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2025 Alberta Challenge: Championship Sunday Recap

RED DEER – The final day of the 2025 Alberta Challenge has concluded! North Blue was crowned the tournament champions after an exciting overtime finish in the finals. Here is everything that you need to know about Day 4!  Game #1 South Black  4 – North Red 2 Players of the Game:   South Black: #9 […]

Check out the April edition of Ice Times!

  Check out the April Edition of the Ice Times Newsletter. Included this month: AEHL, AFHL, and U11AA award winners Membership Monday featuring Taber’s Green Shirt Game Your chance to purchase some Hockey Alberta apparel AND MORE! ICE TIMES NEWSLETTER >

Edmonton Jr. Oilers White Win the 2025 Esso Cup

The 2025 Esso Cup wrapped up in Lloydminster this past Saturday, with two Alberta teams vying for medals on the final day of competition.  The Lloydminster Steelers finished just shy of the podium, falling 4–1 to the North York Storm in the bronze medal game. The host team closed out the national tournament with a […]

The Elite Female Pathway Guide outlines the exclusive opportunities that are available to Alberta’s elite female hockey players registered with a Hockey Alberta member organization. These opportunities include the competition, coaching and development they experience on the ice, along with the supports and services available off the ice. Hockey Alberta organizations include Minor Hockey Associations, Accredited Schools, the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League, and post-secondary institutions.

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As the 2025-26 hockey season approaches, AAA and AA Hockey teams will be conducting tryouts. As AAA and AA is competitive hockey, some players may not be selected for the team with which they tryout. Here is what you need to know if you are not selected for a AAA or AA team:

  1. Each player has the opportunity to tryout for a maximum of two (2) teams within a specific division of Elite Hockey (ie: U18 AAA, U18 AA, are each separate divisions within the U18 Category of hockey).
  2. A player, upon being informed they have not been selected for a given AAA/AA team, can:
    1. Attempt to arrange a second tryout: If not selected for an AFHL team and intending to attempt to arrange a second tryout, a player must contact the team they were released by and request an AFHL Waiver Form to provide as documentation to the second tryout team they were not selected for their first tryout in a given division. OR:
    2. Proceed to their Primary Recruitment Area team in the next lowest division of Elite Hockey they intend/are eligible to tryout within, OR
    3. Return to their Primary MHA to access non-elite programs.
  3. Contacts for second tryout inquiries can be found on the Host MHA Contacts Page.

These AFHL teams have indicated they are welcoming inquires for second tryouts for the following divisions/positions:

 

Association AFHL U18 AA AFHL U15 AA AFHL U13 AA
Camrose F,D,G F,D,G
EFHA D,G G
Lakeland F,D,G
NCI F,D,G F,D,G F,D,G
Okotoks G

 

Other associations may also be open to accepting second tryouts. It is the obligation of the player to arrange a second tryout.

The AFHL wishes all prospective players best of luck in the tryouts process.

We recognize that inclusive and respectful hockey starts with us. We pledge to:

  • Be AWARE of the language we use and how it impacts others.
  • ACKNOWLEDGE everyone’s differences regardless of the jersey they are wearing.
  • COMPETE HARD while leading positive and RESPECTFUL interactions with others.
  • Be an ALLY by contributing to safe spaces where everyone feels welcome.

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