USPHL Player First

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USPHL Player First — Know your opportunity. Choose your path. Clear information for players, families and advisors.

Clear answers before you commit.

Know before you sign Contact Hockey Operations

Core player protections

Clarity at every decision point.

Every player deserves clear information about the roster opportunity, scholarship status and agreement being offered before committing. USPHL Player First helps prospective and current players, families and advisors understand that opportunity and gives them a direct path to League Hockey Operations when they need answers.

36 Maximum offseason
Player Control List
26 Maximum opening
Active Roster
40 Maximum NCDC contracts
during the season
01

One level. One agreement.

NCDC and Premier are separate opportunities.

Each level requires a separate player agreement. A player may knowingly commit to an organization at both levels by signing separate agreements. An NCDC agreement alone does not commit a player to Premier.

02

Know your scholarship status.

Get the details in writing.

Ask whether the organization is full or partial scholarship; whether you are a designated full-scholarship player; whether your status was reported to the League; and exactly what the opportunity includes.

03

Understand your options.

A Premier opportunity is your choice.

An NCDC-only agreement does not automatically commit a player to Premier. After an NCDC release, accepting a Premier opportunity is the player’s choice unless a separate, fully disclosed Premier agreement was previously signed.

Know what you signed.

Know your options.

Know before you sign

Ten questions every player should ask.

A strong junior hockey decision starts with clear answers in writing.

  1. 01

    Is this opportunity NCDC, Premier or both?

  2. 02

    Am I signing a separate agreement for each level?

  3. 03

    Am I being offered an active roster opportunity?

  4. 04

    Is the NCDC organization full scholarship or partial scholarship?

  5. 05

    Am I one of its designated full-scholarship players?

  6. 06

    What is my complete financial obligation?

  7. 07

    What happens to my deposit under each possible roster outcome?

  8. 08

    Which equipment do I own, and which items must be returned?

  9. 09

    What happens if I am released or traded?

  10. 10

    Do I have a copy of every agreement and commitment?

Questions? Ask USPHL.

You deserve a clear answer.

Players, families and advisors may contact Hockey Operations about scholarship status, agreements, roster or player-control status, releases, free agency, or differences between what was offered and what appears in writing.

Email Hockey Operations Hockey Operations may contact the player or family to verify scholarship information.