09-07-2013, 04:42 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Draft Hockey Tournaments?
Anyone ever played in any of these? Any advice or feedback on them? If you haven't would you ever play in one?
I am sure a couple of other places run them but I know NCHL has a couple coming up. One in Jasper and one in Vegas. Just curious if they are any fun?
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09-07-2013, 04:53 PM
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#2
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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I'd rather go with my own team then be drafted, I think it would be way more fun
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09-07-2013, 05:06 PM
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#3
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CMPunk
I'd rather go with my own team then be drafted, I think it would be way more fun
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Yeah all I have played is team tourneys. I guess this would be a bit easier to keep the levels even. Guess it's something new to try. I mean the one in Vegas... is in Vegas 
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09-07-2013, 05:11 PM
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#4
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Ive always wanted to try the draft tournament as well.
The jerseys arent the nicest quality, they arent bad, but I always expected more. Plus they are all huge sizes, which sucks when you are small!
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09-07-2013, 05:21 PM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nickerjones
Yeah all I have played is team tourneys. I guess this would be a bit easier to keep the levels even. Guess it's something new to try. I mean the one in Vegas... is in Vegas |
True, but if I'm going to Vegas, I'd rather with friends. As for the skill level, who does the drafting? The league or do they pick Captains?
Edit: Ahh it's a random draw based on competitions...so teams might not end up even. And as a goalie, they require you to be a mid to high level skill to qualify
Last edited by CMPunk; 09-07-2013 at 05:30 PM.
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09-07-2013, 05:24 PM
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#6
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Franchise Player
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After the debacle our team had doing a team tourney in Vegas through HNA, I'd never trust a league to do another out of country tourney.
Absolutely ####ed us over, cancelling all the hockey six weeks before the trip, after obviously everyone had booked hotels and flights.
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09-07-2013, 05:31 PM
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#7
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
After the debacle our team had doing a team tourney in Vegas through HNA, I'd never trust a league to do another out of country tourney.
Absolutely ####ed us over, cancelling all the hockey six weeks before the trip, after obviously everyone had booked hotels and flights.
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Oh geesh. That sucks Jared. Not on the same scale but we had a tourney in Dallas booked. We got down there and they changed it from an actual tournament to a 3 on 3 half ice tournament. It sucked. I don't know to much about NCHL or HNA but it looks like NCHL does a few tourneys a year. Looks like they did a Vegas one successfully last year.
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09-07-2013, 07:15 PM
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#8
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Powerplay Quarterback
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me and 3 buddies went to the nchl original 6 draft tournament in canmore a few years ago. we were severely disappointed with the quality of play and probably won't ever do it again.
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09-07-2013, 07:23 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
me and 3 buddies went to the nchl original 6 draft tournament in canmore a few years ago. we were severely disappointed with the quality of play and probably won't ever do it again.
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So the level of play was lower than expected?
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09-08-2013, 09:28 AM
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#10
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CMPunk
True, but if I'm going to Vegas, I'd rather with friends. As for the skill level, who does the drafting? The league or do they pick Captains?
Edit: Ahh it's a random draw based on competitions...so teams might not end up even. And as a goalie, they require you to be a mid to high level skill to qualify
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From what I have been told in the past, they group players based off skill level, and then each team chooses 1 person from each grouping. So teams SHOULD be fairly equal in the ideal world.
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09-08-2013, 09:42 AM
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#11
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Quote:
Originally Posted by meanmachine13
From what I have been told in the past, they group players based off skill level, and then each team chooses 1 person from each grouping. So teams SHOULD be fairly equal in the ideal world.
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Ahh that makes a bit more sense, but it's still a crap shoot I think depending on how honest players are
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09-08-2013, 10:36 AM
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#12
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nickerjones
So the level of play was lower than expected?
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much lower. some people could barely skate. some guys had just bought new goalie gear to play for the weekend. it was horrible.
mind you, we all went with 1/2 division experience and expectations. what we got was division 10.
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09-08-2013, 11:28 AM
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#13
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CMPunk
Ahh that makes a bit more sense, but it's still a crap shoot I think depending on how honest players are
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I would think , in a ideal world, that most players are NCHL players so they would have an idea of the skill level.
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