Played senior hockey this year, he’s obviously a different case but I have wondered if we see the odd senior guy appear…
This is a complete guess from me and could be 100% wrong but I am guessing he may been asked to leave the team for not maintaining a certain GPA... Again, I could be very wrong and its a complete guess but its pretty unusual to leave a team, go play senior hockey then come back to the same team
Could be any number of things . Mike Thomas did something similar at UNB, was attending fire fighting school, decided to go back to university .
Besides Jacob Holmes who is a really weird case, I don’t believe anyone else came from anything below Junior.A did they?
Yes, there have been a handful of players from the GOJHL - most, however, have Jr A or Major Jr experience.
Totally OT but question for the Ontario guys …how good is the GOJHL actually ? I follow Jr.A and constantly see people arguing it’s as good as the mid-lower end CJHL leagues but without ever laying eyes on it , it’s hard to have any opinion on this .
I would argue the top team teams would be pretty decent in the CCHL or OJHL. Fair amount of good 16-17 year olds in the league who are not quite OHL ready.
There are too many GOJHL teams, which dilutes the talent pool, but it's equivalent to a low-end Jr A loop. Better than the NOJHL, weaker than the CCHL, roughly on par with the MJHL.
As a reference point, Leamington just made the move in 2023 from the GOJHL to the OJHL, while keeping a big chunk of their roster in tact. They won the GOJHL in '23, and then finished 4th overall in the OJHL in '24 (34-14-8).
Both 2005-born…so leaving junior a year early. I think this will become more common moving forward.
I could be wrong but I would wager a lot of guys who are going to be pushed out as overages would rather get a start on a degree than play Jr.A in North Battleford…
Before this year, I would agree. But, in my opinion, I think CHL guys would get cut as 20s would rather play in the BCHL and try and get a D1 commitment instead of burning a year of eligibility trying in Usport.
I have a feeling that NCAA teams won’t be paying much attention to the BCHL after this year … If you aren’t good enough to play in the CHL as a 20 year old, you are going to have pretty mediocre if any NCAA offers on the table.. Besides if you play a year of USports and have a good rookie year you could always head south . It’s not a coincidence 19 year olds are committing to CIS teams this year.
Good kid , grew up in a military family so not shocked.
