You can afford it because you're a diehard and you prioritize it. If you're not born into the game like you and me it's a massive gap to bridge. I pay $100 to play softball for two months once a week. What would that entry level cost be to play eight hockey games?
Most men's league teams would cost you like $250-500 for anywhere from 10-20 games or so.
For my kid, if he were to play, registration is anywhere from $600-$750 for 20ish weeks (2 sessions/week) You can buy used equipment at many stores, but the intital cost of the used equipment is anywhere from $500 - $900. Its house league, so you dont travel far, (50km radius max). So you are looking at 1500-2000 for a year. Thats $125-175/mth. There are also government subsidies in Ontario that give parents who cant afford it money back, up to $500. If you play travel, obviously the costs increase, but if you are good enough you can get a sponsor to help with the costs.
It's roughly 3k to play house league a year. That's going to price out a ton of people who might be interested but aren't extremely talented.
That for a year? Or just for the main season? The US is pretty similar for house league, anywhere from $1500-$2000, but that's just the main fall season, so like October to March, and that's just the fee for the team for ice, jerseys, etc. Doesn't include any of the other stuff I mentioned in my post above. Spring seasons and/or summer seasons are usually extra, and though not as expensive as the fall season, still probably run $400-$600.
Hockey IQ and effort are the two things that will always play in this league. Physical tools are great. Dickinson is more projectable. I just think Buium has the higher floor.
Iginla isn’t really the waterbug type that Hagel is. I think he’s more of the “modern” power forward (even though he’s only 6’0). I see a lot of Matt Boldy in his game
Thats for the main season. I dont see why you would need to play outside of Oct-Mar. Play other sports during the summer.
Well, not here.
You're such a dumbass.
Most kids I know play year round. Both my nephews always have. I always did too. So did my brother. Spring/summer I played hockey and baseball. A lot of times, especially if you're moving up an age-level, getting on the spring team, getting to know coaches and such, it would give you a leg up for the following season in tryouts and whatnot, and usually you play up to that level in spring, so you're getting a better idea of what you'll be up against. So if I were a 2nd year peewee and moving to bantam in fall, I'd be playing bantam in spring. Always thought that was helpful.
I never played hockey in the summer, and neither did any of my friends. You'd start trying out for the travel team in late September, and the season ended in March. Play baseball, or soccer in the summer. Nowadays around here, kids try out for the travel team in spring, but dont play hockey until Sept. Oct.
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That's wild. That was up in Canada huh? You had less teams, and less kids playing spring, but rinks never did that by us in Chicago. They were all open the whole year. A club that normally fielded 2-3 teams at each age level may only field one, but there were still leagues and teams running year-round.
I mean, in the big cities they would have rinks that were open, so if you really wanted to play you could travel to London and play in the summer. But yeah, small towns like mine took their rinks out as it was just too expensive to keep the arena open in 90-100deg weather.
That's unexpected for up there. Learn something new every day. My local rinks for all three organizations I played travel at were all open year round, and all were in smallish Chicago suburbs. Never removed ice. One had an outdoor sheet that they thawed out and used for roller hockey leagues, but the indoor ones all stayed open to use.
So your're from a small town near London? Which one? I was born and raised in London. So St. Thomas, Ilderton, Lucan ... Ingersol maybe? Small world!
I vividly remember as a kid ( and I'm aging myself here ) that Boston had London Gardens as their home areana during pre-season and so I'd go watch the Hawks play the Bruins. Bobby, Stan, Espo and all the gang!
My kids are at around $3500 each for travel A in NC. That is just for the program and not including all the extra stuff like gas, hotels, food, equipment, and any extra training.
Yeah, travel in the Chicago area would be $3500+. And yes, not including all the extras, just the club/league fees and jerseys or whatever.
