Billet Information

Among some of the benefits of becoming a billet:

Each billet family is paid a monthly stipend to house a player in their home.
Generally, billets, players and the player's family develop very special bonds and remain close long after the player has left the Fort Wayne Spacemen Juniors organization.
This is a great opportunity for your family to learn about another state, or even another country.

Players arrive for training camp in mid August and will remain in town until the end of the USPHL hockey season in early March. Players typically have a 7-10 day break at Christmas time to return home.

There are team policies that the players must abide by, and we expect our billet families to enforce these team rules.

Billet house rules will need to be communicated to the player when he arrives.

Among some of the benefits of becoming a billet:

Each billet family is paid a monthly stipend to house a player in their home.
Generally, billets, players and the player's family develop very special bonds and remain close long after the player has left the Fort Wayne Spacemen Juniors organization.
This is a great opportunity for your family to learn about another state, or even another country.

Players arrive for training camp in mid August and will remain in town until the end of the USPHL hockey season in early March. Players typically have a 7-10 day break at Christmastime to return home.

There are team policies that the players must abide by, and we expect our billet families to enforce these team rules.

Billet house rules will need to be communicated to the player when he arrives.

My favorite son left us for his next adventure. I didn’t think it would be this hard to say goodbye. When we opened our home for Hunter, I had no idea what it was going to be like. We’ve never billeted before. Kyle at the beginning of the spacemen season asked me if that was something we were interested in doing. I was hesitant because our basement wasn’t finished. Fast forward Kyle’s co worker came into work asking if we were interested in billeting….. when he came home and asked me about it there was no hesitation. Although our basement still wasn’t complete…. We threw something together in 3 days for him.. (thanks for the motivation to get it done)

Having him be apart of our family for the last 7 months has been nothing but amazing. It was everything my family needed during this phase of our lives.

He was a great role model for my kids, especially karson. If you had the pleasure to meet Hunter, his smile was contagious. His energy was unmatched. He grinded every single day & showed up ready to go, whether it was practice or a game. He never complained. He always appreciated everything. He tagged along in just about everything we did as a family with little kids… He was always determined to do and be better on and off the ice. He taught us even more about hockey. (If you’re a hockey parent, hockey can be extremely overwhelming… sooo much goes into the sport). All our hockey kids idolized the spacemen. For this hockey loving family, there is no such thing as too much hockey to watch.

Thank you Hunter for being the best kid & thank you for all the new people you brought into our lives.

Goodluck on your many adventures in life

#22 for life, he moved in on October 22, Karsons hockey number was #22 & hunters spacemen number was #22. The spiritual gal in me loved every bit of the 22"

— Britney T.