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WYHA Tournament Overview

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Pete Leone

Director of Tournaments

Home Phone 781-239-0960

Work phone 617-498-0020 x201

Cell 781-929-7077

Alt email

1. Program-wide Tournaments e.g. Garden City Tournament at Fessenden

2. Signing on for established tournaments e.g. for the general info on the Mass Hockey website visit: http://www.masshockey.com/ - lists tournaments by month for the year. The WYHA website lists additional resources under Hockey tab

3. Team Initiated Tournaments e.g. A coach or player family has contacts in another area and program(s)

4. Things to know/watch out for e.g. competitive level, travel rules (See FORM)

1. Garden City Tournament – Fessenden School, Newton – To occur between October 13 and 26^st – teams enrolled have been contacted

1a. Perini Tournament – Loring Arena - Late spring, typically high level team by bracket – this is invitation only so don’t count on it

2. Established Tournaments – Available at all levels and all abilities at all seasons

Easiest site to identify tournaments is Mass Hockey – arranged by month with contact info for organizers, team ability targeted, etc. – Other sites out there.

Other sites – use with caution for level of play! http://www.advancedtournaments.com

See also WYHA website – Tournaments tab – will be updated as info becomes available

Tournament planning questions? Does the team want to:

- Travel/sleepover or drive to a ‘local’ rink?

- Have a holiday tournament or find a slow weekend in January/February?

- Make sure the entire team can make it or get 10+ skaters and goalie?

- Go cheap or go high end?

Marlboro and Foxboro have tournaments all season long – easy to get to and with interesting teams that travel to attend

http://www.foxborosportscenter.com/tournaments.html

http://www.nes.com/Events.asp (Marlboro NE Sports Center)

http://www.baystatehockey.com/tournaments.asp (West Roxbury Roche rink)

Each of the local pro hockey teams (Lowell, Providence, Worcester, etc.) has pre game scrimmages with tickets to the game. Usually they involve some minimum ticket purchase guarantee but they are willing to work with you – especially Lowell group.

James Dangelo - Lowell Devils
Youth Hockey Coordinator/ Community Relations
Main Line: (978) 458-PUCK Direct Line: (978) 848-6962

3. Team Initiated ‘tournaments’

Does your team have a new player from a different region? Do they have contacts with hockey programs in another town/city/state?

Work with the family to reach the league/team coordinators from the region and set up 2-3 friendly games in a new area

Example: Nawn family came to Wellesley from Princeton, Dad was Princeton Youth hockey President, worked with WHYA manager and coaches to set up three friendly games and attendance at a Princeton hockey game

4. Things to know/watch out for e.g. competitive level, travel rules

Competitive level – work on the tournament ideas early – or you could wind up in a tournament where the play is over the level of your kids. Tier Classifications

TIER I: -National Bound – Sometimes called AAA or Major teams

TIER II: National Bound - Sometimes called AAA or Minor teams

TIER III: Sometimes called A teams – These are the WYHA A1 level teams

TIER IV: WYHA next level down

TIER V: WYHA next level down

Our lowest level teams might be B or C level – it’s really important to talk to the tournament organizers!

Pool or not to pool – if there is one, they will swim. And they will be dragging by end of weekend. For the younger teams, they’ll remember the fun more than the scores.

Team buses – charters are expensive but can be fun for longer trips. I can get info from prior bus mavens if there is interest.

MUST DO – see attached travel form from USA Hockey – send to District 3 registrar

3 weeks prior for out of state travel. For Canada – I need the graduate level course

Ken Robinson

42 Lincoln Street, N Weymouth, MA 02191 781-335-0434

Sample listings from Mass Hockey Web Site – Partial from last year

NOVEMBER 2007 SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS (as examples)
http://www.masshockey.com/Tournaments/PDF/Tournaments.pdf
Holy Name Hockey Icebreaker Tournament

November 16-18, 2007

Midgets18 & Under - Midgets 16 & Under - Bantam - Pee Wee - Squirts - Mites

Contact: Paul Jerome

P.O.Box 825, West Springfield Ma. 01090

(413) 737-1903

Medford Recreational Hockey Thanksgiving Tournament

November 19-25, 2007

Peewee - Squirt – Mite Contact: Frank Zizzo

8 Benham St., Medford Ma 02155

(339) 221-0148

2007 Springfield Jr. PICS International Fall Classic

November 23-25, 2007