PW AA 2019-2020

[alfirst]

Puckslapper -


1. I am not the Flyers.
2. Flyers had tougher schedule than any teams I mentioned. Have those played Flyers schedule my guess would be your post would not exist

[OCHockeyDad07]

Puckslapper -


1. I am not the Flyers.
2. Flyers had tougher schedule than any teams I mentioned. Have those played Flyers schedule my guess would be your post would not exist

But how did the Flyers tie Reign, a team that lost to Kings 2?  I think it says a lot about the Flyers.

[JustAnotherHockeyParent]

Flyers beat Reign 1 just two weeks prior by score of 11-2. Not worth speculating as to why score in San Jose was what it was, but trust me...the Flyers will be just fine this year.

[#4BobbyOrr]

2019-2020 Peewee AA teams are confirmed:

Bears
Eagles(1)
Eagles(2)
Goldrush(1)
Goldrush(2)
Heat
Jr. Ducks(1)
Jr. Flyers
Jr. Ice Dogs(1)
Jr. Ice Dogs(2)
Jr. Gulls(1)
Jr. Kings(1)
Jr. Kings(2)
Jr. Reign(1)
Jr. Sharks(1)
Mariners

OC Hockey


With the modified multi age division CAHA weekends could mean only one trip up north for each SoCal team.

What is the source of this list?

[RonSwanson1]

Acquired through a facebook hack of the president of CAHA

[2 Cups in LA]

Flyers team has talent on it.   What it could be?  Half the Ducks 1 AA team consists of x-Flyers...   That commute from Valencia to Lakewood rink during the week must be at least 2 hours one way?   "That's hockey parent commitment"

[trans4761]

Flyers team has talent on it.   What it could be?  Half the Ducks 1 AA team consists of x-Flyers...   That commute from Valencia to Lakewood rink during the week must be at least 2 hours one way?   "That's hockey parent commitment"

.....special kind of crazy.

[Hockeykid]

 Here’s a link showing the 2019 – 2020 CAHA divisions and the teams in each flight/division. As of now, it’s not showing the schedule.
 https://stats.caha.timetoscore.com/display-stats?league=17

[5lap5hot]

What a waste of a season playing a bunch of talentless teams.  I guess there’s no development for the better teams.  Should’ve played AAA.

Quack04  The AAA teams spend more time scrimmaging AA here to add to their 6 game season so don't fret if you're going to win the CAHA trophy they'll be knocking down your door for scrimmages.

[Lord_of_the_Rink]

Hey Quack04, the problem isn't so much "talentless teams" as it is clueless parents who don't understand youth hockey player development and bad mouth other teams.  You could make the argument that a few teams squeaked into PWAA based on politics but the vast majority of the teams are legitimate PWAA teams and all the kids deserve to be given a chance to prove themselves. 

[alfirst]

Still, would not hurt flighting them this season as the difference between top 6-8 teams and bottom 4-6 is more than one tier, IMHO.

[Quack04]

Sorry to have offended you, Lord of the Rink, and I probably could've chosen my words better.  Understanding youth hockey well, neither team develops if the game is a double digit blowout.  Flighting the division would've given teams a narrower band of competition that would better support constructive development.  This season is now set up to harm the kids at the top and the bottom.  The only people who win are the parents who's kids would've ended up in flight 2 and would argue they should've been in flight 1.

[Lord_of_the_Rink]

Thanks Quack04, it's not my feelings i'm concerned about it, it's all the kids (and the parents supporting the kids) that are referred to as "talentless".  regarding the flighting issue, i don't know all these teams so i can't comment on who is who or where they belong.  imho I don't think every game has to be a one or two goal differential for the kids to develop.  whether we think our kids belong in AAA and want to drag our kids half way across the country to play other super elite pee wee teams that we think are the only teams worthy of our kids precious pee wee playing time, or whether we recognize that youth hockey in southern california is pretty strong and competitive across the board and are happy to be playing AA, even without flighting, i think most of us want the same thing.  for the kids to continue to develop and enjoy playing the game.   

[alfirst]

But flighting also keeps teams in CA.
There will be more than few blowouts this season for every bottom 4-6 teams (I do not want to name them, everyone can look at the scores). And between blowouts and 1-2 goals games there are some other scores as well. 
CAHA just made AA division extension of A - where top teams are also way better than bottom ones. But we already went through it, why in the last season of PW we have to do it twice while there was a better way... Teams in II flight could have scrimmage flight I teams during season if they felt they do belong or wanted better competition.
Now top teams will just have auto-pilot regular season and the choice of the tournaments becomes more important.
Yeah, kids can try some fancy moves on weak opponents but at 12 it just started to become no fun anymore (especially playing 4-5 years of club hockey by now) looking at barely holding on skates competition. Just an opinion, obviously...

[5lap5hot]

There is no perfect answer.  I'm not sure why everyone thinks CAHA and SCAHA are these perfect groups.  They work hard to come up with an answer for the majority.  Politics play a big role, but that's life and a good lesson for the parents and the players.  This isn't a bunch of professional players this is volunteer that put their time in so whether they get the flighting right or put more teams into the level so be it.  But to go out and complain about what a waste of time this year is going to be for little Gretzky because 6 games may be a blow out is really the waste of time.  Don't bring LG to the game so he and the future CAHA Champs aren't sullied with 10-1 game.  You'll find that the players learn a lot about themselves and humility when it comes to destroying a team.  I know one x-NHLer who's city team he played on didn't win a game for 2 years.  That didn't seem to have an effect after an 11 year carrier in the NHL.