2025 Pre-Season Top 10
Welcome to the “Top 10”
A new feature for the 2025 season!
The media team will periodically release power rankings of the top 10 teams, regardless of division, and highlight the players and storylines that make these squads the league’s best.
All rankings and blurbs are the opinions of the writers and do not reflect the endorsement of the league’s leadership
1) Poutine Machine: No one had a better offseason than the Poutine Machine himself, Mikey Maron. Despite an already strong roster consisting of one of last season’s leading scorers in Alex Morin, talented forwards Ken Culbertson and Michael Pagliuco, and top goaltender Jeff Green, The Machines managed to snag Tom Fitzgerald, Rose Alleva, Jo Robin, Sam Gelman, and Mel Waller. This is a scary team with tons of top end talent and very few weak points. Despite being in the second division, this is the team to beat this season
2) Mega Touch: Last year’s runner up finished in the top two for a reason- this team is loaded. Adding Cherie Stewart to the mix will only solidify the league’s best roster of women, which also include Courtney Pensavalle, Shelly Picard, Tash Rachlin, and Julie Katz, as will adding returning veteran Amit Sidhu, fresh off the boat from DC. The deep roster, coupled with Michael Tuckman’s consistency in net will make this team a tough out, even in their new division one pool
3) Cobra Kai: Another strong team from last season destined only to improve after their successful offseason. Despite already possessing one of the best goaltenders in the game in Campbell Weaver, the Kai’s somehow added another incredible goalkeeper named Sonjia Shelly. Tom McGuire is expected to continue his scoring dominance, while Brita Loeb’s departure should be filled by the wealth of female riches that KG Groglio, Madison Lehan, Elizabeth Guy, and Amanda Fazio provide. New addition Lucas Scocchia will certainly help bolster the defense as well.
4) Vertz: In spite of an early exit last season and some notable departures over the offseason, this is still a strong team with very few weak spots. Last season’s #2 ranked goaltender Timmy Kayiatos will give this team a huge advantage between the pipes, and top goalscorers Aryeh Minsky and Brian Hicks should provide plenty of offensive punch, while Carly Bullock continues to produce as a one of the best females in the league, not just on the court, but off as well, where she has apparently been working the phones all winter to bring in some serious talent. Keep an eye on this squad for some ROY candidates.
5) Fuzz: It’s certainly odd to rank the defending champions so low, but this team lost a few pieces over the offseason, including Jo Robin, Sonjia Shelly, Sam Gelman, and Amanda Fazio. Still, any team with Jeff Laniado, Miles Hilder, Scott Storer, and Zac Hogg will be hard to count out. Throw in newcomer Michael Teytelbaum and the Jersey boys have plenty of elite talent, the question only comes down to attendance.
6) Lbs: Few teams lost as many top players this offseason as the Pounders, but this team was so ridiculously stacked that they should have no problem competing, though I’m not sure they’ll win 14 games again this season. With Michael Zisser at the goaltending helm and Alex Frey back from the IR, the core remains strong, and never count out their GMs ability to replenish the pipeline.
7) Gouging Anklebiters: Another behemoth of a roster, this team includes last season’s top female scorer in Sarah Moore, last season’s top goaltender in Craig LaCombe, and another top three scorer in Jeffrey O’Connell. With Ben Probert and newly engaged Jack McGinty joining poached defenceman Simon Desjardins, this is another strong and well rounded team, at least until they all start moving away.
8) Fresh Kills: A solid team last season that dealt with their share of attendance and injury issues, it looks like most of this squad will be running it back, albeit in division two. No doubt they’re well rounded and have a strong female element lead by Brooke Gary and anchored by Caleb Wells and Ariel Imas, but with division two looking more competitive than division one this season, and Corey Blay’s health a question mark, they might once again have a challenging year.
9) Renaissance: After rolling through division four in their inaugural season, the young guns are primed to make another run this year after bringing in the milkman Joe Fusco and poaching defender turned goaltender Alexander Katsihtis. With their already strong roster including leading scorers Ryan Levine and Yehuda Weinbach, USA ball hockey legend Emma Seitz, star D man Peter Guiffre, and now solidified goaltending, this is a dangerous team with some potent chemistry.
10) Corlears Hookers: This was a fun bunch to watch last season, and not just because they had 45 players show up for every single one of their games. A deep team with scoring, defense, and great goaltending lead by Jacob Green, the captain triumvirate of Cheeky/Lee/Dylan (no idea why they’re the only team with C’s on the website) seems to be bringing back the same roster this year plus a few more, hopefully with the same sky high level of vibes.
– BTSH Media Editorial Board