H0ck3yDad

Yeah, I could see the way kids develop around that age factoring in as well. My sons team is all 9 year olds and they were losing placement games by 5 and 6 goals but are beating or competing with those same teams nowZ

Yeah, that makes sense. My son is in Squirt and they have a team that has dominated their division but it’s hard to find fault with them, they’re in Crawford county and have a couple kids who could be in higher divisions but there’s nowhere else to really play up there, the other 12-13 kids are definitely at the appropriate level.

I’ve noticed a lot of teams going undefeated and outscoring their opponents by margins as high as 7 to 1. It just seems more rational to me that playing in the highest division you can compete in would be the most beneficial thing for player development, dominating when there’s a higher division available just seems pointless, like a D1 school going undefeated playing a D2 schedule, yeah you win but you don’t get much better. Just caught the end of the Allegheny ‘07 game which prompted me to check their record. It’s crazy to me that they didn’t opt for AA Major, unless they weren’t expected to be as good as they are I guess.