How much does youth hockey cost in Kansas?
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 | $3,200 – $6,500 |
B | $3,800 – $7,900 |
A | $6,400 – $13,300 |
AA starts at 16U/18U in Kansas.
How the levels work here
The Midwest Hockey League's division names and the team names do not match. At 10U, 12U and 14U, the Kansas City Scouts team in the league's A division is branded AA. The team in the B division is branded A, and the Select teams are branded C. The Scouts are the only Kansas club with teams in the A and B divisions. No Kansas team in our data carries a AAA label at any age, and none carries B1, B2 or BB. Those are model rungs with no Kansas team behind them.
Where the money goes
A typical 12U A season in Kansas, about $9,800. 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.
- Tournament travel$3,42035%
- Registration$2,90030%
- Development$1,20012%
- Local travel$8008%
How does your season compare?
Add your own costs from last season, any club, any level, to get a full breakdown to budget this season.
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Hidden costs
- No Kansas club in our data publishes a season registration fee, so every number on this page is a model estimate rather than a quoted price.
- Kansas City Youth Hockey's public site posts only ancillary charges, a $100 tryout, summer drop-in at $20 a session and $75-$100 a month, and sends full-season team fees out by info sheet.
- Our A model at 12U puts about $3,075 of an $8,225 season into tournament travel against about $1,975 in registration, so travel is the larger line at that rung.
- The AA model at 12U carries about $3,950 in registration and about $3,150 in tournament travel out of $11,625.
- High school play is a multi-state schedule: the Mid America High School Hockey League draws its programs from Kansas City, St. Joseph, Mid-Missouri, Oklahoma City, Springfield, Tulsa, Wichita and Northwest Arkansas, and runs from late October through February.
- Only two Kansas associations hold rated teams, one in the Kansas City metro and one in Wichita, so there is no third local club to price against.
Savings tips
- The Kansas City Icehawks keep a gear pool, and their own page says "We maintain a collection of used hockey gear that families can utilize to help get your player started", so ask before buying a first set new.
- The Icehawks page also carries a Learn to Play program it calls "our foundational program introducing new players to the fundamentals of hockey", with bands from 6U Mini Mites through high school.
- Because no Kansas club in our data publishes a season fee, ask the registrar for the number in writing before tryouts, along with payment plans and any association scholarship.
- Level choice is the only lever this page can price: at 10U our B range is $3,100-$5,850 against $3,550-$7,100 for A, and AA at 12U is $7,500-$15,850.
- Ask your own association about assistance and payment plans before you assume you pay full price.
Hockey in Kansas
Find your child's level in the table above: House, B, A or AA. That level sets most of the cost. Every figure on this page is a model estimate of a full season.
More about Kansas hockey
Kansas has no state affiliate of its own. Its clubs register through MWAHA, the USA Hockey affiliate covering Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska inside USA Hockey's Central District. By agreement with Missouri Hockey, the associations around greater Kansas City affiliate with MWAHA as well. That holds even when their mailing address is in Missouri. MWAHA's own league is the Midwest Hockey League. It runs House Select and Travel A and B divisions at 10U, 12U and 14U. It also runs a girls division at 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 19U.
Two associations hold all 33 rated Kansas teams in our data. On the Kansas City side, the Scouts are the only club with teams in the league's A and B divisions, at 10U, 12U and 14U. The Select teams carry other metro club names: Icehawks, Stars, Saints, Carriage Club and Kings. The KC Storm girls teams are rated at 10U, 12U, 14U and 19U. The Kansas-side programs we list are Kansas City Youth Hockey and the Kansas City Icehawks in Overland Park. Kansas City Stars Hockey and KC Storm Girls are in Shawnee. The Wichita Jr Thunder association carries Select teams at 10U, 12U and 14U, a high school team and Central Storm 18U AA. High Plains Youth Hockey Association in Dodge City is the only Kansas program we list outside those two metros.
Hockey programs in Kansas
Season cost estimates and family-reported costs for 2 programs.
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