NIHL Seeding Round Nearing Completion

The 8 game seeding round is nearing a finale, and its that time in October to speculate on where teams will land.  Larry Beller at NIHL was kind enough to help me out with this article.  He commented that, although there is no hard and fast rule, historically about 10% of teams move up or down.  With that in mind and 2+ games left to play, here is my thoughts on how things could shake out for Mites, Squirts, and PeeWees.

Mite Elite/Gold

The two seeding round Gold tiers will become Elite and Gold for the regular season.  The following clubs appear destined for the Elite Tier:

Glenview Stars 1
Ice Dogs 1
Leafs 1
Hawks 1
Falcons 1
Wilmette Braves 1
Winnetka 1
Northbrook Bluehawks 1
Sabres 1
Blues 1

The rest should settle into the Gold Tier:

Cyclones 1
Admirals 1
Huskies 1
Redwings 1
Jets 1
Bruins 1
Chargers 1

Possibly headed to Silver:

Rockford 1

Peoria 1

Yellow Jackets 1

These Silver teams are candidates to move up to Gold:

Bloomington 1
St Jude Knights 1
Vikings 1
Winnetka 2
Leafs 2
Falcons 2
Northbrook Bluehawks 2


Squirt Elite/Gold

Again based on results to date, the following clubs appear headed  to the Elite Tier:

Winnetka 1
St Jude Knights 1
Express 1
Bruins 1
Vikings 2
Jets 1
Bloomington 1
Leafs 1
Cyclones 1
Irish 1

The Gold Tier could shake out as follows:

Falcons 1
Sabres 1
Admirals 1
Peoria 1
Rockford 1
Wildkits 1
Northbrook Bluehawks 1
Vikings 1
Glenview Stars 1
Hawks 1
Ice Dogs 1
Yellow Jackets 1

On the bubble for a downgrade:

Blues 1
Huskies 1

Silver teams that might move up:

Vikings 3
Maniax 1
Wolf Pack 1
Skokie 1
Leafs 2
Falcons 2
Bulldogs 1


PeeWee Elite/Gold

PeeWee Elite is shaping up like this:

Vikings 1
Skokie 1
Yellow Jackets 1
Sabres 1
Express 1
Cyclones 1
Northbrook Bluehawks 1
Ice Dogs 1
Wilmette Braves 1

Headed to Gold:

Bruins 1
Huskies 1
Blues 1
Peoria 1
Jets 1

Teams voted off the Gold island could be:

Rockford 1

Irish 1

Bloomington 1

Wildkits 1
Glenview Stars 1

Teams called up from Silver might include:

Wilmette Braves 2
CYA 1
Wolf Pack 1
St Jude Knights 1
Bulldogs 1
Falcons 1


The Tiers are announced following the Board of Director's meeting on November 1st.