MYHockey Tournament Directory Updated
The MYHockey Tournament Directory is an important piece of the MYHockey puzzle. Tournament game scores are the single most important source of "cross-over" games that enables MYHockey to assess the relative strength of each league, and it's individual teams. Midway through the season it is easy for MYHockey to assess the best team in the MWEHL or GTHL or EHF league, but it requires tournament scores to determine how the best teams from each of these league compare to one another. While those may be high profile leagues, those scores are important at every level that MYHockey covers.
MYHockey recognized tournament winners in the Trophies section of the Team Details/Information page. The way the system works is that only tournament winners are identified and it's done automatically based upon which tournaments are listed in the directory and which teams have been assigned as winners of a tournament division. I respond to a few dozen emails each season telling individuals that I need to have basic information about a tournament before I can enter it into the system and recognize their team for winning it.
One of the complaints about the directory has been its shear size. During the 2007-08 season there were over 400 entries. Only tournaments at the Tier 1 (AAA) or the most competitive level of Tier 2 (often called AA) are included. While I am a strong supporter of recreation and lower level travel hockey (essentially all elite players and teams are a product of these basic building blocks of youth hockey), the MYHockey Tournament Directory is not a "pay to list" directory open to all tournaments. It is designed to assist individuals and teams at the more competitive levels of youth hockey. Still, with 400 plus entries per season, the list is long and it can be hard to locate what you are looking for.
MYHockey has:
Additional enhancements are planned for later in the season. Stay tuned. In the mean time, do not hesitate to submit tournaments to the directory by using the link at the bottom of the MYHockey Tournament Directory.
MYHockey recognized tournament winners in the Trophies section of the Team Details/Information page. The way the system works is that only tournament winners are identified and it's done automatically based upon which tournaments are listed in the directory and which teams have been assigned as winners of a tournament division. I respond to a few dozen emails each season telling individuals that I need to have basic information about a tournament before I can enter it into the system and recognize their team for winning it.
One of the complaints about the directory has been its shear size. During the 2007-08 season there were over 400 entries. Only tournaments at the Tier 1 (AAA) or the most competitive level of Tier 2 (often called AA) are included. While I am a strong supporter of recreation and lower level travel hockey (essentially all elite players and teams are a product of these basic building blocks of youth hockey), the MYHockey Tournament Directory is not a "pay to list" directory open to all tournaments. It is designed to assist individuals and teams at the more competitive levels of youth hockey. Still, with 400 plus entries per season, the list is long and it can be hard to locate what you are looking for.
MYHockey has:
- Modified the listing to be presented month by month
- Updated it to reflect division at age levels followed by MYHockey for the 2008-09 season
- Added a backlog of requested tournaments to the directory
Additional enhancements are planned for later in the season. Stay tuned. In the mean time, do not hesitate to submit tournaments to the directory by using the link at the bottom of the MYHockey Tournament Directory.
