How much does youth hockey cost in Maine?

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	$3,000 – $6,400
A	$6,300 – $13,200
AA	$7,600 – $15,300
AAA	$13,800 – $27,000

B starts at 14U in Maine.

How the levels work here

Maine teams are shown by letter. MEAHA Tier 1 is the AAA row, Tier 2 is AA and Tier 3 is A. Those are the Maine affiliate's own league brackets, not USA Hockey Tier I/II/III. MEAHA also runs a Tier IV house and recreational league, which is not priced here. Only two rated Maine teams carry a Tier 1 label, both Lewiston Maineiacs at 15U and 18U. The other AAA teams are the Casco Bay Mariners in E9 at 9U through 13U.

Where the money goes

A typical 12U A season in Maine, about $9,700. 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.

Tournament travel$3,62037%
Registration$2,90030%
Development$1,20012%
Equipment$6006%

Estimated from published Maine program fees and family reports

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Hidden costs

No Maine club publishes a season fee we have been able to capture: not one Maine offering in our data carries a published registration figure or a specific cost.
When our spider checked Casco Bay Mariners, the club site returned an HTTP 403 and its public copy said fees are board-set, with no per-age fee table anywhere on the site.
Comparing two Maine clubs before tryouts therefore means asking each board directly rather than reading a fee page.
Tournament travel is the second-largest line after registration in our Maine model, at $3,276 of an $11,625 season for 12U AA and $7,236 of $22,000 for 14U AAA.
The clubs in Presque Isle, Dover Foxcroft and Rockport field MEAHA Tier 3 teams only, and every Maine club with a team in E9, PHL or THF is in Portland or Biddeford.
MEAHA Girls Tier 2 is rated up to 19U, one band past where this page's ladder stops.

Savings tips

The Maine Youth Sports Opportunity Fund takes requests at mysof.org/request and says its grants can be used for "registration, equipment and other associated fees for classes, recreational leagues, and travel sports", open to qualifying families with kids in grade K-12 on a need and first-come, first-served basis.
It publishes no dollar amount, so apply rather than estimate.
The Open Ice Foundation, a Maine 501(c)(3), says it supports tuition, team fees, equipment, clinics, tournaments and development programs, and separately collects and redistributes new and gently used gear; it publishes no amounts or eligibility rules either.
For girls, the Maine Girls' Ice Hockey Association runs Try Hockey For Free events with an equipment trailer stocked with beginner gear, and keeps a donated-gear bin in the Family Ice Center lobby in Falmouth taking sizes from youth large through adult medium.
Ask your own association about assistance and payment plans before assuming you pay full price.

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Hockey in Maine

Your child's team will have a MEAHA tier or a letter. Tier 2 is the AA row, Tier 3 is the A row and Tier 1 is the AAA row. Find yours in the table above. The rows are our estimates of a full season.

More about Maine hockey

Maine's sole USA Hockey affiliate is the Maine Amateur Hockey Association (MEAHA), based in Old Town. MEAHA runs the ladder most Maine families see. It has Tier II and Tier III travel leagues, plus Tier IV, its house and recreational league. Our data holds 93 rated Maine teams at 14 clubs. Of the 79 boys team rows, 53 carry a MEAHA Tier 2 or Tier 3 label, at 10U through 18U. Above the state bracket, the New England club leagues are club-specific, not statewide.

Casco Bay Mariners in Portland is the only Maine club with E9 teams, and it fields them at 9U through 13U. Maine Wild in Biddeford is the only PHL club, at 10U through 18U. Maine Jr. Mariners, also Biddeford, plays only THF, at 15U through 18U. Biddeford Nor'easters and the Maine Gladiators in Auburn carry the VHL rows at 10U through 14U. The Gladiators add MVHL. Lewiston Maineiacs hold both MEAHA Tier 1 teams plus a junior NCDC entry. On the girls side, Casco Bay Mariners and the Gladiators are the only Maine clubs in the NEGHL. MEAHA Girls Tier 2 runs 10U through 19U at four clubs, adding Maine Evolution in Gorham and the Maine Moose in Hallowell. Brewer Witches, Maine Jr. Black Bears in Orono and Maine Coast Storm in Rockport fill out the MEAHA field. So do Midcoast Jr. Polar Bears, Penquis Panthers in Dover Foxcroft and the Presque Isle Wildcats.

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