I'm not surprised to see the politics of minor hockey haven't gone away. Especially at the top level of divisions. I remember when I was playing it would get pretty heated between the parents and the coaches and even between the other parents. To be honest, I don't see a solution that will help you and your kid out. The top team of any division is going to be cut throat and competitive. Splitting the ice team evenly between goalies may just not happen.
I had a problem coach one year. I was a decent player on the team, 2nd or 3rd in points. But I always got the shaft on ice time. If the game was tied or we were losing by a goal I never got to touch the ice in the last 5 minutes. Sometimes someone would sub for me on my line and I swear I had to serve almost all the penalties for bench minors, goaltender penalties and other penalties that required someone to go into the box despite me not getting the penalty in the first place. Eventually my mother got so mad after a practise where I got hurt because he was having me practise getting hit by the biggest guy on the team (the guy that hit a kid on another team and broke a gate open) over and over till I couldn't skate on my ankle. She lost it on him. After that things improved. I never understood what he had against me. I was the fastest player on the team, got lots of points and back checked. Probably my biggest down side was that I wasn't very physical, because I'm not a big guy. Either way, it was really frustrating and I was glad to be done with that year and him. Terrible coach.
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