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Fees and Payment Policy

Registration fees are required from parents of children participating at the various levels within our program. These fees are due at registration are used to offset the cost of general and administrative costs of hockey.

Team fees are due on November 1st and January 15th and cover the estimated costs to purchase ice for your team. These are estimates, since some teams may decide to purchase more or less ice, enter additional tournaments or spend money in some other manner not specified by the LHA. If payment is not received as required, the team manager will notify the appropriate Level Director. The Level Director will notify the Treasurer and the player is subject to suspension from all team activity until the fees are current. At the discretion of the Treasurer, payment may be required by a money order or a certified check.

In addition to these fees there is a pre-registration fee of $35 per family collected from all families that have not yet contributed a total of $250 to the construction for the original sheet we now use.

Mandatory fundraising fees from past years that were not paid last year will be due at registration this year with a $25.00 late fee!

There will be a $25.00 non-refundable registration fee and a $25.00 NSF check fee.



Refund Policy

The LHA did adopt beginning with the 1995/1996 Hockey season a formal refund policy that will be applied in all cases when a registered participant wishes to withdraw from the program. This policy will be applied equitably across all cases of withdrawal from the LHA and at all levels.

This policy was adopted with consideration of the fact that the LHA incurs costs almost immediately after a child is registered. Many of these costs are not refundable to the LHA by the district or USA Hockey. And as such we cannot refund them to the participant.

Once a decision to withdraw is made, it is the member’s responsibility to immediately notify the appropriate level director and follow that up with a written request for a refund if they feel one is due. The Level Director, Registrar and Treasurer will review the written policy and determine what if any refund will be allowed.

Injuries, although rare, area apart of the game of hockey and as such are not allowable reasons for withdrawing from the program and requesting a refund.


Family Catastrophe

The Board of Directors reserves the right to suspend all of the above requirements to the fees of any member in the event that a catastrophe befalls a person or persons, e.g.; the death of a parent of a player during the course of the season.


Financial Aid Policy

In a very few extreme cases each year, the LHA may assist families with partial scholarships. Those members that 

believe they may qualify for some level of assistance should e-mail the treasurer each year. These members must prepare a letter outlining their need and complete a questionnaire which then must be submitted via email to the Financial Aid Committee. The Financial Aid Committee consisting of the president, treasurer and vice president of Operations will review these confidential documents. Short-term financial situations are not considered to be acceptable reasons to qualify. Typically, qualified applicants are those with long-term or permanent financial need. The following outlines the financial support for all levels. 

• $100 credit: Mite Prep/Mite/U8 

• $200 credit: Squirt/U10 

• $300 credit: All remaining levels 

 The applicant must pay the registration costs; any financial aid given is applied to the secondary payments that are due. 

For those receiving financial aid, end-of-season team refund checks will be paid directly back to LHA. The president will advise the Board of Directors about any financial aid provided, but will not disclose the names of the recipients. All financial aid approvals are applicable for the current season only. All decisions are final. 

Lakeville Hockey Association
PO Box 135
Lakeville, Minnesota 55044
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