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Originally posted by leftwing8:
Wingsrule: What is the rationale for Dayton to "play Buckeye if it was only 4 teams, they now will play independent"? Is it that more than 4 teams would mean that Dayton would have less flexibility to schedule other teams outside Buckeye? Is it that parents want less travel and woul dhave too many weekends filled? I am not trying to start something, just trying to understand how teams make decisions. Especially AA teams in Buckeye that are leaving more and more of this league to be an A/B league rather than AA. Thanks.

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Originally posted by WingsRule:

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Originally posted by leftwing8:
Wingsrule: What is the rationale for Dayton to "play Buckeye if it was only 4 teams, they now will play independent"? Is it that more than 4 teams would mean that Dayton would have less flexibility to schedule other teams outside Buckeye? Is it that parents want less travel and woul dhave too many weekends filled? I am not trying to start something, just trying to understand how teams make decisions. Especially AA teams in Buckeye that are leaving more and more of this league to be an A/B league rather than AA. Thanks.

I understand that they were first going to play independent, then when they saw only 2-3 teams signed up they thought 12 games in a leauge and still would have plenty of open weekends for AAA or top AA teams, then when more teams started getting in they did not want to be tied down to 20-24 games against A/AA teams.
Not saying if it is right or wrong but that is the type of decisions each team on the bubble is making.
I also see that the GLHL is talking about having a Tier II AA division in addition to the Tiet I AAA it has now. I think that could be a good thing to compete against the CSDHL for the AA+ teams.
Then the Buckeye would become the old GCYHL???

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Originally posted by WingsRule:

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Originally posted by leftwing8:
Wingsrule: What is the rationale for Dayton to "play Buckeye if it was only 4 teams, they now will play independent"? Is it that more than 4 teams would mean that Dayton would have less flexibility to schedule other teams outside Buckeye? Is it that parents want less travel and woul dhave too many weekends filled? I am not trying to start something, just trying to understand how teams make decisions. Especially AA teams in Buckeye that are leaving more and more of this league to be an A/B league rather than AA. Thanks.

I understand that they were first going to play independent, then when they saw only 2-3 teams signed up they thought 12 games in a leauge and still would have plenty of open weekends for AAA or top AA teams, then when more teams started getting in they did not want to be tied down to 20-24 games against A/AA teams.
Not saying if it is right or wrong but that is the type of decisions each team on the bubble is making.
I also see that the GLHL is talking about having a Tier II AA division in addition to the Tiet I AAA it has now. I think that could be a good thing to compete against the CSDHL for the AA+ teams.
Then the Buckeye would become the old GCYHL???

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Originally posted by Josh:
Where have the Louisville Stallions come from in this division?

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Originally posted by WingsRule:
Thanks for the info on the Dayton pee wee AA team wingsrule! So apparently the coaching staff for that team thinks it is a CSDHL, AA+/AAA level team? The Dayton peewee AA team from last year was ranked #160 on the 'myhockey.com' website, not exactly superstar level ranking when one of the lower level CSDHL teams with a 4-22-2 record was ranked #142. Is this year's Dayton pee wee AA team expected to be significantly better?


One other stat that is interesting is that the Dayton AA team at #160 had a strength of schedule of 7.69 listed on MYHOCKEY.com and the team you quote above The St. Louis Spirit CSDHL AA team record of 4-22-2 at #143 has a 11.94 strength of schedule. So if you look at that stat the myhockey.com people look at the worst CSDHL team as a AA/AA+ team and the Best BTHL as a A/AA team.