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 CrusaderPi
Messages: 8140
Registered: December 2003
Location: Downtown Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 02 June 2025 19:49 |
| Adam wrote on Mon, 02 June 2025 09:40 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Sun, 01 June 2025 20:11 |
Tiger fall to the London Knights.. small town Alberta vs. a big-league OHL franchise
Tigers lost it early in the 2nd period.. went from 1-0 after the 1st to 3-0 early in the 2nd.. lost all momentum.. not a fan of the Memorial cup tournament format .. every team got there playing multiple best of 7 series.. then the final is decided by a single game. Good on the Tigers.. played London 2 times.. finished at a draw overall.
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How else would you do it though? That's already a long season for a bunch of teenagers. If they had to do a couple more 7 game series, it would never end.
It'll be interesting to see what happens now with the CHL with the players suddenly having NCAA availability. Is someone like McKenna going to want to play in the middle of nowhere when he can go to a big US University? Suddenly these players have options and I have to think the really remote teams are going to suffer the most for this. Prince Albert, Prince George, Swift Current...I don't know how those places will compete when players aren't tethered to them. They'll need to invest in facilities at bare minimum.
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I'd go with the same round robin.. then top 2 teams play best of 3.. first 2 games being back to back.
Alternately, if the media and leagues were more agile and flexible.. and able to organize quick enough.. they could just have the league champ of the host league be the host city.. get rid of the pre-announced host team thing.. fewer games and then fit in a best of 3 final.
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Home and away two games series with all three teams. 4 games each, six total. If a team doesn't go 4-0, the top two teams face off in a final game, neutral site wherever the cup is being held between games 1 and 2.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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