Ducks 3 goalie was amazing in the tournament final if it wasn't for him the score would have been 10-0. I am impartial my son plays for a different team unfortunately we didn't win a banner.
Now I'm confused; RE Ducks 3 ONLY... One person said "strong teams went to Vegas" fact was Ducks3 made it to the Finals and lost by I believe 1 goal. I inquired about this, Trans asked (appropriately) "you mean the team in 11th?" now someone says the goalie is amazing? So...even at 11th can't be that bad, perhaps finding their feet?
Blades of Steel mentioned that Norcal Silver Stick had no "street cred" maybe? I don't know...But I looked at the past winners and it looks like it's been the Wave pretty much every year, maybe the norcal teams say "why bother?" and don't enter? Which I find interesting because it looks like San Jose is a stepping stone to Detroit.
Am I asking really dumb questions? I don't mean to ask obvious things but there seems to be an underlining understanding I'm missing.
You can see it in my Power Rankings. of the four Ducks teams in PWA, D4 is probably the best (dropped down from AA) and it is a toss-up between D2 and D3. I feel that D3 has gotten better over the season, but might have hit a ceiling.
The SDIA, D3, Gulls2 and the Bears are all fighting for seeds 7-8 as the top 6 are a lead-pipe lock.
As for Silver Sticks, in my earlier post, I was going to go as far as to say "I guarentee Wave1 won every game at that tourney 10-0." ... when MHR was fixed/updated, I was proven correct. It was an "A" only tournament meaning they only advance to a lame "A" silver sticks international in Jan... I guess Wave won't be headed to any "AA" tournaments that weekend. (I established that Holiday, MLK, and Pres Day is when you go to tournaments and play UP to get ready for your own playoff run in CAHA.) Granted, SS Finals will still be a great "A" tourney. Hope they represent well.
I would say EHC, D3, and D2 (all went to Vegas) would have beaten all 5 NorCal teams in the SS tourney that didnt make the final. The one Wave1 played is the (Cougars) is about the level of the Vaca Jets.
Wave beat Cougars 5-1 (in championship)
EHC beat Jets 8-1 (round robin)
Similar to me.
D3 have 4 guarentee wins and 7 total possible winnable games left. That's a lot. That's why I look at the schedule and do the power rankings. I have D3 in the SCAHA playoffs. FWIW