How much does youth hockey cost in Florida?

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 – $6,700
B
$5,200 – $10,400
A2
$7,200 – $14,000
A
A1
$9,100 – $17,700
AA
$10,000 – $19,700
AAA
$12,400 – $27,000

How the levels work here

The AAA row is Florida Alliance, the only sanctioned Tier I program in the state. Every other Florida club tops out at SFHL AA, and an 'AAA' label on an AAU team is not the same product. A Orange, A Black and A White are SFHL strength groups within one A level, so they share the A row. Pensacola's A1 and A2 teams play the SYTHL and price like A.

Where the money goes

A typical 12U A season in Florida, about $13,400. 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$6,02045%
  • Tournament travel$3,60027%
  • Development$1,30010%
  • Local travel$9007%
Estimated from published Florida program fees and family reports

House in Florida runs 8% above the national average.

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Hidden costs

  • The SFHL is one statewide league, and a single division spans the whole state: the 14U AA group holds clubs from Jacksonville, Estero, Clearwater, Oldsmar, Brandon, Palm Beach, Coral Springs and Pembroke Pines.
  • Our Florida AA figure at 12U carries about $3,200 of tournament travel on top of $3,950 in registration, and at 14U the tournament travel line is about $4,250.
  • Several 14U to 18U AA teams also carry NAPHL showcase tags, among them the Florida Jr. Everblades, Jacksonville Jr. Icemen, Tampa Bay Crunch and Nest Hockey Academy.
  • Tier I is a different budget: Florida Alliance plays the T1EHL, a national circuit, and our 14U AAA figure sets aside about $7,100 for tournament travel alone.

Savings tips

  • The Panthers' Learn to Play program custom fits every participant for a full set of hockey equipment that they keep at the end of the six weeks.
  • Lightning Hockey Development runs its own Learn to Play, plus the Carrie Esposito Memorial Hockey Fund, which provides financial assistance for children ages 6 to 18 to play youth ice hockey in Tampa Bay.
  • Beyond that, aid is local: ask your club's registrar what scholarship money exists and whether fees can be paid in installments.
  • The biggest lever is the level you choose.
  • SFHL A is sorted into Orange, Black and White groups by strength, so a strong player can stay in A rather than pay for AA: our A figure at 10U is $3,700-$7,250 against $7,650-$16,000 for AA at 12U.
  • Tampa Bay and South Florida each have several SFHL clubs, so compare fees for the same age and letter before committing.
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Hockey in Florida

Your child's team will have a letter: house, A, AA or AAA. That is the row to read in the table above. For most Florida families the ladder is house, then the Statewide Florida Hockey League (SFHL) for boys and the Statewide Florida Girls Hockey League (SFGHL) for girls. The SFHL fields AA and A from 10U through 16U, and AA only at 18U. It sorts A into Orange, Black and White groups by strength, with Orange the strongest. Those groups show up in division names, but this page prices them all as A. AA is the practical top for most clubs. Sanctioned Tier I is a single program, Florida Alliance in Estero. Its 12U to 18U AAA teams play the national T1EHL circuit rather than a Florida schedule. The table is our estimate of a full season.

More about Florida hockey

Clubs sit all over the state and meet in the same SFHL divisions. They include Tampa Bay Hockey Club in Oldsmar, Tampa Bulls in Brandon, Clearwater Ice Storm, Tampa Bay Crunch in Wesley Chapel and Florida Jr. Panthers in Coral Springs. Others are South Florida Golden Wolves in Pembroke Pines, Palm Beach Hawks, Central Florida Bears in Orlando, Florida Jr. Everblades in Estero and the Jacksonville Jr. Icemen. The Jr. Panthers field SFHL AA and A at 10U to 16U. The Tampa Bay Lightning teams in our data are girls teams in the SFGHL and SGHL.

Florida youth hockey runs through Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida (SAHOF), the state's USA Hockey affiliate since 1996. It is growing fast. Florida led every state in percentage membership growth in 2024-25, a jump USA Hockey ties partly to the Panthers' back-to-back Stanley Cups.

Hockey programs in Florida

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