U18
Directors
U18 Mainstream - General Information
Player eligibility:
- For the 2025-26 season: birth years 2008-2010
- 18-year old players are only eligible for Overage status if they are still enrolled full-time in high school.
- Mainstream division teams are predominantly made up of male players, although both male & female players are eligible to be rostered to a Mainstream team.
- Female players may choose to be rostered with either a Mainstream or Female team. For more information about our Female division teams, click here.
Team format:
- Team size is dependent on number of players registered and will be a maximum of 18 skaters + 2 goalies.
Tryouts/Player Evaluations:
- TBA (expected mid September)
Equipment required:
Game apparel:
- Game jerseys will be provided by Battle River MHA
- Name bars for jerseys are at the choice of each team.
- If player name bars are to be placed on jerseys, they must be purchased and applied by a board-approved vendor at the cost of parents.
- Ordering of player name bars will be organized by your team manager at the start of the season.
- Game socks
- Available for purchase from Battle River MHA
- 1 pair dark (home) + 1 pair light (away)
- Contact Equip Manager: Dallas Grant dallgrant@hotmail.com, 780-385-1443, or your Team's Manager
Practices:
- 2 per week (1hr + 1.25hr), starting in September and ending in March
- Practices will be held in Killam or Sedgewick, or a combination of both towns, depending on ice availability.
- Schedule will be announced closer to the start of the season.
League Games:
- Our U18-mainstream team(s) participate in the Central Alberta Hockey League (CAHL).
- Critical dates for tiering, regular and playoff seasons: click here
- From mid-October through March, U18 teams can expect to play 1-2 league games per weekend.
