Yahoo were Jr A or something like it

Yahoo we’re Jr A or something like it

 Well the worst kept secret in all junior hockey happened this week when BC Hockey decided to reclassify all 45 BC Jr B teams as Junior A. 

But not real junior A, they are so mad at the BCHL for leaving Hockey Canada they made up a completely new American style tiering system just to get even. 

Modern Hockey I bet that makes em mad

So now Jr B will be called Jr A Tier 2 surprised they didn’t call it Division 2.

And next year, if your team qualifies, that’s a secret code for has enough money, they can  move to Junior A tier 1. 

No one knows what the qualifications will be, but for sure twenty or so teams won’t make it so there is a potential for Fernie fans to see something better than what we have, but if all 45 make it you will never see what is even close to a Jr A quality product. A long story on this is here 

When we find out what the qualifications are to be called  A1 we will tell you about them.

BC Hockey would also like to go to a 4 man referee system... but shoot themselves in the foot by banning the referees that they say they love so much from doing both sanctioned (us) and unsanctioned (BCHL) games. In Alberta they do both, but here they have a chance to pit one against the other so that’s what they are going to do.  BC Hockey stubbornly says they have enough referees, but Vegas probably has different odds.

And finally... the KIJHL was able to stop former Jr A teams from Quesnell and Williams Lake from joining their league a couple of years ago. But now with  BC Hockey in tantrum mode and making up new rules as they go, the KI may not be able to keep their footprint in tact, BC Hockey has way bigger feet.