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Hockeyking:
Or even PW AAA Just keep chasing the A’s

trans4761:

--- Quote from: Area 51 on July 06, 2018, 12:21:37 PM ---Since SCAHA doesn't have Squirt AA, strong 08s should be playing Peewee AA or at least Peewee A.

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You can always have them play in the next JK tournament.
They should have an '14 SUPER DOOPER AAA division.

SDhockeydad07:

--- Quote from: Area 51 on July 06, 2018, 12:21:37 PM ---Since SCAHA doesn't have Squirt AA, strong 08s should be playing Peewee AA or at least Peewee A.

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The number of A's matter little when comparing different states.  The Gulls squirt A team went to Chicago in February and entered a AA tourney that had couple AAA teams in it, they did ok as the only Squirt A team in it.  The AA/AAA teams there were comparable to the top teams in Squirt A here in CA. Only one team was really noticeably better (Rockford, IL - AA) and one team noticeably worse (Atlanta Fire AA).

Since other good 08's are playing up into Peewee (A and AA), and good '10's are probably playing up into Squirt somewhere (whole teams in B and BB and a few players sprinkled into A teams) it leaves Squirt A, and arguably the entire Squirt age bracket, watered down. It's no wonder there are multiple Peewee teams that have multiple 08's.

If they kept Squirts from playing up, and they added a AA division (and even a AAA), it might help alleviate the glut of teams at Squirt B/BB and the huge talent disparity between the tops and bottoms of those divisions.  It might even make the divisions more competitive as a whole... in theory at least.

RonSwanson1:
The only disagreement I would have with that is the fact that the pee wee As are watered down as well with kids whose parents are chasing the A and the glory. I know of a bunch of kids that are playing up that will struggle (size and speed) and those teams will be mediocre at best. The fact that there are 20+ pee wee A teams is nuts

Rats13:

--- Quote from: SDhockeydad07 on July 06, 2018, 01:57:44 PM ---
and good '10's are probably playing up into Squirt somewhere (whole teams in B and BB and a few players sprinkled into A teams).


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Are they back to allowing mites to play up into squirts?

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