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2025 Playoffs

The 2025 MCHL playoffs will be held February 21st-23rd. Most games will be played at the Lou and Gibb Ice Arena in Newark. The playoffs are a single elimination tournament. Good luck to all our teams.

The following tie-breaks will be used to determine seeds should two or more teams be tied in points at the conclusion of the regular season:

1. Head to head record

2. Most wins

3. Goal differential

4. Fewest goals against

5. Fewest penalty minutes

6. If more than two teams are tied, once one team has been determined to win the tie-break, the tie-breaks will then be re-applied to the remaining teams starting with head to head record

Divisions Announced for the 2024-25 MCHL Season

Thanks to all the teams for participating in seeding. Hope you all had a great weekend.

10U RED DIVISION

CCYHA BLUE JACKETS 2014

CAHA CAPITALS 2014 WHITE

MAVERICKS GREEN

DAYTON STEALTH (SCHNEIDER)

FINDLAY TROJANS

10U BLUE DIVISION

CAHA CAPITALS 2014 TOURNAMENT TEAM

CCYHA BLUE JACKETS2015

MAVERICKS BLUE,

EDP SPIDERS PREMIER

CAHA CAPITALS 2015 WHITE

NEWARK GENERALS

12U RED DIVISION

CINCINNATI CYCLONES (MAHONEY)

CCYHA BLUEJACKETS 2012

DAYTON STEALTH (BORNEMAN)

MAVERICKS BLUE

FINDLAY TROJANS

12U BLUE DIVSION

CCYHA BLUE JACKETS 2013

EDP SPIDERS PREMIER

CINCINNATI CYCLONES (GJESTVANG)

CAHA CAPITALS 2012 TOURNAMENT TEAM

NEWARK GENERALS

CAHA CAPITALS 2013 RED

12U WHITE DIVISION

MAVERICKS WHITE

DAYTON STEALTH (MILANO)

EDP SPIDERS ELITE

CAHA CAPITALS 2013 TOURNAMENT TEAM

CINCINNATI CYCLONES (TRUEB)

14U RED DIVISION

CCYHA BLUEJACKETS 2010

MAVERICKS 2010

CAHA CAPITALS 2010

FINDLAY TROJANS

DAYTON ICEHOUNDS

NEWARK GENERALS

EDP SPIDERS PREMIER

14U BLUE DIVISION

CAHA CAPITALS 2011 RED

EDP SPIDERS ELITE

MAVERICKS BLUE

CINCINNATI CYCLONES

2024 MCHL Seeding Tournament

The MCHL Seeding tournament will be August 23rd-25th this year. Thanks to all the teams participating.

The full schedule and rules are below:

Rules:

1. For each game, there will be a two-minute warmup, followed by a 25-minute running clock game.  The clock does NOT stop for any reason (eg. injuries, penalties, discussions with refs).  You have only your allocated time to complete the game, you are not allowed to run late.  Post game handshakes will be eliminated to ensure we use the ice available as efficiently as possible.  These games are intended to evaluate the competitive levels of the teams involved, wins and losses are secondary, so please avoid late game shenanigans to kill the clock (eg. late line changes, arguing with refs etc.).

2. Minor penalties will be 1 minute. Major penalties will be 3 minutes and the offending player will be ejected from the game.  Start the penalty time at the drop of the puck.  Players receiving 2 major penalties in seeding may be suspended for the rest of seeding at the discretion of the commissioner.  If something egregious happens in your game, please notify me immediately.

3. Home teams (listed first) will wear light colored jerseys and are responsible for the clock and scorekeeping – see below as there are updates to how scorekeeping will be completed this season in the MCHL.   Away teams will wear dark jerseys.  Each team needs a volunteer in their penalty box.  The league will provide referees.  

4. We will be introducing digital GameSheet at seeding, and using it for all league games this season.  Seeding will give us all a good opportunity to learn the software, so that we are ready once the season begins.  I’m told it’s very simple to learn.  Home teams will now need to bring their own Ipad to games.  There will be no paper scoresheets required for seeding or league games.

5. At the conclusion of your game please email the score to mchlcommissioner@gmail.com.  We also want your feedback on the game:  was the other team a good match for you, or should they be in a higher or lower division than your team?

6. Once seeding is complete I will have a discussion with your coaches about where your team best fits.  It is possible that your team may not be a good fit for the league.  This process takes a few days.  Once division assignments are finalized, I will send you a list of the managers in your division, and you may schedule your league games. It is our plan this year to host a virtual meeting in the week following seeding for all the managers to facilitate scheduling.  Our hope is that your league schedule can be completed by the end of the meeting.  More information on this will come closer to seeding. 

WELCOME TO THE DAYTON STEALTH

The Dayton Stealth have agreed to join the MCHL for the 2024-2025 season. We look forward to their participation and believe they will be an excellent addition to the MCHL.

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 MCHL Playoff Champions

Thank you to all of our teams for participating in the Metro Columbus Hockey League this season. We look forward to another great season in 2024-2025!

U10 Blue Champions: Mavericks Blue

U10 Red Champions: CCYHA Blue Jackets 2013

U12 Blue Champions: Thunderbirds

U12 Red Champions: Findlay Trojans

U14 Champions: Comets

My Hockey Play of the Week

MCHL goalie Anthony DePrisco of CCYHA 2012 is up for the play of the week on MyHockey

Watch the save and vote for him here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/myhockeyranking/3306968696999834319?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTliNWI0NDk3YzZoMQ==

MCHL Announces 2024 Playoff Tournament

The Metro Columbus Hockey League is pleased to announce the 2024 MCHL Playoff Tournament. The single-elimination event will take place Friday, February 23 – Sunday, February 25, 2024.

The tournament gets underway Friday evening with a matchup between two teams from the U10 Blue Division at Chiller North. The action resumes Saturday morning with all remaining games contested at Lou & Gibb Reese Ice Arena.

In all, 28 teams across five divisions will participate in the playoff tournament, culminating in the four division championship games beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 25.

Tournament Schedule

DATE TIME RINK DIVISION HOME VISITOR
FRI 2/236:10pNorthU10 Blue#4 Capitals 2014 White#5 Blue Jackets U10 Girls
SAT 2/248:00aNewarkU10 Blue#3 Mavericks U10 Blue#6 Blue Jackets 2014
9:10aNewarkU12 Blue#4 Blue Jackets 2012#5 Mavericks U12 Blue
10:30aNewarkU12 Red#1 Mavericks U12 Green#4 Blue Jackets 11/12
11:50aNewarkU12 Red#2 Spiders U12#3 Trojans U12
1:10pNewarkU10 Blue#1 Trojans U10W 4/5
2:20pNewarkU10 Blue#2 Generals U10W 3/6
5:00pNewarkU10 Red#1 Blue Jackets 2013#2 Spiders U10
6:10pNewarkU14#3 Spiders U14#6 Blue Jackets 09/10
7:30pNewarkU14#4 Maverics 2010 Blue#5 Blue Jackets 2009
SUN 2/257:30aNewarkU10 Red#1 Blue Jackets 2013#2 Spiders U10
8:40aNewarkU12 Blue#1 Thunderbirds U12W 4/5
10:00aNewarkU12 Blue#2 Jr Cyclones U12#3 Generals U12
11:20aNewarkU14#1 Comets U14W 4/5
12:40pNewarkU14#2 Mavericks U14 GreenW 3/6
3:30pNewarkU10 BlueFinal
4:45pNewarkU12 BlueFinal
6:10pNewarkU12 RedFinal
7:35pNewarkU14Final
updated 2/15/24

Tournament Brackets

MCHL Playoff Tournament seeding will be determined by standings points. In the event two or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are as follows:

  1. Head-to-head record in league games
  2. Goal differential in league games
  3. Fewest goals allowed in league games

U10 BLUE

Note: The CCYHA U10 Girls team will be the #5 seed in the U10 Blue bracket.

U10 RED

Note: #1 seed CCYHA 2013 will play #2 seed EDP U10 Premier in a best-of-two series.

U12 BLUE

Note: The fifth-place finisher in the U12 Red Division will be reassigned to the #4 seed in the U10 Blue bracket.

U12 RED

U14

Tournament Rules

  • The games will be played at Lou and Joe Gibb Arena in Newark.
  • It is a single elimination tournament
  • U10 games will play 12 minute periods, U12 and U14s will play 13 minute periods
  • All minor penalties will be 90 seconds, Majors 4:00 minutes
  • Each team will be allowed one 30 second time-out
  • In the event the score is tied after regulation, a 5 minute 3 on 3 sudden death overtime will be played
  • If the game remains tied a 3 player shootout will occur, then continue if necessary until the game is decided.  Players cannot shoot a second time until all skaters have had a turn
  • If the goal differential in the third period is 5 or more goals, a running clock will be used. Should the goal differential then decrease to less than 5 goals, stop time will resume.
  • Due to the tight schedule, supplemental discipline will not be an option, we must rely on the referees and USA Hockey rules to determine if suspensions are warranted
  • Higher Seed teams will be the home team and wear light jerseys.  Lower seeded teams will the away team and wear dark jerseys
  • Each team must provide a volunteer to work the penalty box. Home teams must provide a volunteer to work the clock
  • The MCHL will provide referees
  • Please be ready to go on the ice at least 15 minutes early if we start to run ahead of schedule