True. And it’s wonderful when that happens. But if you travel 2 hours with your daughter to a “B” level tournament, it is no fun and total BS to get mercied 15-0 by an “A” league team that is using you as a tune up before their showcase.
On many occasions a “B” may try to compete in an “A”. Nothing wrong with that, and just surviving to day two of a three day tournament can be a great experience for the kids.
Nothing better than knocking out a giant, but there’s a time and place for it.
The other thing that happens sometimes at tournaments is a house team will register and then supplement its roster by cherry-picking the best players from other teams in its league.
When you see a house hockey team with a 20-man roster, you know something is going on.