Comments on: USA Hockey: What are Tier I, Tier II, AAA, AA, A, B (and BB?)?

By: Quisp

Quisp — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:02:00 +0000

That’s interesting re the Quebec designations. I’ve been meaning to do a post on the differences between US and Canadian youth leagues/levels/etc., but it turns out to be a pretty big topic and my ignorance is vast.

By: Fast Walk to Fresno

Fast Walk to Fresno — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:30:00 +0000

This is a good article. I’m constantly trying to explain this to other people in our hockey association. I might use this to point them to.

As for the “BB” designation and others like it, those are used in Quebec to designate travel teams. In QC, house/rec. programs are all “single letter,” e.g., A, B, C. Travel teams are “double letter,” e.g., CC, BB, AA. (They don’t do AAA until you get to Midget).

By: Bob Knob

Bob Knob — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:40:00 +0000

” It cost the same or maybe fractionally more than lowly ‘house league,’”
lol. Good luck with that now.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:13:00 +0000

p.s. I still don’t feel I understand it.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:12:00 +0000

Girls’ hockey will be the subject of another post, as there are special or additional guidelines.

By: BrownieGoesBoom!

BrownieGoesBoom! — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Thanks for the explanation Quisp. If my daughter, who is currently a mini-mite, decides to seriously pursue hockey (and she’s already talking about it) I imagine I’ll have to understand all of this.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:21:00 +0000

Thanks. I’m just trying to give him the tools and let him do with it what he will. Oh, and trying not to be one of those parents.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:17:00 +0000

And high school is a whole other classification, which I didn’t get into, and which is (as you experienced) pretty murky. I am going to do a follow-up post on the snarl of juniors (Tier I and II, A B and C), high school (prep and varsity, division I and II), college, US Development Program, and of course Midget 18U and 16U. My high school team (in the pre-velrco age) was officially registered Junior C, and played in those state finals as well as high school. It’s confusing to pretty much everyone.

By: USHA#17

USHA#17 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:11:00 +0000

Oh, PS, good luck with Jr. Getting him going in hockey is a bit like buying a kid a set of drums…except you get excited. when he plays.

By: USHA#17

USHA#17 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:08:00 +0000

Thanks, as a former USAH coach (and trustee) at the high school level I could never figure out what the hell our level was considered. Midget Major–High school “AA” (?) I suppose, Now, thanks to your in depth research I still don’t know what frigging “official” level I coached.

One year one of the schools brought down and housed a bunch of AAA boys from eastern Canada. AAA vs low AA, ugh. That same year I also coached against Trevor Lewis.