SQ. BB 2017/2018

[hicksDad]

What happened to all the Oiler's Squirt Coaches? Did they forget some paperwork?
http://scaha.com/scaha/suspensions.xhtml

[Avcadet]

Anybody who is coaching has to be properly certified (safe hockey, etc.) and I had heard that SCAHA made a sweep to disallow all of those coaches who are not. That is probably what happened.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Oiler_Dad, how did your Oilers do against the Goldrush (it's still not posted on SCAHA)?


I think we are starting to see the separation between the top tier Sq BB, the second tier and the rest.


Top 5 in no particular order:


Jr Gulls (1)
Jr Kings (1)
Oilers
Goldrush
Jr Reign (a bit unsure about this one with only 2 games)


Next 5:


Jr Ducks (1)
Jr Ducks (2)
OCHC
Maple Leafs
Jr Condors

[Oilers_Dad]

Oiler_Dad, how did your Oilers do against the Goldrush (it's still not posted on SCAHA)?

We got spanked pretty bad and lost 5-2.  The Goldrush even scored two short-handed goals back-to-back about 30 seconds apart.  They were a pretty physical team and it was a wake-up call and great finally seeing some good competition.  Also, #5 is supposedly Kevin Bieksa's son... pretty cool!


Here are the highlights:
https://youtu.be/XLQ_ndYiZKg

[OCHockeyDad07]

Jr Ducks (2) beat Jr Reign 6-5.  It was a tight game, fun to watch.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Jr Ducks (2) beat Jr Kings (1), 6-3.

[Oilers_Dad]

Oilers beat the Burbank Bears 5-0.  It could have easily been a 10-goal game, but the Bears little goalie stood on his head.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Anyone hear if there will be any movement in Squirt?  Any Sq A teams moving down, Sq BB teams up/down or Sq B team moving up?


Also what is happening with the LA Lions?  They playing Sq BB SCAHA or just exhibition games?

[SDhockeydad07]

I could see both heat teams moving down, but the heat in SqA could stay and at least be competitive with the any of the mid-table teams on down. So maybe just heat bb moves to b.


I know gulls bb 1 will not be moving up. They tried to get the gulls bb1 team to move up to A last season after they went undefeated through preseason.  We scirimmmaged our A team to prove what a crazy idea that was and lost 9-2.  Then finished in like 10th place in the regular season.


It's all about which teams you get matched up with in preseason. They can make you look like all-world when you are mediocre, or at least competitive when you should be moving down.


Should know here in a week.

[Hockeydad30]

The heat BB team is not moving parents want to play BB.  Heard rumor that three or 4 would leave team if them moved down.  However the flyers b team is moving up to BB.  Haven't heard of any other movement. 

[give it a rip]

Trying to fit 53 squirt teams into 3 divisions is a little crazy.  You have maybe 8-10 teams at the top of B and BB, and 4-6 in A that are competitive with each other.   You could clearly separate this out into 4-5 divisions and have most teams playing at an appropriate level of competition.

[OCHockeyDad07]

Trying to fit 53 squirt teams into 3 divisions is a little crazy.  You have maybe 8-10 teams at the top of B and BB, and 4-6 in A that are competitive with each other.   You could clearly separate this out into 4-5 divisions and have most teams playing at an appropriate level of competition.

 There definitely is a gap between the top and bottom of all three squirt divisions but it never will be perfect and 5 divisions in Squirt is crazy.  Problem is some  squirt B teams should really just be playing in house and the bottom A teams and BB teams should drop to the lower division.

[area51]

Trying to fit 53 squirt teams into 3 divisions is a little crazy.  You have maybe 8-10 teams at the top of B and BB, and 4-6 in A that are competitive with each other.   You could clearly separate this out into 4-5 divisions and have most teams playing at an appropriate level of competition.

BBB...easy way to get the extra letter

[give it a rip]

Hahaha, yes that extra letter is important!      I guess I'm just use to having 7 Atom divisions with around 10 to 12 teams at each skill level.  No letters just 1-7 and more competitive games.

[SDhockeydad07]

Looks like Heat and Jr Gulls (2) dropped from BB to B. Both smart decisions based on their pre-season showings.

Jr. Flyers moved up from B to BB after a 4-0 preseason with 41 goals scored with 7 against.

Mariners and Wave are confusing me however.  Preseason had 1 Mariners team each at A and B. Regular season has one Mariners at A, BB and B. There is also a Wave team that moved up to Squirt A... yet the Wave teams at BB and B are still there. Neither the Wave in Squirt A, nor the Mariners in BB are scheduled for any games though they show up in the standings bracket. We also added a 54th team somehow??? 

Sort it out SCAHA!