Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Boys Showcase Schedules and Openings
Date:07/22/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Tier 1 Elite League Boys schedule is out! If you have any questions, please contact Ed Gingher at edgingher@gmail.com Bantam Major Host September 26-28 - Super Showcase Columbus (2 Openings) November 21-23 - Super Showcase St. Louis (FULL) December 28-30 - Super Showcase Detroit (FULL) February 13-16 - Playoffs Blaine, MN (4...
Thunderbird's Walker Commits to Boston College
Date:07/22/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Colorado Thunderbirds program is pleased to announce that Zachary Walker has committed to play college hockey for the Boston College Eagles of the of Hockey East after his two year commitment to play for USA Hockey's NTDP. Walker was born in 1998, he hails from Boise, ID. He is a power forward that just completed his second full season with the Thunderbirds. Walker w...
Thunderbirds Gerlach and Rasmussen named to USA U17 Select Tournament Team
Date:07/16/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Thunderbirds 16U National players Max Gerlach and Dayton Rasmussen have been named to Team USA Under-17 Select Tournament Team. They will participate with Team USA at the 2014 17U Five Nations Tournament in Crimmitschau, Germany from August 13-17. We wish them all the best! For a full release, click HERE! ...
Thunderbird's Troy Terry Named to the U18 Select Tournament Roster
Date:07/07/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Thunderbird 16U player Troy Terry has been named to the Under-18 Select Tournament roster. Terry will wear the Red, White and Blue for Team USA at the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament August 11-16in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Piestany, Slovakia. Best of luck to Troy and Team USA! For USA Hockey release, click here. For complete Ivan Hlinka coverage, clic...
T1EHL Invites YOU to Apply for the 16U American Division Showcases
Date:07/06/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
UPDATED TODAY: T1EHL invites you to apply to join our 16U American Division Showcases. Here is a schedule listing the 2014/2015 16U American Division Showcases dates and locations. This division is restricted to 15U and 16U American Teams. Please apply online by clicking on the registration link below. We are filling up fast, so reach out today! 2014-2015 U16 American Divisi...
Welcome to the SHOW
Date:07/02/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The eagerly anticipated NHL draft was this past Friday and Saturday and the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League had an impressive showing. Our motto is "Where can you go from here? Everywhere" and we continued to demonstrate that at even the very highest level of professional hockey. At the end of the draft, the final tally was more than 20 former Tier 1 Elite Hockey League players selected in 20...
Colorado Thunderbirds Coach, Angelo Ricci, Honored
Date:06/16/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
One of the main reasons the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League is the best in the nation is the quality of the coaching staff for each of the teams and organizations. This rings consistent throughout the league, and the Denver Post did a great job of highlighting one of our finest, Coach Angelo Ricci of the Colorado Thunderbirds. Check out the full article here: http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/...
Former Victory Honda Player, Niko Porikos, Commits to University of Michigan
Date:06/10/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Former Victory Honda player commits to University of Michigan! The University of Michigan will add size and experience to its roster by picking up defenseman Niko Porikos, who previously played for Victory Honda. Porikos played with the OHL's Hamilton Red Wings last season where he tallied 21 points, and caught the eyes of the University of Michigan scouting crew. Congrats to Niko Porikos, and...
Tier 1 place 70+ in NAHL Entry Draft
Date:06/04/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Last Tuesday was another great draft for the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League! Our teams consistently develop our players and move them on to some of the highest levels of competitive hockey. The NAHL draft this season is no different. The Tier 1 Elite League had almost 70 current and former players drafted. Below is a list of the players and their current/former teams from the T1EHL. The Tier 1 E...
Thunderbirds Soar in NAHL Entry & BCHL Draft
Date:06/03/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Colorado Thunderbirds are pleased to announce that the following players from our 18U and 16U teams have signed tenders or were selected in the NAHL Entry Draft/BCHL on Tuesday, June 3. We wish all of these players the very best. We are extremely proud of them! Players Signed with BCHL (Tbirds 18U team) : Rider Stoglin - Prince George Spruce Kings BCHL NAHL Signed Tender (Tbirds ...
Oakland Grizzlies Have Dynamite Year
Date:06/03/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
This year has been full of successes for the Tier 1 Elite Hockey league and all of our teams. Highlighting the individual successes of our teams and our players is one of the best parts of looking back on our season. One such team deserving of recognition is the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies. They have had much to celebrate but recent player movement and development deserves special shout out. Some of the...
6 Victory Honda Alum Represented on Indiana Ice
Date:05/22/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Left to Right Jacob Pritchard #19 Aidan Muir #12 Scott Conway #90 Alex Talcott #15 Matt Roy #6 *Joshua Jacobs also played for Victory Honda, but is not pictured here. ...
13 T1EHL Players on USHL Clark Cup Championship Team
Date:05/21/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
In an exciting game 5, the stadium was packed as the Indiana Ice took on the Waterloo Black Hawks. The Ice would go on to win the game, making this their second Clark Cup Championship in 5 years. For us, the real story is the fact that there are 13 former Tier 1 Elite Hockey League players on the Ice's roster! Ryan Mantha- Belle Tire Matthew Roy- Victory Honda Joshua Jacobs- Belle Tire &...
Carmen Starr Memorial Day Weekend Tournament Faces Off Friday
Date:05/20/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Carmen Starr Memorial Day Weekend Tournament Faces Off Friday Seventy-five teams from Arizona, Alaska, California and Alberta are set to compete in 12 divisions May 21, 2014 EL SEGUNDO, CA - The Los Angeles Jr. Kings have announced the field and schedule for their upcoming Carmen Starr Memorial Day Weekend Tournament, which will run from May 23-26 at five Southern Californ...
27 TBirds to Participate in USA Hockey National Camps
Date:05/18/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Colorado Thunderbirds are pleased to announce that we were well represented at the District Festivals. The Thunderbirds had 53 current players advance out of Colorado to their respective District Festivals. We would like to express our best wishes to the 15 Thunderbird players that have been selected from their respective District Festivals to advance to the Na...
Tier 1 Has Great Success in USHL Draft
Date:05/06/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Year after year, the Tier 1 Elite League moves players forward to all levels of competitive hockey, and this year is proving no different. With the recent USHL draft, the Tier 1 Elite League had more than 120 players drafted by teams across the prestiguous United States Hockey League, only to join the hundreds of players who were drafted from the league in years past. Below is a list of the player...
3 Thunderbirds Taken in WHL Draft
Date:05/01/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
On Thursday, May 1, the Western Hockey League (WHL) held their Bantam Draft for 14 year old players (1999 birth years). As we have seen in past years, the Colorado Thunderbirds were well represented in this draft. This year three players from the USA Hockey National participant, Thunderbirds 14U team, were selected in the bantam draft. The players selected were: Ba...
Check out the Colorado Thunderbirds Front Page
Date:04/29/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The April 2014 edition of Colorado Rubber Magazine leads with Tbird feature article! Check it out by pressing here. ...
Phoenix Alum Burgess Lands NCAA Scholarship to RPI
Date:04/28/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Phoenix Jr. Coyotes recently announced that alumni Todd Burgess has landed a NCAA D1 hockey scholarship to R.P.I. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). The organization describes Burgess as "a model citizen for our program". Burgess has spent the past year playing for the Alaska Ice Dogs in the North American Hockey League. Congrats to the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes organization! ...
Good Luck to T1EHL Representatives on the US National U18 Team
Date:04/15/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Tier 1 Elite Hockey League would like to extend good wishes to USA Hockey’s U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team. The team will be competing at the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s Under-18 World Championship in Lappeenranta, Finland from April 17-27. Of the 22-player roster, 7 players have come from the T1EHL Program: Johnathan McLeod- Cleveland Barons Jared F...
Tier 1 Represents Nearly Half of the National Championship Contenders
Date:04/08/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
It says something when the National Championships are nearly half populated with the teams from a single league. The Tier 1 Elite Hockey League was proud to send 23 of the 48 teams in the U14, U16, and U18 divisions collectively on to the competition, a feat of magnificience when you consider how much talent there is across the entire United States. Consistently, the T1EHL league has show its abil...
Rampage Alum Hits the Show!!!
Date:04/07/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Rampage AAA Midget Major alumni and Colorado Springs native, Josh Holmstrom just recently signed a AHL contract with the NY Islanders' AHL Affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (ATO), starting off his professional hockey career only days after completing his collegiate hockey career. Holmstrom played for the Rampage AAA in the 2006-08 seasons and lead the team in scoring with 58 points in 52...
Comcast's Lohin Commits to UMass Lowell
Date:04/07/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Team Comcast is proud to announce that forward Ryan Lohin has officially committed to the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. In 36 games this season, the Chadds Ford, Penn. native has tallied a league-high 68 points. Lohin also leads the league in goals with 30 for the season. Ending the year on an 8-game point streak, Lohin put up two 6-point games and two 4-point games this season. ...
Flyers Knodel Signs Entry Contract for the Show
Date:03/27/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Eric Knodel was an NHL draft pick selected directly from the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 18U Midget Major team in 2009. See original Press Release David Nonis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday the hockey club has signed defenceman Eric Knodel to a one-year entry level contract that will commence at the start of the 2014-15 season. Knodel has...
Former Victory Honda Player, Cody Wydo, Making Waves
Date:03/25/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Original Article from Ed Trefzger, www.uscho.com "Cody Wydo may just be the best college hockey player you’ve never heard of. That’s despite the fact that Wydo started the season as the second-leading active goal scorer in the nation behind only one player: Boston College’s Johnny Gaudreau. Wydo wasn’t named to an all-league team in his sophomore year, des...
Colorado Thunderbirds Land One in the NHL!!
Date:03/25/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Minnesota Wild has signed defenseman Gustav Olofsson, former Colorado Thunderbird, to a three-year entry level contract starting with the 2014-15 season. He was Minnesota's second-round (46th overall) pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He will report to the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) later this week on an amateur tryout (ATO). The Boras, Sweden native played one season a...
Onto Nationals!!!!
Date:03/23/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
Tier 1 Elite Hockey is proud of our partner affiliates who are advancing on to Nationals!! U14 Buffalo...
T1EHL Welcomes the New Jersey Rockets!
Date:03/20/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Tier 1 Elite Hockey League is proud to announce the induction of the New Jersey Rockets to its ranks!! The Rockets will enter teams at the U16 and U18 levels and all teams from Squirts through Bantams will participate in the Tier One Elite League Showcases. “This is an incredible opportunity for the Rockets in our pursuit to become the premiere hockey organization in the East Coast,&rdq...
Tbirds U14 & U16 Teams win Rocky Mountain District Championship
Date:03/16/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Colorado Thunderbirds U14 team went 3-0-2 to win the Rocky Mountain District Championship in Scottsdale, AZ this weekend. The team competed hard each game and saved their best effort for their final two games. They defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 in double overtime after trailing 2-0 in the semi-final game. In the championship game, they discarded the Arizona Bobcats 3-0 to captur...
Milwaukee Jr. Admirals Players Making Moves!
Date:03/15/2014 Source:Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (Old)
The Milwaukee Jr. Admirals and the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League are proud to announce that Jake Nielsen and Grant Cruikshank will be attending the USNTDP Evaluation Camp. Additionally, the Admirals show their strength with another committment, Collin Peters who has committed to Northern Michigan University!!! Congraulations to these players for their fantastic achievements!!! ...
