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we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
edited July 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
hi, my team in england the sheffield steelers have signed 3 chl league players, Colt King , John DeCaro and today mike ramsey

does anybody have the low down on them? how does the chl stack up quality wise against say the echl or wchl?

any info would be cool , thanks :)
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    all those leagues you mentioned are the minor leagues of hockey. they're kinda like the movie slapshot.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,162
    They have hockey in the UK???? :shock:
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    metsfan wrote:
    all those leagues you mentioned are the minor leagues of hockey. they're kinda like the movie slapshot.


    I wouldn't say it's like that! :lol: Decent hockey, probably equal to Division three college hockey.
  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    ha ha thanks for that, were not lucky enough to have a league like the nhl in the uk, football (or soccer in the us ) :) dominates over here, the elite ice hockey league in the uk is comparable to the echl/wchl

    man that reminds me to watch slapshot again, great film

    would be cool to hear from someone who has seen these guys in action
    manchester 00
    manchester 09
    belfast 2010
    hyde park 2010
    manchester 2012 1&2
    amsterdam 2012 1&2
    EV manchester 2012
    EV london 31/7/12
    brooklyn 2013 1&2
    milano,leeds,milton keynes 2014

    monkey driven call this living
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    ha ha thanks for that, were not lucky enough to have a league like the nhl in the uk, football (or soccer in the us ) :) dominates over here, the elite ice hockey league in the uk is comparable to the echl/wchl

    man that reminds me to watch slapshot again, great film

    would be cool to hear from someone who has seen these guys in action


    My parents were in Slapshot...seriously.
  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    i'll believe ya :) i cant even remember the film to ask you which characters they played
    manchester 00
    manchester 09
    belfast 2010
    hyde park 2010
    manchester 2012 1&2
    amsterdam 2012 1&2
    EV manchester 2012
    EV london 31/7/12
    brooklyn 2013 1&2
    milano,leeds,milton keynes 2014

    monkey driven call this living
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    DS1119 wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    all those leagues you mentioned are the minor leagues of hockey. they're kinda like the movie slapshot.


    I wouldn't say it's like that! :lol: Decent hockey, probably equal to Division three college hockey.
    no decent hockey is Division 2 hockey and AHL. ECHL is basically a league of has beens and never was who are getting paid shit money for a game they love . if you like good old fashion hockey brawls, the ECHL is for you
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    i'll believe ya :) i cant even remember the film to ask you which characters they played


    They were just extras. :lol: You can see them in the scene where there's the brawl before the National Anthem. Alot of the movie was filmed where I grew up, Utica, NY. Also, the scene where the three brothers are beating the shit out of the Coke machine is filmed in Union Station in Utica. If you ever need anymore Utica trivia, Slapshot trivia, or Utica in Slaphot trivia answered you can always aske me. :D
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Jason P wrote:
    They have hockey in the UK???? :shock:

    they even have hockey in ireland
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  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    yes the belfast giants are the irish team

    an all star uk league team lost 5-1 to the boston bruins in a pre seasson game last october

    thats not too bad, and we took the lead ! :D
    manchester 00
    manchester 09
    belfast 2010
    hyde park 2010
    manchester 2012 1&2
    amsterdam 2012 1&2
    EV manchester 2012
    EV london 31/7/12
    brooklyn 2013 1&2
    milano,leeds,milton keynes 2014

    monkey driven call this living
  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,845
    Isn't the CHL the canadian junior hockey league...in which case the oldest one of them guys should only be 20. If there going to be playing in England, I would say they went undrafted to the nhl and this is just a way for them to continue their hockey careers.
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  • Green Disease ReduxGreen Disease Redux Posts: 401
    http://www.hockeydb.com/

    search for them here
  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    cheers for the messages, i had a look on the hockey db site as i do whenever we sign a new player

    i was hoping someone on the forum may have seen them play live to give the ultimate appraisal of their talents
    manchester 00
    manchester 09
    belfast 2010
    hyde park 2010
    manchester 2012 1&2
    amsterdam 2012 1&2
    EV manchester 2012
    EV london 31/7/12
    brooklyn 2013 1&2
    milano,leeds,milton keynes 2014

    monkey driven call this living
  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    They are up and comers, CHL is the Canadian Hockey League. The next step for them in the years to come is to enter the NHL draft (most players do this, if they don't get drafted they sign as a free agent on any team in any league)
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I believe this would be the league he's referring to as far as CHL. It's the Central Hockey League.


    http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    VoidOfMan wrote:
    They are up and comers, CHL is the Canadian Hockey League. The next step for them in the years to come is to enter the NHL draft (most players do this, if they don't get drafted they sign as a free agent on any team in any league)


    The Canadian Hockey League is actually made up of three different junior leagues. A good portion of these players will or have been drafted by the NHL. If you're playing in this league and your 19-20 you probably aren't looking to jump ship yet and play overseas.
  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    cool, lets hope they can bring us some silverware this season! :)
    manchester 00
    manchester 09
    belfast 2010
    hyde park 2010
    manchester 2012 1&2
    amsterdam 2012 1&2
    EV manchester 2012
    EV london 31/7/12
    brooklyn 2013 1&2
    milano,leeds,milton keynes 2014

    monkey driven call this living
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