From: jlw3@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Joseph L. Wood, III)
Subject: USA Hockey Tier I National Championship Results
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:36:35 GMT
Keywords: Youth Hockey


       This past weekend April 2-5, 1992, the USA Hockey National
       Championships at the Tier I level were held in Buffalo, NY.
       I promised in an earlier posting to provide the results of
       the tournament so here goes, even if my son's team, the
       Philadelphia Junior Flyers, did get thoroughly trounced.

       Tournament rules were that the eight eligible teams for each
       age group were divided into two divisions.  These divisions
       then played a round robin with the first and second place
       teams advancing to the semi-final where the first place team
       in one division played the second place team in the other
       division and vice-versa.  The winners of the semi-final
       games went to the final.  Tie breakers in the round robin
       tournament were determined by head-to-head performance.
       This was needed in the American Divisions of the Bantam and
       Midget age groups.  The next tie breaker would have been
       goal differential if the top two teams had tied each other.

       We never did find out what the initials G.P.D. stood for
       except that they come from the Grosse Point/Dearborn area of
       Michigan.  We think that this is the team which acting as
       the Detroit Red Wings tied Team Moscow at the 33rd Pee-Wee
       Tournament in Quebec in February.

       I did manage to get over to watch the Little Caesar's -
       Buffalo Regals round robin game in which Brian Sittler
       played.  Brian is a high schooler (Nichols) who is expected
       to go high in the first round of the 18 year-old entry draft
       this year.  He is a really impressive player.

       The following is a listing of the teams representing the
       regions and the scores of the games.

                           13 and Under - Pee Wee

                 Region             Division            Team

       Region 1 - New England       National   Mid-Fairfield
       Region 2 - New York          National   Buffalo Regals
       Region 3 - Mid-America       National   Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
       Region 4 - Michigan          National   G.P.D.
       Region 5 - Massachusetts     American   Boston Jr. Bruins
       Region 6 - Central           American   Chicago Young Americans
       Region 7 - Western           American   Alaska All-Stars
       Region 8 - Host (#2 in NY)   American   Rochester Americans

                            National Division

                        Home                 Away

                 Buffalo Regals   5   Philadelphia      1
                 G.P.D.           4   Chicago           2
                 Philadelphia     2   Chicago          10
                 Buffalo Regals   0   G.P.D.           10
                 Chicago          6   Buffalo Regals    2
                 Philadelphia     0   G.P.D.           12

                            American Division

                        Home                 Away

                 Mid-Fairfield    1   Boston            8
                 Alaska           5   Rochester         3
                 Boston           6   Rochester         3
                 Mid-Fairfield    2   Alaska            3
                 Rochester        3   Mid-Fairfield     5
                 Alaska           2   Boston            7

                               Semi-Finals

                        Home                 Away

                 G.P.D.           6   Alaska            3
                 Boston           7   Chicago           3

                        National Championship Game

                        Home                 Away
                 G.P.D.           8   Boston            3

                             15 and Under - Bantam

                 Region             Division              Team

       Region 1 - New England       National   C.L.C.F - Cranston, R.I.
       Region 2 - New York          National   Buffalo Saints
       Region 3 - Mid-America       National   Washington Little Capitols
       Region 4 - Michigan          National   Detroit Little Caesar's
       Region 5 - Massachusetts     American   Middlesex Braves
       Region 6 - Central           American   Team Illinois
       Region 7 - Western           American   Anchorage North Stars
       Region 8 - Host (#2 in NY)   American   Amherst Knights

                            National Division

                       Home                      Away

            Little Caesar's   8           Team Illinois     4
            Saints            3           Washington, DC    3
            Saints            1           Little Caesar's   2
            Washington, DC    0           Team Illinois     3
            Team Illinois     4           Saints            8
            Washington, DC    1           Little Caesar's   8

                            American Division

                       Home                      Away

            Cranston          3           Middlesex         2
            Anchorage         2           Amherst           3
            Middlesex         4           Amherst           1
            Cranston          6           Anchorage         4
            Amherst           8           Cranston          2
            Anchorage         7           Middlesex         5

                               Semi-Finals

                       Home                      Away

            Amherst           2           Saints            5
            Little Caesar's   5Cranston   3

                       National Championship Game

                       Home                      Away

            Saints            4           Little Caesar's   3

         17 and Under - Midgets

                 Region             Division            Team

       Region 1 - New England       National   Northern Maine
       Region 2 - New York          National   Buffalo Regals
       Region 3 - Mid-America       National   Team Toledo
       Region 4 - Michigan          National   Detroit Little Caesar's
       Region 5 - Massachusetts     American   Cape Cod Whalers
       Region 6 - Central           American   Chicago Young Americans
       Region 7 - Western           American   Fairbanks Alaska
       Region 8 - Host (#2 in NY)   American   Rochester

                            National Division

                        Home                  Away

                Little Caesar's    7   Chicago           2
                Buffalo Regals     4   Toledo            1
                Toledo             4   Chicago           4
                Buffalo Regals     2   Little Caesar's   2
                Toledo             0   Little Caesar's   8
                Chicago            4   Buffalo Regals    4

                            American Division

                        Home                  Away

                Fairbanks          1   Rochester         2
                North Maine        6   Cape Cod          3
                North Maine        6   Fairbanks         3
                Cape Cod           7   Rochester         5
                Fairbanks          4   Cape Cod          5
                Rochester          6   North Maine       7

                               Semi-Finals

                        Home                  Away

                Little Caesar's   15   Cape Cod          1
                North Maine        2   Buffalo Regals    3

                        National Championship Game

                        Home                  Away

                Little Caesar's    7   Buffalo Regals    4

       All scores are courtesy of John Mickler of the Buffalo
       Sabres who was the tournament director.  Thanks are due to
       the Sabres and to many Buffalo organizations for their
       hospitality.

       Joe Wood jlw@mtuxo.ATT.COM