[guzzy]

That is a truly unfortunate situation. I wouldn't take it any further than you already have because it only hurts your son. You need to explain to your son that is a bad year with a bad coach and these things happen in organized sport. There is so much politics involved with all parties in organized hockey. Pushing the league and the coach will only jeopardize your son in the future because the organization will remember your son as the one with the whiny dad. I am not saying you are whining, I sympathize with your situation but you will be perceived as "Johnny Fairplay" by the organization and coaches won't want to deal with your son because of you. You don't want this for your son. You have to realize that there will be bad years in hockey and the there will be good ones. Chalk this up to a bad one, sit back and move on. It is the best thing for your son but explain the situation to him very clearly so he doesn't lose faith in the game, just the coach. Each year your son plays the game becomes more and more competitive and less fun (to an extent). Every year ice time is shared less and coaches start double shifting better players etc. It is the nature of the beast.

Next year if you put into a similar situation put your kid on the B team. Less competitive, more fun and would probably be the better of the two goalies. This allows him to develop his own skills. If he suceeds there you can decide how far he wants to push himself into midget or bantam, whatever comes next. More icetime in a bit less competitive but more fun league is probably what your son needs right now.

If you wanted to, see if the B coach would consider a swap. Move your son into B now and move a goalie from b to a.