The Gilmour Gladiators U16 AAA Tier 1 team is part of the Gilmour Youth Hockey Association. The girls skate out of the Gilmour Academy Ice Arena in Gates Mills, OH (www.gilmourarena.com). This is a USA Hockey National Bound team that practices on the ice twice a week and has one dryland (off-ice) training session per week. In addition, any of the girls on this team who are also Gilmour Academy students practice every day with the Gilmour Academy Girls Prep team and compete in the NAPHA Prep League (www.naphahockey.com).

The team plays a mixed schedule of Tier 1 tournaments, independent Tier 1 games, and exhibition games. Tryouts for next season will likely be held in April of 2019.

The Gilmour Gladiators Girls program is affiliated with the Cleveland Lady Barons. The Cleveland Lady Barons (Girls Hockey Director, Wendy Brown) field Tier 1 & Tier 2 teams at the U8, U10, U12 and U14 age levels. To contact the Cleveland Lady Barons directly, go to: clebarons.com/ladybarons or email: baronshcky@gmail.com.

In addition to the U16 AAA Tier 1 team, the Gilmour Gladiators also field a U16/U17 Girls Team that will compete at the High School Nationals for USA Hockey in 2019. This team plays a mixture of U17 and U16 Tier 2 tournaments and exhibition games and is comprised of girls from all over Northeast Ohio.