SQ. BB 2017/2018

[OCHockeyDad07]

Where is everyone playing Labor Day Weekend?

[Oilers_Dad]

Oilers Squirt BB will be at the Fun in the Sun tournament at our home rink (SDIA).

[OCHockeyDad07]

Jr Ducks will be at TSC for the Jr Kings tournament.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Anyone know where the Jr Reign Sq BB are playing for labor day?

[trans4761]

Anyone know where the Jr Reign Sq BB are playing for labor day?

I would say a the great BF  Invitational along with JR Team Teal/red/pink 

[OCHockeyDad07]

Anyone know where the Jr Reign Sq BB are playing for labor day?

I would say a the great BF  Invitational along with JR Team Teal/red/pink 

I suspect that is the case.  I don't see them at the other 3 Sq BB tournaments in So Cal.  All other teams are accounted for so they must be playing some stiff competition out there in Riverside.

[OCHockeyDad07]

So now that Labor Day Tourney games are over we have a few standouts and the rest seem to be bunched together.


Kings (1), Gulls (1) and SDIA Oilers won their respective tournaments decisively:


Kings beat Maple Leafs 12-3 in final game, 5 wins with no losses and outscored opponents 42-16 overall
Gulls beat Goldrush 6-0 in final game, 4 wins no losses and a tie and outscored opponents 36-9 overall
Oilers beat Red Wings 11-2 in final game, 5 wins with no losses and outscored opponents 38-3 overall


Any of these teams going to move to Sq A?  If not these will certainly be the top 3 this season.


Biggest surprise was OCHC, expected better showing after the strong Sq B season and many top returning players.

[SDhockeydad07]

There are 12 declared Sq A teams for this preseason, and in the Rinks tournament there were very few lopsided defeats. And the teams that did get blown out, were usually somewhat competitive in their other games. Only one team didn't win at least 1 game, and they were from Montana. We'll find out more once pre-season gets started, but so far teams are looking fairly competitive.


Even so, I'm guessing there will be some movement for sure.  Because unfortunately, every year there will be some teams dropping that totally shouldn't be dropping to Sq BB (see the Mariners last season who dropped from A to BB and outscored opponents 110-40 while going 12-2-1 before flaming out in the playoffs).  It's even worse with some of the teams that perennially sandbag in Sq B, but really belong in Sq BB.


Glad my son is now in A, so we don't have to worry about the sandbaggers as much 

[JustAnotherHockeyParent]

I don't think the Mariners belonged in A last season. If you looked at their results during last year's Early Bird tournament when they were playing SQ A, they lost by an average of 8-2. If you look at pre-season last year, while they played SQ A, they lost by an average of 10-2. For the actual season, playing BB, they won by an average of 7-3. Clearly they were better aligned in BB.

[OCHockeyDad07]

The Mariners were a borderline team last year, average win 7-3 in BB vs. losing by 10-2 in A preseason (where they faced the top teams only).  If they stuck it out in A they would have won a few games.  They would have been competitive with the bottom few teams.  Instead they were competitive with the top few teams in BB.  What better?

[vrspartak]

Mariners were not an A team last year...got smoked early and often.  Going, at best, 2-13 on a season ain't worth it.

[Oilers_Dad]

Oilers beat Red Wings 11-2 in final game, 5 wins with no losses and outscored opponents 38-3 overall

Any of these teams going to move to Sq A?  If not these will certainly be the top 3 this season.

My son plays for the Oilers BB team.  Compared to the Jr Gulls Squirt A team (the only A team in San Diego) we are DEFINATELY not A level.

The BB division in the Fun in the Sun tournament at SDIA only had three teams (Oilers, Red Wings, and Jr. Gulls 2).  No offense to either team as they were great kids/parents that exuded ultimate sportsmanship... but they were probably better suited for SCAHA B.  During the round robin we beat the Gulls 10-0 and 6-0.  We beat the Red Wings 7-1 (with the sole goal coming from a coaching snafu when we called a defensive line change while the Red Wings were on a break-away giving their player an unimpeded 1-on-1 against goalie).  We beat them later that same day 4-0.

The Red Wings definitely stepped it up during the Championship Game and scored two goals during our 11-2 victory, but at the same time our coaches tried to get every player on our team a goal in the tournament and tweaked the lines moving our defenders up to forward and vice-versa.

Then again, we played the CA Heat at their home rink in Panorama City yesterday during our first pre-season game and beat them 17-0.

My son is one of three 2007's that played on the Oilers BB team last year that were held back from playing-up with the Pewee BB team this year.  We are definitely less talented this season vs. last year (where were finished 12th overall with a 6-8 record and didn't make the playoffs).  So far, we've yet to face-off with the same level of talent that we encountered last season.  Either the BB division had way more talent last year, or we just haven't had a chance to play them yet.

We'll find out soon enough now that the season has begun!  Good luck everyone!

So happy SCAHA hockey is back and can't wait for October 4th for the NHL to startup again too.  The world just doesn't feel right when it's not hockey season!

[OCHockeyDad07]

Certainly the Oilers, Kings (1) and Gulls (1) are the class of Sq BB this year.  It's going to be tough for any other teams in Sq BB to beat them.


The Jr Ducks (1), Jr Ducks (2) and Goldrush seem to be the next level but still about 3-4 goals behind the top 3.


Condors and Jr Reign haven't played enough to get much idea on how they will match up with the best of Sq BB but suspect they aren't in the top.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Oilers beat Red Wings 11-2 in final game, 5 wins with no losses and outscored opponents 38-3 overall

Any of these teams going to move to Sq A?  If not these will certainly be the top 3 this season.

My son plays for the Oilers BB team.  Compared to the Jr Gulls Squirt A team (the only A team in San Diego) we are DEFINATELY not A level.

The BB division in the Fun in the Sun tournament at SDIA only had three teams (Oilers, Red Wings, and Jr. Gulls 2).  No offense to either team as they were great kids/parents that exuded ultimate sportsmanship... but they were probably better suited for SCAHA B.  During the round robin we beat the Gulls 10-0 and 6-0.  We beat the Red Wings 7-1 (with the sole goal coming from a coaching snafu when we called a defensive line change while the Red Wings were on a break-away giving their player an unimpeded 1-on-1 against goalie).  We beat them later that same day 4-0.

The Red Wings definitely stepped it up during the Championship Game and scored two goals during our 11-2 victory, but at the same time our coaches tried to get every player on our team a goal in the tournament and tweaked the lines moving our defenders up to forward and vice-versa.

Then again, we played the CA Heat at their home rink in Panorama City yesterday during our first pre-season game and beat them 17-0.

My son is one of three 2007's that played on the Oilers BB team last year that were held back from playing-up with the Pewee BB team this year.  We are definitely less talented this season vs. last year (where were finished 12th overall with a 6-8 record and didn't make the playoffs).  So far, we've yet to face-off with the same level of talent that we encountered last season.  Either the BB division had way more talent last year, or we just haven't had a chance to play them yet.

We'll find out soon enough now that the season has begun!  Good luck everyone!

So happy SCAHA hockey is back and can't wait for October 4th for the NHL to startup again too.  The world just doesn't feel right when it's not hockey season!

I do see the Oilers Sq B team from last year is mostly intact on your sons team and they were 12-2-1 in SCAHA with the top scorers still all there so no surprise they are top in Sq BB this year.

[Oilers_Dad]

Oilers beat Red Wings 11-2 in final game, 5 wins with no losses and outscored opponents 38-3 overall

Any of these teams going to move to Sq A?  If not these will certainly be the top 3 this season.

My son plays for the Oilers BB team.  Compared to the Jr Gulls Squirt A team (the only A team in San Diego) we are DEFINATELY not A level.

The BB division in the Fun in the Sun tournament at SDIA only had three teams (Oilers, Red Wings, and Jr. Gulls 2).  No offense to either team as they were great kids/parents that exuded ultimate sportsmanship... but they were probably better suited for SCAHA B.  During the round robin we beat the Gulls 10-0 and 6-0.  We beat the Red Wings 7-1 (with the sole goal coming from a coaching snafu when we called a defensive line change while the Red Wings were on a break-away giving their player an unimpeded 1-on-1 against goalie).  We beat them later that same day 4-0.

The Red Wings definitely stepped it up during the Championship Game and scored two goals during our 11-2 victory, but at the same time our coaches tried to get every player on our team a goal in the tournament and tweaked the lines moving our defenders up to forward and vice-versa.

Then again, we played the CA Heat at their home rink in Panorama City yesterday during our first pre-season game and beat them 17-0.

My son is one of three 2007's that played on the Oilers BB team last year that were held back from playing-up with the Pewee BB team this year.  We are definitely less talented this season vs. last year (where were finished 12th overall with a 6-8 record and didn't make the playoffs).  So far, we've yet to face-off with the same level of talent that we encountered last season.  Either the BB division had way more talent last year, or we just haven't had a chance to play them yet.

We'll find out soon enough now that the season has begun!  Good luck everyone!

So happy SCAHA hockey is back and can't wait for October 4th for the NHL to startup again too.  The world just doesn't feel right when it's not hockey season!

I do see the Oilers Sq B team from last year is mostly intact on your sons team and they were 12-2-1 in SCAHA with the top scorers still all there so no surprise they are top in Sq BB this year.

One of our player's Dads puts together these awesome videos.  Here are the highlights from the game vs. the CA Heat yesterday.

https://youtu.be/OHOgrO0MFio