The Buffalo Bisons 19U team won the East Coast Wizards Christmas Tournament in exciting style after winning the Championship at the Connecticut Polar Bear Tournament the past 2 years. The Buffalo Bisons broke their Christmas tradition of attending the Connecticut Polar Bear Tournament in their quest to play tougher competition and continue to provide exceptional exposure for their players. The Wizards Tournament would provide a field of teams that are ranked in the top 20 in the country.

The Bisons would open up the tournament with a great team win over Team Pittsburgh by a score of 4-2. This is a team that the Bisons have faced at the USA Hockey National Championships a number of times over the last few years. The second game would be against the Chicago Fury with the Bisons coming out on top by a score of 5-1. The Bisons would close out the preliminary round by beating the Massachusetts Spitfires by a score of 4-2. By going undefeated, the Bisons were ranked as the first seed going into the playoff round. In the Quarter-Finals the Bisons would take on the Dallas Stars and win by a score of 6-1 in convincing fashion. The Bisons playing shorthanded due to injuries, faced the Bay State Breakers in the Semi-Final Game and would take an early 2-0 lead. The Breakers would answer back with 2 goals to tie the game at 2-2 and send the game into overtime. The Bisons successfully stopped an Overtime penalty shot to send the game to a Shootout where they scored the only goal to advance to the finals.

The Bisons would be playing their third game of the day against the Chicago Young Americans and came out sluggish with only 90 minutes between the semi final and the final game. The Bisons fell behind 2-0 after the first period, but somehow the Bisons got their second wind and scored 2 third period goals to tie the game at 2-2. The game would go into overtime with neither team scoring. In their second Shootout of the day, the Bisons once again came out on top as the only team to score in the Shootout.

As all of the Bison players will be resuming their High School season, they will get back together at the beginning of March as they begin to prepare to defend their state title and to make another run at a USA Hockey National Championship. The Buffalo Bisons record for the season is 20W-7L-7T. The team is currently ranked 6th in the United States according to the MYHockeyRankings.