How much do minor league/semi professional hockey players make?
Where can I find out how much minor league/semi professional hockey players make? I am looking to find out how much players make in leagues such as the OHL, AHL, ECHL, USHL and the IHL. You are kind of all over the map here. The USHL and OHL are junior leagues. They receive merely a stipend. They live with billett families and that whole deal. The USHL especially sees no money going to the players as, unlike the CHL (QMJHL, OHL, WHL) you retain NCAA eligibility in the USHL. The AHL and ECHL and to a less extent the IHL, are all minor league or semi professional leagues. In the AHL, players are typically assigned there by NHL teams and typically make 15% of their NHL salary if they have what’s called a two-way contract (meaning they have an NHL salary and an AHL salary). Players that you see “buried” down in the minors, make their full NHL salary if they have a one-way deal (see: Gauthier, Denis by Philadelphia in 2007 among others). Players signed to AHL-only deals (i.e. no NHL rights)
