The Red Division Championships were held in Wayne, NJ over the weekend of February 3-5, 2023. Games were held at Montclair University, Skylands rink, and the Ice Vault, home of NGHL members the NJ Bandits.  Our Members-only event hosted 22 teams in the 14U, 16U, and 19U divisions. We saw some amazing hockey with some nail-biting finishes during one of the coldest weekends of the winter.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022-23 RED DIVISION CHAMPIONS!

Florida Alliance 19U
Ironbound Elite 16U
Lovell Academy Lions 14U

TOP PERFORMERS

The NGHL acknowledges Top Performers at each age division for NGHL Members at our events.

We were documenting the event on social and have lots of great pictures in our Instagram Highlights – Red Cup 2023. We appreciate that hockey travel can be a lot and appreciate your commitment to the event, especially those teams that came from afar.

SPONSORS

Lastly, we’d like to thank our event sponsors Purity & Grace and Biosteel.

Each team had a weekend supply of Pure Chocolate Energy These individually wrapped chews supply sustainable and smooth energy on demand anytime and since they are dairy and soy free they do not melt, so you can literally have the energy you need anywhere.

BioSteel provided sugar-free sports hydration mix to the athletes. They’ve also offered our community 30% off all products at biosteel.com. Use code: NGHL30 when ordering online BioSteel.com. 

EVENT APPAREL

Event apparel is available for purchase online…

Massachusetts played host to the 2023 NGHL MLK Winter Classic where we welcomed over 60 teams divided across 7 divisions playing in over 150 games. 

Our Red Division teams played a showcase format full of great match-ups. The Blue Division played a tournament structure with each team looking to take home some hardware.  Championship day was full of great match-ups with 11 of the 21 games coming down to one goal

Congratulations to these division winners…

In the Princeton, NJ area, the NGHL Winter Classic, Future East (10U & 12U) hosted 17 teams across three divisions. In over 65 games, these teams had no issue finding the back of the net averaging 4.6 goals per game! Championship matches were tight – two of the three championship match-ups went into overtime play and then a shoot-out.  Below are the championship results and the Top Performer for each division.

10U Division

12U Blue

12U Red

The NGHL has been hosting events in Denver for four years now and it’s always such a positive experience; our Mile High Invitational this year was no exception.

Referees – A shout-out to our Ref Assignor who makes every effort to ensure we have female Officials represented on the ice.

Scorekeepers: We were supported by Team Colorado 16U & 19U players who took on the clocks & Gamesheet for the event. Always great to keep those opportunities in the community.

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Congratulations to these division winners…

Thanks to all the teams who joined us in Denver…!

  • Seattle Lady Admirals
  • Team Colorado
  • Team Wyoming
  • Team Wyoming, Brown
  • Washington Wild
  • Arizona Kachinas
  • Calgary Fire 18U AA Red
  • Dallas Stars Elite
  • New Mexico Mustangs
  • Omaha Lady Lancers 16U
  • Omaha Lady Lancers 19U
  • Team Colorado 16U
  • Team Colorado 19U
  • Utah Lady Grizzlies 16U

You can check out more pics from the event on our Instagram Stories Highlights.

We are thrilled to have been able to hold this event, the first in our new Futures Division – https://nghlhockey.com/futures –  in Omaha, and need to acknowledge the tremendous support from Bryan Knaus, the girls’ hockey director at NGHL Member Omaha Lady Lancers. Bryan and his team lead the task of securing ice and referees for us. We also have a huge shout-out to the Lady Lancers 19U team who were volunteer scorekeepers at this weekend’s games.  

Congratulations to these division winners…

This weekend we celebrated Girls Hockey Weekend, an IIHF promotion that raises awareness of girls’ hockey and encourages girls and women of any age to come together to learn the basics of ice hockey.   For all our events, we photograph and share the teams and their skaters on social media and our website, hoping to generate excitement for the game and raise the profile of girls’ hockey.  Our photographer has spent the weekend capturing the exciting gameplay that these 10Us & 12Us showed – they are inspirational!  https://ellenphamp.pic-time.com/-ngihwomahaoct8/gallery

Event tees and hoodies can be purchased online – https://nwd.ink/s/nghl

DAWG DAZE OF SUMMER

Our first event of the season – Dawg Daze – welcomed over 55 teams from 12U to 19U divisions. Dawg Daze is a showcase event with 5 games per team. The 12U division had finals – congratulations to winner Florida Alliance and finalist Princeton Tiger Lilies. 

Thank you to the college coaches that came to watch the games over the weekend…

Post UniversityJohnson & WalesUMass BostonYale University
Anna Maria CollegeQuinnipiac UniversityMass. College of Liberal ArtsSalve Regina
Assumption UniversityTrinity CollegeNichols CollegeWNE University
Kings CollegeWorcester State UniversityCurry CollegeU of Rhode Island
Brown UniversityCT CollegeWilkes CollegeProvidence College
Stevenson Universityand more…

Premier Hockey Federation player and Metropolitan Riveters Captain Madison Packer joined us in a conversation about metal health. Madison was recently interviewed by her alma mater University of Wisconsin for their MyWords series in which she was candid about her mental health struggles while at school. Click here to read more.

Madison Packer

Check out all the Dawg Daze fun on our Instagram Story Highlights .

LABOR DAY CHALLENGE

The NGHL’s 4th Labor Day Challenge in Connecticut kicked off the NGHL 2022-23 Blue Division season for divisions 12U to 19U.  Our Instagram Story Highlights share videos and photos from the weekend.

Congratulations to these division winners!

COLUMBUS DAY CHALLENGE

Back in Pittsburgh for a second year, the Columbus Day Challenge hosted 25+ teams 14U through 19U.

This weekend we celebrated Girls Hockey Weekend, an IIHF promotion that raises awareness of girls’ hockey and encourages girls and women of any age to come together to learn the basics of ice hockey.   For all our events, we photograph and share the teams and their skaters on our social media and our website, hoping to generate excitement for the game and raise the profile of girls’ hockey.  Our photographer spent the weekend capturing the exciting gameplay and we shared those with the Clubs and teams at the event so they could use them to promote their hockey programs and grow the game in their area.

You can see (and share) photos from the event at https://wdophoto.zenfolio.com/nghl and on our Instagram Story Highlights.

Congratulations to Division winners St. Clair Shore Saints, The St James Hockey, and NS Vipers.

FALL CLASSIC, ROCHESTER

Teams from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Maryland joined in for a competitive weekend event. A hotbed for colleges with women’s hockey teams, there was an opportunity for the players to tour some schools. College coaches came to watch 14U, 16U & 19U teams battle it out at Bill Grays Iceplex. Take a look at all the action on our Instagram Story Highlights.

The Futures Division focuses on supporting 10U and 12U teams with competitive events. This division was launched in Omaha over Columbus Day where we welcomed 11 midwest teams. The Fall Classic, Futures East was the first Futures Division event on the east coast.

The east coast Fall Classic was held at Breakaway Ice Center in Tewksbury, November 11-13, 2022. A big 12U Red Division matchup was one of the highlights of Day 1 and Boston Advantage held off the Worcester Jr. Crusaders for a hard-fought 1-0 victory. Caroline Allen’s unassisted first-period tally proved to be the difference in the game as Vienna Noble earned the shutout win in goal for Boston. 

The Advantage went on to post a 4-0-0 record in the tournament, beating the Vermont Glades twice in a row to earn the championship.  They won the first matchup, 2-1, before skating to a 3-2 shootout win in the finals.  The championship game was an epic battle, tied 2-2 at end of the game and then went into a 5 min overtime. Teams came out of the overtime still tied and moved into a shootout.  BA’s Noble stopped two of three Vermont shots in the shootout to again pick up the win. Makenna Pratt and Sadie Lizotte scored for Boston in the title game.  This was a spectacular game to watch. Our NGHL team was glued to the boards watching this play out! These athletes did a great job in handling the pressure of this championship game. 

Congratulations to these Division champions:

Thank you to all the teams that join us this weekend… Adirondack 46ers, Boston Advantage, VT Glades Girls Elite, Ironbound Elite, Mid Fairfield CT Stars, NS Wings, Potomac Lady Patriots, Shoreline Sharks, Syracuse Valley Eagles, Lovell Winter Club, Worcester Jr Crusaders.

Ironbound Elite
VT Glades
Mid Fairfield CT Stars
Potomac Lady Patriots
Syracuse Valley Eagles
Winter Club vs Shoreline Sharks
Shoreline Sharks
Lovell Winter Club
Potomac Lady Patriots
Adirondack 46ers
Shoreline Sharks vs NS Wings
MFF Stars vs Winter Club
SVE vs Ironbound

Source: MyHockeyRankings, VT Glades, NGHL Hockey

In August Florida Alliance parents Hunter and Cheryl Brown experienced an unthinkable tragedy – they lost their beautiful 16 y.o. daughter McKenna to suicide.  As you can imagine, her teammates, coaches and families were in the process of navigating the shock, confusion, and despair of loosing McKenna when they arrived at our Dawg Daze of Summer event at the end of August.

During such a devastating time, conversations of mental health are important and valuable. We were fortunate to have Premier Hockey Federation player and Metropolitan Riveters Captain Madison Packer join us to help with this conversation. Madison has an empathic ear and a lifetime of hockey experience that our players can relate to. Madison is committed to having hard conversations about mental health after her own struggles and wanted to share her story with our players. You can read her recent interview in the UW Badgers news MyWords where Madison candidly talks about her struggles – https://uwbadgers.com/news/2022/6/13/andy-baggot-mywords-madison-packer.aspx  Although Madison is not a mental health professional, she is someone our community of players can identify and connect with.

We appreciate her commitment and generosity in sharing her time with the NGHL athletes.

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Our first event of the season – Dawg Daze – was full; we welcomed 57 teams from 12U, 14U, 16U, and 19U divisions. This event is a great way to kick start the season and gel as a team while playing talented teams.

12U Teams

14U Teams

16U Teams

19U Teams

Our 12Us are the only division to play in the finals for this event. It was a competitive field and the Finalist and Champions were Princeton Tiger Lilies and Florida Alliance.

We hosted our first NCAA College Combine on June 10-12, 2022 in Cromwell, CT.

Our weekend started with an on-ice skills session and a Goalie clinic led by an amazing team of college coaches from Elmira College, Middlebury College, Sacred Heart University, Salve Regina University, University of Vermont and Western New England University.

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Apart from hockey, our goal is to educate players on what to expect as they strive for their end goal of playing college hockey. Coaches led educational seminars on…

We look forward to having this development program next spring.

NCAA COACHES

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Erika Silva Adams
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Thanks to our skilled and dedicated coaches from:

You can read Coach bios here.

PHOTOS

Were you at the NGHL Combine in June? Want to see all the photos from the event? Check out p8photos.com/nghl