Tier 1 Elite Hockey League

Tier 1 Elite Hockey League
Formerly Midwest Elite Hockey League
Sport hockey
No. of teams 24
Country United States
Official website tier1elitehockeyleague.com

The Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (T1EHL), formerly Midwest Elite Hockey League, is located primarily in the Midwest United States and is the premier amateur youth hockey league in the United States. Players from all over the country move to the area where the teams are located to gain exposure and skill development needed for higher levels. Many of the league's top players go on to compete at the Major Junior, NCAA, and NHL level. The T1EHL showcase tournaments and games are heavily scouted by scouts from the USHL, NCAA schools, and the OHL due to the convenience of seeing many top players in one game or weekend.

League format

The T1EHL acts as an umbrella organization for the league's teams which compete at various levels of youth hockey from Squirt Minor to Midget Major 18U. The league also operates three girls levels. The T1EHL is sanctioned by USA Hockey and acts as a development system for the country's top youth players.

League History

The Midwest Elite Hockey league launched a new Midget Major league, the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League for the 2008-2009 season. The T1EHL also re-aligned the league and will consist of 6 divisions of and 32 teams:

Each team will play 46 games with 2 home and 2 away inter division games as well as 6 showcases with each division hosting 3 showcases and travel to each other's showcase once.

As well as providing excellent competition for the teams within the league, the new format will also reduce the travel costs for the organizations. The Midget Major (U18) teams play a rigorous tournament schedule that will now be in part replaced by the showcases that are included in the league schedule. The new Midget league will fly under the T1EHL banner using its rules and policies. USA Hockey will monitor the new league and its development.

For the 2010-2011 season the league added an Eastern Division with the addition of five teams from the northeast US. The Pittsburgh Hornets moved from the Mid-Am division to the new East division and joined new teams: Boston Advantage, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, Team Comcast, and Buffalo Regals. The Ohio AAA Blue Jackets replaced Pittsburgh in the Mid-Am division, and the Cleveland Barons swapped spots with the Madison Capitols in the Chicago division.

After the 2010-2011 season, six T1EHL teams left to form a new league called the High Performance Hockey League (HPHL). The teams that left included: Chicago Young Americans (CYA), Chicago Mission, Team Illinois, Detroit Compuware, Detroit Honeybaked, and Detroit Little Caesars.

Tier 1 expanded the league for the 2015-2016 season. At this point it is still unknown whether this expansion will just occur at the U16 Midget Minor and U18 Midget Major levels, or if all levels will expand with these clubs. The clubs joining Tier 1 next year will be the Omaha AAA Hockey Club, the New Jersey Avalanche, the Anaheim Jr. Ducks, and the Michigan Nationals. It is unclear whether there will be a division realignment for the Midget levels at this point.

Tier 1 Elite Hockey League Teams

Chicago Division:

Detroit Division:

East Division:

Ohio Division

Rocky Mountain Division

West Division:

Tier 1 Elite Hockey League Champions

Boys Divisions
Midget Major
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Cleveland Barons
201213 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
201112 Detroit Victory Honda
201011 St. Louis Amateur Blues
200910 Detroit Belle Tire
200809 Cleveland Barons, St. Louis Amateur Blues
200708 Pittsburgh Hornets
200607 Team Illinois
200506 Team Illinois
Midget Minor
Season League Champion(s)
201314 St. Louis AAA Blues
201213 St. Louis AAA Blues
201112 Colorado Thunderbirds
201011 LA Selects
200910 Chicago Mission
200809 Detroit Compuware
200708 Detroit Compuware
200607 Detroit Honeybaked
200506 Detroit Honeybaked
200405 Detroit Honeybaked
Bantam Major
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Detroit Belle Tire
201213 Milwaukee Jr. Admirals
201112 Detroit Belle Tire
201011 Detroit Belle Tire
200910 Detroit Honeybaked
200809 Chicago Mission
200708 Detroit Little Caesars
200607 Chicago Mission
200506 Detroit Little Caesars
200405 Team Illinois, Detroit Honeybaked
Bantam Minor
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Milwaukee Jr. Admirals
201213 Oakland Jr. Grizzlies
201112 Madison Capitols
201011 Detroit Compuware
200910 Detroit Belle Tire
200809 Detroit Honeybaked
200708 Detroit Compuware
200607 Chicago Mission
200506 Detroit Honeybaked
200405 Detroit Honeybaked
Peewee Major
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
201213 Cleveland Barons
201112 Detroit Belle Tire
201011 Detroit Little Caesars
200910 Detroit Compuware
200809 Detroit Belle Tire
200708 Detroit Honeybaked
200607 Chicago Mission
200506 Detroit Compuware
200405 Detroit Compuware
Peewee Minor
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Detroit Belle Tire
201213 St. Louis AAA Blues
201112 Cleveland Barons
201011 Chicago Mission
200910 Detroit Little Caesars
200809 Detroit Belle Tire
200708 Detroit Belle Tire
200607 Detroit Honeybaked
200506 Detroit Compuware
200405 Detroit Compuware
Squirt Major
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
201213 Chicago Fury
201112 Detroit Belle Tire
201011 Detroit Little Caesars
200910 Chicago Mission
200809 Team Illinois
200708 Detroit Compuware
200607 Detroit Little Caesars
200506 Detroit Honeybaked
200405 Detroit Compuware
Squirt Minor
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Detroit Belle Tire Warriors
201213 N/A
201112 N/A
201011 Detroit Little Caesars
200910 Detroit Little Caesars
200809 Detroit Honeybaked
200708 Detroit Compuware
200607 Detroit Compuware
200506 Kensington Valley Renegades


Girls Divisions
U19
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Shaftsbury Titans
201213 St. Louis Lady Blues
201112 Madison Capitols
201011 Detroit Belle Tire
200910 Chicago Mission
200809 Chicago Mission
200708 Shattuck-St. Mary's
200607 Team Illinois
200506 Shattuck-St. Mary's
200405 Detroit Honeybaked
U16
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Milwaukee Jr. Admirals
201213 Colorado Selects
201112 St. Louis Lady Blues, Detroit Belle Tire
201011 Detroit Honeybaked
200910 Detroit Little Caesars
200809 Detroit Belle Tire
200708 Colorado Selects
200607 Chicago Young Americans
200506 Team Illinois
200405 Team Illinois, Detroit Honeybaked, Colorado Selects
U14
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Milwaukee Jr. Admirals
201213 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
201112 St. Louis Lady Blues
201011 Chicago Mission
200910 Chicago Mission
200809 Detroit Honeybaked
200708 Detroit Little Caesars
200607 Team Illinois
200506 Detroit Honeybaked, Team Illinois
200405 Team Illinois
U12
Season League Champion(s)
201314 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
201213 St. Louis Lady Blues
201112 Detroit Belle Tire

NHL Draft Picks

NHL Draft Picks
2003
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Ryan Kesler 1 #23 Vancouver Canucks Detroit Honeybaked
Danny Richmond 2 #31 Carolina Hurricanes Team Illinois
Dan Fritsche 2 #46 Columbus Blue Jackets Cleveland Barons
Frank Rediker 4 #118 Boston Bruins Detroit Compuware
Corey Potter 4 #122 New York Rangers Detroit Honeybaked
Mike Brown 5 #153 Boston Bruins Detroit Honeybaked
David Rohlfs 5 #154 Edmonton Oilers Detroit Compuware
Drew Miller 6 #186 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Detroit Honeybaked
Dylan Reese 7 #209 New York Rangers Pittsburgh Hornets
Gerald Coleman 7 #224 Tampa Bay Lightning Chicago Young Americans
Marty Guerin 9 #274 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
2004
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Grant Lewis 2 #40 Atlanta Thrashers Pittsburgh Hornets
David Booth 2 #53 Florida Panthers Detroit Honeybaked
Kevin Porter 4 #119 Phoenix Coyotes Detroit Honeybaked
Chris Zarb 5 #144 Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Little Caesars
Gino Pisellini 5 #149 Philadelphia Flyers Team Illinois
Robbie Earl 6 #187 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Honeybaked
Ian Keserich 7 #215 Columbus Blue Jackets Cleveland Barons
Matt Hunwick 7 #224 Boston Bruins Detroit Honeybaked
John Carter 9 #291 Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Honeybaked
2005
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Bobby Ryan 1 #2 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Detroit Honeybaked
Justin Abdelkader 2 #42 Detroit Red Wings Detroit Honeybaked
Tom Fritsche 2 #47 Colorado Avalanche Cleveland Barons
T.J. Hensick 3 #88 Colorado Avalanche Detroit Honeybaked
Patrick Davis 4 #99 New Jersey Devils Detroit Belle Tire
Jared Boll 4 #101 Columbus Blue Jackets Team Illinois
Nathan Davis 4 #913 Chicago Blackhawks Cleveland Barons
Nathan Gerbe 5 #142 Buffalo Sabres Detroit Honeybaked
Justin Mercier 6 #168 Colorado Avalanche Cleveland Barons
Ryan Maki 6 #176 Nashville Predators Detroit Honeybaked
Ryan McGinnis 6 #184 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
Kyle Lawson 7 #198 Carolina Hurricanes Detroit Honeybaked
Matt Clackson 7 #215 Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Hornets
Pat McGann 7 #223 Dallas Stars Team Illinois
Zach Bearson 7 #224 Florida Panthers Team Illinois
2006
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Trevor Lewis 1 #17 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
Mark Mitera 1 #19 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Detroit Little Caesars
Chris Summers 1 #29 Phoenix Coyotes Detroit Victory Honda
Nigel Williams 2 #51 Colorado Avalanche Team Illinois
Jeff Zatkoff 4 #74 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
Ryan Turek 4 #94 St. Louis Blues Detroit Honeybaked
Brett Bennett 5 #130 Phoenix Coyotes Detroit Honeybaked
David Meckler 5 #134 Los Angeles Kings Chicago Young Americans
Erik Condra 7 #211 Ottawa Senators Detroit Honeybaked
2007
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Patrick Kane 1 #1 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Honeybaked
Ian Cole 1 #18 St. Louis Blues Detroit Victory Honda
Jim O'Brien 1 #29 Ottawa Senators Detroit Little Caesars
Bill Sweatt 2 #38 Chicago Blackhawks Team Illinois
Aaron Palushaj 2 #44 St. Louis Blues Detroit Honeybaked
Jeremy Smith 2 #54 Nashville Predators Detroit Compuware
Josh Unice 3 #86 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Victory Honda
Corey Tropp 3 #89 Buffalo Sabres Detroit Belle Tire
Steven Kampfer 4 #93 Anaheim Ducks Detroit Little Caesars
Alec Martinez 4 #95 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
Matt Rust 4 #101 Florida Panthers Detroit Honeybaked
Ben Ryan 4 #114 Nashville Predators Detroit Victory Honda
John Albert 6 #175 Atlanta Thrashers Cleveland Barons
Brad Phillips 7 #182 Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Honeybaked
C.J. Severyn 7 #186 Calgary Flames Pittsburgh Hornets
Trevor Nill 7 #190 St. Louis Blues Detroit Compuware
2008
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Robert Czarnik 3 #63 Los Angeles Kings Detroit Honeybaked
A.J. Jenks 4 #100 Florida Panthers Detroit Honeybaked
David Wohlberg 6 #172 New Jersey Devils Detroit Honeybaked
Tommy Wingels 6 #177 San Jose Sharks Team Illinois
Zach Redmond 7 #184 Atlanta Thrashers Detroit Compuware
2009
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
John Moore 1 #21 Columbus Blue Jackets Chicago Mission
Chris Brown 2 #36 Phoenix Coyotes Detroit Honeybaked
Drew Shore 2 #44 Florida Panthers Detroit Honeybaked
Kenny Ryan 2 #50 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Honeybaked
Kevin Lynch 2 #56 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Honeybaked
Patrick Wey 4 #115 Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Hornets
Anthony Hamburg 7 #193 Minnesota Wild Dallas Stars
Paul Phillips 7 #195 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Fury
2010
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Jack Campbell 1 #11 Dallas Stars Detroit Honeybaked
Cam Fowler 1 #12 Anaheim Ducks Detroit Honeybaked
Austin Watson 1 #18 Nashville Predators Detroit Compuware
Beau Bennett 1 #20 Pittsburgh Penguins LA Jr. Kings
Jonathan Merrill 2 #38 New Jersey Devils Detroit Honeybaked
Jason Zucker 2 #59 Minnesota Wild Detroit Compuware
Stephen Johns 2 #60 Chicago Blackhawks Pittsburgh Hornets
Bryan Rust 3 #80 Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Honeybaked
Justin Florek 5 #135 Boston Bruins Marquette Electricians
Kevin Gravel 5 #148 Los Angeles Kings Marquette Electricians
Kevin Lind 6 #177 Anaheim Ducks Chicago Mission
Bryce Aneloski 7 #196 Ottawa Senators Team Illinois
Luke Moffatt 7 #197 Colorado Avalanche Detroit Compuware
Chris Crane 7 #200 San Jose Sharks Detroit Honeybaked
Zach Trotman 7 #210 Boston Bruins Detroit Victory Honda
2011
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
J.T. Miller 1 #15 New York Rangers Pittsburgh Hornets
Rocco Grimaldi 2 #33 Florida Panthers Detroit Little Caesars
John Gibson 2 #39 Anaheim Ducks Pittsburgh Hornets
Brandon Saad 2 #43 Chicago Blackhawks Pittsburgh Hornets
Vincent Trocheck 3 #64 Florida Panthers Pittsburgh Hornets
T.J. Tynan 3 #66 Columbus Blue Jackets Chicago Mission
Robbie Russo 4 #95 New York Islanders Chicago Mission
Josiah Didier 4 #97 Montreal Canadiens Colorado Thunderbirds
Michael Mersch 4 #110 Los Angeles Kings Team Illinois
Blake Pietila 5 #129 New Jersey Devils Detroit Compuware
Sean Kuraly 5 #133 San Jose Sharks Ohio Jr. Blue Jackets
Shane McColgan 5 #134 New York Rangers LA Jr. Kings
Garret Sparks 7 #190 Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Mission
Zac Larraza 7 #196 Phoenix Coyotes P.F. Chang's
Alex Broadhurst 7 #199 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Mission
Ryan Dzingel 7 #204 Ottawa Senators Team Illinois
Garrett Haar 7 #207 Washington Capitals Russell Stover Stars
2012
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Alex Galchenyuk 1 #3 Montreal Canadiens Chicago Young Americans
Jacob Trouba 1 #9 Winnipeg Jets Detroit Compuware
Jordan Schmaltz 1 #25 St. Louis Blues Chicago Mission
Henrik Samuelsson 1 #27 Phoenix Coyotes P.F. Chang's
Nicolas Kerdiles 2 #36 Anaheim Ducks LA Selects
Patrick Sieloff 2 #42 Calgary Flames Detroit Compuware
Ben Johnson 3 #90 New Jersey Devils Detroit Little Caesars
Brady Vail 4 #94 Montreal Canadiens Detroit Compuware
Thomas Di Pauli 4 #100 Washington Capitals Chicago Mission
Austin Wuthrich 4 #107 Washington Capitals Team Illinois
Jaccob Slavin 4 #120 Carolina Hurricanes Colorado Thunderbirds
Logan Nelson 5 #133 Buffalo Sabres Russell Stover Stars
Connor Carrick 5 #137 Washington Capitals Chicago Fury
Garret Ross 5 #139 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Victory Honda
John McCarron 6 #153 Edmonton Oilers Detroit Honeybaked
Riley Barber 6 #167 Washington Capitals Detroit Compuware
Vincent Hinostroza 6 #169 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Mission
Matthew Deblouw 7 #186 Calgary Flames Detroit Little Caesars
Colton Hargrove 7 #205 Boston Bruins St. Louis Amateur Blues
Jaycob Megna 7 #210 Anaheim Ducks Team Illinois
2013
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Seth Jones 1 #4 Nashville Predators Dallas Stars
Kerby Rychel 1 #19 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Belle Tire
Michael McCarron 1 #25 Montreal Canadiens Detroit Honeybaked
Ryan Hartman 1 #30 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Mission
J.T. Compher 2 #35 Buffalo Sabres Team Illinois
Justin Bailey 2 #52 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Regals
Cole Cassels 3 #85 Vancouver Canucks Ohio Blue Jackets
Michael Downing 4 #97 Florida Panthers Detroit Victory Honda
Andrew Copp 4 #104 Winnipeg Jets Detroit Compuware
Zachary Pochiro 4 #112 St. Louis Blues LA Jr. Kings
Tyler Motte 4 #121 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Honeybaked
Will Butcher 5 #123 Colorado Avalanche Madison Capitols
Calvin Petersen 5 #129 Buffalo Sabres Chicago Young Americans
Brendan Burke 6 #163 Phoenix Coyotes P.F. Chang's
Quentin Shore 6 #168 Ottawa Senators Colorado Thunderbirds
Anthony Louis 6 #181 Chicago Blackhawks Team Illinois
David Drake 7 #192 Philadelphia Flyers Chicago Fury
2014
Player Round Overall NHL Team MWEHL Team
Brendan Perlini 1 #12 Arizona Coyotes Detroit Belle Tire
Dylan Larkin 1 #15 Detroit Red Wings Detroit Belle Tire
Sonny Milano 1 #16 Columbus Blue Jackets Cleveland Barons
Nick Schmaltz 1 #20 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Mission
Thatcher Demko 2 #36 Vancouver Canucks LA Jr. Kings
Alex Nedeljkovic 2 #37 Carolina Hurricanes Detroit Belle Tire
Joshua Jacobs 2 #41 New Jersey Devils Detroit Belle Tire
Ryan MacInnis 2 #43 Arizona Coyotes St. Louis AAA Blues
Maxim Letunov 2 #52 St. Louis Blues Dallas Stars
Johnathan MacLeod 2 #57 Tampa Bay Lightning Cleveland Barons
Christian Dvorak 2 #58 Arizona Coyotes Chicago Mission
Brandon Halverson 2 #59 New York Rangers Oakland Jr. Grizzlies
Connor Chatham 3 #71 New Jersey Devils St. Louis AAA Blues
Blake Siebenaler 3 #77 Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Belle Tire
Louis Belpedio 3 #80 Minnesota Wild Team Illinois
Matt Iacopelli 3 #83 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Belle Tire
Nick Magyar 4 #93 Colorado Avalanche Cleveland Barons
Chase De Leo 4 #99 Winnipeg Jets LA Selects Hockey Club
Ryan Mantha 4 #104 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Belle Tire
Zachary Nagelvoort 4 #111 Edmonton Oilers Detroit Compuware
Dakota Joshua 5 #128 Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Little Caesars
Anders Bjork 5 #146 Boston Bruins Chicago Mission
Christopher Brown 6 #151 Buffalo Sabres Detroit Belle Tire
Aaron Haydon 6 #154 Dallas Stars Detroit Belle Tire
Kyle Schempp 6 #155 New York Islanders Detroit Compuware
Hayden Hawkey 6 #177 Montreal Canadiens Colorado Thunderbirds
Jared Fiegl 7 #191 Arizona Coyotes Colorado Rampage
Matt Ustaski 7 #192 Winnipeg Jets Team Illinois
Dwyer Tschantz 7 #202 St. Louis Blues Team Comcast

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