I would like to welcome you to the 2024 -2025 season!  

The Andover Huskies Youth Hockey Association and Minnesota Hockey continues to experience incredible growth and success.  Thank you to our Association volunteers that make our program possible.  With this growth, periodic changes of eligibility rules and the offering the AHYHA provides are required.  Please review important information about the upcoming season below:

Mite/8U School Eligibility Rule Change

A significant change for this season involves a new MN Hockey rule change prohibiting school waiver participation for the Mite/8U level.  Unless previously established on a school waiver each player at the Mite/8U level must participate with their association of residence.  We know this may be an adjustment for families that may have players across age levels, and assure all Mite/8U families that our neighboring associations have very comparable Mite programming focused on skill development.

Players may make a one-time school waiver choice to play with their association of school attendance at the start of their first season of Squirt/10U only and that waiver may remain in place as long as school attendance at an Andover school continues.  All  other players registering must have primary residence within the Andover High School boundaries.

Fee Structure Changes

Our Association has remained very fiscally responsible allowing us to pass fee benefits to members.  See the full fee schedule under program information on AHYHA.com. Top teams that have more non-parent coaching, use more practice ice hours, have longer games and off ice opportunities will have increased team fees.

Travel team fees will now be collected in six installments instead of five to help spread out payments.  To support this, processing fees will now be the registrant's responsibility.We want to continue to build for our future so are excited to invest in Mite/8U development. We have simplified Mite/8U fees to invest in growth at that level.  

Moving to up-front payment of the team discretionary fund for traveling was successful in better managing team expenses and helped ease up front fee burdens. Again this season, additional slush fund fees may be collected by the team manager later in the season only up to association mandated limits as agreed to by the team.

Other Key Updates for the Season

We depend on volunteers.  Weather has made volunteer hour needs unpredictable so we have reduced the volunteer hour commitment for families to 10 hours.  This continues to be an honor system commitment.  Families that do not complete hours will be billed a penalty fee prior to the start of the next season and to remain in good association standing.

As in previous years, TRYOUTS for all traveling teams will remain closed.  This is for the players benefit of having less stress from eyes from the stands.  

No photos and videos in the locker room. Please remind your players that positive locker room behavior is expected. Travel teams should support their SafeSport team locker room monitor in managing locker room integrity.

As a youth sports association, participating families (Association members) share the cost of fielding teams and running the program.  We also share the benefit of fundraising efforts through charitable gambling and our charitable gambling sites. We operate charitable gaming at Pappy’s Tavern, Route 65 Pub and Willy McCoy’s in Andover.  Our ability to operate fundraising efforts at these locations is only possible with the voluntary support of these local business owners. Please support the local businesses who support our activities!  Without these fine establishments, we would be looking at an almost 100% increase in our Association fees to keep the Association running!  Please let them know that you are with Andover hockey and give them a thank you.

Go Huskies!