Forty-one teams in four divisions will comprise the field for the 2025 Flyers Cup tournament. The field was announced during the Flyers Cup Selection Show Sunday night.
First-round games will get underway on Monday, March 3 and action will continue through the middle of the following week.
The Class A field, with 14 teams, will be the largest in the tournament. The Class AA field will include 12 teams, the Class AAA bracket 8, and the girls’ bracket 7.
In years past, the Class A and AA fields have consisted of as many as 16 teams each but with just 37 Cup-eligible teams between the two divisions this season, the committee took a different approach.
Eric Tye is the President of the Flyers Cup Committee.
“We’re not putting everyone in just so everyone can be in,” he said. “There needs to be a cutoff. We came up with 12 (for Class AA). Do we feel bad for teams 13 and 14? I gues so. We feel bad for teams 15 and 16 in {Class A} and 9 and 10 in {Class AAA}.
“People aren’t going to agree with what we did, we know that, but we did what we think’s best.”
Brackets are listed below.
Class AAA (8 teams)
Quarterfinals, March 4 and 6
1 Holy Ghost Prep vs 8 Owen J. Roberts. 3-4; 6:15 at Hatfield Blue
4 Malvern Prep vs 5 Salesianum. 3-6; 6:30 at Ice Line 1
2 La Salle vs 7 Devon Prep. 3-4 6:00; at Hatfield Gray
3 St. Joseph’s Prep vs 6 Father Judge. 3-6; 8:30 at Skatium
Semifinals, Thursday March 13
Monday, March 17 or Wednesday, March 19
Class AA (12 teams)
First Round, March 3 and 4
8 Conestoga vs 9 Boyertown 3-4; 8:30 at Ice Line 1
4 Central Bucks South vs 12 Spring Ford 3-4; 8:30 at Hatfield Blue
7 Pennridge vs 10 Avon Grove 3-4; 8:10 at Hatfield Gray
6 Downingtown West vs 11 Central Bucks East 3-4; 6:15 at Ice Line AAA
Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 6
1 Council Rock South vs Conestoga or Boyertown 6:15 at Hatfield Gray
4 Haverford vs Central Bucks South or Spring Ford 6:30 at Skatium
2 North Penn vs Pennridge or Avon Grove 8:10 at Hatfield Gray
3 Downingtown East vs Downingtown West or C.B. East TBD
Semifinals
March 17 or 19
Finals TBD
Class A (14 teams)
Play In
Monday, Match 3
Play In
12 Moorsetown vs 13 Strath Haven 8:10 at Hatfield Blue
11 Radnor vs 14 Hatboro-Horsham 6:30 at Ice Line 1
First Round
Monday, Match 3
8 Plymouth Whitemarsh vs 9 Springield-Delco 6:00 at Hatfield Blue
7 Marple Newtown vs 10 Palmyra 6:30 at Skatium
Tuesday, March 4
First Round
Moorsetown or Strath Haven vs 5 Kennett
Radnor or Hatboro-Horsham vs 6 Hershey 8:30 at Skatium
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
Plymouth Whitemrsh or Springfield-Delco vs 1 Garnet Valley 6:30 at Ice Works
Moorsetown, Strath-Haven, or Kennet vs 4 WC East at Ice Line
Marple Newtown or Palmyra vs 2 WC Henderson at Ice Line
Radnor, H-H or Hershey at Penncrest 8:30 at Ice Works
Semifinals March 11
Finals March 17
Girls (7 teams)
Monday March 3
Play in
6 West Chester East vs 7 Pennridge 8:30 at Ice Line
Wednesday, Match 5
Quarterfinals
4 West Chester Henderson vs 5 Radnor 7:45 at PNY
West Chester East or Pennridge vs 3 Conestoga 6:00 at PNY
Wednesday March 12
Semifinals
WC Henderson or Radnor vs 1 Avon Grove 6:00 at PNY
WC East, Pennridge, or Conestoga vs 2 Downingtown West 7:45 at PNY
Tuesday, March 18
Finals
6:00 ay PNY
Eric Tye and Rick Woelfel will discuss the tournament on the Hockey Happenings podcast which will drop on Monday, February 24
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