Just curious what 5 varsity teams are in the tournament thus far. I am seriously considering entering.

There's no reason for everyone *snipe* to flip out about this. It was a boneheaded move to start the tournament on a Tuesday night, but assuming that problem is corrected next year, there's really nothing wrong with this, to me at least. It seems to me like a good way to get to know new teammates and to start to gel as a squad before exhibition and league games begin. Even if a few club players can't make it, why not let all the others play?

Of course, I'm looking at it as a player again. Damn. I'm still waiting to transition from "player poster" to "angry high school hockey alumni" poster so that all my posts can be filled with angst and anger and sarcasm, but I'm sure that will come in time. Hopefully playing in college won't affect the time it takes for me to start criticizing and doubting anything anyone says about anything always.

Alliteration for the win.

The main word here to take into consideration is: Optional

No team is forced to partake....so what is all the fuss about?

Ask any good club hockey coach whether or not they see a negative impact on their team when HS hockey starts and they will say yes. It's just bad hockey and it finds it's way into the play of the club teams.

Boraske, you have a pretty good start on the sarcasm, try not to get angry.

Matt,

Just curious, would this tournament be allowed if those new rules (PIAA) were in effect? Wouldn't this be before High School teams would be allowed to practice or play together (aka out of season)?

I would have to read the fine print of the actual rule....but it sounds like you're correct.

Also remember, It's not "High School Hockey" that is sanctioning this tournament. It is an independent tourny that is being run/offered by the rinks.

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Originally posted by Snipe:
Boraske, you have a pretty good start on the sarcasm, try not to get angry.

Good point. I will continue to squeeze my Breakaway! stress ball when browsing these forums. It really helps.

any updates? Who is in this tournament?

We have interest from the following clubs that may enter multiple teams from varsity to JV.
North Penn
CB South
Methacton

Since most clubs have just begun to practices this week we are now getting several calls a day. This tournament will come together very quickly. If you have a team that is intersted I would suggest contacting Hatfield Ice [215] 997-9797, Fred Koelzer or Face Off [215] 674-1345, Wayne Evans.

I guess I'm a little late on the reply but CB East, North Penn, Methacton, Abington and Pennridge are in the tournament. Being a coach on the CB East team I can say that we used the tournament as a warm-up for the season to get our team gelling early. We also brought as many of our players we mean to have as swing players along to see how they'd do. Pennridge did the same thing. We don't care about winning or losing. We were missing 4 of our returning Varsity players in the game with Pennridge. They were missing a similar number with Cody Lighthart being one of them, very probably their best player. No one on either team cared. Gave the coaches more time to see swing players in game situations. I also coached Midget for the Glaciers for 10 years. During which time I was lucky enough to coach 3 DVHL championship teams. I don't think high school hockey had an ill affect on my club team at all. I was always able to work it out with the high school players in regards to practice vs a game, alternating practices and the like.

Go East!!!!

Methacton beat CB East last night by the score of 5-3 to win the Tournament. Methacton was cruising with a 4-0 lead mid way through the third period. East scored 3 unanswered goals late in the 3rd to make it exciting. Methacton scored an empty net goal to finish off the game. Like East, Methacton used the tournament to evaluate players and figure out what areas of their game need work.