Why do teams play down in Tourneys?

[Guest]

Why is anybody assuming anything? The poster who posted this has a legitimate complaint because this happens at every level age group. It isn't confined to just 16 year olds.

[Guest]

It happens everywhere and all the time, because Youth Hockey is a Business , if the team wins in the tournament it becomes a promotional tool recruit new family’s/kids to the club/team

[Youth Hockey Info]

For the past 3 years my kids A National teams played in tournaments in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania from pee wee to midget. 7 times between the two of them their teams made finals and lost, every time to undefeated double AA teams that steam rolled through the tournaments.

[Guest]

Blazer u15AA......or 04 high performance as advertised on their registration packet.....

[Guest]

What does evolvement mean>

[tree408]

That's the part of the sentence you're questioning haha