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Registration Now Open for 2018 Tier 1 Leagues

By Minnesota Hockey, 04/23/18, 3:45PM CDT

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Registration for the 2018 CCM High Performance Tier I Fall Leagues opened today. Several changes will be implemented this year, which will mark the third year of Minnesota Hockey’s Tier 1 Fall League. TRIA Orthopaedic will be the presenting sponsor of the Leagues this season.

New in 2018, in partnership with TRIA, the first-ever Tier 1 Training Camp will take place August 10-12 at the TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center, and will allow participants an on-ice and off-ice training experience complete with dryland training, skill work, health and nutrition education, Fusionetics movement screening/education and TRIA Concussion Program and baseline ImPACT testing events.

Competitive regular season weekends for 14’s and 15’s will begin August 24 – 26 and host sites will include Blaine, Brainerd Burnsville, Shakopee St. Cloud and the new TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center in downtown St. Paul. The Minnesota District Playoff weekend will take place at Plymouth Ice Center the weekend of October 6-7. The playoffs for 16, 18 and 19 classifications are to be determined.

This year’s format will consist of five regular season competition weekends, including the first-ever Minnesota Hockey Tier I National Invitational for the Youth 14U & 15 and Girls 14U levels the weekend of September 14-16 at the Schwan Super Rink and Fogerty Arena in Blaine. Tier I teams from across the country will be in town to compete with the Minnesota teams.

Teams will be made up of players from Minnesota Hockey Districts and will begin the tryout process June 25--30. At the 14U & 15 levels, all players that participate in the Spring Festivals were scouted by Tier I evaluators and the 30 players at each age group that qualify for the USA Hockey Summer Development Camps will be granted automatic placement on their District team in the Fall.

Last year, the CCM High Performance Tier I Leagues included 25 teams between the Youth 14U, Youth 15, Youth 16U, Girls 14U and Girls 15 classifications. Two teams from the Leagues qualified for the 2018 USA Hockey Tier I National Championships and the Green Giants of District 10 won the national title at the Girls Tier I 14U classification. 

Plans are for the Youth 14U and Youth 15 classifications to once again have eight teams: Loons (District 2), Walleye (District 3), Polars (Districts 4/5), Lakers (District 6), Moose (Districts 8/9), Green Giants (District 10), Voyageurs (Districts 11/12) and Blue Ox (District 15/16). Districts 11, 12, 15 & 16 at the Youth 15 level will once again combine into Team North this season.

The Girls 14U League is expected to increase to as many as eight teams: Loons (District 2), Walleye (District 3), Polars (Districts 5), Lakers (District 6), Moose (Districts 4/8/9), Green Giants (District 10), Voyageurs (Districts 11/12), and Blue Ox (Districts 15/16). The Girls 15 League will once again have four teams formed equally based on evaluations. There is not a USA Hockey National Championship provided for this classification. 

Minnesota Hockey’s Tier I structure was established in 2016 to enhance Minnesota’s community-based association and high school model by bringing together the most talented 14, 15 and year olds from all over Minnesota for highly competitive League play and providing a path to compete in the USA Hockey Tier I National Championships. The League schedule is designed to allow participants to play for their association or high school team.

DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR 2018 TIER 1 FALL LEAGUE WEEKENDS
Dates Youth 14U Youth 15 Girls 14U Girls 15
August 24-26 Burnsville Burnsville St. Cloud MAC n/a
Sept. 7-9 Fogerty Fogerty Shakopee Shakopee
Sept. 14-16 (National Invite) SuperRink SuperRink Fogerty Fogerty
Sept. 21-23 Brainerd Brainerd TRIA TRIA
Sept. 28-30 Shakopee Shakopee Super Rink n/a
Oct. 6-7 (MN District Playoff) Plymouth Ice Center Plymouth Ice Center Plymouth Ice Center n/a

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