AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Playoff Races

The AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Regular Season will be wrapping up the regular season tonight with still plenty to play for throughout the League. The Silver Tier South Division Title between Midlothian & Keller ISD should be one of the most exciting races as Keller ISD holds their fate in their hands while Midlothian has a chance to take over thanks to a tie-breaker.

During the 2 head-to-head matchups this season, Midlothian took over both the games late as back in October, Midlothian was able to off a 3rd period Keller ISD Surge when Brent Jones scored in the final minute after Keller ISD made it 3-2 with just under 3 minutes left. Back in Februrary when the Division Leaders met again, it was Joseph Dancy & Brent Jones teaming up to score at the beginning and near the end of the periods along with Daniel Deweerd to turn a 1-1 game into a 4-1 victory.

For Midlothian to win the South Division Title, they need a win over FM Marcus while Denton County needs to beat Keller ISD in regulation for the scenario to happen. Anything else and Keller ISD would clinch the South Division Title tonight.

It will be interesting to see how Denton County comes out tonight after seeing both GCISD & Mansfield ISD losing in regularization to keep their slim Playoff Hopes alive only to lose to Flower Mound in OT after coming back from 3-0 down late in the 2nd period to force OT, only to lose 4-3 where they were under 30 seconds from at least forcing a shootout.

Expect it to be all or nothing for Denton County as they would like to end the season on a high with no playoff hopes and looking to pull off a major upset to end the season, or it could be that they so devastated from last week's loss that they have nothing left for this week.

For the 4th & Final Playoff Spot in the South Division, Mansfield ISD holds the advantage as they play Southlake Carroll where a win or OT Loss would get them into the playoffs. GCISD has been falling in recent weeks as Grapevine/Colleyville has lost 4 of their last 5 games where after being in the South Division Playoff Picture for nearly the entire season has them now looking for Southlake Carroll looking to knockoff Mansfield ISD tonight as GCISD holds the Tie-Breaker as they have beaten Mansfield ISD both times they have played this season.

Back in October, both teams played in what was the highest scoring game of the season where a combined 24 goals were scored in that game where Blake Gober, Ryan Macho (4G), Trey McMillian (3G 2A) & Blake Gober (3G 1A) each had hat tricks for GCISD. Despite the loss, Mansfield ISD responded well where Spencer Erickson had an 8 Point Night (5G 3A) & Bryce Claxton had a 6 point night (2G 4A). One of the most dramitic parts of that game saw Claxton & Erickson team up on two goals in 23 seconds to get the game within one before Gober scored an unassisted goal in the final seconds to secure the 13-11 win in a game where they needed every goal scored that night.

Unfortuantley in recent weeks for GCISD, losses in 4 of their last 5 games have seen them lose 4th Place to Mansfield and now need Southlake Carroll's Help to beat Mansfield in Regulation. If they can do that, then a GCISD Regulation Win over Flower Mound would clinch the league's final playoff spot where the winner will play the North Division Champion Plano East Panthers in the Silver Tier Quarterfinals next week.

Elsewhere in the league will have a battle for the 2nd of the Gold Tier QF Round Byes as Plano West will not only look to finally fight off Dallas Jesuit who sits in 3rd but are still in position to overtake Arlington ISD for the #1 Seed in the Gold Tier Playoffs. AISD can put any fears of being taken over to bed with a win over last place Coppell tonight, if Plano West can win and Arlington ISD losses, then the Wolves will take over the #1 Spot.

The Wolves also have a tie-breaker as well after beating Arlington ISD three-out-of-four games this season where the Wolves need a victory and have Arlington ISD lose to Coppell in Overtime tonight where both teams would finish the regular season with 29 points during the regular season.

For Highland Park, Prosper & McKinney ISD, it's a battle for seeding as three teams are separated by just a point to determine 2-4 in the North Division. Unfortunately, it will be a tough matchup as they will all get caught up in the Keller ISD, Midlothian & Southlake Carroll trio that has dominated the Silver Tier all year long and will be looked as favorites when the Silver Tier Playoffs begin on March 7th.

Highland Park has kind of been stuck in a rut over the last few weeks as they barely beat teams like Frisco ISD & Bishop Lynch who are both eliminated from playoff contention and even got beat by Garland ISD who has the area's worst record (Gold or Silver Tier) this season.

Only 2 games throughout the area tonight have nothing on the line for tonight. Those are Garland ISD VS. Frisco ISD over in McKinney and Bishop Lynch VS. Richardson/Rockwall in Farmers Branch with teams that are either out of the playoffs or hve teams witht heir playoff seed already locked in. The rest of the games have teams that are either looking to get in or at least looking to improve their seeding situation when the playoffs begin next week.

For the HS Gold Tier Champions, they will advance and repersent Texas at the USA Hockey HS National Championship in Salt Lake City from March 21-25. While the Top Silver Tier Teams will join the top HS Teams from Houston & Austin at the State HS Silver Tier Championship from March 23-25 in a location yet TBD.

Here's a look at tonight's Schedule for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Regular Season Finale.

Gold Tier

Coppell VS. Arlington ISD  7:00 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Dallas Jesuit VS. Plano Senior  7:00 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Allen VS. Plano West  8:45 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Silver Tier

Keller ISD VS. Denton County  6:30 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

McKinney ISD VS. Highland Park  7:15 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Southlake Carroll VS. Mansfield ISD  7:30 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Prosper VS. Plano East  8:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

GCISD VS. Flower Mound  8:45 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Garland ISD VS. Frisco ISD 9:00 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Bishop Lynch VS. Richardson/Rockwall  9:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

FM Marcus VS. Midlothian  9:15 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Up-to-Date Playoff Scenarios in the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League

With just 3 games left for all 22 teams in the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League and the playoff picture beginning to come into focus. I wanted to show you the latest Playoff Clinching & Other Scenarios that would result from the upcoming Schedule coming up this Thursday Night at the McKinney, Euless & Farmers Branch Stars Centers.

There is without a doubt that the most exciting battle going into the final 3 weeks of the season will be the battle for the #1 Seed in the Silver Tier South Division as Midlothian, Southlake Carroll & Keller ISD who are separated by just 2 points for the South Division Title. Last week, Midlothian won a convincing 4-1 victory where Midlothian Forward Joseph Dancy scored twice in the 3rd period to break open a 1-1 game at the 2nd intermission into a 4-1 victory. In addition to Dancy's 2 goals, Brent Jones took his scoring total 70 points with a goal and two assists in last weeks victory.

Also thanks to a 4-2 win for the Carroll Dragons over Flower Mound which has allowed the 2 point gap to persists. Midlothian will go back into the 1st Place Battle as they will take on the Dragons on Thursday Night at 9:15 PM at the Euless Stars Center. The Midlothian/Southlake Carroll Winner paired with a possible Keller ISD Loss to Flower Mound would have a 1st Place Tie with 2 games left in the season. Expect this race to go to the Final Night of the season on March 1st when Keller ISD takes on Denton County, Southlake Carroll takes on Mansfield ISD & Midlothian takes on FM Marcus.

Elsewhere in the South Division, they will be an important game for the 4th & Final Playoff spot as Mansfield ISD take on FM Marcus as it will be a huge result regardless of the outcome this week. If Mansfield ISD Wins paired with a Grapevine/Colleyville ISD victory over Denton County will officially knock out the Marauders from Playoff Contention. However, if FM Marcus can pull off a critical win would put them just a point back of Mansfield.

Realistically though, to keep FM Marcus' Playoff hopes alive, they would need a victory plus a Denton County Victory over GCISD where if that scenario happens, FM Marcus would be just 1 point back of both teams for the 4th & Final Playoff Spot in the South Division with 2 games left. Also FM Marcus could be viewed as a possible Spoiler as they have won 6 of their last 8 including important wins over both McKinney & Grapevine/Colleyville who are in the midst of the playoff race in the Silver Tier.

Finally, even though Flower Mound & Denton County are technically not out of the playoff race. Both teams face daunting challenges this week as Flower Mound take on Division Leading Keller ISD, while Denton County takes on a motivated and desperate GCISD Team where a loss from either team will basically take them out of the playoff hunt. Not only that, even just one point from either Mansfield ISD or GCISD would also knock them out of the race, so they need not only to take care of business but need a lot of help to hang on to their slim playoff hopes.

Up North were getting ready to possibly crown a Division Champion as the Plano East Panthers can clinch the North Division Title this week if they can beat Richardson/Rockwall along with a desperate Frisco Team which currently sits in 5th if they can beat the Highland Park Scots in McKinney. That Frisco ISD VS. Highland Park Game will be important in both the North Division Title Race and for 3rd & 4th as both McKinney (Currently in 3rd) & Prosper (Currently in 4th) could be in position to clinch playoff spots this week.

For both teams, a win for either side paired with a Highland Park Win would clinch a playoff spot for either McKinney or Prosper. However, if both team win paired with a Highland Park Victory over Frisco; both McKinney & Prosper would clinch the last two playoff spots and knocking Frisco ISD Out of contention in the process.

That could put the spotlight on a possible 3 way battle between Highland Park, Prosper & McKinney for the 2nd Spot in the North Division. Garland ISD has been out of playoff contention in the last three weeks. Fellow Division Bottom Feeders Richardson/Rockwall & Bishop Lynch were eliminated from playoff contention last week with both teams losing to Highland Park & Garland last week in a 9-8 thriller last week just after the League All Star Game.

Even though no one can officially clinch a QF Round Bye in the Gold Tier this week, Thursday's games will tell us a lot going forward. Both Arlington ISD & Plano West can put themselves in great shape if both teams win their games this week as Arlington ISD faces Plano Senior & Plano West plays Dallas Jesuit.

If both Arlington ISD & Plano West win, they would be on the cusp of clinching the QF Round Byes as 3rd Place Dallas Jesuit could only hope to be in a 3 way tie for 1st with by winning their final two games with Arlington ISD & Plano West would have to lose their remaining games for that scenario to happen. Jesuit's best hope of setting themselves up for a Quarterfinal Round Bye would be beating Plano West & Arlington ISD losing to Plano Senior in McKinney this week which would set up a 3 way tie for first, especially if Coppell pulls off an upset of Allen this week where neither Allen or Plano Senior would be able to earn enough points to even catchup with the top 3 in the final 2 weeks of the regular season.

If they is a 3 way tie for first place in the Gold Tier, it more then likely lock Allen & Plano Senior into the #4 VS. #5 Quarterfinal Matchup when the Gold Tier Playoffs starts on March 5. assuming who ever finishes in the #3 Seed and a favorable QF Matchup against Coppell, could set up a very tough Semifinal Matchup against who ever finishes on top of the Gold Tier. So it's going to be important to at least finish in the top 3 when the regular season ends on March 1.

As for Coppell who sits way back in 6th Place, last week's win against Plano Senior wasn't enough for them to get them back in the battle for the 2 1st Round Byes. With a maximum of 19 points along with Plano Senior & Allen tied for 4th with 20 points each, Coppell is locked into the 6th & Final Seed for the start of the Gold Tier Playoffs which begin on March 5.

If the playoffs would begin today, these would be the 1st Round Matchups in both Tiers.

Gold Tier

#1 Arlington ISD & #2 Plano West would have QF Round Byes

#3 Dallas Jesuit VS. #6 Coppell

#4 Allen VS. #5 Plano Senior

Silver Tier

#1N Plano East VS. #4S GCISD

#2N Highland Park VS. #3S Southlake Carroll

#1S Keller ISD VS. #4N Prosper

#2S Midlothian VS. #3N McKinney ISD

Here's this weeks Schedule

Gold Tier

Arlington ISD VS. Plano Senior  7:00 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Allen VS. Coppell  8:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

Dallas Jesuit VS. Plano West  8:45 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Silver Tier

Garland ISD VS. McKinney ISD  6:30 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

FM Marcus VS. Mansfield ISD  7:00 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Highland Park VS. Frisco ISD  7:15 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Denton County VS. GCISD  7:30 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Flower Mound VS. Keller ISD  8:45 PM @ Euless Stars Center

Bishop Lynch VS. Prosper 9:00 PM @ McKinney Stars Center

Richardson/Rockwall VS. Plano East  9:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Stars Center

Southlake Carroll VS. Midlothian  9:15 PM @ Euless Stars Center

AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey All Star Game Wrap UP

JV Boxscore: South Division 17  North Division 8  (8-3, 9-5)

The All Star Games for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League had two very different style of games on Tuesday Night at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco.

First up was the JV Game where the South Division were able to jump on the North real early with a 4-0 lead just 8 minutes into the game that featured 2 30 minute run-time halfs. Some of the early action was dominated by Coppell's Matt Lasky as he had his first 2 of a game leading 6 points on the night as he assisted Coppell Teammate Scott Browning and Birdville's Tanner Moss.

Others in the JV Game that had big nights including Coppell's Scott Browning who better Lasky with his 8 points (including 5 goals which helped get Browning earn the Game's MVP Award for the night as the South Division went on to a 17-8 victory over the North. Team South was able to score 6 unanswered goals near the end of the 1st half and the beginning of the 2nd half that eventually put the game away. Despite some strong efforts Heath Ford of Dallas Jesuit & Nick Verges of Allen in the 2nd half, it was no where near enough to help the North Division get back into the game.

Varsity Boxscore: South Division 6  North Division 7  (3-1, 2-5, 1-1)

The Varsity Game turned out to be a much more exciting and a lot more tense matchup as both teams had surges in the game as the South were able to get out to a 3-1 lead after Southlake Carroll's Taylor Bedford & Mansfield's Spencer Erickson each scored in just over a minute that turned a 1-1 tie to a 3-1 South Division Lead as 8 different players were able to score a point each during the 1st period for the South Division for them to take the lead.

One of the big surprises of the All Star Game on Tuesday Night was that Midlothian's Brent Jones was held out from scoring a goal that only McKinney ISD back on January 12th has been able to do all season, even though he did get two assists last night.

However, the night was stolen by Garland's who had 4 points on the game including a fantastic goal with just 1:07 left that gave the North a 7-5 lead with a great wrist shot from the slot that was given on a cross ice pass from Frisco's Preston Ware that turned out to be the insurance goal and for good reason when Nick Alexander of Jesuit scored with 49 seconds left in the game to make it 7-6. But the South couldn't get the equalizer to force a game deciding shootout.

Dean has been one of the few highlights on what has been a Garland Team that hasn't been that good this year. He's the only player with double digit goals for the season for Garland ISD on a team that is just 3-14-1 this season which is the worst record in the entire league (Gold or Silver Tier) and have already been eliminated from playoff contention with just 4 games left in the regular season.

Other players for the North that had strong nights included Grayson Masters (Allen) & Matt Levene who also had huge parts in the North Division Surge where they scored 4 times in just 2:30 late in the 2nd period that helped turn the tide for the North Division after the South had a 5-2 lead early in the 2nd period.

The Game MVP's on Tuesday Night were Garland's Tyler Dean in the Varsity Game & Scott Browning of Coppell in the JV Game. For their efforts, both players won a pair of Dallas Stars Tickets for upcoming Stars Home Games.

North Division All Stars

South Division All Stars

 South Division Head Coach Mark Johnson

North Division Head Coach Steve Lamere



AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey All Star Game Info as well as the Final Month of the Regular Season

The Info is beginning to be released for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League All Star Game that will be taking place on Tuesday Evening at the Dr. Pepper Stars Center in Frisco. This year's format will be a North VS. South Format this year for both the JV Young Guns Game and the Varsity All Star Game. The JV Game will be starting at 6:30 PM & the Varsity will get going at around 8:15 PM as the area's best HS Players will look to show their skills and look to show that they can help their team come playoff time.

Among the highlights for the South Division is Midlothian's Brent Jones who is running away with the Scoring Race with an amazing 64 points in 17 games (a staggering 3.76 PTS Per Game) who in 9 of those games has scored 4 or more points and has not one but 2 7 point nights (11/10 against Mansfield & 12/20 against Garland ISD) which has the ability to crush all sorts of scoring records with 5 games left in the season.

Elsewhere Connor Morrow of Southlake Carroll who was a huge part of getting the Dragons to the USA Hockey HS National Championship Game last season is back as the Dragons are looking to knock off Keller ISD for the #1 Playoff Spot in the Silver Tier South Division, also some other notabilities include 4 players from Dallas Jesuit in Goaltender Brendan Cain, Defensemen Garrett Finney & Forwards Hayden Meshell & Nick Alexander will also be playing in the game as well.

The North Division will have 4 players each from both Allen & Plano West which will be leading in teams being represented this year. But perhaps the player has had the biggest impact is Zach Edwards of Plano East who is helping to carry that team on the offensive side of the puck as no one else has more then 7 goals this season and is a big reason why the Panthers are looking to hold off McKinney ISD, Prosper & Highland Park for 1st Place in the Silver Tier North Division.

At the time of the All Star Game, they will be just 4 games left in the regular season as this will be one of the last chances to take a break from the playoff race before the playoff race will begin to heat up over the final month of the regular season wrapping up on March 1. Not only it will be a chance to show their skills, but look to show that they can help their teams go far when the playoffs get underway on March 5.

If your not fimilar with the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League, this would be a great chance to see the best HS Players in the DFW Area.

Here's a look at the Rosters for both the Varsity All Star Game & the JV All Star Game. They will be played at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco (Home of the Texas Tornado) and this game will be longer then a typical league game in AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League (15 minutes usually, 17 minutes for the All Star Game). Also they will be an intermission after the 2nd period and will go directly to a shootout if the game is tied after regularition and they will also be a pregame team photos that will be taken for both the Varsity All Star & JV Young Guns Game. Finally, each team will 6 alternates in case of injury for either side to take over.



Varsity Info

North Division Roster

South Division Roster

JV Info

North Division Roster

South Division Roster

AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Playoff Format & Dates

The Dates & Format for this year's AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Playoffs have been revelled which will be starting this year on March 5th for the Gold Tier Teams while the Silver Tier Playoffs will begin on March 7. With just 22 teams overall this season in the league (6 in the Gold Tier, 16 in the Silver Tier), the playoffs are going to come fast & furious this season overall. In addition to the league playoffs, the Gold Tier Champion will advance to the USA Hockey HS National Championships which will be from March 21-25 in Salt Lake City, Utah this season.

Here's the Full Varsity Playoff Schedule

While the Top Silver Tier Teams will advance to the Silver Tier State Champions against the Top Teams from the Houston & Austin Area which will take place from March 23-25 in a location that is still yet TBD.

The format for both Tiers will be as follows this season.

Gold Tier: With just 6 teams in the leagues Top Tier this season, all 6 teams will be in the playoffs with the #1 & #2 Seeds gaining Quarterfinal Byes while the #3 VS. #6 & #4 VS. #5 Teams will be starting out in the Quarterfinals. The Semifinals will have the #1 Seed taking on the Lowest Seeded QF Winner, while the #2 Seed will play the Highest Seeded QF Winner that next night. Both the Quarterfinals & Semifinals will be a Single Game. Then once the Gold Tier Championship Series is all set it will be a Best of 3 Series to determine the league champion & who will represent Texas in Salt Lake City at the USA Hockey HS National Championship in Late March.

Gold Tier Playoff Dates

3/5: Quarterfinals

3/6: Semifinals

3/8: Gold Tier Final Game 1

3/9: Gold Tier Final Game 2

3/11: Gold Tier Final Game 3 (If Needed)

If the playoffs started today, here's a look at what the Playoff Matchups would look like right now.

#1 Arlington ISD & #2 Plano West would have 1st Round Byes

#3 Dallas Jesuilt VS. #6 Coppell

#4 Allen VS. #5 Plano Senior

The Parity in the Gold Tier has been very tight with the exception of Coppell who's sitting way back in last place with just 9 PTS (4-11-1) in 16 games so far this season. So basically everyone else could find themselves anywhere from the #1 to #5 Seeds when the regular season wraps up on March 1. A 3 way tie is currently atop the top of the Gold Tier between Arlington ISD (10-5-1), Plano West (9-4-3) & Dallas Jesuit (9-4-3) with 21 points each.

Just behind them are Allen & Plano Senior (Both 8-6-2) with 18 points, but are very much in the race for the 2 Quarterfinal Round Byes when the playoffs early March. With just 6 games left in the regular season, it's going to be a wild wild finish to the regular season in the Gold Tier.

Silver Tier: The Silver Tier Playoffs will have the top 4 teams in both the North & South Divisions where they will start in a cross over (#1N VS. #4S, #2N VS. #3S etc.). With the winners will play each other in the Semifinals and on to the Finals. Each Round will be a single elimination format for all 3 rounds. The winners will advance to the State Silver Tier Tournament against the Top Teams from the Interscholastic Hockey League (ISHL) and the Austin Area Champion as well.

Silver Tier Playoff Dates

3/7: Quarterfinals

3/8: Semifinals

3/11: Silver Tier Championship

If the Playoffs started today, here's a look at what the Quarterfinal Round Matchups would look like.

#1N Plano East VS. #4S GCISD

#2N Highland Park VS. #3S Midlothian

#1S Keller ISD VS. #4N Prosper

#2S Southlake Carroll VS. #3N McKinney ISD

The South Division Top Seed is most likely going to come down to a 3 team race between Keller ISD (14-2-0), Southlake Carroll (12-2-2) & Midlothian (12-4-0) who are just 4 points apart which separate the top 3 teams in the South. While GCISD (9-7-0) is currently holding down the 4th & final playoff spot at the moment, both Mansfield ISD (8-6-2) & Denton County (8-8-0) are hot on their tail as they look to chase them down over the final month of the regular season.

As for the two Flower Mound Teams, for the most part, they will battle for pride and most likely stay out of last Place in the South Division as they sit just 5 points back of both GCISD & Mansfield ISD. Their only hope of making the playoffs is that either GCISD, Mansfield ISD or Denton County collapse down the stretch and that either team can get red hot.

The North Division has Plano East (10-3-3) holding a 4 point lead over Highland Park as the Scots will be hoping that the Panthers falter some over the final 6 games to help improve their chances of getting the #1 Seed for the post season.

Elsewhere in the North Division, McKinney ISD & Prosper are fighting it out for the #3 Seed and looking to avoid top seeded Plano East in the Quarterfinals Round of the playoffs. However, Richardson/Rockwall (6-9-1) and is emerging as the top challenger to get into the top 4 to challenge both McKinney ISD & Prosper. Speaking of the race for 3rd & 4th, Richardson/Rockwall will be playing McKinney ISD this week as it will repserent a critical game in this Race where the gap at the end of the night could be anyway from 1 to 5 points.

A Richardson/Rockwall Win would really eat into that gap start making both McKinney ISD & Prosper beginning to sweat. While a McKinney ISD Win would put a big blow into Richardson/Rockwall's Playoff hopes this season.

While Bishop Lynch & Frisco ISD (both 5-11-0) & Garland ISD (3-12-1) are way back in this race and would most likely take a miracle for either one of them to get into this playoff race.

NAPHL DFW Showcase Wrap Up

The North American Prospects Hockey League had it's 4th showcase of the season from Wednesday through Saturday at the Dr. Pepper Stars Centers in Farmers Branch, McKinney & Frisco. For the Dallas Area Teams, it was mixed results as the Texas Tornado U18 Team went 1-3-1 where they lack of offensive firepower proved to be costly at times against the likes of the Pikes Peak Miners and the West Michigan Hounds, while getting their only victory of the Showcase against a strong Detroit Falcons Team by scoring 4 unanswered goals in a 6 minute time span in the 2nd period where they were hoping to use that as a springboard to have a strong home showcase on Home Ice.

But that didn't workout like they hoped. Then to wrap up the Showcase on Saturday, they were on their way to score a huge upset victory over the NAPHL U18 Leading Pittsburgh Viper Stars who despite being out-shot 42-20 by the Tornado U18 Leading Scorer Quinton Vitek where he had his best showcase of the season so far with 6 points in the 5 games (2G 4A) and what he thought was the game winner. However the Viper Stars in the 3rd period slowly but surely came back as they were able to ware down the Tornado Defense for Jacob Hetz to score his 10th goal of the season on the PP just 28 seconds after Quinton Vitek committed a Tripping Minor at the 10:08 mark of the 3rd period. When the game went to the SO, Viper Stars Bob Tritschler & Elliott Tisdale scored in the SO to win the SO 2-1 and win the game 4-3 over the Tornado.

After the 1-3-1 record this week, this takes their season record to 4-10-4 overall in the NAPHL U18 League Standings as they will hit the ice again in Troy, Michigan when they play the Omaha AAA Lancers, Wenatchee Wild, San Jose Jr. Sharks & the West Michigan Hounds when the Troy Showcase takes place in Mid-January.

Texas Tornado U18 Results

12/28: Detroit Falcons 2  Texas Tornado 5  (0-0, 1-4, 1-1)

12/29: Texas Tornado 3  Indiana Jr. Ice 5  (1-2, 1-2, 1-1)

12/29: Texas Tornado 2 West Michigan Hounds 5  (2-1, 0-1, 0-3)

12/30: Pikes Peak Miners 4  Texas Tornado 1  (2-1, 1-0, 1-0)

12/31: Texas Tornado 3  Pittsburgh Viper Stars 4  (SO) (2-1, 1-1, 0-1, 0-1)

The theme for the Tornado U16 Team was super close games as 3 of the team's 5 games went to the SO that lead to a 2-1-2 record as both of their wins came courtesy of the Shootout with a SO Victory over the Las Vegas Storm on Saturday and a pair of 4-3 SO Losses to the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes on Friday Morning & to the St. Louis Selects on Wednesday to open the Showcase.

Their biggest victory of the week came in a 4-0 Shutout win over the Detroit Falcons that was lead by Freedie Kratz & Mason Weis who teamed up to help score goals late in the 2nd & midway through the 3rd periods were the Falcons had a very hard time stopping the Forward Duo that helped dominate the game. And a strong team defensive game that kept the Falcons to a lowly 16 shots on goals which was among one of the lowest shot totals of the season for the Detroit Falcons U16 Team.

The worst loss of the week came on Thursday Night when the California Titans used a fast start to score 3 times in the 1st 8 minutes (including twice in 12 seconds) midway through the 1st period to go up 3-0 and didn't look back as the Titans used that to cruise to a 6-2 victory. This was the beginning of a very strong game by Titans defensemen Austin Wilk had an offensive breakout with his 2nd straight 3 point game and had 7 points overall in the Showcase which was among the Defensive Scoring Leaders at the U16 Age Group this week.

The Final Tornado U16 Game against the Las Vegas Storm saw a really fast start to the game as Alex Mono & Dominic Garcia as well as Tornado Forward Drew Winsauer traded goals in just over 3 minutes to kickoff the game to make it 2-1 Las Vegas, not long after that the Tornado stopped the bleeding in a game that could have gotten out of hand early Brendan Harris scored on a PP after a Mason Weis Boarding Penalty. The Tornado took advantage of a Storm Line Change and forced a 3 on 1 where Warriner & Hoenshell helped set up Nathaniel Bollman to make it 3-2 at the 8:36 mark of the 1st period; after that goal, both teams took more of a more defensive approach to make sure the game didn't get out of control for either side for the rest of the period.

Another Vegas PP in the 2nd period's opening minute with a Chandler Davis Roughing Minor Hausinger Brothers to team up to make it 4-2 Las Vegas just 1:57 of the 2nd period on the Power Play. Looking for ways to get back into the game, the Tornado continued to get a lot of SOG on Storm Goalie Talon Miller, but couldn't get much traffic or any meaningful rushes on him to get back within this game. Until Mason Weis connected to Kade Brannon on a give and go which allowed Brannon to break free from Vegas Pressure in front of the net to score at the 11:20 mark to make it 4-3 where the Tornado had the momentum going into the 3rd period.

Following a Nathan Bollman Roughing penalty turned into an Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalty, the Vegas Storm helped use that to hopefully put the nail in the coffin as they were able to out shot Vegas 14-5 in the 3rd period, but Tornado Goalie Jay Harrington made some of his best saves of the game to make it a 4-3 game.

Mason Weis scored to tie the game at 4-4 with assists from Trace Wariner & Austin Cox, after being able to fight off a late Vegas Charge to force a SO. Ryan Poole & Austin Cox both scored in the SO to win the game 5-4 and finish the Showcase 2-1-2 to up their NAPHL U16 record to 7-3-4 (18 PTS, 57 GF 43 GA) in the NAPHL U16 Age Group going into the Final Regular Season Showcase of the season.

Next up for the Tornado U16's will be in Troy, Michigan from 1/13-16 where a tough schedule awaits them including the Indiana Jr. Ice & Orange County who are in a 4 way tie for 2nd. Also, The Tornado also will play the Phoenix Firebirds & the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes as well in Troy, Michigan in Mid-January.

Texas Tornado U16 Results

12/28: Texas Tornado 3  St. Louis Selects 4 (SO) (0-0, 1-3, 2-0, 0-1)

12/29: California Titans 6  Texas Tornado 2  (3-1, 2-0, 1-1)

12/30: Texas Tornado 3 Carolina Jr. Hurricanes 4 (SO) (0-2, 3-1, 0-0, 0-1)

12/30: Detroit Falcons 0  Texas Tornado 4  (0-1, 0-2, 0-1)

12/31: Texas Tornado 5  Las Vegas Storm 4  (SO) (2-3, 1-1, 1-0, 1-0)

For the Dallas U18 Team which was an All Star Team from the ATT Metroplex HS Hockey League (ATTMHSHL). They knew it would an uphill battle for most of the games because of the talent gap as the players were at a Double A level at best with their respective Travel Teams. They had a few glimpses of brilliance during the Showcase.

The best performance came on Friday Morning when they were able to draw within 1 goal on two occasions at 2-1 & 3-2 with goals coming from Doss Allen (Midlothian) & Chance Summers (GCISD) in the 2nd period.

Also during the game against the San Jose Jr. Sharks had the game tied at 1-1 in the 2nd period when Hayden Marshall helped tie the game early in the 2nd period & had them even at 1-1 till early in the 3rd period, but didn't have any major chances to take a lead where they were down the entire showcase Event after finishing 0-5. 

Dallas U18 best showing came on Friday against the St. Louis Selects where they were able to get their only leads in the Showcase where Hayden Meshell (Dallas Jesuit) scored twice in the 1st, after Payton Baldillez made it 3-2 early in the 2nd. They couldn't get anything else going later in the game as the Selects stifled any hopes of the Dallas U18 Team holding on when the Selects scored 4 unanswered goals, including a hat trick by Tommy Daniels in a pair of instances midway through both the 2nd & 3rd periods when they scored within 3 minutes of each other on both occasion's.

However, the Dallas U18 Team did exceed expectations by scoring 12 goals when many experts thought they would blown out and hard pressed to score at all in every game.

Dallas U18 Results

12/28: San Jose Jr. Sharks 2  Dallas U18 1  (1-0, 0-1, 1-0)

12/29: Dallas U18 4  Pittsburgh Viper Stars 9  (1-3, 0-3, 3-3)

12/30: California Titans 4  Dallas U18 2  (1-0, 2-2, 1-0)

12/30: St. Louis Selects 6  Dallas U18 3  (1-2, 3-1, 2-0)

12/31: Dallas U18 2  Wenatchee Wild 8  (0-2, 1-1, 1-5)

Among other teams & Individuals that stood out this week was the U18 Game between the Pikes Peak Miners & Pittsburgh Viper Stars on Wednesday Night as both teams were fighting to get on top of the NAPHL U18 Standings.

 It included one of the best finishes of any game during the Showcase when Pikes Peak scored 3 unanswered goals, including goals by Justin Tutag & Kirk Van Ankel who scored 90 seconds apart to go up 4-2 with less then 7 minutes to go.

Then the Viper Stars were able to comeback with their leading scorers Bob Tritschler & Heinz Kolster just 37 seconds apart to tie the game at 4-4, to force the SO where they eventually won the game with Tritschler & Elliott Tisdale who scored in the Shootout to win 5-4 and keep their NAPHL U18 Lead with an impressive 16-1-1 record where they went a perfect 5-0 in Dallas and are unbeaten since October 22 when Orange County beat them 2-1.

Also among the Standout Teams in the U16 Level was the Omaha AAA Lancers who managed to score double digit goals three times this week, which was lead by NAPHL U16 Leading Scorer Chris Wilkie  who has an impressive 35 points (16G 19A) in just 14 NAPHL U16 Games this season. During the Dallas Showcase, Wilkie had an amazing 21 points in 5 games this weekend (11G 10A) including a 6 goal game in a 15-4 victory against Oz Fitness, the Omaha AAA Lancers U16 Team also beat Pursuit of Excellence 10-0 on Wednesday & the St. Louis Selects 10-1 on Saturday

 Even though they are currently sit in 6th in the NAPHL U16 Standings, the gap from the NAPHL U16 leading San Jose Jr. Sharks to the Lancers is just 4 points as they were able to close the gap on the U16 League Leaders.

They were also a pair of bizarre moments from games involving Dallas Area Teams as well. On Wednesday Night in the Texas Tornado U18 Game against the Detroit Falcons, Falcons Head Coach Chris Slater protested a pair of Misconduct Penalties against Trevor Hillman & Mike Munoz at the 11:14 mark of the 3rd period by throwing a bunch of the players sticks onto the ice. He was also tossed from that game and was suspended for their against the Pittsburgh Viper Stars as well.

Then in the Dallas U18 VS. Pittsburgh Viper Stars Game on the Thursday night, when the Viper Stars were looking to clear the puck & get a line change, the puck that was going around the glass shattered a piece of pexi-glass that delayed the game in the 2nd period and might have killed the momentum for the Viper Stars to help prvent the game from becoming a much bigger blowout with the Viper Stars leading 6-1 at the time late in the 2nd period at the time of the inicident.

The NAPHL will return to Dallas in May when the league hosts the annual NAPHL Top Prospects Tournament from May 4-6 at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, which will be going on as well as the NAHL Robertson Cup Tournament that the Texas Tornado will be hosting from May 3-8 at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco.







AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League two weeks into the season

Through the first two weeks of the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League season. It's still early, but were already getting an idea of what the league will be like this season. The Gold Tier has a pair of teams in Southlake Carroll and Plano Senior who maybe est. themselves as the pacesetters this season as the Dragons have 2 of their dynamic trio players from last year that helped their dynamic offense last year as Cossu and Morrow are back and already have 7 points between them this season.

All around them it looks like they could be the team to beat again this season as the Dragons have outscored their first 2 opponents Coppell and Allen 12-1. Even though it would so like a shock that Coppell would get beat that bad, it's starting to look like it's going to be a rare down year for Coppell Hockey as they first two losses as they have been outscored 11-5.

Another team that may have a down year that's used to success is Flower Mound. One main reason is that they haven't even scored a goal yet this season. An 8-0 loss to Plano Senior showed some glaring weakness in just about every aspect of their game and I would expect them to be the bottom feeders in the league this season.

The Silver Tier being divided into 2 Divisions has FM Marcus on top of the East Division, while Keller ISD is leading the West Division as both teams have been able to take advantage of some weak competition so far. For Marcus, a pair of 5-2 wins over defending Silver Tier Champion Garland ISD & Expansion Prosper with a pair of 3rd periods to breakaway from both games.

If you look at Keller ISD, a 6-1 win over Grapevine and a 5-2 win over Mansfield ISD have taken them to the top of the West Division. Keller is looking for a rebound season where after finishing 2nd in the Silver Tier in the regular season, a huge upset against Richardson ISD caused a huge upset and after that game, it got them all the way to the Silver Tier Semifinals before losing to eventual Silver Tier Champion Garland ISD.


Here's a look at the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Schedule over the next two weeks as the league has reduced the schedule from 24 to 22 games for this season. Also most of the games, (especially early in the season are played on Thursday Nights). Then as we get later in the season, some games will be played Tuesdays while a few will be on the weekends.


Here's the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Schedule over the next couple of weeks.


10/14

Varsity Gold

Southlake Carroll VS. Frisco ISD     6:45 PM @ Frisco Starscenter

Dallas Jesuit VS. Plano Senior   6:45 PM @ Plano Starscenter

Flower Mound VS. Coppell     7:00 PM @  Farmers Branch Starscenter

Plano West VS. Allen              9:00 PM @  Mckinney Starscenter


Varsity Silver

Mansfield ISD VS. Grapevine     7:00 PM @ Euless Starscenter

Richardson ISD/Rockwall ISD VS. Lovejoy    7:15 PM @ Mckinney Starscenter

Midlothian VS. Arlington Wild     7:35 PM  @ NYTEX Sports Center

FM Marcus VS. Highland Park     8:30 PM  @ Plano Starscenter

Mckinney ISD VS. Prosper         8:30 PM @ Frisco Starscenter

Plano East VS. Garland ISD        8:45 PM @ Farmers Branch Starscenter

Keller ISD VS. Arlington Martin    8:45 PM @ Euless Starscenter

Catching Up during the Blaine Showcase

With the North American Hockey League Blaine Showcase dominating things on the website and officially opening up the hockey season for Southwest Teams. Here's a look at other recent news and notes that have happened this week.

Stars Sign James Neal and Matt Niskanen

After long talks and nervously thinking the two of the best young players might miss the start of training camp in PEI, Canada. The Stars last night officially signed both Neal & Niskanen to 2 year deals worth $5.75 Million & $3 Million each over the next two seasons. With now Neal & Niskanen now signed, the Stars finally have all their players from last year resigned and ready to go with the team kicking off training camp in Charlottentown, PEI, Canada this weekend.

For James Neal he's going to make $2.25 Million this upcoming season and then $3.5 Million in the 2011-2012 season. Neal had 55 points (27G 28A) last season. He also had 64 penalty minutes and is looking to add some physicality along the boards and with Modano & Possibly Lehtinen gone, he looks to start adding a leadership role to the team as well for the 23 year old native of Oshawa, Ontario.

Niskanen who has admitted that he didn't have a strong season last year will make $1.25 Million this upcoming season and $1.75 Million next season. Niskanen who's also 23 years old did have a team low -15 Rating last season as he produced 15 Points (3G 12A) and will look to improve +/- rating and be more physical, despite having just 15 penalty minutes stills feel like he's a bit empty handed on the ice at times throughout the season as he played in 74 games last year.

I'm happy that Neal has been re-signed, but it's without a doubt that Niskanen is being overpaid, especially on a team that is having to work on an internal salary cap until this team gets sold. For Neal, i'm expecting another big year and for him to be a part of the Stars Next Generation. Niskanen on the other hand needs to take a big step up and show that he is worth the money next season. He was a very unreliable at times and is almost afraid of taking so called "Good Penalties" that could prevent goals because of the team's shaky defensemen.

Here's some links to read more about the Neal & Niskanen signings.

Stars Agree to Terms

Matt Niskanen Profile

James Neal Profile

Comments from Neal, Niskanen & Nieuwendyk


Begginning of Training Camp

In addition, the Charlottentown Guardian Newspaper will be covering the Dallas Stars Training Camp. Here's two of their stories about Brad Richards coming home and the team arriving.

Stars Arrive in PEI

Brad Richards training in his home Provence


Dallas Stars Midget Major Kicks off Tier 1 Season.

The Dallas Stars Midget Major Team gets their Tier 1 Elite League Season underway this weekend as they will play 4 games this weekend at the Capitol Ice Rink in Middleton, Wisconsin as they will kick off the season playing against the Illinois Division this afternoon at 4:15 PM against Team Illinois. They will also see the Chicago Fury on Saturday Morning, the Cleveland Barons on Saturday Afternoon then the weekend set wraps up against the Chicago Youth Association (CYA) on Sunday Morning.

This is how most of the schedule works as 12 of the 24 teams are in Wisconsin to kick off the Tier 1 Season. Other teams of interest competing their this weekend include the Madison Capitals who are also in the Mid-American Division and Team Illinois who has Arlington Native Cole Martin who played on the Team Illinois Midget Minor Team last year who was taken by the Lincoln Stars in the USHL Futures Draft back in May.

Speaking of the Midget Minor Team, they season gets underway gets going next weekend at the Chiller North Rink which is in Lewis Center, Ohio.

Here's the Midget Major Schedule for this weekend

9/17: VS. Team Illinois 4:15 PM

9/18: VS. Chicago Fury 8:30 AM

9/18: VS. Cleveland Barons 4:00 PM

9/19: VS. CYA 8:00 AM


Dallas Stars AAA Website

Team Roster & Stats


Texas Stars Announce 2010-2011 Promotions

The Dallas Stars AHL Affliate has announced their promotions & Special Events for the 2010-2011 season. A few of them will include a military night, wearing special Jerseys and 3-2-1 nights where you can get special deals in both the gift shots and Concession Stands.

To see the Full List, Click Here


Texas Stars & San Antonio Rampage Announce Youth Hockey Commitments

In an effort to help improve the numbers of hockey participation in both the Austin & San Antonio Areas, both the Texas Stars & San Antonio Rampage have announced major commitments to help improve youth hockey in their areas to form the Texas Junior Stars & San Antonio Jr. Rampage.

To see more on both projects, click on the team links below.

San Antonio Rampage

Texas Stars


Here's a look at the Home Openers for all 4 SW AHL Teams as the Season starts in less then a month.

Houston Aeros: 10/16 VS. Peoria Rivermen

Oklahoma City Barons: 10/9 VS. Houston Aeros

Texas Stars: 10/16 VS. San Antonio Rampage

San Antonio Rampage: 10/8 VS. Chicago Wolves


AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Preseason Showcase

With last weekend being the Leveling Showcase for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Showcase. Here's a look at what the Divisions could look like at the Varsity Level when the season starts next month in the D/FW Area.

Here's a look at how the teams did last weekend in the Varsity Gold & Silver Divisions. Click on the Ind. Team to see the schedule & Their results from last weekend. Of course things can change on what the actual divisions will look like this season.

Click on the team of your choice to see their results from the weekend, plus rosters, stats as well.

Varsity Gold Division

Plano Senior 3-0-0 6 PTS

Allen 3-0-0 6 PTS

Coppell 2-1-0 4 PTS

SL Carroll 1-1-1 3 PTS

Plano West 1-1-1 3 PTS

Frisco ISD 1-2-0 2 PTS

Dallas Jesuit 1-2-0 2 PTS

Flower Mound 0-3-0 0 PTS


Varsity Silver Division

Richardson/Rockwall 3-0-0 6 PTS

Keller ISD 3-0-0 6 PTS

Mansfield ISD 3-0-0 6 PTS

FM Marcus 2-0-1 5 PTS

Highland Park 2-1-0 4 PTS

Midlothian 2-1-0 4 PTS

Prosper 2-1-0 4 PTS

Arlington Martin 2-1-0 4 PTS

Garland ISD 1-1-1 3 PTS

Mckinney ISD 1-2-0 2 PTS

Plano East 0-3-0 0 PTS

Lovejoy 0-3-0 0 PTS

Grapevine 0-3-0 0 PTS

Arlington Wild 0-3-0 0 PTS

Bishop Lynch 0-3-0 0 PTS

AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League introduces new Concussion Policy

The AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey is taking an aggressive stance to prevent and reduce the number of concussion injuries among players who play in the league. And to educate players, coaches and parents about the dangers of concussions and how to treat them and the danger of ignoring symptoms and after effects of concussion and brain injuries.


As for the 2010-2011 AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League season, they has been no official word on how many teams will play this season. Also even though no schedule has been released, the season traditionally starts on the Thursday in October which this year is on October 7.

The league back in 2003 went to a two Tier Varsity Level with a separate Gold & Silver Tier Divisions. They will also be a new Varsity Elite League with 6 Regional Teams looking to find the best possible HS Players that could find themselves playing in the higher level travel teams like the Alliance Bulldogs, the Dallas Ice Jets and the Dallas Stars Selects if they are talented enough. Junior Varsity will also have the Gold & Silver Tier Formats as well this season.

All these divisions are separate and for the most part will not play games against different tiers except for a handful of preseason games which will happen during a preseason showcase coming up in Mid-September.


Look for the schedule and Division Alignment when they come out, also the schedule for the Dallas Stars Elites which plays in the Tier 1 Elite League is scheduled to come out sometime this week.


From the Dallas Stars Website


AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Website

Talk of teens and the dangers of concussions conjures up images of high school football players and the violent collisions seen on football fields across North Texas every fall.

But the regions leading concussion experts are calling for more awareness and new prevention programs for high school athletes in other sports, especially youth hockey leagues. Together, Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine and the Dallas Stars are implementing a strict, new concussion policy for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League.

"It is critical that we treat young athletes more conservatively then we have in the past." said Dr. Jim Sterling, a physical medicine physician on the medical staff at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas who severed as head physician for the 2006 Winter Olympic Team. "New evidence-based research on concussion gives health care professional guidelines for not only safe return to play but, more importantly, optimal return to classroom learning. Academics should be consideration of any conservation concerning sports concussions."

The new concussion policy for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League will be implemented for the 2010-2011 season. The new policy requires an ImPACT baseline test for all athletes prior to starting play. The computer based ImPACT Test est. each athletes baseline neuro-cognitive function.

If a player has signs or symptoms of a concussion, they can't go back into the game - and are automatically put on a 14 day disabled list. They may return sooner if they see an ImPACT credentialed physician who can use the post injury ImPACT test comparison to their baseline test. "Concussion symptoms can be very subtle," Dr. Sterling said, "But can significant enough to pose a great risk to the athlete. That's why this new policy is so important."

A player who hasn't sufficiently healed from his initial concussion is vulnerable to a second impact Brain injury. The second concussion - even if it's less force or impact then the initial head injury - can lead to brain swelling and cause long term disabilities. In extreme cases, the second injury, called second impact syndrome, can cause death.

Any player who suffers a concussion can only return to the rink after he receives written permission from his physician and delivers the note to the team's athletic director. The athletic trainer notifies the league as well as the team managers and coaches that the player has recovered from the contact.

Skaters are also required to report any concussions that occur in practices or competitions not sponsored by the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League.

"Hockey is a tough physical sport and has been known for athletes toughing out injuries," said Keith Andersen, Senior Director of Hockey Programs for the Dallas Stars/Dr. Pepper Starcenters. "But concussions among young athletes can't be swept under the rug. Teens brains are still developing, and we know know that they don't recover from concussions as fast as the pros."

Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, which started its concussion Management Program in 2008, is the region's leader preventing and treating concussions among local athletes.

• In January 2008, Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine was the first organization to begin offering neuro-congnitive testing to schools and clubs in the DFW Area for sports concussions.
• The program currently has 105 schools and sports clubs using ImPACT.
• The Program had administered more then 23,000 baseline and post-injury tests.
• 28 Physicians on the medical staff at Texas Health Resource Hospital are credentialed ImPACT consultants.

"Concussions are a serious problem if untreated or misdiagnosed," said Dr. Damond Blueitt, a sports medicine specialist on the medical staff at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Ft. Worth. "We have to remember, these are student athletes. There's no excuse for putting them at risk for serious brain injuries when there are tools out there to improve how we can care for them. We want athletes to have a fun experience in a sport."

To have more info on the ImPACT Concussion System at Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine Center. You can also call them at 214-345-5010 to get more info.

D/FW HS Hockey Playoffs

With the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Playoffs starting tomorrow night and we are already into the postseason in the Houston Area. Here's a look at how the playoffs are shaking up in Dallas and Houston as the race for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Championship.

Also the race for State Tournament Births and the first ever USA Hockey HS Hockey National Championship Tournament that will be taking place in Mid April.

In the Dallas Area, the league is divided into 2 Tiers as the Gold Tier will have 8 of their 10 teams making the playoffs. While the Silver Tier will have 12 of the 17 teams making the playoffs in the Lower Tier.

If you ask me as well, the Silver Tier is going to have the better drama as the Gold Tier for the most part has been pretty straight forward this season. Also in the Both Tiers, the teams only played 23 games out of 24 due to the Snowstorm that cancelled action back on 2/11. The following games were eventually cancelled after the record snowstorm last month.

I should be at the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Championship Games on March 24 which will be at the Dr. Pepper Starcenter in Farmers Branch Starcenter. Also look for updates on HS Sports Shows like HS Game Time on WFAA Channel 8 and on High School Spotlight on FSN hosted by Neil Beasley.


Gold Tier

Southlake Carroll VS. Flower Mound @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

Plano Senior VS. Frisco ISD @ Frisco Starcenter

Highland Park VS. Plano West @ Plano Starcenter

Dallas Jesuit VS. Mckinney ISD @ Mckinney Starcenter

Allen VS. Coppell @ Plano Starcenter


Silver Tier

Southlake Carroll VS. Bishop Lynch @ Richardson Ice Training Center

Plano Senior VS. Arlington Martin @ Euless Starcenter

Richardson ISD VS. Grapevine @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

Plano West VS. Garland ISD @ Richardson Ice Training Center

HEB-Birdville VS. FM Marcus @ Frisco Starcenter

Midlothian VS. Colleyville Heritage @ Euless Starcenter

Denton Co. Spartans VS. Keller ISD @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

Mansfield ISD VS. Rockwall @ Mckinney Starcenter


It's pretty much being finalized that the State Hockey Tournament will be back in the Dallas Area this season after being in Houston and Austin areas the last 2 seasons. Fore more info on the Amateur Hockey State Wide, log on to the Texas Amateur Hockey Association Website.

Here's a look at the Playoff Formats for both the D/FW Gold & Silver Tier Playoff Matchups.

D/FW Gold Tier: The top 8 teams make the playoffs and will start in a best of 3 Quarterfinals Series as the games will be played on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday if needed. After the Quarterfinals are over, the 4 first round series winners will advance to play in a Single Game Formats in both the Semifinals and the Championship that will be played on 3/22 & 3/24 that will help crown the AT&T Metroplex League Champions.

Dates
Quarterfinals: Game 1 3/9, Game 2 3/11, Game 3 3/13 (If Necessary)
Semifinals: 3/22
Championship: 3/24 @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


Best of 3 Quarterfinal Matchups

#1 Southlake Carroll VS. #8 Frisco ISD
Game 1: 7:00 PM @ Euless Starcenter
Game 2: 6:30 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter
Game 3: 2:45 PM @ Euless Starcenter (If Necessary)

#2 Allen VS. #7 Dallas Jesuit
Game 1: 7:00 PM @ Plano Starcenter
Game 2: 8:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter
Game 3: 6:45 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter (If Necessary)

#3 Plano Senior VS. #6 Flower Mound
Game 1: 8:45 PM @ Plano Starcenter
Game 2: 7:00 PM @ Plano Starcenter
Game 3: 8:30 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter (If Necessary)

#4 Coppell VS. #5 Plano West
Game 1: 7:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter
Game 2: 8:45 PM @ Plano Starcenter
Game 3: 4:30 PM @ Euless Starcenter (If Necessary)

3/22: Semifinals

#1 Seed VS. #4 Seed 6:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

#2 Seed VS. #3 Seed 7:00 PM @ Plano Starcenter


3/24: Gold Tier Championship 8:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


D/FW Silver Tier: 12 of the 17 teams make the playoffs with the 3 Division Champions and the best 2nd place team getting first Round Byes and getting automatically to the Quarterfinals. The first Round will have the #5 VS. #12, #6 VS. #11, #7 VS. #10 & #8 VS. 9 where winners will advance to the Quarterfinals to play the top 4 teams. Then Winners will advance to the Semifinals and Final which will be played on 3/22 & 3/24.

If your wondering why they is such a long gap between the Quarterfinals and Semifinals. That's because a majority of teams school districts are on Spring Break and will have different State Tournaments for players that play Travel Hockey as well that week.

Dates
1st Round: 3/9
Quarterfinals: 3/11
Semifinals: 3/22
Championship: 3/24 @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


3/9: 1st Round

#5 Midlothian VS. #12 Mansfield ISD 8:45 PM @ Euless Starcenter

#6 Plano East VS. #11 Arlington Martin 8:45 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

#7 Richardson ISD VS. #10 Southlake Carroll 7:00 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

#8 Denton Co. Spartans VS. #9 Grapevine 8:45 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


3/11: Quarterfinals

#1 Garland ISD VS. #8 Seed 6:30 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

#2 Keller ISD VS. #7 Seed 7:00 PM @ Euless Starcenter

#3 FM Marcus VS. #6 Seed 8:45 PM @ Euless Starcenter

#4 Rockwall VS. #5 Seed 8:15 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center


3/22: Semifinals

#1 Seed VS. #4 Seed 8:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

#2 Seed VS. #3 Seed 8:45 PM @ Plano Starcenter


3/24: Silver Tier Championship 6:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter