PWAA 2016-17

[The Artist Formerly Known as Mite Dad]

Teams/Coaching Assignments for 2016-17
Bears                         (Kim)
Blackhawks                 (Persi/Hove)
Colts                          (Lytle/Bertolino/Mix/Clark)
Ducks AA-04               (Blue/Marshall)
Ducks "AA-05"*           (Kabanets)   (* will be 2006 team)
Flyers                         (Kalan)
GSE North                  (Cahn/Alexius)
GSE South                  (Rodriguez)
Gulls(1)                      (Arlidge)
Gulls(2)                      (Tietzen)
Kings - 04                   (McDonald)
Kings - 05/06              (Daughaday/Pitcher)
Mariners                     (Klugerman)
OCHC(1)                     (Bickley)
Saints                         (Powers)
SDIA                          (Simon/West)   
Sharks                        (Conroy)
Wave-Art ("04")           (Wada)
Wave-Art ("Core 05")    (Calder)
Wildcats                      (Esdale/Karlman)

Updated 6/6/16 - Colts added, Heat removed.

[Copernicus]

There will be a Saints AA team.

[station26]

Announced and Rumored Teams:
Bears        (Bartholomay)
Ducks(1)   (Blue/Marshall)
GSE North
GSE South
Gulls(1)    (Arlidge)
Gulls(2)    (Tietzen)
Heat         (Deftederian)
Kings(1)   (McDonald)
Mariners
OCHC(1)  (Bickley)
SDIA          (Simon/West)   
Sharks     (Conroy)
Wave(1)   (Wada)
Wave(2)   (Daughaday)
Wildcats   (Esdale/Karlman)

Potential Additional Teams:
Ducks(2)
Kings(2)
OCHC(2)

The info above may not be 100% accurate, and in any event, I am sure there will be changes as we get closer to tryouts. Please add any additional information that you have. Good luck to all players trying out.

Im impressed..!! Good info there..

[Hamacher Checking Camp]

Wave (Ontario) will be returning with a PW AA team for 2016 /17

[Panther Coach]

Won't the Wave will have to decide on the 2 teams they want to field at PWAA per the CAHA guidebook...??

[goaliedad19]

Will the Peewee AA parents at Ontario be told ahead of time that their coach likely will miss all of the CAHA weekends to be with his Bantam team?  Or will both teams be equally underserved behind the bench?

[4minuteminor]

Will the Peewee AA parents at Ontario be told ahead of time that their coach likely will miss all of the CAHA weekends to be with his Bantam team?  Or will both teams be equally underserved behind the bench?

I had the same question when I saw the assignments. Then I noticed they did have an asst. listed for the Bantam team -- but being as the coach's kid plays on the Bantam team -- I don't see him missing. Kind of a messed up situation for the Ontario parents. I can only hope they get it all figured out before tryouts, otherwise your going to have some unhappy parents post-loi.

[trans4761]

Will the Peewee AA parents at Ontario be told ahead of time that their coach likely will miss all of the CAHA weekends to be with his Bantam team?  Or will both teams be equally underserved behind the bench?

I had the same question when I saw the assignments. Then I noticed they did have an asst. listed for the Bantam team -- but being as the coach's kid plays on the Bantam team -- I don't see him missing. Kind of a messed up situation for the Ontario parents. I can only hope they get it all figured out before tryouts, otherwise your going to have some unhappy parents post-loi.

Wouldn't that be something you ask the coach BEFORE you try out for that or any other team.  It's not rocket science.

[Copernicus]

Where is everybody playing for Memorial Day?

[Tie My Skates]

Good clinic and cold beer at OC tonight.  How are the rest of the spring clinics looking.

[trans4761]

Good clinic and cold beer at OC tonight.  How are the rest of the spring clinics looking.

If you like good beer, your at the wrong club.   

[Panther Coach]

Good clinic and cold beer at OC tonight.  How are the rest of the spring clinics looking.

If you like good beer, your at the wrong club.   

The beer selection is better than KHS, but that's not saying much  .  About 25 kids at the OC skate with plenty for a solid PWAA team.  What are the thoughts on strong PWAA teams next season?  The Artesia Wave team should do pretty well.  The OCHC team from what I can see will be competitive for sure. Quite a few PWAA players from last year and solid PWA players making the move.  I hear the Bears club is a returning AA team which should be good.  Other teams I have not heard much about.  Knowing that it is really early what are people's thoughts?

[therightchoice]

Drove down to Carlsbad for Saints PW AA skate. Closer than I thought. Great skate and well organized. About 25 kids. Looked like about two thirds of the kids played PW AA last season on various teams. Most talent I've seen at a AA skate thus far. Looks like both of their goalies are returning and they both played great. Saints look solid so far.

[Hkymom17]

Drove down to Carlsbad for Saints PW AA skate. Closer than I thought. Great skate and well organized. About 25 kids. Looked like about two thirds of the kids played PW AA last season on various teams. Most talent I've seen at a AA skate thus far. Looks like both of their goalies are returning and they both played great. Saints look solid so far.

how was the traffic heading back north?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Mite Dad]

This mirrors a thread on the Bantam board, but I thought it worth discussing here. Multiple sources report that a significant change is coming to the CAHA schedule next season. Clubs in So Cal will play a full slate of SCAHA games (one game against each team) each of which will count towards the CAHA standings. Once a month, a small group of teams will travel north for a weekend of games against the 4 NorCal teams.

In other words, SCAHA games no longer are exhibitions, but rather they now "count" towards CAHA playoff eligibility, and CAHA weekends with all teams assembling in one location for each weekend are no more. The season structure becomes essentially the same as SCAHA A/BB/B divisions, plus one weekend tournament in NorCal.

This presumably will reduce the number of league scheduled games by around a third. For sake of comparison, in 2015-16, the So Cal PWAA teams played 12 or 13 SCAHA games plus 16 CAHA weekend games. Next season, if all declared teams actually field, that will be reduced to 20 league games. I can think of a number of pros and cons to this.