Heading into the final week of the regular season, much remains unsettled. Three teams have locked in their regular season seeding; Yellow in #4, Orange in #5, and Neon in #6 seed!  Black, Teal, and Green will take the #1, #2, and #3 seeds, but the order needs to be determined.  Gold will finish #7 or #8, Red will finish anywhere from #7 to #10, while Purple and Silver will finish somewhere between #8 and #10.

Regular season seeding is determined by:

1)     Points

2)     Wins

3)     Head to head

4)     Point differential

Black and Teal open the evening at 6PM.  Together, with Green, they will take the 1, 2, and 3 seeds.  A Black win means they will be the #1 seed and Teal the #3 seed, locking Green into the #2 seed.  A Teal win means they move ahead of Black, and will need to wait for Green’s late game to see which 1 – 3 seed they take.  Likewise, a tie will leave Black ahead of Teal, while again, all would have to wait for the Green team play, where they still could earn any of those seeds.

In the round of three to follow next week, the #1 seed will face #6 (Neon), #7, and #10 seeds, the #2 seed will face the #5 (Orange), #8 and #9 seeds, and the #3 seed will face #4 (Yellow), #8 and #9 seeds.

Following this will be the 7PM game between Silver and Red.  A Silver loss or tie will leave them in the #10 seed, but a win will have them finish at #8 or #9, pending the results of Purple’s game later in the evening. A Red win will have them finish in the #7 or #8 seed, waiting on Gold’s game to determine, and a tie will have them in the #8 or #9 seed, and a loss in the #9 or #10 seed, both waiting on Purple’s game to determine.

At 8PM, Gold will face Orange.  While Orange is locked in at #5, a Red win and a Gold loss will have Red in the #7 seed and Gold in the #8 seed.  All other scenarios leave Gold at #7.  With the #5 seed, Orange will face #2, #6 (Neon), and #10.  Whether it is Red or Gold in the #7 seed, that seed will face #1, #4 (Yellow), and #8.

At 9PM, Purple will skate against Green.  If Black won the opening game, Green is locked in at #2.  However, a tie or a Black loss in that early game and Green is #1 with a win, #2 with a tie, or #3 with a loss.  A Red win over Silver locks Purple in at #9.  A Silver tie or win combined with a Purple win moves Purple up to #8.  However, the Silver win with a Purple tie or loss moves Purple to #10.  All other scenarios leave Purple at #8.

In the round of three the next week, the #8 seed will face #2, #3, and #7 seeds, the #9 seed will face #2, #3, and #6 (Neon) seeds, and the #10 seed will face #1, #4 (Yellow), and #5 (Orange) seeds.

In the final game of the night, at 10PM, Yellow will face Neon.  Each will look to fine tune their games heading into the playoffs, with their seeds locked in.  Yellow, in the #4 seed, will face #3, #7, and #10 seeds.  Neon, in the #6 seed, will face #1, #5 (Orange), and #9 seeds.

Look for updates next week about the Playoffs and matchups. While the lower seeds certainly have a tougher schedule to make it to the semi-finals, all teams will begin the Playoffs needing only three wins to ensure their semi-final berth. Good luck!

The games originally scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday have been re-scheduled but there will be drop-in available ONLY for AOTHA players.

All AOTHA players and their family get in free for the Friday, January 25th 7:00pm puck drop vs. Stonybrook. Come out and support the #3 ranked Bulldogs as they pursue their 2nd consecutive National Championship!

Thank you to D1 Head Coach Gary Astalos (AOTHA Green) for this opportunity!

Welcome to the 2018-2019 AOTHA Hockey Season! We are one week away until puck drop.

Teams rosters and game schedule’s are posted on the website and you can check them out by clicking on the logo’s at the top of the home page.

Please welcome the following players to AOTHA:

• Shawn Bartlett – subbed partial 17/18 season with Neon
• Dylan Holt – subbed partial 17/18 season with Orange
• Rick Gramm – returning
• Brad Brzezinski – returning
• Rob Hodnicki – returning
• Aaron Bain – new (AC ACHA Head Coach)
• Ryan Williams –  new (AC Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach)
• Jim Nicknair – new (AC Athletic Trainer)
• Shawn Courtney – new
• Chris Clarke – new
• Brian Jennings – new
• Brent Schedeler – new
• Todd Dahlberg – new

We’d like to thank the following players for their participation in the advancement of AOTHA over the years, but who have retired and/or stepped away from AOTHA for the upcoming season:

• Matt Patton
• Bob Gardner
• Randy Muck
• Kevin Green
• Kevin Osworth
• Max Gavin
• Casey Irelan
• Larry VanAlstine
• Jason Cooper
• Matt Wieland
• Rick Haglund
• Mike Paternoster

Tony Bell, who joined the league as a skater for the 2017/2018 season will play between the pipes this season.

Good luck to all this season!

 

Hello AOTHA!

Recently, our website was entered into by an unknown third party and had been sending random posts, which you’ve received. We’ve remedied this, for the time, by removing all email links on our site and removing the users who had their emails hyper-linked on the site. We’re also in the process of updating security features to protect against this in the future.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Please take this short survey to gauge interest in players for the upcoming Adrian Summer Hockey League.

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The Adrian College Men’s and Women’s NCAA Hockey programs are hosting the 11th Annual Reverse Raffle on Saturday, April 21st starting at 6pm. The $100 ticket, which includes dinner, beer/wine, and roughly, a 1 in 300 chance to win $10,000. A maximum of 344 tickets will be sold. There are also many other opportunities to win cash prizes. 2nd prize is $2000, 3rd is $1000. Last year we paid nearly 30 winners a total of $16,500. There will also be other raffles, games, and prizes throughout the evening.

If interested, please call Shawn Skelly at 248.255.7029 or email him at sskelly@adrian.edu.

All proceeds go directly to the men’s and women’s NCAA Hockey programs at Adrian College to help the programs with equipment and travel expenses.

The round of three elevated four teams to the semi-finals that were peaking at the right time, as both semi-final matches came down to the wire with pulled goalies helping to determine the outcome, with that outcome very much in doubt until the end.

Yellow finished the regular season tied three ways for 2nd place, and tie breakers left them in the 4th seed with the toughest road forward of the bunch. They are the only team that went 3-0-0 in the round of three with wins over Purple, Orange, and Neon, securing the top seed in the semi-final match.

Royal finished the regular season in 6th place and facing two teams seeded ahead of them in the round of three, had an uphill battle in front of them. After opening the round with a loss against Green, they were able to secure wins against Black and Teal to reach the 4th and final seed in the semi-finals, against Yellow.

Royal took a lead into the closing moments of their game with Yellow, where Yellow was able to tie the game with the extra skater. In the extra period, Yellow was able to complete the comeback, win 4-3, and advance to defend their championship in the finals.

Red spent much of the regular season in 1st place, only to finish in the same three way tie for 2nd place with Yellow after a late season slide. With tiebreakers, they got the 2nd seed and they opened the round of three with a tough fought 7-7 tie against Teal, before returning to their winning ways against Silver and Black, locking up the 2nd seed in the semi-final match.

Green finished the regular season in 1st place, matching them up with three teams they finished 2-0 against in the regular season, favored to maintain that seed into the semi-finals. After wins against Royal and Neon, Purple came to play and won, knocking Green down to what would end up being the 3rd seed in the semi-final match.

Green had a one goal lead in the closing minute of the game while Red was applying constant pressure with the aid of an extra skater. After a few pressure relieving icing attempts went wide of the net, one found its way and secured Green’s spot in the finals with a 4-2 victory.

This weekend’s games, 3/25, will open with the consolation game between Red and Royal at 5:00 PM. After the consolation game, the finals will feature Yellow and Green, expected to start about 6:00 PM. This game will go as many periods as necessary to crown an AOTHA 2017/2018 champion, and is sure to delight the mass crowds expected. Whether playing in these games or not, there is league ice afterwards available for open hockey, so come early to watch, and stay for the ice.

 

After the round of three Playoff games, the four semi finalists have been established, with some shuffling of positions and Royal making a strong play to move up from 6th seed to semi final qualifier. Here are the standings as of the end of the round:

Place	Team	Points	Reg Season Seed
1	Yellow	6	4
2	Red	5	2
3	Green	4	1
4	Royal	4	6
5	Teal	3	5
6	Orange	2	3
7	Silver	2	8
8	Black	2	9
9	Purple	2	10
10	Neon	0	7

 

The semi final games will begin at 6:00 PM when Yellow takes on Royal, followed by a 7:00 PM semi final game between Red and Green.

The remaining six teams will play their final game of the season against other eliminated teams. Teal and Orange split their regular season matchups and will face each other at 5:00 PM. Purple will face Neon looking for their first win in this matchup, at 8:00 PM. Silver and Black split their regular season matches as well, and will close out the night at 9:00 PM.

The semi final winners on 3/18 will face each other in the championship game on 3/25, following the consolation game. The consolation game will be at 5:00 PM on 3/25.

Formats for the semi final and final game vary from the regular season and round of three, as ties are not allowed. In the semi final games, if tied at the end of 3 periods, there will be one sudden death overtime period, followed by a 3 player shootout round, followed by individual shootout rounds with different shooters, until a winner emerges. The finals, if tied at the end of 3 periods, there will be sudden death overtime periods until a winner emerges.

Congratulations to Keith Ellis on being voted in by the league to serve as Captain beginning with the 2018/2019 AOTHA season. Thank you all for participating in the vote.