AYHA REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
AYHA registration for all age divisions of 2025/2026 youth hockey opens June 1. We cannot wait to see our returning players and welcome new children to the sport of hockey. Once again this season is the early registration benefit of 8-, 7-, or 6-month extended payment plans, reduced registration deposits, and no deposits for early registration.
2025-2026 AYHA REGISTRATION (ALL AGE DIVISIONS)
AYHA registration is now open, and step by step instructions are provided on the Current Season & Registration page under the Resources for Parents drop down menu. To start the registration process for your youth hockey player, simply click the Registration button in the top right corner of the home page. Please note that each youth player must have a unique USA Hockey number before registering with the AYHA, and the USA Hockey member registration website for players, coaches, referees, and volunteers is now open.
Early registration allows families to take advantage of extended payment plan options. If you register before July 1, families have the option to have the AYHA registration fee be divided in 8 monthly installments, 7 monthly installments if you register before August 1, and 6 monthly installments if you register on August 1 or later. The final monthly installment is billed February 1 of 2026 for all of the above options.
Families that register before August 1 will not be required to submit the $50 deposit. If you have more than one youth player registering this season, the AYHA is once again offering a multi-player discount, which you can select during the registration process. Additionally, if this is the first full year of your youth player's participation in the AYHA, you can also select a 50% season discount during registration.
If you have any past due amounts in Active from prior seasons, those amounts must be paid in full using your Active account before your youth player(s) can register for the 2025-2026 season. If you have any questions about past due amounts, please contact AYHA Registrar.
BTHL REGISTRATION DEADLINE
All hockey associations in the BTHL (10U, 12U, and 14U youth players) must submit an official online USA Hockey roster for each of their teams to the BTHL no later than September 12. Players who are not on the USA Hockey roster for their team by this date will not be permitted to play in the seeding tournament September 13 & 14. Furthermore, players not on the USA Hockey roster by September 12 will only be permitted to join their team for BTHL regular and post-season games after a review and approval by the BTHL. This policy change is to address potential "sandbagging", where teams deliberately play below their actual ability during the seeding tournament to get placed in a lower division, and then intentionally accept more skilled players to their rosters before the December 31 roster freeze deadline in order to more easily win their regular season division.
Because it can take up to two weeks or more for the official roster to update online after a player registers with USA Hockey for the 2025-2026 season, the AYHA strenuously recommends all of our BTHL youth players register with USA Hockey and AYHA no later than August 30, and preferably earlier (players must be registered with both USA Hockey and AYHA to be on the official roster).
Even if your youth player cannot participate in the seeding tournament due to a prior commitment elsewhere, please register with USA Hockey and AYHA before August 30 so your player does not have to be submitted to the BTHL later on for review and approval to join their team. There is no guarantee that the BTHL will approve individual player additions to an AYHA team after the September 12 deadline, especially if the BTHL feels the additional player or players significantly increase their team's competitiveness above the other teams in their assigned age and skill division.
BTHL coaches must also have their USA Hockey registration number submitted to the Registrar, completed a background check, completed Safesport, and completed their age-specific modules prior to August 30 as well. If you are not on the USA Hockey roster with your team and have not completed the minimum requirements, you will not be permitted to participate in the Seeding Tournament. All teams participating in the seeding tournament must have at least 10 skaters and 1 goalie, so please try to pencil in that weekend participate in the seeding tournament if at all possible.