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10 Tips for Youth Hockey Tryouts

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date April 17, 2024

Tryout season has begun in both the United States and Canada. Having now gone through the process from 10U all the way up to 19U now, I have seen many of the different situations that occur at this time of year. The entire process was non-linear with lots of bumps along the way. Things didn’t always work out perfectly in the short term, but it all worked out in the long term. Based on our family’s experience, here are some tips for this year’s tryout season:

1. Player development is more important than winning games

Regardless of what age or level of youth hockey you play, it is 100% more important for your player to improve as much as possible rather than winning games. Now, losing sucks and winning championships can certainly help with exposure. But unless you are old enough to be recruited to the next level, given a choice between playing on a winning team, but not getting better or losing but taking major steps in your development – it should be a no-brainer which one to take.

2. The best coach should be the highest priority in deciding where to play

There are many many factors in deciding where to try out and play, including distance from home, cost, practice and game schedule etc. But the most important should be to find the best coach that will develop your player the most.

3. Try not to be the best or worst player on the team

All things being equal, you want to be in the middle of the pack player on a team – not the top or the bottom. Although or one season it is okay to be at the top or the bottom. Being the best means you may not be challenged as much as you are capable of. And being the worst can cause lots of frustrations. If you are in the middle, that is a great opportunity to work your way up the lineup if you can. Of course all players want to be on the power play and penalty kill. A good coach will cycle through all the lines on a team.

4. Politics is a fact of life

Like it or not, there is politics in tryouts. Just accept it for what it is and recognize that it may or may not work in your favor. Wasting energy on why a player was put ahead of yours is not going to be productive. The reality is that there is politics at every level of hockey especially at the district/provincial and national level. Just try to be the best player you can be and let the chips fall where they may. If you are that close to making or not making a team, then that is something that is within your control for next time by just getting better.

5. The most important training has already taken place

The last week of training before tryouts won’t likely be the difference between making a team and not. While there are small things that can help a player succeed at tryouts – the things that will most impact their level of play and success at tryouts will have taken place during the months leading up to tryouts. There shouldn’t be a need to spend 3 hours each night at the rink the week before tryouts.

6. Coaches are also evaluating the parents

Many coaches are judging parents as much as the kids. Nothing wrong with getting to know the coaching staff and how they plan to run the team. Also, it is important to make sure that you share the same philosophies on how the coach plans to run the team. But be aware that the coach is also evaluating if you will be a “high maintenance” parent.

7. Tryouts may not actually be tryouts

As kids get older (i.e. U14 and above), it’s okay that the coach already decided on many if not all of the players who will make the team. Tryouts are just a point in time. Depending on the club, many coaches run “development camps” leading up to tryouts. This way they can review players over an extended period of time. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with them using that evaluation period to already decide if they want a player on their team or not.

8. Many clubs make money on tryouts – don’t waste yours

Be wary of some clubs who use tryouts as a way to make money. There are many clubs who charge several hundred dollars for players to tryouts and will accepts 3-4 times as many players to try out as they have spots. While occasionally trying out for the “experience” or “getting more ice time” might make sense, you should know if your player has a real chance of making the team before you show up. Don’t waste your money on attending a tryout when that money would be better spent on a lesson or two with a skills coach.

9. Coaches aren’t perfect

Don’t expect perfection from coaches. Your player isn’t perfect and neither are coaches. Each club has a different way of evaluating players – some as a group with “objective” observers and some with just the coaching staff for a team. No method is perfect, however some are more sophisticated than others. Know before you show up what to expect and realize just like players and referees, coaches don’t always get everything exactly right. If you don’t what to expect before you show up to a tryout and know the pros and cons of how a club conducts tryouts, then you share some of the blame too.

10. Feedback is a gift

Ask for feedback in a professional manner after tryouts if you didn’t make the team. If an organization really cares about youth hockey development they would be happy to provide additional insights as to why a specific player didn’t make the cut. Take the feedback as a gift even if you disagree with the feedback. Do not argue or make your case as to why you saw things differently. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you at least know why and could potentially take action on the feedback. Get better for your next tryout and try out for a team where your player would not be so close to making or not making the team.

Bonus: Hockey makes players better people

Not making a team can be very emotional and challenging. But I guarantee, if you have a resilient player, it will all work out fine. Both my kids did not make teams in youth hockey, but they still ended up playing at the highest level of hockey for their age group when they got older. Take is as an good life lesson.

ICYMI: Watch this Episode on Girls Tryouts with Alyssa Gagliardi

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How the Champ App Messaging Tool Works

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date March 26, 2024

Available Coaches

We currently have 3 sets of coaches that you can send emails to:

· Division I Women’s Hockey Coaches (all coaches)

· Division III Women’s Hockey Coaches (all head coaches and several assistants

· U Sports (Canada) Women’s Hockey Coaches (head coaches only)

Champs App Messaging sends real emails to coaches (regardless of whether or not they have an active Champs account). Coaches will receive the emails at their regular school email address (not within Champs App).

Send Yourself a Test Email

You have the ability to send messages by email address. So if you want to test the tool by sending an email to yourself you can. Or if you want to send an email to a non-college coach, you just need to put in their email address in the Step 1 box.

Message Templates

There are currently 4 templates that you can use to send emails to coaches. Just pick the template that is right for your situation. We will be adding more templates and features in the near future.

Make Sure Your Player Profile is Up-To-Date

Every template automatically populates with information from your Player Profile into the email. So if you want to save yourself time from entering the same information multiple times, make sure your current team, graduation year, jersey #, upcoming schedule etc. are up-to-date.

Email Details

Please note that the actual email gets sent via Champs App on a player’s behalf (with your name appearing as the Sender). Specifically, it is sent from a generic Champs email address. BUT, the “reply-to” email address is your own email address. In addition, your email address is included in the template by default. Most coaches probably won’t notice where it is sent from (they will focus on the name not the sender’s email address), but it is important for users to know exactly how it works.

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Part II – USA Hockey Nationals Team Selection & Seedings – Girls U16 Tier I

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date March 26, 2024

This is Part II about the analysis of USA Hockey 2024 Nationals Girls Tier I Hockey playoffs taking place in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Here is Part I – Girls Tier I 14U

This analysis look at the teams selected for the Girls Tier I U16 playoffs. Given the importance of being seen at Nationals from recruiting perspective, I examined the at-large team selections and the seedings.

As a reminder: If you are heading to the Tier 2 girls playoffs, you can still be scouted by DI coaches. This week I spoke with a DI coach who will be in East Lansing and will be looking for the top players from smaller regions that can’t easily play for a Tier I team.

Girls 16U Selections

Below you can see the ranking of the 16 teams who will be playing at the 16U Tier I Nationals. The 3 highlighted teams (Minnesota Magazine, Massachusetts Spitfires and Minnesota Hardware) are the at-large invitations, then there is the host team (Florida Alliance) and the other 12 are the district champions.

The USA Hockey 2024 National Guidebook provides the following description for how they decide on the at-large teams and seedings:

Unlike the U14 Tier 1 Selections, all of the at-large teams made sense since they were the 3 highest ranked teams on My Hockey Rankings that didn’t win their district. The only thing which is confusing to me is that lack of consistency of Minnesota Elite League teams accepting at-large invitations. It seems that some highly ranked teams do and some don’t attend nationals. I will need to research this further.

As far as the last team to miss the playoffs, the Mid Fairfield CT Stars had a 95.57 which was 0.93 below the last at-large team, Minnesota Hardware. Similar to the U14s, that is a pretty large difference in ratings (in other age groups I’ve seen a rating difference of only 0.01 or 0.02 between bubble teams) and thus there shouldn’t be much concern about the Stars not being selected based on their rating.

Girls 16U Seedings

For the U16 age groups, the seedings are non-controversial. They match identically to the MyHockeyRankings sorting of the 16 qualified teams.

However, if the selection committee looked at the last 10 games for each of the top 10 teams (as they appear to do in other age groups), there is a reasonable argument to be made for a re-arranging of the Top 8 teams. Specifically, two of the at-large teams could have been seeded higher. The same for Belle Tire. Especially since those teams’ full-year ratings were so close to the teams above them in the rankings.

The next posts will discuss the USA Hockey Nationals Girls U19 selections and seedings.

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Part III – USA Hockey Nationals Team Selection & Seedings – Girls U19 Tier I

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date March 26, 2024

This is Part III about the analysis of USA Hockey 2024 Nationals Girls Tier I Hockey playoffs taking place in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Here is Part I for U14 and Part II for U16

This analysis look at the teams selected for the Girls Tier I U19 playoffs. Given the importance of being seen at Nationals from recruiting perspective, I examined the at-large team selections and the seedings.

Girls 19U Selections

Below you can see the ranking of the 16 teams who will be playing at the 19U Tier I Nationals. The 4 highlighted teams (East Coast Wizards, NAHA, Team Wisconsin and the Connecticut Polar Bears) are the at-large invitations. Unlike other age groups, there is no U19 team from the Northern Plains district – thus the 4th at-large team. Then there is the host team (Florida Alliance) and the other 11 are the district champions.

The USA Hockey 2024 National Guidebook provides the following description for how they decide on the at-large teams and seedings:

Similar to the the U14 Tier 1 at-large Selections, it is unclear why the Minnesota Empowers and Tradition teams are not at-large teams. Maybe they opted out due to the higher priority of the Minnesota High School hockey playoffs. There is a lack of consistency of Minnesota Elite League teams accepting at-large invitations.

As far as the last team to miss the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Pens Elite has a 95.20 rating which is only 0.24 below the last at-large team, the Connecticut Polar Bears. But it seems this is large enough to make the Polar Bears the at-large selection.

Girls 19U Seedings

For the U19 age groups, the seedings do not match the rankings. Shattuck St Mary’s is ranked #1, but seeded #2 behind Bishop Kearney Selects. East Coast Wizards are ranked higher, but seeded lower than the Boston Jr Eagles. And NAHA is ranked higher than the Mid Fairfield Stars, but seeded lower. As described in the USA Hockey Guide above, it is likely a combination of head-to-head and Last 10 Games that were factors in these seedings.

Specifically, BK Selects beat Shattuck in their only game back in October, and but Shattuck still had a much higher rank in their last 10 games (see below). In addition, S-SM has a 0.65 higher rating than BK, which is quite large. So it seems the head-to-head was the primary factor in the flipping of positions. I suspect this will have impact the motivations of both teams should they meet in the playoff round.

The Boston Jr Eagles won the Massachusetts district, so it seems to make sense that they would be higher than the Boston Jr Eagles.

For NAHA and Mid Fairfield, being seeded #8 vs #9 doesn’t really make a material difference, since they will be in the same division. It just impacts the order of games and who is the home team when they play each other. The two teams never played each other during the season, but Mid Fairfield has the higher rating over the last 10 games.

Here are the links to Part I – Tier I Girls 14U and Part II – Tier I Girls 16U

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USA Hockey Nationals Team Selection & Seedings – U14 Tier I Girls

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date March 25, 2024

Being selected to go to Tier I Nationals is a big deal beyond just competing in the national playoffs to win a championship. Almost every NCAA DI women’s hockey program sends at least one coach to scout players and watch the best teams compete against each other. It gives U.S. players another great opportunity to be seen. While there are many elite players that play for teams that don’t end up qualifying for Nationals – it isn’t the end of the world for them, there are still many other opportunities to be seen (e.g. showcases, USA Hockey camps etc.). However, playing at Nationals is an excellent opportunity and timing to get seen. While the process to make Nationals for District winners and the host team is clear, the at-large selection process is a little murkier. This analysis looks at the at-large selections and how the teams were seeded.

I recently wrote about the selections for the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey playoffs and how the selections and seedings compared to their MyHockeyRankings ratings. Unlike the NCAA, the USA Hockey National Playoffs actually uses MyHockeyRankings to help select the at-large teams for both youth and girls divisions. On the youth side, in addition to the 12 district winners, there are typically 4 at-large teams selected for Tier I (AAA). On the girl’s side, they also have 12 district winners. However, this is the final year where the girls host team gets an automatic spot in addition to that districts winner. So there are two teams from the Southeast district this year. Next year there will also be 4 at-large teams for Tier I girls.

Candidly, I haven’t taken the time to learn how the Tier II selections are made for Nationals. And I certainly don’t understand how the High School Girls teams are selected – because the last couple of winners have not really played high school hockey teams for their regular schedule, but mostly against other Tier I (AAA) classified teams. So this 3-part analysis will focus solely on the 14U, 16U and 19U Girls Tier I selection and seeds for next week’s USA Hockey 2024 Nationals taking place in Wesley Chapel, Florida.

Note: If you are heading to the Tier 2 girls playoffs, you can still be scouted by DI coaches. This week I spoke with a DI coach who will be in East Lansing and will be looking for the top players from smaller regions that can’t easily play for a Tier I team.

Girls 14U Selections

Below you can see the ranking of the 16 teams who will be playing at the 14U Tier I Nationals. The 3 highlighted teams (Minnestota Walleye, Assabet Valley and Chicago Mission) are the at-large invitations, then there is the host team (Florida Alliance) and the other 12 are the district champions.

The USA Hockey 2024 National Guidebook provides the following description for how they decide on the at-large teams and seedings:

From a selection standpoint, the only team which is not clear is the Minnesota Lakers not being selected for an at-large spot. The two reasons I can think of are a) the first at-large spot already went to a Minnesota district team (Walleye) so maybe the committee didn’t want to take two at-large teams from the same district. The other might be that I have heard Minnesota players care more about their High School playoffs than USA Nationals, therefore getting re-organized (after their High School season ends_ and the cost to play in Florida may not be appealing to some teams. If someone has more information on these decisions, please feel free to provide more information.

As far as the last team to miss the playoffs (excluding the Lakers), the Bay State Breakers were had a 95.48 which was 0.77 below the last at-large team, Chicago Mission. In my experience, that is a pretty large difference in ratings (in other age groups I’ve seen a rating difference of only 0.01 or 0.02 between bubble teams) and thus there shouldn’t be much concern about the Breakers not being selected based on their rating.

Girls 14U Seedings

Pretty much all the seedings make sense with 2 exceptions:

Minnesota Walleye were ranked #1 according to MHR, but Lovell Academy was given the #1 seed. The two teams never played each other during the season, so that could not be a factor. However, when looking at just the last 10 games for each team, it seems Lovell Academy had a higher rating by 0.3 goals – so that may have been the determining factor in giving Lovell Academy the #1 seed.

2. The Minnesota Green Giants and Philadelphia Jr Flyers were ranked #5 and #6 respectively according to MHR. But the Jr Flyers were given the higher seed. But looking closer, both teams had an identical 95.81 rating. And the Jr Flyers had a 0.3 higher rating over their last 10 games – so this could likely be the determining factor for promoting the Jr Flyers.

The next posts will discuss the USA Hockey Nationals Girls U16 and U19 selections and seedings.

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Top 5 Life Skills Developed from the Hockey Recruiting Process

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date February 22, 2024

As a parent, I have now gone through multiple “hockey recruiting” processes. Beyond just club team tryouts, we have been through hockey academy recruiting, college hockey recruiting and even the beginnings of junior hockey tryouts. No matter how things worked out with each team/school being considered, I have repeatedly been pleased with the life skills my kids have learned from the experience. When I look back when I was their age, it would be several years into my college days before I would get exposure to many of these important life events.

I thought I would codify my Top 5 life skills kids can learn from the recruiting process.

1. Sales & Marketing

Even if you are a top talent player, you still need to let teams and coaches know you are interested in their program. Sending “cold emails” is a great skill to learn at any age – but getting this experience as a teenager is a pretty amazing opportunity. Learning how to introduce and promote yourself is not easy, especially in writing. Then to also persuade the audience/coach with a “call-to-action” (e.g. set-up a call, come watch me play, look at my video) is about as real-life as it gets in the sales and marketing world.

Furthermore, taking some swings when you know you will likely strike out is another great lesson. I know of a few players who reached out to coaches when they thought the teams wouldn’t be interested, only to find out they were interested and there were other reasons for them not contacting the player. You never know if you don’t ask!

2. The recruiting process is imperfect

The last company I worked at focused on the corporate recruiting process. Very few companies are great at delivering a great candidate experience. Most organizations have flaws because of the complexity and coordination challenges in organizations that are considering dozens of potential employees. The same holds true for hockey recruiting. It is unfortunate the number of times I have heard from parents and seen first-hand a bad candidate experience. Everything from never getting a response from a team, a coach ghosting a player after having a call and agreeing to next steps or just not being transparent/candid happens all the time. The college recruiting process isn’t perfect because coaches aren’t perfect. Many have not had regular company experience, so they may not be well-trained in hiring best practices unless someone taught them how. Not all of them care about closing the loop with players they won’t be making offers to. Good thing to learn for a teenager to learn at this age, because it reflects the real world.

3. Rejection

Every player gets rejected at some point. Whether it is not making a team or not getting an offer from a school. All the best companies (Google, Apple, Amazon etc.) attract the best people and reject the significant majority of folks who want to work at these companies. So even if your dream was to play at Wisconsin, or if you set very realistic goals as your top choice school, sometime there isn’t a match. However, things almost always work out in the end. You end up where you were supposed to be. Dealing with a major “hockey career” rejection in your teen years is not only something you will recover from, it will also make you stronger.

4. The importance of references and a good reputation

In the real world corporate recruiting process, hiring teams do reference checks. This is even more important in a team sport like hockey. Coaches will find folks they trust who really know the players they are considering. Once again, I can think of multiple examples where a connection to the coach (former coach or teammate, parent etc.) helped create opportunities or finalize an offer. As a player, having a good character and ensuring people of influence at every level can vouch for you, is a big deal.

5. Decision making – Having lots of good options

Finally, if things go well on both the hockey development and recruiting side, you will have options. Sometimes it will be easy to pick where you want to go. But sometimes, you will be in the fortunate position to have many great options. Figuring out all the different factors and prioritizing them across multiple opportunities can be both difficult and stressful. You may be afraid to make a life-impacting mistake. Learning how to make these types of decisions is probably the most important skill to develop. These types of situations come up all the time and figuring out which one-way door to choose is a phenomenal experience to learn at such a young age.

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Q4 2023 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date December 12, 2023

This is an update to our quarterly posts which track the number of publicly announced commitments in DI women’s college hockey.

We’ve Changed our Commit Tracking Methodology

For this update, we have significantly changed our data collection methodology on tracking women’s college hockey commits. In previous quarterly updates, we primarily relied on data from the Women’s College Commitments (WCC) tracking page. Using their data we were able to track announcements on a monthly bases and show trends month-over-month and year-over-year:

Q3 2023 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update

However, we always knew that their data only represented a percentage of all commits for a given year (and relied on the data to be “consistently incomplete” year over year). For example, for the 2023-24 NCAA DI women’s college hockey season, there are 284 first-year players. While WCC only recorded 185 of those commits – so, only about 65% of all commits. While it is almost impossible to track every commit, since many players don’t make public announcements & it is much harder to track European commits, we have endeavored to be more holistic in data collection.

Our new method includes not just WCC, but also information from Elite Prospects, social media posts by players and teams, youth team website rosters and any other public information we can find. As a result, we have redesigned how we present the data and will only present the data from a quarterly perspective going forward.

As a result, we believe we are closer to tracking ~90% of all commits which is much higher than our previous tracking of ~65%.

Q4 Commitment Details

We recently published the status of women’s college hockey DI commits by position and discussed our analysis on “where and why” about the numbers:

Forward Recruits: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Analyzing the Defensive Lineups: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Navigating the Tight Goalie Market: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Below is how the overall data is trending for commits & by position. As discussed in the previous posts, the incoming class of 2024 is almost full, but there seems to be many spots still open (especially at NEWHA schools) for 2025.

However, it appears that the total size of the incoming 2024 class will be smaller than previous years – mostly due to 5th year Covid eligibility for many student-athletes reducing the number of available spots. For 2025, it is a little too early to tell, but it looks like it will be a regular sized class with over 280 commits – especially with the addition of new DI women’s hockey team, the Delware Blue Hens.

By-Position Year-Over-Year Commit Rate Comparison

Here is the same data as above, but broken out by position in comparison to previous years.

Comparing Q4 to Q3 2023 Total Commits for the Class of 2025

While not apples-to-apples, below is a table comparing the number of commits for the Class of 2025 from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023. As you can see about 125 commits have been announced during the last 3 months.

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Analyzing the Defensive Lineups: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date December 6, 2023

Updated Dec. 21, 2023

This is the third of 3 posts about where things stand for each position – Goalies, Forwards and Defense – for the incoming classes of 2024 and 2025.

Read Part I of this series here: Navigating the Tight Goalie Market: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Read Part II of this series here: Forward Recruits: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Women’s DI College Hockey Total Defensive Players & Commits by Year

as of December, 2023

With 44 DI women’s ice hockey teams now in the NCAA, having 88 first-year D is pretty much exactly what you would expect if each team carries an average of 8 defenders on their roster. While there are some puts and takes (e.g. Assumption adding 7 freshmen D and 35 5th year/grad students) the 2023-24 season seemed to be an above-average recruiting class on defense. With the large number of current players with a 5th year of eligibility still available to them, it is likely that the incoming 2024 class will be small than this year’s group of D recruits.

Our current analysis shows that the Class of 2024 already has at least 74 commits – and we are likely missing a few European players from our list. Therefore, there are likely a small handful of spots still open or become available because of the transfer portal, but pretty much it seems the recruiting door for 2024 defenders has pretty much closed.

For the Class of 2025, only ~50 spots have been filled. With Delaware announcing their new DI team starting in the 2025-26 season there should be several spots available for that team. In addition, there are certainly some openings on several other teams and certainly most of the NEWHA schools – with only 4 roster spots publicly announced across those 8 teams.

Women’s DI College Hockey Defense and Commits by School & Year

as of December, 2023

A few quick thoughts:

Ohio State and Bemidji State only have 6 defenders listed on their roster. Would be interesting to see how they would handle not having 1 or 2 of them for a period of time (injury, playing on national teams). Clearly a F would need to move back to help out, but that would still likely have the team at a disadvantage.
11 teams have 9 or more D on their rosters. For players being recruited to schools with such large rosters, they need to seriously consider the implications of being healthy scratched if they aren’t clearly in the top 6.
The next post will analyze the overall rosters of DI teams – including showing how many players each school has. There is a pretty big range in roster sizes (from 20 – 33 players).

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2024 Girls Hockey Event Calendar

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date November 30, 2023

2024 Girls Hockey Event Calendar

Here is a list of 2024 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 13-15, 2024		Fort Meyers, FL	2004-2010 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	Sweden Girls High Performance Camp	July 15-26, 2024	Nyköpings Arenor Rosvalla	Nyköping, Sweden	2004-2011 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	CHS Cergy, France	July 7th-11th, 2024		Cergy, France	2008-2013 Birth Years
College Hockey Showcases	Boise Breakaway Showcase	Dec 13th-15th, 2024		Boise, Idaho	2007-2011 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Hockey Hall of Fame Future Legends	April 25-28, 2024		Toronto, ON	2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PIPs American Dream	May 3-5, 2024	American Dream	East Rutherford, NJ	2010- 2013 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Premier Prep Prospects	May 9-12, 2024	The Edge Sports Center	Boston, MA	2009-2012 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Premier Prospects Boston	May 8-10, 2024	The Edge Sports Center	Boston, MA	2009-2010 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	Top Prospects	May 17-19, 2024		Jacksonville, FL	2010 - 2013 Birth Year
Premier Ice Prospects	Western Prospects Camp	June 1-3, 2024	Kraken Community Iceplex	Seattle, WA	2007-2013 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	585 PIP Showcase	June 7-10, 2024	Tim Horton's Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2007-2009 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	GIRLS ELITE PROSPECTS CAMP	June 23-27, 2024	Tim Horton's Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2011-2013 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	14U PROSPECTS CAMP	June 23-27, 2024	Tim Horton's Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2010 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PROSPECTS GOALIE CAMP	June 23-27, 2024	Tim Horton's Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2008-2013 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	PREMIER PROSPECTS COMBINE	July 11-14, 2024	UPMC Sports Complex	Cranberry, PA	2010 - 2013 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	SOUTHERN PROSPECTS CAMP	July 18-21, 2024	Community First Igloo	Jacksonville, FL	2012 - 2015 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	617 PIP SHOWCASE - BOSTON HARBOR STYLE	July 1-2, 2024	The Edge Sports Center	Bedford, MA	2025, '26. '27 Grad Years
Premier Ice Prospects	NORTHEAST PROSPECTS CAMP	July 1-2, 2024	The Edge Sports Center	Bedford, MA	2012 - 2015 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	480 SHOWCASE - DESERT STYLE	Summer 2024	Mullett Arena	Tempe, AZ	2007 - 2009 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	SOUTHWEST PROSPECTS	Summer 2024	Mullett Arena	Tempe, AZ	2010- 2013 Birth Year
Premier Ice Prospects	615 PIP SHOWCASE - MUSIC CITY STYLE	August 8-11, 2024	Predators' Ford Ice Center	Bellevue, TN	2010 - 2011 Birth Years
Premier Ice Prospects	NIAGARA FALLS PROPSPECTS CAMP	August 16-18, 2024	Gale Centre Arena	Niagara Falls, ON	2007 - 2011 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 Tournament	June 21-23, 2024	Tim Horton's Iceplex	Rochester, NY	2010 - 2013 Birth Years Tier I (AAA)
Premier Ice Prospects	Labor Day Girls Fest	Aug 30 - Sept 1, 2024		Pittsburgh, PA	14U, 16U/17U and 19U Tier I (AAA)/Canadian AA
Premier Ice Prospects	Frieda Falcon Girls Fest	September 6-8, 2024	Slater Family Ice Arena	Bowling Green, OH	12U USA Tier I / CAN A
Premier Ice Prospects	Capital Cup Girls Fest	October 12-14, 2024		Northern VA	19U through 10U Tier II
Premier Ice Prospects	Roc City Girls Fest	October 25-27, 2024		Rochester, NY	19U through 10U
Premier Ice Prospects	Roc City Girls Fest	November 1-3, 2024		Rochester, NY	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Burgh Thanksgiving Girls Fest	November 22-24, 2024		Pittsburgh, PA	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Smashville Girls Fest	November 22-24, 2024		Nashville, TN	19U through 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA), Tier III (A)
Premier Ice Prospects	Erie White Out Weekend	December 6-8, 2024		Erie, PA	12U and 10U Tier I (AAA), Tier II (AA)
RUSH Hockey	Florida RUSH	January 12-15, 2024	Palm Beach Skate Zone	West Palm Beach, FL	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2/ Tier 3 (12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	Rush Spring Showcase (Florida)	April 25-28, 2024	Palm Beach Skate Zone	West Palm Beach, FL	2004-2012 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	FLORIDA BEACHSIDE SPRING CLASSIC	TBD April, 2024	Palm Beach Skate Zone	West Palm Beach, FL	19U through 12 U Tier2 and Tier 3
RUSH Hockey	Connecticut Rush	TBD June, 2024	Northford Ice Pavilion	Northford, CT	2009 - 2011 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	Rush College Showcase	June 7-10, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2006 - 2009 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH RISING STARS PRE-COLLEGE SHOWCASE	May 30 – June 2, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2010 and 2011 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH ATOMIC CHALLENGE	May 30 – June 2, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	2012 and 2013 Birth Years
RUSH Hockey	RUSH Hockey High Performance	August 4-6, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	Brampton, ON	U11 - U22 AA
RUSH Hockey	BEANTOWN CLASSIC	July 19-21, 2024	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	2009 (08) - 2014 Birth Years,
RUSH Hockey	BEANTOWN CLASSIC	July 26-28, 2024	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	U19, College / Super Series
RUSH Hockey	BUFFALO RUSH HOCKEY INFERNO	TBD, Nov 2024		Buffalo, NY	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
RUSH Hockey	TEXAS RUSH	TBD, Nov 2024		Dallas, TX	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (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	September 6-8, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	North Halton, ON	U11-U18 AA/A/BB/B
RUSH Hockey	TWO NATIONS COLLEGE PREP SERIES	TBD, Oct 2024		Brampton, ON	19U through 12U Tier 1; U13-U21 AA
RUSH Hockey	TWO NATIONS COLLEGE PREP SERIES	TBD, Dec 2024		Detroit, MI	19U through 12U Tier 1; U13-U21 AA
RUSH Hockey	NORTH HALTON CHRISTMAS RUSH	TBD Dec, 2024	CAA Centre Brampton	Georgetown, ON	U11-U22 AA/A/BB/B
RUSH Hockey	Toronto Aeros Holiday Classic	Jan 5-7, 2024		Vaughn, ON
RUSH Hockey	ARIZONA RUSH MATT SHOTT MEMORIAL	TBD November, 2024		Phoenix, AZ	19U through 12U Tier 1 and Tier 2
Showcase Hockey	2024 Minnesota Meltdown AAA Tournament	April 19-21, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 Independent Classic	May 17-19, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 AAA Summer Showdown	June 7-9, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 International Cup	August 2-4, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 Easton AAA Cup Tournament	August 16-18, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 Summer Finale	August 23-25, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
Showcase Hockey	2024 Warrior Cup AAA	September 6-8, 2024		Minnesota	Girls AAA (10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
200x85 Tournaments	CCM MLK Girls	Jan 14-16, 2024		Massachusetts	12U - 19U AAA/AA
200x85 Tournaments	CCM CHI-TOWN SHUFFLE	April 19-21, 2024		Chicago, IL	Girls Tier 1/Tier 2 (12U, 14U, 16U, 19U)
200x85 Tournaments	CCM Selects Beantown Women's Classic	Jul 19-21, 2024		Boston	2008 - 2013
200x85 Tournaments	CCM Selects Training Camp - Notre Dame (Girls)	May 3-5, 2024		South Bend, IN	2010-2016
200x85 Tournaments	CCM Girls 68 (14U)	Aug 07-11, 2024		Chicago, IL	2010 Birth Year
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL NCAA Exposure Clinic	TBD		Northford, CT	2005 - 2010 Birth Years
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL NCAA Exposure Camp in Newington, CT	TBD		Newington, CT	2004 - 2010 Birth Years
The National Girls Hockey League	Dawg Days of Summer - Red	TBD		Northford, CT	12U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Dawg Days of Summer - Futures	TBD		Newington, CT	12U
The National Girls Hockey League	Labor Day Challenge - Blue	August 30 - September 1, 2024		Cromwell, CT	12U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Labor Day Challenge - Futures	August 30 - September 1, 2024		Cromwell, CT	12U
The National Girls Hockey League	Fall Classic - Red	TBD		Syracuse, NY	14U-19U
The National Girls Hockey League	Fall Classic - Futures	TBD		Buffalo, NY	10U & 12U
The National Girls Hockey League	NGHL Michigan	TBD		Ann Arbor, MI	14U - 19U Tier 1
The National Girls Hockey League	Mile High Invitational - Blue	TBD		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 21-23TH, 2024	Merrimack College Athletics Complex	North Andover, MA	Birth Years 2007-2011 (PG's also Allowed)
JWHL	Challenge Cup 2024	February 17-20, 2024		Rockville/Arlington, VA	14U, 16U, 19U
North American Female Elite Showcase	The Orion Top Prospects	June 13-16, 2024		Blaine, MN	2007 - 2012 Birth Years
Pony Tail Tournament	Pony Tail Tournament	March 15-17, 2024		Baltimore, MD	U10, U12A, U12B, U14A, U14B, U16A, U16B, U19
The Rose Series	Cowgirl Shootout	April 18-21 2024		Nashville, TN	2012 Birth Years
The Rose Series	Low Country Classic	May 9-12, 2024		Charleston, SC	2011 Birth Year
The Rose Series	The Battle at the Beach	May 9-12, 2024		Fort Meyers, FL	2010 Birth Year
The Rose Series	BIOSTEEL WORLD INVITE	June 24-30, 2024		Toronto, ON	2009 Birth Year
The Rose Series	Queens of Vegas	July 9-12, 2024		Las Vegas, NV	2013 Birth Year
The Rose Series	PARK CITY SHOWDOWN	July 11-14, 2024		Park City, Utah	2014 Birth Year
The Rose Series	War for the Roses	July 8-13, 2024		Edmonton, Alberta	2011 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls 15's Player Development Camp	July 25-30, 2024	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2009 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls 16/17's Player Development Camp	July 19-24, 2024	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2007 & 2008 Birth Year
USA Hockey	Girls National 2006 Training Camp (2006)	July 19-22, 2024	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2006 Birth Year
USA Hockey	USA Hockey Girls Under 18 Player Development Camp	August 4-9, 2024	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	2007, 2008, 2009 Birth Year
USA Hockey	2024 Women's National Festival	August 2024		TBD
OS Hockey	PROSPECTS/FUTURES WEEKEND 1 Camp	May 31-June 3, 2024	Bloomington Ice Gardens	Minneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	PROSPECTS/FUTURES WEEKEND 2 Camp	July 28-30, 2024	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	2024 OS SPRING FESTIVAL	March 16th-19th, 2024	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN
OS Hockey	2024 WHITECAPS CUP (HS)	May 3-5, 2024		MInneapolis, MN	High School
OS Hockey	2024 TRADITION CUP	August 2-4, 2024	Braemar Arena	MInneapolis, MN	College Level
OS Hockey	2024 OS SHOOTOUT	August 10th-13th, 2024	Bloomington Ice Garden and Braemar Ice Arena	MInneapolis, MN	U8-U19
Girls Elite Hockey	2024 TRADITION NIT	October 18-20, 2024		Blaine, MN	U16 and U19
NCD Camps	GIRLS NCDC COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CAMP	August 5-7, 2024	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	2025, '26, '27, '28 Grad Years
NAHA	NAHA COLLEGE SHOWCASE	July 12-14 2024	Boston Sports Institute	Wellesley, MA	2025, '26, '27, '28 Grad Years
University of Wisconsin	13 and Under Camp	June 24-28, 2024	LaBahn Arena	Madison, WI	13 and under
University of Wisconsin	High School Elite Camp	August 4-8, 2024	LaBahn Arena	Madison, WI	High School
Princeton University	GIRLS ICE HOCKEY ELITE CAMP	TBD	Baker Rink	Princeton, NJ	Entering grades 10-12
Princeton University	GIRLS ICE HOCKEY EXPOSURE ID CAMP	TBD	Baker Rink	Princeton, NJ	Entering grades 7-9
Merrimack College	Merrimack Womens Ice Hockey Clinics	TBD	Lawler Arena	North Andover, MA	Entering grades 9-12
RinkSport	RinkSport College Development Camp	JUNE 15-20, 2024	Babson College	Boston, MA	2029 High School graduates or earlier
RinkSport	SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Development Camp	June 4-7, 2024
RinkSport	BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Development Camp	June 20-22, 2024
RinkSport	WASHINGTON , D. C. Development Camp	June 24-27, 2024
RinkSport	ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Development Camp	June 21-24, 2024
RinkSport	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Development Camp	TBD
RinkSport	GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Development Camp	TBD
Pre-Prep Showcase	Pre-Prep Showcase	AUGUST 1st-4th, 2024	New England Sports Center	Marlborough, MA	Birth Years: 2009, 2010 & 2011
Ohio State University	YOUTH CAMP	TBD	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	U8/U10 and U12 age level
Ohio State University	ELITE DAY CAMP	TBD	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	Grad Years: 2026-2028
Ohio State University	HIGH SCHOOL ELITE CAMPS	TBD	OSU Ice Rink	Columbus, OH	Grad Years: 2026-2028
University of Maine	U16/19 High School Girls' Hockey Camp	TBD	University of Maine	Orono, ME	Grades 8-12
University of Maine	U8/U10/U12 Girls' Hockey Day Camp	TBD	University of Maine	Orono, ME	U8/U10/U12 Skaters
University of Maine	Women's Prospect Clinic	TBD	University of Maine	Orono, ME	Grades 8-12
Brown University	BROWN WOMEN’S HOCKEY ELITE SUMMER CAMP	August 5-7, 2024	Brown University	Providence, RI	High school students entering grades 9-12. Therefore, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 high school graduates.
Mercyhurst University	DIVISION I WOMEN'S HOCKEY ELITE CAMP	TBD	Mercyhurst University	Erie, PA	2006 to 2009 birth year
Colgate University	2024 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| PRE-CAMP GOALIE'S ONLY	July 7-9, 2024	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	Goalies Only. All Female players born between 2005-2009
Colgate University	2024 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| SESSION 1	July 9-11, 2024	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	All Female players born between 2005-2009
Colgate University	2024 COLGATE EXPOSURE CAMP \| SESSION 2	July 12-14, 2024	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	All Female players born between 2005-2009
College of the Holy Cross	Holy Cross Women's Ice Hockey Clinics	TBD	Hart Center	Worcester, MA	14-19 Years Old
St Anselm College		TBD	Sullivan Arena	Bedford, NH
Clarkson University	Clarkson Golden Knight Women's Hockey Prospect Camp 2024	TBD	Cheel Campus Center and Arena	Potsdam, NY	2007-2010 Birth Years
St Cloud State University	St. Cloud State Women's Hockey Camps	03/29/2024 - 03/30/2024	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center	St. Cloud, Minnesota	Ages 6-16
Quinnipiac University	Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Girls Camp	July 8 - 12, 2024	M&T Bank Arena	Hamden, Conn	Ages: 6-13
Quinnipiac University	Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Girls Elite Clinic	July 8 - 12, 2024	M&T Bank Arena	Hamden, Conn	Ages: rising 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 24-26, 2024	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	10U &12U Camp
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 27-28, 2024	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	Exposure Camp (ages 13,14)
University of Minnesota	MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY CAMPS	June 17-19, 2024 + June 19-21, 2024	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis, MN	High School/ Varsity Camp #1 & #2
University of Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth High School Elite Camp	August 1-4, 2024	Amsoil Arena	Duluth, MN	Any and all high school girls (grad years 2025-2028) are invited
College Development Showcase	Girls Camp	June 23-25, 2024	Ice Den	Hooksett, NH	Players with birth years 2005-2010
Boston College	Maroon and Gold Women’s Combine	TBD	Conte Forum	Chestnut Hill, MA	2010-2011-2012 players
National Sports Center	All American Girls Hockey Tournament	November 8-10, 2024	NSC-Super Rink (Blaine)	Blaine, MN	Girls U10A,B U12A,B U15A
Youth Hockey Hub	2024 DANGLEFEST	TBD	NSC-Super Rink (Blaine)	Blaine, MN	Girls U10A, U10B, U12A, U12B, U15A, & U15B
Fierce Edge Athletics	FIERCE FEMALE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 2024	June 14-16, 2024	Canlan Oshawa	Oshawa, ON	U9/ U11 (Tier 1 & Tier 2)/ U13 (Tier 1,Tier 2)
Fierce Edge Athletics	Fierce ID Series - SHOWCASE EVENT	June, 2024	Canlan Oshawa	Oshawa, ON	2010-2011 ; 2009-2007 + 06* (GRADUATION YEAR 2025) DIVISION
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna	Female University Showcase 2024	April 4-7, 2024	Winfield Arena & RINK Kelowna Training Centre	Kelowna, BC	2005-2009 YOB
Delta Hockey Academy	DHA Female University Showcase	April 9-10, 2024	Planet Ice	Delta, B.C	2006-2011 YOB
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg	Female University Showcase 2024	April 19-21, 2024	Rink Training Center	Winnipeg, MB	2005-2009 (2010) YOB
OneHockey	OneHockey Connecticut GIRLS	March 8-10, 2024	DANBURY ICE	Danbury, CT	Girls Tier II (AA) 19U, 16U, 14U, 12U, 10U Girls Tier III (A) 19U, 16U, 14U, 12U, 10U
OneHockey	OneHockey Sacred Heart University	August 30 - September 2, 2024	Sacred Heart University Martire Family Arena	Fairfield, CT	Girls 12U Tier I & II

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Forward Recruits: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Post author By Ray Tenenbaum
Post date November 29, 2023

Updated Dec. 19, 2023

This is the second of 3 posts about where things stand for each position – Goalies, Forwards and Defense – for the incoming classes of 2024 and 2025.

Read Part I of this series here: Navigating the Tight Goalie Market: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Read Part III of this series here: Analyzing the Defensive Lineups: The Current State of Division I Women’s College Hockey Recruiting for the Class of 2024 & 2025

Women’s DI College Hockey Total Forward Players & Commits by Year

as of December, 2023

At first glance things seemed to have returned to normal for forwards with respect to the DI women’s college hockey recruiting class of 2023. There are 157 first-year players across all the Division I rosters this season. However, 18 of those spots are freshmen players at either Assumption or Robert Morris (“new” programs for both these schools), so the number is a little inflated compared to the 152 sophomore players playing DI hockey.

For the incoming Class of 2024, it seems almost all schools have finalized their rosters by now. Most schools have been announcing on social media their inbound players after the signing day earlier this month. Other than a few spots at NEWHA schools and maybe the odd player at other schools filling in a final roster spot, there are likely only a handful of opportunities remaining for forwards. Our 2024 F analysis now has 166 players, but there are likely some European and other commits who haven’t been publicly announced.

In addition, without knowing the plans for individual players, it is unclear how many of the 105 Seniors (granted an extra year of eligibility due to Covid) will decide to return for a 5th year either at their current school or find another school for their grad year. If all of them continue to play for the 2024-25 season then there may not be any spots open to 2024 high school graduates.

As for the incoming Class of 2025, there are certainly many spots still open. While most of the Top 10 schools have snagged the best players in the country, there are openings at many other programs. Until recently, many of the NEWHA schools have been focused on filling their 2024 rosters, so they will likely only shift their attention over the next month or two for their 2025 forwards.

Women’s DI College Hockey Forwards and Commits by School & Year

as of December, 2023

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