Field of 8 teams set for 2017 Silver Cup

March 27, 2017

After an incredible weekend of drama, the field is set for the 2017 NA3HL Silver Cup Championship, which will take place from March 29-April 2, 2017 at Canlan Ice Sports in Romeoville, Illinois.

 

Eight teams have advanced to the season-ending event, which annually crowns the NA3HL National Playoff Champion.

 

All NA3HL Silver Cup games will be broadcast in HD on HockeyTV

 

Click here for the NA3HL Silver Cup site, which includes information on schedule, format, tickets, hotels, rental cars, scouting information and more.

 

Seven of the eight teams that advanced by winning their divisional playoff championship, also won their division’s regular season title. The lone team that did not win their division’s regular season title were the Atlanta Capitals, who finished one win and two points back of Texas.

 

The seeding for the event will be as follows and was based on point totals in the 2016-17 NA3HL regular season standings:

 

1. Metro Jets

2. Binghamton Junior Senators

3. Yellowstone Quake

4. St. Louis Jr. Blues

5. Atlanta Capitals

6. North Iowa Bulls

7. Long Beach Sharks

8. Granite City Lumberjacks

 

The eight divisional playoff champions will now play a three-game round-robin format followed by a semi-final and a championship game. A round-robin format with two pools will be implemented, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the Semi-Finals, where they will then cross over to play the other top two teams from the other pool. The winners of the Semi-Finals will advance to the Silver Cup Championship Game. In the event of a tie after round-robin play, a tiebreaking procedure adopted in the rules and regulations shall be used to break the tie.

 

Pool A: Metro Jets, St. Louis Jr. Blues, Atlanta Capitals, Granite City Lumberjacks

Pool B: Binghamton Junior Senators, Yellowstone Quake, North Iowa Bulls, Long Beach Sharks