Just wanted to get some thoughts on how you'd rank the leagues in the CJHL, the major talk about the leagues is that the further west you go, the more talented the hockey.. anyone want to do a run down of their ranks?
not even close, if your asking how each league is as a whole then ojhl is definetely not number 2. The bottom half of the league is just terrible. However, the top teams are pretty strong
OJ is no doubt wtered down , but overall they often produce a quality team which is able to win the RBC( Cant be said for the CJ ) Hence the rankinG....
MHL -leadership and a desire to ice Maritime built teams with very limited access to imorts has made the league NON Competitive at the Nationaleor regional Level
OJ is no doubt wtered down , but overall they often produce a quality team which is able to win the RBC( Cant be said for the CJ ) Hence the rankinG....
MHL -leadership and a desire to ice Maritime built teams with very limited access to imorts has made the league NON Competitive at the Nationaleor regional Level
the CJ has produced the winner(2011) and a semi-finalist(lost to winning team) the last 2 years...
Think all posters are correct re/ their comments directed toward the Maritime Hockey League - ytown's right, the MHL is alot better than people think. Have seen games from all CJHL leagues, live and via video, and the MHL does not differ a whole lot. In fact, one former AJHL alum. who recently played in the MHL for his last season stated the MHL and AJHL are quite similar. But it is difficult to justify ranking the MHL in, say, the top 5 CJHL leagues due to the lack of success the league has had at the FPC, at least since the tournament in 2009 when Summerside won.
Based on some of the games I've seen this season, the top end teams of the CJHL (those ranked in the top 20) could skate with and even dominate some CHL teams (OHL, WHL, Q). Just because a team calls itself major junior, doesn't mean it is. Too many coaching failures for that, and the disparity between top CHL teams and their league losers starts to create a talent/age overlap between the top end of one league and the bottom end of another. Nepean or Cornwall could and probably would make short work of Erie or Kinston, for instance.
You should be able to rank the leagues by the number of NCAA scholarships that earned each year. I now the CCHL has a very good track record with top teams sending 5 to 10 kids every year,Carleton Place has 9 commited for next year.Very good league if interested in going NCAA route plus Pembroke won it all last year.
Based on some of the games I've seen this season, the top end teams of the CJHL (those ranked in the top 20) could skate with and even dominate some CHL teams (OHL, WHL, Q). Just because a team calls itself major junior, doesn't mean it is. Too many coaching failures for that, and the disparity between top CHL teams and their league losers starts to create a talent/age overlap between the top end of one league and the bottom end of another. Nepean or Cornwall could and probably would make short work of Erie or Kinston, for instance.
I'd sure like to see a game or two like that...
Nepean's second highest scorer Ryan MacLean finished the season at a pace that would see him score 99 points in a 68 game junior a schedule. In the OHL, his career pace would put him scoring 6 points in a full 68 game OHL schedule. While struggling, Erie and Kingston have players who have scored more than 6 points per game. Would be an interesting game, I haven't seen enough of Tier II to say, but I would be surprised.
