Registration for a small- to medium-size association for house league would be approximately $200-$250. House league makes up approx. 60 per cent of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association's 111,000 players.

Registration for a larger size association for house league would be approximately $350-$450 (may include banquet, practice ice, uniforms, trophy, picture).

Total house league cost per season (per child) can range from $400-$600.

Total rep cost per season (per child) can range from $2,000 - $6,000 (travel, equipment, variables)

• Canadian Hockey doesn't expect to have any solid numbers on registered hockey players in the country this year until April
  
• Last year, however, there were 532,435 registered participants (477, 872 male and 54,563 female). This includes Canadian Hockey-sponsored adult recreation programs
  
• Tyke or Initiation was the largest hockey group, with 113,377 people registered last year
  
• In female hockey, the largest hockey group is the Peewee age bracket, with 10,509 registered players and 494 teams last year
  
• In Ontario, the number of registered female hockey players has skyrocketed. There are almost 24,000 (actually 23,937) more females involved in hockey now than there were 10 years ago
  
• In Canada, there are just over 42,000 (actually 42,145) more registered female hockey players than 10 years ago
  
• Canadian Hockey doesn't have a final total, but it expects around 32,000 referees involved in hockey in Canada this year. Here's the enrollment over the past five years:

2001-02: 31,594
2000-01: 31,151
1999-00: 32,258
1998-99: 32,413
1997-98: 31,711

• In Canada, there are 78,305 more registered hockey players than 10 years ago
  
• Here's a breakdown on player registration over the past four years:

2001-02: 532,435 (477,872 male, 54,563 female)
2000-01: 521,621 (469,546 male, 52,075 female)
1999-00: 505,789 (462,368 male, 43,421 female)
1998-99: 508,414 (470,666 male, 37,748 female)

• Canadian hockey says it does not know exactly how many rinks there are in the country, but says the number is roughly around 3,000
  
• Interesting fact: Jim Parcells, a 13-year veteran of minor and junior hockey, found recently that of the 360,000 kids born in Ontario in 1968, only 65 were drafted by the NHL and only eight played at least 400 games in the NHL or 180 games in net
  
• Here's the breakdown of Parcells' report, as published by the Toronto Star:

Children born in Ontario in 1968: 364,310 (boys and girls)
Competitive minor hockey players: 32,000 (boys and girls)
Drafted by the Ontario Hockey League: 223
Played one game or more in OHL: 122
Received scholarship to US Div. 1 school: 27
Drafted by NHL: 65
Played one of more game in NHL: 35
Played 400 games in NHL or 180 in goal: 8
Still active in NHL: 4

• Only one out of every 3,000 minor hockey players will play more than two seasons in the NHL
  
• Only 1.3 out of every 1,000 player will earn an American university athletic scholarship