Blue Note Cup

Feb 7-9, 2025

Midget Play Down Games (All 3 Midget Divisions)

Feb. 21-23, 2025

Blue Note Cup Playoff Games

(Squirt, Peewee, Bantam)

March 1-2, 2025

Blue Note Cup Championship Weekend (All Divisions)

We are pleased to announce the preliminary 2025 Blue Note Cup brackets have been released and can be found at the link above.

It is important that teams be able to play in ANY of the game times shown for the division. Schedules will NOT be adjusted except for out of town teams travel needs and if any errors are found.

Schedules will not be final until posted as final on Tuesday Feb 18th by Noon.

The ice times have been provided by the Host Associations and to the best of their ability followed the scheduling guidelines. In some situations games have been scheduled outside those guidelines.

The 2025 Blue Note Cup Tournament will take place on 2 weekends at the end of the 2024-2025 Season.

The Playdown weekend for Midgets will be Feb 7-9.

The Playdown weekend for Squirts thru Bantams will be Feb 21-23.

The Championship Weekend (all divisions) will be March 1 & 2 at

Centene.

EVERY Youth Division team plays in the tournament. It is single elimination and seeding will be determined by the season standings.

Please keep in mind that the season standings shown on the division page do not account for ties. Teams with the same number of points are listed alphabetically. The tie breaking procedures (which can be found at the link on the left side of this page) will be applied once the regular season games are completed. At that time the final schedules will be posted with seedings. Division Commissioners have the final decision on seedings. Please contact them if you have any questions on seedings.

Championship Game times for CS and AAA teams will posted in the near future. They will be played the weekend of 3/1-2 at Centene.

There will be NO travel permits issued to Youth Division teams for either weekend of their tournament.

Teams do not need to register and there is no cost for the tournament - if you play in the regular season league you are automatically in.

For questions please email Blue Note Cup Tournament Director Bill Baker at bill@rhodesequipment.com

Each year the Missouri Hockey Youth Division has hosted a season ending Championship Tournament for all teams participating in the Youth Division Travel (A1 thru C) Leagues. AAA and Central States teams in non-National bound age groups also have division Championships as part of the tournament. For many years the tournament was known as the State Championship Tournament or the SCT. In 2017 Missouri Hockey Youth Division and the St Louis Blues teamed up to take the tournament to another level. The event is now called the Blue Note Cup – Missouri Youth Hockey Championships.

The Blues’ “Blues For Kids” program had given a significant contribution towards the tournament’s operating budget. In addition, in probably the biggest change for the tournament the Blues will be donating a trophy that will be awarded to each Champion. The winning team will be engraved on the trophy and the winners will be allowed to display the trophy in their rink for the year. The individual awards that have been used in the past will also remain.

AAA and CS Championship Game Schedule

Please use the link below to access the AAA and CS Championship Game schedule for 3/1 and 3/2 at Centene

UPDATE 1/7/25 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE RELEASED

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Blue Note Cup Festival schedule is linked at the bottom of this update.

All games will be played at Maryville Ice Center in Chesterfield

The schedule is sorted by division (6U/8UBlue/8U Red/8U White), date and rink. There are 2 pages.

Please locate your team (we used team names we were given) to find when you play.

We cannot reschedule games. However it is OK if you want to swap times with a team from your club in the same division. If you find a team to swap with please send Bill Baker an email with both teams copied and clearly stating the teams/times being switched. The schedule will be changed once the change is received and confirmed to both teams.

Remember - each team has one hour of ice. There is NO cost to participate.

Teams will play 2 x 25 min games during the hour.

After the first game, half of the teams will stay in the same place and the other half will rotate to get a different opponent for the second game.

Teams should bring multiple jerseys if they have them. Coaches will coordinate with other teams in their time slot once at the rink to determine what color they will wear.

There will NOT be officials for the games. Coaches will be on the ice with skates and will manage the game.

Coaches are also expected to help move the pads/boards before and after your game. The ice will be done avery two games so they will need to be moved before or after your game. Please be considerate and help get the changeover done as quickly as possible.

You are welcome to bring friends and family to watch your game.

Please check the website and lookout for additional email updates as we get closer to the Festival.

For questions please email, Bill Baker,

2025 Festival Director at bill@rhodesequipment.com.

UPDATE 11/15/24

The Festival Registration is now closed. If you have not yet regiestered your team please contact Bill Baker, Festival Director, at bill@rhodesequipment.com and he can see if there is a spot available.

We will be posting the schedule and additional information for the Festival in the coming weeks.

Registration was a HUGE success. Where we have had 100-110 teams in the past Festivals at Centene by moving to Maryville and 2 dedicated rinks we now have 163 teams registered.

UPDATE 9/24/24

We are excited to announce there will be a BIG change for the 2025 Festival. In an effort to avoid the ice issues we have had the last couple years, not being able to get all teams in, etc we are moving the Festival location.

The 2025 Blue Note Cup 6U/8U Festival will take place the same weekend as the BNC Championship Games (March 1 & 2, 2025) but will be at Maryville Ice Center in Chesterfield. Games will run all day Sat and Sun on both rinks at Maryville. Teams will be randomly assigned times.

EVERY 6U/8U team that is registered in the Youth Division will be invited to play. No team will be left out.

All teams will get one hour of ice (AT NO COST). During that hour they will play 2 x 25 min games. Like past years coaches will be on the ice coordinating the games. We will buzz the clock for line changes. This is the same as we have always done at Centene.

Teams will need to register and the registstration will be open by mid-September. Keep in mind ALL teams will be in the Festival - nobody will be left out. Registration is just to get team contact info, number of players,etc.

Watch this space for registration information coming soon!!!

There is no cost to participate in the Festival.

We expect the have the Festival schedule posted around the Holidays or early January.

Please make sure you save the dates - March 1 & 2, 2025 on your team calendars.

Please note since the Festival is including all 6U/8U teams the YD Board has made this a blackout weekend. There will be no travel permits issued and no other Festivals in town.

We are very thankful to have the Blues for Kids as a partner in the new and improved BNC Festival. Without their support this new format would not be possible. Please support them when you go to the Blues games this season and buy 50/50 tickets.

Please contact Festival Directior if you have any questions.

BIll Baker

bill@rhodesequipment.com