The AYHL week seven national rankings
Release Date : 11/10/2016
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – MyHockeyRankings.com published its weekly national rankings Wednesday, and 125 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions, in the seventh published rankings of the 2016-17 regular season. The two AYHL teams that remain unranked do not meet the criteria to be ranked by the publication.
Twenty-nine AYHL teams placed in the top-25 in their respective divisions, with 14 placing among the top-ten teams, including nine in the top-five. The North Jersey Avalanche retained the number one overall ranking at Midget 18U for the seventh straight week.
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1998/99 birth years) level (out of 140 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (35)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (43)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (53)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (65)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (67)
· New Jersey Colonials Elite (68)
· New Jersey Devils Youth Elite (103)
· Elite AAA Elite (104)
· Mercer Chiefs American (113)
· Team Maryland American (116)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (120)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (125)
· New York Saints American (131)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (135)
· 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 152 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (4)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (32)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (37)
· Team Maryland Elite (55)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (59)
· Elite AAA Premier (72)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (79)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (83)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (92)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (106)
· Long Island Royals Elite (109)
· Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Elite (123)
· Ramapo Saints American (129)
· New Jersey Colonials American (130)
· Virtua Hockey American (133)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (134)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (135)
· Mercer Chiefs American (137)
· Connecticut Oilers Elite (146)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (150)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2001 birth years) level (out of 81 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche (3)
· Long Island Gulls (6)
· Mercer Chiefs 16U National Elite (10)
· Washington Little Capitals (19)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (28)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (29)
· Team Maryland (34)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (63)
· Long Island Royals (73)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2002 birth years) level (out of 107 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· North Jersey Devils Youth (19)
· North Jersey Avalanche (29)
· Mercer Chiefs (42)
· Virtua Hockey (46)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (52)
· Washington Little Capitals (56)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (61)
· Team Maryland (65)
· Ramapo Saints (67)
· Elite AAA (71)
· Long Island Royals (76)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (79)
· Connecticut Oilers (97)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (107)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2003 birth years) level (out of 97 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (5)
· Virtua Hockey (7)
· Team Maryland (16)
· Long Island Gulls (20)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (28)
· Washington Little Capitals (30)
· North Jersey Avalanche (35)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (38)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (46)
· Elite AAA (68)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (72)
· Long Island Royals (73)
· Ramapo Saints (74)
· Mercer Chiefs (75)
· Connecticut Oilers (88)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2004 birth years) level (out of 93 teams ranked):
· Team Maryland (13)
· Connecticut Oilers (16)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (19)
· North Jersey Avalanche (24)
· Washington Little Capitals (37)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (43)
· Long Island Gulls (46)
· Long Island Royals (49)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (56)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (65)
· New Jersey Colonials (67)
· Virtua Hockey (69)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (71)
· Ramapo Saints (87)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2005 birth years) level (out of 89 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (3)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (5)
· Long Island Royals (6)
· North Jersey Avalanche (32)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (33)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (36)
· Connecticut Oilers (38)
· Long Island Gulls (43)
· Washington Little Capitals (44)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (48)
· Team Maryland (49)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (51)
· Mercer Chiefs (66)
· Ramapo Saints (72)
· Virtua Hockey (79)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2006 birth years) level (out of 713 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· Long Island Royals (12)
· New York Saints (16)
· Virtua Hockey (17)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (18)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (20)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (32)
· Long Island Gulls (36)
· Connecticut Oilers (48)
· North Jersey Avalanche (59)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (126)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2007 birth years) level (out of 187 teams ranked):
· Long Island Gulls (3)
· Mercer Chiefs (7)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (22)
· Connecticut Oilers (24)
· Virtua Hockey (36)
· Ramapo Saints (43)
· Long Island Royals (45)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (50)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (66)
· New Jersey Colonials (72)
· North Jersey Avalanche (84)
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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