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Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:14 pm
It's going to be the same as last year: FT and VP will be the best.
MB and MNS could pull off a miracle once, but it won't happen twice.
VR shouldn't even be in this conversation.
It isn't a miracle. MB played stronger opponents before the holiday break and weaker opponents after that. It only takes a few minutes of looking at the schedule to see what happened. Their streak in January and February moved them way up in the standings. This is not meant to be a knock on them, they simply dealt with the schedule the GTHL provided. They are a good team but the coaches are probably over-ambitious in how competitive they are with the loop. They were recruiting for U11 much earlier than everyone else and really looking for strong kids. Compared to other tryouts, theirs had anywhere from 50-100% more kids on the ice. What does that tell you? They very badly want to beat the 3 teams above them after some bad luck in the playoffs. MNS is also not a miracle but an unfortunate example of another over-ambitious coach who would play 5 skaters all game if he could, the only thing stopping him is that they'd all be throwing up and passing out. Shortsighted parents as well, or they would insist on appropriate shift changes and times.
We’ve missed you. How’s your spring been going. Hahaha
ST ended the tourney this weekend 1-4 and their only win was against a slightly worse team than them?
The post that they've "put together a nice little team with hopes of climbing the ladder" next year is completely laughable
More shots at MNS too make it clear that it's a sour grapes parent who is delusional at best.
4 of the 5 games ST played were against AAA teams give it a rest. You know nothing. They will be in the top group by end of season.
ST has a strong goalie and reinforcements from TW and MNS who have joined them. Top group or nicely positioned in the middle, both will be good outcomes for the group and their coaches who have been with the core for a number of years. They play structured but without being rigid, nice D to D work and breakouts that are both signs of solid coaching. I would be more concerned about the teams that have been thoroughly cleaned out by other teams such as TE and TW. But even then, this is U11 and the focus should be on development leading up into the true competitive rep hockey that will start in 3 years time.