I run a team and we are joining the CAHL again. There is positives and negatives about every league. We were hoping to play in Winsport but that is a gongshow to get in.
CAHL is decent, good ice times (at least for us), good refs, never missed a scorekeeper. The downside is the communication from league to players is just awful. They don't seem to put a lot of effort into making sure the divisions are somewhat the same. They seem to put everyone in a division, give them a schedule and don't make any adjustments after that. They have the odd power trip ref who just kicks people out for swearing at them - but if I am a ref, I wouldn't put up with that crap either.
Like the J-bo09 mentioned, a lot of the games are at EDGE (out by COP) but for us it works out great because a lot of our team lives in the NW. If you live elsewhere, that is a factor for sure.
We are starting up a winter team with a few new guys and their condition to joining the team (about 4 guys) is that we don't join the NCHL. I have played in the NCHL and from my experience it is awful. The 11:15PM Chestermere games are awful.
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