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I think lesson learned for all. Even a watered down invite team is too strong for some opens. I do know it is new program so I guess everyone should live and learn from it. I am sure you won't see this team and others that know about it experimenting in an open again.

Found CAN/AM invite scores at Independent Cup last month online
5-3 win vs Lake Superior Stars
6-1 win vs MSC North
6-0 loss to machine
2-0 win vs Team Dynamic
8-3 win vs Easton Stealth

It sounds like Mr. Hockey and some others are on the right track about 3 pools. Even the Caribou is going to an elite and AAA division this year where they were just invite before because the gap betweeen the top 4 or 5 teams and the rest of the programs can be huge. This is bigger than throwing sho...

I've seen more winter hockey using a maximum of 7 goals when calculating goals for to prevent the need for teams to run up the score. Looking at the site, it looks like the Wisconsin Badgers were 29 goals for and 1 goal against after first 2 games last weekend. That means every other team in their p...

another problem with open format when such a huge gap in team strength in round robin play is often goals for may become a factor. I understand Wisconsin beat Ice Devils 18-0 or 18-1 first game of tourney. If your in same pool as wisconsin you are almost forced to try beat that team worse if you are...

I am a little bit interested in what happened at North American Cup as well with teams getting blown out in the 20's by well respected teams like junior steelers and machine black? Its always fair to question if a team might be too strong to be in an AAA open but is it also not fair to question if s...