AYHL’s Recreational (In-House) League has 4 age divisions: 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U/18U. As part of the CRHL (Colorado Recreational Hockey League), AYHL will play associations in the South Conference.
Depending on the number of teams in the 18U Division, they may play teams in both the North and South Divisions including Arvada, Colorado Jr. Eagles, Denver University, Greeley, Hyland Hills, Littleton, Northern Colorado and Summit.
The mission of CRHL is to emphasize skill development with a recreational component. The goal of CRHL is to encourage a FUN environment in a recreational skill development setting. It is a tiered program to create like competition. The two tiers are Experienced (Red) and Intermediate (White). CRHL has 2 seasons - Fall and Winter. The Fall "tiering" season will be 6 games and the Winter season will be 10 games. Teams are tiered as directed by the CRHL and the association hockey directors.
Season Length - August/September - February
# of Regular Season Games - 16
Single Elimination Playoffs - February
Registration Deadlines
18U (2006 - 2009) - August 15
14U (2010 - 2011) - August 15
12U (2012 - 2013) - August 25
10U (2014 - 2015) - September 15 (Updated 8/14/24)
Evaluation Dates - Group assignments for evaluations will be sent after each registration deadline
18U (2006 - 2009) - August 23 - August 25
14U (2010 - 2011) - August 23 - August 25
12U (2012 - 2013) - September 6 - September 8
10U (2014 - 2015) - September 20 & September 22 (Updated 8/14/24)
Weekly Practice - shared ice; Tuesday, Thursday or Friday (time slot will be set once teams are formed)
Skills Session - Bi-weekly on Mondays (10U - 14U)
Weekly Games - 1 per weekend on average
Tournaments - Mile High Meltdown (included in registration fee); teams may play a max of 2 other in-state tournaments
AYHL Rec Hockey Coordinator/CRHL Representative
Phone: 303-754-0564
Administrator/Registrar
Phone: 303-754-0584