We currently operate an internal house league for our U7 Division, and have done the same in the past for our U9 & U11 divisions.  At a certain point however, it becomes difficult to operate an effective house league program internally, while ensuring that players are competing with other children of approximately equal skill levels. As a result, in these age divisions SPMHA takes advantage of the opportunity provided through the tiering system utilized by the Edmonton Federation Hockey League (EFHL) and Hockey Alberta. This system allows SPMHA to divide the players in each age division into designated tiers based on the number of available teams. Players are tiered on teams according to skill level and end up being placed within EFHL tiers with similarly tiered teams from other associations.