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by FrozenPonds
Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:10 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: KABOOOOOOM!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 10260

Re: KABOOOOOOM!!!!

Hopefully the KABOOOOOOM...which in my eyes was long, long, long overdue, will enable this league to take the necessary steps to get back to where this league once was (as three independent leagues)...a place where kids wanted to play to get to where they desired to play! It won't be difficult but d...
by FrozenPonds
Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: KABOOOOOOM!!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 10260

KABOOOOOOM!!!!

Finally!!!
by FrozenPonds
Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Starting Date
Replies: 10
Views: 9082

Re: Starting Date

RocketGirl wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:20 pm And now we're under lockdown for the next month, so there will be no season starting on Jan 15. I don't think there will be a season at all unfortunately.
Said that in September... There were too many variables in play.
by FrozenPonds
Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Exh games
Replies: 19
Views: 12611

Re: Exh games

Exhibition Games or no Exhibition Games...the season is done! This league and it's leadership would be better served to start focusing on next season and what protocols can be put in place to have an effective start. This league just makes decisions piggybacking on the OJHL. Envious much? Said it b...
by FrozenPonds
Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Starting Date
Replies: 10
Views: 9082

Re: Starting Date

This leadership group reminds one of a verse in the Peter, Paul and Mary song Where Have All the Flowers Gone...."Oh, when will they ever learn...Oh, when will they ever learn!" This board needs to go!! MT needs to step aside or be thrown out the door and some egos need to be bruised along...
by FrozenPonds
Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Exh games
Replies: 19
Views: 12611

Re: Exh games

Exhibition Games or no Exhibition Games...the season is done! This league and it's leadership would be better served to start focusing on next season and what protocols can be put in place to have an effective start. This league just makes decisions piggybacking on the OJHL. Envious much? Said it be...
by FrozenPonds
Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

1 step forward... 3 steps back!

Be prepared... HC has this as a two year project. They WILL not be stepping on the ice in regular format until there is a vaccine... That could take anywhere from 2-4 years
by FrozenPonds
Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?
Replies: 9
Views: 7312

Re: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?

Who cares who they have picked! According to the asinine agreement the GO signed a few years back...the OJHL just cannot arbitrarily walz into GO territory...unless you have leadership that really cannot see beyond their own image in the mirror! Oh..I forgot what we were talking about...LOL The OJHL...
by FrozenPonds
Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:20 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?
Replies: 9
Views: 7312

Re: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?

Change in governance...I would seek governance elsewhere. There is a league in the USA called the NCDC which had applied to USA Hockey for Tier2 status...they were denied as the USAH only recognized the NAHL as Tier2...sound familiar?? They continue to push many, many kids to the NCAA ranks DESPITE ...
by FrozenPonds
Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:03 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?
Replies: 9
Views: 7312

Re: OJHL Expansion/ What GOJHL teams will apply for Jr. A status?

I wouldnt want to join the OJ. They are a mess. Despite the fact that they want to talk about successes...Development League...what a joke...this league was in a mess for years. Contraction saved this league from being a further embarrassment than they already are!! Man I wish they would bring back ...
by FrozenPonds
Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:37 pm
Forum: Golden Horseshoe Hockey Forum
Topic: Any GOJHL teams moving to OJHL?...
Replies: 1
Views: 4859

Re: Any GOJHL teams moving to OJHL?...

Geeeeez...can't say I never saw this coming with Junior Bettman!! The teams need to remove the GOJHL board now!! They are incapable of making tough decisions....and only seem capable of making clueless ones!!
by FrozenPonds
Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:48 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

The league has no plan. Nobody has a plan unless directed by the OHF. Therein lies the problem...member partner weekly board meetings about nothing but Covid...and they cannot make a decision because it rests with the government. No such thing as false hope. People just want to know something...anyt...
by FrozenPonds
Tue Aug 04, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 12715

Re: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion

The Niagara Falls Canucks have posted this on Instagram: " HOCKEY IS BACK! The Niagara Falls Canucks are looking forward to the 2020-2021 season! The last few months have been very difficult on everyone as we continue to battle the Coronavirus, however we believe that better days are slowly he...
by FrozenPonds
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 12715

Re: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion

Maybe a full plan has yet to be put in place. Why does everyone NEED to know EVERYTHING the league is thinking? I think you are missing the point. These are not the times where kids are playing in this league for free. So as a parent, I would want to know what is going on so a decision can be made....
by FrozenPonds
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:09 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 12715

Re: GOJHL 2020/2021 Season discussion

I understand all of the what if's that are surrounding hockey in general along with when or if the season season starts, but my biggest question after reading some info in the Midwest forum "Somethings cooking" is, how many teams will be taking a year off from this upcoming season? Which ...
by FrozenPonds
Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:47 am
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

And there you have it! They will not take a chance...and in true HC fashion would rather pass the issue off to the branches and "member partners" in this province rather than get in too deep with it.
by FrozenPonds
Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

FYI...HC insurance will not cover the Covid-19 crisis. They cannot step on the ice without proper insurance. And I cannot think of one insurer who would be willing to take that risk. Sorry to be the devil's advocate...but these are just the facts.
by FrozenPonds
Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

They can announce it all they want. But in doing that, and if they don't step on the ice when they say they are...there will be alot of pissed off parents looking to lay a claim. Ice is controlled by municipal governments which takes its direction from the province. Can they go to private ice....abs...
by FrozenPonds
Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:59 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Prediction On a Season Start Date
Replies: 26
Views: 24125

Re: Prediction On a Season Start Date

The first challenge is that not all GOJHL areas are in Stage 3. Niagara, Hamilton, Windsor/Essex and Sarnia/Lambton are still in Stage 2. They will get there eventually. We also have a team in the USA to deal with. The key words in the Stage 3 announcement were "No prolonged or deliberate cont...
by FrozenPonds
Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Somethings Cooking
Replies: 8
Views: 9271

Re: Somethings Cooking

That is the million dollar question! Who are the good owners? But there are also some really good community owned teams that should be included. This has all been talked about before...gotta have the ball$ to take that first step. I will say it again...if you want to get results...positive results a...
by FrozenPonds
Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:39 pm
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Somethings Cooking
Replies: 8
Views: 9271

Re: Somethings Cooking

That can be offset with the right plan in place! A plan to be classified as Jr A? Sure. Otherwise, GOJ is at the mercy of other leagues being able to take their players pretty damn easy. Not necessarily....but the league must want to take the steps necessary to get back to where it once was. Sure t...
by FrozenPonds
Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:49 am
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Somethings Cooking
Replies: 8
Views: 9271

Re: Somethings Cooking

That can be offset with the right plan in place!
by FrozenPonds
Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:16 am
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Somethings Cooking
Replies: 8
Views: 9271

Re: Somethings Cooking

Not sure if anything is cooking but there should be. I honestly dont get it. It really baffles my mind at the direction.... Wait, what I mean to say is this league has no direction or visión. Part of the problem is you cant be a "yes" man and get things accomplished. Add to that... You nee...
by FrozenPonds
Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:00 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Tie vs Shootout
Replies: 9
Views: 7413

Re: Tie vs Shootout

3 points for a regulation win.... 2 points for an OT win.... 1 pt for an OT loss... 0 pts for a regulation loss I remember for the Silver Stick...we started overtime with 5 and then every minute went down 1 player. We won with two of us out there against two of theirs. Regulation wins should always ...
by FrozenPonds
Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:00 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: New GOJHL
Replies: 10
Views: 8654

Re: New GOJHL

Dont get me started on that one...lol
by FrozenPonds
Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: New GOJHL
Replies: 10
Views: 8654

Re: New GOJHL

I inquired about doing a mock site for the league with HockeyTech almost 3 years ago....nothing to do with the league but would have showed them what could be achieved! This website is still terrible!! But hey, I guess that is what three years and a FT web guy will buy you!
by FrozenPonds
Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:18 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: New GOJHL
Replies: 10
Views: 8654

Re: New GOJHL

Not realignment... Not start of the season as Ice is controlled by municipalities who have been told nothing. My guess... Name change. They need to do something as these guys just cant seem to get it right.. ANYTHING right!! The CCHL2 has gone back to being the EOJHL... But who knows with this lot
by FrozenPonds
Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:49 pm
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Siskins New Name & Logo
Replies: 9
Views: 10742

Re: Siskins New Name & Logo

BTDT... I have no idea on the goings on in the GO. All I can tell you is what I dont see.. And that is progress. Look, the GO have made a few blunders over the last 18 months least of which was approving an OJHL team within their geographical footprint. That was a REAL head-scratcher. It made me thi...
by FrozenPonds
Fri May 29, 2020 8:15 pm
Forum: Western Ontario Junior B Hockey Forum
Topic: Will the GOJHL look different next Season?
Replies: 3
Views: 4128

Re: Will the GOJHL look different next Season?

That is September at the earliest. And remember, the facilities are controlled by the municipalities so any decision that is made would need full municipal, provincial and federal approval as Hockey Canada is a NGB and receives funding from the Ministry of Heritage and Sport. They will not be able t...
by FrozenPonds
Fri May 29, 2020 8:03 pm
Forum: MidWest Forum
Topic: Siskins New Name & Logo
Replies: 9
Views: 10742

Re: Siskins New Name & Logo

Waterloo 1937
Kitchener 1956

You could take the entire OJHL team lineup and it probably wouldnt amount to the same number of years that these two storied franchises have! That is history...that is legacy