Author: Ray Tenenbaum

617 PIP SHOWCASE – BOSTON HARBOR STYLE COACHING STAFF

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date July 5, 2023

Go straight to the Instructions on How to Connect with 617 PIP Showcase Coaches

Why Create a Champs App Profile? (Video)

How to Create a Beautiful Hockey Profile That Gets Noticed (Video)

Coaching Staff Profiles

Nick carpenito

Associate Head Coach – Northeastern Huskies

courtney kessel

Associate Head Coach – Boston University Terriers

Champs App lets players create beautiful, free hockey resume that facilitate the college and prep hockey recruiting process.

“How do I know coaches will remember me after the PIP 617 Boston Harbor Style Showcase?”

By connecting directly with coaches, players can know that coaches will continue to follow them after the PIP event during the regular season (see their schedule, video & profile updates). Coaches can not only get more details about each player, but also see their upcoming schedule, regular teams and coaches.

Instructions:

Step 1: Create your free Champs App Profile hockey resume here

Step 2: To make it easier for the PIP 617 Showcase coaches to find you – add your 617 PIP Showcase team as your current team to your Champs profile and make sure to include your jersey #

Step 3: Review the list of the 617 PIP Showcase coaches above to connect with and then send connection requests to the coaches/schools you are interested in from within Champs App.

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Summer Hockey Development Plans

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date June 30, 2023

How I helped create a summer training plan for my kids

Since both my kids returned from school, I have been very focused on helping them figure out what to work on this summer. Each of them has a big tryout that they need to prepare for – in addition to continued development for next season. My kids are completely different players. One is a forward, the other defense. One is above average in size, the other is slightly under-sized. One is a lefty, the other a righty.

After re-watching 4 or 5 games for each kid from mid-to-late season I was able to identify several key areas that they had a pattern of underperforming. But then, since I am not really a hockey coach, I needed to figure out how they could improve their performance in those areas. Specifically, I followed the methodology I previously discussed about tracking high-frequency events and success rates based on the teachings of Darryl Belfry.

I am not sure we figured out the secret sauce, but I wanted to share my research methodology and how it translated into an action plan.

For each of my kids, I chose 2 or 3 players who I knew were clearly more successful in those key areas. All of them would be considered top players at the USA Hockey national level. As a result, finding historical video from those players either on HockeyTV, LiveBarn or from the recent USA Hockey Nationals was not difficult. Once again, I watched 3-5 games for those benchmark players to see how they handled the same key situations as my son or daughter. What I learned was enlightening.

To provide one specific example, I watched video via HockeyTV of Caroline Harvey (Olympic medalist and recent rookie of the year at Wisconsin) way back during her time at Bishop Kearney Selects through to her games at the U18 USA Hockey Development camp in 2019. Seeing how she handled similar game situations provided excellent contrast to my daughter’s play. The way KK could handle the puck and find time and space at that young age was truly impressive – and makes it very easy to understand why she is a generational talent.

For each player under analysis, patterns and insights emerge after 2 or 3 games. Each player is different, and I found there was at least one attribute for each player that made them special and worth emulating.

Note: this was not a one-day exercise watching all the games and collecting video snippets to review/ edit at a later time. It took several days to watch the video for each player.

I then spent time individually with my kids over the course of a few days discuss with them the areas I recommended they focus on (most of them they already knew). This included showing them video of themselves not succeeding (which they did not enjoy) and then showing them clips of the benchmarked players completing similar situations successfully. We are still early in the summer, but both kids have been working on these areas by themselves and with their skills coaches.

We shall see how effective this whole process is when we get to the fall, since I have no expectations that my kids will see immediate results. But one of the key learnings for me about this whole exercise was not to depend on my kids’ team coaches for their development plans and how to implement them (as I have alluded to in a previous post about hockey development plans).

Tags girls-hockey, hockey-development, summer-hockey, tag, womens-college-hockey

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A Few Thoughts After the First Two Days of the 2023 USA Hockey Girls 16/17 Development Camp

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date June 26, 2023

Read Part II: More Thoughts on the 2023 USA Hockey 16/17 Girls Development Camp here

The new location at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is superb. Arena is outstanding, campus is beautiful and facilities are all close to each other. Big upgrade from St Cloud.
Camp seems very well organized and excellent use of technology to keep players and parents informed
Parent meeting with Kristen (Wright) Sagaert discussing the process of player feedback and letter grades sounded very promising. Hopefully the execution delivers on the expectations that were set.
Jerseys are pretty nice. Still no names on the girls jerseys, but boys 17s camp going on concurrently have them
Playing on NHL sized rink this year – noticeable difference in time and space for players compared to the Olympic sized rinks in St Cloud
Quality of hockey is a little more team oriented and a slightly higher pace than what I saw last week at the showcase in Rochester.
Different experience watching in person than via streaming, games seems much faster in person.
Many college coaches watching the first day, but not as many as I expected.
Saw at least a couple of DI head coaches who don’t normally go to tournaments or showcases, but are here.
At least 5 coaches were previous Champs App podcast guests 🙂
Delayed offsides were permitted on the first day. Interesting that they aren’t following USA Hockey rules.
First day averaged a little under 5 minutes of penalties per game, which is only about 10% of the game time (46 minutes). So far that seems quite reasonable compared to past years

Note: The details of the camp are very similar to the 15’s Player Development Camp that I previous wrote about in two parts

Update: Forgot to mention that the in-arena DJ is very good. Not the same music as every other rink. Plus the penalty-specific tunes are spot on.

Read Part II: More Thoughts on the 2023 USA Hockey 16/17 Girls Development Camp here

Also: Analyzing the USA Hockey Girls 16/17 Camp Defense Selections for the U18 Camp – Champs App

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Observations from the 2023 USA Hockey Pacific District Camp

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date May 25, 2023

Earlier this month my daughter attended the USA Hockey Pacific District Camp for the third and final time (she’s aging out of the U18 events). Now that the results have been posted, I am posting my thoughts on this year’s event. Feel free to read my previous summaries from the 2021 camp and 2022 camp to understand the three year experience.

Overall, operationally speaking, this was clearly the best run district camp of the three she attended.

Just like previous years, there were three practice/skills sessions and three games. The practice/skills sessions were well organized and structured – and in my opinion, allowed the evaluators to see how players performed both offensively and defensively beyond just the games.

More Teams

There were some significant changes from previous years. First, the number of teams for the 16/17 age group was increased from 4 teams to 6 teams (the 15’s age group had 4 teams similar to last year). There are arguments to be made on both sides about the pros and cons of increasing the number of players invited to attend. However, on-balance, as we try to grow the girls game on the west coast, I think it worked out just fine. The overall level of play may have been a little diluted, but the goodwill from attending the event works for me. Plus, the extra money it generated allowed more USA Hockey staff to attend from all over the country.

More Coaches

Unlike the last couple of years where it seemed to be only 2-4 coaches watching from the stands while another 2 coached from the bench. There seemed to always be at least ~6-8 coaches scouting from the roped-off coaches section in the stand. Another big change, as referenced above, was not only the number of participating coaches, but also the list of coaches and their role during the weekend was shared with all attendees via email. In the past, I had to work hard to identify who all the coaches were and decipher the role they played. The day after camp ended, we were emailed the full list of coaches, where they were from and what role they played (evaluator, volunteer, USA Hockey Staff) – which was awesome. No more guessing.

The only complaint I heard via several parents (from their daughters) was that it seemed that some of the coaches were over-coaching on the ice. There were lots of times coaches would stop drills and call everyone over or a coach would give detailed feedback to a specific player. Feedback is good – I love player feedback – but at an event like Districts, players don’t want to get drill-related feedback from every coach they interact with. What players really want is feedback on how to improve their overall game.

Same Number of National Camp Spots

I am not sure what players and parents expected in terms of realistically making the USA Hockey National Camps, but the odds aren’t good for most players. Here are the numbers of National invites (based on % of registrations of girls in the Pacific District):

Notes:

Only 1 2008 forward was selected to go straight to the 18s Camp (last year 1F and 1 D went straight to 18s)
Goalies are selected at the national level and not dependent on the proportion of district registrations

So hopefully, most players, especially those who were invited from the alternate lists (or not even originally selected) understood they were long shots to make it National Camp and were just happy to go to Las Vegas.

Goalie Development

Another positive from the event was when I talked to the goalie coaches for the district and she explained how they evaluate goalies, the process of providing goalies feedback and tracking their development from year-to-year. I wish they would have done something similar for skaters – because in the 3 years we’ve gone, there has been no pro-active mechanism to receive feedback from the event for skaters.

A few other points:

Games were two 32 minute running-time halves – which was 2 minutes more than last year
The refs were less noticeable this year compared to last year. Which is a good thing.
The jerseys were 100 times nicer than previous years (not embarrassing to have mismatched jerseys and socks like last year) – with a number scheme which made it clear who were 2006s and 2007s.
It would have been nice to also have the jersey #s included in the roster lists that were sent out so parents didn’t need to try to figure who the players were by themselves
Everyone had to travel to Vegas for the weekend, with many coming from out-of-district. I hope parents and players felt that the total cost of the weekend was worth it. Unless you were driving from California, the weekend had to be super-expensive.

Tags hockey-development, tag, usa-girls-hockey, usa-hockey

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Some Thoughts on the Ohio State Women’s Hockey Recruiting Strategy

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date May 4, 2023

Ohio State women’s ice hockey head coach Nadine Muzerall is a winner. Muzerall, who won two national championships as a player and four as a coach with the University of Minnesota, has instilled a winning culture at Ohio State. She has a proven track record of success in her seven years at OSU. With Muzerall at the helm, Ohio State women’s hockey team has made the Frozen Four the last three years, won the National Championship in 2021-22 and appeared in the finals again this past March.

Coach Muzerall Wants to Win Every Year

A key ingredient in OSU’s ability to compete these last few years for a National Championship has been to add high-end, experienced talent from other schools via the transfer portal. In 2021-22, OSU had 8 upperclass players transfer from other schools n their roster (including 3 from Robert Morris University which had just folded). In 2022-23 there were 5 players who came to OSU via the transfer portal including Makenna Webster (from Wisconsin who finished 4^th in scoring on the team), Lauren Bernard (D from Clarkson who played in all 41 games) and Kenzie Hauswirth (from Quinnipiac who finished 8^th in team scoring). So these players were significant contributors to the team’s success this past season.

Want to Win Before Your Career Ends? Transfer to OSU

With as many as 8-10 players leaving the program this spring, Coach Muzerall’s strategy is not to rebuild, but to reload. Over the past few weeks, Coach Muzerall has reloaded with more experienced high-end talent via the transfer portal by adding Olympian defender Cayla Barnes from BC , Patty Kaz Top-10 Finalist Kiara Zanon from Penn State, BC’s leading scorer Hannah Bilka, Kelsey King from Minnesota State and D Stephanie Markowski from Clarkson. Needless to say, a very talented group of transfers.

While there may be multiple reasons for these transfers to move on from their previous schools (e.g. graduated, no longer a fit etc.), the appeal of winning a national championship is pretty clear. For these new players, they know there is a very high probability they will be competing at the Frozen Four next March – while they may not have had the same opportunity if they stayed with their previous program. Why not go for it?

Source: https://gopherpucklive.com/transfer-portal/

The Impact on Underclass Players

At the same time, there were at least 5 OSU players who entered the transfer portal this spring, all with multiple years of eligibility left. Most notably, Sydney Morrow, a first-year D who tied for team scoring with USA Hockey at the U18 Women’s IIHF tournament in scoring last summer, transferred to Colgate. From what I could tell watching the Frozen Four, while dressed for the last two games, Morrow saw little-to-no ice time as the 7th D.

Implications for Incoming Recruiting Classes

With the increased number of transfers, potential recruits must recognize that freshmen may find themselves in a more competitive environment at schools like OSU and may struggle to find playing time early on. Furthermore, coaching staff may give priority to more experienced players over freshmen, and this may impact player development. As a result, incoming freshmen may have to consider the challenge in earning their spot on the team and how hard it would be to make a meaningful contribution to the program in all four years of eligibility. While the transfer portal provides more opportunities for players to explore their options and find the best fit for their needs, it also creates a more challenging environment for incoming freshmen to establish themselves in the team.

Creates an Environment Between the “Have” and the “Have-Nots” Hockey Programs

The women’s hockey transfer portal has essentially created a two-tier system between the top talented schools and everyone else. The portal has provided top-tier programs with the ability to attract and acquire the best players in the country, leaving other schools having to figure out to replace the top talent they lose to these programs. The top schools have the resources and coaching staff to offer a highly competitive environment and the opportunity to compete for national championships, which makes them attractive destinations for talented transfers. On the other hand, smaller or less successful programs may struggle to keep up, which creates a divide in the quality of play between the top programs and everyone else. While the transfer portal has created new opportunities for high-end players to explore and find the best fit for their needs, it is creating an uneven playing field in women’s college hockey.

It will be interesting to see if other Top 10 schools begin to copy the Ohio State strategy of picking off several top players via the transfer portal in order to better compete with the top recruiting schools like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northeastern and Minnesota-Duluth who have not yet adopted this strategy (even though all schools have the occasional top talent transfer).

What Happens When No More 5th Year (Covid) Eligibility?

It will be interesting to see how things go with the 2025 recruiting class for Ohio State. The last class of Covid year grad students is 2024, so the pool of 5^th year transfers will be much smaller and potential players would likely need to be move prior to graduating from their current schools. Will the top players from the incoming class of 2025 be concerned about transfer portal players at OSU and thus look elsewhere? We will find out this fall.

Implications For Potential Recruits and Which Schools to Consider

As a high school player trying to figure out which program is right for you, it would be important to be realistic about your own talents and where you might fit in the line-up over all four of your years. Even if you are a national U-18 team member, you might still struggle to get ice time at a top tier program that brings in experienced top talent with 1 or 2 years of eligibility left.

During the recruiting process, understanding the coaching staff’s player development process over 4 years and ice time philosophy is an important conversation to have before a decision is made.

Tags college-commits, college-hockey-recruiting, hockey-development, tag, womens-college-hockey, womens-hockey

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Q1 2023 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date April 21, 2023

This is an update to a previous post from December, 2022 on “Q4 2022 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update”. The number of announced commitments for 2024 continues to lag all previous recruiting years despite 2 new teams coming on board this fall.

DI Women’s Hockey Commitment Rate by Months Prior to College

2023 Commits

2023 commits are tracking at about 20-25 less announcements than the last two years (~12% less commitments). Between the transfer portal, 5th year eligible players this is consistent with our recent analysis on forwards and goalies. There are probably only a handful of spots remaining at the DI level, mostly related to unexpected roster changes from players leaving their current schools.

2024 Commits

The 2024 commits continue to be even further behind the 2023 commitment rate as of mid-April, 2023 by about 15% (85 2024’s vs 102 2023’s at this time last year). While there should be at least another 70 spots that haven’t been announced, many schools have been telling players they are full at the moment.

2025 Commits

The first few commits for 2025 have been announced. With June 15, 2023 quickly approaching, by the end of the summer, this number will grow dramatically.

Goalies

There are only 16 2023 commits and 10 2024 commits that have been publicly announced. In a “normal” year there should be about 33 freshman goalies per year (44 teams x 3 goalies per team / 4 years). As mentioned above, the extra year of eligibility or red-shirting has provided a glut of goalies already at the NCAA level who are filling spots that would normally be filled by the incoming classes. Very tough for all goalies these last two years. And even if they get an offer, there is no guarantee of playing time. Note: No goalies from (re-)starting programs RMU and Assumption, which should have 3 incoming goalies each this fall, have been publicly announced, but surely have commits.

Data assumptions:

Data commitment dates – source: collegecommitments.com and Champs App analysis
Transfers between DI programs are not included in the number of commits
Total number of publicly announced commitments for 2021 was 215 and for 2022 it was 214

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NGHL NCAA EXPOSURE CAMP 2023

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date April 19, 2023

May 19-21, 2023 – York, Pennsylvania

Coaching Staff

JoSH FUNK

Head Coach – Hood Blazers

Jordan ott

Head Coach – Kings College Monarchs

gina mclaughlin

Head Coach – Neumann Knights

hannah nelson

Assistant Coach –
Buffalo State Bengals

jon benchich

Assistant Coach – Lebanon Valley Duthmen

ken deming

Head Coach – Delaware Blue Hens

MICHAEL O’GRADY

Head Coach – Chatham Cougars

Tori emoff

Head Coach – Stevenson Mustangs

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2023 Girls Hockey Event Calendar

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date April 17, 2023

2023 Girls Hockey Event Calendar

Here is a list of 2023 Girls Hockey Tournaments, Showcases, Development Camps and Summer Camps.

This is a partial list. Feel free to submit a new event using our Feedback Form

Organization	Event	Dates	Location	City	Ages
College Hockey Showcases	Spring Break Showcase	April 10-16, 2023		Fort Meyers, FL	2005-2011 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	St. Louis Showcase	August 4-6, 2023	Centene Community Ice Arena	St Louis, MO	2004-2010 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	Rocky Mountain Showcase	June 16th-18th, 2023	South Suburban Recreation Complex	Denver, CO	2005-2011 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	Sweden Girls High Performance Camp	July 17-28, 2023	Nyköpings Arenor Rosvalla	Nyköping, Sweden	2003-2010 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	Boise Breakaway Showcase	December 15th-17th, 2023		Boise, Idaho	2006-2010 Birth Years
NAHA	NAHA COLLEGE SHOWCASE	August 4-6, 2023	Boston Sports Institute	Wellesley, MA	2024, '25, '26, '27 Grad Years
NCD Camps	GIRLS NCDC COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CAMP	July 31 - August 2, 2023	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	2024, '25, '26, '27 Grad Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Hockey Hall of Fame Future Legends	April 27 - 30, 2023		Toronto, ON	2011 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PIPs American Dream	May 5-7, 2023	American Dream	East Rutherford, NJ	2009 - 2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Premier Prep Prospects	May 11-14, 2023	The Edge Sports Center	Boston, MA	2008-2011 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Premier Prospects Boston	May 12-14, 2023	The Edge Sports Center	Boston, MA	2008-2009 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Top Prospects	May 19 - 21, 2023	Hertz Arena	Fort Meyers, FL	2009 - 2013 Birth Year
Premier Ice Prospects	Western Prospects Camp	June 2-4, 2023	Kraken Community Iceplex	Seattle, WA	2006-2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	585 PIP Showcase	June 16-19, 2023	Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2006-2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PIPs Tournament	June 23 - 25, 2023	Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2009 - 2012 Birth Years Tier I (AAA)
Premier Ice Prospects	GIRLS ELITE PROSPECTS CAMP	June 25-29, 2023	Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2010 - 2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	14U PROSPECTS CAMP	June 25-29, 2023	Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2008 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PROSPECTS GOALIE CAMP	June 25-29, 2023	Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2007 - 2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PREMIER PROSPECTS COMBINE	July 6-9, 2023	UPMC Sports Complex	Cranberry, PA	2009 - 2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	SOUTHERN PROSPECTS CAMP	July 20-23, 2023	Carolina Ice Palace	North Charleston, SC	2011 - 2014 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	617 PIP SHOWCASE - BOSTON HARBOR STYLE	July 26-27, 2023	The Edge Sports Center	Bedford, MA	2024, '25, '26 Grad Years
Premier Ice Prospects	480 SHOWCASE - DESERT STYLE	August 3-6, 2023	Mullett Arena	Tempe, AZ	2006 - 2008 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	SOUTHWEST PROSPECTS	August 4-6, 2023	Mullett Arena	Tempe, AZ	2009 - 2012 Birth Year
Premier Ice Prospects	615 PIP SHOWCASE - MUSIC CITY STYLE	August 10-13, 2023	Predators' Ford Ice Center	Bellevue, TN	2009 - 2010 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	NIAGARA FALLS PROPSPECTS CAMP	August 2023	Gale Centre Arena	Niagara Falls, ON	2006 - 2010 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Mrs. Hockey® Invite	January 12 - 15, 2024		Ft Lauderdale, FL	12U Girls - Tier 1 & Tier 2
Premier Ice Prospects	Fort Laudy Daudy Showcase	January 12 - 14, 2024		Ft Lauderdale, FL	19U through 14U Tier 1
Premier Ice Prospects	Great Lakes Girls Fest	February 2-4, 2024		Detroit, MI	19U through 10U Tier II
Premier Ice Prospects	Motor City Girls Fest	February 2-4, 2024		Detroit, MI	19U through 10U Tier I
Premier Ice Prospects	PIPs Rochester	June 23-25 2023		Rochester, NY	2009 thru 2012 Birth Years Tier I (AAA)
Premier Ice Prospects	Labor Day Girls Fest	September 1-3 2023		Pittsburgh, PA	14U, 16U/17U and 19U Tier I (AAA)/Canadian AA
Premier Ice Prospects	Frieda Falcon Girls Fest	September 8 - 10, 2023	Slater Family Ice Arena	Bowling Green, OH	12U USA Tier I / CAN A
Premier Ice Prospects	Capital Cup Girls Fest	October 7-9, 2023		Northern VA	19U through 10U Tier II
Premier Ice Prospects	Roc City Girls Fest	October 27-29, 2023		Rochester, NY	19U through 10U
Premier Ice Prospects	Roc City Girls Fest	November 3-5, 2023		Rochester, NY	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Burgh Thanksgiving Girls Fest	November 24-26, 2023		Pittsburgh, PA	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Smashville Girls Fest	November 24-26, 2023		Nashville, TN	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Erie White Out Weekend	December 8-10, 2023		Erie, PA	12U and 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA)
RUSH Hockey	Florida RUSH	January 13-16, 2023	Palm Beach Skate Zone	West Palm Beach, FL	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	Rush Spring Showcase (Florida)	April 21-23, 2023	Palm Beach Skate Zone	West Palm Beach, FL	2024, '25, '26, '27, '28 Grad Years
RUSH Hockey	Connecticut Rush	June 9-11, 2023	Northford Ice Pavilion	Northford, CT	2009 - 2011 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	Rush College Showcase	June 22-25, 2023	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2006 - 2009 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH RISING STARS PRE-COLLEGE SHOWCASE	June 15-18, 2023	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2010 and 2011 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH ATOMIC CHALLENGE	June 15-18, 2023	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2012 and 2013 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH Hockey High Performance	August 4-6, 2023	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	U11 - U22 AA
RUSH Hockey	BEANTOWN CLASSIC	July 21-23, 2023	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	2009 - 2013 Birth Years, College / Super Series
RUSH Hockey	BEANTOWN CLASSIC	July 28-30, 2023	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	U19, 2008
RUSH Hockey	BUFFALO RUSH HOCKEY INFERNO	TBD		Buffalo, NY	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	PHILADELPHIA RUSH	TBD		Philadelphia, PA	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	NEW ENGLAND RUSH	TBD		Boston, NA	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	NORTH HALTON RUSH	TBD		North Halton, ON	U11-U18 AA/A/BB/B
RUSH Hockey	TWO NATIONS COLLEGE PREP SERIES	TBD		Brampton, ON & Detroit, MI	19U through 12U Tier 1; U13-U21 AA
Showcase Hockey	2023 Minnesota Meltdown AAA Tournament	April 21-23, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 Independent Classic	May 19-21, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 AAA Summer Showdown	June 09-11, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 International Cup	August 4-6, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 Easton AAA Cup Tournament	August 18-20, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 Summer Finale	August 25-27, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2023 Warrior Cup AAA	September 8-10, 2023		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
200x85 Tournaments	CCM MLK Girls	Jan 14-16, 2023		Massachusetts	12U - 19U AAA/AA
200x85 Tournaments	CCM CHI-TOWN SHUFFLE	April 21-23, 2023		Chicago, IL	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
200x85 Tournaments	CCM GIRLS WORLD INVITE DETROIT	November 10-12, 2023		Detroit, MI	Tier 1 – G12U, G14U, G16U, G19U
200x85 Tournaments	CCM GIRLS WINDY CITY ELITE – CHICAGO	December 1-3, 2023		Chicago, IL	Tier 1 – G12U, G14U, G16U, G19U
200x85 Tournaments	CCM Girls 68 (14U)	August 10-13, 2023		Chicago, IL	2009 Birthyear
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL NCAA Exposure Camp in York, PA	May 19-21, 2023		York, PA	2004 - 2010 Birth Years
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL NCAA Exposure Camp in Newington, CT	June 10-11, 2023		Newington, CT	2004 - 2010 Birth Years
The National Girls Hockey League	Dawg Days of Summer - Red	August 25-27, 2023		Northford, CT	12U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Dawg Days of Summer - Futures	August 25-27, 2023		Newington, CT	12U
The National Girls Hockey League	Labor Day Challenge - Blue	September 2-4, 2023		Cromwell, CT	12U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Labor Day Challenge - Futures	September 2-4, 2023		Cromwell, CT	12U
The National Girls Hockey League	Fall Classic - Red	October 7-9, 2023		Syracuse, NY	14U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Fall Classic - Futures	October 7-9, 2023		Buffalo, NY	10U & 12U
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL Michigan	November 17-19, 2023		Ann Arbor, MI	14U - 19U Tier 1
The National Girls Hockey League	Mile High Invitational - Blue	November 26-29, 2023		Denver, CO	12U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	MLK Winter Classic - Blue	January 13-15, 2024		Haverhill, MA	12U, 14U, 16U, and 19U
The National Girls Hockey League	MLK Winter Classic - Red	January 13-15, 2024		Philadelphia, PA	14-19U Tier 1
The National Girls Hockey League	Red Division Champsionship	February 2-4, 2024		Rockland, MA	14-19U Tier 1
North American Premier Women's Showcase	North American Premier Women's Showcase College Division	June 23-25th, 2023	Merrimack College Athletics Complex	North Andover, MA	Birth Years 2005-2009 (PG's also Allowed)
JWHL	Challenge Cup 2023	February 17-20, 2023		Rockville/Arlington, VA	14U, 16U, 19U
North American Female Elite Showcase	The Orion Top Prospects	June 15-18, 2023		Blaine, MN	2006 - 2011 Birth Years
Pony Tail Tournament	Pony Tail Tournament	March 17-19, 2023		Baltimore, MD	U10, U12A, U12B, U14A, U14B, U16A, U16B, U19
The Rose Series	Cowgirl Shootout	April 20-23 2023		Nashville, TN	2011 Birth Years
The Rose Series	Low Country Classic	May 11-14, 2023		Charleston, SC	2010 Birth Year
The Rose Series	The Battle at the Beach	July 6-9, 2023		Fort Meyers, FL	2009 Birth Year
The Rose Series	Queens of Vegas	July 11-14, 2023		Las Vegas, NV	2012 Birth Years
The Rose Series	OC Freeze Out	July 13-16, 2023		Anaheim, CA	2013 Birth Year
The Rose Series	War for the Roses	July 10-15, 2023		Edmonton, Alberta	2010 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls 15's Player Development Camp	July 10-15, 2023	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2008 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls 16/17's Player Development Camp	June 24-30, 2023	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2006 & 2007 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls Under 18 Player Development Camp	July 16-22, 2023	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2006, 2007, 2008 Birth Year
USA Hockey	2023 Women's National Festival	August 7-12, 2023		TBD
Colgate University	COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMPS Session 1	July 17-19, 2023	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	2004-2009 Birth Years
Colgate University	COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMPS Session 2	July 19-21, 2023	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	2004-2009 Birth Years
OS Hockey	PROSPECTS/FUTURES WEEKEND 1 Camp	June 2-4, 2023	Bloomington Ice Gardens	Minneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	PROSPECTS/FUTURES WEEKEND 2 Camp	July 21-23, 2023	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	2023 OS SPRING FESTIVAL	March 16th-19th, 2023	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	2023 WHITECAPS CUP (HS)			MInneapolis, MN	High School
OS Hockey	2023 TRADITION CUP	August 4th-6th, 2023	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN	College Level
OS Hockey	2023 OS SHOOTOUT	August 10th-13th, 2023	Bloomington Ice Garden and Braemar Ice Arena	MInneapolis, MN	U8-U19
Girls Elite Hockey	2023 TRADITION NIT	October 20-22, 2023		Blaine, MN	U16 and U19
University of Wisconsin	13 and Under Camp	June 26-30, 2023	LaBahn Arena	Madison, WI	13 and under
University of Wisconsin	High School Elite Camp	August 7-10, 2023	LaBahn Arena	Madison, WI	High School
Princeton University	GIRLS ICE HOCKEY ELITE CAMP	July 7-9, 2023	Baker Rink	Princeton, NJ	Entering grades 10-12
Princeton University	GIRLS ICE HOCKEY EXPOSURE ID CAMP	July 10-12, 2023	Baker Rink	Princeton, NJ	Entering grades 7-9
Merrimack College	Merrimack Womens Ice Hockey Clinics	August 18, 2023	Lawler Arena	North Andover, MA	Entering grades 9-12
RinkSport	RinkSport College Development Camp	June 17-22, 2023	Babson College	Boston, MA	2027 High School graduates or earlier
Pre-Prep Showcase	Pre-Prep Showcase	August 3rd-6th, 2023	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	Birth Years: 2008, 2009 & 2010
Ohio State University	YOUTH CAMP	JUNE 19-22, 2023	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	U8/U10 and U12 age level
Ohio State University	ELITE DAY CAMP	July 15, 2023	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	Grad Years: 2025-2027
Ohio State University	HIGH SCHOOL ELITE CAMPS	JUNE 22-23 AND JULY 8-9	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	Grad Years: 2025-2027
University of Maine	U16/19 High School Girls' Hockey Camp	July 25-28, 2023	University of Maine	Orono, ME	Grades 8-12
University of Maine	U8/U10/U12 Girls' Hockey Day Camp	July 25-28, 2023	University of Maine	Orono, ME	U8/U10/U12 Skaters
University of Maine	Women's Prospect Clinic	Monday, July 31 - Tuesday, August 1, 2023	University of Maine	Orono, ME	Grades 8-12
Brown University	BROWN WOMEN’S HOCKEY ELITE SUMMER CAMP	July 31 - Aug 2, 2023	Brown University	Providence, RI	High school students entering grades 9-12. Therefore, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 high school graduates.
Mercyhurst University	DIVISION I WOMEN'S HOCKEY ELITE CAMP	July 31, 2023	Mercyhurst University	Erie, PA	2005 to 2008 birth year
Colgate University	2023 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| PRE-CAMP GOALIE'S ONLY	July 14-16, 2023	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Goalies Only. All Female players born between 2004-2009
Colgate University	2023 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| SESSION 1	July 17-19, 2023	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	All Female players born between 2004-2009
Colgate University	2023 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| SESSION 2	July 19-21, 2023	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	All Female players born between 2004-2009
College of the Holy Cross	Holy Cross Women's Ice Hockey Clinics	Aug 29-30, 2023	Hart Center	Worcester, MA	14-19 Years Old
St Anselm College		July 17-19, 2023	Sullivan Arena	Bedford, NH
Clarkson University	Clarkson Golden Knight Women's Hockey Prospect Camp 2023	Jul 21-22, 2023	Cheel Campus Center and Arena	Potsdam, NY	2006-2009 Birth Years
St Cloud State University	St. Cloud State Women's Hockey Camps	August 14th - 17th	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center	St. Cloud, Minnesota	Ages 6-16
Quinnipiac University	Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Girls Camp	July 10th-14th, 2023	M&T Bank Arena	Hamden, Conn	Ages: 6-13
Quinnipiac University	Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Girls Elite Clinic	July 27th, 2023	M&T Bank Arena	Hamden, Conn	Ages: rising 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 12-14, 2023	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	10U &12U Camp
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 15-16, 2023	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	Exposure Camp (ages 13,14)
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 19-21 and 21-23, 2023	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	High School/ Varsity Camp #1 & #2
University of Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth High School Elite Camp	July 26-28, 2023	Amsoil Arena	Duluth, MN	Any and all high school girls (grad years 2025-2028) are invited
College Development Showcase	Girls Camp	June 25-27, 2023	Ice Den	Hooksett, NH	Players with birth years 2003-2008
Boston College	Maroon and Gold Women’s Combine	August 14-16, 2023	Conte Forum	Chestnut Hill, MA	2009-2010-2011 players
National Sports Center	All American Girls Hockey Tournament	November 9-12, 2023	NSC-Super Rink (Blaine)	Blaine, MN	Girls U10A,B U12A,B U15A
Youth Hockey Hub	2023 DANGLEFEST	December 28 - 31, 2023	NSC-Super Rink (Blaine)	Blaine, MN	Girls U10A, U10B, U12A, U12B, U15A, & U15B

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5 Observations From Attending USA Hockey Nationals

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date April 13, 2023

A couple of weeks ago I attended my first USA Hockey National Championship. I was in both Dallas for the Girls Tier I round robin games and New Jersey for several Youth 15O games. Here are a few things I learned while I was there – mostly from my time in Dallas.

1. Accurate Seedings

For Girls Tier 1, 23 of the 24 Top 8 seeds qualified for the quarterfinals from 14U, 16U and 19U. Which shows how accurate and reliable the rankings that are used to decide the both the at-large invitations and seedings are. However, once in the playoff round, the lower ranked teams had a reasonable chance to win, with many of the higher seeds losing to lower seeds. On the Youth side, only 24 of the 32 teams made it to the quarters.

2. Scouts Everywhere

In both locations, I saw coaches scouting players at every round robin game. On the youth side, there were junior and college coaches in every corner and in the stands. For the girls,nearly every DI college and many DIII coaches were along the glass and in specially designated areas to watch all the 16U games and many 14U and 19U games.

While Nationals, clearly isn’t the only opportunity to be seen, it certainly helps. It is a big deal. So I now understand why making Nationals from highly-competitive districts is so important to winning their district if they won’t be one of the 3 at-large invitation teams.

I also saw several DIII coaches talking to eligible players who hadn’t committed yet after games.

3. Many Scouts Left After the Preliminary Divisional Games

I flew back to New Jersey from Dallas at the end of the round-robin play, and saw many coaches checking out of our hotel or pulling their carry-on bags on that Saturday. Clearly they were heading home after 3 days of non-stop games. Based on my previous conversations with coaches, if they are efficient in their scouting, they will have seen enough of all the players they were watching.

4. Networking Galore

I happened to be staying in a hotel where many other NCAA coaches were staying. I was able to view first-hand lots of talks happening between team coaches and college coaches in both the arena and the hotel lobby/bars. Once again, reinforcing the importance of being at Nationals for the recruiting process. I know of at least one eligible player who was contacted after Nationals based on their appearance at Nationals.

5. USA Hockey Scouts in Attendance

It was nice to see at least two USA Hockey representatives watching games and players. I am assuming it was in anticipation of the upcoming USA Hockey District camps taking in place in May and June to select player for the 15’s, 16/17s and 18’s Camps. This gives USA Hockey a bigger body of work to judge players rather and greater level of consistency across districts rather than just relying on the coaches who may only attend one or two District camps.

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Why Your Team Should Play AA Instead of AAA Youth Hockey

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date March 21, 2023

Do you want a chance at playing at the USA Hockey National Championships?

Did your team play AAA last year?

If yes, what was your final ranking on MyHockeyRankings?

If your team wasn’t in the Top 50 teams for your age group, then this post is for you.

Last week, USA Hockey announced all the team that either qualified or were invited to Tier I and Tier II National Playoffs taking place at the end of the month. Many low ranked AAA teams never had a chance of going to Nationals.

This post discusses why your AAA team might be better off being designated as Tier II (AA) instead of Tier I. And while this post primarily focuses on youth (boys) hockey in the U.S., some of the same principles can be applied to girls hockey.

Here’s why…

1. Teams ranked below the Top 50 rarely qualify for USA Hockey Nationals

lowest ranked team qualifying for 2023 USA Hockey Youth Nationals Playoffs

If you aren’t at least a Top 50 team in your age group, there is almost no chance you will win your Tier 1 District playoffs – the exception being a team from Northern Plains (Team North Dakota for 16s) and the Rocky Mountain District (for 18s).

2. Lower ranked AAA teams are rated about the same as top AA teams

Here is how the bottom half of Tier 1 team ratings compare to the top teams in both Tier 1 and Tier 2

2023 USA HOCKEY tier i vs Tier 2 ratings comparison

As you can see, after the ~50^th ranked team, the AAA teams are pretty competitive with top AA teams in each age group. There is less than a goal differential between these teams – so games between 50th ranked Tier 1 teams would be close with the Top Tier 2 teams.

3. It should be easier to qualify for USA Hockey Nationals

There are 48 spots for each Tier II age group. By classifying at the Tier II level, they would have a much better chance of qualifying for Nationals and playing competitive games in that tournament.

4. You can still play in AAA tournaments and showcases.

At the same time, they can continue to play in the same leagues and events during the regular season.

There are already tournaments specifically set-up for the bottom half of AAA teams. Some tourneys are explicit about this by segmenting their division names (AAA and AAA elite – or Ribcor + Supertacks + Jetspeed). Others make sure that similarly ranked lower rated teams attend the same event.

For some regular season Tier 1 leagues, they already do this implicitly. In one league, the weakest teams don’t even get to play in the leagues end-of-season playoffs, instead they are relegated to their own ‘Consolation’ division. This past season, there was a club which had all 4 of their Tier 1 teams in the consolation division due to poor regular season performance at each age group. Once again, these leagues are set-up to treat the lower ranked teams at the level they actually play – a tweener between AAA and AA.

Be Realistic

From a game and tournament perspective, weaker “AAA” teams are playing each other anyway, but not really playing for anything. It is unlikely any of them will with their districts and to be one of the 12 automatic qualifiers to Tier 1 USA Hockey Nationals, and they certainly won’t get an at-large invitation for the remaining 4 spots.

However, there are 48 spots for each Tier II age group. By classifying at the Tier 2 level, they would have a much better chance of qualifying for Nationals and playing competitive games in that tournament. At the same time, they can continue to play in the same leagues and events during the regular season.

At the end of the day, these weak “AAA” teams will still be who they are – but now they would have a chance to play against their peers for a National Championship. Considering that youth hockey is all about development, competing in a real playoff environment is a great development opportunity and playing competitive games. Certainly better than what is happening today, where most of these teams are enjoying limited success – and when they do, it usually versus their true peer group.

Youth hockey is all about development. You really shouldn’t care how many letters your team has as long as players and teams are getting better every year. It’s not about being able to tell your friends that you (or your kid) plays AAA.

So, are you willing to trade playing triple-A for double-A in exchange for a legitimate chance to play for a National Championship?

Data Source: MyHockeyRankings.com

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