ICE HOCKEY RECRUITING
cOLLEGE HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP
INFORMATION
This page contains specific information about Junior college ice hockey scholarships, choose one of these links for to learn about NCAA Ice Hockey Scholarships and the NCAA College Ice Hockey Recruiting Process.
As a high school ice hockey player you
are probably very good, maybe the best at your school but unless you are in the
top 5%, or blue chip category, don't expect the JUCO Ice Hockey coaches to knock
on your door.
If you want to get recruited, especially at community college level, you have to
do the work and make it happen. You have to contact the hockey coaches and let
them know who you are and what you can do for their ice hockey program.
Each school can only offer 16 scholarships in total, unlike the NCAA they cannot offer a larger number of at a lower percentage.
Junior college ice hockey is a real alternative and if you are good enough it can be a stepping stone to a NCAA scholarship.
NJCAA Ice Hockey has been dominated by
the University of New York, Canton, (SUNY Canton), which has won an
unprecedented 14 National Championships.
Community college
coaches do not have the large athletic budgets that NCAA coaches have so
they cant actively recruit or hire scouts. Many JC coaches don't allocate
all of their sports recruiting budget each year simply because they were not
approached by suitable athletes.