Talk:WHA Junior Hockey League
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[edit] Merge discussion
Armstrong Sharks, Bellingham Bulls, Lumby Fighting Saints, Osoyoos Whalers, Squamish Cougars, Vancouver Whalers --> WHA Junior Hockey League
So yeah, to be honest it seems that this league is probably now defunct. The owner of the league is supposedly heavily in debt and is reported to be somewhat in hiding by different people involved in the league. None of the teams are community or locally owned, and as what was seen with the New Westminster/Burnaby/Vancouver/Osoyoos Whalers situation this year a team can just be picked up and moved without much concern as if it is a rec league team that needs a cheaper venue. I feel that all of these team articles and their two history would be better off in one large article on the main WHAJHL page. If there is another season, it will be doubtful that the teams will be in the same cities, let alone the same province.
Any thoughts? DMighton (talk) 10:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, I liked the bit on the WHA website about how in the last game between the Whalers and the Sharks the latter team showed up with four forward lines, having picked up some late season warm bodies, while the former only had two ... shots 53-15. From everything I've seen, if we merge, you and I are the only ones who'll even notice. RGTraynor 12:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah I would merge and redirect. Worst case scenario if it even got its act together which I doubt it will, you could just demerge them again. -Djsasso (talk) 14:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
This merge was done in less than one day with no vote?!? A little notice would of been nice mate—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:--67.160.114.194 (talk) 04:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)|--67.160.114.194 (talk) 04:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)]] ([[User talk:--67.160.114.194 (talk) 04:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/--67.160.114.194 (talk) 04:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)|contribs]])
- Well mate, merges aren't done through vote process. Also, as RGTraynor and I have been the only people keeping these pages going for two years and we have lent our opinions... which was then agreed upon by an administrator. This is also not the first conversation about merging this league's teams up.
- Either way, all teams that were merged were all owned by the same guy. Players were freely moved from team to team (just look at last year's final)... and this league is dead in the water. If Ricky Smith somehow manages to pay off his gazillion bill collectors, comes out of hiding, and somehow convinces the towns of Osoyoos, Lumby, Squamish, Oliver, and Armstrong as well as the established franchises in Barrhead and Fort Vancouver to trust him again... and runs a season that keeps its game number mandate, its agreements with the GMHL, and doesn't run a mickey mouse playoff... then we could probably reconsider. The last real team to play in Osoyoos was the Storm... not the Ricky Smith WHA memorabilia Spurs/Whalers. We were all sad to see them go, but if you care about Osoyoos hockey so bad... stir local interest and try to get the KIJHL back in town... not the gongshow WHA. DMighton (talk) 04:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- Please do not take offence to this... the bottom line is that the WHA is ripping you guys off... I know you guys like your hockey... you guys probably miss the Storm... which were a great team... but the Spurs are a Ricky Smith advertisement on ice... it is a shame that the kids and the town got scammed. DMighton (talk) 04:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
The Squamish Cougars ended their second and final season in Squamish as troubles with the startup World Hockey Association continued, but a new hockey program has already stepped up to fill in the gap.
Next season Squamish will host an expansion team for the well-established Pacific International Junior Hockey League, the Squamish Wolf Pack. With the addition of the Aldergrove Kodiaks, there are now 10 teams in the league, most based in the Lower Mainland.
Matt Samson, the former coach and manager for the Squamish Cougars, is sticking around to coach the Wolf Pack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Icecrunch (talk • contribs) 22:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
