Peewee AA 2017-2018

[Icelife]

Were the Ducks competitive?

 

Ha! There was so much chatter about Ducks 1 not belonging in top flight since their Jamboree performance against all the top teams they played, was curious if they were competititve against one of the top teams. Guess it goes to show they are and the jamboree was too early to predict the outcome of an entire season!!! My original point validated that kids that have played together will do well that weekend and others will come together shortly there after, getting experience playing with each other and learning each other's styles on the ice.
Bet the Bears thought that would be a guaranteed win???

[Icelife]

Anyone know the OC1/Gulls score?

[MO-ICETIME]

Were the Ducks competitive?

 

Ha! There was so much chatter about Ducks 1 not belonging in top flight since their Jamboree performance against all the top teams they played, was curious if they were competititve against one of the top teams. Guess it goes to show they are and the jamboree was too early to predict the outcome of an entire season!!! My original point validated that kids that have played together will do well that weekend and others will come together shortly there after, getting experience playing with each other and learning each other's styles on the ice.
Bet the Bears thought that would be a guaranteed win???

Not at all... The Ducks are a very tough team and if you watched them against GSE1, you would know that. That game was fun to watch and both Goalies were amazing! The last 2 goals were scored with less that 2min left in the game and about 15 seconds apart.

[M@sshole]

Anyone know the OC1/Gulls score?

OC1 3 to 1 over Gulls2.

[Go Kings_26]

Wasn't this entire process started by Norcal?  How ironic that all the Norcal teams made it into the top tier (the sharks being a no brainer exception). How do the flyers not make Tier 1 it but the Ducks 2 do?  Really?  Sounds like some behind the scenes negotiating/$.   The fact that many evaluators were "absent" on the last day of the Jamboree said a lot. 


Feel sorry for Tier 2 teams who play the same 5 southern teams all year, while the Tier 1 teams play 9 across the state.  Please remind me how this is "CAHA" and not a subset of "SCAHA?"  Guess they are preparing the 07 kids for AAA hockey in Cali!  Hey - here's a thought - how about Norcal fixes their problem regarding AAA teams and stops messing with AA?  Having 3 year Pee Wee kids playing AA is part of the issue just as much as younger kids playing up!   


Can't wait to see how the process is further discredited when the Tier 2 Scaha teams start defeating the Tier 1 Scaha teams.  They will still play each other.....And what is this about Tier 2 paying less?  I've not seen that anywhere.  Can someone point me to this?

[Go Kings_26]

3 to 1?  Case in point.  Tier 1 vs Tier 2, and only a 2 point differential?  Yeah, that makes sense.

[skates]

3 to 1?  Case in point.  Tier 1 vs Tier 2, and only a 2 point differential?  Yeah, that makes sense.

Makes you kind of wonder if OC1 should be in the bottom flight 2. 

[M@sshole]

3 to 1?  Case in point.  Tier 1 vs Tier 2, and only a 2 point differential?  Yeah, that makes sense.

Makes you kind of wonder if OC1 should be in the bottom flight 2. 

Oh boy....  If I recall it's the same 2 goal margin that OC1 beat Ducks 1 and GSE2 by in San Jose.  Can we let the season play out a little...

[Icelife]

Were the Ducks competitive?

 

Ha! There was so much chatter about Ducks 1 not belonging in top flight since their Jamboree performance against all the top teams they played, was curious if they were competititve against one of the top teams. Guess it goes to show they are and the jamboree was too early to predict the outcome of an entire season!!! My original point validated that kids that have played together will do well that weekend and others will come together shortly there after, getting experience playing with each other and learning each other's styles on the ice.
Bet the Bears thought that would be a guaranteed win???

Not at all... The Ducks are a very tough team and if you watched them against GSE1, you would know that. That game was fun to watch and both Goalies were amazing! The last 2 goals were scored with less that 2min left in the game and about 15 seconds apart.

I did watch some of the games and I knew they were competitive but earlier on in this thread they were basically counted out by a few because the "record" in San Jose. Our friends have a kid on the team and I thought with the additions they made over the summer with a strong defensive push and speed they were bound to be competitive. From past games with the Bears, I have often heard them go into a game with the we got this attitude (at least from talking with some of the Bears parents before games) and actually getting challenged. Those are my favorite games because it pushes each team to work that much harder and hey, they get better and better! Playing the best pushes you to be the best and that is what development is all about. Looks to be an exciting season for the top flight kids. Sad to say the bottom flight is defiantly getting the short end here and it stinks for their development!

[Ziegler]

Just Curious...Have Ducks 2 played Kings 2 at any point?

[lcadad]

I did not realize that either.  Then two teams from tier 1 miss the playoffs.

Well 2 teams from Tier1 miss the playoffs either way.

[#4BobbyOrr]

Just Curious...Have Ducks 2 played Kings 2 at any point?

no

[Ziegler]

Brilliant. 2 07 teams - 1 makes it in 1 doesn't and they don't face each other head to head to see who is better? Who's the genius that let that slip by?

[Go Kings_26]

The other team only has 8 07.....and yeah, very puzzling.

[ABCDE]

From what I understood, the Ducks couldn't field an all 07 team, so they have a lot of 06s as well.  Not discounting that team, but I think it was the 06s made the difference in CAHA opinion.  But Ducks 2 and Kings 2 should have faced each other at some point to make that determination.  But then, nothing about the flight system or jamboree evaluations made sense.