Whats the highest level of hockey i can get to if i start playing at 17?

Question

what league is a possibility for me to play in when im 25 or so? I know I wont make it anywhere near the nhl but can i play in something more competitive than a beer league?

Answer 1

Most likely beer League will be it. But the ECHL may be a long shot but still a shot

Answer 2

Adult league.

Answer 3

I am sorry to tell you don't have a chance in h**l of doing anything except a beer league/adult league.  ECHL is not an option for you.  It takes some talent to make that.  Case in point Gerald Coleman of the 2004/2005 Memorial Cup winning London Knights.  Sorry kid.

Answer 4

The guys in ECHL have been playing since they were very young. You have NO chance in h**l playing in the ECHL. You can be a beer league hero for years to come, just pay your 475 bucks enjoy novice b hockey.

Answer 5

Sorry, it's beer league. There are hockey-playing kids 10 years old who are already five years ahead of you out there. Many of them go to instructional hockey schools throughout the summer just to stay ahead of the other kids.

It takes three or four years just to learn to skate well enough to even play beer league hockey.

You'd probably have to do three or four hours a day of off-ice training and have access to highly professional coaches and on-ice instructors every day for the next decade just to catch up.

There's not much chance of making college hockey. Most college teams have already started scouting kids when they are 17.

Most of the guys in the ECHL have a ton of talent and have been playing hockey at an elite level for at least 15 years by the time they try out for the league. Many of them were Canadian junior hockey players, some of them stars,  in their teens or at major universities in the U.S.

Answer 6

You might make the ECHL if you really take to it. Might.  And the only way you'll find your way in is to do a walk on at a team's training camp.  But you'll probably be playing beer league or club hockey in college (not so bad, some teams compete in NCAA division III)

Answer 7

ECHL

there is alot of great players there if your good you'll make that

but if u stink college and that is if you get good fast

also it matters on your position