critical games:
Blast York Steel Ice Center
Lancaster Blast LIR
Blazers York Flyers Skate Zone
Hershey Ducks 1 Twin Ponds East

no brainer games
Blast Ducks 2
Glaciers Hershey
Ducks 2 York
Ducks 2 Quakers 1

but look at that how Ducks 2 team plays top 3 teams? do you think someone knew something when setting this schedule up?


AS I indicated I went and watched the Hershey Hawks game. I can not believe that no one in the league has stepped up to the plate here and realized (since the score sheets go to the prez's husband) that something is wrong.

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Originally posted by Snipe:
Hershey did lose a home game this year, guess those refs didn't get the memo.

Do you think there has ever been 5 Atlantic District teams ranked in the top 10 Nationally before?

1 Chicago Flames CSDHL 18U AA 26-8-3 13.02 2.16 10.86
2 Chesterfield Falcons CSDHL 18U AA 22-6-3 12.96 1.90 11.06
3 Igloo Jaguars 18U AA 20-6-2 12.65 3.32 9.33
4 American Eagles 18U AA 13-1-2 12.57 3.62 8.95
5 Boulder Bison 18U AA 26-6-3 12.56 3.08 9.48
6 Flyers Youth 18U AA 13-5-2 12.53 2.70 9.83
7 West Chester Quakers#1 18U AA 24-7-3 11.93 2.55 9.38
8 Milwaukee Phoenix Force 18U AA 11-6-1 11.92 0.61 11.31
9 USA Eagles 18U AA 16-7-4 11.80 2.18 9.62
10 Hershey Jr Bears 18U AA 25-11-2 11.79 2.34 9.45

I think the ranking are right but how does Haverford not get in the top ten. They lost to the #10 team by 1, they tied #7 twice, they beat #3, and tied and lost to #6. They also beat Tonawanda this year who was at nationals last year. Also how does Hershey have the strongest Schedule in the DVHL at 9.45?

I heard the blast better goalie isnt playing for the team anymore, but i may be wrong. if that is true Lancaster is definitely capable of upsetting the blast.

Here are my Districts picks:
New Jersery league is already done with jags #1, Eagles #2, Brick #3, and flyers #4, buthe the dvhl will end like this Quakers will win out and be #1, york will be a strong #2, Hershey will win out and be #3 and the blast will sneek past the hawks by one point for #4. Wierd how it will be 2 teams from the east dvhl and 2 teams for the west dvhl.

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Originally posted by Snipe:
Gotta give Haverford fans and players credit for having a lot of self-confidence but a reality check might be in order. Why are you not in the top 10 in the country? You are 5th in your own league!! Who you lose to is just as important as who you beat.

Yea, but our *league* losses were pretty much flukes. We have have not lost to any of the teams ahead of us, with the exception of pulling our goalie against Hershey in a tie game. We could be in that list based on our performance against the teams there. The Flyers Youth are the only team that beat us straight, though we later tied them.

Yes, I know because we lost those easy games you could argue we are not of the same caliber as those teams, though I strongly disagree 100% with that statement, and I think most fans of the DVHL and the 18AA Hawks would disagree as well.

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I can't comment on the refs at the Hershey/Haverford game because I wasn't there..but it certainly doesn't surprise me.

That being said, I hope that point doesn't come back to haunt Haverford. Understand why you guys went for the win, but I would have taken the point and let the schedule play out. Just don't agree with pulling your goalie and going for a win based on what you think will happen in games that haven't been played yet.

i can not believe that everyone relys on those rankings. if you go thru all those teams in the top 10, most of them only show some of the games these teams played. they do not show all the games esp tournaments! so the reliablity of those ranks are not true. jags only show playing 28 games, york 32 games, quackers 34 games, flyers youth 20 games, hawks 38 games. so tell me how this can be accurate? according to the owner of myhockeyrankings.com he only inputs what is given to him! so the rankings are false! just remember the guy that runs this web site is making money so does he really care where anyone is ranked and if they are accurate? hell no! he's getting paid and that is all that is important to him. he knows how people are so nieve on this and what is his formula for determining who is first and who is last? step back and think about it!

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Hockeyhead that is true. Although thoses rankings are fun to read they hold no weight when it comes to the actual strength of a team.
The rankings are set by a mathmatical formula and don't take into consideration the amount of games played or the strength of the opposition.
For instance, if a team is 20-2-3 and played some weak team along the road they will rank higher then a team with a 30-7-3 record who played better competition.

I also think there are more teams than have been listed on that rankings website. Where are all the teams from New England, Michigan, Minnesota areas? And aren't there more teams from NY state?

Snipe who are you and why do you have so much against the Hawks.....?

how dare you say i am a hawk! i just brought up a good valid point! i guess truth hurts SNIPE! the rankings are wrong and if you believe them than get a life!

so my point being that not all information on that site (myhockeyrankings.com) is correct but you want to bash someone for bringing a valid point out that you are all nuts for believing those rankings! explain this one-american eagles played 16 games ranked 4th but then you have say the hawks who has played 38 games and they are ranked 20th? can you explain that? that is my point you are all nuts for believing those rankings.

I will repeat what I already said,

Those hockey ranking sites ( which tend to make peoples head swell) are based soley on a mathmatical formula and have nothing to do with the actual strength of the team. Sure they are fun to read but by no means are they accurate when it comes to how stong a team is.
Using the Hawks as an example ( based on myhockeyrankings scores). Even though they had some losses, they either beat or tied every Atlantic District team in the top 20 and most likely will beat teams if they get into playoffs. Does this mean they are actually not worthy of being considered a top contender? Same would apply to a team ranked #1 who played a cushy schedule. Chances are they will get smoked by the Hawks, Quakers, Jags and the other better teams. Again, the point I am trying to make is, these hockey rankings are fun to look at but mean nothing in reality.

The league standings are the most accurate rankings available for any team. I used the Hawks simply as an example. The bottom line is, these National standings are not accurate when it comes to the strength of a team at any level. Like I said, the most accurate stats fall within the individual leagues. ( except leagues who have split divisions where one division was clearly stronger then the other).

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and in the DVHL this year at the Midget 18AA, it is clear that one division is a lot stronger than the other. So the point here is, does Hershey or the Blast deserve to proceed on to districts, if they make it? they played everyone in their division twice. look at the records AND the teams Glaciers, Quakers 2, Wissahickon, VFC between those 4 teams they won a total of 13 games. Now go over to the east division. Only teams there that dont belong are Ducks 2 and Predators. 6 good strong teams to play against. east played all east teams twice and each west team once. all west teams played west teams twice and played east teams only once. do you see how lop-sided the 18AA division is this year? like i said in previous post Ducks 2 plays top teams near end of season.