OT: 5 AJHL Teams Leave for BCHL

[bellagiobob]

What a petty and unprofessional statement.

 

[McDNicks17]

What a petty and unprofessional statement.

Suspend them from playing the rest of the year and then they're shocked when they leave before the end of the year? Who would have guessed? haha

 

[bellagiobob]

Suspend them from playing the rest of the year and then they're shocked when they leave before the end of the year? Who would have guessed? haha

Similar thing happened in college football this year, teams and leagues dealt with it as professionally as they could, given the circumstances.

 

[CornKicker]

What a petty and unprofessional statement.

"unsanctioned" = not paying fees to be under an umbrella of sexual assaulter cover ups

Suspend them from playing the rest of the year and then they're shocked when they leave before the end of the year? Who would have guessed? haha

lol no doubt, the canadian railroads can get away with mafia style tactics and hockey canada thought they could too. they were wrong. Hockey alberta blacklisted the HSL league and they generated so much revenue they built an amazing facility for their showcase series'. hockey canadas grip is not what they thought it was

 

[Heavy Dee]

What a petty and unprofessional statement.

Was probably written by Hockey Canada

 

[Heavy Dee]

RIP AJHL

 

[smokersarejokers]

RIP AJHL

Yeah, where do they go from here? They honestly can't expect to continue without those 5, right? Are they going to become some kind of glorified Junior B league?

 

[joestevens29]

Yeah, where do they go from here? They honestly can't expect to continue without those 5, right? Are they going to become some kind of glorified Junior B league?

I think they will continue to exist. I just don't think it's going to be as good as it once was. Probably end up with Junior B teams joining which will just dilute the product, but I don't see it just folding.

 

[Green Xero]

Yeah, where do they go from here? They honestly can't expect to continue without those 5, right? Are they going to become some kind of glorified Junior B league?

I'm in BC so not super familiar with the AJhl teams locations but could the rest of the teams join the SJhl? Make a Prarie super league. Kind of the same that the BChl is doing.

 

[Heavy Dee]

I think they will continue to exist. I just don't think it's going to be as good as it once was. Probably end up with Junior B teams joining which will just dilute the product, but I don't see it just folding.

They will become like the SJHL. A place for kids to play Junior A but very few scholarship opportunities because the caliber of play.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I'm in BC so not super familiar with the AJhl teams locations but could the rest of the teams join the SJhl? Make a Prarie super league. Kind of the same that the BChl is doing.

THIS. Really the history of Junior hockey amalgamations in WC is pretty continuous change. Theres a demand and market, something will happen. Tbh if anything there should be more teams as rinks and potential fans exist. I think it would make sense to have even more regional leagues. Northern Alberta, Southern Alberta, reduce travel.

 

[Heavy Dee]

THIS. Really the history of Junior hockey amalgamations in WC is pretty continuous change. Theres a demand and market, something will happen. Tbh if anything there should be more teams as rinks and potential fans exist. I think it would make sense to have even more regional leagues. Northern Alberta, Southern Alberta, reduce travel.

Travel expenses are the lynchpin.

The SJ and the AJ could join but an interlock schedule would be impossible due to travel costs imo.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Travel expenses are the lynchpin.

The SJ and the AJ could join but an interlock schedule would be impossible due to travel costs imo.

Just strikes me that Edmonton region could have its own Tier 2 Junior league and enough towns and cities nearby to support it. Limited travel costs, limited overhead. Doesn't make sense for several suitable arenas to be sitting empty without teams in Junior.