Atlantic Youth Hockey League

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – MyHockeyRankings.com published its weekly national rankings and 106 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions, in the first published rankings of the 2017-18 regular season. The 20 AYHL teams that remain unranked do not meet the criteria to be ranked by the publication.

Thirty AYHL teams placed in the top-25 in their respective divisions, with 12 placing among the top-ten teams, including five in the top-five. The North Jersey Avalanche opened with the number one ranking at 16U.

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1999/00 birth years) level (out of 117 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche Premier (6)

·         Virtua Hockey Premier (28)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (43)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Premier (53)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (56)

·         New Jersey Colonials Premier (59)

·         Team Maryland Elite (73)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (98)

·         North Jersey Avalanche Elite (106)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Elite (107)

·         Long Island Royals Elite (NR)

·         Mercer Chiefs Elite (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 16U (200/02 birth years) level (out of 127 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche Premier (1)

·         Mercer Chiefs Premier (15)

·         Long Island Gulls Premier (21)

·         New Jersey Colonials Elite (34)

·         Team Maryland Elite (42)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (76)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (77)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (78)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth Premier (79)

·         Washington Little Capitals Premier (87)

·         Virtua Hockey Premier (97)

·         Long Island Royals Elite (102)

·         North Jersey Avalanche American (110)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth American (111)

·         New York Saints American (113)

·         Long Island Royals American (118)

·         New Jersey Colonials American (120)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (123)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers American (125)

·         Virtua Hockey American (126)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (NR)

·         New York Saints Elite (NR)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers Elite (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2002 birth years) level (out of 92 teams ranked):

·         Mercer Chiefs (10)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (34)

·         Long Island Royals (35)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (46)

·         Elite AAA (48)

·         Washington Little Capitals (49)

·         Long Island Gulls (53)

·         Team Maryland (54)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (NR)

·         Virtua Hockey (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2003 birth years) level (out of 87 teams ranked):

·         New Jersey Colonials National (5)

·         North Jersey Avalanche National (15)

·         Virtua Hockey National (17)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth National (28)

·         Long Island Gulls National (31)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers National (44)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen National (45)

·         Elite AAA American (46)

·         Team Maryland National (50)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders American (57)

·         Connecticut Chiefs American (59)

·         Long Island Royals American (68)

·         Mercer Chiefs American (82)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers American (NR)

·         Washington Little Capitals American (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2004 birth years) level (out of 88 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche National (6)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen National (10)

·         Team Maryland National (17)

·         Long Island Royals National (21)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth National (22)

·         Washington Little Capitals National (26)

·         Long Island Gulls National (30)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers National (33)

·         Virtua Hockey American (35)

·         Elite AAA American (60)

·         New York Saints American (62)

·         Mercer Chiefs American (73)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans American (80)

·         New Jersey Colonials American (85)

·         Connecticut Chiefs American (87)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders National (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2005 birth years) level (out of 80 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Royals (3)

·         New Jersey Colonials (4)

·         Long Island Gulls (17)

·         Team Maryland  (18)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (21)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (23)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth (24)

·         Washington Little Capitals (27)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (29)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers (39)

·         New York Saints (44)

·         Mercer Chiefs (45)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (64)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (77)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2006 birth years) level (out of 69 teams ranked):

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (7)

·         Team Maryland (10)

·         New Jersey Colonials (12)

·         Long Island Royals (21)

·         New York Saints (32)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (34)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (37)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (38)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth (41)

·         Washington Little Capitals (49)

·         Long Island Gulls (59)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (NR)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (NR)

·         Virtua Hockey (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2007 birth years) level (out of 196 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Gulls (2)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (15)

·         Mercer Chiefs (28)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (68)

·         Virtua Hockey (41)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (47)

·         New York Saints (55)

·         Long Island Royals (59)

·         New Jersey Colonials (74)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2008 birth years) level (out of 49 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Gulls (7)

·         Long Island Royals (19)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (23)

·         Mercer Chiefs (24)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (26)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (32)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (NR)

·         New Jersey Colonials (NR)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (NR)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers (NR)

·         Virtua Hockey (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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