Following a couple of slower amateur hockey holiday weekends in North America, the season ramps up again for the second full weekend of the new year as youth teams around the continent look to squeeze in some more non-league tournament games before their leagues enter the season’s stretch run.

Our MHR Weekend Preview for Jan. 10-12 takes us to a pair of high-end Tier 1 Girls showcases, one in Ontario and one in Massachusetts, as well as high-profile Tier 1 Boys events in the Cleveland, Ohio, and Rochester, N.Y., areas.

 

Ottawa Lady Senators U15 & U18 Winter Showcase

The Ottawa Lady Senators U15 AA and U18 AA teams are hosting the 19th Annual Lady Senators Winter Showcase Tournament fron Jan. 10-12 at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata, Ontario. Ottawa’s U18 team is No. 39 in Canada, and the U15 team is No. 17, according to the Week 16 MHR Canada Girls Tier 1 Rankings.

All teams will play at least four games and can play as many as seven. There will be four pool-play games to determine playoff seedings followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and championship games for both age divisions. Games began on the morning of Friday, Jan. 10, and run through Sunday afternoon, Jan. 12.

The U15 Division has 12 teams and features the Durham West Lightning, the top-ranked team in Canada, as well as two other top ten teams and eight teams that are ranked among the nation’s top 30.

There are 20 U18 teams at the tournament, including the Amherst Lady Knights, the seventh-ranked United States 19U Tier 2 team, Ontario’s top-ranked Oakville Hornets, the No. 15 team in Canada, are part of a deep U18 field that includes 10 of the nation’s top 50 teams.

Bell Sensplex has a LiveBarn feed, so all games should be available for live and on-demand viewing.

 

Click the links below for the Ottawa Lady Senators Winter Showcase schedule & rosters:

U15 schedule and player guide

U18 schedule and player guide

 

Ottawa Lady Senators Winter Showcase U15 Division

#1 Durham West Lightning

#5 Oakville Hornets

#10 Stoney Creek Sabres

#15 Kingston Ice Wolves

#17 Ottawa Lady Senators

#21 Barrie Sharks

#22 Nepean Wildcats

#29 Whitby Wolves

#41 Cornwall Lady Royals

#45 Ottawa Lady 67s

#61 Cambridge Roadrunners

#69 Oshawa Lady Generals

 

Ottawa Lady Senators Winter Showcase U18 Division

#15 Oakville Hornets

#23 Eastern Stars

#24 Toronto Leaside Wildcats

#35 Burlington Barracudas

#39 Ottawa Lady Senators

#40 Kingston Ice Wolves

#43 East Ottawa Stars

#45 Cornwall Lady Royals

#48 Lindsay Surge

#50 Greenfoot Capitals

#58 Cape Breton Lynx

#61 North Bay Jr. Lakers

#70 Carleton Place Cyclones

#76 Western Flames

#81 Vancouver Island Seals

#84 St. Catharines-Brock Jr. Badgers

#96 Chatham-Kent Crush

#7 Amherst Lady Knights (USA T2)

 

 

North American Hockey Academy Winter Classic Showcase

The North American Hockey Academy, traditionally one of the top USA Girls Tier 1 programs, hosts its annual 19U & 16U Winter Classic Showcase Jan. 10-12 in Massachusetts.

In addition to the host 16U and 19U NAHA White and Red teams, ranked 21^st and fifth in the U.S., respectively, 10 other teams from both the United States and Canada are participating. NAHA’s 19U Navy team, ranked 79^th overall in the U.S., also is part of the showcase field.

Included among the participating teams from the United States are the 11^th-ranked Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, and Winchendon School is sending it’s 19U prep team and its 16U team, which is No. 10 in the USA Independent Girls Prep Rankings. The Minnesota Ice Cougars and Connecticut Jr. Rangers also sent their 19U teams, while the Jr. Flyers 18^th-ranked 16U team is attending as well.

Joining the American sides at the showcase are the U22 and U18 teams from Bourget College in Quebec. Bourget has Canada’s 26^th-ranked U22 side, and it’s U18 team is No. 6 in the Canada Independent Girls Prep Rankings.

In addition, there will be a pair of 14U matchups between the NAHA Jr. Hawks and the Boston Hockey Group Ice Hawks Jan. 12 at 2:50 and 5:50 p.m. EST.

Games began Friday, Jan. 10, and run through Sunday, Jan. 12, at Canton Ice House in Massachusetts. All games should be available for viewing live and on-demand via LiveBarn.

 

Top NAHA Winter Classic Showcase Weekend Matchups

Saturday, Jan. 10 (all times Eastern)

8:10 a.m. – #21 NAHA Red 16U vs. #18 Jr. Flyers 16U

11:30 a.m. – #5 NAHA White 19U vs. #11 Jr. Flyers 19U

6:50 p.m. – #18 Jr. Flyers 16U vs. #6 Bourget U18

8:35 pm. – #26 Bourget U22 vs. #11 Jr. Flyers 19U

 

Sunday, Jan. 11

8:15 a.m. – #18 Jr. Flyers 16U vs. #10 Winchendon 16U

2:45 p.m. – #21 NAHA Red 16U vs. #10 Winchendon 16U

 

CLICK HERE for the full NAHA Winter Classic Showcase schedule & standings

 

 

Cleveland Barons 216 Showcase Series

The Cleveland Barons are hosting one of their 216 Showcase Series events Jan. 10-12 at Barons Bus Arena in Cleveland and Brunswick Auto Mart Arena in Strongsville, Ohio. Both venues have LiveBarn feeds, so all tournament games should be available for live and on-demand viewing.

The Jan. 10-12 event features 13 USA Boys Tier 1 teams competing in the 13O and 11U age groups. There are eight 11U teams and five 13O teams. One of the 13O teams, the Lake County Vipers, represents a very strong Tier 2 organization that competes in the Central States Developmental Hockey League (CSDHL), which always features many highly ranked programs and arguably is the top Tier 2 circuit in the United States.

While the 13O Division has a solid field, the eight-team 11U Division is stacked, with every team ranked among the nation’s top 22, according to the Week 16 MHR Rankings. The field includes four of the top five USA Boys 11U teams and five that are ranked among the top 10.

Games began early on the morning, Friday, Jan. 10. Teams will play four or five games, depending on the age group, between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon to determine playoff seeding.

 

Cleveland Barons 216 Showcase Schedules, Standings & Results

 

Cleveland Barons 216 Showcase 13O Division (2011)

#35 Pittsburgh Vengeance

#55 Omaha Mastery

#74 Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones Red

#84 Cleveland Barons

#98 Lake County Vipers

 

Cleveland Barons 216 Showcase 11U Division (2013)

#2 Little Caesars

#3 Chicago Reapers

#4 Mid-Fairfield Rangers

#5 Cleveland Barons

#9 Philadelphia Hockey Club

#18 Dallas Stars Elite

#21 Anaheim Ducks

#22 Buffalo Jr. Sabres

 

Top 11U Weekend Matchups

Saturday, Jan. 11

11:00 a.m. at Barons Bus Arena – #3 Reapers vs. #5 Barons

12:30 p.m. at Barons Bus Arena – #2 Little Caesars vs. #4 Mid-Fairfield

5:00 p.m. at Barons Bus Arena – #2 Little Caesars vs. #9 PHC

 

Sunday, Jan. 12

12:30 p.m. at Barson Bus Arena – #2 Little Caesars vs. #5 Barons

 

 

Northeast Pack Rochester Showcase Weekend

The 14U, 15O, 16U and 18 teams from one of the top USA Boys Tier 1 leagues have assembled in Rochester, N.Y. for a Northeast Pack Showcase Weekend Jan. 10-12. Play got underway Friday, Jan. 10, and runs through Sunday, Jan. 12, at Rochester Ice Center and Rochester Institute of Technology.

For this regular-season weekend, the teams of the NE Pack welcome guest-participant Little Caesars, another prominent United States youth hockey organization. NE Pack member clubs participating in Rochester include the Bishop Kearney Selects, Long Island Gulls, New Jersey Rockets, Pittsburgh Penguins Elite, Mid-Fairfield Rangers and Mount St. Charles Academy.

The Northeast Pack Hockey League is made up of six youth hockey organizations from the United States Northeast. It was founded prior to the 2019-2020 season and features six like-minded organizations with a track record of success on a national scale. The clubs share a vision for player-focused, and the member organizations have advanced numerous players to the United States Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, Canadian Jr. A Hockey, the North American Hockey League, the NCAA and professional hockey.

The league season consists of six weekend showcase events held in the Northeast that are spaced throughout the season, culminating with the playoffs in New York at the Utica University Nexus Center in February.

Here is a look at the teams competing in Rochester along with their current national rankings and some of the weekend’s top matchups:

 

NE Pack Rochester 14U Teams

#3 Mount St. Charles

#6 Bishop Kearney Selects

#15 Long Island Gulls

#20 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite

#25 Mid-Fairfield Rangers

#33 New Jersey Rockets

 

Top Weekend 14U Matchup

Saturday, Jan. 11

4:00 p.m. EST at RIC – #6 BK Selects vs. #3 Mount St. Charles

 

NE Pack Rochester 15O Teams

#2 Mount St. Charles

#7 Mid-Fairfield Rangers

#8 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite

#13 Long Island Gulls

#18 New Jersey Rockets

#19 Bishop Kearney Selects

 

Top Weekend 15O Matchup

Saturday, Jan. 11

1:00 p.m. EST at RIT – #7 Mid-Fairfield vs. #8 Pens Elite

 

NE Pack Rochester 16U Teams

#2 New Jersey Rockets

#3 Long Island Gulls

#4 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite

#6 Little Caesars

#8 Mount St. Charles

#11 Bishop Kearney Selects

 

Top Weekend 16U Matchup

Sunday, Jan. 12

8:00 a.m. EST at RIT – #6 Little Caesars vs. #2 NJ Rockets

 

NE Pack Rochester 18U Teams

#4 Long Island Gulls

#6 New Jersey Rockets

#8 Bishop Kearney Selects

#21 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite

 

Top Weekend 18U Matchup

Saturday, Jan. 11

12:00 p.m. EST at RIT – #4 LI Gulls vs. #8 BK Selects