The AHF announces the Players of the Week for the week ending February 12th, 2023.  The Players of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2022-23 season that honors players in all divisions. Only players that are nominated by their respective teams are considered.

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Age Level / Division: 10A

Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2

Player: Lukas Chambers (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 2

“Lukas is always smiling and has really stepped up on offense as a consistent scorer the last few weeks.” said Coach Mark Stewart. 

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Age Level / Division: 10B

Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth

Player: Brayden Franklin (G) – Games: 2, Goals Against: 3, Saves: 29

“Brayden played strong in goal on Saturday and kept us in a tight game. On Sunday, in our most important game of the season, he slammed the door in the first period and allowed our team time to get on the board and roll to a shutout victory.” said Coach Jason Glenn. 

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Age Level / Division: 12A

Team: Hollydell hurricanes white

Player: Tyler Reger (D) – Games: 1, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Tyler always plays hard and supports his teammates. He was able to score his first goal. His goal fired his teammates up and led to his team rallying to win the last game of the season.” said Coach Paul Schmeltzer. 

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Age Level / Division: 12AA

Team: Philadelphia Blazers

Player: Declan Henes (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 2, Assists: 1

“Declan Henes collected two goals and one assist in 2 games this weekend. For the season, Declan finished with 56 goals and 45 assists for 101 Points to lead the 12UAA in scoring.” said Coach Buddy Pollick. 

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Age Level / Division: 12B

Team: Valley Forge Colonials Fields

Player: Tanner Nau (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Tanner has been our best defenseman this year and is learning how to better rush with the puck, use his partner effectively, and defend rushes against. His development has been amazing, and he showcased it this weekend helping preserve a shutout for our goaltender and leading many odd man rushes and creating offense.” said Coach John Fields. 

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Age Level / Division: 14A 

Team: Wissahickon Warriors White

Player: Cole Sullivan (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 5, Assists: 0

“Five goals for Cole on Sunday only tells part of the story. His effort was outstanding. He was physical, but without penalties. He is a great influence on his teammates. Cole is the epitome of a lead by example hockey player.” said Coach Mike Budd. 

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Age Level / Division: 14AA

Team: York Devils

Player: Dominic Raineri (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Dom displayed great work ethic as well as playing big minutes in all situations for the Devils.” said Coach Matthew Gue. 

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Age Level / Division: 16A

Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth

Player: Zach Schantzenbach (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Zach turned the game around by getting to an errant puck near the point and firing a blazer that ended up in the back of the net!” said Coach John C. Snyder. 

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Age Level / Division: 18A

Team: Wissahickon Warriors Red

Player: Pat Stelacio (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Pat scored the game winning goal in his first game back from injury since December 11th. He was effective for us in all 3-zones, helping us to a big win to wrap up our regular season. That goal put Pat’s season ending totals at 39G, 33A for 72 points in just 26 games.” said Coach Frank Blust. 

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Age Level / Division: 18AA

Team: Philadelphia Blazers

Player: Brady Baehser (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 4, Assists: 4

“Brady finished the season as leading scorer in 18AA Division!” said Coach Jon Barger. 

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

10U A
Lorenzo Muratore (F) – Long Island Rebels
Alex Neu (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2
Luca Fracchiola (D) – Metro Militia
Pete Coyle (G) – Royals White
Luca Fracchiolla (D) – Metro Militia
Jensen Hoffman (D) – Southern Maryland Sabres

10U B
Luke McCluskey (D) – Haverford Hawks
Shubh Bajoria (F) – Igloo Jaguars
Daniel Millison (F) – Valley Forge Colonials Skelton
Sam Dannenfelser (F) – Tomorrow’s Ice White
William McCullough (F) – Haverford Hawks Wharton

12U A
Ashton Holley (F) – Capital City Vipers 1
Boden King (F) – Royals
Nash Hudson (F) – Rockets
Michael Shawver (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes

12U B
Hugo Nelson (D) – Royals
Avery Lee (F) – Metro Militia
Aidan Berry (G) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Jack Vasquez (G) – Valley Forge Colonials
Carter Huber (F) – Valley Forge Colonials

13U AA
Jack Murphy (F) – Rockets

14U AA
Steven LaRosa (F) – Rockets

14U A
James Morino (F) – NJ Stars Black
Cayden Booth (D) – WBS Jr. Knights
Rocco DiMario (F) – Haverford Hawks Dinmore
Martin Elwell-Anderson (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Henry Rademacher (F) – Wissahickon Warriors
Maximilian Fish (F) – Rockets Hockey Club

16U A
Sami Slepak (F) – Rockets
Michael Saab (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth

18U A
Eric Fral (F) – Royals
Mitchell Thompson (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

Final KRACH Rankings and Playoff Qualifiers have been finalized for all AAs (not 12U), 18U A, and 16U A. The number of Subdivisions is based on the size of the divisions (A1/A2 treated separately). Top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs for the division.

Will your team be the next to raise the AHF banner and call yourselves CHAMPIONS?

Click here to view Playoff Qualifiers for the first weekend of Playoffs (2/18-2/20). The final schedule for this weekend will be made available on the website later today.

The THF, AHF, and AGHF each strive to provide the best youth hockey experience in the country. In response to an inquiry from an AHF family, on Friday February 3rd senior management responsible for scheduling began reviewing the data feed from GameSheet to the KRACH program and continued investigating this throughout the weekend. By Sunday February 5th, they discovered that the score report used to calculate the weekly rankings had a faulty data feed. Rather than recording the win/loss result from shootouts, KRACH recorded a tie for both the winning and losing team. Therefore, the KRACH ratings and rankings that were posted throughout the season were wrong, particularly impacting teams that had a relatively high percentage of shootouts. Black Bear Sports Group, which controls the Federations, apologies for not identifying this flaw earlier in the season and recognizes the disappointment faced by those players, families and coaches who were most impacted by learning so late that their relative ranking was not reliable, especially as relates to playoff placement.


On Tuesday February 7th, we communicated this issue with the boards of the three Federations and had calls with the Hockey Directors of the participating clubs. We chose to make the necessary adjustment to the calculation and then published the correct KRACH ratings the next day on Wednesday February 8th. Please be assured that the rankings are now accurate, and the correct teams are in the right playoff brackets. Yesterday morning, we explored with various Hockey Directors the idea of making changes to the Championship brackets, including expanding the size and/or changing the format. The consensus was that this would create significant logistical challenges for a greater number of families given the ripple effects of changing bracket sizes and playoff locations.


We have followed closely the feedback on social media, in particular the AHF discussion group on Facebook. Below are a few points to highlight:

  1. Again, we wish we had learned of this glitch in the data feed earlier and are sorry for the
    confusion it caused. Moreover, we should have sent to the families this notification clarifying
    what happened when the new rankings were published on Wednesday.
  2. We want to be responsive to our families and players. Based upon your recent feedback
    relating to this issue, we plan to revisit the championship bracket size and format going
    forward.
  3. We will revisit the treatment of tie games, including specifically the appropriateness of
    shootouts.
  4. We believe the presence of partial season teams in our leagues makes us stronger, allowing
    for better competition and higher MyHockeyRankings for our teams. This is especially
    important for our AAA and AA teams.
  5. Many questions have been raised about the reliability of KRACH. We want to reassure you
    that the formula, which was created by a third-party Python programmer is accurate. We will
    be publishing the KRACH formula later this week. Again, the error was in the data feed from
    GameSheet and not in the formula itself.
  6. We offered to the Hockey Directors our willingness to get on a call with any team that has
    been impacted or with anyone who has any further questions.

The mission of the Federations was to create an unbalanced schedule that maximizes competition for those interested in the highest levels of hockey and minimizes travel for those looking for a balance of competition and travel. We believe the short season teams help us form the best hockey leagues in America. The unbalanced schedule along with our spring parity event minimize blowout games. Our results speak for themselves as our blowout games are a fraction of those experienced in other local leagues. We hope this provides context to help you understand that the ranking issue was simply a data feed error, not a flaw in our league operating model.


We truly appreciate the passion of our families and coaches. You commit so much to this great sport, and it is our duty to listen to your concerns. Your feedback makes us better and we are truly grateful for your support.

For the week ending on February 5th, the Atlantic Hockey Federation rankings and subdivisions are in. The number of playoff subdivisions are based on the number of teams in the division. For the A divisions, Gretzky and Lemieux divisions are considered separate divisions and will have their own playoff subdivisions. You can view all rankings here.

The teams that are in first in each AA division are Ashburn Xtreme 2012 (10U), Ashburn Xtreme 2010 (12U), MYHA UA Gold (13U), Ashburn Xtreme 08 (14U), Delaware Ducks (15U), Team Philadelphia Black (16U) and Philadelphia Blazers (18U). 

For the A division, the top teams in each group are the NJ Bandits Grey (10U Gretzky Division), NJ SportsCare Kings Blue (10U Lemieux Division), Southern Maryland Sabres Gold (12U Gretzky), NJ Bandits Red (12U Lemieux), Philadelphia Blazers (14U Gretzky), Frederick Freeze LA (14U Lemieux), Lancaster Firebirds Black (16U Gretzky), Delaware Ducks (16U Lemieux) and Wissahickon Warriors Red (18U). 

For the B Division, the three teams with the most ratings are Jersey Shore Wildcats Black (10U), Ashburn Xtreme 2 (12U), and the MYHA 14U B Blue (14U). The Venom Hockey Club 1 are on top of the rankings for this week for Full Ice Mites AAA. New Jersey Aviators take the lead for Full Ice Mite Add Ons.

KRACH ratings were broken up into multiple subdivisions. Teams can move subdivisions until the final regular season game is played. The final subdivision will include the teams in competition for a playoff spot.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is excited to announce the addition of Clearwater Ice Storm as a member of the 2023-2024 season. Clearwater Ice Storm is based out of Largo, Florida consisting of 15 teams and around 240 players. 

Clearwater Ice Storm teams competed in the AHF at various age levels in 2022 as guest teams in the August and October AA showcases. Next season, Clearwater’s 16/18AA teams will be showcase members in the AHF.

The Ice Storm have teams that range from Mites to U18. Chase Bafia and Beau Armstrong are two featured coaches for the Ice Storm teams. Chase coaches the U16AA as well as the 18AAs. Chase coached with the Gulf Coast Flames from 2016-2019, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) D3 in 2019, and has been with the Clearwater Ice Storm as a Board Member and Coach since 2019 when the program was founded. Chase’s three seasons with the Ice Storm have ended with State Championships. Beau coaches the 15AA team.  He moved from Minnesota to Florida in High School and has seen the evolution of Florida hockey firsthand. Both Chase and Beau played for Director, Fred Eaton, and credit a lot of their coaching styles to his elite high intensity training. “Freddie has taken us under his wing and put us around the best coaches in the Tampa area since we both started coaching. Being around guys like our staff and being able to talk hockey with great hockey minds has been huge in developing as coaches and we push ourselves to be better every day just like we demand from our players at the Ice Storm,” said Bafia.

Brady Burke and Aidan Besedic are stand-out alumni who played with the Ice Storm. Burke and Besedic both play in the NA3HL for the St. Louis Jr. Blues.

Be sure to like and follow Clearwater Ice Storm on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation (AHF) is a USA Hockey Sanctioned Elite Tier-II Youth Hockey League that facilitates games throughout the U.S. for its club members and families. The AHF provides high-quality league games and showcases for over 600 teams in the Mid-Atlantic uniquely catering to its member-owned clubs. The AHF currently fields youth hockey programs at AA, A, and B divisions for the following age groups: the 8U AAA Full Ice, 8U Half Ice, 10U, 12U, 14U, 15U/16U, and 18U age levels. The AHF is truly a unique opportunity as each of the Founders and Member clubs operate at all levels of the youth and junior hockey spectrum from Mite to Midget at the youth level and from Tier III juniors all the way up to Tier I juniors in the USHL. If you are looking for value and exposure to play college hockey, the AHF is also for you.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is pleased to announce the addition of the Mission Arizona Hockey Club for the 2023-24 season. Mission Arizona Ice is based out of Peoria, Arizona and consists of 11 teams and about 220 players.

Mission teams competed in the AHF at various age levels in 2022 as guest teams in the October and November AA showcases. Next season, Mission’s 16/18AA teams will be showcase members in the AHF.

Mission Arizona Hockey Club has teams that range from 8U to 18U. Jeremy Goltz and Scott Farber are featured coaches for Mission Arizona teams. Jeremy is the founder and Coach-in-Chief of Mission AZ Ice. He is the former Head Coach of the ASU Sun Devil D1 Hockey program (2008-2010), where in just two years he led the Sun Devils to their second best season in the program’s history. Goltz was awarded the 2010 American Collegiate Hockey Association’s D1 Coach of the Year. As a former Sun Devil, Jeremy’s jersey number 21 was retired last year. Scott is the head coach for the 16U AA team and assistant for 18U AA with Jeremy. 

Mission Arizona is affiliated with the Bozeman Icedogs of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The NA3HL is an American Tier III junior ice hockey league that consists of teams from Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Nick Weber, Nicolas Coppola, Payton Goltz and Chris Fritz are all standout Mission AZ alumni. Nick plays for Post University, Nicolas is playing for Westfield State University, Payton plays for Arcadia University and Chris plays for University of Arizona.  

“We are very proud to be a member of this league and look forward to the opportunity for years to come,” said founder Jeremy Goltz.

Be sure to follow Mission Arizona Hockey Club on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation (AHF) is a USA Hockey Sanctioned Elite Tier-II Youth Hockey League that facilitates games throughout the U.S. for its club members and families. The AHF provides high-quality league games and showcases for over 600 teams in the Mid-Atlantic uniquely catering to its member-owned clubs. The AHF currently fields youth hockey programs at AA, A, and B divisions for the following age groups: the 8U AAA Full Ice, 8U Half Ice, 10U, 12U, 14U, 15U/16U, and 18U age levels. The AHF is truly a unique opportunity as each of the Founders and Member clubs operate at all levels of the youth and junior hockey spectrum from Mite to Midget at the youth level and from Tier III juniors all the way up to Tier I juniors in the USHL. If you are looking for value and exposure to play college hockey, the AHF is also for you.

The AHF announces the Players of the Week for the week ending January 29th, 2023.  The Players of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2022-23 season that honors players in all divisions. Only players that are nominated by their respective teams are considered.

Age Level / Division: 10A

Team: Igloo Jaguars

Player: Jaden Feeney (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 9, Assists: 2

“Jaden scored his league leading 94th goal of the season this weekend and led his team to two wins over Maryland Black Bears and Grundy Senators.” said Coach Bryan Hornung. 

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Age Level / Division: 10AA

Team: Jaguars

Player: Evan campagnola (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 0, Assists: 1

“Evan played very aggressively and made some great plays.” said Coach Carl Orth.

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Age Level / Division: 10B

Team: Hollydell Hurricanes

Player: Joe Chapowski (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 5, Saves: 30

“The Hurricanes went on to win 6-5 thanks to goalie Joe Chapowski’s game winning glove save! The stakes were high in this battle of a game against a higher ranked team. The scores went back and forth and ultimately came down to a shoot out. At the final shootout attempt, a stoic Joe Chapowski makes a sweet glove save for the game winner! WELL DONE SMOKIN’ JOE!” said Coach Paul Rohanna. 

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Age Level / Division: 12A

Team: Valley Forge Colonials 12U Silver

Player: Patrick Jackson (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 4, Assists: 2

“This weekend Patrick stepped up in key moments of the games. He was able to provide an offensive spark when we needed it most. In addition, he played shut down defense throughout the games.” said Coach Vincent Scala.

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Age Level / Division: 12AA

Team: Palmyra Black Knights

Player: Jayden Miller (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 2, Assists: 0

“Jayden had two critical goals in helping our team to a couple big wins this weekend. Way to go Jayden!” said Coach Mark Krull.

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Age Level / Division: 12B

Team: Valley Forge Colonials Fields

Player: Cooper Stay (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 0

“Cooper has been a leader on our team all year. He helped set the standard for a team learning about consistent work ethic. His skills have developed immensely and it is leading to more scoring opportunities for himself and his linemates.” said Coach John Fields.

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Age Level / Division: 13AA

Team: Valley Forge Colonials

Player: Stephen Smith (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 0, Assists: 1

“Stephen has done a great job playing center this entire season. He has really focused on being relentless on the puck while avoiding penalties. This change alone has led to greater success for his line and the team. On top of this his work ethic is stellar and he always is trying to improve his offensive game.” said Coach John Fields.

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Age Level / Division: 14A 

Team: North Jersey Avalanche Gold

Player: Jack Sonzogni (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 2, Assists: 1

“Jack played a huge role in our victory Sunday morning. Jack was credited with 2 goals and 1 assist, for one of his most productive games of the season. Jack has been a steady force for our team all year and it was nice to see him be rewarded for it with a multiple-point game this weekend.” said Coach Evan Calendrillo.

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Age Level / Division: 14AA

Team: Haverford Hawks

Player: Daniel Donegan (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 3, Assists: 1

“Donegan’s hard work and ability to drive the net led to his 3 goals and 1 assist for the weekend.” said Coach Daniel Donegan.

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Age Level / Division: 14B

Team: Carlorth

Player: Nickolas Smith (F) – Games: 5, Goals: 0, Assists: 3

“Great work ethic and major leadership skills from Nickolas this weekend!” said his coach.

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Age Level / Division: 15AA

Team: Royals

Player: Reilly Gilligan (D) – Games: 4, Goals: 3, Assists: 2

“Great weekend for Reilly with three goals and two assists from defense.” said Coach Vince Prozzillo.

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Age Level / Division: 16A

Team: Delaware Ducks

Player: Corbin Mervine (D) – Games: 3, Goals: 0, Assists: 5

“Corbin put up five assists in our three games this weekend. He played a mix of both defense and offense between the games. He generated a lot of scoring chances and made some big defensive plays.” said Coach Garrett McManus.

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Age Level / Division: 18A

Team: Wissahickon Warriors Red

Player: Matt Flynn (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 2, Assists: 9

“Matt had an 11 point weekend, including 9 assists (8 of them primary assists) helping us to a 2-1 weekend. On Sunday alone, Matt had 5 assists and now he now has 54 assists in 35 games, leading all of the AHF by 10 assists.” said Coach Frank Blust.

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Age Level / Division: 18AA

Team: Team Philadelphia

Player: Andrew Pisano (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 2, Assists: 9

“Andrew had 11 points in three games this weekend which included a five assist game in our final game of the weekend.” said Coach Eric Wolf.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

10U A
Lorenzo Muratore (F) – Long Island Rebels
Alex Neu (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2
Luca Fracchiola (D) – Metro Militia
Pete Coyle (G) – Royals White
Luca Fracchiolla (D) – Metro Militia
Jensen Hoffman (D) – Southern Maryland Sabres

10U B
Luke McCluskey (D) – Haverford Hawks
Shubh Bajoria (F) – Igloo Jaguars
Daniel Millison (F) – Valley Forge Colonials Skelton
Sam Dannenfelser (F) – Tomorrow’s Ice White
William McCullough (F) – Haverford Hawks Wharton

12U A
Ashton Holley (F) – Capital City Vipers 1
Boden King (F) – Royals
Nash Hudson (F) – Rockets
Michael Shawver (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes

12U B
Hugo Nelson (D) – Royals
Avery Lee (F) – Metro Militia
Aidan Berry (G) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Jack Vasquez (G) – Valley Forge Colonials
Carter Huber (F) – Valley Forge Colonials

13U AA
Jack Murphy (F) – Rockets

14U AA
Steven LaRosa (F) – Rockets

14U A
James Morino (F) – NJ Stars Black
Cayden Booth (D) – WBS Jr. Knights
Rocco DiMario (F) – Haverford Hawks Dinmore
Martin Elwell-Anderson (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Henry Rademacher (F) – Wissahickon Warriors
Maximilian Fish (F) – Rockets Hockey Club

16U A
Sami Slepak (F) – Rockets
Michael Saab (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth

18U A
Eric Fral (F) – Royals
Mitchell Thompson (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

Atlantic Hockey Federation is pleased to announce Academic Honor Roll, with a total of 1,347 AHF athletes being recognized. To earn a spot on the AHF Honor Roll, the student-athlete must have a 3.5 GPA or higher. Congratulations to all our scholar-athletes for this academic achievement! It is a reflection to their commitment in both the classroom and our league.

Click here to view the complete list of honorees

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is excited to announce the next webinar in the Federation Educational Series. The Pathway to Junior Hockey will dive into the different routes that players have to play junior hockey.   

Commissioner Tony Zasowski will cover the Junior Leagues that are available in North America and what each league has to offer. Tony will be joined by USHL Youngstown Phantoms Assistant Coach Brandon Gotkin, NAHL Maryland Black Bears Head Coach and General Manager Clint Mylymok, and NCDC Mercer Chiefs Head Coach Rob Broderick.

Pathway to Junior Hockey

Date: Monday, February 13th

Time: 6:00 pm EST

RSVP: CLICK HERE

All players and their families are welcome to attend this webinar presentation.

The AHF Quebec team takes flight next week for the 2023 International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 

Puck drops on Friday, February 10th for an exhibition game against Team Doritos. The team takes on Vermont Flames Academy Sunday at the well-known Videotron Centre, the 18,259 seat  home of the Quebec Remparts. 

Along with exhibition and tournament games, the team has events planned to experience the culture of Quebec. A carnival, pond hockey, Ice Castle, and the infamous exchanging the pins are just a few activities the team will participate in during their week.

To see the full schedule for the tournament, click here. Follow along on social media as we post matchups, scores, and photos throughout the week.