The AYHL Week 2 National Rankings
Release Date : 10/6/2016
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – MyHockeyRankings.com published its week two national rankings on Wednesday, and 119 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions in the second published rankings of the 2016-17 regular season. The eight AYHL teams that were not ranked did not meet the criteria to be ranked by the publication in its initial rankings.
Thirty AYHL teams placed in the top-25 in their respective divisions, with 13 placing among the top-ten teams, including six in the top-five. The North Jersey Avalanche landed the number one ranking in both the Midget 16U and 18U divisions for the second straight week.
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1998/99 birth years) level (out of 118 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (30)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (37)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (42)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (43)
· New Jersey Colonials Elite (55)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (62)
· New Jersey Devils Youth Elite (74)
· Elite AAA Elite (93)
· Team Maryland American (95)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (104)
· Long Island Royals American (105)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (109)
· New York Saints American (114)
· Mercer Chiefs American (NR)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (NR)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 16U (2000/01 birth years) level (out of 135 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (26)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (43)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (45)
· Team Maryland Elite (53)
· Elite AAA Premier (62)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (71)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (82)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (86)
· Long Island Royals Elite (99)
· Ramapo Saints American (102)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (104)
· Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Elite (115)
· New Jersey Colonials American (118)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (119)
· Mercer Chiefs American (126)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (128)
· Virtua Hockey American (130)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (134)
· Connecticut Oilers Elite (NR)
· Mercer Chiefs Elite (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2001 birth years) level (out of 69 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche (3)
· Long Island Gulls (9)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (19)
· Washington Little Capitals (23)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (25)
· Team Maryland (26)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (53)
· Long Island Royals (63)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2002 birth years) level (out of 86 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (3)
· North Jersey Devils Youth (21)
· North Jersey Avalanche (27)
· Mercer Chiefs (33)
· Virtua Hockey (39)
· Ramapo Saints (45)
· Long Island Royals (55)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (57)
· Elite AAA (60)
· Team Maryland (65)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (71)
· Connecticut Oilers (78)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (86)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (NR)
· Washington Little Capitals (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2003 birth years) level (out of 90 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (6)
· Virtua Hockey (8)
· Team Maryland (14)
· Long Island Gulls (16)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (25)
· North Jersey Avalanche (30)
· Washington Little Capitals (33)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (36)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (43)
· Mercer Chiefs (66)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (70)
· Ramapo Saints (71)
· Long Island Royals (74)
· Elite AAA (78)
· Connecticut Oilers (85)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2004 birth years) level (out of 81 teams ranked):
· Valley Forge Minutemen (7)
· Team Maryland (15)
· North Jersey Avalanche (22)
· Connecticut Oilers (29)
· Washington Little Capitals (31)
· Long Island Royals (33)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (42)
· Long Island Gulls (48)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (52)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (54)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (61)
· Virtua Hockey (60)
· New Jersey Colonials (65)
· Ramapo Saints (77)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2005 birth years) level (out of 76 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (6)
· Long Island Royals (8)
· North Jersey Avalanche (27)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (29)
· Connecticut Oilers (37)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (42)
· Washington Little Capitals (46)
· Long Island Gulls (49)
· Team Maryland (51)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (53)
· Mercer Chiefs (54)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (56)
· Ramapo Saints (66)
· Virtua Hockey (72)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2006 birth years) level (out of 267 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (11)
· Long Island Royals (13)
· Virtua Hockey (15)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (16)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (18)
· New York Saints (21)
· Long Island Gulls (32)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (40)
· Connecticut Oilers (56)
· North Jersey Avalanche (61)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (104)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2007 birth years) level (out of 107 teams ranked):
· Long Island Gulls (5)
· Mercer Chiefs (10)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (19)
· Connecticut Oilers (22)
· Ramapo Saints (38)
· Virtua Hockey (40)
· Long Island Royals (43)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (49)
· New Jersey Colonials (58)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (66)
· North Jersey Avalanche (NR)
The Atlantic Youth Hockey League is the USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier I AAA youth hockey league of the Atlantic District. From Connecticut to Maryland, the AYHL’s membership is comprised of over 100 teams, representing four districts, and is spread across six playing divisions. The AYHL’s mission is to develop young players with competition, fun, and good sportsmanship, and move them on to the next phase of their hockey career. With a distinguished alumni list of players that spent a portion of their playing career in the AYHL, today’s players choose to play in the AYHL knowing that it is a proven stepping stone for those serious in their hockey pursuits.
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