Registration (Athens Youth Hockey Association | Athens Ohio | Bird Arena)

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UPDATE 2024-05-25: For 14U and High School players, please review changes to the 14U and High School teams in the upcoming 2024 / 2025 season. 

UPDATE 2024-06-02: Registration for the 2024 / 2025 hockey season for all age divisions is now open! 

If you are ready to register your youth hockey player for the AYHA 2024 / 2025 season, please follow the steps below to ensure an easy and successful process.  If you are interested in registering a youth player between the ages of four and ten year in the Learn to Play program sponsored by the Columbus Blue Jackets, please visit the AYHA’s Learn to Skate & Learn to Play Programs page under PARENTS.


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First, regardless of age you need to register your youth hockey player with USA Hockey, which is mandatory to participate in both the AYHA’s zero-travel and travel team leagues for all age divisions.  For 2024-2025, registration is $15 for children born in or after 2018, $50 for those born between 2016-2017, $61 for those born between 2012-2015, $70 for those born between 2006 & 2011, and $46 for those born in 2005 or earlier (adults).  

Register at USA Hockey's Membership website.

USA Hockey will provide your player a confirmation number, which is required when registering with the AYHA.  A confirmation number is typically a 9-digit number followed by the first five letters of the player’s last name (e.g., 123456789ABCDE).  Please note that usually the number will be recognized immediately in Step 2 process, but sometimes it can take 24-hours or more after you receive your number for the USA Hockey database to update and allow Active to recognize the number for the registration process in Step 2.


Registration Step 2
Next, register your youth player in the appropriate age division.  The AYHA participates in the Buckeye Travel Hockey League for 10U, 12U, and 14U, which includes teams from West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.  High school players participate in the Ohio Scholastic Hockey League, which primarily plays teams in the Columbus, Ohio area.  8U players are zero-travel, which means they are not in a league and play scrimmages on select weekends as well games if the coaches and team managers for the team can arrange games with other 8U teams.   

Fees for each age division are established each summer by the AYHA Board of Directors to cover the anticipated costs incurred by the Association for the upcoming season.  Major costs include renting Bird Ice Arena from Ohio University ($162/hour), BTHL registration fees ($2,000+/- per team), 8U and 10U registration fees for the Marazon Memorial and Veteran's Day tournaments, game referees, and associated administrative costs such as maintaining the website, web-based registration, and others.

For the 2024 / 2025 season, the fee structure for each age division is as follows.
 2024 / 2025 Age Divisions  Season Fee
 8U Zero-Travel Team (Birth Years 2016 & Younger) $725.00 
 10U BTHL Travel Team (Birth Years 2014 & 2015)  $1,175.00
 12U BTHL Travel Team (Birth Years 2012 & 2013) $1,350.00
 14U BTHL Travel Team (Birth Years 2010 & 2011)  $1,700.00
 High School Travel Team  $2,100.00

All youth players who birth years 2018 and 2019 should register for the 8U Zero-Travel Team.  The AYHA has transitioned away from having separate age divisions for 6U and 8U players, and instead they are now combined under a single 8U team. Historically, 6U players did not participate in games, but by combining them with the 8U players, the intent is to establish a house league for all children with a birth year of 2016 or younger to be able to participate in home games, scrimmages, and other activities.  The AYHA's goal is to move to the Red/White/Blue system of skill classification for the entire 8U age division and potentially have a travel team for away games if there are a sufficient number of interested families.

For full season registration, each of the above fees include a $50 non-refundable deposit (no deposit required if registering before August 1).  The AYHA offers a $100 discount for multi-player families as well as a 50% fee discount for youth players participating in their first, full season in the AYHA. 

If this is your first full season in the AYHA, when you enter your player's basic information (name, phone, address, etc.), you will see the following yes/no question: 

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If this is your player's first full season with the AYHA, please select "yes".  The Active registration process does not allow the AYHA to automatically apply the 1st-year-player discount to your account, but the AYHA will apply the 50% discount to your account after your registration is complete.   In addition to selecting "yes" in Active, please also send an email with you and your player's name to the AYHA registrar, Amanda McCumber ([email protected]), indicating that it's your first year so we have an email record to ensure the discount is applied before the first billing cycle of the payment installment plan you chose.

The AYHA recommends families select the option to pay the season fee utilizing monthly installments. If you register by July 1st, the fee is divided in 9 monthly installments, 8 monthly installments if you register by August 1st, and 6 monthly installments if you register between August 1st and October 1st.   The final monthly installment is billed March 1st of 2024 for all of the above options.

When you reach the step where Active asks you to select a payment plan, you will see that each of the payment plans says "Deposit + # payment(s)."  Even though the AYHA is not collecting deposits before August 1, the Active system isn't smart enough to remove the word "Deposit" from the payment plan options.  So, when you select your preferred payment plan, there will be no deposit collected.

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Please register at:

Athens Youth Hockey Association page on Active.com (Link is Live!)

Be sure to select the appropriate age division when you register.  The Association recommends registering prior to August 1st to not only take advantage of the extended monthly installment payment plans, but also so the Association can commit to having BTHL travel teams prior the BTHL having their seeding tournament in September.   

Note: after you've completed registration, Active will try to sell you "Active Advantage Membership".  This service has nothing to do with the AYHA season, and it is completely unnecessary to enroll.


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After you have completed the AYHA registration, you may order game jerseys for youth players on teams 10U and older.  The Association will lend jerseys to the 8U players for their season, so those families do not need to purchase them, but they will still need to purchase socks online.

Game jerseys are $130 for a pair (one green home and one white away), and they may be ordered by filling out and submitting online the following form: 

AYHA 2024/2025 Jersey Order Form

Please fill out the form, including three preferred numbers for the jerseys; all jersey numbers are reviewed and approved by the Registrar to avoid conflicts (prior season youth players may keep their previous jersey number).  Pay close attention to the jersey sizing chart and remember to account for your youth player wearing equipment as well as a little future growth when taking measurements (many families can get two seasons or more out of jerseys).  When the jerseys arrive, they will be billed to your Active.com account and added to the monthly registration fee payment.

Game socks can be order directly by families from the Homegrown Sporting Goods company at the following links:  

The AYHA also has overstock game socks available for sale.  Please see the AYHA Overstock page for size and color availability (all are good for practices and/or games).

When selecting a length, remember that a hockey sock should run from the player’s ankle to about 50%-75% up the player’s thigh.



Registration Step 4
While you are waiting for jerseys and games socks to arrive, please complete the following online health and safety training programs:
  • Concussion Awareness
  • SafeSport
  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest
More information for each training program, including links and submission requirements, is located under the POLICIES menu at the top of the AYHA page.



Registration Step 5
Please review the Parent / Player Conduct rules under the PARENTS menu at the top of the AYHA page.  By registering with the AYHA, you and your youth player agree to abide the the conduct rules through the season.


After Step 5, you are ready to play!  Please take time to read all of the other information on the site about playing hockey, volunteering opportunities at games, and even coaching.

Updated 2023-05-29.