Myhockeyratings.com is based on what the manager turns in. Not all games are always represented. But it also takes into account the quality of your competition, so if you beat a higher rated team in a scrimmage or tournament that is logged, you'll get a higher rating. Bears2 will have a very tough time in flight 1 and will be extremely lucky to win a couple of games. Sorry, but it will be very tough. That OC coach has been flight 1 since flighting began. He will ensure his team improves and plays in good tournaments, scrimmages, etc, which will give them a good ranking. Myhockeyrankings.com is only as accurate as the teams reporting their scores, but it's the best we have for now. Personally, with no dog in either fight, I think OC is the better team and should have been rated higher than Bears 2 in the first place. Are they flight 1? Maybe not, but I'm a strong advocate against flighting in the first place. End of season, OC will be a much improved team than they started as. Bears1 were rated higher than Saints until just recently. Yet, if you ask most any Bears1 parent, they'll admit Saints is a far stronger team as of now and they hope they'll be there in time. Same could be said for Ice Dogs. Saints is strongest out of the gate by far. They took a strong birth year team and improved on it this year. It will be very interesting to see how the top 4 shake out in the end as other teams improve. But back to your question, flighting is grossly inaccurate and extremely political. Myhockeyratings.com relies on the information input without political bias, so it's probably a more accurate rating of teams if the managers actually report everything. It's definitely not accurate, but probably much more accurate than caha designations.