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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll bet hockey is way expensive![/quote]

Just registered my boys for house winter hockey season (Sept-March) this morning:
Registration for USA Hockey (required to play) $90
Registration for 7 y/o (Mite) $795
Registration for 10 y/o (Squirt) $1390
They get two practices and two games each per week for the season. Gear replacement averages $100-$150 per kid per season. Much higher if you have a goalie. Gearing up to start, probably $300 for basic gear, but USA Hockey has teamed with the NHL to offset some of this cost by gearing up first time players when they sign up for learn-to-play-hockey sessions. Most rinks have a gear-swap session each season, which helps. 
If the older boy plays selects this season, that's another $400. There are one or two weekend tournaments each season for selects that require travel (MD/PA), but most games are played locally so travel costs aren't bad. Travel hockey is easily 3 of 4 times the cost of house and they go all up and down the eastern seaboard. That's out of bounds for us. [/quote]

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