Never anything said about this team.Is it going that good ?

It's all good brother.

Royals took them out in final of a tournament.

Very dirty team.

6) No racist comments

6) No racist comments

They're about to go on a 2-game losing streak baby!!!

310: If you're gonna talk trash like that, you better back it up and identify yourself. Coward.

310: If you're from Ancaster (254 PIM) or Burlington (222 PIM), Congratulations. You win Hypocrite of the Year Award.
Maybe you'd like to look at Brampton's stats --126 PIM in 23 games, lowest in the loop.

We always enjoy our few games together over the past 2 years , always exciting,close checking and hard hitting. Good luck the rest of the season and see you in a few weeks.

Royals

Very classy, Royals. I agree our teams are a good match.
Best of luck to your team as well.

Can you feel the love.

Ya man.

How is the girl doing this year?

They only have one now, right?

yes, one on defence, coach's daughter.

There are questions posed above about whether or not this team is dirty.....
Not sure about dirty, but they definitely lack sportsmanship.
Saturday afternoon vs. Burlington....
One of their kids lays out a Burlington player with a solid, clean hit....
Burlington player stays down and is clearly hurt....
Brampton kids AND 2 of the 3 coaches behind the bench begin to cheer and pat their player on the back...

Then one of the coaches had the nerve to get confrontational with a Burlington coach when the Burlington coach questioned their sportsmanship....

Class act boys....class act....

No one wants to see a kid get hurt and no one was applauding that. They were only congratulating a team mate who is not known for his physical game that he laid out a "solid, clean hit" (your words). Your player came back on the ice, didn't he?

Yes - he did come back - but that's not the point. There is no doubt that it was a solid, clean hit - and congrats to a kid who is normally not physical....but there is a time and place to show this excitement under these circumstances.....
When the receiver of the nice hit is hurt, that is not the time to be celebrating, because regardless for the reason for showing this excitment, there is a player injured and that should be everyone's first concern (doesn't matter which jersey you wear). Save the pat on the back for a quieter moment on the bench...or in the dressing room after the game.

Now - if the kid bounces right up after being hammered, then fine, go nuts...but perception is everything....
Any comments on why your coach became so defensive and confrontational when questionned about this? I don't believe he explained it as clearly as you have...but rather became quite irate (when according to your reasoning, there was really no reason to be so defensive....)

I agree. Coach needs to be more responsible then that! Focus on the whole game, not just your team.

Problem is the coach has never played the game at this level. So he does not know any better.

They need someone on the bench with actual hockey smarts! Then you will have the proper code of ethics amongst coaches.

I'm glad your kid is ok. I don't like to see celebrating when there is someone laying on the ice, either. I gave you the only explanation I could.
All I can say about the coach, he's a bit of a hot head with a lot of people, not just opponent coaches.
We don't stand too close to the dressing room door after games.

12:28 - if you agree with the comments made, would you not think it's in the best interest of your team / organization to inform the team manager that the actions of that coach were inappropriate?

12:28 - this is 10:43.....
Thanks for the clarification...although it would be nice if the coaching staff shared the same common sense...oh well....

Here's to another close one tomorrow night....(hopefully without the antics and a better result for the home side!)

If I can get him to stop yelling at the kids, I'll next work on getting him to stop yelling at the other coaches!
Honestly, I really didn't know of the altercation between coaches.
I do tell my own kid what is appropriate behaviour & what I expect of him. I'm sure most of the parents with kids on this team do as well.

What coach is the angry one yelling all the time?

Is it the young one with straight short hair, the one with the wavy mullet or the older one with thinning hair?

We have played them a few times and I have never noticed any yelling.

Looking forward to another good game tomorrow night. I take it all of you Burlingtonites made it home safely after the game on Sat?

206: none of them are really big yelling types. it's not the frequency, it's the intensity. when it starts, watch out. mostly one of the AC's.

ok mullet

Not sure who it is trying to cause trouble on a team that truly has none! I KNOW!!! A content team in minor hockey... who'd have believed THAT??? First off, there isn't any coach with a mullet. Perhaps you were thinking about last year's staff. Haven't heard much complaining from the kids or parents. Most are very happy with the way things are moving along. 2nd in our loop - not too shabby. Pretty fair ice time, although that is ALWAYS going to be a bone of contention for somebody at some point. Hey, they are 10 and have good games and bad ones - ice time is earned. DEVELOPMENT - what a concept.

Enough pot stirring...try barking up another tree.

p.s. Thank you Moderator for eliminating the racial remarks - and to the rest of you - goons? unsportsmanlike? Not even close to the crap you have slung!

our coaches are good guys. never seen them yell at the kids on the bench, but agree they can sometimes get a bit hot in the dressing room. should be a good game tonight, following the close win on Sat.

Agree. Good coaches, good parents, good kids. No real superstars. No favouritism of coach's kid. Mid-pack team, wins some, lose some. Not much to complain about.

EZ Schedule!!!

for regular season? or are you reading the Silver Stick thread?

S S

like we said on that thread, not our doing.

Oh sure. Just luck of the draw. Well go play some 649 tickets you guys are very lucky!!

didn't say we were lucky. we're at the mercy of the schedulers just like you. take it back to the SS thread if you want to cry some more.

As the team you are the face of the organization. I'm sure you didn't know beforehand but even you must agree that someone in your organiztion is trying to fix the SS to get Brampton a clean pass to round 2. It's easy to blame the "unknown" scheduler but tougher to admit that the organixzation as a whole has embarrassed themselves and the team involved. Someone in your coaching staff requested this schedule - guaranteed!!!!!

Ok Burlington. You came on our team site to question our sportsmanship. What was last night all about?

what happened?

It was nothing. Take your 2 points and stay off the boards. We'll see you again down the road.

9:11...really not sure which game you were watching if you are implying that there was lack of sportsmanship on Burlington's side last night....

When our player dumped yours into our net in the 2nd period, the only clapping and stick slapping was when your kid got up....

In fact, maybe you don't recall your kids charging our net and taking digs at our goalie in the final minute of a 3-0 game? You gripe to the refs about your guys getting dumped at the whistle, but if you're going to give it (digging in the crease), then you gotta be ready to take it (getting dumped)....

Another relatively close game...aside from the 3rd period which you guys dominated (17-3 shot advantage in the third alone)....

he didn't dump him into the NET, he dumped his head into the CROSSBAR...big difference. your player could probably put his size to better use.
and there's no point telling us to get off the boards..you opened a thread called 97AA Brampton..what were you looking for?

You're obviously going to see what you want to see when your kid gets hurt....
You're implying that our player drove your guys head into the crossbar - which wasn't the case....
What did happen was your player driving hard to the net, going for the loose puck....after digging for it, he was knocked over by our player...as he fell over our goalie, he hit his head on the crossbar (I'm not minimizing this as I'm sure it hurt!)....but, as you put it, BIG DIFFERENCE....
The same hit anywhere else on the ice results in your player landing on his butt/knees..

We could go back and forth on this all day....ref called a roughing penalty and clearly if there was obvious intent to injure (ie. if the ref felt that he intentionally drove him into the crossbar), the appropriate penalty would have been called.

See you in the playoffs.....

Playoffs? Who cares? The only team that has a chance in OMHA playdowns is Oakville. The rest of the AA Tricounty loop is weak. If Brampton and Guelph are among the top teams in this loop, you guys are all in trouble. What happened to Caledon and Orangeville this year, anyway?

Yeah...oakville's really running away with it!! what standings are you looking at?

Oakville - I can't wait to re-visit this comment in a couple of months when you guys are back in the Tri-County loop after getting knocked out early.
All it's going to take is a team to get more than a few shots on your goalies, who have not been tested and are unproven. Low GAA looks good on paper, but would like to see Save % for these goalies.

See you in the Tri-County playdowns.

Love,
The 'Weak' Tri-County Teams....(all 11 of them)

zing...

Burlington..maybe if your team was out of the penalty box more, you would win more games. 24 PIM in 2 games with Brampton. more importantly 0 points. you don't have a bunch of future Lady Bing winners on your team.

Guys, give your heads a shake. Oakville is in first and still has 4 games in hand. No one is catching them. They will not lose a game in the playoffs. This team has proved itself as a clutch team in tournament play and they will cruise until they face they winner of the Bluewater league or the top teams in the East. Its too bad they can't play in a league where they get regular competition.

Ok, coach (or is the goalie parent, again?).

There is no way Oakville can lose. Even if goalies haven't been tested - who is going to test them???

Oakville A?

You're only hurting your team by making those kind of pronouncements, they are not a dominant team like you might think.

Let them boast...let them set expectations soooo high of their kids.....becuase you know what? In February when they do lose and have to play the 'lesser competition' in their loop, the kids won't give a rats ass once they leave the dressing room - they're there to have fun...

The REALLY fun part would be to watch the parents/coaches suffer...after the team failing to live up to these significant expectations - the dads can talk about the 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' on the golf course and the moms can do the same at the spa....

Oakville WILL WIN!! Period.

They may not look dominant when they play you, but its because they are bored and tend to play down to teh competition. But, they know how to step it up when they meet a quality team. They are ranked 6th in the province for good reason: they have actually beat good teams (#1 London Gold, # 10 Newmarket, #12 Braves). What have any of teh other Tricounty teams done this year in tournaments?

Nobody is disputing the fact that they are a solid team.
We're all just amazed at the pedestal you're putting your kids on - because if they fall from that pedestal, it's gonna sting.

Confidence is healthy, arrogance is dangerous.

A good team would never "play down" to a competitor's level. That's an insult to your kids.

Hey Oakville - stop infesting this thread with your garbage. How did this '97 AA Brampton' thread become 'Ranger Propaganda Central'?

As for good teams playing down to competition, it happens all the time (they are 10 years old for crying out loud). Maybe a great team doesn't that, but Oakville is not a great team: they are just a very good team in a mediocre loop. Them the facts guys.

As for putting the kids on a pedestal, of course I would never tell any of this to my kid. I maybe arrogant, but they are just CONFIDENT. And if they flame out, it won't sting too much (I'll just stay off the boards).

10 year old kids, especially, do not play down to the competition. a game's a game and they're going to bring it no matter what.

yeah. that is unless Ranger Propaganda Central got a hold of them & brainwashed them into thinking that way.

good game last night. showing more grit. let's bring it into Silver Stick.

Oakville AA coach is something else...I have never seen a guy so full of himself....can't even keep a job!!!! His kid is the smallest one on the team and the only reason he is there is because of Daddy...he won't stop coaching cuz his son would be the first cut down to house league...We can't stand playing for him our first and las t year.....

Hey Oakville AA - what happened today?
2-1 loss to Guelph? At home?

How is that arrogance/confidence doing now?
How many shots did Guelph have? Cause 2 goals on 6 or 8 shots (which is the number of shots you normally give up) isn't gonna cut it.

Yikes! Would have loved to have seen those Oakville coaches after that one!!

Merry Friggin Christmas!

Interesting that the 'O-so-mighty' Oakville parents have suddenly disappeared.

I told you it would sting.

funny how the rep teams in brampton dont reflect the community

Do not forget Lasalle. See you in '09 they will bring their AA game

you won"t see us in the playoffs you"ll be long gone ha ha ha ...

Any changes coming up for this team?

What's going on?

therez hard play but when you hammer somebody from behind in to a net thats abit on the coward side I would guess you never won anything in your life now your tring to win it all for your kid good job loser...

2:30...nice grammar pal - what's wrong? Did you get your head driven into a crossbar one too many times?

lol

2:30, Iz dat u orville? Iz bin lookin' for my cuzin 4 a long time.