Predictions for AA?

[Pistonkev]

Valencia 9
Flight 3 Wildcats 0


Simi 7
Flight 3 Ducks-2  1


Wada 3
flight 1 Wave 3

[BBNMCAS]

OCHC1 at Bears...


1-1 after 1st


6-2 Bears after 2nd

6-3 Bears final...  OC hung with them at times...

bears are a solid team and what sets them apart from what I can see is that they play disciplined, mistake free hockey. OC1 played great when they were at full strength, but, 6 penalties pretty much killed any chance they had. Great game and really great pace of play. Gonna be a fun season.

Another thing the Bears do well is avoid checks. OC would often go in with a heavy check and hit the boards. This would take that OC player out of the play leading to an odd-man rush or high quality scoring opportunity. The Bears seemed to check only to separate a player from the puck while OC seemed to be checking players out of the play to send a message. I specifically remember a 3-on-2 in the first and a 3-on-1 in the third. It will take a fast and well disciplined team to beat them. 

[Mcp04]

Anyone know the score of the Bears vs 04 Kings?

[BBNMCAS]

Anyone know the score of the Bears vs 04 Kings?

They beat the Gulls AAA team 12-2 yesterday and tied the Kings AAA team 3-3 but that was after a game against OCHC AA this morning.

[WCHP]

OCHC(2) 1-  Empire 8

[A1Hockey Fan]

Valencia 9
Flight 3 Wildcats 0


Simi 7
Flight 3 Ducks-2  1


Wada 3
flight 1 Wave 3

So did the 03's take it easy on the little brothers? Not taking anything from the 04's but I know several expected the 03's would win.

[Stanley]

So did the 03's take it easy on the little brothers? Not taking anything from the 04's but I know several expected the 03's would win.

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To the contrary, Wave 1 set out to intimidate their little brothers and and, with a few exceptions, they spent the game "sending messages" and running around rather than playing hockey.  It took the referee a while to get involved but he ended up giving them 14 penalties (letting a lot more go) and ejecting 2 of their players.  Many of the Wave 1 players appeared to have little interest in hockey but entertained themselves by head hunting, charging, and boarding when not preoccupied with running their mouths off.  (They even managed to reduce the score keeper to tears -- hurling invective at her that should have resulted in further ejections.)  The Wave 1 coaches narrowly avoided getting a suspension themselves.   

I don't know whether the Wave 1 coaches are teaching their kids to play this way or just don't have any control of their bench, but either way it was a shameful display.  Wave 2 didn't back down but it was hard for anyone to play real hockey for fear of getting elbowed in the head, speared or boarded.  The Wave 1 coaches need to get their kids under control or they will have a troubled season.

[justanotherhockeydad]

So did the 03's take it easy on the little brothers? Not taking anything from the 04's but I know several expected the 03's would win.

Game was pretty much a sh*t show from the get go. Wave1's objective appeared to be running their opponents with intent to intimidate and injure. No doubt It was one of the most reckless hockey game I've ever seen.

The Bears seemed to only checked to separate a player from the puck while OC seemed to be checking players out of the play to send a message.

Speaking of "sending a message," Wave1 is the exact opposite of the Bears. Zero discipline with maybe one or two skilled kids trying to go coast to coast. "Sending a message" was the name of their game with most hits being led with elbows and sticks, or worst yet, from behind.

It would've probably be a good game between the two Wave teams but Wave1 were too busy trying to act like a bunch of bad asses. Shame really, refs did try to keep things under control but Wave1 would not stop with the dirty hits... Wave1 coaches should take responsibilities for losing control of their bench and letting their kids pick up penalties after penalties.

 Game ended with Wave1 picking up 14 penalties (without counting the ones they got away with), one shy of coach getting suspended.
 
 The 14 penalties were as follow:
 
 Head contact 2
 Misconduct 10
 Charging 5
 Misconduct 10
 Game misconduct - player kicked out
 Checking from behind 2
 Misconduct 10
 Tripping 2
 Boarding 2
 Misconduct 10
 Checking from behind 2
 Misconduct 10
 Roughing 2
 Roughing 2
 
Pretty sad to see a group of kids trying to run at opponents instead of playing hockey. Not sure what their coaches tell them on the bench or perhaps that's their brand of hockey, or maybe they don't know how to check or something, but it's dangerous, reckless and concerning for their opponents.
 
 I'm sure Wave1 parents would disagree, but impossible to dispute the numerous penalties called on Wave1 and on multiple occasions they had so many kids in the box, it was embarrassing.

[BlindZebras]

Well, on the up side, they only got one lazy penalty .  Looks like a scene from Slap Shot

[Pistonkev]

Can we just call out Laura Cahn for for she runs Vacaville rink and sits on the CAHA board.

So when a weekend needed to be dropped she chose a So Cal weekend getting dumped so her rink wouldn't lose that money.

Conflict of interest much?

[trans4761]

Can we just call out Laura Chan for for she runs Vacaville rink and sits on the CAHA board.

So when a weekend needed to be dropped she chose a So Cal weekend getting dumped so her rink wouldn't lose that money.

Conflict of interest much?

That bring said, sounds to me like a BIG conflict of interest.  Would LOVE to hear the justification for this decision.

[lcadad]

Can we just call out Laura Cahn for for she runs Vacaville rink and sits on the CAHA board.

So when a weekend needed to be dropped she chose a So Cal weekend getting dumped so her rink wouldn't lose that money.

Conflict of interest much?

Aha!  Thanks for this information.  Things getting much clearer with each passing day.

[KickSave]

Maybe y'all haven't been paying attention, or may be y'all are new to this? Whenever a weekend is cancelled, it's Dec or Jan, and that's usually a SoCal locale. Been like this for years, not a grand conspiracy.

[Pistonkev]

Maybe y'all haven't been paying attention, or may be y'all are new to this? Whenever a weekend is cancelled, it's Dec or Jan, and that's usually a SoCal locale. Been like this for years, not a grand conspiracy.

First off when have we never ever had a dumb flight system where one flight is all So Cal teams?

Second they could of kept flight two at KHS and had a weekend there. Noooo that would cost Vacaville  money and can you say conflict of Interest.

[lcadad]

Maybe y'all haven't been paying attention, or may be y'all are new to this? Whenever a weekend is cancelled, it's Dec or Jan, and that's usually a SoCal locale. Been like this for years, not a grand conspiracy.

Maybe you haven't been paying attention to the fact that the Bantam and Peewee Flight2 groups have 0 norcal teams in them.  As a matter of fact, there are only 6 teams in PW Flight 2 now because 2 teams were forced down.   At least in Bantams you still have 8.


There is no need to go to Norcal to play a CAHA weekend when there are 0 teams from Norcal involved.  Then add in the fact that at the same time people are questioning why this is happening, CAHA announces that the same Flight2 teams will not play at Lakewood.


In summary, it's illogical and the product of either bad planning, bad management, stubbornness, insensitivity, arrogance or maybe something worse if that is even possible.   It doesn't have to be a conspiracy to see a conflict of interest exists here in light of such blatant disregard for wasting peoples' time and money.