What are the biggest youth hockey tournaments in the US?

[Beardacus]

Question for the dedicated hockey parents in this thread.

How do you guys manage to travel so much with your kids playing these tournaments. I am assuming many of them are far from where you live? Are you traveling every weekend? Driving? Flying?

Basically, how do you manage?

I am currently trying to get my son into one of the better hockey programs in my area, but when I start hearing about all the traveling AAA teams do I don't know if I could ever manage if he got into a AAA team.

[Capitals03]

Are you looking spring or winter

Spring

Winnipeg Subway from 2004-1999 in 2013
Alberta Champions Cup same age group

The Brick 2013 - for 2003 was good a few years agao. its turned into a Parents with the most money tournament.

New York Big Apple
NAPS Tournament
Challendge Cup -Vancouver,BC

Chicago Baurer has few.

Winter


Super series are great 4 or 5 teams from all over play in a mini round robin.
Nations Cup -2003-1998 lots from the Detroit area.

Quebec Tournament 2013 00-01 year. has one age group best in the world teams from all over the world play in 3 different levels. Mexico has a team, Detroit sends all of there big teams.

Chicago Baurer -October a few different age groups.
Bell Cup in Ottawa -Dec I think last year was 2002-2003 age group.

Medicine Hat - November for Bantams
St Albert- January Bantams

for a fun AA tournament is Whistler in BC in late June and July. 2004-1996 age groups
family vacation plus 2 games a day.