AAA Playing A in summer

[LOLya]

15 hours ago, BACKCHECKING said:

Its not that big of an issue. the games i watched were competitive. I am just wondering why would Franklin want to play A and not AA. If its not to chase a banner why not have the lower kids play up instead of the better kids play down? 

I saw a few of the games from this tournament. I'm pretty sure FR middle school had 2nd year 12u players on their team as well. Now, that could be the reason they chose to play down in A rather than AA. Like the poster said above, school teams usually have a wide range of talent and they played down to obviously have a better chance for success. Honestly, the bigger can of worms here is why are 12u non checking players allowed to play "up" in a 14u checking tournament? Seems to me that USA hockey would probably not approve... but hey, it's youth hockey though, and everyone just pretty much does whatever they want anyways. Rules are more like guidelines.

 

Would be real ironic if your "nephew" played on the Average Joe's team that took the check from behind from the game I saw. Considering I just saw a kid from that team clip a kid in the head in Baierl's summer non-checking league. Not saying that the check from behind wasn't suspect because it was, but make sure your team is filled with angels before you start tossing rocks.

[BACKCHECKING]

1 hour ago, LOLya said:

Honestly, the bigger can of worms here is why are 12u non checking players allowed to play "up" in a 14u checking tournament?

You do have a point about the 12u players, but at least they are playing up and not down. 

[Chinstrap]

On 6/16/2022 at 6:46 AM, LOLya said:

I saw a few of the games from this tournament. I'm pretty sure FR middle school had 2nd year 12u players on their team as well. Now, that could be the reason they chose to play down in A rather than AA. Like the poster said above, school teams usually have a wide range of talent and they played down to obviously have a better chance for success. Honestly, the bigger can of worms here is why are 12u non checking players allowed to play "up" in a 14u checking tournament? Seems to me that USA hockey would probably not approve... but hey, it's youth hockey though, and everyone just pretty much does whatever they want anyways. Rules are more like guidelines.

 

Would be real ironic if your "nephew" played on the Average Joe's team that took the check from behind from the game I saw. Considering I just saw a kid from that team clip a kid in the head in Baierl's summer non-checking league. Not saying that the check from behind wasn't suspect because it was, but make sure your team is filled with angels before you start tossing rocks.

When my player was second year 12u he played on a spring tournament team in the 14u division. The organization he played for did that every spring.