'The ROC' 2003 AAA INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY:

Overall/Gold Quarterfinals

3:45 PM – BGRI1:  Monarchs Gold 4 (home) vs. Upper Canada Cyclones 1(Game 1)

6:45 PM – BGRI1:  Team Illinois 4 vs South Shore Kings 2 (Game 5)

5:15 PM – BGRI1:  Pittsburgh Pens Elite (home) 9 vs. Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs 2 (Game 3)

7:00 PM – BGRI2:  Compuware (home) 3 vs. Pittsburgh Pens Black 5 (Game 6)

Silver/Bronze Quarterfinals

4:00 PM – BGRI2:  Meijer Hockey 1 (home) vs. Providence Capitals 3 (Game 2)

5:30 PM – BGRI2:  NY Saints 1 (home) vs. Webster Storm 8 (Game 4)

7:10 PM – BGRI4:  NJ Avalanche 4 (home) vs. Minuteman Flames 5 s/o (Game 7)

7:30 PM – BGRI3:   Hamilton Huskies 3 (home) vs. Buffalo Jr. Sabres 6 (Game 8)

Consolation Games:

4:30 PM – BGRI3:  Monarchs Blue 1 (home) vs. New England Jr Falcons 4

4:40 PM – Cleveland Barons (home) 3 vs. Wheatfield Blades 6

6:00 PM – Cleveland Lumberjacks 1 (home) vs. West Seneca Wings 6

SUNDAY:

Bronze Semifinals:

7:15 AM – BGRI4:  NY Saints (home) 0 vs. NJ Avalanche 3

7:30 AM – BGRI3: Meijer Hockey (home) 2 vs Hamilton Huskies 0

Silver Semifinals:

7:30 AM – BGRI1: Minuteman Flames (home) 10 vs. Rochester Storm 3

7:45 AM – BGRI2:  Buffalo Jr Sabres 7 (home) vs. Providence Capitals 3

Gold Semifinals:

8:45 AM – BGRI4:  Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs (home) 2 vs. Compuware 0

9:00 AM – BGRI3:  Upper Canada Cyclones 4   (home) vs. South Shore Kings 5 (OT)

Overall Championship Semifinals:

9:00 AM – BGRI1:  Team Illinois (home) 3 vs. Monarchs Gold 5

9:15 AM – BGRI2: Pens Elite Black (home) 0 vs. Pittsburgh Pens Elite 4

Consolation Games:

10:15 AM – BGRI4:  Rochester Americans (home) 2 vs. Pittsburgh Icemen 6

10:45 AM – BGRI2:  Esmark Stars (home) 7 vs. Amherst Knights 0

Championship Game Schedule:

BGRI1 at 12:00PM is Bronze Final:  Meijer AAA 2 (home) vs. NJ Avalanche 8

BGRI2 at 12:15 PM is Silver Final:  Buffalo Jr. Sabres (home) 4 vs. Minuteman Flames 1

BGRI1 at 1:30 PM is Overall Final:  Pittsburgh Pens Elite (home) 1 vs. Monarchs Gold 3

BGRI2 at 1:45 PM is Gold Final:  South Shore Kings (home) 4 vs. Hamilton Jr Bulldogs 1

Once again one of the top ’03 birth year travel hockey tournaments will take place in Rochester, NY.  This year’s event is scheduled for September 23 -25, 2016. The top Pee Wee teams across Canada and the United States will be invited to attend. Apply to reserve your spot today by filling out our application HERE!!

Don’t forget to follow us on TWITTER for important updates as teams register and sponsors are added. Our Twitter handle is @03RochInvitatio.

Tournament Quick Facts:

– Tournament will begin Friday morning, September 23rd and conclude Sunday afternoon, September 25th

– The tournament will be headquartered at the Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex, a state-of-the-art facility conveniently located near major expressways, hotels, restaurants and The Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, NY.  BGRI is home to four NHL-sized rinks that will keep all the action at one location all weekend!

– Tournament is a FOUR-game guarantee with the possibility to play 6 games.

– Each game will feature 3, 15-minute periods.

– USA Hockey Sanctioned Event

– Team entry fee: $1,450 usd or $1,775 in cdn

– As a condition of acceptance, all teams must reserve rooms and stay in an authorized hotel per the list below. A two (2) night minimum stay is required. Please do not contact the hotels directly as team reservations must be made via rooming lists.

– NO GATE FEES

Coaches!  Add this event to your season plan as an early season event to kick start your season and start it off right!

To register, click on the following link:  2016 The Roc 2003 AAA Invitational Registration

In order to reserve your spot for in the highly competitive field, fill out the registration below TODAY!

When: September 23-25th
Where: Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex in Rochester, NY
Cost: $1,450 USD or $1,775 CAD for AAA or $1,125 USD or $1,450 CAD for Tier II/AA (4-game guarantee, possibility of 6 games)

Register below TODAY:
USA Hockey Sanctioned event

NOTICE:  PLEASE CHECK WITH TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS FOR SUNDAY TIMES AND LOCATIONS.  GAMES MOVED DUE TO RINK 3 WORK CONTINUING!

All Sunday Consolation games will be 12-12-15 format.  Sorry for inconveniences and we appreciate everyone’s patience.

New in 2015, the ’03 RYH AAA Invitational will offer a competitive Tier II division for teams invited to participate. The aim of the RYH Invitational is to offer a competitive experience early in the season to maximize the benefit for coaches, players and families travelling to Rochester, NY for the weekend. The Tier II Division will aim to bring some of the top AA teams from Southern Ontario together with top Tier II/AA programs in the Northeast United States for a competitive weekend of hockey and fun.

Play for the Tier II Division is scheduled to begin at 12 noon on Friday, September 25th and will be completed by mid-afternoon on Sunday, September 27th. Teams will be guaranteed four games during the weekend with a chance to play in a 5th game for teams reaching either Gold, Silver or Bronze championship games.

The tournament will be headquartered at the Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex. Depending on demand, some games may be played at other area rinks located 15-20 minutes from the Iceplex. The schedule will be available at least two weeks prior to the tournament starting.

As with any of our ’03 RYH Invitational events, there is no gate fee to attend the games. The per team registration fee is $1,075 USD or $1,200 CAD.

Invited teams are encouraged to register as soon as possible to secure your spot. Registration can be done quickly and easily on our registration page and submitted online at the following link: http://www.2003aaainvitational.com/?page_id=26.

Teams that do not receive an invite and wish to apply for tournament entry for the Tier II Division are also encouraged to register and our tournament committee will evaluate the application and make a decision with the competitiveness of the event in mind.

We hope to welcome many new teams to Rochester, NY next September!

Any questions can be submitted via email to: sprocious@rochester.rr.com. Please use ’03 RYH Invitational in the subject line.

For all the registration information, scoring updates and special offers for the weekend of September 25-27th:

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As the 2014 ’03 Rochester Invitational field took shape over the course of last spring and summer, it was pretty clear that the Brantford 99ers would be considered one of the tournament favorites. Head coach Mike Storoschuk’s squad was coming off a 2013-2014 season where they went 48-18-9 and ranked #13 in Ontario 03 AAA according to MyHockeyRankings.com, that sentiment played out once the games began at the Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex in Rochester (NY) on Friday morning, September 26th.

The 99ers started off pool play strong with a 6-1 Friday morning versus the Mercer Chiefs of the AYHL. Six different players scored a goal in the victory. In the afternoon contest they took on the tournament host team, the Rochester Jr. Americans. At exactly the halfway point of the 2nd period Maddox Callens broke a scoreless tie and Landon McCallum followed with a goal 22 seconds later and a second 18 seconds later for a 3-0 lead. Reid Lazou made it 4-0 late in the period. The 99ers withstood a frantic rally as the Americans cut the lead to 4-3 in the 3rd, but a Cole Hipkin goal with 4:03 left proved to be the game winner in an exciting 5-4 victory as the 99ers capped a 2-0 day.

Reid Lazou’s goal with 6:45 left in the 3rd period in Saturday morning’s contest earned a 4-4 tie with the Minuteman Flames (Elite) of the Eastern Hockey Federation. This was good enough to take the #1 seed in their pool and place Brantford in the Gold Bracket quarterfinals ahead of Lambton Jr. Sting and Hamilton Huskies. All three teams played Mercer, Rochester and the Flames in pool play with Brantford taking the pool with five total points.

In bracket play they drew the always competitive Quinte Red Devils Saturday afternoon at 4 PM. A tough 3-1 victory earned a trip to the early morning Sunday semifinals against the Nepean Raiders. Their Ottawa-area opponent was another team pegged as an early favorite in the field. Nepean went 3-0 in pool play while allowing just one goal and earned their third shutout in four games with a 3-0 win over the Guelph Gryphons in their Saturday evening quarterfinal match-up. On Sunday morning the tables were turned as it was the 99ers who delivered the shutout with a 2-0 win to move on to the championship contest. 2nd period goals by Mathew Woods and Adam Leatherland was all the scoring needed for the win.

In the finals was a familiar foe. The Rochester Jr. Americans made their way to the final game and a rematch of Friday’s exciting pool play game. In a classic championship contest, Brantford would escape New York with the trophy and a 2-1 victory, holding off a flurry of American scoring chances in the final minutes of the 3rd period. Again the 99ers struck quickly in the 2nd period as Joel Storoschuk (5:14) and Spencer Cockerill (4:51) scored 23 seconds apart. Those two second period goals stood up and Brantford was the 2014 ’03 Rochester Invitational Gold (overall) Bracket champions!

“The tournament was well organized and well run,” coach Storoschuk said in a post-tournament email. “Parents, siblings, players and coaches had a great time shopping, eating, hanging out and of course playing some HOCKEY.”

Congrats to coach Storoschuk, manager Jim Cochrane and the entire ’03 AAA Brantford 99ers for their championship efforts and the entire 2003 Rochester Invitational team wishes them the best of luck with the rest of their season!

Brantford 99ers

Goaltenders:
Aiden Berry
Ty Theriault

Skaters:
Steve LaForme
Mathew Woods
Jonah Cochrane
Davin Bomberry
Owen Rainey
Noah DeDominicis
Landon McCallum
Spencer Cockerill
Ryan Klunder
Maddox Callens
Adam Leatherland
Alex Thomson
Cole Hipkin
Reid Lazou
Joel Storoschuk