Junior Ontario Hockey

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 tea...

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...

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...

Why does the GOJHL site still show 3 divisions if there are only 2 now and if teams like London and Brampton are not in the league then why are their transactions still showing on same site with the GOJHL Inc teams if they aren't in the same league anymore? Why did the transactions only show up wit...

GOJHL Inc are the majority group of owners. They are in favour of the pay2play and collect player fee. There membership is currently 17 The rest of the GOJHL teams (8) are not in favour of the pay2play but players still benefit from what GOJHL Inc provides. GOJHL Inc is a separate entity that repre...

What value do the group of 17 see in GOJHL INC. that the other 8 teams apparently do not see? The league fees pay for league initiatives. In talking to the former commissioner, Chuck, part of his mandate was working closer with NCAA and CIS schools to bring back scouts and scholarships to the leagu...

I'd say the NCAA route is way over rated. Kids get buried there, see limited ice time and its not all made out to be what it is promoted to be. I'd stay in Canada where there's so much choice and movement between clubs and leagues that you should be able to find a fit., If your good enough you will...

The GOJHL showcase is too early. Most new talent wont see the ice much because they are feeling out the league still. Top end returnees are often in OHL camps of haven't even had a practice with the team and are thrown into games. Better leagues operated there's end of September or Early October wh...

Last season's Oct , Dec and Jan deadlines seem to have funneled in quite a few Junior A player's into the GO, but having watched some throughout the league they never really stock out or made positive impacts to the team, their skating and hockey skill were less to be desired for the most part. Esp...

So without Caledonia, I'm sure Hamilton and the Falcons will be the favorites and then it'll fall off the rails from there as usual. There's been a lot of talk of a potential realignment. Caledonia is out, Brantford might be out from the sounds of it. Plus the big rumor that the league was trying t...

Caledonia Fan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:17 am Here's more info.

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2018/0 ... y-for-city

I guess this is the best way to get a JR-A team. Maybe this is what other owners of JR-B teams that wanted to go JR - A should have done.

With all that money that the mostly community owned GOJHL teams have?

Why the sudden spike in signings through mid to end of June? Do teams just get anxious or is there some kind of deadline that has to be met for some of this? Apparently all players in minor hockey and junior C are free agents now, so teams are being more aggressive because they can't sit on them un...