Last time my son's team went to JP it was early in the season and we were able to sit outside the pool area and it was glorious to get out of the sauna.
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Not happening here. It has been in the high 30's low 40's during the day so far. The pool outisde is open but has ice on it. Seems like someone messed that up.
Great place, definitely the best tournament experience we've had so far.
Although my room has become the designated knee hockey arena, which is less than ideal.
Great place, definitely the best tournament experience we've had so far.
Although my room has become the designated knee hockey arena, which is less than ideal.
We were in Lake Placid for less than 10 minutes when 6 boys were in my room knocking shit over. I poured a drink and went outside..
Tournament victory! My son had the GWG in their last pool game which was effectively a semi-final- the winner played for the championship. He got team MVP for the game and he was really excited. Such a great tournament experience. We enjoyed it far more than Waterville.
Funny story: one of the cooks at one of the restaurants was outside smoking a cigarette and he was joking around with one of the older brothers of one of the kids on our team who happened to be out there. The kid told him he shouldn't smoke cigarettes and the guy jokingly asked him if he wanted to try one. Well the kid told all my son's team that and they thought it was hilarious and took to calling him "Ciggy man." He became the unofficial mascot of the Flames and they chanted "ciggy man" as a team on the way out of the locker room and on the ice after they won the title. I'm sure the other teams parents were very confused.
Funny story: one of the cooks at one of the restaurants was outside smoking a cigarette and he was joking around with one of the older brothers of one of the kids on our team who happened to be out there. The kid told him he shouldn't smoke cigarettes and the guy jokingly asked him if he wanted to try one. Well the kid told all my son's team that and they thought it was hilarious and took to calling him "Ciggy man." He became the unofficial mascot of the Flames and they chanted "ciggy man" as a team on the way out of the locker room and on the ice after they won the title. I'm sure the other teams parents were very confused.
Those moments are great and that's awesome for your son, congrats!
Also the "ciggy man" thing is funny and something that just organically brings a team together. Our goalie situation has been...tough...this season. One of our kids was heading heading back to his room while walking with our goalie. They passed the goalies room on the way and it had his doorhanger thing that was made for each kid on the door. Our player was like, your last name is "insertpopularnoodlebrandhere" which he had no idea, I don't think anyone did. He quickly dubbed him "noodles" and an nickname was born and the team came together around it.
Thank you, it was really fun.
Ya, these kids are a lot of fun and they come up with the best stuff to rally around. Noodles is an excellent nickname.
Anyone part of BSHL or SSC? SSC has been painfully behind the times with scheduling, standings, communication, etc. BSHL has been adding more teams each year with the initial focus having been U6 teams and C and B teams at the U8/U10 level. Seems like BSHL is trying to pull in much more than that next season.
South Shore Conference veteran here- just a trash organization. Website is useless for any sense of accuracy, communication is piss poor, and no one seems to actually give a shit about the kids.
Hope I'm not insulting anyone's family here, I get running a large organization is tough, but they do a poor job of it.
Hope I'm not insulting anyone's family here, I get running a large organization is tough, but they do a poor job of it.
Seconded on the above and, if you can believe it, things are even worse for the SSC girls league. We moved our girls’ program to MYC this season and, while there are some complaints about travel and rolling scheduling, it’s been a far superior experience.
MYC actually emailed coaches at the start of the season for a list of SSC or VHL teams that girls on their rosters played on, with the intent of minimizing game conflicts. I was blown away by this.
MYC actually emailed coaches at the start of the season for a list of SSC or VHL teams that girls on their rosters played on, with the intent of minimizing game conflicts. I was blown away by this.