WHHL; New rec hockey league in Calgary, looking for info/opinions

[jayswin]

Has anyone else heard of this new rec hockey league? They seem to be saying all the right things, but until they actually have a decent number of teams, how do you know if it will be a good league to play in? They start this september, and since there's a lot of posters here that play in various leagues in Calgary, I thought I'd ask here, if anyone else has heard anything about this league, or anyone plans to play in it. Thanks

PLAYERS/CAPTAINS/TEAM MANAGERS,

Have you registered YOUR team??

Please let me introduce the WHHL (Wild Horse Hockey League), Calgary’s newest and fastest growing Hockey league.

The WHHL kicks off September 12th, 2011 and runs through to the end of March for the regular season with play-offs starting the first week of April.

LEAGUE FEATURES:
- Competitive Ices Times in North, Central and South Calgary (Nothing outside the city limits…..EVER!)
- Our Ice-times are forever improving by leveraging our partners, we won’t settle for ice…we want GOOD ICE!
- Beginner, Intermediate and Competitive Divisions
- 2 Refs at every game
- Supplied Scorekeeper to every game
- Team Attendance tracker – Manage your team like never before
- 30 Game Schedule + Play-offs
- “Best of Three series” Play-Off rounds
- No crazy rule changes…just good ole’ fashioned Hockey!

LEAGUE UP-TICKS:
- Season opener NHL Fantasy Draft Night at the DEERFOOT INN & CASINO (Free food and drinks for your whole team)
- Win $$ off your next year team fees!! ($3000 First prize, $2000 Second Prize, $1000 Third Prize)
- Preferred team rates at select pubs around the city (discounts and more discounts a stone’s throw from the rink)
- Team Boxing sessions worked into your schedule with ex-welterweight champion Dale “Cowboy” Brown.
- Team Skate Treadmill Sessions worked into your schedule (with league sponsor NSD)

LEAGUE FEES:
- $9200 per team grand total
- $1000 NR Deposit + 2 payments of $4100.00
- FIRST 10 Teams in the door get a $500 Team Credit at the NSD Bar & Grill
- Compete in the season opener NHL Fantasy Draft party to lower your fees for next year by UP-TO $3000!!!

LEAGUE SPONSORS:
- The FAN960
- NSD Sports & Fitness Club
- Deerfoot INN & Casino
- NSD Bar & Grill
- MANY more coming down the pipe in the next few weeks

Spots are filling up fast EMAIL or CALL to arrange to secure your spot today.

[Jayems]

I can't even find a website for them... just a kijiji ad. Plus, they want $1k non-refundable deposit... seems sketch.

But I'll look into it as a possible alternative for Puckers.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Jayems

I can't even find a website for them... just a kijiji ad. Plus, they want $1k non-refundable deposit... seems sketch.

But I'll look into it as a possible alternative for Puckers.

Yeeeeeeesh.

[czure32]

Originally Posted by Jayems

I can't even find a website for them...

http://whhl.goalline.ca/page.php?page_id=31791

[Salty Banana]

I played rec league once, I hated it. What a joke. Unless you have never skated in your life I would STRONGLY not recommend rec hockey. It's like playing with 6 year olds.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Salty Banana

I played rec league once, I hated it. What a joke. Unless you have never skated in your life I would STRONGLY not recommend rec hockey. It's like playing with 6 year olds.

Yeah, if you can skate then don't play rec hockey. It would make it so much easier for me if I didn't have to worry about being the only one who can't skate.

[Salty Banana]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Yeah, if you can skate then don't play rec hockey. It would make it so much easier for me if I didn't have to worry about being the only one who can't skate.

Haha, well in that case yes, rec is the place for you!

[Gravitykillr]

got the email from them as well and was looking at it might stick with my current league and see how it develops with them..

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Salty Banana

I played rec league once, I hated it. What a joke. Unless you have never skated in your life I would STRONGLY not recommend rec hockey. It's like playing with 6 year olds.

I don't know what rec leagues you've played in, but I have played in Rec leagues with former WHL and NHL players.

[Shawn_Cronin44]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Has anyone else heard of this new rec hockey league? They seem to be saying all the right things, but until they actually have a decent number of teams, how do you know if it will be a good league to play in? They start this september, and since there's a lot of posters here that play in various leagues in Calgary, I thought I'd ask here, if anyone else has heard anything about this league, or anyone plans to play in it. Thanks

I have played rec hockey for a bunch of years with both of the guys listed as the league executive but I admit I don't know a whole bunch about the league. I'll see if I can get them to post in this thread.

[Superfraggle]

Originally Posted by Salty Banana

I played rec league once, I hated it. What a joke. Unless you have never skated in your life I would STRONGLY not recommend rec hockey. It's like playing with 6 year olds.

So the fact that you played in a rec league once means you know about rec hockey in general? The rec league I play in has 12 summer divisions, ranked according to skill level. Now I haven't played in the lowest divisions, but I suspect that if you have never skated in your life, you would do poorly in ANY division. The best divisions are quite high quality hockey.

[CMPunk]

No shoot outs...but 3 on 3 OT if time allows

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Shawn_Cronin44

I have played rec hockey for a bunch of years with both of the guys listed as the league executive but I admit I don't know a whole bunch about the league. I'll see if I can get them to post in this thread.

Much appreciated. There's lots of rec players in Calgary and everyone's always on the lookout for more options. But we definitly need some reassurance, considering it's a brand new league.

[CMPunk]

As a new league, how good could the ice times be? There's already leagues fighting over times

[Northendzone]

I would also be curious to see the ice times as well.

I play in the CMHA and we are fortunate enough to have some very good ice times

[Kev]

Originally Posted by Salty Banana

I played rec league once, I hated it. What a joke. Unless you have never skated in your life I would STRONGLY not recommend rec hockey. It's like playing with 6 year olds.

LOL, that was called HNA - Hockey North America dude.

[Shawn_Cronin44]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Much appreciated. There's lots of rec players in Calgary and everyone's always on the lookout for more options. But we definitly need some reassurance, considering it's a brand new league.

I don't know many details yet but if I understand correctly, NSD is very involved in this league. I've also heard the league will have good ice times but I'm don't know which rinks or times.

[Mayer]

I got the same email from this league. I do like the "Best of 3" playoff series as opposed to the single game elimination type in the league I'm in now. I'd definitely like to hear more from the league executives.

[Envitro]

I know both of the guys that are running this league. Worked with Joe for years and he has been talking about doing this for the last few. He left ourcompany to go work for NSD, so it's on the up-and-up as far as I know.

I'll ask him more about it tomorrow.

[CaptinCanada]

I got spammed by these guys too. Went to their site to have a look, check things out. As I was reading their rules everything started sounding really familiar. So I went to the rules page for the league I play in... low and behold the Wild Horse guys copied the entire thing word for word. Added a sentence or two here or there, but they didn't even change the heading order of their plagiarism.
NCHL Rules page:
http://www.nchl.com/sites/3333/page....&LeagueID=9978
Wild Horse Rules Page:
http://whhl.goalline.ca/page.php?page_id=31791
The U of A Dean of Medicine would be proud of this job. Really sketchy in my books. Cool, start your own league but don't just rip off other's work...I'm staying with the original.