I have had numerous people pestering me about starting a junior hockey blog on east coast teams and leagues and I finally gave in and decided it was time somebody gave the low down about junior hockey in the eastern United States. Now when people think of east coast hockey the first thing that comes to mind is the EJHL (Eastern Junior Hockey League). There are more than six leagues on the east coast and most all of them produce quality teams. But one major misconception that people constantly fall for is that the International Junior Hockey League is a good league. Anyone who is from New England knows that the IJHL is a brutal league. Most will argue that it has produces a handful of good hockey players every year. This is true, but what most fail to realize is that the IJHL is an independent junior league and is not sanctioned by USA Hockey, unlike leagues such as the EJHL, AJHL, MetJHL, and the EmpireJHL. I've never had a gift for writing, but I'm going to give it a shot. I like to say that I tell it how it is. So here is how it goes, the IJHL as a league is fucking awful. They have one team that has been making waves in their region, the Cape Cod Cubs. Everybody in the cape fucking loves the cubs, well here is why I assume these people have falled in love with them. The cubs play out of an area that is not exactly a hot bed for hockey. Take a town that is unfamiliar with the concept of junior hockey, say for example, Hyannis, Massachusetts. Now tell the people that junior hockey team is making their home the Hyannis Community Center. People are going to go ape shit because they think they have a legit junior team in their town. When people who have no idea what juniors is and they hear the words "junior hockey" they are going to find themselves fucking around on google some night and search junior hockey on google and one thing will lead to another and bam they end up on wikipedia looking at teams in the Q, or the OHL, or the WHL. These cape codders hit the jackpot with this team, they have brought in some of the finest talent from across the globe to capture and IJHL title. If you didn't catch any sarcasm in my last statement then you are either a cape cod cubs fan or player. I hate to break it to you guys but the cubs fucking suck. Put them against any junior team from the EJHL or the AJHL and they will get their shit pumped. Hell they would get pounded on by any team from the Met league or the Empire. Now the cubs are the best team in the IJHL, they blowout other teams in the "super elite" division of the IJHL all the time. Basically what I am getting at is that the IJ fucking blows. This league is a joke. If you're planning on playing in this league you should probably reconsider playing hockey as a whole. Talking about the IJ gets me fucking heated. I got bored and decided to search around and see what I could find on the cape cod cubs. I stumbled upon some pretty funny shit. In junior hockey we all know that you are required to wear a cage in most league, in some you can wear halfers, when a fight takes place you remove your gloves and your helmet from your body out of respect for your opponent. Well last year one of the cubs players got really upset with an Eastern Kodiaks player and decided to start throwing his hands at him. I wouldn't classify this as a fight, I mean its kind of embarrassing to watch as a hockey player and think this is what we have come to. Well in the midst of his anger, tough guy over here forgot to take his helmet off in a scrap and decided it was fair to fight with a helmet on. Take a look for yourself, you may laugh.
Cape Cod Cubs Bruiser
I've had enough of shitting on the IJ and the cubs. If you don't believe me that the cubs suck, watch one of their games and tell me what you think then. I'm glad to answer questions just leave comments and your email address and I will be happy to get back to you. Let your friends know about the blog and if their is anything you want to be written about just leave a comment.
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