Reply To: Junior / CIS / NCAA / ACHA/ ACAC

[Tom Molloy]

I have added the ACAC, Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference to the list as it is also a league that offers partial scholarships. There is a men's and women's division. http://www.acachockey.info/index.php is the link to the hockey section.

Both Dean and I have coached in that league.

The men's division is mostly made up of players who chose Jr. A hoping to get an NCAA scholarship and that didn't work out for them. The CIS gets most of it's players from major junior. If the pro career didn't work out they get a years tuition and books for every year they played in the CHL.

The women's division is the same with high school aged girl's who play U18 midget or go to sports schools usually look NCAA first, CIS second and ACAC third.

Of course there are some major junior grads in the ACAC and some Jr. A in the CIS and oftern players chose the ACAC first because they either like the programs or don't want to move away.

A nice thing about the ACAC is that the government pays about 75% of the actual tuition cost, so it is much cheaper to get a degree than private universities. The Province gives a grant to all Alberta students who play hockey and to everyone in their second season. Each institution also has a scholarship fund to help with expenses.

Tom

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