Junior Ontario Hockey

From what I've seen perusing twitter: the PJHL is hiring a Commissioner and now has league autonomy over itself to make decisions, similar to what the GOJHL went through this past summer/fall.

SugarKing wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:04 am

i just dont get how the skins won 9 to 4 in the first one.

That's how Loo seemed to be all year long. There's no denying their offense can rack them up, but man do they seem to be a team that can float a lot.

Was at the game but both calls were in the same spot on the ice and so I had a hard time getting a good read on either of them. Saw the highlights this morning and the call on London is legit, but am I the only one to think the call on Waterloo was soft? I'm a Midwest fan - Redhawks baby! so maybe I...

Not sure I'd say upset. Waterloo handled Listy pretty good all year. I thought Waterloo or Elmira were the best team in the league this year though the points at the end of the year didn't reflect it.

Bad news for the GOJHL again, the Collingwood Junior franchise has been granted to the OJHL. Although the OHA said they supported both the Jr.A and Jr.B applications, their support according the Collingwood newspapers was more in favour of a Jr.A franchise. The OHA leadership over the last several ...

Heard Elmira is adding big time thinking they can win the Midwest this year.

Listowel Cyclones 43-5-0-2, first Won Sutherland Cup It took Jason Brooks one day to move on from winning the Sutherland Cup. Listowel’s head coach will have plenty of time to reminisce about the franchise’s first provincial title when he’s done coaching, but the summer gave Brooks a chance to rech...

Now let's just throw in a rumour heard at a Junior C game last night- a group from Burlington has put in a bid to buy the GOJHL Brantford franchise and move it to the Wave there (worst plac ever to wtch a hockey game). I am not sure that it is worse the Brantford Lions Park Arena https://thumbs.gfy...

According to the OJ forum, the OHA hasn't actually approved the move from Milton. They were saying that their home games were being moved to their opposition's arena, because they aren't approved to play out of the Gretszky. Perhaps that's why they're still wearing their Milton uniforms. But they s...

Brantford's JR A game tonight postponed because the OHA won't send them referees.

Are people seeing it now? The OHA is a mess and creating the problem.

Back with the same format as the last two years. Here is my predictions. Have seen 6 of 8 teams in pre-season games thus far. Sad I won't be in St. Catharines this weekend, but oh well. Let's get the season going. Team Standings 1. Elmira - Goodwin/Cameron/Dubecki could light it up, depth up front a...

Other than Lansink and Herrfort, Listowel is made up mostly of young rookies this year. Elmira, Waterloo and Kitchener are the teams with experience coming back this year from what I've seen in pre-season. Some mix of them at the top. Cambridge, Listowel and Stratford in the next pack as younger tea...

If the kids are good enough..the OHL will come knocking. HC will have no bearing on that. Sure the hockey purists would like to believe that HC would be able to influence the ownership of OHL teams but I beg to differ. Besides, there have been countless times where HC has taken NCAA players for it'...

Love our game wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:36 am

Welland ice problems carry into another year! Game and Practice tomorrow cancelled! This team needs to be baught over by a new younger team ownership much like Leamington just was!

It also effects minor hockey there, so not just the junior teams ownership.

I disagree, allowing an unsanctioned organization like INC to dictate how a sanctioned league will operate and who is allowed to participate would be the definition of letting the inmates run the asylum. Right now the GOJHL squabble story is getting known coast to coast. That isn't a compliment. GO...

Jason Lott @JLott44 43m 43 minutes ago Replying to @Bill_Doucet @SebJackson90 All 25 teams were invited to attend and told up front what the cost would be. 18 confirmed they would attend and pay. Not sure what the issue is with the other 7. Can't put on an event like the GOJHL Showcase for free. So...

Let me try to simplify this for you. If you are an older player, what exposure are you getting after 2 showcase games (if not with an OHL team at the time) during the remainder of the season? Maybe a player of the month award? If a team has 6 20 year olds, 7 19 year olds, 5 18 year olds, 3 17 year ...

Showcase Schedule has been released --- only 18 teams involved. Pelham, Brantford, Brampton, Buffalo, Fort Erie, Hamilton and London not scheduled.

Need the right people. Any time I've asked around at Ayr games, Paris games, Cambridge games... I've been told that the business side of staff are generally older and have a hard time finding people willing to volunteer to help with that side of things. Maybe people frrom this board can step up with...

What does a GOJHL Commissioner do? That is the $431,250 question. He has nothing to do with creating a league schedule or the release of information or even ensuring that issues are resolved in a timely manner. One has to ask what his function might be. If you think the Commish makes 440K, you're s...

Letterkenny68 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:04 pm

Commissioner may not do the schedule but the buck has to stop with the top buffoon.

So... the OHA then?

The Inc group has a camp listed what they set out to do. They have destroyed a great league. People question the greed factor!!! Well there is no question that greed and arrogance are the factors. The good thing is that Hockey will continue on without them and be better and stronger without each an...

Letterkenny68 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:35 pm

Commisioner is sure earning his money. Scout putting together their schedule to watch games and this jokeshow has no schedule still. That's money well spent by the player isn't it?

Schedule isn't made by the commissioner...

I guess business owners shouldn't be able to make their own decisions...

We forget that in BC they have one league. In Ontario, there's the GOJ, OJ, CCHL, NOJ. There's a lot of teams which drives fans down a bit, and sponsorship dollars down, and waters down the talent too. The whole point of Tommorow's Game was to make one Jr A league and make it super competitive vs. ...

We forget that in BC they have one league. In Ontario, there's the GOJ, OJ, CCHL, NOJ. There's a lot of teams which drives fans down a bit, and sponsorship dollars down, and waters down the talent too. The whole point of Tommorow's Game was to make one Jr A league and make it super competitive vs. t...

All teams remain under the OHA as long as they pay their OHA fees which they all have. The issue is that three teams in the shoe did not pay their GOJHL fees last year but still received the privileges of playing in the GOJHL. It appears that this should have been dealt with last year as other team...

Saying players leave to play in the BCHL because it's cheaper is like saying the players leave the GOJHL to play in the OHL because it's cheaper.

The "dissenting teams" for the most part see cost as a reason for key player departures. It shouldn't cost a player more to play at the Jr B level than Jr A, but it cost less or nothing to play Jr A in at least 4 Canadian leagues. As an example lets say a player pays 2K for league and team fees plu...

So the site can't even be kept up to date? Someone took the time to update Hamilton and Lockport as teams but cant update these new rumoured divisions? And you ask why players are reluctant to fork over another $750 of their hard earned money annually. The teams update pointstreak individually. And...