AAU ICE HOCKEY SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

Written by: Jeff Graham  

 Entering Michigan's 3rd Season
AAU Mites Field Over 50 Full-Ice Teams

On August 28th, the Michigan Amateur Youth Hockey League (MAYHL) held their inaugural face-off meeting at a jam-packed Plymouth Cultural Center. MAYHL hosted over 60 AAU Hockey coaches and managers from around Michigan and northern Ohio.

Only 2 weeks into the AAU online registration process, Hockey Michigan (AAU) memberships have more than tripled over the same period last season. At present, the MAYHL is home to 17 Mite A (2006) and 27 Mite AA (2005) teams. A growing number of Mite B teams are still in the process of forming their clubs and setting up their divisions.

Similar growth has been reported from the New York based Greater Niagara Amateur Hockey League (GNAHL) in their second AAU season. Hockey Illinois is having an outstanding registration period during only their first AAU season. Present reports from the combined states of Illinois, Ohio, New York and Michigan total 87 Mite full-ice teams and in all likelihood will break 100 teams. The AAU Novice (Mite) programs in Ontario will bolster Mite full-ice opportunities even further throughout the Great Lakes basin.

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