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Title: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on May 30, 2018, 10:43:50 PM
Now that spring hockey is done, Memorial Day is in he books and tryouts are around the corner it’s time to look ahead to the 2018-19 season.  Who looked good in tournament play this weekend? What programs held their own in Spring Select? Which coaches are going to be developing kids and their teams better than the rest?
The new season will see a Gretzky division added to the traditional A/B structure. Rumor has it that Mite B are playing half-ice in lieu of cross-ice. Birth year teams may be more common than not. Will participation continue to grow in California?  Lots of fun yet to come.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Deuce on May 30, 2018, 10:46:41 PM
I heard there will be an end of the year “playoff” as well.


Still no keeping score during the regular season so not sure how seeding will work.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: MiteyMom on June 03, 2018, 03:04:37 PM
What is the Gretzky division?
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on June 04, 2018, 08:21:11 AM
What is the Gretzky division?


The Gretzky division will be a “C” division or in-house level.  Perhaps the clubs believe this will be a softer introduction to club hockey, or maybe it just gives them an opportunity to grow their numbers and potential talent pool.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Coach B on June 18, 2018, 10:26:40 AM
So A & B half ice and Gretzky cross ice? Anyone confirm that as a fact??
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on June 18, 2018, 06:36:55 PM
So A & B half ice and Gretzky cross ice? Anyone confirm that as a fact??


Per SCAHA meeting minutes...



For Mite A:
1. Increase games from 21 minutes to 24 minutes; the ice slot time requirement will not change ~ 1.5 hr ice slot
2. All SCAHA clubs wishing to field Mite A teams must have:
a. ADM boards and nets
b. Home and Away jerseys
3. An End of Season SCAHA tournament


For Mite B:
1. Half-ice games with 4-Team jamboree
2. Increase games from 21 minutes to 24 minutes; the ice slot time requirement will
not change ~ 1.5 hr ice slot
3. All SCAHA clubs wishing to field Mite A teams must have:
a. ADM boards and nets
b. Home and Away jerseys
4. An End of Season SCAHA tournament


SCAHA would lead an effort to support clubs/rinks with limited house hockey participation by offering a Gretzky division. The proposed format would be:
1. Cross-ice 6-Team jamborees
2. 3 games/jamboree with each game 24 minutes
3. All SCAHA clubs/rinks must have ADM bumpers and nets as well as Home and
away jerseys.
4. All ice requirements (1.5 hr ice slots) must be provided by participating rinks
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Coach B on June 21, 2018, 04:43:49 PM
Thanks TopCorns
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on July 25, 2018, 08:22:26 AM
Couple questions -

1 - If there is an end of the year "playoff/SCAHA tournament, does that mean Mite A is keeping score and records this year?  Or will this just be an end of year tournament in the new Irvine rink to promote the new Duck facility by bringing in every Mite team? 

2 - Where are the teams that expect to be good playing for Labor Day? 

3 - Who are the teams that expect to be good?  Anyone know who the team to beat will be this year? 
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: MiteyMom on August 01, 2018, 03:02:01 PM
Does anyone know what is the minimum number of players a mite team needs on the bench to participate in the jamborees? Would it be 5 or 6 since the games are 4 on 4?



Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Deuce on August 01, 2018, 08:30:52 PM
My son's team played a team with just 4 skaters last season. They didn't have a goalie and the 4 skaters played the whole "game"
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: MiteyMom on August 02, 2018, 08:30:30 AM
Thanks, I was wondering if there was 5 or less if the team had to forfeit, but it sounds like as long all the team needs is 4 skaters. Lots of ice time!







Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Deuce on August 02, 2018, 08:31:44 AM
Remember, they don't keep score for the Mites so really anything seems to go. We have had games where the refs don't show up so the coaches "ref"
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on September 04, 2018, 11:35:36 AM
What do we take away from the weekend tournaments? Were there any stand out performances? Unexpected results? Unique, surprising encounters with teams, officials, tournament staff or parents?  How did your kids teams do over Labor Day weekend?
IHE Tournament was overall a good start for many of the teams I saw. There were a few rough patches  and a learning curve to be met by a few clubs as well. Thanks to all the volunteers and staff for a smooth weekend of hockey in SoCal.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Coach B on September 07, 2018, 01:37:20 PM
Aliso Viejo Ice Palace got lazy and it was embarrassing. Wanted the mites to go full sheet with big nets. Wouldn't bring out the boards, had to use the bumpers. Left all the bumpers free floating
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on September 07, 2018, 02:23:41 PM
Ouch!  GR was probably just trying to distract everyone from the fact they have the worst 2 ice surfaces in the history of Southern California.  It's so bad you almost wish Costa Mesa was resurrected(if anyone remembers that place)!  To their credit they still somehow attract a lot of kids into their club with such poor conditions.  I wonder how that will work out for them with that new facility opening up down the street from them next year.  Hopefully they're stashing all that gold for what lies ahead. 

It does surprise me about the boards considering their director is in charge of the Mite division and they made a rule this year that everyone needs to have Mite boards in order to even field a team.  Although I don't know of any rinks that didn't already have them so I'm not sure why they threw that in this years rules.  I guess you gotta come up with something to put print for the masses. 
   
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: lcadad on September 07, 2018, 02:29:51 PM
You should get your Team mgr to put in an official complaint. 


With that said, at many clubs the coaching at the Mite level is full of volunteers.  That's not an excuse for running a bad mite event, without the proper equipment that all the clubs are expected to have now, but it might explain an anomoly.  Either way, you need to make the official complaint so they'll clean up their act.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on September 14, 2018, 09:22:29 AM
Anyone know how a Mite playoff will work if they do not keep score?  Will it be word of mouth like the AA tier system?  Will this be early training for us adults to grow up into evaluators when we get to the PeeWee AA level? 

Last year Lakewood Ducks and Goldrush walked through everyone.  Valencia was really good too.  I see Valencia won in LA and Goldrush won their Labor Day tourneys.  Any other teams making noise this season?             
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: MiteyMom on December 07, 2018, 09:16:36 PM
Anyone playing in a tournament this holiday? We're playing in Valencia but it looks like not many entries there or in El Segundo. Maybe lots of people out of town?

Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on December 11, 2018, 08:27:20 AM
Looks like all the Mite tournaments are falling apart this Xmas.  SCAHA minutes say there is an "end of year" Mite tournament MLK weekend but I think the league may have forgot about that as we all play a jamboree MLK weekend.  I'm assuming they are scratching that idea.     
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Deuce on December 12, 2018, 08:11:06 AM
KHS is doing a holiday tournament. I know. a few Mite teams participating in that.


http://www.khsice.com/tournaments
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on December 12, 2018, 01:40:29 PM
KHS is doing a holiday tournament. I know. a few Mite teams participating in that.


http://www.khsice.com/tournaments (http://www.khsice.com/tournaments)


Local tournament participation is definitely down this year during the end of year holidays. I like the idea of the full ice hockey tournament at KHS especially for the 2010’s. It appears Mammoth has a good grouping of teams also.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on December 13, 2018, 10:18:57 AM
What mite teams are signed up at KHS?  I see you can sign up as an individual. 

Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: Deuce on December 13, 2018, 01:13:12 PM
Empire and Ducks have teams participating along with the Ice Dogs Mite B team. I believe there is another team of individuals they are forming as well.
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on January 02, 2019, 08:12:42 AM
Did anyone go to the western brick skate over the holidays?  How did it look? 
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: TopCorns88 on February 22, 2019, 12:07:07 AM
Looks like all the Mite tournaments are falling apart this Xmas.  SCAHA minutes say there is an "end of year" Mite tournament MLK weekend but I think the league may have forgot about that as we all play a jamboree MLK weekend.  I'm assuming they are scratching that idea.     


The 2019 End of Season Jamboree will be held at Iceplex - Simi Valley in Simi Valley, CA on March 2nd-3rd.
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Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on February 26, 2019, 08:11:58 AM
Simi Valley with games starting at 7:15am?.  Why is SCAHA torturing these mite parents? 

I wonder how they determined who plays who since they do not keep track of scores and wins all year?  Did they get drawn out of the sorting hat like in Harry Potter? 
Title: Re: Mites 2018-19
Post by: HockeyGuy-99 on March 06, 2019, 08:32:35 AM
SCAHA did a pretty good job setting up this tourney I thought.  I liked seeing them hire refs with evaluators there as they were actually reffing hockey games and calling penalties and creating 50/50 battles.  Too bad it's not like that all year.  Brackets seemed to be set up well too. 

The Ice Dog team that won played very strong and spread the puck around quite well.  It's nice seeing a group of 8 year olds that are all passing passing pucks.  It's just fun to watch.