The Northern California Youth Hockey Association or NorCal was founded in 1990. Since its inception, NorCal has been focused on helping Bay Area youth (boys and girls) and youth throughout Northern California learn, play, and love the sport of ice hockey. The core mission of NorCal is (1) to encourage, develop, and complement home, school, and physical education with a practical, disciplined, competitive, character building program for youth in Northern California through the sport of ice hockey; and (2) to educate and promote the sport of ice hockey for the mental and physical benefit of local youth in Northern California.