no argument that plaintiff failed to plead that her civil rights were violated on the basis of unlawful discrimination under the Act. Contact: Coach Spencer Montgomery. Id. In other words, plaintiff was excluded only from *** participating in Team Illinois activities, regardless of whether they occurred at Seven Bridges or elsewhere. Although the district court had noted the PGA Tour's profit motive, it did so within the context of rejecting the argument that the PGA Tour was altogether exempt from the ADA as a private club. He then coached multiple teams from U10 through U18 for Wilmette for the following 5 seasons, before moving on to the Chicago Jets to head coach their U14 girls and U10 NIHL teams. Demeester's Flower Shop & Greenhouse, Inc. v. Florists' Mutual Insurance Co., 2017 IL App (2d) 161001, 11, 417 Ill.Dec. The 3x USHL player of the week and Clark Cup Champion went onto play his college hockey at the Pennsylvania State University. "The Rockford Hockey Club provides a competitive hockey experience for 8U through 18U skaters. by Guest 2:31 AM - Feb 27. We are very pleased to have John Wallin as part of the Team Illinois family. Ben is originally from the Metro Detroit area where he grew up playing Tier I, Tier II and High School hockey. BY AND THROUGH KELLY v. TEAM ILLINOIS HOCKEY CLUB INC. AAA Hockey comprises the very best players in both the United States and Canada. 5 Team Illinois leases and operates the Seven Bridges Ice Arena (Seven Bridges) in Woodridge, in addition to other related facilities, for its activities and services. 18 The Act reflects an effort to secure and guarantee the rights outlined in article I, sections 17, 18, and 19, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. Jeremy has been coaching for about 20 years. Because the Act does not define the term establishment, we presume that it is given its ordinary and popularly understood meaning. Our ambition is to create a premier in-state summer program providing guidance and growth opportunities to at-risk and under-served Illinois youth. He now hosts tournaments, builds tournament teams, operates competitive showcases, and provides development camps and clinics for youths of all ages. Plaintiff asserted that, regardless of whether Team Illinois is a place of public accommodation, [d]efendants cannot dispute that Team Illinois is a person (defined to include organizations) prohibited under the [Act] from deny[ing] anyone full and equal enjoyment of places of public accommodation, like [Seven Bridges].. March 11-13, 2022, This club plays at the following rinks. Alex played six seasons of professional hockey amassing a total of 335 career games. He went on to play junior hockey. Similar to the PGA Tour in Martin, although Team Illinois itself is not a place of public accommodation, it nevertheless is subject to the Act because, as alleged in the complaint, it barred plaintiff on the basis of her disability from participating in Team Illinois events, like hockey games and tournaments, that were held at a place of public accommodation that it leased and operated. Larry has been involved in youth hockey for 20 years and has enjoyed success at multiple levels of hockey. 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