The AYHL Week Four National Ranking
Release Date : 10/20/2016
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – MyHockeyRankings.com published its national rankings Wednesday, and 124 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions in the fourth published rankings of the 2016-17 regular season. The three 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 10 in the top-five. The North Jersey Avalanche landed the number one ranking at Midget 18U for the fourth straight week.
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1998/99 birth years) level (out of 134 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (29)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (39)
· New Jersey Colonials Elite (55)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (60)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (63)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (65)
· New Jersey Devils Youth Elite (98)
· Elite AAA Elite (99)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (114)
· Mercer Chiefs American (115)
· Team Maryland American (118)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (121)
· New York Saints American (129)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (132)
· Long Island Royals American (NR)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 16U (2000/01 birth years) level (out of 151 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (2)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (23)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (45)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (49)
· Team Maryland Elite (59)
· Elite AAA Premier (60)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (74)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (82)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (100)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (114)
· Long Island Royals Elite (117)
· Ramapo Saints American (120)
· Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Elite (124)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (131)
· New Jersey Colonials American (129)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (132)
· Virtua Hockey American (137)
· Mercer Chiefs American (138)
· Connecticut Oilers Elite (147)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (149)
· Mercer Chiefs Elite (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2001 birth years) level (out of 73 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche (3)
· Long Island Gulls (6)
· Washington Little Capitals (17)
· Team Maryland (29)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (32)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (34)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (56)
· Long Island Royals (66)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2002 birth years) level (out of 103 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· North Jersey Devils Youth (20)
· North Jersey Avalanche (31)
· Mercer Chiefs (42)
· Washington Little Capitals (43)
· Virtua Hockey (44)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (54)
· Ramapo Saints (58)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (61)
· Elite AAA (69)
· Long Island Royals (70)
· Team Maryland (72)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (859)
· Connecticut Oilers (92)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (103)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2003 birth years) level (out of 96 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· Virtua Hockey (6)
· Long Island Gulls (18)
· Team Maryland (20)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (25)
· North Jersey Avalanche (30)
· Washington Little Capitals (40)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (47)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (48)
· Elite AAA (66)
· Mercer Chiefs (73)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (75)
· Ramapo Saints (76)
· Long Island Royals (77)
· Connecticut Oilers (89)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2004 birth years) level (out of 89 teams ranked):
· Team Maryland (11)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (12)
· Connecticut Oilers (16)
· North Jersey Avalanche (26)
· Washington Little Capitals (32)
· Long Island Royals (35)
· Long Island Gulls (36)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (38)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (52)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (53)
· Virtua Hockey (58)
· New Jersey Colonials (63)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (70)
· Ramapo Saints (82)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2005 birth years) level (out of 83 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (3)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (4)
· Long Island Royals (5)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (25)
· Connecticut Oilers (31)
· North Jersey Avalanche (33)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (37)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (45)
· Washington Little Capitals (47)
· Team Maryland (48)
· Long Island Gulls (49)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (56)
· Mercer Chiefs (64)
· Ramapo Saints (66)
· Virtua Hockey (73)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2006 birth years) level (out of 475 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (5)
· Long Island Royals (11)
· Virtua Hockey (15)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (16)
· New York Saints (17)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (20)
· Long Island Gulls (30)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (34)
· Connecticut Oilers (52)
· North Jersey Avalanche (61)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (116)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2007 birth years) level (out of 146 teams ranked):
· Long Island Gulls (4)
· Mercer Chiefs (8)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (21)
· Connecticut Oilers (22)
· Virtua Hockey (36)
· Ramapo Saints (42)
· Long Island Royals (45)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (52)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (60)
· New Jersey Colonials (72)
· North Jersey Avalanche (78)
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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