Therefore, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. Previously Coach Freeman served as the Head Coach & Associate Hockey Director for the Chicago Bulldogs where he coached the Squirt Major & Pee Wee Minor Central States Teams including 1st Place finish in Central States. Sean Freeman has been named the organizations new President & Hockey Director, Eugene Cha has been named TIs Vice President & ACE Director, and James Chiarelli is now TIs R & E Chairman. 12U Peewees I am humbled, honored and it is my privilege to return to the Team Illinois Family. In total, this section specifies more than 50 examples of entities that are place[s] of public accommodation. These examples share a distinctive and unquestionable attributethey all concern tangible, physical places. Plaintiff's mother also informed Pedrie that plaintiff had the support of mental health providers and she expressed that hockey was an important and supportive aspect of plaintiff's life. Jamie and his wife have been married since 2001. USA Hockey Central District Tier I Kohlman Cup Share Fond du . John will be an invaluable assistant on the 2012 boys team. 1879. Steve has been coaching Tier 1 AAA hockey for the last 18 years. Lacrosse Demeester's Flower Shop & Greenhouse, Inc. v. Florists' Mutual Insurance Co., 2017 IL App (2d) 161001, 11, 417 Ill.Dec. Enjoy breakfast and dinner, including evening room service, from our Garden Bar & Grille, along with snacks from our 24-hour Pavilion Pantry. 3d 743, 749 (D. Minn. 2015) (holding plaintiff plausibly alleged that a youth football association operates a place of public accommodation, because it hosts football practices, games, and social events for registered participants held at public football fields (internal quotation marks omitted)). One of the stated goals of the Act is [t]o secure for all individuals within Illinois the freedom from discrimination against any individual because of his or her *** mental disability *** in connection with employment, real estate transactions, access to financial credit, and the availability of public accommodations. Id. He incorporates skills and systems into the minds of all of his players. Illinois West Junior Varsity Coach of the Year Matt Tokarz - Wheaton West. He has had long stints with both Team Illinois and the Chicago Young Americans. By way of example, the phrase other sports in a provision referring to walking, swimming, biking, running, and other sports would probably be read to exclude automobile racing. Jay Wexler, Fun with Reverse Ejusdem Generis, 105 Minn. L. Rev. 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. Pooh-Bah Enterprises, Inc. v. County of Cook, 232 Ill. 2d 463, 473, 328 Ill.Dec. He has coached 3 State championship teams at the AA level. 347 S. Gladstone Ave, Aurora, IL 60506-4892. Winning Illinois State Titles for U11 and U13 groups. Varsity Club About the Varsity Club Update Alumni Information Academics Admission Home Apply Now Aurora University Home Financial Aid Play for AU . Does University of Illinois have a men's hockey team? His love of the ice began at age 2 when he learned how to skate on the longest skating rink in the world, Rideau Canal,which is 5 miles long. 2000a (1988)). 3. Learn more about how you can reach local sports fanatics through Mount Prospect, IL Seven Bridges Ice Arena 6690, IL-53 | Woodridge, IL 60517. 775 ILCS 5/1-102(F) (West 2020). While playing for University of Oregon, his teammates understood the C on his jersey torepresent Coach as much as it did Captain. Jordan has enjoyed a successful career coaching youth hockey having coached State Championship team at both Tier I and II in recent back toback years in addition to a clinching a NIHL Championship. Pat is the father of four and continues to pursue his love of hockey in his coaching. Ray Berens has been coaching hockey for forty-seven years and has coached at every level in Illinois. See id. 18U Midgets Please try again. Below are a few highlights of his coaching resume. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. 45 As noted, count III of plaintiff's complaint was directed against AHAI and alleged a violation of the Act based on the premise that it aided and abetted Team Illinois in unlawful discrimination. BARRINGTON, IL 60011-3892 | Tax-exempt since March 1994. 2022. AAA Hockey comprises the very best players in both the United States and Canada. A motion filed pursuant to section 2-615(a) challenges the legal sufficiency of the complaint based on defects apparent on its face. Stevenson HS (IL) 41-15-. Jack was on some of the top teams to come through the TI program. 620, 186 N.E.3d 67 (quoting Lieb v. Judges' Retirement System of Illinois, 314 Ill. App. Players can move freely from one AAA club to another after a season is completed in March. 638, 129 N.E.3d 1181 (relying on federal law in construing Illinois's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. In college, Pat attended Lewis University, located in Romeoville, Illinois, for four and a half years and played hockey during that time. Joining the team is a fun and easy way to get more into skating at the Ice Arena. Michael grew up in the greater Chicagoland area and concluded his youth career playing for the Chicago Young Americans. He has a son and a daughter both playing for Team Illinois and is a fast favorite around the rink among other coaches and players. This is Teds second season with the Team Illinois organization. February 25-28, 2023, USA Hockey Central District Tier I Kohlman Cup Defendants moved to dismiss count III, arguing that plaintiff failed to allege facts sufficient to establish that AHAI aided and abetted Team Illinois. Like in Martin, even though earning a spot to play in competitive athletics for Team Illinois is distinctly more difficult and expensive than simply watching the team play, it nevertheless is a privilege that Team Illinois makes available to the public at Seven Bridges. 96, 636 N.E.2d 528 (1994); see also Gilbert, 343 Ill. App. Detroit, MI - Six high-profile AAA hockey organizations formed a tier one amateur hockey league to be known as the High Performance Hockey League (HPHL). Team Illinois Hockey Club and Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois are in hot water after a teenage hockey player and her family decided to file a lawsuit over allegations that the teenager . Under this interpretive canon, when a statute lists several classes of persons or things but provides that the list is not exhaustive, the class of unarticulated persons or things will be interpreted as those others such like the named persons or things. Board of Trustees, 159 Ill. 2d at 211, 201 Ill.Dec. 3d 698, 703-04, 145 Ill.Dec. 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. 1879. Almost all college and professional players have some if not extensive AAA hockey experience as youth players. He went on to play junior hockey. In 2019, Mack launched Tomahawk Science, a sports science team focused on perfecting the performance of elite athletes. 38 In support, the Court emphasized that the events occur at golf courses, which are specifically enumerated as a public accommodation under the ADA. AAA for girls begins at with 12U, 14U, 16U ad 19U.. He brings a great energy to the bench and definitely a favorite among the players! Eugene Cha has previously coached with the Chicago Bulldogs and Highland Park High School. 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, coaching, and opportunities to play in hockey games and tournaments before family, friends, hockey scouts, and the general public. Reynolds v. Jimmy John's Enterprises, LLC, 2013 IL App (4th) 120139, 25, 370 Ill.Dec. Plaintiff identifies the alleged discrimination as involv[ing] [plaintiff's] equal enjoyment of facilities and services of a public accommodation: both of Seven Bridges *** and of the athletic organization Team Illinois, which is based in, leases, and operates the ice arena. She also argues that the plain language of the Act prohibits discrimination by any person involving public accommodations[,] like a hockey arena. The duality of her argument is also a feature of plaintiff's underlying complaint. Each level is designed as a birth year level only until players reach the age of 17. He brings a ton of skill knowledge to the game as well as being a positive encouraging voice to these young girls. 14U Bantams For example, section 5-101(A) provides that a place of public accommodation includes, but is not limited to, a restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink. Id. We are excited to have Tom and his daughter Molly join us this year. 96, 636 N.E.2d 528 (applying ejusdem generis and concluding that an academic program in a public institution is not a place of public accommodation, because the cited establishments are examples of facilities for overnight accommodations, entertainment, recreation or transportation and the General Assembly anticipated a restaurant, or a pub, or a bookstore). Yeti Lacrosse Club. Team Illinois is one of the most respected Tier I, AAA Hockey Organization in Illinois. by Guest 2:31 AM - Feb 27. Andy Brown grew up in Downers Grove and played for the Huskies through Bantam AA and played Midget hockey for Team Illinois and the Flames. Where the language used is clear and unambiguous, we must apply the statute as written, without resorting to extrinsic aids of statutory construction. Figure Skating 1993), to argue that federal authority supports their position. Team Illinois Hockey Club is a hockey club located in Lake Zurich, IL, AHAI Tier I State Championships Tournament Registers win for Los Angeles Kings this month - his first in the NHL in 6+ years . He then went on to play four years of club hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jordan is an excellent teacher and extremely passionate about every aspect of coaching. The official Men's Hockey (ACHA DIII) page for the Aurora University Spartans . Coach Dukovac began running hockey schools in northern Ontario at the age 20 and has been coaching A, AA, AAA hockey for both boys and girls here in Illinois for over 20 years. Vinces sophomore season saw his team fall one game short of attending the frozen four. 1999). Chicago Mission Visit Website. 747, 799 N.E.2d 465 (concerning [w]hether respondent is a place of public accommodation); Cut 'N Dried, 306 Ill. App. We also may not depart from the plain language of the statute by reading in any exceptions, limitations, or conditions that would frustrate the expressed intent of the legislature. Sean has worked with the USNTDP in Ann Arbor and was a Division 1 college hockey All-American at Michigan State under legendary coach Ron Mason, where Sean lead the nation in goals his senior season. 26. The Team Illinois (TI) Amateur Hockey Association has announced a change in leadership for the program. Prior to college hockey Jamie played in the USHL for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders. JUSTICE BIRKETT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. 3d at 909-10, 278 Ill.Dec. Id. 6 On November 13, 2019, just prior to hockey practice, plaintiff and her mother informed plaintiff's coach, Larry Pedrie, that plaintiff struggled with mental health and suicidal thoughts. (West 2012)) because [t]he General Assembly patterned FOIA after the federal FOIA); Owens v. VHS Acquisition Subsidiary Number 3, Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 161709, 27, 413 Ill.Dec. He loves to be around kids and help them achieve their goals no matter what they may be both on and off the ice. Baseball Morgan's appeal is captioned M.U. 35 Plaintiff's second argument, as noted, is that Seven Bridges is a place of public accommodation and that Team Illinois, as a person under the Act (775 ILCS 5/1-103(L) (West 2020)), denied [plaintiff] access to Seven Bridges facilities, which she alleged in her complaint is leased and operated by Team Illinois. 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. Main Page; Mission Teams. v. Kuerth, 2018 IL App (4th) 150519-B, 43, 421 Ill.Dec. NIKO DIMITRAKOS - DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT - HEAD COACH OF U14 & U15 . Name & Title Social Contact Info; Together, they agreed *** to banish [plaintiff] from Team Illinois until she was able to participate 100% in Team Illinois Activities. Pedrie then called plaintiff's parents and informed them that, due to her suicidal thoughts, depression, and anxiety, plaintiff was prohibited from participating in Team Illinois activities and events until she could be cleared by a doctor to return to 100% of Team Illinois activities., 8 Team Illinois likewise prohibited [plaintiff] from [having] any contact with Team Illinois players, and it sent an e-mail to the other players and their parents directing them to have no contact with plaintiff. Lauren Smith Commits to Miami University! Only subparts (7) and (8) do not use either term. Coach Freeman also was the Head Coach of the Falcons Squirt, Midget Minor & Midget Major teams, the NIHL Gold team in 2016-17 and the Jr Falcons Mite AA team in 2015-16. Id. Subpart (8) states that a place of public accommodation includes, but is not limited to, a terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation. 775 ILCS 5/5-101(A)(8) (West 2020). Contact Us. Promotions. Located at the Darien Sportsplex in Darien IL, 451 Plainfield Rd., Darien, IL 60561. Team Illinois Contacts. In explaining its ruling, the court stated: I believe that [defense counsel's] arguments are well taken. He has coached everything from Learn to Skate to AAA. Jamie, originally from Connecticut, played college hockey for the prestigious Providence College Friars of Hockey East. 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. Midwest Exposure Series 18U Full name Team Illinois U18 Town Chicago, IL, USA. Again, these are places that exist in a tangible, real-world form. I, 17-19). 1879, 149 L.Ed.2d 904 (2001). 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. Provide for boys and girls Hockey teams playing under usa Hockey and amateur Hockey association of Illinois. 9 Plaintiff was barred from Team Illinois activities until December 11, 2019after her parents obtained counsel and threatened litigation. 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. The Court stated that, although the latter privilege is more difficult and more expensive to obtain than the former, it is nonetheless a privilege that [the PGA Tour] makes available to members of the general public. Id. 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. One may visit an inn, hotel, or motel (id. TEAM ILLINOIS 2022 Roster. He has played Tier I, Tier II and high school hockey. Woodridge, IL. Jeremy was an assistant instructor, Coach Jeremy has been called a Players Coach and is excited to be part of the 10U boys coaching. 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). Prior to his collegiate career, Alex played two years in the USHL for the Chicago Steel. Team Illinois is one of the most respected Tier I, AAA Hockey Organization in Illinois. There, she alleged both that Seven Bridges *** is a place of public accommodation under the [Act] and that Team Illinois, Seven Bridges ***, and other facilities used and controlled by Team Illinois are places of public accommodation. Thus, we reasonably interpret plaintiff's complaint as alleging two distinct civil rights violations under the ActTeam Illinois's denial, on the basis of unlawful discrimination, of plaintiff's full and equal enjoyment of the facilities, goods, and services of (1) Team Illinois, as a place of public accommodation, and (2) Seven Bridges, as a place of public accommodation. 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. Throughout North America, Team Illinois is the most respected Tier I, AAA Hockey Organization in Illinois. 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. We presume that this argument is applicable only to plaintiff's assertion that Team Illinois is a place of public accommodation. In other words, the general word or phrase will be interpreted to include only persons or things of the same type as those listed. Black's Law Dictionary 535 (7th ed. A section 2-615 motion to dismiss should be granted only when it is apparent that no set of facts could be proved that would entitle the plaintiff to relief. 12101 et seq. Vince went on to play four years in the USHL for the Omaha Lancers, Indiana Ice, Bloomington Thunder and the Tri City Storm. He is looking forward to a great season of player development on and off the ice! See Martin, 532 U.S. at 680, 121 S.Ct. However, the court may not accept as true conclusions of law or fact unsupported by specific allegations of fact. 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