anyone please help

who is in the know?

CAN ANYONE HELP WITH THE WEST A RANKINGS FOR 99 ?????????

TID
VP
DD
HVS
DB
VR
WM
TR
HH
Amesbury
Avs

How can one person do the rankings for 11 teams. parents who think they are gods gift on sports R4U. TA will not be the number 11 team. I could not care less if they were indeed the last place team in first year g.t.h.l MA. The truth here is TA should hold in as a top 3-5 team. As we all know anything can go down in the playoffs.

Looks like the guy who put the rankings up was upside down when he typed it.

you're kidding me, how do we know you're the TA coach?

Good retort.

TID
VP
DD
HVS
DB
VR
WM
TR
HH
Amesbury
Avs

are all these kids coming from HL

TID- strong team, full of select kids
VP- all Vaughan HL kids
DD
HVS
DB
VR- struggled to field a team
WM
TR- all Vaughan HL kids
HH
Amesbury- did they fill a team up?
Avs- team made up primarily of Etobicoke Bulldogs tier 2 team, will be strong

Any other info?

What do you know about the Humbervalley team and the humberview team???????????????

DOES ANYONE HAVE INFO ON THIS LAST POST??????

what is the IP

IP??????????man just wanted to know if anybody has an idea of these two teams?????????????????

COME ON ALL YOU HOCKEY FREAKS ANY IDEA ON THE LAST FEW QUESTIONS..................

SHARKS will fit somewhere in the top 3-6 spot in this loop.

HH should do well after Christmas when the team gels together. Parents and players are open minded and willing to try anything once. would be nice to see them win the KC tournament.

I know a couple who's child made the TA team, they tell me the squad is very good.

I;ve been hearing the same flow

DD first place

thank you for the replys went to watch a few tryouts sharks look good hh looked a little scattered and yes hearing ta has a good squad think the a loop should be interesting!!!!!also hear hvs has a pretty good underager???????

DD IN FIRST????? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you never know

ANYONE HAVE SOME GOOD INSIDE STUFF ON 99 A WEST??????????????????????

who is the best team?

Best team--projected standings--has any info on this group this coming year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TID probably the best team DD should be ok hvs ???? hh???? not sure but my friends kid is playing on the hvs team as an underager great little player...........but he says they do not have a goalie yet???????????

did you say hvs did not find a goalie yet, i saw a great 99 goalie playing summer hockey at canlan.

What team? There were a lot of winter teams testing the water at Canlan this weekend.

I think I know that kid, his dad told me AA or HL. dad thinks A hockey is equal to select at three times the cost.

TID- what select team are these kids coming from, or are they coming from HL?

you tell us

If I knew i would tell you. Everyone seems to peg them as being the team to beat.

TID coming from CS DD select team

didn't the DD select team go AA

I heard the same many kids from dd select went aa?????????? and yes hvs still looking for a goalie!!!!!!!!!!!
so is hh they have it even posted on the gthl web

DOES ANYONE REALLY HAVE ANY WORTHWHILE INFO ON 99 a???????????????????????

no

what do you want to know????

No body contact, my eldest had body contact when he played MA (A) five years ago, I think select will be alot faster because most 99 parents who did not get their kids on AAA or AA teams went back to select. 350 bucks for select or 1,400 bucks for A which will be less competive then select.

AA hockey is where the pace picks up and the positions are taught properly.
for the past 15 yrs parents would put kids in MA (A) one year early so they can learn to play with their heads up, ( when there was contact). now you will not find any underagers in A hockey, the ones who could not get on AA teams went back to novice select.

Choosing select over A makes sense to me too, and that's what we're doing. We are the only ones from our orgs 2 99 select teams, rest are all playing A or AA. My opinion is they all got wrapped up in the tryout process and thought A would be better for their own reasons. Glad to see others have the same opinion on keeping with Select over A.

99 select will be weak next season as there is very little talent left, most will be new teams with first time select players

well we get our "a" and we also gain gthl status, too me that is worth the extra money.

what

are there any 99 Select teams retaining their core going into MA given the mass exodus to the GTHL?

probably not...anybody have any info on HVS 99 ????????????????????A

inquiring minds want to know a bit more about this team

Middle of the pack team for sure.

Middle of the pack like 5 maybe 6???????????? i think top four!!!!!!!

anybody hear anything new to add to the minor atom a division????

with body contact removed from the age levels, A HOCKEY MINOR ATOM is entry level hockey or House league at best.
kids who did not make select will have to pay a few extra bucks and play A hockey, AA on the other hand will be faster than select.

AA teams are done. your kid needs to be a star to bump someone now. good luck!

LOL........You poor fool AA 75% of the AA teams this year are terrible....A few good players on each at best...A will be much more interesting this year..

some kids who were asked to play AAA did not and joined A

thank you. it is to early for AAA

How about any info on some A teams anybody??????

'A' should be a very good loop next season. 'AA' is watered down. Many kids that could have tried out for 'AA' and didn't stayed at 'A' for one season. Case in point are the TID 'A', The Avs 'A' and the Sharks 'A' team. I happened to be at the same arena with the TID 'A' team and saw their practice. I was very impressed with the speed they have. Great on the breakout and positioning drills as well. This team should be in the top 3 for sure.
I only saw one goalie out there, so they might be searching for a second goalie. One goalie might hurt the team if he misses games. If they get a second goalie, this would be the team to beat.

Where did the core of these teams come from? which select programs?

One team was the Bulldogs

Hearing the same thing from a few other parents kids went out for the AA tryouts but they decided to go A instead saw some AA tryouts
didnt seem like the kids were quick looking forward to see what happens in the A loop next year....TID..DD..HVS...SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 5.........

Where did the Ave's team come from

Check out all the A parents that think their league is better

A is always good hockey at the minor atom level

Is it true that TID & HVS A teams are better than their AA teams?

have them play against each other to find out

NOW THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING GAME....They should play against each other bet A teams win both games.........

says the A parent who's kid got cut from AA

my kid plays A hockey because he likes his coach, any kid who can do cross-overs can play AA or AAA. stop fooling your kids with the A's.

SO TRUE SO TRUE A is a great level especially with the right coaching........AAA is full of daddy payed my way in kids way to water downed with kids who should not be there.......

you are all nuts, half the A teams are made up of Novice HL players, watched a few skate, not close to AA, sorry its the truth. Every year the MA A parents talk about how strong the A loop will be and how fast it is and how thier kid could play AA. they may find a spot on a bottom 3 AA team but top teams are stronger faster and way better than any A team. The HL kids moving up to A still have to adjust to line changes without a buzzer. I have no doubt that in time some of these A kids can become strong AA and AAA players, but MA A has always been HL hockey, it gets better in Atom.

AA has a ton of kids from HL, why does A get better in atom?

A gets better in Atom. because the kids that should be playing in AA, leave. The kids that are in MA AA, which should be playing A end up there as well. Since the stronger players are no longer in A, the talent level lowers which gives it the apprearance of improved quality of play.

Your subtle, nuanced understanding of the game is breathtaking.

Does your hypothesis still hold water after they flood the ice?

I need to know.

just the facts "A" dad

Thanks 'i pay too much for my kid to sit on the bench but hey i've got a nice jacket' AA dad

that would be AAA dad, just love coming on the A sites reading a comment from some dad about how his kid could play AAA but he is keeping him in A

How about the dad that pays for their kid to play AAA when they should be in A.

"AA gets better in Atom. because the kids that should be playing in AAA, leave. The kids that are in MA AAA, which should be playing AA end up there as well. Since the stronger players are no longer in AA, the talent level lowers which gives it the apprearance of improved quality of play."

It sounds like an equally plausible argument to me, with more A's. If only it was that simple. The 11:20 argument is "half-baked".

Moving on... let's face it. On average, the quality of players playing 'A' hockey is not as high as in 'AA'.

Now if everyone could accept that concept, we could get back to the topic of the thread.

I saw a few players at the A skates that could play first line AAA on a middle of the pack team, but I also saw a few border line house league players, I think it's cool.