AEA Salary Cap System
Comparable teams, great competition, is what makes winning one of our cups a true reward.
Comparable teams, great competition, is what makes winning one of our cups a true reward.
The AEA Salary Cap System is a way to make a teams within our brackets more comparable and competitive during a tournament. Each bracket at the Silver Puck Challenge and Dekes & Dangles tournaments will be given a dollar value that their team should be between.
We understand that the AEA Salary Cap System is not perfect, but it has helped greatly in making captains and teams more aware of their rosters overall skill level. We don't want stacked teams at our events. We want all teams to have a chance at hoisting one of our cups.
Fredonia Cup (A): $9.50 million & above
VanValkenburg Cup (B+): $8.75-$9.25 million
Jonkman Cup (B): $6.25-$6.75 million
SPC Taxi Squad (B/B+): $6.50-$8.50 million
John English Memorial Cup (30+, Tier I): $7.00-$7.50 million
Perz Cup (30+, Tier II): $5.50-$6.00 million
Morgan Cup (40+): $5.00-$5.50 million
Rooster Cup (Competitive COED): $5.50-$6.00 million
Potter Cup (C): $3.75-$4.25 million
Johnson Cup (Rec-COED): $3.75-$4.25 million
Your team's AEA Salary Cap total for the Silver Puck Challenge will be based on the top ten (10) valued skaters and goalie.
A/B+ Bracket: $4.80 million & above
B Bracket: $3.40 million - $3.70 million
C Bracket: Less than $2.50 million
30+ Bracket: $4.10 million - $4.40 million
40+ Bracket: $3.40 million - $3.70 million
COED Bracket: $3.00 million - $3.20 million
Women's Bracket: $2.45 - $2.70 million
D&D Pond Hockey Championship Series: $3.75 million - $4.00 million
Your team's AEA Salary Cap total for Dekes & Dangles will be based on your top six (6) skaters values.
#17 | Matt Larobardiere has become an AEA All Around Champion.
#16 | Adam Knoll has become an AEA All Around Champion.
#15 | Darren Martucci has become an AEA All Around Champion.
Drew Polak has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
Joe VanValkenburg has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
Aric "Uncle Rico" Geerlings has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
Zach Feldt has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
#14 | Zach "Blackhawk" Grover has become an AEA All Around Champion.
#4 | Zach "Blackhawk" Grover achieves AEA Perfection.
Joel Potter has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
Ross Janesyk has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
Joshua Vance has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
#5 | Monte Squires has become an AEA All Around Champion
Peter Noto has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame
Stu McLean has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
Dana Berkeley-Thiebout has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
Jerre Coretti has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
Brant Morgan has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
Dan 'Danimal' Collins has been inducted into the AEA Hall of Fame.
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