Meet Team Chicago 2021

Congratulations to all the players participating in our Team Chicago AAA Elite Hockey program this season. Team Chicago’s roster is comprised of players from Illinois' AAA Hockey Clubs in the 2008 birth year. Below is this years roster and player profiles. Get to know our players.

JACK HEXTALL # 11

Team Illinois-Forward

Best Coaching Advice:

Keep working and results will come.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM Jetspeed P29 curve.

Favorite Hockey Player:

Matthew Barzal because he’s fast, hard working and a leader.

AJ GARCIA #74

Team Illinois-Forward

Doing in Your Free Time:

I like to do many sports and also I like to hangout with my family, but some of the sports are, lacrosse, mountain biking, golf, and snowboarding.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM FT3 P90tm

LUKAS ZAJIC #73

Team Illinois-Forward

Best Coaching Advice:

The only way to finish is to begin.

Favorite Movie:

Home Alone

Favorite Hockey Player:

Patrick Elias, great personality, great leader.

DREW RIVERA # 16

Team Illinois-Forward

Best Coaching Advice:

Keep working and results will come.

Favorite Hockey Player:

Andrew Shaw because he is dirty in the corners.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM Ribor Trigger 5 P29 Crosby

MAX VAVRA #44

Team Illinois-Forward

Doing in Your Free Time:

I like playing basketball, skateboarding, video games, shooting pucks, wake boarding and tubing in the summer, snowboarding in the winter

Favorite Hockey Player:

Patrick Kane, because he works hard.

JAYDEN ROTHMEYER #7

Team Illinois-Forward

Favorite Hockey Player:

Sidney Crosby, because of his work ethic, hockey smarts, great hands and a good role model.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

Bauer ADV P88 Flex 55 - hard to find anymore

FILIP ZIZKA #01

Team Illinois-Forward

Favorite Hockey Memory:

Scoring the game winner vs Dallas at the Com World Invite in the 2019-2020 season.

Favorite School Subject:

Science and Social Studies

ROBIN KUZMA #97

Chicago Mission-Forward

Favorite Movie:

The Mighty Ducks series.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

Bauer Supreme 2S w/ P92 Curve

DECLAN JASON #56

Chicago Mission-Forward

What Does Hockey Mean To You?

I enjoy the friends I make and it motivates me to work hard.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM Jetspeed FT3 Pro-P29

TRISTAN LANGE #17

Chicago Mission-Forward

Favorite Stick-Bran-Model

Bauer Nexus 2NPRO

Doing in Your Free Time:

Playing video games (Fortnite)

COLIN SIMPSON #33

Chicago Mission-Forward

Doing in Your Free Time:

Drawing, making things or playing with my dog.

Favorite Hockey Player:

Patrick Kane

KEEGAN GREGORY #65

Chicago Mission-Forward

What Makes You A Good Teammate:

Setting a good example for others to follow and not being selfish.

What does Hockey mean to You?

Hockey is everything to me. It’s the first and last thing I think about everyday.

CADEN DABROWSKI #10

Chicago Young Americans- Forward

Favorite Hockey Memory:

The Future Legends Tournament. I scored in the shootout of the Championship game to keep my team alive. I scored and so did our next shooter to win the Jr. Stanley Cup.

What Makes You A Good Teammate:

I try to support my teammates no matter if they have a good shift or bad shift. I try to be a good friend on and off the ice.

BRADY CUNNINGHAM #20

Team Illinois-Defenseman

Favorite Hockey Player:

Brent Burns, because of the way he plays, his aggressiveness and his vision on the ice.

Future Hockey Goals:

Play college hockey at Notre Dame or Boston College and get into the NHL.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

Bauer Supreme P29 - McDavid

GRAYSON LEE #21

Team Illinois-Defenseman

Other Sports Played:

Basketball - Point Guard and Soccer - Outside Defender

Favorite Hockey Player:

Jonathon Toews - everyone sees him as a leader and a hard-worker, he's always willing to do what's best for the team.

KYLIE AMELKOVICH #6

Team Illinois-Defenseman

Why that Jersey Number:

I chose 6 because it is a family number, first worn by my dad when he was a kid.

Favorite Hockey Player:

Megan Bozak - she has a similar youth playing history as I do.

JIMMY RIEBER #18

Team Illinois-Defenseman

Favorite Video Game:

My favorite video game right now has to be NHL 21.

Favorite Subject in School:

My favorite school subject is either Science or Social Studies.

ABE BARNETT #13

Chicago Mission-Defenseman

Best Coaching Advice:

Work in practice like it is a game.

Favorite Video Game:

Madden

LINCOLN KRIZIKIE #12

Chicago Mission-Defenseman

Doing in Your Free Time:

You can find me shooting hockey pucks and working on my shot.

Favorite Hockey Player:

Sidney Crosby - because I like the way he plays and how hard working he is.

ETHAN MILLER #85

Chicago Mission-Defenseman

Future Hockey Goals:

To play juniors, a college scholarship, be drafted to the NHL and to score a goal in every game.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

Bauer Geo P88 50 flex

RYAN HECKER #9

Chicago Mission-Defenseman

Favorite Hockey Memory:

Making Mission, playing in the Brick tournament and playing against some of the best players in the Future Legends tournament.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM Jetspeed FT3 Pro, P88 curve

JOE KRAUSFELDT #77

Chicago Mission-Defenseman

What Does Hockey Mean To You:

Everything! It means fun, sportsmanship, work ethic and friendships.

Doing in Your Free Time:

Play baseball, roller hockey, fishing, hang out with friends and play video games.

ANTHONY CHEN #68

Chicago Young Americans

Defenseman

Best Coaching Advice:

Don't play where the puck is now, play where the puck is going to be.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM-Jetspeed FT3 Pro-P29

LOUIS VITTORIO #66

Chicago Young Americans

Defenseman

Favorite Hockey Memory:

Coming Soon!

Best Coaching Advice:

Coming Soon!

CHASE TROMPETER #91

St. Louis Jr. Blues-Forward

What Does Hockey Mean To You:

Fun, learning, hard work and get to see my friends.

Favorite Stick-Brand-Model:

CCM- Ribcor Trigger 5- Crosby

JACK ZILEWICZ #29

Team Illinois-Goalie

Best Coaching Advice:

Focus on the next shot, have a short memory.

Doing in Your Free Time:

Playing pick up football with all my friends.

TAI HENDERSON #31

Team Illinois-Goalie

Favorite School Subject:

Science, I like the labs and doing experiments.

Other Sports Played:

Baseball - Catcher and Out Fielder

CODY POWELS #86

Chicago Fury-Forward

MEMPHIS WILCOX

Chicago Fury-Defenseman

LOGAN CHESNA

Chicago Fury-Defenseman