If your kid is 16 playing Jr c or d your setting him up to fail. Major Midget kids develop better then kids playing Jr c or d. I am sure a decent major midget team could beat a Jr c or d team. Just trying to explain reality you silly parents

Let's say you're right. What about Jr. B, how does it compare?

Watched the Major Midget tournament in Ottawa . It is the no hit little guy league .

Which on most nights, would beat the big guy, can't skate, all I want to do is hit & fight league

"Watched the Major Midget tournament in Ottawa . It is the no hit little guy league ."

I watched the same tournament and I don't entirely disagree. However some teams were definately more physical (not the biggest teams either). Allot of confusion amongst players with the the new head shot rules. Certainly seems to favour the smaller forwards.

The crap after the whistle is way down with the new rules in Midget AAA league play. I am guessing not so much with Junior B or C?

Not sure if this type of officiating will continue or not. I know playing in the ETA you can't loook at another players head without getting a penalty. In the Ottawa tourny, it seemed to be be shots that could have been avoided. Unfortunately for the taller guys guys that means almost every hit.

One solution might be to develop 2 leagues. One for guys over 6 foot and one for guys under 6 foot. Either that or have no contact at all as there seems to be 2 standards.

More games, more practices, and more opportunity for ice time at the Major Midget level

This isnt even worth discussing

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how bout get a life folks. No one is going anywhere but to the beer leagues.

Less cost, less travel, no stupid 'lets make money for the centre' tournaments in jr.

How many 95's can you dress for a Junior b game.
I thought it was 2 but I am not sure anyone know.

beer leagues...here they come.....if you aren't playing Major Midget AAA...pack it in.

I believe you are only allowed 2 dressed per game.

No high school hockey if they play junior at any level, is that correct? That is a big deal for some of these kids.

Best development for kids is at the jr level, bigger stronger kids who can skate.

I agree with bigger (Jr C and can skate ???? - good one !)

major midget is full of md kids and filler aaa kids , scores like 8-7 ,10-0 the talent is all gone.

major midget is a waste. If you can find a jr. team to play on you will be much better off. The game is faster and you are competeing against older stronger players. Jr. C and D have many former AAA players on their rosters who because of either school or less of a committment have chosen jr.C and D. Most are concentrating on post secondary education and just don't want to be at the rink 5 days a week. Others have jobs and want to play but still want a life outside hockey. Alot of players on major madget teams are there because they could not make a jr. team.

NOT
If kids don't make Jr.A, they would rather play "Hockey" at the Midget AAA level. Period.
Just go watch both. No comparison. Jr.C & D is filled with players that didn't make a Jr.A team
and are too old to play at the rep level.

It's the best way to jump into Jr B/A next year because youre playing against bigger, stronger guys that can skate.

I see the Waterloo Siskins have three 95's playing on their team . I am pretty sure thats against CHL rules .

nope as long as one of the 95's is a APM and not on the roster. But who would want to play for that coaching crew. Lots of screaming and finger pointing on that team!

CHL rules states only 16 year olds allowed . The only exception was for a back up goalie . AP's count towards the 2 allowed.

I think you mean 2 16 year olds. I think there is special rules for remote teams also ( no midget teams near by) , but you are correct only 2 16 year olds can be in the starting lineup.

you can play as many 95's as you want if they are ap'd from the Midget AAA team. You can only sign 2 but you can ap and use as many as wanted/needed during game. They can only ap from Midget AAA, 95's playing Jr D or C cannot be ap'd to B team

no you can only play 2 read the CHL rules.

My son is 16 and playing with a Jr C team. He is loving it. Getting lots of ice although only 1 practise a week. The top players in Jr C are good and would dominate at the midget level. Some of the 3rd to 4th line players would be AAA or lower caliber. I think that for my son, it has been good development so far. Playing against bigger stronger players is good. Although I don't think that every game is faster than AAA. It seems to be the right choice for us.

many jr c and d team are affilated with jr b teams which you could get extra practices and maybe called up to play. The jr game at c and d will better prepare you for the jump to jr next year. When we asked 2 jr b coaches last season for our son which is the better route midget AAA or jr,they both endorsed the jr route.

Jr C and D teams do affiliate with B teams, HOWEVER if you are a 16 yearold playing Jr D or C you CANNOT affiliate to a B team, they only allow you to affiliate if you are 16 from Midget AAA. If anybody recalls the mess that went on in the western ontario Jr B league last playoffs they will recall the B team called up Jr C 16 year old goalie to play because they had two goalies out, they won the game but lost on appeal because they are not allowed to AP from jr D or C for 16years olds. This is all part of the Hockey Canada development model, Midget AAA is ranked (classed) higher then Jr D or C from a development standpoint. Higher percentage of players move on from Midget AAA to play Tier 2, Jr B, OHL then D or C, actually there truly isnt a comparison. The choice is always yours but if you want to make the smart move and progress quicker to the next level then Midget AAA is the best path

^ you most be dumb. The reason the development rate is higher is because theres a team full of 16 year olds vs. 1 16 year old on a jr c, d team.

Go Barrie !

you must be dumb by development I mean overall players going from Jr D or C to Tier 2, B or higher, the Midget AAA guy gets there quicker A Midget AAA player that say does two years of midget (major) would make the transition to B year after over the D or C player because in his two years of midget he got better development then the player who played two years of D

I know to varying extent, 4 separate 95s, off 3 different ETA teams, who were all drafted mid to late rounds by OHL clubs this year. All of them were told to get into a Jr program. The GMs actually made the phone calls for them in at least two of the cases, not sure about the others. Three of them are playing Jr C and one could not find a spot so he returned to AAA.

Just look at the ETA, you had one club fold in the west and two in the east had to scramble just to find warm bodies to make a team and are not competitive. The league is severely weakened over what it was. It truly is a AA+ loop now at best, outside of 1 or 2 very strong programs. You can't convince me that it is the better way to develop. Maybe it was once, maybe it is elsewhere, but not in the ETA for 2011/12.

Have you watched any Junior C? It is not great. Every game is a football score.
Granted, some teams in Midget aren't great. But still, midget has more teams than in jr.c
and the hockey is better. I'd bet Whitby Midget team would have no problem beating the
LB Merchants Jr.C. team (both first place clubs). Seen both play this year.

all ur kids suck and will be playing beer hockey soon.keep dreaming parents.

To each their own. At the end of the day there is positives and negatives in both leagues. I think each individual needs to evaluate them both and make an informed decision as to which would be better. You can say this team would beat that team all day, the reality is they will never play each other! I know my son is playing lots, playing against older kids/men and actually has a coach that is teaching him something rather than just playing the crap out of his own kid. So yes, our situation has been the right choice for us. Is it the right choice for every kid? Probably not. But that would be up to each individual to decide.

went through this personlly. was on a great min mig team and at the end of the season got called up to the maj midgets. was on the draft list in min midget. i played major midget in my minor miget year and then jumped to jr c when i was 16. jr hockey no matter what you play is better hockey. 90% of kids on a jr c team are ex AAA hockey players. faster, stronger, better competition in general.

the sad thing is ...it is what it is ..just a dream ...so just make sure you have fun .

the sad thing is ...it is what it is ..just a dream ...so just make sure you have fun .

Unless your prepare to take HGH you won`t go far in hockey...