Atlantic Youth Hockey League

The AYHL Week Two National Rankings

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (October 7, 2017) – MyHockeyRankings.com published its weekly national rankings Wednesday and 124 Atlantic Youth Hockey League teams were ranked, along with teams around the country across nine divisions, in the second published rankings of the 2017-18 regular season. The two 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 10 placing among the top-ten teams, including five in the top-five. The Long Island Gulls earned the highest ranking of all the AYHL teams, coming in second at the Squirt Major level. The North Jersey Avalanche held a third ranking at Midget Minor and five different AYHL organizations are represented within the top-25 teams at Pee Wee Major.

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 18U (1999/00 birth years) level (out of 130 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche Premier (5)

·         Virtua Hockey Premier (34)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (40)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Premier (51)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (52)

·         New Jersey Colonials Premier (66)

·         Long Island Royals Elite (97)

·         Team Maryland Elite (103)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (114)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Elite (116)

·         North Jersey Avalanche Elite (120)

·         Mercer Chiefs Elite (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 16U (200/02 birth years) level (out of 139 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche Premier (3)

·         Mercer Chiefs Premier (24)

·         Long Island Gulls Premier (26)

·         New Jersey Colonials Elite (34)

·         Team Maryland Elite (47)

·         Washington Little Capitals Premier (61)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers Premier (65)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth Premier (76)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen Elite (88)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans Premier (94)

·         Virtua Hockey Premier (99)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers Elite (105)

·         New York Saints Elite (110)

·         Long Island Royals Elite (114)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (115)

·         North Jersey Avalanche American (117)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth American (123)

·         New York Saints American (129)

·         New Jersey Colonials American (131)

·         Long Island Royals American (132)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers American (134)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers American (138)

·         Virtua Hockey American (139)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Midget 15 Pure (2002 birth years) level (out of 102 teams ranked):

·         Mercer Chiefs (7)

·         Virtua Hockey (14)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (38)

·         Long Island Royals (39)

·         Washington Little Capitals (40)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (48)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (49)

·         Elite AAA (52)

·         Team Maryland (55)

·         Long Island Gulls (61)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Major (2003 birth years) level (out of 97 teams ranked):

·         New Jersey Colonials National (4)

·         North Jersey Avalanche National (14)

·         Virtua Hockey National (20)

·         Long Island Gulls National (29)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth National (32)

·         Elite AAA American (42)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen National (45)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers National (51)

·         Team Maryland National (56)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers American (59)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders American (64)

·         Connecticut Chiefs American (65)

·         Washington Little Capitals American (71)

·         Long Island Royals American (74)

·         Mercer Chiefs American (83)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Bantam Minor (2004 birth years) level (out of 94 teams ranked):

·         North Jersey Avalanche National (7)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen National (12)

·         Team Maryland National (16)

·         Long Island Royals National (25)

·         Long Island Gulls National (30)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth National (32)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers National (34)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders National (35)

·         Washington Little Capitals National (38)

·         Virtua Hockey American (40)

·         Elite AAA American (67)

·         New York Saints American (72)

·         Mercer Chiefs American (78)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans American (84)

·         New Jersey Colonials American (90)

·         Connecticut Chiefs American (93)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Major (2005 birth years) level (out of 92 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Royals (7)

·         New Jersey Colonials (15)

·         Long Island Gulls (21)

·         Team Maryland  (23)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (24)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth (28)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (35)

·         Washington Little Capitals (37)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (42)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (43)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers (57)

·         Mercer Chiefs (62)

·         New York Saints (65)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (76)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (87)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Pee Wee Minor (2006 birth years) level (out of 78 teams ranked):

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (5)

·         Team Maryland (7)

·         New Jersey Colonials (11)

·         Long Island Royals (21)

·         New York Saints (25)

·         Virtua Hockey (29)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (41)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (43)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (48)

·         New Jersey Devils Youth (51)

·         Washington Little Capitals (58)

·         Long Island Gulls (65)

·         Connecticut Chiefs (75)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (NR)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Major (2007 birth years) level (out of 290 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Gulls (2)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (17)

·         Mercer Chiefs (21)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (35)

·         Virtua Hockey (45)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (51)

·         New York Saints (57)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (63)

·         Long Island Royals (69)

·         New Jersey Colonials (78)

Here are the AYHL rankings at the Squirt Minor (2008 birth years) level (out of 82 teams ranked):

·         Long Island Gulls (6)

·         Virtua Hockey (12)

·         Long Island Royals (16)

·         New Jersey Colonials (19)

·         Mercer Chiefs (23)

·         Valley Forge Minutemen (27)

·         North Jersey Avalanche (31)

·         New Jersey Junior Titans (32)

·         Philadelphia Little Flyers (35)

·         Philadelphia Junior Flyers (46)

·         Connecticut RoughRiders (56)

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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