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St. Louis did a nice job this year, but don't get too carried away with comparisions to the EJHL. South Shore outshot the Blues 45-20, and the Monarchs outshot the Blues 48-25. The Blues had a hot goalie and, to their credit, took advantage of it. The EJHL Best of the Rest team included only players...

Following is a copy of an article that appears today on the “American Junior Hockey” web site (www.americanjuniorhockey.com). It lists the combined total number of games played to date this season at the NCAA Div. III level by alumni of each feeder league, as well as their combined total impact in t...

Huville, before you get too carried away with the MJ's success, do the math. If just 2 kids from each of the MJ's 9 teams advanced to the three western DIII leagues every year, you would expect to see a total of 72 former MJ players on the 4-year, freshman through senior rosters. You have identified...

According to the college hockey stats web site, former MJ players rostered this year in the NCHA include: St. Norbert - 0 St. Scholastica - 0 Eau Claire (no roster) Rivers Falls - 1 Stevens Point - 0 Stout - 0 Superior - 0 League Total - 1 (Josh Calleja, a 1986 born player from New Richmond, WI who,...

All of the 2009-10 rosters are posted on the US College Hockey Online website. A quick look shows the following MJ players rostered for this year in the two area DIII leagues, the NCHA and MIAC St. Norbert - 0 St. Scholastica - 0 Eau Claire - 1 Rivers Falls - 1 Stevens Point - 0 Stout -1 Superior - ...

Educator. I like the way you stick up for your league, but you were right to put quotation marks around "Junior A" when you referred to the MJ. If you look at where the MJ players come from (2nd, 3rd and 4th line high school, and even some Junior Gold players), and where they end up (only ...

I haven't seen Benik play, so I can't comment on his talent. It is interesting, however, that he chose to play in the MJ and not in the Elite League. Benik is probably the only D-I committed kid in the MJ, and may be the only D-I prospect in that league. The Elite League, on the other hand, has seve...

Just happened to see this on another message board: "2009 ANNUAL CONGRESS REPORT . . . NCAA Placements 2008-09 D-III Placements: EJHL-65, AJHL-62, MetJHL-57, NAHL-46, CSHL-31, EmJHL-28, WSHL-23, MnJHL-20, CHA-12, USHL-12. 2008-09 D-I Placements: USHL-134, EJHL-56, NAHL-47, MetJHL-12, CSHL-9, AJ...

So what are you saying? The article you link to tells me that, after spending 3 or 4 years in the MnJHL, the league's best player is moving on to the Manitoba Jr. Hockey League. That league is on the same level as the NAHL.

2009 NHL DRAFT PICKS:

12 USHL Teams -- 16 players drafted

NTDP (U18) -- 14 players drafted

14 EJHL Teams -- 4 players drafted

18 NAHL Teams -- 1 player drafted

From the College Hockey Recruit Exchange: "Wednesday, June 3, 2009 EJHL Prospect Rankings . . . I failed. I admit that, as a Minnesotan, I don't pay as much attention to the east as I should. My apologies. Hopefully, the prospect rankings for the EJHL should help make up for my errors. The EJHL...

Did you join the board just to make that comment? The NA is better how? Any real information to back that up? Have you ever seen an EJ game?

I've had junior coaches tell me that they take AAA MM kids over MN H.S. kids because it is just a lot easier to recruit from AAA. Many of the AAA MM kids are already living and/or playing away from home, and they don't care where they have to go to play juniors. When you ask them to move to Nebraska...

That's what I'm talking about Warrior. The MJ can take creidt for Condon's and Turnbull's success, but neither of them ever played a full season in that league. When he was very young Turnbull played a few games in the MJ after a season at Hayward, WI High School, then he transferred to Duluth East ...

I couldn't agree more. Some leagues give a kid the chance to move on, some don't. Both the NA and the EJ fall into the former category. Once you have that part figured out, it comes down to finding a team and league that suits you best, and there are a lot of factors that go into that decision.

Chris Heisenberg's web site usually has the most accurate information, but it is difficult to find exact numbers anywhere. League and team websites can be misleading because more than one team often takes credit for a D-I commitment. For example, a kid may play in the NAHL one year, and the USHL the...

Bigbooya, you are not wrong. I went to www.collegehockeystats.net and randomly picked Hamline's roster. The breakdown for the 29 players is: NAHL 10 USHL 8 EJHL 2 OPJHL 1 H.S. 8 MnJHL 0 Of the 8 kids that went to college straight from high school, the breakdown for games played during the season is:...

The MJ calls itself Tier III A, but the reality is that it is still a B league. Most of the kids in this league either end their careers there, or move on to college club hockey. Very few ever earn a roster spot on an NCAA Div. III team, because the USHL, NAHL, Canadian and eastern leagues provide a...

I've been to this event and was impressed. From top to bottom, every kid there could play the game. The list of scounts in attendance was equally impressive.

Division I Nick Condon - University of Notre Dame (CCHA) - NCAA Division I - NAHL St. Louis Mikael Lickteig - Michigan Tech University (WCHA) - NCAA Division I- NAHL Alexandria James Gaulrapp - Minnesota State-Mankato (WCHA) - NCAA Division I - NAHL Alexandria Chris Spracklen - Army (Atlantic Hockey...

Both the NAHL and EJHL are good leagues and getting better. 2008: 18 NAHL teams; 56 D-I commitments. 14 EJHL teams; 58. 2009: 18 NAHL teams; 56 D-I commitments. 14 EJHL teams; 42. 2009 NCAA Frozen Four: 14 former NAHL players; 17 former EJHL players (including Hobey Baker winner Matt Gilroy). 2009 N...