Five Michigan-based 16U AAA teams to partake in USHL’s inaugural Fall Classic West tourney

By @MichaelCaples –

For the first time, the United States Hockey League is building a youth hockey tournament into their Fall Classic tournament series.

From Sept. 9-11, 16 of the nation’s top 16U teams will take part in the inaugural Fall Classic West Youth Tournament – including Michigan AAA organizations Belle Tire, Compuware, Fox Motors, Honeybaked and the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies.

The tournament will take place at Baxter Arena, home of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and Ralston Arena, home of the Omaha Lancers.

“This represents the USHL’s first-ever foray into the youth tournament realm,” said USHL President and Commissioner Bob Fallen in a release. “Top organizations from all over the country will compete against one another and be exposed to the largest gathering of NCAA and USHL scouts in the nation. Providing these fine young players and their parents the opportunity to see our on-ice product up close and in person is also very valuable to our league because it shows them what the highest level of junior hockey looks like.”

The participating players will have access to all USHL games at the Fall Classic West, in addition to a UNO Mavericks practice.

 

The participating clubs:

 

Pacioretty Group:

1. Chicago Mission

2. Colorado Thunderbirds

3. Belle Tire

4. Minnesota High Performance League Blue

Eichel Group:

1. Minnesota Blades

2. Team Wisconsin

3. Team Illinois

4. Anaheim Jr. Ducks

Gaudreau Group:

1. Compuware

2. Dallas Stars Elite

3. Fox Motors

4. Minnesota High Performance League Maroon

Pavelski Group:

1. HoneyBaked

2. Omaha AAA

3. Oakland Jr. Grizzlies

4. Los Angeles Jr. Kings