Ok, just to be clear, these are shots against.
It stands to reason that if you played weaker teams, and you are strong, you should have given up less shots and produced more.
A Cherry picking opponent is not going to lead to substantially more shots taken than normal, although it could lead to some goals, if said team has kids with the ability to take advantage of those opportunities. I don't see how that would negate or influence a 4 game shot average.
Otherwise, you are preaching to the choir. I did get access to stats, as well as a lot of other information, I'm keeping to myself, but that speaks to the lack of transparency of this process. We all know the schedule was engineered, and also that it would be impossible to actually produce one that would be fair.
The evaluators were a select group of coaches, this we know.
What were the pre-Jamboree rankings upon which the schedule was predicated and how were these rankings surmised?
What was the criteria?
Upon what information was the evaluation to be based?
Which team was favored and how were the 2nd half jamboree games put together?
The fact is, only those involved know, and CAHA doesn't feel that any of this should be public. If my kid's team team came out of the Jamboree 3-1 and still seemed to be a consensus Flight2 team, I would want the opportunity to prove they could compete in Flight1, and if that opportunity is not being provided, then I'd question the fairness of that too. There is no reason whatsoever, not to provide a team with that opportunity at this point.
My personal and highly educated belief based on Memorial Day play, knowledge of the roster of the majority of the teams and how the team came, along with the matchups and results from the Jamboree is that there are 4 categories of teams.
A. A Step above everyone else:
2 Teams
B. In a dogfight against anyone else in B
10 Teams
C. A notch below B, but could improve enough to win games vs. Category B teams if they do
2-3 Teams
D. Best case scenario is improvement to C Status. They would be smart to drop to A and may be forced to do so even if they don't want to.
3-4 Teams
The evidence from the Jamboree is that there are lot more teams in category B than CAHA expected. I know there are several teams where coaches and perhaps parents believe they are in category A, but the results didn't show that.
There were assumptions made about teams going into the Jamboree with no information or research to back them up, which the Jamboree showed were just wrong, and which also shows that Flighting Peewee AA this season would be unfair.
It seems like the Bantam and Midget divisions are a bit more clear cut at least in terms of category A vs B, but my only basis for that is the discussion of results amongst parents I've talked to, and on the relevant Calhockey boards. That is not an endorsement by me of Flighting.