Defender Hockey Tournament - President's Cup, New Jersey

OVERVIEW

Defender Hockey Tournaments is excited for our annual President's Cup Tournament in New Jersey. This Round Robin tournament showcases 10U through 16U age levels. The schedule is released 7-10 days before the event.

Divisional allocation is based on USA Hockey roster classification. However, the tournament operations staff may adjust placements to fit individual team competitiveness on a case-by-case basis.

ARENAS

SportsCare Arena
16 Aspen Drive, Randolph, New Jersey

Skylands Ice World
2765 NJ-23, Stockholm, NJ 07460

HOTELS

As a reminder, this event is a Stay to Play Event. All teams are to utilize official event hotels. Please click on the link below to secure your team block. Please make sure to designate the number of rooms needed each night when creating the block. You will then receive a confirmation email that contains the booking information to forward to the team families so they may make their individual reservations. All hotels are convenient to arenas. Please make sure families only book via the link provided. Families are not to contact the hotel directly to book rooms for the event.

Please note, the link below will allow you to initially block a maximum of 16 rooms. Once your initial block is filled, rooms can be requested . Please email ibhcbookings@gmail.com to request additional rooms (once the initial rooms have been filled).

Complimentary rooms are awarded based on actual nights paid for in the team block, not reservations booked. One (1) complimentary guest room will be provided per team per night for every 16 guest rooms booked through the team block. Complimentary rooms are awarded on a per-night pick-up basis over the tournament dates. The complimentary room is applied to the 16th room reserved by the team. Teams that appear to qualify for a complimentary room will receive an email with instructions the week of the event on how to designate the recipient of the complimentary room. Please make sure all rooms for coach(es) are booked prior to the cutoff date. Please note that the complimentary guest room will be required to check in with a credit card. The comp room night(s) will be awarded at checkout. NOTE: The hotel(s) credit(s) eligible stays back to the credit card in the days following the event.

RULES

All game day protocols can be found here

IN THE AREA

Restaurants

Black River Barn, 1178 Route 10, West St, Randolph, NJ 07869
Fuddruckers, 275 NJ-10, Succasunna, NJ 07876
Randolph Diner Bar and Grill, 517 NJ-10 E, Randolph, NJ 07869
Tony's Restaurant Pizza, 2771 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike, Stockholm, NJ 07460

Shopping

Target, 94 NJ-23, Riverdale, NJ 07457
Target, 381 Mt Hope Ave, Rockaway Township, NJ 07866
Hockey Pro Shop at Skylands
Pure Hockey, 343 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004

CONTACT

Cindy Irving, Director of Operations - cindy@defenderhockey.com

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

DATE

Feb 14-16, 2026

SKILL LEVEL

AA/A/B

DIVISION

10U-16U

ENTRY FEE

$1,799/team (10U)
$1,849/team (12U)
$1,899/team (14U)
$2,000/team (16U)

NEWS

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