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Originally posted by zamboni:
what teams looked like they belonged in a higher bracket? and what teams looked like they belonged in a lower bracket?

From what I saw Evansville belongds in AA lost to one AA team 2-1 beat another 4-2 and shutout both A teams they played. Northern Kentucky will be AA not A and will be a beast, they have former AAA players on the team. Bloomington should move up to A or AA as they were toying with the A1 teams they played. Newark may move down to A1 as they didn't look as strong. Indy Silver looks like a middle of the road A at this point to start but the team is a real mix of kids that haven't played together and are mostly 94's so they should only get better. They beat Lexington 6 or 7-0? Lexington is an A1 team. Lost to N KY 6 or 7-0, N KY is my favorite to win AA division. Indy Silver then lost to Evansville A and Centerville A 1-0 each.

dwtime, your evaluations are right on, it will be interesting to see how they shuffle the teams into divisions. Evansville & Northern Kentucky absolutely belong in the Bantam "AA" bracket, both of those teams can beat any of the "AA" teams. If they play "A", they will win the league going away. Bloomington has no business in the Bantam "A1" division.

Will the powers at be, make the right decisions, keep posted.

While you say Bloomington belongs in A, they played in A last year with 13 kids and got smoked, only winning 5 of 24 games. This year they only have 10 kids. How do you expect them to play 3 periods of 14 min. with 2 lines(6 forwards and 3 d) against teams that have 14 players or more.

Regardless of the size of your team's roster, at what level does your team compete?

here's my bantam rankings

"AA" DIVISION

Northern Kentucky "A"
Columbus BlueJackets "AA"
Dayton Bombers "AA"
Evansville "A"
Indy Gold "AA"
Louisville "AA"
Cincinnati "AA"

"A" DIVISION

(Buckeye Division)

Centerville "A"
Butler County "A"
Cincinnati "A"
Newark "A"
Sylvania "A"
Ft.Wayne "A"

(Hoosier Division)

Columbus Indiana "A"
Indy Silver "A"
Lexington "A"
Indy Bronze "A1"
Bloomington "A"

"A1" DIVISION

Cincinnati "A1-1"
Cincinnati "A1-2"
Dayton Knights "A1"
Athens "A1"
Louisville "A1"
S.Charleston "A1"

Watched the Bloomington vs Louisville Stallions game...Bloomington outshot Louisville probably 25-30 to 1...Louisville rarely crossed center ice with the puck - it doesnt matter if they had 13, 15 or even 20 skaters...this was a total mismatch...

is that what you want Bloomington? to play those kinds of teams and have easy wins?

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Originally posted by Defense:
While you say Bloomington belongs in A, they played in A last year with 13 kids and got smoked, only winning 5 of 24 games. This year they only have 10 kids. How do you expect them to play 3 periods of 14 min. with 2 lines(6 forwards and 3 d) against teams that have 14 players or more.

C'mon Defense, 5-6 of those '10' kids are AA level skaters.... The same team (for the most part) is back as 2nd year Bantams, so you move up one level. What would you rather have the kids do, smoke inferior teams 10-0 all season long?

When will the divisions be posted?