Mad Dogs Hockey

2010 Possible Tournaments
by Mad Dogs Administrator Gary Jonesi

Explanatory Notes

This is not a listing of every event available or that Mad Dogs teams should participate in, but rather it is a list of tournaments: (a) within about three hours or so of the Washington, DC area; and (b) the national champtionship tournaments. It is up to each team to decide which events to attend.

Enter Relevant Regionals to Qualify For Nationals. Most of the tournaments listed are regional qualifiers for a national championship of some kind. Many Mad Dog teams will qualify for several national championships but may only attend one or two of them (it is Mad Dogs policy that all teams should participate in at least one national championship).

Teams Can Play in Multiple Regional Tournaments. If the goal is to qualify for a particular national championship but a team fails to qualify at the regional in question, it is allowed to enter another regional and take another shot at qualifying. There is often more than one regional qualifier in the same geographic area. There is nothing to prevent a team from entering as many regionals as it likes. How the team places in a regional qualifier will usually determine if the team plays in the lower or higher bracket at the national event. If a team enters more than one regional qualifier for the same organization, then the highest placement normally will be the determining one for nationals.

Submit Large Rosters. Oftentimes, Mad Dog teams will submit slightly different rosters for each regional so as to create a large “reserve player” list. This is done so that the team has maximum flexibility as to who to use at Nationals should the team be short regular team members. Usually, a player simply has to be LISTED on a regional roster in order to play at the national but he doesn’t have to actually play or appear at the regional. Check with the sponsoring organization to be sure.

Most Tournaments Use Block Scheduling. The dates given for many tournaments are for all age divisions combined. Typically, each age group will have only 1-2 days scheduled at a regional and 2-3 days at a national championship.

Dates and Places Change Frequently in the Inline World. The team manager always needs to be checking the web sites to make sure the tournaments that it plans to attend have not been cancelled. Also, deciding which nationals to attend may be dependent on what players the team may be missing. For example, if a team’s top players are playing for the National Inline team, or are attending the Southeastern Player Development ice hockey camp or the US Nationals Ice Hockey championships, then teams will want to make sure that it chooses an inline national at which most of its best players will be able to attend.

Most Tournaments Have Membership Requirements. For example, to participate in events sponsored by 2Hot4Ice and AAU (including the AAU Junior Olympics), players must register with AAU (also, coaches must register with AAU). When registering with AAU, enter Mad Dogs Hockey as the Club Name and leave the Club Code blank. To play at ECHO and Coastal Cup events, players and coaches must register with USA Hockey Inline. To play in events sponsored by Tour Cup Series, NARCH, TORHS, and State Wars, players and coaches must register with the Roller Hockey Alliance.

The fees for these registrations are fairly nominal and some organizations allow for less expensive "weekend warrior" registrations, which are useful if the team is not competing in other events sponsored by that organization.

REMEMBER: ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO CHECK WITH THE TOURNAMENT/TRYOUT SPONSOR IN MAKING YOUR PLANS.

Potential Ice Hockey Conflicts

In addition to the known ice hockey events listed in the table below, the following is a list of ice hockey events that many Mad Dogs may be interested in but which have not yet been scheduled. As dates for these ice hockey events are scheduled, they will be added to the table below.

Reston Raiders Tryouts - June?
Virginia Wild Tryouts - TBD
Tri-City Eagles Tryouts - late April?
Prince William Panthers Tryouts - TBD
Ashburn Xtreme Tryouts - late May or early June?
Team Maryland Tryouts - mid/late April
Junior Nationals/Junior Capitals Tryouts - late April??
Ashburn Power Play Tryouts - mid/late April?
Ashburn Power Play Tournaments - TBD

Inline Hockey Tournaments

Ice Hockey Events

March 12-14

State Wars “Winter Wars”
SportsPlex
Feasterville (Philadelphia), PA

(Feb. 12 registration deadline)

March 12-14

USA Hockey Southeastern District Tier I Tournament

Congressional Spring Classic by Advanced Tournaments (Mite thru Midget: B, A, AA) @ Reston/Ashburn

March 19-21

TORHS Regional
Shooters Sportsplex
Midlothian (Richmond), VA

March 20-21

Washington All Stars Tryouts

March 20-21

ECHO Regional
Dream Sports Center
Apex (Raleigh), NC

March 20-21

Washington All Stars Tryouts

March 28

Wash. Capitals College Hockey Fair
Verizon Center-Washington, DC

April 3 (Saturday only)

Tour Cup Series Regional
SportsPlex
Feasterville (Philadelphia), PA

April 9-11

AAU Regional &
USARS Team USA Tryouts (April 10)
Shooters Sportsplex
Midlothian (Richmond), VA

April 9-11

Coastal Cup Regional
The Box
Chantilly, VA

April 7-11

USA Ice Hockey Nationals
(Pee Wee (U12) Tier II (AA) division is at Skatequest in Reston and Ashburn Ice House)

April 8-11

USA Hockey Disabled Festival
Gardens Ice House - Laurel, MD

April 13-18

Washington Little Caps Tryouts (all age levels)
Kettler Capitals Iceplex-Arlington, VA

April 16-18

NARCH Regional Championship
Marple Sports Arena
Broomall (Philadelphia), PA

April 23-25

TORHS Regional
Hot Shots Arena
Mt. Pleasant (Pittsburgh), PA

April 24-25

State Wars Virginia Tryouts
Shooters Sportsplex
Midlothian (Richmond), VA

April 24-26

Coastal Cup Regional
Dream Sports Center
Apex (Raleigh), NC

April 24-25

Southeastern District Player Development Tryouts ('93s-'97s)
Kettler Capitals Iceplex-Arlington, VA

May 1-2

ECHO Regional Championship
Sportsplex
Kernstown (Winchester), VA

May 7-9

2Hot4Ice Regional
Shooters Sportsplex
Midlothian (Richmond), VA

May 8 (Saturday only)

Tour Cup Series Regional
DreamSports Center
Apex (Raleigh), NC

May 7-9

Southeastern District National Camp Tryouts

May 14-16

AAU Regional Championship
SportsPlex
Feasterville (Philadelphia), PA

May 21-23

ECHO Regional Championship
Marple Sports Arena
Broomall (Philadelphia), PA

Coastal Cup National Championship
Dream Sports Center
Apex (Raleigh), NC

2Hot4Ice Regional
Hot Shots Arena
Mt. Pleasant (Pittsburgh), PA

May 29-31

ECHO Regional Championship
Capital Clubhouse
Waldorf, MD

June 4-6

TORHS Regional
Choice Inline Arena
Sewell (Camden/Wilmington), NJ

June 17-22

ECHO National Championship
Dream Sports Center
Apex (Raleigh), NC

June 17-20

Tour Cup Series Nationals
Hat Trick Hockey
Palatine (Chicago), IL

June 24-27

2Hot4Ice National Championship
SGAA Sports Complex
Snellville (Atlanta), GA

July 1-11

AAU Junior Olympics
The Rinks-Huntington Beach Inline
Huntington Beach (Los Angeles), CA

block schedule:
July 1-4: 12U 16U
July 8-11: 8U, 10U, 14U, 18U, 21U

July 2-11

TORHS National Championship
Sportsplex
Taylor (Detroit), MI

block schedule:
July 2-5: AAA 12U thru 21U
July 5-8: AA 12U thru 21U
July 6-8: AAA/AA/Rec 8U, 10U
July 8-11: A 12U thru 21U
and ....... Rec 12U, 14U, 16U

July 15-Aug. 1

NARCH National Championship
Silver Creek Sports Complex
San Jose, CA

July 30-Aug. 1

USARS/AAU National Championship
SportsPlex
Feasterville (Philadelphia), PA

August 4-15

State Wars
Darien Sportsplex
Darien (Chicago), IL

block schedule:
August 4-7: '93, '94, '98, '00
August 6-9: '92
August 7-10: '99
August 8-11: '97
August 9-12: '96, Juniors ('87-'91)
August 11-14: '95
August 12-15: Seniors (>18 yrs old)
August 13-15: '01, '02, '03 & below, Masters (>35 years old)