Next up! Tier II tryouts

[cog254]

I think 18's are pretty much going the way of 16A, high school is killing it and 16's too. But if you're not playing 18AAA then you might as well leave for prep school or juniors. That's why clubs are taking 2001 players at 18AA and perhaps a few other reasons I've heard people talk about.

Wonder if they made Bantam 3 birth years and midget 3 birth years if it would help anything... 

[Teemu8]

Adding a 3rd bantam year would be tough.  The physical difference between the 14s and the 13s are big enough... I can just imagine how bad the 15s woukd beat up on the little guys.

[islandhockey]

Wasn't it a few years ago that a JD club played up, feeling there was no competition for them locally in their birthyear ('01) and they suffered some pretty bad injuries?  One year is big when the boys start hitting puberty...

[j2h2012]

There is a reason that USA Hockey has defined the age classifications the way they have.


Thankfully, even if CAHA wanted to experiment like that - they couldn't get away with it (in Tier hockey at least).

[HockeyPop2297]

Just a reminder that Tier 1 03 Kings did play up to 02 in CAHA last year! Lost to 02 Alaska Oilers in OT in Pacific District Championship. So there are exceptional teams that are capable of playing up at Tier Level.

[Puck Yeah]

Just a reminder that Tier 1 03 Kings did play up to 02 in CAHA last year! Lost to 02 Alaska Oilers in OT in Pacific District Championship. So there are exceptional teams that are capable of playing up at Tier Level.

Key work "exceptional".

[bandicoot]

Midget 15AAA needs teams

[Crash]

The 'playing up' favors the older teams because their depth 3 line, 2, 3rd pair, will often win out against the younger kids.


It's still worth it though for the kids to learn what it takes.