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Posted: 04/05/2000

NATIONALS

Check out the results at Nationals as they happen.
Rosters, Schedules, Game results, Leading scorers, Leading goaltenders, and MORE!

All can be found at USARinks.com

Posted: 03/30/2000 Updated: 04/03/2000

Letter received from Carson Woods of the Columbus Blue Jackets

The NHL expansion Columbus Blue Jackets have extended a special seating program to the Buckeye Travel Hockey League. For a limited time only, a block of Blue Jackets seats are being reserved in the new Nationwide Arena for members of the BTHL.

In order to gauge the interest level, they would like a response faxed to them by April 7. For those of you that did not receive a form in the mail, you can either:

  1. Click here if you have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer
  2. Email me at bthl@mail.bright.net and I'll send you a copy.
Please note this is NOT a commitment to purchase, this is simply to gauge interest.

If there is enough interest to move forward with the program, then our players, coaches and family members will be able to purchase 3 & 6 game mini-packages (not available to the general public). Also, our teams could possibly have access to up to 60 seats for a team or group outing. However, the only way to make this happen is with your help. Because of ticket demand, they feel it's highly unlikely that the Blue Jackets will be offering group sales to the general public.

According to the literature I've received, there will only be 1500-2000 single game tickets available each game. Those tickets range in price from as low as $20 in the upper bowl to as much as $60 in the lower bowl. They expect all available tickets to be sold out before the season even starts. If you think you have an interest, PLEASE respond to their offer. Remember, this is not a commitment to purchase.

Posted: 02/24/2000 Updated: 04/03/2000

2000/2001 Season Try-outs


Junior

The Columbus Crush Junior hockey club of the
will be holding try outs June 9-11 at The in Dublin Ohio.

For more info please e-mail Keith Morris, Head Coach

Midget

Dayton Gems

  • Thursday April 13 9:30 - 10:30 p.m.
  • Monday April 17 9:30 - 10:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday April 18 9:30 - 10:30 p.m.

  • Cost is $45 for all three sessions.

Website: (http://www.gemshockey.com)
Check out the website for additional information and try-out dates for other Dayton Gems teams.

Fairmont Firebirds

  • Monday, April 17 - 9:00pm to 10:30pm
  • Wednesday, April 19 - 9:30pm to 11:30pm
  • Monday, April 24 - 9:00pm to 10:30pm
  • Monday, May 1 - 8:30pm to 10:30pm

  • Cost is $10 per session.

Website: (http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/7582/)

Bantam

N. Kentucky Bantam "AA"

  • May 1 8:30 - 9:30 pm (All at No. Ky. Ice Center)
  • May 8 8:30 - 9:30 pm
  • May 15 8:30 - 9:30 pm
  • May 18 at 6:00 - 7:20 pm

  • Cost is $30.00

Email: Hugh Miller Phone: 606-344-1981 ext 6

Posted: 3/19/2000

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* * * 2000 Mid American District * * *
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PeeWee Bantam Midget
  1. Toledo Storm "AA" (2)
  2. Southpointe (1)
  1. Dayton Gems "AA" (3-0-1)
  2. Indy Racers "AA" (3-1-0)
  1. Sylvania Maple Leafs (4-0)
  2. Fort Wayne "AA" (3-1)

Congratulations to all the 2000 Mid-Am finalists and GOOD LUCK to Toledo, Dayton and Sylvania at Nationals!

Posted: 03/13/2000 Updated: 03/15/2000

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* * * * 2000 State Tournaments * * * *
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ohio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PeeWee Bantam Midget
  1. Toledo Storm "AA" (5)
  2. Dayton Gems Major (0)
  1. Dayton Gems "AA" (2)
  2. Columbus Bluejackets (1)
  1. Cleveland Jr Lumberjacks (5)
  2. Strongsville (1)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Indiana - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PeeWee Bantam Midget
  1. Indianapolis Racers "AA" (7)
  2. Indianapolis Racers "A" (1)
  1. Indianapolis Racers "AA" (4-0)
  2. Indianapolis Blues "AA" (3-1)
  1. Fort Wayne Komets "AA" (7)
  2. South Bend Irish Rovers (1)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kentucky - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PeeWee Bantam Midget
  1. Louisville Panthers (9)
  2. Owensboro Blast (0)
  1. Louisville Panthers (6)
  2. Lexington Bluegrass (0)
  1. Louisville Panthers "AA" (8)
  2. Lexington Bluegrass (2)
Congratulations to the 2000 State finalists! (BTHL teams in Bold print)

Good luck in Sylvania at the Mid-Am District Tournament!

League Satisfaction Survey

Posted: 02/24/2000 Updated: 03/08/2000

PLEASE! In order to better evaluate the 1999-00 season and to adequately plan for next year, the BTHL Board asks that all members (Association officers, coaches, managers, parents, players) complete a survey. The form can be completed on line, or if you prefer, your local BTHL Rep should have the paper form. The results are being tabulated as received.

Posted: 02/05/2000 Updated: 03/06/2000

Ohio High School State Champs

St. Ignatius wins 4-0 over Padua in an "all-Cleveland" final. All the qualifying brackets leading up to the final can be found here.

[ Western - Upper ] | [ Western - Lower ] | [ Eastern - Upper ] | [ Eastern - Lower ]

Posted: 11/23/1999 Updated: 03/01/2000

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS


 Mite Squirt PeeWee Bantam Midget All Ages
Points click here click here click here click here click here click here
Save% click here click here click here click here click here click here
Penalties click here click here click here click here click here click here
Penalty Mins click here click here click here click here click here click here

Notes:

  1. These tables have been available all season under the "Rosters" section and to view them you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above. Netscape does not support the required features and will give you "Javascript errors". Note that most AOL CDs have IE 5.0 included.
  2. These stats have been entered by your team managers (not me) via the online game reporting system. If there are errors please contact your manager, he/she can make the corrections. (I will not enter statistics).
  3. The names are sorted by the statistic (points, saves, etc) and listed in descending order with "zeros" filtered out. A complete list of names can be seen by clicking on the "Team", "Name", "Pos" or "Yr" columns.
  4. The list can be printed by "Right clicking" anywhere on the desired list and selecting "Print" from the resulting menu.
  5. The time for your browser to load the data will take anywhere from a few seconds to as much as a minute depending on how fast (or slow) your internet connection is (when viewing "All Ages" in particular). Watch the message in the lower left hand corner of your browser. As it's loading it will altenate between "Loading dataset..." and "Data binding". It will say "Done" when complete. Once the data is loaded you can sort by other statistics simply by clicking the desired column heading. This is much faster than returning to the Bulletin Board and clicking on another link since the data is already "loaded".

Posted: 02/21/2000 Updated: 02/28/2000

* * 2000 Tournament Champions * *

Midget

  1. Dayton Gems (1st seed "Hoosier")
  2. Hamilton Hawks (1st seed "Blue Grass")

Bantam
"AA"
"A"
  1. South Bend Irish Rovers (2nd seed)
  2. Columbus Blue Jackets (1st seed)
  1. N. Kentucky (3rd seed)
  2. Cincinnati (4th seed)

PeeWee
"AA"
"A"
  1. Dayton Gems Major (2nd seed)
  2. Cincinnati Cyclones (1st seed)
  1. Cincinnati Cyclones(1st seed)
  2. Findlay Oilers (3rd seed)

Squirt
"AA"
"A"
  1. Cincinnati Cyclones (2nd seed)
  2. Oxford/Butler County (5th seed)
  1. Dayton Gems (1st seed)
  2. Dayton Bombers (3rd seed)

Mite
  1. Indianapolis Mites (1st seed)
  2. Columbus Flames (2nd seed)

Congratulations to our 2000 tournament champions and GOOD LUCK TO ALL in your State Tournaments!

Posted: 10/06/1999 Updated: 02/16/2000

Association Sponsored Tournaments

Columbus (Indiana) Spring Tournament in need of Bantam team.
Contact Doug Losure @ 812/342-0866 ASAP if interested.

Posted: 02/15/2000

Midget Tournament Schedule Change

The Midget Tournament game times were changed yesterday. PLEASE check the website for the current schedule.

** League Standings Tie Breaker **

Posted: 02/07/2000

The following tie breaker will be used in the case of a tie in points for regular season standings (same as last year):

  1. Results of Head-to-head series between tied teams.
  2. Goal differential (Goals For minus Goals Against) in games between tied teams.
  3. Goals Against in games between tied teams.
  4. Goal differential in all league games.
  5. Goals Against in all league games.
  6. If still tied then declare co-champions. (Coin flip will be used for tournament seeding).

Posted: 02/05/2000

Tournament Reminder

Our tournament director would like to remind everyone to get their applications in. Also, as requested on the application, PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR ROSTER.

Posted: 01/20/2000

Hotel Rooms for BTHL Tournament

The Courtyard Marriott/Dayton Mall has rooms blocked off for our Tournament. Both weekends of February 18-20 and February 25-27. The room rate is $49/night. Call the hotel at 937-433-3131, ask for Amy Delph and mention that you are attending the Buckeye Travel Hockey League Tournament.

Posted: 01/20/2000

Year-end Tournament Brackets are Posted!

Managers will be receiving additional information in the mail.

Mite Squirt A
Squirt AA		 PeeWee A
PeeWee AA		 Bantam A
Bantam AA		 Midget

Brackets can also be accessed from the standings page, click on the "Tournament bracket" link found at bottom of each division.

Managers should print out a Tournament Application Form, fill it out and mail with payment to address shown on the form.

Tournament Rules (Corrected tie breaker for Squirt A/AA on 1/24/2000).

Thank you and good luck in the tournament!

Originally posted: 09/28/1999 Updated: 12/22/1999,02/14/2000 02/16/2000

ROSTERS

Our deadline of Dec 31st has now passed and I'm still in need of numerous rosters. Unless you're waiting for the return of a last minute addendum PLEASE send me a copy of your stamped roster NOW. You should all have any last minute addendums on hand by now.

I need rosters from the following teams:

  • Indiana (6 teams)
    • Evansville - PeeWee
    • Fort Wayne - Squirt
    • Indy Blues - PeeWee
    • Indy Racers - PeeWee A1, Midget
    • South Bend - Bantam
  • Kentucky ( 7 1 team )
    • Louisville - Midget
    • Northern Kentucky - Mite, Squirt A & AA, PeeWee A, Bantam A, Midget
  • Ohio (19 teams)
    • Athens - Midget
    • Cincinnati - Squirt A, PeeWee A & AA, Bantam A, Midget
    • Columbus Crush - Bantam
    • CAHA Bluejackets - Bantam AA
    • Dayton Bomber - Squirt A
    • Dayton Gems - Mite, Squirt Minor & AA, PeeWee A & Major, Midget
    • Easton Ice Dragons - Bantam
    • Findlay - Squirt, PeeWee
    • Fairmont - Bantam
    • Hamilton - Midget
    • Oxford - Mite
    • Toledo - PeeWee

That's 32 1 out of 58 teams. I had hoped for much better by this time. Your cooperation would be very much appreciated.

Len

Posted: 11/10/1999

Mistake in the Minutes

It has been brought to our attention that there was a mistake regarding the Bantam AA year-end tournament dates in the October meeting minutes. The mistake has been corrected. Please accept our apology for the confusion.

Posted: 10/13/1999

Non-League Results

Non-league games are optional to report. If you'd like your non-league games to show up on the website please send me your schedule. I will enter the schedule, but I'm asking you (the team manager) to enter scores using the online system. If you don't intend to follow up with the game results (win or lose) please don't bother me the schedule.

If you have questions about using the system I'd be happy to work with you and try to get you going.

Good luck and have fun!
Len

Posted: 10/08/1999

STATISTICS

A few notes for those of you using the online game reporting system.

  1. Penalty minutes can be entered in whole numbers. There is no need to enter the ":00" of a 2 minute penalty.
  2. For the purpose of statistics reporting, a game misconduct is entered as 10 minutes. As an example, a player that gets a Major penalty for checking from behind would have 2 penalties and 15 minutes. (5 minute major plus a game misconduct).
  3. Game misconducts are indicated by entering an asterick (*) in the blank box under the "GameSusp" column.
  4. If one goalie is used during a game the system will simply use "Goals Against" to calculate the "Save%". (Be sure to enter "Saves" not "Shots"!) If multiple goalies are used then it becomes slightly more complicated. You need to enter the goals against for each goalie under the "Goals" column next to the goalies name. The system assumes your goalie will not be scoring any goals, if he/she does score then send me an email and I'll update the system manually.
  5. Individual statistics can be entered and/or updated an unlimited number of times. Note that the system does not update the website "live". A specially formatted email message is sent which I must receive and post. The latest message received (even if back to back) will overwrite previous updates. (So give your postings a day or two to show up before you bombard the system with additional updates).
  6. You may find it easier to enter data by scrolling through the form using your [Tab] key. The problem is that all the fields on the form are pre-filled with spaces and you will not be able to enter data until the spaces have been "deleted". For the first time user this can be a little confusing because it's not real obvious just what's going on. Advancing through the form with the [Tab] key will automatically highlight the entire field and allow you to enter data directly.
  7. Be patient when attempting to view the age group statistics. Allow the entire file to load before clicking on one of the sort columns. If you click too early you'll be viewing an incomplete file and the only way to get the complete file is to "Refresh" the page.
  8. If your jersey #s on the online roster are wrong, correct them before posting game results. All statistics are tracked by jersey #, not the name. If games have already been posted then you'll need to re-post them after your roster has been corrected.

Len

Posted: 10/04/1999

SCORESHEETS

Home teams - please mail your scoresheets in at the end of each weekend. Mail them to:

Buckeye Travel Hockey League
c/o Len Holtgreven
1707 Cherry Ln
Findlay, OH 45840

With these scoresheets I do 3 things:

  1. Verify the accuracy of the reported score.
  2. Check for unreported game suspensions.
  3. Verify that game suspensions have been served.

You can look at your schedule on the web and see for yourself which scoresheets have been turned in, the game results will be in bold print. Regarding the game suspensions, in the interest of timely information, please fax those scoresheets to me @ 419/422-9036 (please mail the others). Due to past problems with inaccurate verbal reports, I will not post player names until I've received a hard copy of the scoresheet.

Posted: 09/19/1999

SCHEDULES

Schedules have been entered and are now posted. Please print them out and review them ASAP. If there are any corrections I need to hear from you. If there are NO corrections I want to know that too.

Thanks for your help and have a GREAT season!

Please note that the "Data Binding" used throughout this website (added in June of 1998) requires Internet Explorer (Version 4.0 or above). Any "JavaScript Errors" which may appear on your screen are probably due to an incompatible browser. Internet Explorer is free and available as a download from the Microsoft website.

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