How much does youth hockey cost in Georgia?
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.
| Level | Estimated 12U season cost |
|---|---|
House C | $3,500 – $6,600 |
B | $5,100 – $10,400 |
A2 | $7,100 – $14,000 |
A A1 | $8,400 – $17,000 |
AA | $10,000 – $19,600 |
AAA | $15,100 – $29,600 |
How the levels work here
Georgia's ladder is narrow at the top. The state's Tier 1 club, Southeast Blades in Duluth, fields 11U, 12U and 13U teams. The only other rated team with an AAA division label in the state is a single 10U at Atlanta Phoenix. Below that almost everything is AA, with A appearing as A1, A2 and a bare A. Twelve of the 41 rated Georgia teams play an independent schedule rather than a league division.
Where the money goes
A typical 12U A season in Georgia, about $12,700. 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$5,72045%
- Tournament travel$3,50028%
- Development$1,2009%
- Local travel$8006%
House in Georgia runs 7% above the national average.
How does your season compare?
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Hidden costs
- One Georgia club publishes a travel fee: the Atlanta Madhatters post 2026-27 tuition of $3,200 at 10U, $3,400 at 12U, $3,600 at 14U and $3,800 at 16U.
- That tuition buys 29 weeks of practice, two high performance weekends, three or four home exhibition weekends, one SYTHL home weekend, the SYTHL year-end tournament and home game referee fees, so away weekends are not included.
- The prospectus lists an additional player investment on top of every team's fee, for on-ice and off-ice training apparel.
- Against our AA 12U midpoint of $11,725, a $3,400 tuition is under a third of the season.
- Tournament travel is the largest line after registration in our estimates, about $3,168 at AA 12U and about $7,093 inside the $22,050 AAA 14U midpoint.
- No other Georgia club publishes a price: the Columbus Ice Rink site lists a house league, pre-season clinics and equipment rental with no dollar amounts, and The ICE in Cumming lists Bandits travel teams from U10 to U18 with none either.
- At House 8U our model's local travel line, $831, is larger than the $750 registration fee.
- All 41 rated Georgia teams are boys teams.
Savings tips
- The Atlanta Ice House in Marietta runs Try Hockey for Free events, and its page says equipment is available to borrow, no previous skating or hockey experience is required, and the sessions are open to ages 4 and up.
- The Columbus Ice Rink site lists an equipment rental program for 2026-27 alongside its house league, so gear does not have to be bought before a first season there.
- Age is not the lever in Georgia: Atlanta Madhatters tuition moves only $600 across four age groups, from $3,200 at 10U to $3,800 at 16U.
- Level is the lever, because at 12U our A midpoint is $8,325 against $11,725 for AA and $17,725 for AAA.
- No Georgia club we checked publishes a payment plan, a sibling discount or a goalie discount, so ask the registrar rather than assume one exists.
- Columbus links a scholarships page but states no amounts, so ask your own association about assistance and payment plans before you pay full price.
Hockey in Georgia
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. Georgia's ladder is narrow at the top. Of the 41 rated Georgia teams in our data, 17 carry an AA division label, at 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U. A1, A2 and a bare A account for nine more. Southeast Blades is the state's Tier 1 club and fields 11U, 12U and 13U teams. That is the AAA row. The Atlanta Madhatters' 2026-27 travel prospectus names the two leagues its teams play. It describes the Southern Youth Travel Hockey League (SYTHL) as travel hockey competition among the southern states at AA, A1 and A2 divisions. It describes the Southeastern Showcase League (SESCL) as an expansion of the SYTHL structure and format for elite Tier 2 teams. The SESCL was founded by the Nashville Flyers, Nashville Jr. Predators, Alabama Thunder, Atlanta Madhatters and Atlanta Fire. The table is our estimate of a full season.
More about Georgia hockey
Nearly all of it is Atlanta metro. The Madhatters play at the Atlanta Ice House in Marietta, and Atlanta Phoenix and Southeast Blades are in Duluth. Atlanta Center Ice is in Sandy Springs, the Atlanta Ice Bandits at The ICE in Cumming, and Atlanta Fire in Alpharetta. Savannah has the Jr. Ghost Pirates, whose rated teams play A divisions at 10U, 12U and 14U. Columbus has the Cottonmouths at the Columbus Ice Rink, which also runs a house league.
Georgia is governed by the Southern Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA), the USA Hockey affiliate that also covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. SAHA sits inside USA Hockey's Southeastern District alongside the Carolina Amateur Hockey Association, the Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association and Statewide Amateur Hockey Association of Florida.
Hockey programs in Georgia
Season cost estimates and family-reported costs for 7 programs.
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