Team History

For the 2006-2007 season, the North Central Hockey Club enters it's 33rd season.  The team's territory includes North Central, Broad Ripple, Pike, and Ben Davis High Schools, all of Boone County, as well as parts of northern Center Township (Indianapolis).  For a link to the Hoosier High School Hockey Association's team assignments click here.  Prospective players in any of these schools are encouraged to try out for the team.  The current team's players come from North Central, Broad Ripple, Park Tudor, Ben Davis, Carmel and Beech Grove.

The team started in the fall of 1974, with the Panthers playing two seasons in the Ice Dome at 86th Street and Keystone Avenue, where Keystone at the Crossing and the Fashion Mall are now located.  The team next called the Carmel Ice Skadium home until it moved to the State Fair Grounds Coliseum in 1982.  The Pepsi Coliseum remains the team's home ice and the site of it's practices.

One of the things that sets the team apart is their morning practice schedule.  It takes a pretty tough competitor to be on the ice starting practice at 5:15 a.m. on a week day.  Parent's get kudos too!

The hockey program's mission is to provide high school age players with a structured environment in which to enjoy the sport.  The club has an affiliate Jr. Varsity Hockey Program.  North Central belongs to the Hoosier High School Hockey Association.  This competitive league includes teams from Bloomington, Brebuf, Carmel, Cathedral/Chatard, Columbus, Hamilton Southeastern, Lawrence and Perry High Schools.  Links to these teams can be found here.

The team was the State AA Tournament Champion in 1999 and the AA Runners-up in 2001.