How much does youth hockey cost in South Carolina?
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 | $3,300 – $6,600 |
B1 | $7,100 – $14,000 |
A A1 | $8,400 – $17,000 |
AA | $10,000 – $19,600 |
B runs up to 10U in South Carolina.
How the levels work here
There is no AAA row on this page because no South Carolina club has a rated AAA team. AA is the top rung the three rated clubs ice, at 10U through 18U. A and A1 are league labels rather than separate rungs. A is the Atlantic Coast Hockey Conference's label, and A1 is the Southern Youth Travel Hockey League's. Only one South Carolina team carries A1, the Columbia Cyclones at 10U.
Where the money goes
A typical 12U A season in South Carolina, 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$5,32042%
- Tournament travel$3,60028%
- Development$1,30010%
- Local travel$9007%
House in South Carolina runs 5% above the national average.
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Hidden costs
- Columbia Cyclones publishes its 2026-27 travel season at $1,850 to $2,050, and charges a $50 non-refundable tryout fee before a player has a team.
- That range is not a price: the club states final team fees vary with roster size, league participation, tournament attendance and national bound designation.
- Every league South Carolina clubs appear in spans several states, with Atlantic Coast Hockey Conference divisions also carrying Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia teams, and Southern Youth Travel Hockey League divisions also carrying Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee teams.
- Greenville Rage travel teams play 35 to 55 games and practice two to three times a week, from August through playoffs in February or March.
- At the AA 12U figure on this page, tournament travel is $3,168 of $11,725, second only to the $3,950 registration line.
- At House 8U the largest single line is not registration: local travel is $831 against a $750 registration fee.
Savings tips
- The Greater Greenville Youth Hockey Association, which runs the Greenville Rage, lets players in its House and Travel programs from 8U through 18U request up to 50% of their total fees for the current season.
- It takes applications in two rounds, June 1 with awards by June 30 and August 31 with decisions in September, and considers later applications at board discretion.
- Applications need the prior year's tax return, a report card or school letter, and an explanation of special circumstances, so gather those before the June round.
- Parents of scholarship recipients must complete mandatory volunteering for the association during the season, so budget the hours alongside the money.
- Columbia Cyclones states that final team fees vary with tournament attendance and national bound designation, so ask which team's schedule a fee covers before accepting a spot.
- No other South Carolina club publishes an assistance amount we could verify, so ask your association directly about aid and payment plans.
Hockey in South Carolina
Your child's team will have a letter: B, A, A1 or AA. That letter sets most of the cost, so find it in the table above. Parents meet the ladder as league labels. The Atlantic Coast Hockey Conference carries most of it, with AA at 10U through 18U and A at 10U through 16U. Its 12U and 14U split into North and South brackets, and 12U A splits into Upper and Lower. Every bracketed South Carolina team sits in a South division. The Southern Youth Travel Hockey League carries a 10U A1 and a 16U AA. Charleston and Greenville each ice a 10U B team. No South Carolina club has a rated AAA team. The rows are our estimates of a full season, at the age each level is priced.
More about South Carolina hockey
South Carolina has no state affiliate of its own. The Carolina Amateur Hockey Association has run since 2000 and is the single USA Hockey affiliate for both Carolinas. It runs separate South Carolina state championships within each age and tier classification. Its South Carolina members sit in three metro clusters: Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. Three clubs carry rated teams: the Charleston Jr. Stingrays in Charleston with 10, the Greenville Rage in Greenville with 10, and the Columbia Cyclones in Columbia with 6. Carolina Rage Hockey Club in Greer sits in our index without rated teams. So do two girls programs in Greenville, the Greenville Lady Warriors and the South Carolina Lady Warriors.
All four are inferred from published registration fees: three for Charleston 16U AA and one for Charleston 12U A.
Hockey programs in South Carolina
Season cost estimates and family-reported costs for 3 programs.
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