USA Hockey, the sport's national governing body, organizes through 12 geographic Districts and 34 Affiliates down to local associations. Its 2025–26 season membership stands at 687,504 total — 586,002 players, 68,792 coaches, and 32,710 officials.
National background screening has been required since the 1990s, with a mandatory USOPC-compliant policy in place since April 2020, backed by a formal Safe Sport Handbook that's existed since 2012.
No national policy governs uniform sponsor placement — that's set locally by each district or affiliate rather than nationally. What's distinctive is the venue itself: rink-based sponsorship inventory (dasherboard and boards signage, ice-related branding) doesn't exist in field or court sports, and it's often underpriced relative to what it actually delivers over a full season of ice time.
Associations with rink signage to sell but no one to sell it can consider Zubie Five as one option for finding and pitching those sponsors.