Every season the Mercer Chiefs seek local families to become billet families. This upcoming season is no exception!

What is a billet family you might ask? An exceptional young player who lives outside the area and wants to come play for the Chiefs. Enter the billet family. Billet families provide a caring, supportive, family environment to be the home away from home for each of our players. Billeting can be a very exciting and rewarding experience for those willing to open up their homes to our hockey players.

"I know from personal experience - I have billeted boys over the years, and I can share that the experience is a wonderful one for my family. We will always consider these young men a part of our family. Also, I was once a billet player and I will always consider my host family my second family," says Rob Broderick.

The player pays the billet family for their 'room and board'. While financial compensation is part of being a billet family, the real rewards are found in the relationships that are made with these players. Often times, lifelong bonds that cannot be broken and the player becomes part of your family. Providing a home and family atmosphere to these kids who are away from their own families, as they pursue their dreams, is very special. These players have all been vetted and are special young men. You are not responsible for driving them to or from the rink or paying for any of their activities. They will keep busy with both on and off ice activities as they are very serious about looking to move on to play college and professional hockey one day.

Join the billeting world and host one of our Chiefs players this year! We have many players coming from a few different states and we need you!

This year billet families will receive $600 per month and Stick Time + Public Skating passes.

If interested, please contact Billet Coordinator Mike Kuzma at mercerbillets@gmail.com.