Registration will open on Saturday, November 22nd at 8am for all Girls, and for Boys Tier 1 and MHSAA Varsity Players. It will also open for Team Michigan tryouts for MHSAA Varsity freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior players.

Registration for all other Boys will open on Saturday, December 6th at 8am.

Links for registration will appear on this page on the date and time that they become active. They will not be posted or sent out beforehand.

Please note that during registration there will be a tab for an organization called NCSA. This is not something controlled by or endorsed by MAHA. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails from NCSA, please make certain that you have not oped in for them. Thank you.

The dates and locations for the MAHA Player Selection Camps are as follows:

Boys District Camps

April 9-12, 2026 - Dearborn

April 17-18, 2026 - Berry Events Center, Marquette

April 24-26, 2026 - Southside Arena Grand Rapids

Girls Development Camp

April 24-26, 2026 - Patterson Ice Arena Grand Rapids (*The reasons for keeping this camp in Grand Rapids for 2026 will be explained in a future communication)

Team Michigan Tryouts

March 9, 2026--Otsego Sportsplex, Gaylord

March 10, 2026--Georgetown, Hudsonville

March 11. 2026--Eddie Edgar, Livonia

Those players chosen to advance from the above tryouts will attend the Team Michigan Festival March 14-15, 2026 at the Arctic Coliseum in Chelsea. From this group of players, a total of 3 teams will be selected. Players that are selected for those teams will attend a mini-camp in Novi April 17-18, 2026 and will go to Minnesota April 23-26, 2026. The two upperclassmen teams will participate in the CCM NIT tournament, and the underclassmen team will play against other teams in their age group on the same weekend.

Boys 16/17 Festival

Taylor - May 15-17, 2026

1. Rosters were created with the intent of making the talent level as even as possible. The initial rosters were created with High School, Tier 1, Tier 2, and Other classifications distributed as evenly as possible between teams. Injuries happen, and when they do, the injured player’s roster spot will be filled with the next available player off the waiting list.
2. We cannot accept requests to move a player from one team to another.
3. To be eligible to move to the next round (Taylor for 2009s and 2010s, LSSU for 2011s and 2012s), players must attend at least one of their games. Ideally players attend all 3 games, but we understand there are other commitments in the spring.
4. Goaltenders are not assigned to a team. Instead, they are assigned to a different team for each block of games. Goalies will not play for a team more than once, nor will they play against a team more than once. This is done to make the tryout as equitable as possible.
5. Each age group has a Goalie Evaluation during the weekend. For each evaluation, players in that age group will be asked to volunteer to shoot during the evaluation. A Google Doc will be set up as we get closer to the weekend for those wishing to volunteer.
6. The schedule has been reviewed numerous times. Each age group’s schedule should match what is on the master schedule. If it does not, please contact Amanda Gobert using the contact info on the bottom of this page. If a revision is required, it will be posted here and it will be emailed to all affected parties.
7. Players should be prepared to start games up to 15 min early. We want to avoid delays and for the late games, we want to allow players to be done as early as possible.

Most emails for Player Selection Camps come from a 'MAHA.org' domain. Please make certain this domain is safe in your email system to avoid missing emails concerning Player Selection Camps.

Once the District Camps are complete, the top players will be chosen to go to the final step in Michigan, where players from the 2009, 2010, and 2011 birth years will be chosen to attend National Development Camp in Buffalo this summer.

The 2009s and 2010s will attend Taylor May 15-17. There will be 4 teams at each age group. Players who went to National Camp last year already have spots in Taylor. The players chosen from the District Camps to attend Taylor will be posted on this site by the end of April.

The 2011s who are chosen will attend LSSU June 14-19, with the 2012s going June 21-26 (dates for both weeks are TENTATIVE). There are 6 teams at each age group. The players chosen to attend LSSU will be posted on this website during the first week of May.

During the course of registration for the Boys Development camps, positions at locations will fill and players will be directed to the wait list. This DOES NOT always mean that your child will not get to participate in camp. Our initial registration is set with a minimum number of teams with a balanced amount of players. We will fill those teams first. This allows our teams to have an equal amount of forwards, defense, and goalies. From there, all other players are directed to the waitlist. As we progress through the registration timeframe, we form additional teams as the numbers allow. Players are added to form these teams in the order that they are added to the waitlist (as each and every registration is time-stamped). Therefore, we encourage everyone who is directed to do so to register for the waitlist. In past years, approximately 90-95% of players who were placed on the waitlist made it into the main camp. Please continue to watch your email for updates on your registration--especially if you are waitlisted! Also note--players may only complete one registration, so if you are on a waitlist at one location, you will not be able to register for an open spot at an additional location. It is in your best interest to put your player on the waitlist in your desired location. Please reach our to the camp coordinators using the link at the bottom of the page with additional questions.

New for the 2026 Girls Development camp: There will a limited number of inital registrations allowed for each birth year and position at the girls camp. Additional players will be able to register for the waitlist directly through the registration system. This is to allow for balance in the number of players at each position on teams for the camp. As numbers allow, additional teams will be added, and players will be contacted from the waitlist to fill the spots on those teams. Please ensure that you monitor your email for updates on your registration if you are placed on the waitlist!

It’s a common question this time of year.

In short, it’s the way Michigan selects the players who represent the Great Lakes State at USA Hockey national camps.

Each year, the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association holds its Player Selection Camps. For boys, the Player Selection Camps take place first at the district level, and then at the state-wide level, to evaluate and identify the top players in the state, as selected by a panel of coaches at each location. Girls participate in a single-weekend camp in a similar selection process.

Players who are chosen by MAHA to represent Michigan at the USA Hockey Player Development Camps then compete alongside top players from across the country in their birth-year class. USA Hockey uses their national camps to identify the top players in the country, as well as complete rosters for upcoming international tournaments.

“With our Player Selection Camps, we aim to put forth the best players from Michigan to represent our state at the national level,” said Joe Jones, Player Selection Camp chair for MAHA. “We make the process as open and as accessible as possible, so that players from across the state, regardless of what team they played for in the fall, have an equal and fair opportunity.

“It also presents a unique opportunity for Michigan’s youth hockey players to know where they stand with their peers. Hockey is a sport where players develop at different times, so the Player Selection Camps can serve as a measuring stick, and let players identify their strengths and weaknesses as they continue to train and grow.”