Posted: 03/05/2008

ANNOUNCING THE 1ST ANNUAL
ALL LEAGUE HONORS FOR MIDGET AGE GROUP

COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 24, 2008 - Buckeye Travel Hockey League, comprised of hockey associations from West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, announced their first All League Honors for their two 18 year old and under divisions.

Both divisions, utilizing coaches' voting and awarding points for goals and assists, named a first and second line all league team with an additional 13 players receiving honorable mention. In the AA division players were selected from among 6 teams and 117 players while honorees for the A division were selected from 7 teams and 132 players.

The Buckeye Travel Hockey League is in its thirteenth year and provides the opportunity for children from Mites (8 and under) through Midgets (18 and under), to develop their hockey skills while playing top teams from other cities within the USA Hockey defined Mid Am district of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

Posted: 02/29/2008

Spring Hockey at N. Kentucky Ice Center

Begins March 3rd. Features include:

• Girls program
• Tykes (3-6 yrs)
• Mites
• Squirts
• Peewee/Bantam
• Midget/High School.

Posted: 07/30/2007 Updated: 02/27/2008

BTHL Year-End Tournament

( 02/27/2008 ) All tournament game results and brackets have been posted. Congratulations to all the tournament champions and good luck in any post season tournaments you may be participating in. For managers that are interested, you can continue to add games to your schedule and post results through out the spring. If any BTHL teams are participating in their respective State Advancing Tournaments, please drop me a note and I'll add a paragraph to the News section highlighting your achievements as you hopefully continue through Districts and Nationals. To everyone else, enjoy the off-season and we'll see you next year!

( 02/18/2008 ) All teams for the second weekend have been seeded and the brackets have been posted. Again, PLEASE take the time to look them over and report any errors to our Tournament Director, Jim Geyer, ASAP!

1. Check your game results for accuracy and verify that your team has been seeded properly.
2. IF you've tied another team in points, verify that the tie breaker has been properly applied.
3. Make sure the schedule makes sense logistically. In other words, can you physically be at the next rink ready to play at the posted time in the event of a either a win or loss.

I will post results from the first weekend just as soon as I receive them. In the meantime, team managers can also post results (with stats) if desired. I'll fill in the brackets as results are received.

( 01/09/2008 ) The tournament brackets have now been posted (linked from the standings page at the bottom of each division). Your team will be plugged into the appropriate slot as the seedings are locked in. Please review the brackets and notify us if you see an obvious conflict or error.

For hotel information please refer to the listing on the Cincinnati website at http://www.cincinnatihockey.org.

( 07/30/2007 ) The tournament games are all in Cincinnati and the dates are as follows:

• Feb 15-17: All Bantams and Midgets.
• Feb 22-24: All Mites, Squirts and PeeWees.

Posted: 02/25/2008

CINCINNATI 4-ON-4 SPRING HOCKEY PROGRAM

Program emphasizes fun, friendship and development with 60 minutes of non-stop play. Spring pods begin the week of March 24, 2008. Please visit the "Registration" link at www.cincinnatihockey.org to register and pay. Register by February 27, 2008 to take advantage of the $25.00 early registration discount. Final Registration Submission Deadline March 7, 2008

Posted: 01/28/2008

Centerville Bantam Team

Searching for a Head Coach for the 2008-09 season. If interested please contact Cheryl Dowd at mchdowd@sbcglobal.net.

Posted: 01/04/2008

Tournament in need of teams

The upcoming Winter Elite Classic Tournament (Jan 19 - 21st) in Cincinnati is in urgent need of teams at the Mite B/HS and PeeWee A divisions. For more information please go to their website at http://www.cincinnatihockey.org.

Posted: 12/10/2007 Updated: 12/20/2007

Congratulations to the Dayton Bluehawks Midget18 AA team

They won the Silver Stick Mid American Regionals Tournament yesterday in Dayton and will now play in the "Silver Stick 39th Annual Atom & Midget Finals" in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada on January 18-20, 2008. Check here for results.

Congratulations and good luck in the land up north!

Posted: 12/18/2007

Congratulations to the Cincinnati Cyclones Squirt AA Minor Team

They won Mid-American Silver Stick Regional and will be traveling north to New Market, Ontario for the 22nd Annual Minor AA Finals January 17-20, 2008.

The BTHL is proud of your accomplishment and wish you good luck in the tournament final!

Posted: 10/05/2007 Updated: 10/09/2007

Special Parking Instructions for Bird Arena in Athens

The rink parking lot is closed due to yet another construction project. Please refer to the special directions and map before making the trip.

Posted: 10/03/2007

Game Result Reporting

League games are scheduled to start this weekend and a few reminders are in order:

1. Be sure to submit your USA Hockey Roster to your division director BEFORE playing any league games! Please read the BTHL rule regarding rosters.
2. Home teams are responsible for reporting results. I would like to see them reported Sunday evening or first thing Monday morning. My goal is to post an up-to-date and complete League Standings on Monday morning. It would be nice to do it just once.
3. Home teams are responsible for mailing Scoresheets to the Division Directors and this should be done on a weekly basis. Make it part of your routine and please follow through with it. The Division Directors have a big job and by doing your part you can make their job much easier.
4. It's the home team's responsibility to report scores but note that results will be accepted from ANYONE (that means you!). Check out the unreported scores and, if you know the results for one of the games, please share it with me (and I'll share it with everyone else). Send an email to Len@HoltgrevenScale.com and I'll post it.
5. BOTH teams are responsible for reporting game misconducts. Send your division director an email and follow it up with a FAXED scoresheet. Normally there should be some hand written notes from the officials on the back of the scoresheet so be sure to fax both front and back. The home team should also mail in a copy of the scoresheet in the event that something is not readable on the fax.
6. Statistics are entered by team managers. Both home and away teams have access to enter stats and they can be entered and updated an unlimited number of times.
7. Please feel free to add your non-league and tournament games to your schedule. (Managers, click on the [Edit Schedule] button at the bottom of your schedule and then [Add] game at the bottom of the resulting screen. After the games show up on your schedule the results can be reported in the same manner as a league game, including individual player statistics. Note that the statistics will show up for the non-league games, but they will not be included with the summarized stats shown on the team roster. The summarized stats are for league games only.

Len

Posted: 10/02/2007

Pictures from the 1st BTHL Pre-Season Placement Tournament

Check them out at http://cincinnatihockey.org.

Posted: 09/29/2007 4:50pm

Schedule has been Posted

Managers, please pull up your schedule and verify the accuracy. Send me an email with corrections or confirming that what's posted is accurate.

Please note you can also add non-league games if desired. At the bottom of your schedule is an [Edit] button, from there you can either [Add] games or [Edit] times and venues of existing games. Remember this is NOT a live update. Each change generates a specially formatted email which is periodically read by my program and posted in batches.

Posted: 09/21/2007 Updated: 09/26/2007

Divisions have been formed

(Added 9/26) The PeeWee "A2" division has been added and is reflected on the Standings page. The Midget16 division has been eliminated and all teams have moved up to Midget18.

The 2007-2008 Buckeye Divisions have been posted. If a team would like to petition to change divisions, the petition will need to indicate the teams current division, the desired division and the reason for the petition. All petitions must be submitted by Sunday, 5:00 pm to Hugh Miller at nkic@fuse.net.

A Buckeye Board meeting to consider the petitions will be held Sunday night. Results will be posted by Monday, 9/24.

Division formation:
Bantam A: Teams within the "A" grouping were very close, so we formed two equivalent A divisions. While the divisions are smaller, it leaves room for non-league crossover games.

Peewee AA/A/A1/A2:
In this division, there were 4 distinct skill groupings of teams. We divided the league accordingly.
Note: The program has to be modified to accomodate 4 levels of play resulting in the standings page showing (2) A level brackets (Hoosier & Bluegrass). Note that the A-Hoosier is our "A" level, the A-Bluegrass is our "A1" division and the current "A1" is actually our "A2" division. Sorry for the confusion, this will be fixed next week sometime before the scheduling meeting.

Squirt A:
Teams within the "A" grouping were very close, so we formed two equivalent A divisions. While the divisions are smaller, it leaves room for non-league crossover games.

Posted: 08/30/2007 Updated: 09/26/2007

Scheduling Meeting

The BTHL Regular Season Scheduling meeting will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, September 29, at Hara Arena in Dayton. For those of you that attended last year, it's in the same room. For those that were not there, we will have a small Marquee in front of a small parking lot noting the entrance. Note that the entrance is in the front of the building, not the back where you enter for games. PLEASE arrive at least 15 minutes early and promptly take a seat so we can start on time.

(Added 9/26) There will be a Board Meeting before the scheduling meeting, in the same room at 9:00am. Attendance is not mandatory but all are welcome, please feel free to sit in. Hope to see you there!

Posted: 09/18/2007

Tournaments

A Mite B division has been added to the Dayton Banner held October 5-6 at Hara Arena. Contact Charlie Wasczenski at Charlie.WASCZENSKI@fidbank.com for more information. In addition, there are openings in the A and AA divisions at all age groups.

Columbus (IN) is hosting their annual Fall Foliage Tournamnet Oct 12-14 and is in need of teams. Additional information can be found in the tournament listing.

Posted: 08/31/2007 Updated: 09/12/2007

Pre-Season Seeding Tournament Schedule

The tournament schedule has been posted. To pull it up, display the "Standings" page and click on your team.

A number of minor changes and corrections have been made over the past week with the last one done today (9/12/2007). PLEASE be sure to verify your schedule, it could have changed since you last looked.

Posted: 09/12/2007

Team Tryouts

Team is looking for a goalkeeper for this season. Please contact the coach, Bob Bove, at rcbove@cinci.rr.com.

Posted: 08/30/2007

Team Contacts

The team contact information as provided by your team applications has now been entered. Managers, please take the time to verify the accuracy of your team information. In particular, check email addresses and phone #s. If there are any errors or additions you can send them directly to me at Len@HoltgrevenScale.com.

Posted: 08/28/2007

Rosters can be entered

Team managers can now enter rosters. The entered rosters will be available to managers for any additions, deletions or edits until the official USA Hockey Roster has been submitted and verified by the division managers.

To enter a roster, pull up your team schedule (linked on the standings page) and click on the [Edit Roster] button. Fill out the "Password Request" form and submit it. If cookies are enabled on your browser you should have instant access, otherwise you will not have access until after I've processed the request. Please note that passwords from last season have been cleared, you must submit a new request for this season. Also note that you must use Microsoft Internet Explorer; browsers from Apple, AOL or Firefox do not support the Data Binding feature used by my system. If the Password Request form does not show up when you click on the [Edit Roster] button then please click here and be sure to select the correct team.

Posted: 08/07/2007

The Team Application has been POSTED

All teams must submit an application, roster and check to participate in the Pre-season tournament. Please note that the due date is NEXT WEEK.

Posted: 08/02/2007

**** YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! ****

Posted: 07/13/2007

Message from the President

As most of you know by now at the Annual Buckeye League Meeting a pre-season seeding tournament was approved. This has been two years in the making and I am very excited that this is finally completed. Please see the attached final addition of the completed proposal. There are some important dates everyone needs to be aware of.

August 24th all registration fees are due along with team registration sheet. A new registration sheet will be posted soon. It is very important to have this in to the competition comm. prior to that date as we only have 4 days to post the pre-season rankings and to post the tournament schedule on September 1. Your cooperation with this very important date will be greatly appreciated.

All scrimmage games will be played on Sept. 15 or 16. Each team will play four 30-minute games on only one day. After the tournament is completed divisions will be posted on Sept. 18. All teams will have until Sept. 20 to petition for a change of division. On Sept. 23 all final divisions will be posted and the scheduling meeting will be Sept. 29.

For the Sept. 15, 16 games we will need volunteers to serve as observers of each of the games. We would like to have at least two observers for each game. If you are interested in helping out please let me know by e-mail.

Again I am very excited and believe that this is an important addition to our league so the kids can have a more enjoyable experience throughout the season. If you have any questions at all, please e-mail me at nkic@fuse.net or call me on my cell at 859-992-3013.

Hugh Miller, BTHL President

Competition Committee Proposal (Updated) ( html version ).

Posted: 03/16/2007