How does your team
match-up with the top teams in North America? Find out, in the new
MYHockey Rankings Tournament Series.
How does your team match-up
with the top teams in North America? Find out, in the new
MYHockey Rankings Tournament Series.
Advanced Tournaments and
MyHockeyRankings.com are pleased to announce the second
season of the MYHockey Rankings Tournament Series during the
2008-2009 Season.
MYHockey Rankings is the
leader in complete and accurate youth hockey rankings of
teams across North America at the Tier I and Tier II
levels. Advanced Tournaments will host invitational
tournaments, in various locations, based on MYHockey
Rankings. Advanced Tournaments will also utilize MYHockey
rankings information for team seeding in all tournaments.
For the MYHockey Rankings
Pre-Season Challenge Tournaments, Tier I and Tier II teams
will be invited based on their 2007-08 final rankings. For
later season tournaments, teams will be invited based on
their current 2008-09 rankings. Teams that have not been
invited may apply for entry into the MYHockey Ranking
Tournaments.
To register your team, please complete the registration
form or download one of our brochures and mail to Advanced Arenas with your entry fee or deposit.When your registration information is received, we will provide you with detailed information on tournament hotels, game times and Chicago area attractions. Have an enjoyable
2008-2009 Youth Hockey season. We look forward to seeing you at a MYHockey
Rankings Tournament."
All Tournaments – Four Game Minimum
All Games – Three Stop Time Periods
Age Level
Length of Periods
Entry Fee
Mite/Novice
13 min.
$950
Squirt/Atom & Pee Wee
13 min.
$995
Bantam
13 min.
$995
Midget
14 min.
$1,095
Tier I/AAA Levels
15 min.
$1,095
Canadian Currency Accepted at Par
Teams may
register by completing the registration
form and sending with full
payment or a $200 non-refundable deposit. $200 of the full payment or
the $200 deposit is non-refundable immediately upon receipt. Thirty
days prior to the tournament start date, the entire entry fee becomes
non-refundable.
Advanced Tournaments will
provide accommodations at additional hotels in the vicinity of the
rinks.
A complete list of hotels will be sent to team contact.
It is
our goal at Advanced Tournaments to place teams in divisions which provide
the closest match to your team’s age and skill level.
This goal is made more difficult due to the fact that age divisions and
classifications vary from state to state and between the US and Canada.
It is possible that your team may play teams that are slightly older or
younger than those in your home playing area.
Tournament Divisions/Team Placement
It is our goal at Advanced Tournaments to place teams in divisions
which provide the closest match to your team’s age and skill level. This
goal is made more difficult due to the fact that age divisions and
classifications vary from state to state and between the US and Canada. It
is possible that your team may play teams that are slightly older or
younger than those in your home playing area.
Age Groups
For the 2008-09 season we will use the following USA Hockey based age
groups when assigning tournament divisions:
Level
Player Birth Years
Mite
2000 and younger
Squirt
1998 and 1999
Pee Wee
1996 and 1997
Bantam
1994 and 1995
Midget Minor
1992 and 1993
Midget Major
1991 and
1990
Skill
Levels
Generally our tournaments will include three basic
skill levels. Please check each check tournament date and location for
skill levels offered.:
House Level – teams chosen through a draft, in which
all players within an organization are assigned to a team, with the goal
of creating teams of equal skill level, within their own organization,
with no players “cut”.
AA Level – generally the “best” or first picked
travel team within a Tier II organization. These teams will often consist
primarily of “second year” or “major” aged players within the age group.
In some cases, Major A teams are also a more appropriate fit for this
level.
A Level – generally the second, or lower, travel
level team chosen within a Tier II organization. These teams will consist
primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, of “first year” or “minor”
aged players within the age group. As there are many variations in “A”
level teams, great care is taken in matching “A” teams of appropriate
skill levels to create balanced and competitive divisions.
The tournament director will place teams within the
appropriate skill level to provide the best competitive opportunities for
all teams.
Special
Note
Michigan “A” teams should be aware that
non-MI “A” teams will include second year players. We have extensive
experience in placing MI teams and our experience is that MI “A” teams are
very competitive with non-MI “A” teams despite differences in
classification methods.
Tournament Features
All Tournaments USA Hockey
Sanctioned
All Tournaments – Four
Game Minimum
Free entry - all tournament
games; NO GATE FEES
NEW
THIS SEASON Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, Nashville, Rochester and Indianapolis
tournaments
Mite – 12 minute
periods
Squirt, Pee Wee and
Bantam – 13 minute periods
Midget – 14 minute
periods
Holland, MI tournaments
Mite, Squirt and Pee
Wee – 11 minute periods
Bantam and Midget – 12
minute periods
No curfews, all games played
to completion
Personalized tournament
memento for each player
Individual and team award
for 1st and 2nd place teams
Most Valuable Player award
in each division
Digital action photographers
available at all games, to instantly capture tournament memories
Accommodations
at First Class Hotels for " out-of-town" teams: Marriott, Hyatt,
Hampton, Holiday Inn, etc.
Tournament
Start and Finish Times
Tournaments held
Friday through Sunday will begin at approximately 1:00 pm Friday and all
championship games will be concluded by approximately 6:00 pm Sunday.
Exceptions to these guidelines include Thanksgiving weekend tournaments,
when play will begin at 7:00 am on Friday (or Thursday for local teams).
For Saturday through
Monday tournaments, held over various holiday weekends, play will begin on
Saturday at 7:00 am and all championship games will conclude by 6:00 pm
Monday.
Generally, younger
teams (mites, squirts, pee wees) begin play earlier each day and will
complete their championship games earlier on Sunday or Monday. Bantam and
Midget teams will begin later on Friday or Saturday and will play the
later championship games on Sunday or Monday.
Travel times are
considered when setting game start times, but in many cases, there will be
multiple teams in a division that are traveling from out-of-town,
resulting in certain out-of-town teams playing earlier in the day than
others.
Advanced Arenas tournament
divisions are based on these general guidelines.
Variations are possible based
on the skill level of specific teams:
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