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19 TEAM COMCAST PLAYERS CURRENTLY ON USHL DRAFT LIST!
'92 Birth Year: Gabe Antoni Dan Divis Jamie Hill Michael McCarthy Kyle Smith Andrew Tegeler '93 Birth Year: David Ferriera Zane Popilock '94 Birth Year: Ryan Badger Avni Breshia Bradley Buvinow Nick Cyr Chase Hatcher Eamon McAdam Mark Petaccio Dylan Plitt Patrick Quarry Drew Smolcynski John Stevens
TEAM COMCAST'S 16U CLUB TAKES SILVER AT NATIONALS! On April 1-5, 2009, Team Comcast's 16U Club traveled to Chesterfield, MO., to take part in the USA Hockey National Championships. Team Comcast advanced to the USA Hockey National Championship Game where they were defeated by the score of 3-1. For complete coverage of USA Hockey Nationals, Click Here! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
TEAM COMCAST ACCEPTED INTO NEWLY FORMED EASTERN DIVISION OF THE TIER ONE ELITE LEAGUE
Team Comcast has been accepted into the Tier One Elite League, and our 18U Team will compete in the Eastern Division with the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, Boston Advantage, Buffalo Regals, and Pittsburgh Hornets. The full-season league, known prior to last season as the Midwest Elite Hockey League, has added seven teams, dropped two others, and now totals 25. The expansion teams are the Columbus AAA Blue Jackets, LA Selects, Colorado Thunderbirds, Boston Advantage, Team Comcast, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, and the Buffalo Regals. The Mahoning Valley Phantoms and S2 Clubs have been dropped. In addition, there's been some reshuffling in an effort to line things up more geographically. Here's how the new divisions look:
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Chicago Division |
Detroit Division |
Mid-Am Division |
West Division |
East Division |
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Chicago Young Americans Chicago Mission Team Illinois Chicago Fury Madison Capitals |
Honeybaked Victory Honda Little Caesar's Belle Tire Compuware |
Cleveland Barons St. Louis Amateur Blues Columbus AAA Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Russell Stover |
LA Jr. Kings PF Chang's Colorado Rampage LA Selects Colorado Thunderbirds |
Boston Advantage Pittsburgh Hornets Team Comcast Philadelphia Jr. Flyers Buffalo Regals |
All away games against the other four divisions will be played in showcase style tournaments requiring only 3-4 flights total. The East Division's 5 teams would travel to each of the other 4 divisions showcase hosts site. They would then play each team of that division for 5 showcase games. The East division would also host four showcase events that the other teams would travel to for the 5 game showcase. With a balanced schedule, each team plays each other twice for a total of a 48-game season.
TIER I TEAM COMCAST '09-'10 SEASON BROCHURE HAS ARRIVED! To view the '09-'10 brochure, click here!
TEAM COMCAST ANNOUNCES HEAD COACHES FOR NEXT SEASON!
'00's - Mario Tropea '99's - Derian Hatcher '98's - Keith Primeau / Kevin Weller '97's - Keith Primeau / Kevin Weller '96's - Bob Anderson '95's - Mitch Larnerd 16U National's - Rob Badger 18U - Jared Beach
THREE TEAM COMCAST TEAMS PACK THEIR BAGS FOR USA HOCKEY NATIONALS!
Congratulations to the Team Comcast 16U, '94, & '96 teams for advancing to Nationals! The '96 team defeated the NJ Avalanche (8-4) Friday, and again on Saturday (5-2). The '94 team defeated the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (7-1) on Friday, and again on Saturday (8-0). The 16U team defeated the Philadelphia Little Flyers on March 5 (8-2) and again on March 7 (14-5). Click Here to see the Press Release
 Above: Team Comcast's '96's celebrate their 2009 Atlantic District Championship!
 Above: Team Comcast's '94's celebrate their 2009 Atlantic District Championship!
TWO TEAMS WIN AYHL CHAMPIONSHIPS! Congrats to the '94 & '96 teams for winning the AYHL Championship. The '94's went 3-0 defeating the Philadelphia Junior Flyers (7-3), the North Jersey Avalanche (5-3), and the New Jersey Colonials (8-1). The '96's went 5-0 over the weekend defeating the Mid Fairfield (4-1),Washington Little Caps (4-3), New Jersey Rockets (9-2), Connecticut Wolves (8-4), and the Long Island Gulls (7-5). Good Luck as you move on to the best-of-three tournament! The best-of-three tournament will be held from March 13-15 at Ice Line.
 The '96 team poses for a picture after winning the '08-'09 AYHL Championship
THREE TEAMS CLINCH 1ST PLACE IN THE DISTRICT! Click Here to see the press release Congrats to the PeeWee (12U), Bantam (14U), and the Midget (16U) National teams for clinching 1st place in the District at their respective levels. Good luck as you move on to play in the best-of-three playoff for the opportunity to go to the USA Hockey National Championships! See each team's impressive league & district records below: PeeWee Major ('96 Team) 22-4-2 League Record (1st place in League) 14-1-1 District Record (1st in District Standings)
Bantam Major ('94 Team) 26-2-0 League Record (1st place in League) 15-1-0 District Record (1st in District Standings)
Midget 16U National Team 19-3-0 League Record (2nd place in League) 22-2-0 District Record (1st in District Standings)
'99 Team Wins Prestigious Bell Capital Cup! Coach Keith Primeau and the ’99 Squirt Minor team won the Atom Minor AA division at the Bell Capital Cup in Ottawa, Ontario over the New Year break. After victories over the Clarington Toros and Newmarket Redmen, the boys advanced to the playoff round through a hard-fought tie with the Markham Islanders. They then went on to shut out the Scarborough Young Bruins before finally winning the championship with a double-overtime, 4-3 win over the Gloucester Blackhawks. The ‘99s also had three of the top 10 scorers (Matt Cassidy, Thomas Pusey, and Drew Murtha) through the first round of the playoffs. Congratulations, boys!

'96 Team Wins Silver The PeeWee Silver Stick Championship! In January Frank Carto and the PeeWee Major team will travel to Port Huron, MI to participate in International Championships. Way to go guys!

Team Comcast 16U National Team Ranked #1 in U.S. by MYHockey Rankings! The Team Comcast 16U National Team has started the season with five strong wins against just two losses, and the team's efforts have resulted in a #1 ranking in the first weekly ranking of the 2008-09 season. Click here to view the rankings!
'98 Team Finishes Runner-Up Twice This Summer James Laux coached the summer squirt major team to runner-up finishes in this summer's Portand Lobsterfest Tournament and the Durham Hockey Institute invitational. And just think... Laux hasn't even been with Team Comcast for a full season yet. Laux will be coaching both the 16U American and the '95 Bantam Minor teams this season.
'95 Team Finishes Second At Top Gun Tourney!!!

'94 Team Wins Face Off Championship

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