FAQ
Do players live at home?
Summary
Junior hockey is a place that nur-
tures the development of young
hockey players who have dreams of
advancing their careers. Whether a
player tries out for a junior team or
gets scouted from their minor
hockey team the route everyone
takes to get there is unique.
Same can be said about juniors
itself as everyone has their own
stories about their experience.
What is Junior
Some players do if they live close Hockey?
enough but most live with billet families
or in apartments.
Do players go to school while
playing juniors?
Most do not, but some take a less than
9 credit course load to remain eligible
for NCAA hockey.
At what age do players go to
college?
While some players go to college as true
freshman at 18 most go later and the
majority dont begin their freshman year
until after they age out at 21.
What? Who? Why?
Junior Hockey is played in a variety of Main Goals of Junior Hockey
Junior Hockey is... leagues across North America. The leagues
Hockey played by kids up to the age Develop ability as a hockey play-
vary in ability and some even get payed to
of 21 with some kids starting around er
play.
the age of 16. Most commonly it is
played before college with many Promote players
Major Junior Leagues (Paid/No
players continuing to play until they
NCAA Eligibility) Advance players onto their de-
age out at 21. The main goal of jun-
ior hockey is to advance your hockey sired locations
-OHL, QMJHL, WHL
career with the most common post-
junior route being college hockey.
Tier 1
College coaches watch junior teams
across the country in hopes of re-
-USHL, CJHL
cruiting the best players to their
schools.
Tier 2
-NAHL

Tier 3
-EHL, USPHL, NA3HL