Pee Wee A 2016-17

[lcadad]

Bears over Wildcats #1 14-0

Ouch.  Plenty of room in BB though.

[6607]

Anyone know how wildcats 2, the heat, maple leafs or Runtso ducks did this past weekend?

[Hockey05]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up? 

[6607]

Sept 25 is deadline to voluntarily drop.  There are a couple obvious candidates to do so.  Don't see any of the teams as candidates to compete at AA level.  Haven't seen Bears play yet, though.

[area51]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

There's not a team in A that should move up. There's 6 teams in AA that should move down to A. It sucks when half your scheduled games are not competitive. The kids get better when the games are a battle every week.

[SkatingDad]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

Following is the standard for each and every age group:  Some AAA teams should be AA, some AA should be A, some A should be BB or B. The only instance you will see where a team should be at a higher level is usually do to a rule enforcement.


In PeeWee A this year: 
There are 3-4 solid A teams (even though they would beat many existing AA teams) that are correctly placed. There are several teams that should drop to BB and others that should drop to B. The solid A teams hope that some AA teams drop as it will improve the division. However, history proves that the clubs will not do this on their own. We all wait to see if CAHA and SCAHA will do what they are threatening to do this year.

[area51]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

Following is the standard for each and every age group:  Some AAA teams should be AA, some AA should be A, some A should be BB or B. The only instance you will see where a team should be at a higher level is usually do to a rule enforcement.


In PeeWee A this year: 
There are 3-4 solid A teams (even though they would beat many existing AA teams) that are correctly placed. There are several teams that should drop to BB and others that should drop to B. The solid A teams hope that some AA teams drop as it will improve the division. However, history proves that the clubs will not do this on their own. We all wait to see if CAHA and SCAHA will do what they are threatening to do this year.

You are right on! If you find yourself questioning that teams are sandbagging in your division and should move up, it's probably because little Johnny's team should move down.

[trans4761]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

Following is the standard for each and every age group:  Some AAA teams should be AA, some AA should be A, some A should be BB or B. The only instance you will see where a team should be at a higher level is usually do to a rule enforcement.


In PeeWee A this year: 
There are 3-4 solid A teams (even though they would beat many existing AA teams) that are correctly placed. There are several teams that should drop to BB and others that should drop to B. The solid A teams hope that some AA teams drop as it will improve the division. However, history proves that the clubs will not do this on their own. We all wait to see if CAHA and SCAHA will do what they are threatening to do this year.

You are right on! If you find yourself questioning that teams are sandbagging in your division and should move up, it's probably because little Johnny's team should move down.

Very few, probably none , will move down.  Not because they shouldnt, but because they will have to release their players and then re-sign them to a lower level.  The one or two legit tier players they have will bolt to another team.  Very unlikely.

[MO-ICETIME]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

There's not a team in A that should move up. There's 6 teams in AA that should move down to A. It sucks when half your scheduled games are not competitive. The kids get better when the games are a battle every week.

What also happens when there are soo many teams and the gap from top to bottom is so wide is... Teams will not have common opponents. PeeWee A seems very competitive this year and 1-8 will be close and if some teams feast on the bottom half and others aren't as fortunate; that could be a disaster resulting potentially in teams missing the playoffs.

[trans4761]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

There's not a team in A that should move up. There's 6 teams in AA that should move down to A. It sucks when half your scheduled games are not competitive. The kids get better when the games are a battle every week.

Unfortunately it doesn't come down to what's best for the kids.

It comes down to parents egos and $$$


What also happens when there are soo many teams and the gap from top to bottom is so wide is... Teams will not have common opponents. PeeWee A seems very competitive this year and 1-8 will be close and if some teams feast on the bottom half and others aren't as fortunate; that could be a disaster resulting potentially in teams missing the playoffs.

[Hockey05]

It does make me wonder about how the scheduler goes about deciding who plays who when you have more teams than games.  I agree, very competitive.

[mcca]

Same thing happened last year with the schedule, with some teams getting a more favorable schedule and some teams likely making/missing playoffs because of it.  Unfortunate for sure to see it likely happening again.

[SkatingDad]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

There's not a team in A that should move up. There's 6 teams in AA that should move down to A. It sucks when half your scheduled games are not competitive. The kids get better when the games are a battle every week.

What also happens when there are soo many teams and the gap from top to bottom is so wide is... Teams will not have common opponents. PeeWee A seems very competitive  this year and 1-8 will be close and if some teams feast on the bottom half and others aren't as fortunate; that could be a disaster resulting potentially in teams missing the playoffs.

PeeWee A almost always has a clear cut top 4. The remaining 4 playoff spots are usually fought for by 8 teams. The remaining teams should have played in BB or B. The size of the division also does not matter, the teams that belong in the playoffs will win those key games and the others will complain about the schedule.

[MO-ICETIME]

When is the deadline to drop, who is going from AA to A and from A to BB? 
So much talk of teams dropping, are there any teams that are considering jumping to AA?  It seems like a couple of the teams would be better suited to play at the higher level.  Can SCAHA force teams to move up?

There's not a team in A that should move up. There's 6 teams in AA that should move down to A. It sucks when half your scheduled games are not competitive. The kids get better when the games are a battle every week.

What also happens when there are soo many teams and the gap from top to bottom is so wide is... Teams will not have common opponents. PeeWee A seems very competitive  this year and 1-8 will be close and if some teams feast on the bottom half and others aren't as fortunate; that could be a disaster resulting potentially in teams missing the playoffs.

PeeWee A almost always has a clear cut top 4. The remaining 4 playoff spots are usually fought for by 8 teams. The remaining teams should have played in BB or B. The size of the division also does not matter, the teams that belong in the playoffs will win those key games and the others will complain about the schedule.

You can look to last year and you are correct, but go back a few and that's not true! And this year I feel that will not be the case where the top 4 run away with it.  Look, it's not a complaint but a straight up observation.

[HockeyDadx3]

Last season the top 3 teams were Riptide, JK2, Wada Wave. They were on a completely different level from Labor Day and on. The last 5 playoff spots were up for grabs all year long as only the Saints, Wildcats, and Jk1, and the Blaze should have dropped down to the B-bracket.