Showdown Youth Hockey Tournaments
Showdown Hockey Tournaments
Experience FUN and COMPETITIVE hockey at all levels with Showdown Tournaments.
Our goal is to create an environment for all participants to feel like winners and to be a part of something good. To accomplish our goal we build competitive divisions, provide state-of-the-art fun through our Showdown Skills Event, and give each participant and family a memorable experience to savor for a lifetime.
With over 30 years of hosting tournaments in the Washington D.C. area, Maryland and Nashville, Tennessee, we are the go-to for your tournament weekend.
What you get at a Showdown Tournament:
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3 days of hockey
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4 game guarantee
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Showdown Skills Event – a fun and exhilarating skill event
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Pin Exchange
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Player Souvenir
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Family-run, Experienced Tournament Staff
We thank past teams for their continued support and look forward to sharing the Showdown Hockey Tournament experience with new teams as we celebrate our 34th year!
Showdown Tournaments Featured
We are honored to be featured in the Holiday Issue of USA Hockey Magazine in Behind the Glass with The Hockey Mom – Christie Casciano Burns.
Check it out here – Proper Tourney Planning
Guest on Our Kids Play Hockey’s Podcast, we talked everything youth hockey tournament related.
Check out the episode here – Turning Youth Hockey Tournaments into Unforgettable Experiences with Showdown Hockey Tournaments
Our Kids Play Hockey is an award winning podcast offering insights, stories, and advice about youth hockey. The podcast is a treasure trove for parents, coaches, and young athletes, blending expert views with real-life experiences in the hockey community.
In the recent episode featuring Showdown Tournaments, listeners were treated to an in-depth discussion about our tournaments’ impact on youth hockey. The episode delves into the core values that drive Showdown Tournaments: fostering a competitive spirit, encouraging teamwork, and promoting sportsmanship among young athletes, while maintaining the FUN!
2024-2025 LINKS and DATES
December 27-29, 2024 | Washington D.C. area, Maryland
March 14-16, 2025 | Nashville, Tennessee
March 14-16, 2025 | Washington D.C. area, Maryland
Showdown Skills Event
Enjoy the excitement of our Showdown Skills Event!
If you have never been to one of our tournaments, you are missing out on a fan-favorite event!
🏒 🚨Hockey Medal Monday Compliments of the Nassau Lions @amie227 🚨🏒
🥈Celebrating their 2nd place finish in the Capital Showdown Tournament Skills Event!
🦁🏒Way to go Nassau Lions!
The Showdown Skills Event is an on-ice team competition that awards gold, silver, and bronze medals. This event is in addition to teams 4 tournament games. It`s a highlight for so many! We love it too.
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It was great hosting your team in March 2020 and we are excited to host 3 of your 8U teams in Dec 2024! We are happy to share that we have 3 Nassau Lions teams participating in the upcoming Crabtown Showdown!
Let’s go Lions!!!
🏒 Yours in Hockey,
Brian & Whitney
P.S. Tag us in your Showdown Medal and Skills Event Photos. 📸
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Are you lucky enough to have a grandparent who loves hockey as much as you do?
Happy Grandparents’ Day!!!
We were visiting Buffalo to watch one of our son`s college games and were fortunate to be able to have my mom attend the game too. This was her first time watching her grandson play hockey. Our son has aged out of youth and college hockey, but this was definitely a highlight.
Let us know if you are lucky enough to have a hockey grandparent! Share in the comments ⬇
🏒Yours in Hockey
Brian & Whitney
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Proof Showdown Hockey Tournaments can be a great experience for your team’s Destination Tournament…
From the 1st time attending Servite Friars of Santa Ana, CA
“On behalf of myself, Coaches Marshall and Northgrave and our entire Servite Friars hockey team, I wanted to extend our personal thanks for the outstanding Crabtown tournament you produce. As you and I discussed, this was the first travel tournament for many of our players and families and, putting aside our victory in the championship game, it could not have been a better experience if we had scripted it ourselves. The lifetime memories will last long after the excitement of the win.
Your personal attention to detail and genuine concern for placing each and every team in the right division speaks volumes for your love of this amazing sport and the tournament your dad created. For those of us who have participated in several travel tournaments over the years, it is without hesitation that I must rank your tournament among the very best. Thanks again and,
while we hope to someday return to one of your tournaments, please don’t ever hesitate to call if you’re ever out our way so we can hopefully return just a bit of your gracious hospitality.” -Bruce D. Praet, Attorney at Law, Servite Friars Hockey, Santa Ana, CA
A heartfelt thank you goes out to the Servite Friars. We are honored to call you part of the Showdown Tournament’s Hockey Family!
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It means so much to us when a team takes the time to share their detailed experience with us about how we made a difference and that we helped build memories to last a lifetime. It warms our hearts to know the details matter. We want to know!
We’d love to hear from you to be one of your team’s destination tournaments and provide an awesome tournament experience for your team. Click the tournament you are interested in our link in bio.
🏒Yours in Hockey
Brian & Whitney
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Letting you in on a hockey tournament secret…
Respecting the on-ice officials is a valuable life skill no matter your age.
How you react and what you do impacts your kids and their team.
Respect the job of the referee and show admiration for this demanding job. The on-ice officials are there to help the game progress in an orderly fashion. We recognize the importance of this job and thank our referees for their dedication to the awesome game of hockey.
Join us in making a difference in our sport and share this post to boost the importance of respect for our dedicated referees. Thank a referee today!
🏒 Yours in Hockey
Brian & Whitney
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What makes for a great hockey tournament experience…
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Close game scores!
A great tournament experience begins with placing teams into well-balanced and competitive divisions. Showdown Tournaments takes every effort to ensure we understand each team’s level of play within and outside of its league.
Competitive classification systems (AA, A, B, C, House Select) vary or have different meanings across the country. Because of this variance, your team will encounter teams with different eligibility rules or classification systems that may not necessarily correspond to what you are accustomed to in your particular area.
This is the reason for conducting a comprehensive screening process to ensure proper team placement. This process takes countless hours, but the results are gratifying!
Questions or want to know more about our tournaments, have your coach or manager comment SHOWDOWN, and let’s get your team registered!
🏒Yours in Hockey
Brian & Whitney
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🏒 Yours in Hockey
Brian & Whitney
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