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Post by southoftheborder on Mar 13, 2016 9:13:55 GMT -5
The Newfoundland Champion from this year declares AAA for next year. Grand Falls-Windsor is not the Newfoundland Champ until they beat the Avalon league Champ From what I understand no one is expecting Grand Falls-Windsor to lose a game to the Avalon Champ The Avalon Champ is allowed extra pickups to make it more competitive and if they happen to pull the upset all they would have to do is declare AAA next season. With the Cup in New Brunswick and assuming Quebec does not ice a team, it would be probable the Newfoundland Champ would go directly to the Cup Am I missing something here? I thought even if Quebec does ice a team wouldn't there would have to be a third team in the Atlantic region that would have to declare AAA for the Herder champ not to directly qualify for the 2017 Allan Cup. and further more (spot 1)Host: (spot 2) Atlantic region champ: Herder Cup champ 2016 and who ever else declares (spot 3) Ontario champ (central) (spot 4) SK-MB champ (west) (spot 5) BC-Alberta champ (Pacific) (spot 6) Quebec: ? (oh great, now who gets this spot if no one else in Atlantic Canada declares?!?)
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Post by southoftheborder on Feb 24, 2016 16:16:00 GMT -5
Why don't we just go back to the real old days. Depending on where it is have the teams work from one end of the country to where ever the tournament is being held and change the format to suit the circumstances.
For example tournament in BC have the Atlantic champion play the Quebec champion (for if they have any teams), have that winner play the OHF champion, then that winner play the HNO champion. At the same time have the MB champ play the SK champ and that winner play the AB champ and have the host, the BC champ and the survivor of the other series of games play in a three team round robin for the Cup.
Reverse the qualifying if it is in the Atlantic region.
If its in the middle of the country work it in from both coast with a west rep, an east rep and a host team.
See if Hockey Canada could help offset the travel expenses for some of the teams since this is the second oldest championship in ice hockey after the Stanley Cup. This tournament has survived two world wars, televised hockey, and used to be used as Canada's qualifier for the team that would represent Canada at the following year's World Championships.
This tournament is worth saving but it has to be adapted to the times. Who knows adapt it so that university teams could qualify for it again. That would give it a good boost in some areas that are seriously under represented at the senior level (I know you will be having players as young as 18 in the tournament but if they play the whole season for the university's team they have put in a commitment to the team).
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Post by southoftheborder on Feb 23, 2016 13:50:23 GMT -5
Where are the game results for the thunder and lightning games they have played 4 or 5 games now , and 3 or 4 guys have asked for the north stars roster and nothing to be found , starting to turn into a joke. only starting?!?
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Post by southoftheborder on Feb 23, 2016 8:21:50 GMT -5
Why do the areas that actually can put together a "AAA" league get punished with only getting one team into the tournament? How about this for a remake of the qualifying for the cup:
(Spot #1) Host team
(Spots #2,3,4) Allan Cup Hockey, Herder Cup Champion, and Chinook Hockey League champions automatically qualify for the cup and give the runner-ups keep going through the qualifying process. Yes, travel costs money (so give them a chance to decline).
Spot #5) If there are any additional Atlantic region teams have them playoff for a spot in the final qualifying against the best team in the province of Ontario (that didn't win the ACH championship) (for the Eastern Canada spot).
And you can add Quebec into the mix if they ever re-discover AAA hockey.
(Spot #6) Have the McKenzie Cup winner (BC-AB) champ play the Rathgaber Cup winner (SK-MB) for the Western Canada spot.
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Post by southoftheborder on Feb 23, 2016 7:50:55 GMT -5
When is whatever series that the North Stars and Lightning scheduled for? I haven't been able to find anything yet.
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