How much does youth hockey cost in Arizona?

2026-2027 season estimates • Updated October 2026 • Built from published program fees and family reports

All-in season cost by level

This is the full season, not just registration. Ice, travel, tournaments, and equipment usually add up to more than the sign-up fee.

LevelEstimated 12U season cost
House
C
$3,500 – $6,600
B
$6,300 – $12,500
B1
$8,500 – $16,400
A
$11,600 – $21,600
AA
$11,700 – $22,900
AAA
$15,700 – $31,000

How the levels work here

The AZYHL names its divisions (Pinnacle, Cactus, Mesquite, Canyon, Tier 2) rather than using letters, so a team can be registered as A and play in Cactus. Rows here follow the letter on the club's registration form. B1 is our label for mid-level travel teams whose division does not publish an explicit letter; four Arizona programs carry it. The AAA row is the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes, the only Arizona club with T1EHL teams, from 10U to 18U. The Arizona Kachinas are a girls program.

Where the money goes

A typical 12U A season in Arizona, about $16,600. Follows the age picked above.

Assumes 3 tournaments, each a 2 to 6 hour drive with 2 hotel nights, two parents and a sibling travelling.

  • Registration$6,79041%
  • Tournament travel$4,90030%
  • Development$1,70010%
  • Local travel$1,2007%
Estimated from published Arizona program fees and family reports

House in Arizona runs 7% above the national average.

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Hidden costs

  • Registration is well under half of an Arizona season: in our 14U AAA estimate it is $8,625 of a $22,150 total, and tournament travel is the next line at $7,191.
  • Families report far more than the estimate at the A level: two 12U A seasons came in at $18,850 with the Arizona Titans and $22,000 with the Arizona Bobcats, against our 12U A range of $5,950-$10,850, so ask what the club fee leaves out.
  • At 16U AA, family reports sit at $18,870 with the Jr. Sun Devils and $20,000 with the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes.
  • Local travel is $843 in every Arizona scenario we model, and rink life is $665 from 10U up.
  • The AZYHL rates five Tucson teams and three in Flagstaff, so nearly every other team in the league is somewhere else.
  • USA Hockey registration is its own line in our Arizona estimates, $66 to $89 depending on age.

Savings tips

  • Fee help here is club by club, so ask your registrar before assuming full price.
  • Only the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes ice T1EHL AAA teams, so no other Arizona club should be priced as AAA.
  • Their 10U through 12U AAA teams also play in AZYHL 12U divisions, so ask how many weekends are actually out of state before budgeting a full T1EHL travel calendar.
  • The AZYHL flight a team lands in (Pinnacle, Cactus, Mesquite, Canyon or Tier 2) is not the same thing as the letter on the registration form, so ask which one sets the schedule you are paying for.
  • At 16U and 18U the league runs only Pinnacle and Tier 2, so the flight options narrow as players age up.
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Hockey in Arizona

Your child's team will have a letter: House, B, A, AA or AAA. That letter is the row to read in the table above. Almost all of Arizona's rated travel hockey plays in one league, the Arizona Youth Hockey League (AZYHL): 74 of the state's 80 rated teams. Clubs register teams by the usual letters, but the league sorts them into named flights, so parents see both names on the same team. At 12U the flights are Pinnacle, Cactus, Mesquite and Canyon. At 14U they are Pinnacle, Cactus, Mesquite and Tier 2, and at 16U and 18U only Pinnacle and Tier 2. The rows here follow the letter on the club's registration form. The Phoenix Jr. Coyotes are the one club icing AAA teams in the T1EHL (Tier 1 Elite Hockey League), 10U through 18U. That is the AAA row. They are the only Arizona club on that league's member list, which also carries the Jr. Ducks, Jr. Kings, Colorado Rampage and St. Louis AAA Blues. Their 10U through 12U AAA teams also skate in AZYHL 12U divisions. The table is our estimate of a full season.

More about Arizona hockey

The clubs by city: the Jr. Coyotes and Arizona Bobcats in Scottsdale, the Jr. Sun Devils in Tempe, Arizona Hockey Union in Gilbert, the ADHL Bucks in Mesa, the Arizona Titans in Phoenix and Mission AZ Ice in Peoria. The Arizona Kachinas, a girls program, are in Scottsdale. Two more sit outside those cities: the Tucson Jr. Roadrunners and the Flagstaff Northstars.

Arizona youth hockey runs under one USA Hockey affiliate, the Arizona Amateur Hockey Association (AAHA).

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