High School Hockey Rankings #3 (Top 20)

This week I have expanded the top 10 into a top 20 now that there has been a benchmark of games for all teams, including many cross-division games. The ranks will include in order: rank, team, record, division, previously ranked, and next week's opponents.


Top 20 Overall:

1. Delbarton: (7-0-0) [1] Gordon American, They have 2 non-division games next week against #9 Mo-Beard and then head up to play Hotchkiss Prep (1-3-0).

2. Don Bosco (10-0-0) [3] Gordon National, They play #14 Morris Knolls tomorrow to clinch the Ice Vault Tourny championship.

3. CBA (6-1-2) [2] Gordon American, They play #7 Gloucester Catholic and #12 Brick Township next week.

4. Bergen Catholic (3-4-0) [4] Gordon American, They play #17 Pope John, and Seton Hall in the first week of the New Year.

5. St. Peter's (3-5-1) [7] Gordon National, They play a top 5 game against #2 Don Bosco next week...time to prove something.

6. St. Augustine (2-4-1) [5] Gordon American, They play a top Pennsylvanian team: Holy Ghost Prep (PA), next week.

7. Gloucester Catholic (1-7-0) [6] Gordon American, They take on #3 CBA next week.

8. Randolph (6-0-2) [NR] Mennen, The still undefeated Randolph takes on #20 Chatham in an important Mennen conference game next year.

9. Mo-Beard (4-1-3) [8] Mennen, They take on West Morris Mendham tonight in a a Mennen-Halvorsen cross-over game.

10. Bridgewater-Raritan (7-1-1) [9] Skylands, They play #17 Pope John in the 3rd/4th place of the Bridgewater Tournament.

11. Montgomery (7-2-0) [NR] Skylands, They play #13 Ridge in the Bridgewater Tournament final tonight.

12. Brick Township (5-1-1) [NR] Shore A, They play #3 CBA in the New Year. This game can move Brick up a lot if they come out on top.

13. Ridge (6-2-1) [NR] Skylands, They play #11 Montgomery in the Bridgewater Tournament final tonight.

14. Morris Knolls (5-1-1) [NR] Mennen, They take on Pingry tonight and #2 Don Bosco tomorrow.

15. Morristown (8-2-0) [NR] Halvorsen, Morristown will play Hillsborough in Jefferson Tournament final tomorrow.

16. Kinnelon (7-2-0) [NR] Mennen, They have 2 games remaining in the Ice Vault Tournament against Holy Cross (NY), and Wayne Valley.

17. Pope John (3-5-1) [NR] Gordon National, They play #10 Bridgewater-Raritan tonight in a 3rd/4th place game in the Bridgewater Tournament.

18. Notre Dame (7-0-2) [NR] CVC-Valley, They take on #17 Pope John again in the New Year after tying them 2-2 last week.

19. Bishop Eustace (2-3-1) [NR] Gordon National, They have Princeton Day School, as well as a strong #2 Don Bosco in the New Year.

20. Chatham (5-4-1) [NR] Mennen, They take on non-ranked Pequannock in a 3rd/4th place game of the Jefferson Tournament.


On The Bubble:

Red Bank Catholic (2-2-3)
Summit (4-1-1)
Hillsborough (5-2-1)
Glen Rock (5-4-1)

Once again Happy Holidays, and Best of luck to all teams!

Holiday Tournament Predictions

Being that many Holiday tournaments start tomorrow, here are my predictions on the winners of each tournament, as well as the participating teams:

Ice Vault Classic: At The Ice Vault, Wayne

Gatorade Division:

Winner: Don Bosco

Participating teams: Don Bosco, Wayne Valley, Morris Knolls, Ramapo, Brick Memorial, Holy Cross (NY), Kinnelon, Ramsey

Aquafina Division:

Winner: Paramus Catholic

Participating teams: Paramus Catholic, Mahwah, St. Joe's Metuchen, Park Regional, Ridgewood, Monsignor Farrell (NY)

Mug Root Beer Division:

Winner: Indian Hills

Participating teams: Wayne Hills, Indian Hills, St. Joe's by the Sea (NY), Bernards, West Milford


Jefferson Tournament: At Skylands Ice World, Stockholm

Winner: Chatham
Participating teams: Jefferson, Morristown, Pequannock Hillsborough, Chatham, West Essex


Montclair Holiday Invite: At Clary Anderson Arena, Montclair

Winner: Tenafly

Participating teams: Montclair, Fairlawn, Northern Highlands, Tenafly


South Mountain Invite: At South Mountain Arena, West Orange

Winner: Seton Hall

Participating teams: Seton Hall, Dumont, Mountain Lakes, Nutley, Verona, Depaul Catholic, West Morris Central, Livingston


2011 Bridgewater Tournament: At Bridgewater Sports Arena, Bridgewater

Silver Division:

Winner: Bridgewater-Raritan

Participating teams: Bridgewater-Raritan, Montville, Middletown South, Ridge, Pope John, Howell, Glen Rock, Montgomery

Black Division:

Winner: Paramus

Participating teams: Middletown North, Mount Olive, Paramus, Roxbury, Watchung Hills, WWPN


Bayonne Tournament: At Korpi Arena, Bayonne

Winner: Bayonne

Participating teams: Bayonne, Edison, Woodbridge, Hudson Catholic


Sussex Cup: At Skylands Ice World, Stockholm
Winner: Sparta

Participating teams: Vernon, Sparta, Newton, High Point

Charles H. Housley Classic: At the Ice House, Hackensack

Winner: Lakeland

Participating teams: Hackensack, Riverdell, Old Tappan, Lakeland


Hamilton Holiday Tournament: At The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville

Winner: Steinert

Participating teams: Hamilton, Hightstown, Lawrence, Nottingham, St. Rose, Steinert

Best of luck to all teams, and Happy Holidays!

For full tournament schedules go to:

http://www.njhockey.org/2011-12HolidayTournaments.html

Bergen County Rankings #1

This year is the inaugural Bergen County Tournament. The tournament will consist of 12 teams playing games over 4 rounds in a bracket style. Teams with a winning percentage of .750 and higher are automatically admitted into the tournament, and all other teams are at-large entries. Although it is early and to make clear these are the unofficial BCT rankings (for now) here they are as long as each teams winning percentage:

The Top 12

1. Bergen Catholic (3-3-0) Gordon American (.500)
2. Don Bosco (8-0-0) Gordon National (1.000)
3. Glen Rock (4-2-1) Big North Green (.643)
4. Ramsey (4-1-0) Big North-Green (.800)
5. Tenafly (6-0-0) Big North-Gold (1.000)
6. St. Joes Montvale (5-0-0) Big North-Silver (1.000)
7. Paramus Catholic (6-1-0) Big North-Gold (.857)
8. Pascack Valley (3-1-0) Big North-Gold (.750)
9. Ramapo (5-2-0) Big North-Silver (.714)
10. Mahwah (4-2-0) Big North-Green (.667)
11. Paramus (3-2-0) Big North-Silver (.600)
12. Indian Hills (5-2-0) Big North-Green (.714)

On the Bubble:

Ridgewood (3-2-0) Big North-Gold (.600)
Fairlawn (5-1-0) Big North-Gold (.786)

As of right now 7 of the 12 teams would automatically qualify, but there is a lot of hockey left to be played.

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High School Hockey Rankings #2

This weeks ranks will include in order, rank, team, record, division, previously ranked, opponents played last week and who they play against this week.


Top 10 Overall:

1. Delbarton: (6-0-0) [1] Gordon American, they went up to Mass and beat the top 2 private schools (Catholic Memorial, and Maldern Catholic). They play Pope John Tuesday.

2. CBA (4-1-1) [4] Gordon American, beat BC and has a 3 game week against St. Peters, Gloucester Catholic, and Red Bank Catholic.

3. Don Bosco (7-0-0) [3] Gordon National, DBP showed their strength beating 2 non-confernce privates (Mo-Beard, MKA). They have Portledge (NY) and rival Bergen Catholic this week.

4. Bergen Catholic (3-3-0) [2] Gordon American, split games with St. Augustine but was definitely the stronger of the two teams from what I saw.

5. St. Augustine (1-4-1) [6] Gordon American, they split games with Bergen Catholic this past weeked. They play Gloucester Catholic this Friday.

6. Gloucester Catholic (1-4-0) [5] Gordon National, they didn't play since my past rankings, but has Holy Ghost Prep (PA), St. Augustine, and CBA this week...Should be a test.

7. St. Peter's (3-4-0) [7] Gordon National, beat Pope John but lost an out of state game to Upper Canada College (Toronto, Canada). They face St. Anthony's (NY) and CBA this week.

8. Mo-Beard (2-1-2) [8] Mennen, beat Jefferson but played well in a tough loss against Don Bosco. They play West Morris Central this week.

9. Bridgewater-Raritan (5-0-1) [NR] Skylands, had two really good wins over Ridge, and Montgomery. They play Watchung Hills this week.

10. Pope John (2-3-0) [6] Gordon National, lost two games this week (Seton Hall, St. Peter's) They need to bounce back this week to stay in the top ten. Next games: Delbarton, Notre Dame.


On The Bubble:

Randolph (3-0-2)
Glen Rock (4-2-1)
Bishop Eustace (1-3-0)
Brick Township (4-1-0)
Morris Knolls (3-1-0)
Summit (3-0-1)

St. Augustine, Gloucester Catholic, and St. Peter's all seem to be in the same boat right now, and each team could easily be switched into one anothers place in the top 10. I'm still looking for some Publics' to rise up.