2014-15 Week #1 Rankings Released

The first week of rankings for the 2014-15 season have been released for the following listings:

- All USA Boys Tier 1 Divisions
- All USA Boys Tier 2 Divisions
- All Ontario Boys AAA Divisions - except Major Midget
- All Ontario Boys AA Divisions
- All Ontario Boys A Divisions
- USA Girls Tier 1 Divisions
- Canada Girls Tier 1 (Top Level) Divisions
- Canada Girls Tier 2 12U (A) Division
- Ontario Girls Tier 3 12U (BB) Divisions


The remainder of the division remain work in progress. You should notice that the divisions that have been released will have their titles highlighted with bold text and a little larger font. This should help you spot released rankings, not just today, but each week going forward.

Thanks to all the committed volunteers and many of you, we have released the first of over 30 weekly rankings starting today, September 24, 2014. Every Wednesday morning from now until late April, MYHockey will release its updated weekly statistics. Each week you will see more and more of the ranking categories go live, although all teams in those divisions are having ratings computed if they have played games. If it seems to be taking longer than it should for your favorite division to go live, you might consider volunteering to update scores by going to the Report Scores page.

Please note that early season rankings are missing many teams that have not yet reached the five game minimum required to be ranked. Additionally, with so few games played, the mathematics can be skewed significantly by one or two really good or really bad games. All but a very select few teams will drop in the rankings as each week over the next month we double the number of teams that qualify for the five game minimum. Do not be distracted by this fall, keep an eye on your team rating and its relative position compared to other teams in your league or area.

This is the earliest MYHockey has ever released its rankings. That means we are ranking teams with fewer games under their belts and mathematically they tend to be a little less accurate in some areas. The Tier 1 or AAA rankings look pretty good at this point (despite a number of teams failing to have the required five game minimum to be ranked), but below that they are less consistent. While over 500 volunteers have registered and are entering game scores, we need more to fill out teams, especially at the Tier 2 level. Over the next month you will see the number of teams that qualify for the rankings jump by large numbers as almost every team starts playing consistently. Enjoy this week's rankings, but note that this fall they will change significantly each Wednesday when a new week's worth of games are incorporated into the rankings calculation.
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