NAHL | Chippewa Steel
NAHL: Billet families an important component of junior hockey
Brandon Berg
Aug 9, 2021
A lot of factors need to come together for a junior hockey team to be continually successful.
A team needs to find talented players who are willing to work hard and coaches who are able to teach and nurture developing talent. But success isn’t just limited to wins and losses on the ice for junior league players as they look to achieve their ultimate goal of playing in college.
Billet families are an important piece of the puzzle for teams, including in the North American Hockey League. A billet family allows a player or group of players to live with them, providing a warm bed and home as well as a family as players often times are hundreds or thousands of miles away from their homes chasing dreams.
“Billet families are the core of any junior program,” Chippewa Steel coach and general manager Mike Janda said. “They’re the only way programs operate, and our billet families tend to know more about the players than the coaching staff and sometimes even their own parents because they live with these families for upwards of nine months out of the year. ...
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