The AYHL Week Three National Rankings
Release Date : 10/13/2016
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – MyHockeyRankings.com published its week three national rankings on Wednesday, and 123 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions in the third published rankings of the 2016-17 regular season. The four AYHL teams that were not ranked did not meet the criteria to be ranked by the publication in its initial rankings.
Twenty-nine AYHL teams placed in the top-25 in their respective divisions, with 14 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 third straight week.
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1998/99 birth years) level (out of 128 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (26)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (34)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (36)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (49)
· New Jersey Colonials Elite (54)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (57)
· New Jersey Devils Youth Elite (84)
· Elite AAA Elite (93)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (106)
· Mercer Chiefs American (109)
· Team Maryland American (110)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (119)
· New York Saints American (126)
· Long Island Royals 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 148 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche Premier (2)
· New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (23)
· Virtua Hockey Premier (46)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (50)
· Team Maryland Elite (61)
· Elite AAA Premier (68)
· Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (74)
· Washington Little Capitals Elite (78)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (98)
· Long Island Royals Elite (111)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers American (115)
· Ramapo Saints American (116)
· Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Elite (122)
· Valley Forge Minutemen American (124)
· New Jersey Colonials American (128)
· North Jersey Avalanche American (132)
· Mercer Chiefs American (133)
· Virtua Hockey American (138)
· Connecticut Oilers Elite (143)
· New Jersey Junior Titans American (146)
· Mercer Chiefs Elite (NR)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2001 birth years) level (out of 71 teams ranked):
· North Jersey Avalanche (3)
· Long Island Gulls (9)
· Washington Little Capitals (19)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (30)
· Team Maryland (32)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (34)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (58)
· Long Island Royals (65)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2002 birth years) level (out of 94 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· North Jersey Devils Youth (19)
· North Jersey Avalanche (27)
· Mercer Chiefs (33)
· Virtua Hockey (37)
· Washington Little Capitals (40)
· Ramapo Saints (47)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (53)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (56)
· Elite AAA (59)
· Long Island Royals (60)
· Team Maryland (62)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (79)
· Connecticut Oilers (84)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (94)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2003 birth years) level (out of 93 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (4)
· Virtua Hockey (6)
· Long Island Gulls (16)
· Team Maryland (22)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (26)
· North Jersey Avalanche (30)
· Washington Little Capitals (42)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (43)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (45)
· Elite AAA (66)
· Mercer Chiefs (71)
· Ramapo Saints (74)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (75)
· Long Island Royals (77)
· Connecticut Oilers (82)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2004 birth years) level (out of 88 teams ranked):
· Valley Forge Minutemen (8)
· Team Maryland (11)
· North Jersey Avalanche (18)
· Connecticut Oilers (22)
· Long Island Royals (30)
· Washington Little Capitals (32)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (38)
· Long Island Gulls (47)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (53)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (55)
· Virtua Hockey (56)
· New Jersey Colonials (59)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (68)
· Ramapo Saints (82)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2005 birth years) level (out of 81 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (3)
· Philadelphia Little Flyers (4)
· Long Island Royals (5)
· New Jersey Devils Youth (24)
· Connecticut Oilers (32)
· North Jersey Avalanche (34)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (39)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (42)
· Team Maryland (49)
· Long Island Gulls (50)
· Washington Little Capitals (52)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (54)
· Ramapo Saints (59)
· Mercer Chiefs (67)
· Virtua Hockey (75)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2006 birth years) level (out of 394 teams ranked):
· New Jersey Colonials (5)
· Long Island Royals (12)
· Virtua Hockey (15)
· New York Saints (17)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (18)
· New Jersey Junior Titans (21)
· Long Island Gulls (28)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (36)
· Connecticut Oilers (55)
· North Jersey Avalanche (58)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (115)
Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2007 birth years) level (out of 124 teams ranked):
· Long Island Gulls (4)
· Mercer Chiefs (8)
· Valley Forge Minutemen (18)
· Connecticut Oilers (27)
· Virtua Hockey (37)
· Ramapo Saints (40)
· Long Island Royals (42)
· Philadelphia Junior Flyers (50)
· New Jersey Colonials (55)
· Lehigh Valley Phantoms (57)
· North Jersey Avalanche (67)
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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