How much does youth hockey cost in Texas?

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.

LevelEstimated 12U season cost
House
C
$3,700 – $6,100
B
B2
$6,300 – $12,600
B1
A2
$8,500 – $16,600
A
A1
$10,300 – $20,600
AA
$12,000 – $23,800
AAA
$16,000 – $32,100

How the levels work here

A1 and A2 are the Texas Hockey League's two A divisions. A1 is the larger and the stronger of the two. Its 29 rated teams average 82.5, to A2's 11 averaging 76.2. Both sit below THL AA, which averages 87.5. AA splits into Red and White at 12U and Upper and Lower at 16U. The AAA row is Dallas Stars Elite, the state's only Tier I program. It plays its league schedule in the T1EHL rather than the THL.

Where the money goes

A typical 12U A season in Texas, about $15,400. 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$8,52055%
  • Tournament travel$3,40022%
  • Development$1,2008%
  • Local travel$8005%
Estimated from published Texas program fees and family reports

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Hidden costs

  • Registration is a minority of the bill at every travel level: it is about a quarter of our 14U A1 estimate and about 40% of the 14U AAA figure.
  • Tournament travel is the single largest line at 14U A1, about $3,100 against $2,200 of registration, and it runs about $7,100 at 14U AAA.
  • Dallas Stars Elite plays its league schedule in the T1EHL rather than the THL, and our AAA estimate carries more than twice the tournament travel of the A1 row.
  • Amarillo, El Paso and Odessa have one rated club each, so there is no second local program to switch to.
  • Our crawl finds rated girls teams at only two Texas clubs, Dallas Stars Elite and Texas Heat.

Savings tips

  • The Dallas Stars Foundation's Friends of the Finns Youth Hockey Scholarship gives monetary assistance to youth hockey players in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, paid directly to the local facility toward classes and league programs or to a local equipment provider (nhl.com/stars/community/scholarships).
  • Its application deadlines are June 10, August 18 and February 20.
  • Ask your association's registrar about its own scholarship fund before assuming you pay full price.
  • In our 14U estimates A1 and A2 land within about $700 of each other ($8,825 and $8,175), AA adds about $5,000 over A1, and AAA is about two and a half times A1.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth's seven rated clubs make it realistic to compare two or three before tryouts, which is harder in Houston, where the Jr. Aeros are the only rated club, or Austin, where the Capitals have 15 rated teams and the Mallards 7.
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Hockey in Texas

Your child's team will have a letter: House, B, A1, A2, AA or AAA. Find it in the table above. A1 and A2 are the Texas Hockey League's two A divisions. Most travel hockey plays in the THL. Of the 127 rated Texas teams, 85 play there. The A tier splits into A1 (29 teams) and A2 (11). The AAA row is Dallas Stars Elite. Registration is about 40% of that and tournament travel about a third.

More about Texas hockey

Texas youth hockey is governed by the Texas Amateur Hockey Association (TAHA). It also covers Oklahoma and sits in USA Hockey's Rocky Mountain District. Dallas Stars Elite in Frisco is the state's Tier I AAA program. It plays its league schedule in the T1EHL rather than the THL. Its teams hold the eight highest ratings in Texas. Below the travel ladder, the Dallas Stars Metro Hockey League and Austin Metro Hockey Association run house leagues.

Rated travel programs cluster in Dallas-Fort Worth, which holds seven of the state's 16 rated clubs. Those are Stars Elite in Frisco, Dallas Penguins in Plano, Texas Warriors in Richardson and Texas Jr. Brahmas in North Richland Hills. Texas Heat in Euless, Texas Tigers in Farmers Branch and McKinney North Stars in McKinney round out the seven. Houston has the Jr. Aeros. Austin has the Capitals and Mallards. San Antonio has Northwoods Excalibur and the Jr. Rampage. College Station has the Texas Outlaws. Amarillo, El Paso and Odessa have one rated club each.

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