Travel Teams

2023/2024  Season
(October through early March)

Glacier Avalanche
6U-14U

GHA offers travel team options for 8U and older players interested in higher level competition in Montana and British Columbia, Canada.

Our primary league is the East Kootenay League (EKL) in British Columbia, Canada, with games played in towns throughout eastern British Columbia. Our secondary league is the Montana Amateur Hockey Association’s Treasure State League (TSL) with games played throughout Montana. Together, these competitive leagues offer GHA players unparalleled exposure and experience playing hockey at national and international levels. 

League play for travel teams is included in registration costs for all travel option programming from the 10U and older options.

6U/8U teams are encouraged to participate in travel tournament play as the interest exists.

Travel Team Fees

Travel Team Registration Fees Include:

• Practice Ice Time

• Coaching

• Uniforms

• Home & Away League Games

• Referee Fees

• Banner and Tiering Tournament Fees

 

Costs Not Included:

• USA Hockey Registration

• Travel Costs (ex. Hotels, Gas, Food)

• Additional Tournament Fees (Determined by each team at parent meeting)

*Registration is open 8/1/2023 thru 9/30/2023 - Late Fees apply after 9/1/2023*

*3.8% Processing Fee Applied to Registration at time of Payment*

6U/8U

Mite
Birth Years 2015/2018
Coach:

Register

Registration: $600

  • All practices for the season (2 scheduled practices per week; 21 weeks)
  • Practice Times: Monday 6:00pm-6:55pm & Thursday 5:45pm-6:40pm
  • Local tournament @ Stumptown Ice Den (January 26-28, 2024)
  • Tournament participation is determined and costs shared by each team as interest is committed to at time of parent meeting.

10U

Squirt Travel Team
Birth Years 2013/2014
Coach:

Register

Registration: $1,100 Base Option

  • All practices for the season (3 scheduled practices per week; 21 weeks)
  • Practice Times: Tuesday 5:45pm-6:40pm, Thursday 6:55pm-7:50pm & Friday 5:15pm-6:15pm
  • League Participation in the EKL
  • Local tournament @ Stumptown Ice Den (December 1-3, 2023)
  • Tournament participation is determined and costs shared by each team as interest is committed to at time of parent meeting.

*Registration Add-On: $350

  • All of the above programming, plus off-ice conditioning training and additional tournament commitments *Does NOT include tournament registration costs for those tournaments*

12U

PeeWee Travel Team
Birth Years 2011/2012
Coach:

Register

Registration: $1,175 

  • All practices for the season (3 scheduled practices per week; 22 weeks)
  • Practice Times: Tuesday 6:55pm-7:50pm, shared ice Wednesday 6:55pm-7:50pm & Friday 6:30pm-7:30pm
  • League Participation in the EKL
  • Tournament participation is determined and costs shared by each team as interest is committed to at time of parent meeting.

14U

Bantam Travel Team
Birth Years 2009/2010
Coach:

Register

Registration: $1,250 Base Option

  • All practices for the season (3 scheduled practices per week; 22 weeks)
  • Practice Times: Tuesday 7:55pm-9:00pm, Wednesday 8:05pm-9:00pm & Thursday 8:05pm-9:00pm
  • League Participation in the EKL
  • Tournament participation is determined and costs shared by each team as interest is committed to at time of parent meeting.

*Registration Add-On: $400 MAHA-TSL

  • All of the above programming, plus participation in the Montana Treasure State League (TSL).

GHA Girls

Girls Travel Team
Birth Years 2010/2014
Coach:

Register
  • Registration:  $400
  • All practices for the season (2 scheduled practices per week, both shared; 21 weeks)
  • Practice Times: Monday 6:55pm-7:50pm & shared ice Wednesday 6:55pm-7:50pm
  • Local tournament @ Stumptown Ice Den (Date TBD)
  • Out of town tournament registrations additional cost - Tournament locations are offered at time of parent meeting.

Payment plans available for GHA registration options. Please contact GHA's Hockey Director, Ryan Ulvin, with any questions. He can be reached at glacierhockeywf@gmail.com

*Register by September 1st! After September 1st, you will be assessed a $100 late fee if you are registering a travel player*

USA Hockey Registration Required

All youth players must register first with USA Hockey and then register for the 2023-2024 Season.

 

• CLICK the USA Hockey logo to register your player(s).

• Be sure to PRINT and SAVE their confirmation code(s).

• PLEASE NOTE - A copy of the participants birth certificate may be required to register for youth hockey programming.

practices

Stumptown Ice Den (Whitefish)

6U/8U MITES
Monday 6:00-6:55pm; Thursday 5:45-6:40pm
10U SQUIRT
Tuesday 5:45-6:40pm; Thursday 6:55-7:50pm; Friday 5:15-6:15pm
12U PEEWEE
Tuesday 6:55pm-7:50pm; shared ice Wednesday 6:55-7:50pm; Friday 6:30pm-7:309m
12U/14U GHA Girls
Monday 6:55-7:50pm; shared ice Wednesday 6:55-7:50pm
14U BANTAM
Monday 7:55-9:00pm; Wednesday 8:05-9:00pm; Thursday 8:05pm-9:00pm

games

Home Games will be scheduled at the Stumptown Ice Den between Friday evenings and mid day Sundays throughout the season.  All prices listed below take into account the total practice schedule in building the cost (21-22 weeks of practice).  *GHA covers out of town tournament registration fees only for some options listed.

2023-24 hockey program overview

our mission

Glacier Hockey Association is a non-profit community youth hockey organization that provides an instructional hockey experience for youth ages 4-18 in a safe and supportive environment. Glacier Hockey Association strives to promote an enriching environment in a community setting while providing foundational skills, in accordance with USA Hockey’s American Development Model program to foster youth development and encouraging a lifelong love of hockey and team sports. GHA endeavors to impart the hockey values of character, hard work, teamwork, sportsmanship, and respect that lead to player success both on and off the ice.

welcome to usa hockey

GHA is a proud member of USA Hockey and a local affiliate of the Montana Amateur Hockey Association. Founded in 1937, USA Hockey provides the foundation for ice hockey in the United States and today includes more than one million players, coaches, officials and volunteers. The goal is to help every player reach their full potential through fun, safe, and engaging programs that maximize skill development, promoting a life-long love of the sport. USA Hockey provides the foundation for ice hockey in America  with the primary emphasis on support and development of grassroots hockey programs like GHA. USA Hockey is the official representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation. 

player development is our focus

GHA follows USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM), a nationally renowned model for successfully developing American hockey players to ensure every kid will have a great chance to succeed. Beginning with a player’s first steps onto the ice and carrying them through age 18 and beyond, USA Hockey’s ADM provides players and parents with a blueprint to have the best possible youth hockey experience possible. ADM provides age-specific, age-appropriate skill development; proper practice-to-game ratios that encourages skill development; high performance practice and game programming; high-quality training programs for coaches; and a philosophy that encourages player development and a life-time love of the game. By implementing USA Hockey's ADM, GHA delivers more efficient and effective skill development, produces more skilled players, enhances player retention, and allows kids to reach their full hockey potential.

What is the ADM?

USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM) is an athlete-centered, coach-enhanced, administrator-supported framework that aims to help all individuals realize their athletic potential and utilize sport as a path toward an active and healthy lifestyle. This can be accomplished by following the 10 Guiding Principles and the age group recommendations that focus on developing all aspects of hockey performance in a developmentally appropriate manner, based on research and best practices in youth sports, human development, coaching, and the sports sciences.

benefits of gha

  • USA Hockey Certified coaches, volunteers and officials.
  • Professionally organized structure and support.
  • USA Hockey membership and resources
  • Games options in the Flathead Valley, throughout Montana, and British Columbia (Canada)
  • Well established practice plans in adherence to age specific player development
  • Power Skating instruction
  • Goaltender specific instruction
  • Practice ice for 6 months
  • 20-24+ games per season
  • All League Fees (EKL & TSL fees)
  • Registration fees for locally hosted tournaments (GHA Battle of the Border) Tiering and Banner/State Tournament Fees
  • USA Hockey Certified Refereed games

AGE CLASSIFICATIONS

BIRTH YEAR - PROGRAM
2014-2018 - NHL Seattle Kraken Learn to Play Hockey (L2PH)
2015/2018 - 6/8 or Under (Mite/Novice)
2013/2014 - 10 or Under (Squirt/Atom)
2011/2012 - 12 or Under (Peewee)
2009/2010 - 14 or Under (Bantam)
2009-2013 - GHA Girls

*No USAH registration fee 2015 and younger (6 and Under)