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18U Shell Game
Guest:
vfc is fielding 4 18u teams. 2 AA & 2 A teams. They are desperate for a goalie for the bottom A team. They had 9/10 goalies at evals and made cuts. They stacked 1 A team and made 1 that will be a bottom team and because of that they now how opening due to turned downed spots.
justahockeydad:
I could never understand clubs that do this at 18u. Instead of having 2 unbalanced A teams put the weaker team as a B Independent team at a lesser price. Give them one practice a week and 6 game slots and let them make their own schedule and go in 18B tournaments. I helped coach my friend's son team that did this a couple yrs ago. They played 14 games and went in 4 18B tournaments coming in 2nd once. The team manager did a great job getting fair competition to play. She found bottom to mid 18A teams and a couple mid 16A teams to play. We were 1-11-2 that year but all games were close, and kids loved that season.
Guest:
--- Quote from: justahockeydad on April 28, 2025, 07:44:22 AM ---I could never understand clubs that do this at 18u. Instead of having 2 unbalanced A teams put the weaker team as a B Independent team at a lesser price. Give them one practice a week and 6 game slots and let them make their own schedule and go in 18B tournaments. I helped coach my friend's son team that did this a couple yrs ago. They played 14 games and went in 4 18B tournaments coming in 2nd once. The team manager did a great job getting fair competition to play. She found bottom to mid 18A teams and a couple mid 16A teams to play. We were 1-11-2 that year but all games were close, and kids loved that season.
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Its a great idea, but I don't think that's an option for VFC since they are AHF members. The AHF only has two levels at 18U - AA and High A. There is no low A or B option with the AHF.
Guest:
--- Quote from: Guest on April 28, 2025, 07:51:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: justahockeydad on April 28, 2025, 07:44:22 AM ---I could never understand clubs that do this at 18u. Instead of having 2 unbalanced A teams put the weaker team as a B Independent team at a lesser price. Give them one practice a week and 6 game slots and let them make their own schedule and go in 18B tournaments. I helped coach my friend's son team that did this a couple yrs ago. They played 14 games and went in 4 18B tournaments coming in 2nd once. The team manager did a great job getting fair competition to play. She found bottom to mid 18A teams and a couple mid 16A teams to play. We were 1-11-2 that year but all games were close, and kids loved that season.
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Its a great idea, but I don't think that's an option for VFC since they are AHF members. The AHF only has two levels at 18U - AA and High A. There is no low A or B option with the AHF.
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I think they realize there is no low A or B in the AHF at 18u, that's probably why they said independent. What would being in the AHF matter? They are not BB rink. How many clubs are in the AHF but not the THF but some other AAA league, I know of some including the Minute Men. The 1st yr of the AHF the Vipers did it, they had a mixed 16/18 team that played in 18B tournaments and as many scrimmages they could get.
Guest:
They do it because of money.
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