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The demand for getting into our tryouts has been great (all slots filled the first day). In order to get some additional talented kids into our tryout, we added an additional tryout on Wednesday, August 27 at 7:15 pm. The original tryout kids signed up for Wednesday will be moved to 5:45. Players bo...

A link to sign up for our tryouts will be posted here tomorrow:

http://www.bantamelite.com/page/show/903406--15-tryouts

Some of the best players in the League are players that came from our tryout last Summer.

Our list of 75 skaters and 5 goalies is now listed on our site:

www.bantamelite.com

A link to our tryouts will be posted Thursday.

We plan on announcing our full '15 teams, at our Championship Weekend in September.

We plan to announce our league invites and tryout dates for 2015 - next season - sometime this week. Our first weekend of hockey was a great draw...we had a lot of fans on hand and scouts from USNDTP, Division I, WHL and USHL teams (14 total scouts checked in over the weekend). On top of that, write...

Our league is for first year Bantam age kids (July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000) Here is a link YHH posted on Top Bantams in November. A lot of those kids are now in high school, not bantams. http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/310498?referrer_id=967187 The schedule for the BEL should be out...

Our team rosters were just announced on our Twitter feed this afternoon. They can be found twitter.com/bantamelite. Full rosters will be posted Thursday to our site including 7 alternates to an Alternate pool. Those players are not required to pay a fee, but will take part in pre-season camp and all...

Our Entry Draft will be held Sunday night. The teams will be announced via our Twitter Feed (@bantamelite) on Monday and a full list of players and teams later in the week. We plan on interviewing coaching candidates the next two weeks. If you are interested in coaching in our league please send us ...

http://www.bantamelite.com

Many thanks to our 14 Evaluators, including goalie groups from both Pro Hybrid (Evals) and Stauber (Scrimmages).

Visit our site to see the final 15 we added to the league through the tryout process.

We received 11 new commitments today to the League and have fielded several inquiries from several more Invited player parents. We are now at 52 committed (of 80) with 3 weeks until the cutoff date.

As of this morning our tryout is full. We really appreciate the interest in our league. We have kids from all over MN, kids from Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota signed up. Stay tuned for team, uniform and coaching announcements in early October. Invited players have until September 16 to ac...

The men you mention as owners are not involved in this league.

All serious inquiries about our league can be directed via email bantamelite at gmail dot com.

We missed a good question in there: No, this League is not sanctioned by USAH.

As of today, we have filled 67 of the 80 tryout spots. A player can choose to take one or two spots.

The 10 goalie slots are filled.

The league is operated by an independent private business (and it's investors). We are not affiliated with a AAA program, training facility, or hockey related entity. We started the BEL because we thought there would be demand for a league of this kind.

AP was left off mostly because he has never competed at this level with his peers. If his parents would like him to participate, we will make room for him in this League. Email address is bantamelite@gmail.com.

No doubt his skill, size and shot warrant a slot in our league.

The Bantam Elite League (BEL) is proud to announce the first 80 skaters and five goalies to it's League that begins next Summer. The list of pre-committed players includes Jack Olsen (Lakeville), Peter Tabor (Edina), Clayton Phillips (Edina), Gavin Hain (Grand Rapids), Tyler Madden (Edina), Tyler Wa...

We just got word today that Paul Ranheim, former Edina, Wisconsin and 15 year NHL player will run our tryouts in September.

Names will be published next Monday (including a handful of pre-accepted kids). At that point if your son's name is on the list he has a month to decide if he wants to play. If it is not on the list, he will have a month to decide if he wants to try out.

80+ will be Invited prior to tryout.

The remaining invites will be earned through the tryout process.

Ballpark 80-20, the exact # of invites is still being determined.

The current list of accepted pre-invites is impressive.

Questions regarding the League can be directed to: bantamelite@gmail.com

Serious inquiries only.

The tryout cost is $12. $2 goes to NGIN fees. The rest goes to cover the cost of ice and coaches to run the practice.

If a player/parent requests a refund after the tryout we will happily give it.

We have a comprehensive process for choosing players and coaches. Our $12 tryout will reflect it.

The games are sandwiched between the conclusion of the Select 15 and Summer Sports (Mid July) and Association Tryouts (End of September). It is not affiliated with MN Made. The League will have paid administrators, coaches, and a private advisory board. We already have an impressive list of players ...

We are happy to announce a great new Invite Only League for next Summer. Details about the League can be found here: http://www.bantamelite.com Invites to the League will be posted a week from Monday, August 19. Players not invited, can tryout in September for remaining spots in the league. We have ...