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Union Showcase Tournament
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OnMAA
Vort Doen.....Heija Heija Heija
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
Some results from the Ontario angle as posted on the Ontario Forum. The usual suspects in the running for the semi's.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Div. Time Home Team (South Bench) RM Visiting Team (Press Box Bench) RM
Garnet 11:30a Stoney Creek Sabres vs. Minnesota Thoroughbreds ....4-1
Garnet 2:00p Aurora Panthers vs. Buffalo Bison ...4-0
White 12:45p Wyoming Seminary vs. London Devilettes ...1-3
White 3:15p Hamilton Hawks vs. Syracuse Nationals ...0-0
Grey 6:00p Mississauga Jr. Chiefs vs. Cornwall Typhoons ...4-0
Grey 7:15p Southwest Wildcats vs. Troy-Albany IceCats ...5-0
Garnet 8:30p Minnesota Thoroughbreds vs. Aurora Panthers ...1-3
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Garnet 8:15a Buffalo Bison vs. Stoney Creek Sabres ...1-3
White 7:00a Wyoming Seminary vs. Hamilton Hawks ...1-4
White 9:30a London Devilettes vs. Syracuse Nationals ...4-1
Grey 10:45a Troy-Albany IceCats vs. Mississauga Jr. Chiefs ...1-13
Grey 12:00p Cornwall Typhoons vs. Southwest Wildcats ...2-3
Standings after 2 games:
Garnet: Stoney 4, Aurora 4, Minny 0, Buffalo 0.
White: London 4, Hamilton 3, Syracuse 1, Wyoming 0
Grey: Missy 4, Windsor 4, Cornwall 0, Troy 0 with a minus 17
Great script with 3 head to head matches for pool wins coming up:
Aurora vs Stoney
London vs Hamilton
Missy vs Windsor
Four of these six teams will get into the quarters.
Some results from the Ontario angle as posted on the Ontario Forum. The usual suspects in the running for the semi's.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Div. Time Home Team (South Bench) RM Visiting Team (Press Box Bench) RM
Garnet 11:30a Stoney Creek Sabres vs. Minnesota Thoroughbreds ....4-1
Garnet 2:00p Aurora Panthers vs. Buffalo Bison ...4-0
White 12:45p Wyoming Seminary vs. London Devilettes ...1-3
White 3:15p Hamilton Hawks vs. Syracuse Nationals ...0-0
Grey 6:00p Mississauga Jr. Chiefs vs. Cornwall Typhoons ...4-0
Grey 7:15p Southwest Wildcats vs. Troy-Albany IceCats ...5-0
Garnet 8:30p Minnesota Thoroughbreds vs. Aurora Panthers ...1-3
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Garnet 8:15a Buffalo Bison vs. Stoney Creek Sabres ...1-3
White 7:00a Wyoming Seminary vs. Hamilton Hawks ...1-4
White 9:30a London Devilettes vs. Syracuse Nationals ...4-1
Grey 10:45a Troy-Albany IceCats vs. Mississauga Jr. Chiefs ...1-13
Grey 12:00p Cornwall Typhoons vs. Southwest Wildcats ...2-3
Standings after 2 games:
Garnet: Stoney 4, Aurora 4, Minny 0, Buffalo 0.
White: London 4, Hamilton 3, Syracuse 1, Wyoming 0
Grey: Missy 4, Windsor 4, Cornwall 0, Troy 0 with a minus 17
Great script with 3 head to head matches for pool wins coming up:
Aurora vs Stoney
London vs Hamilton
Missy vs Windsor
Four of these six teams will get into the quarters.
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
Stoney 2 Aurora 0
London 3 Hamilton 0
Missy 2 Southwest 0
Semis matchups are
Mississauga vs Aurora
Stoney vs London
Seems just a bit silly (not to mention expensive) to me to have a bunch of Toronto area teams travelling more than 6 hours away to end up playing each other for all the marbles.
Stoney 2 Aurora 0
London 3 Hamilton 0
Missy 2 Southwest 0
Semis matchups are
Mississauga vs Aurora
Stoney vs London
Seems just a bit silly (not to mention expensive) to me to have a bunch of Toronto area teams travelling more than 6 hours away to end up playing each other for all the marbles.
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OnMAA
Vort Doen.....Heija Heija Heija
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
This tournament is usually very well scouted, so IMHO there is value, specially this time of year when some seniors are still working on their landing spots. The entree fee is also low at about $700 USD for a four game guarantee.
This tournament is usually very well scouted, so IMHO there is value, specially this time of year when some seniors are still working on their landing spots. The entree fee is also low at about $700 USD for a four game guarantee.
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
Little to no value to the scouting IMHO for the PWHL players as every scout around will be in the Stoney Junior Showcase next weekend anyway. Further, any game between Missy, Stoney, Aeros, Ottawa generally attracts a few scouts regardless of where its played--even as a one off.
Even if the entry is low which I agree it is, including bus, hotel, meals etc still means around $7,000 added to the team budget...or $400+ per player....that buys a heck of a lot of local ice, or maybe instead helps keep ridiculously escalating player registration fees stay under $5000 to allow more players to afford to play at the top level. My opinion only, which obviously isn't shared by all.
Congrats to Stoney who beat their cross-QEW nemesis Mississauga 4-2 in the Union final.
Meanwhile, closer to home at the Stoney Midget AA Showcase this weekend, the Toronto Aeros edged Little Caesars 1-0 to win their final. Stoney lost to LC 3-1 in their semi while the Aeros topped Kitchener 2-1.
Little to no value to the scouting IMHO for the PWHL players as every scout around will be in the Stoney Junior Showcase next weekend anyway. Further, any game between Missy, Stoney, Aeros, Ottawa generally attracts a few scouts regardless of where its played--even as a one off.
Even if the entry is low which I agree it is, including bus, hotel, meals etc still means around $7,000 added to the team budget...or $400+ per player....that buys a heck of a lot of local ice, or maybe instead helps keep ridiculously escalating player registration fees stay under $5000 to allow more players to afford to play at the top level. My opinion only, which obviously isn't shared by all.
Congrats to Stoney who beat their cross-QEW nemesis Mississauga 4-2 in the Union final.
Meanwhile, closer to home at the Stoney Midget AA Showcase this weekend, the Toronto Aeros edged Little Caesars 1-0 to win their final. Stoney lost to LC 3-1 in their semi while the Aeros topped Kitchener 2-1.
OnMAA
Vort Doen.....Heija Heija Heija
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
Your viewpoint does hold a lot of merit for the GTA centric teams. However for teams outside the GTA, travel to tournaments of this nature is good value for their dollar.
One other item to consider is the chance to be seen. With only 12 teams at Union, all at the same ice pad, chances are very good that each team is seen at least twice by most scouts. With 40 teams and 4 pads on the go at Stoney, some teams may only get seen for half a game by many scouts. This does not apply to your Stoney's, Aeros and Missy's who get scouted a lot anyways, but for many PWHL teams and non PWHL teams this does apply. Just my experience.
Your viewpoint does hold a lot of merit for the GTA centric teams. However for teams outside the GTA, travel to tournaments of this nature is good value for their dollar.
One other item to consider is the chance to be seen. With only 12 teams at Union, all at the same ice pad, chances are very good that each team is seen at least twice by most scouts. With 40 teams and 4 pads on the go at Stoney, some teams may only get seen for half a game by many scouts. This does not apply to your Stoney's, Aeros and Missy's who get scouted a lot anyways, but for many PWHL teams and non PWHL teams this does apply. Just my experience.
Re: Union Showcase Tournament
I think if a team wants to show well at Stoney then to have a tournament done before is not a bad idea. The first tournament brings its own challenges and these teams at Stoney will have an advantage ( if the travelling and scheduling wasn't crazy and doesn't fatigue players)
I think if a team wants to show well at Stoney then to have a tournament done before is not a bad idea. The first tournament brings its own challenges and these teams at Stoney will have an advantage ( if the travelling and scheduling wasn't crazy and doesn't fatigue players)