The BC Hockey Program of Excellence provides 14, 15, 16 and 17-year-old players elite calibre hockey in order to develop high-level athletes for future participation in the junior or college hockey ranks. The leagues consists of 10 teams scattered throughout the province of British Columbia reaching as far north as Prince George and east towards the Kootenays. The winner of the BC U18AAA League will advance to play the Alberta U18AAA winner for the right to compete in the Telus Cup National U18AAA Championship.