NHL players in rec league

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

True:

http://www.pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=5083715&seasonid=7389

(and how'd you like to play in this B level beer league: http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-team-roster.html?teamid=278950&seasonid=6412 how many former pro players does it take to make a decision that, perhaps, you might be a bit too stout to play in B league?)

[mnwild9 0]

He plays forward out here in beer league.

Thats amazing he played for the big college here in my state he was an amazing goalie so I would like to see him play Forward

[shotty 7]

True:

http://www.pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=5083715&seasonid=7389

(and how'd you like to play in this B level beer league: http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-team-roster.html?teamid=278950&seasonid=6412 how many former pro players does it take to make a decision that, perhaps, you might be a bit too stout to play in B league?)

check out the scoring leaders in that league... http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-division-leaders.html?divisionid=32133&seasonid=6412

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

check out the scoring leaders in that league... http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-division-leaders.html?divisionid=32133&seasonid=6412

Well, I guess when you're averaging 4 or 5 points per game its silly to think about moving up to the A league, right?

One has to hate what happens to leagues like that, too, as then more B leaguers feel they can't compete so move down to C, then C leaguers get frustrated and move down to D league, etc.

[scoops 1]

I've heard that a few Dallas Stars play in the A league, some play opposite handed and Ribeiro plays in net. Never seen it, just what I've heard...

[Haggerty 144]

I've heard that a few Dallas Stars play in the A league, some play opposite handed and Ribeiro plays in net. Never seen it, just what I've heard...

You think the Stars organization would let them play in summer league? maybe a pickup or two from their hometown but not a league were they can risk injury.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Well, that certainly happens when try outs happen. Some of the fringe players want to get extra ice in so pop in on a buddy's A team (there used to be AA here too, but once they added all the rinks around the area that got cut; heard a rumor they might start it up again now though). Playing pick-up around the time camp is in town is a lesson in humility as you never know what you'll be up against (I used to like that when I was 20 something thinking it'd give me bragging rights and make me a better player, but now @ 40 something I, for some reason, resent being used as a pilon in a training exercise).

Regardless, "A" league has no restrictions as to who you can have on the roster as I recall. However, B league is supposed to have some measure of what is, and what isn't, appropriate talent; which is why that some of those rostered is a bit silly.

As for risk of injury that's a question some of us asked before (someone told me one of the Allen American goalies played in a D league as a forward skater for about half a season until someone figured out who he was and the league asked him to leave; he was averaging over 2 points per game playing defense). My guess is that if they are a big enough name there's probably verbiage in their contract saying what they can and can't do regarding putting themselves at risk. Lower level guys perhaps the threat is just that if they did get injured they don't get paid/could get cut from the team.

Shaq must have been a big enough star, however, to get some of that waived. He had some short lived TV program where he took on other sports and I remembered thinking it weird as it aired during basketball season (wondered how he got away with it).

Also reminds me; wasn't there a NFL wide reciever that broke his arm in last season's off season playing football in some park somewhere with some buddies? Seem to recall that didn't go over well... trying to remember who that was.

[shoeshine boy 242]

You think the Stars organization would let them play in summer league? maybe a pickup or two from their hometown but not a league were they can risk injury.

you'd be surprised. before the Thrashers left there were quite a few who played in the adult league at the practice rink during the summer. they always played in the highest level which was full of guys who played pro, college and juniors. even the "low level" NHL players could dominate play when they wanted to. Jeff Odgers used to skate around these guys like pylons!

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

you'd be surprised. before the Thrashers left there were quite a few who played in the adult league at the practice rink during the summer. they always played in the highest level which was full of guys who played pro, college and juniors. even the "low level" NHL players could dominate play when they wanted to. Jeff Odgers used to skate around these guys like pylons!

Well, just so long at it's the highest level then that should be OK. However, 5 or more former pro players playing B league? Come on....

As for Odgers, Bill Huard also plays in this beer league. Not sure how he's doing now, but when he first started he was doing pretty well.

Dan Blackburn is skating in that league too (goalie turned forward). Also doing quite well.

So, all in all? I choose to play at other rinks because that's just ridiculous.

[scoops 1]

I saw RJ Foy play in a C league at polar ice in grapevine...so stupid...

[skeeter14 0]

Dan Blackburn is skating in that league too (goalie turned forward). Also doing quite well.

Good for him, given all the problems he had.

[DEATHTRON 19]

I feel I can appropriately comment on the whole situation you are seeing above in the Dallas B league: The reason this happens is because there is no 5on5 summer A league, only 4on4 leagues. Those guys can not keep up with the kids that are home for the summer. These guy's are a "victim" of the system, the rinks should have a summer 5on5 A league.

Also, if there was another AA league, it would fold soon after for the same reason it did in the first place: There is only a few teams worth of AA talent, after that you fill in with a fair amount of A players, and you end up with 4 teams in a AA league. Just like this past season at ITC, we get tired of playing each team 10 times in a season.

Zach

[Drewhunz 3]

I've heard that a few Dallas Stars play in the A league, some play opposite handed and Ribeiro plays in net. Never seen it, just what I've heard...

Contracts prohibit them from playing in organized leagues, they do have private invitation only sessions though. Ribeiro is a pretty damn good goalie.

[automorph 0]

There are tons that play in Toronto area,

Scarborough Tuesday A Division has both Stewart brothers, Wayne Simmonds, Joel Ward and Mike Duco

Alot of private skates, heard Lindros has a skate

[DEATHTRON 19]

Also worth noting: Since the DPSC allow you to play down one level (and since there is no AA league), there is nothing the rink can do to these big time scorers in the B league.

Though, I would love to see one of those threads that I have seen about trying to "physically elminate" younger skill players for this particular league. Glad I don't have to put up with any of that...

Zach

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

I feel I can appropriately comment on the whole situation you are seeing above in the Dallas B league: The reason this happens is because there is no 5on5 summer A league, only 4on4 leagues. Those guys can not keep up with the kids that are home for the summer. These guy's are a "victim" of the system, the rinks should have a summer 5on5 A league.

Also, if there was another AA league, it would fold soon after for the same reason it did in the first place: There is only a few teams worth of AA talent, after that you fill in with a fair amount of A players, and you end up with 4 teams in a AA league. Just like this past season at ITC, we get tired of playing each team 10 times in a season.

This was fall league, but you may still be right. I'm trying to recall if there was an A league at that particular rink or not. You are right on, however, that everyone becomes a "victim" of the circumstances, though.

Since the DPSC allow you to play down one level (and since there is no AA league), there is nothing the rink can do to these big time scorers in the B league.

I've heard the same thing (up one/down one), but at some point there's still a need of defining what the appropriate league would be for an individual. If you're putting up 70 points in a 30 game season over and over again then, unless you're already in the top tier, perhaps the appropriate thing would be for the league coordinator to move the player up. Of course, every team seems to have at least "one guy".... but, when you have 5 or 6 former pro players that would constitute a bit more than "one guy", so again, I would think someone organizing the league would step in and do something (at least, that is my expectationto for a league I am paying for so it can be reasonably structured and tiered)

[hrvd214 0]

At one of the metro Boston rinks you use to be able to find the Brinkly brothers, Don Sweeney, and some other former "low level" nhlers, and lots of former college guys at a tuesday/thursday skate. Andy Brinkley's younger brother you played mostly for Providence Bruins would just skate circles around everyone else and score at will.

[chippa13 1844]

Quintin Brickley, career men's league hockey player. Never played in Providence but he did have a cup of coffee with the Maine Mariners, precursor to the P-Bruins. Word is he had some kind of heart condition that wouldn't let him pass team physicals.

[tro 4]

#6 Overall in 95, Steve Kelly plays in my Div 2 men's league, only goes full tilt when his team is down or gets pissed when he gets the puck stolen.

http://www.cmhahockey.com/sites/3333/page.asp?Site=9952&page=Players&LeagueID=9952&SeasonID=30&DivisionID=2&TeamID=14&PlayerID=45736&Section=Home

To think the Oilers could have drafted Doan or Iginla.

[hrvd214 0]

Quintin Brickley, career men's league hockey player. Never played in Providence but he did have a cup of coffee with the Maine Mariners, precursor to the P-Bruins. Word is he had some kind of heart condition that wouldn't let him pass team physicals.

My mistake thanks for the correction. Either way he is a hell of a skater.

[regularjoe 1]

True:

http://www.pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=5083715&seasonid=7389

(and how'd you like to play in this B level beer league: http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-team-roster.html?teamid=278950&seasonid=6412 how many former pro players does it take to make a decision that, perhaps, you might be a bit too stout to play in B league?)

Apparently not stout enough: team still lost 12 out of 29 games!

[Vinny_R 1]

I played one year in a beer league with a goalie that played with the St-Louis Blues in the 70's. Don't remember the name because it's been 6-7 years. I only remember him stopping pucks in the middle of the zone, kicking puck with his leg and going on the ice only in trouble. Controlling rebound was throwing it outside the zone. It was so different than the puck eating butterflys goalies that we have now.

[jds 20]

Kevin Bieksa is playing in a four-on-four league in Hamilton along with Chris Gratton apparently.

[pbhockey4 0]

That must be sick playing with an ex nhl player :-)

[Machinehead2k5 32]

This is a AAA team that plays out in Duluth, GA at the IceForum

16 Earl B. Eckenrode

17 Derrick Nesbit<---Former Gwinnett Gladiator now a Peoria Rivermen

22 Mark P. Waddell<--- Former Thrashers GM Don Waddell's nephew

27 Brad Schell<-----Current Gwinnett Gladiator

31 Johan M. Jensen

37 Mike Sullivan

44 Cam Brown<---Former Gwinnett Gladiator Capt.

66 Josh Bennett<---Former Gwinnett Gladiator

71 Jeff Thomas

91 Anton Fedorov<---Former ECHL player

96 Eric Boulton<--- Former Thrasher now NJ Devil