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Tournament Divisions/Team Placement
It is our goal at Advanced Tournaments to place teams in divisions
which provide the closest match to your team’s age and skill level. This
goal is made more difficult due to the fact that age divisions and
classifications vary from state to state and between the US and Canada. It
is possible that your team may play teams that are slightly older or
younger than those in your home playing area.
Age Groups
For the 2009-2010 season we will use the following USA Hockey based age
groups when assigning tournament divisions:
| Level |
Player Birth Years |
| Mite |
2001 and younger |
| Squirt |
1999 and 2000 |
| Pee Wee |
1997 and 1998 |
| Bantam |
1995 and 1996 |
| Midget Minor |
1993 and 1994 |
| Midget Major |
1992 and
1991 |
Skill
Levels
Generally our tournaments will include three basic
skill levels. Please check each check tournament date and location for
skill levels offered.:
House Level – teams chosen through a draft, in which
all players within an organization are assigned to a team, with the goal
of creating teams of equal skill level, within their own organization,
with no players “cut”.
AA Level – generally the “best” or first picked
travel team within a Tier II organization. These teams will often consist
primarily of “second year” or “major” aged players within the age group.
In some cases, Major A teams are also a more appropriate fit for this
level.
A Level – generally the second, or lower, travel
level team chosen within a Tier II organization. These teams will consist
primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, of “first year” or “minor”
aged players within the age group. As there are many variations in “A”
level teams, great care is taken in matching “A” teams of appropriate
skill levels to create balanced and competitive divisions.
The tournament director will place teams within the
appropriate skill level to provide the best competitive opportunities for
all teams.
Special
Note
Michigan “A” teams should be aware that
non-MI “A” teams will include second year players. We have extensive
experience in placing MI teams and our experience is that MI “A” teams are
very competitive with non-MI “A” teams despite differences in
classification methods.
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Tournament Features
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All Tournaments USA Hockey
Sanctioned
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All Tournaments – Four
Game Minimum
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Free entry - all tournament
games; NO GATE FEES
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NEW
THIS SEASON Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, Nashville, Rochester and Indianapolis
tournaments
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Holland, MI tournaments
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No curfews, all games played
to completion
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Personalized tournament
memento for each player
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Individual and team award
for 1st and 2nd place teams
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Most Valuable Player award
in each division
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Digital action photographers
available at all games, to instantly capture tournament memories
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Accommodations
at First Class Hotels for " out-of-town" teams: Marriott, Hyatt,
Hampton, Holiday Inn, etc.
Tournament
Start and Finish Times
Tournaments held
Friday through Sunday will begin at approximately 1:00 pm Friday and all
championship games will be concluded by approximately 6:00 pm Sunday.
Exceptions to these guidelines include Thanksgiving weekend tournaments,
when play will begin at 7:00 am on Friday (or Thursday for local teams).
For Saturday through
Monday tournaments, held over various holiday weekends, play will begin on
Saturday at 7:00 am and all championship games will conclude by 6:00 pm
Monday.
Generally, younger
teams (mites, squirts, pee wees) begin play earlier each day and will
complete their championship games earlier on Sunday or Monday. Bantam and
Midget teams will begin later on Friday or Saturday and will play the
later championship games on Sunday or Monday.
Travel times are
considered when setting game start times, but in many cases, there will be
multiple teams in a division that are traveling from out-of-town,
resulting in certain out-of-town teams playing earlier in the day than
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