How much does youth hockey cost in New Hampshire?
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 | $3,000 – $6,400 |
B | $3,600 – $7,800 |
A | $6,300 – $13,200 |
AA | $7,600 – $15,300 |
AAA | $13,800 – $27,000 |
How the levels work here
NHAHA numbers its brackets Tier 1 through Tier 5, and Tier 1 is the top. Tier 1 is the AAA row, Tier 2 is AA, Tier 3 is A, Tier 4 is B and Tier 5 is C. Club-league divisions sit the same way: EHF Elite, National, Platinum and Gold and THF are AAA; EHF American and PHL Elite are AA. Most club teams carry an NHAHA tier and a club-league division at once, so the two describe one roster. The Prep School row is tuition rather than a season fee, so it is not comparable with the rows above it.
Where the money goes
A typical 12U A season in New Hampshire, 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$3,52036%
- Registration$2,90030%
- Development$1,20012%
- Equipment$6006%
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
- Tournament travel is close to a second registration bill once a New Hampshire team plays a club schedule: our 14U NHAHA Tier 2 estimate carries $4,368 of tournament travel against $4,600 of registration, and the 14U Tier 1 estimate carries $7,236 against $8,500.
- Every New Hampshire club with an EHF, E9, VHL or PHL team is in Concord, Dover, Exeter, Hooksett, Hudson, Manchester, Nashua, Rochester or Salem.
- Eleven of the state's 24 rated clubs field no club-league team at all, among them the clubs in Berlin, Conway, Plymouth, Andover, Henniker, Durham, Laconia, Wolfeboro and West Lebanon.
- Prep school is a tuition bill rather than a season fee: Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, a NEPSAC member that fields boys and girls varsity ice hockey, lists 2026-27 base tuition of $83,300 boarding and $52,500 day, with textbooks, meals and housing included.
Savings tips
- Check whether the two levels you are comparing are actually two teams: 69 of the 144 NHAHA rows in our data carry a club-league division in the same label, so 'NHAHA 14U Tier 2' and 'VHL 14U North AAA National' can be one roster.
- One bracket down is a real number here: at 14U our estimates run $8,150 at NHAHA Tier 4, $8,825 at Tier 3, $13,850 at Tier 2 and $21,875 at Tier 1.
- NH Selects runs a need-based player financial assistance fund for current players in good standing, with a submission deadline of October 1, 2026.
- Every other New Hampshire association aid page we hold failed our checks, so ask your own registrar what aid and payment plans exist before assuming full price.
- A family in the Manchester, Nashua, Hudson, Salem, Hooksett or Exeter corridor can price two or three rated clubs before tryouts, which is not an option in Berlin, Conway or West Lebanon, where our data holds one rated club each.
Hockey in New Hampshire
Your child's team will have a letter: House, C, B, A, AA or AAA. That letter is the row to read in the table above. In New Hampshire the label on most schedules is an NHAHA tier. Tier 1 is AAA, Tier 2 is AA, Tier 3 is A, Tier 4 is B and Tier 5 is C. Those tier labels sit on 144 of the 223 rated New Hampshire teams, at 23 of the state's 24 rated clubs, from 9U through 19U. Tier 2 is the busiest bracket with 40 teams, then Tier 3 and Tier 4 with 31 each, Tier 5 with 22 and Tier 1 with 19. The table is our estimate of a full season.
More about New Hampshire hockey
The New England club leagues run alongside and above the state brackets, and each division sits at a letter too. EHF is the largest here, with 61 teams at five clubs, at 9U through 18U. Those clubs are Manchester Flames, Northern Cyclones in Hudson, Seacoast Performance Academy and Seacoast Spartans in Exeter, and Top Gun in Salem. PHL has 21 teams at seven clubs. VHL has 20 at four: the New England Jr. Hawks in Nashua, NH East Eagles in Exeter, Rochester Blackhawks in Rochester and New Hampshire Mountain Kings in Hooksett. E9 has 15 teams at two clubs, the Jr. Hawks and the New Hampshire Avalanche in Hooksett, at 9U through 16U. Every one of those teams plays in a Blue, White or Red division. The Keene Cobras hold all seven rated GSL rows. Girls hockey is thin in the ratings: five rated girls rows in all. Hanover Wild is the only New England Girls Hockey League club, at 10U, 12U and 14U.
New Hampshire's sole USA Hockey affiliate is the New Hampshire Amateur Hockey Association (NHAHA).
Hockey programs in New Hampshire
Season cost estimates and family-reported costs for 27 programs.
- New England Wildcats (Girls)2 reports
- NH East Eagles2 reports
- Top Gun1 report
- Back Bay Indians
- Berlin Maroons
- Concord Capitals
- Granite State Wild
- Hanover Wild
- Hanover Wild (Girls)
- Henniker Huskies
- Kearsarge
- Keene Cobras
- Manchester Flames
- Mt Washington Valley Eagles
- New England Jr. Hawks
- New England Wolves
- New Hampshire Avalanche
- New Hampshire Mountain Kings
- New Hampshire Mountain Kings (Girls)
- New Hampshire Selects
- Northern Cyclones
- Oyster River Cats
- Plymouth Jr. Panthers
- Rochester Blackhawks
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