Frequently Asked Questions

We offer training year-round in terms of elite development through our partnership with Hockey Proper, though our  tournaments will be in the Spring/Summer.  This means you can freely participate in other leagues or travel programs, or even other travel sports, then join the Rattlers for  incredible Spring/Summer Team opportunities!  

We have a proven track-record of helping hockey players move to the next and higher level of play and are excited to continue to help develop athletes this season. 

We will have a pre-season camp, included for all rostered players, in April 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. 

We will also feature on-ice practices prior to all tournaments local to the tournament city. 

This year we will be conducting video evaluations. Please send the following information to barrile.rattlershockey@gmail.com : 

- Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/tM6MAugHgWoMLw3B8

- Full player name and date of birth

- Parent name, parent email, parent phone number 

- 1-3 minute video of your player highlighting their skills and game play (upload via Youtube, Vimeo, Google Photos, or other sharable platform)

- Current team information, including name and level (e.g., A, AA, AAA, select, etc)

- Current position

We expect that 10U players will have at least 2 years of  playing experience, 12/14U players will have at least 3 years of playing experience, and 16U/18U players will have 4+ years . Alternatively, if you have coach-approval, your athlete could have less experience, or they may be required to have additional training sessions to be ready for the team on a case-by-case basis despite many years of experience. 

Although we would love for every interested athlete to attend every tournament, due to availability of training/ice time, team size restrictions imposed by tournament regulations, and coach availability, each team that attends a tournament will be limited in capacity to 15 skaters and 2 goalies.

Tuition for the 2025 season is $1600 for our 12U-18U groups. Fees are inclusive of everything except your own travel expenses! Your fees cover all ice-time, including a pre-season 4 day camp for our 12-18U teams and 4 pre-tournament practices local to tournament cities for all teams, 4 game minimum tournaments (16 minimum games during the season), fees for all 4 tournaments, professional coaching fees, practice jerseys AND tournament uniforms (fully sublimated, reversible, custom jerseys and socks). 

Tuition for the 2025 season is $700 for our 10U group. To encourage our younger athletes to participate in a travel program in a developmentally-appropriate manner, we will offer a special program just for our youngest Rattlers. Fees are still all-inclusive and cover 2 pre-tournament practices, 2 tournaments local to Las Vegas, all professional coaching fees, and uniform fees!

We are a not-for-profit group and do everything we can to keep costs reasonable for families!

Video Evaluations: December 2024 -- rolling admission until teams are filled, likely January 2025

Pre-Season Camp: April 25-28th in Las Vegas, NV (12U-18U only)

12U-18U Tournament Schedule: Please note, practices will take place the evening before the tournament start date in the city of the tournament

          May 2-4 - Salt Lake City, UT

          May 30-June 1 - Chicago, IL

          June 13-15 - Denver, CO

          July 17-19 - Las Vegas, NV

10U Tournament Schedule

          May 23-26 - Las Vegas, NV

          July 17-19 - Las Vegas, NV

Looking forward at the 2025 Spring/Summer Team opportunities, we will be fielding teams at the 10U through 18U levels. 

Age Determination will be based on 2025/26 USAH Classifications: 

• 10U - 2015 and younger 
• 12U - 2013 and 2014
• 14U - 2011 and 2012
• 16U - 2009 and 2010
• 18U - 2007 and 2008

We will recruit athletes from the A/B level all the way to the AAA level and enter tournaments appropriate to our rosters. 

You can also send messages to our Team Manager, Amber Holman, at Holman.RattlersHockey@gmail.com or reach our Board at Buge.RattlersHockey@gmail.com or our coaches at Barrile.RattlersHockey@gmail.com

Although we do not participate in USA Hockey sanctioned tournaments during the fall and winter, we still have tons of great opportunities for training and play. We  offer elite training through our Hockey Proper partnership. 

Players who are rostered for other USA Hockey teams are eligible to join for these events!

Coach Rocco continues to train athletes daily during coach's ice sessions in the mornings and has many other opportunities for enhancement as well including elite off-ice development sessions. Reach out on hockeyproper.com for more information. 

Yes! We welcome all athletes, and we have both women and men coaching as well at multiple levels of play.  

We would love your involvement. We need sponsors, committee members, volunteers, and any others who love hockey and want to see it grow in the Vegas area! Please contact our Team Manager, Amber, at Holman.RattlersHockey@gmail.com,  Coach Ashley at Barrile.RattlersHockey@gmail.com or Coach Kevin at Buge.RattlersHockey@gmail.com