Hockeyfan9
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Who wins the Blue Jacket Cup, The Swohshl tournament, and the Baron Cup?
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Where can I find the state brackets?
http://brackets.ohsaa.org/icehockey/boys/tournament12/index.htmlWhere can I find the state brackets?
I noticed that there are several teams in NEO that don't play in the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League but are in the OHSAA tournament. Gilmour, Westlake, Avon...any others?
Anyone else feel bad for these teams that get beat 10-0 in the first round. Why don't they have a tournament for all of these teams that have no business playing against the big boys. Would the tournament really suffer that much if it cut out some of those teams. Start the tournament in the district semi's, instead of sectional finals. There are 0 upsets of competitive teams vs. bottom dwellers in that first round... They can have a tournament of maybe 24 teams and find their own winner. It wouldn't be as embarassing as getting mercied in the 2nd period by a big D1 school.
It's an OHSAA sanctioned sport. They have rules about how many divisions there are based on the number of schools playing the sport. The number of schools supports only one division.
I think that's it. Avon and Westlake will likely be petitioning to get into the GCHSHL in the next year or two.
This is Avon's first year as a varsity program, and first year to compete in the OHSAA playoffs. They beat Parma 6-0 tonight, and their "reward" is to face Ed's on Saturday. I expect they will apply to join with the other Cleveland area teams ASAP.
What do you mean? They're towards the bottom of the totem poll, so even when they do join the GCHSHL, they're still almost certainly going to be looking at first or second round playoff matchups with schools like Eds, Iggy, Padua, Shaker, etc.
I mean that I'm sure they had fun whooping up on Parma, but now they face a state power...and the fun time on the ice, and the season, is over.
Anyone have a take on why Padua, the #7 seed @ Brooklyn, chose to take on Ignatius in the first round? They played the Cats 4 times this year, lost 5-1, 8-0, 7-0 and 10-2. They could have put themselves in a number of other places and gotten in a game or two before they took on a seeded team. Why the #1 seed?
And I get the argument that you're going to have to play the best teams sooner or later, but why the #1 seed right out of the box? Were they thinking maybe Geither wouldn't be back yet?
Did the coach have a condo on the beach reserved for next week?
They want to make sure they lose to the best team in Ohio High school hockey history, instead of blowing a game before Iggy?
There may actually be truth to this.
I have heard from a couple of hockey people who have theorized that Padua's coach was concerned they might lose a game to a team from a lesser league (Red South- e.g., Rocky River, Walsh, Hudson), thereby jeopardizing Padua's spot in the Red North.
But never has a loss in the OHSAA tournament specifically cost a school a spot in the Red North.
Well, do you have an opinion as to why Padua would have picked this game? It really doesn't make any sense from a competitive standpoint.