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It was fun to observe Coach Klatt at the tourney last season. He was into it! He was all-in for his players, wanted them to reach the top - and it showed. A great ambassador for MN high school hockey.

And to the highest bidder, more of a chance to slide in on the roster. boy a and boy b pretty much equal goes the boy onto the roster with more money and influence from his family........ That must be why they ask for your bank account number on the application form. :roll: Even if you want to beli...

Coaching in today's world is nearly impossible.

Huh. Got some generic examples of why it is nearly impossible?

I like Hermantown's style of play - offense, offense, offense. Sure they give up some goals (their top guys finished +1), but it's really fun hockey to watch and it's worked very well for them over the years you would have to say.

Chill out! At least wait till the conclusion of the tournament... maybe somebody else wins the A tourney this year.

Teak wrote:Here are my three picks for winning A, not counting the actual winner.

1. Hermantown
2. Hermantown
3. Hermantown

Yes, for sure... but as a reminder, lots of people were also really sure who would win the last presidential election.

"Anyone besides me surprised Sandelin has Swaney spending a 2nd year in USHL instead of up in a UMD uniform this year?" ---- yes, big mistake. Got to bring those players up when they are already performing at the upper reaches of the USHL. Prolonging junior hockey will only diminish the pl...

Minor point, but "Hermantown is up in AA beating Edina, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and Duluth East.", it's really more like Hermantown is up in AA beating Wayzata, Roseville, Hopkins, Grand Rapids, WBL, Brainard and Bemidji - looking at the past recent history of their schedule. I don't so ...

Thief River has an awesome goalie. He could easily be a dark horse here.

If Hermantown doesn't beat Breck handily, there is far too much positive press on the team from up north.

Any high school student (athlete or not) should be able to move easily from one school to another. Competition is sorely lacking in K-12 education. A school gets a good reputation, students will flock there - causing all schools to get better. As for athletics, you don't want to create temporary pow...

Seems to me a much better time frame to ask for nominations would be at the end of the year.

"The 2015 elite league season selection process involved a nominating phase, begun in November 2014, which led to a beginning list of about 320 players." - How does a player get nominated? Who generally does the nominating?

Why isn't there more Minnesotan's on this roster, I just see one backup goalie listed. I'm not sure what the selection process is but I would imagine there was top talent here in MN missed... Can someone explain how USA Hockey works? http://u18mensworlds.usahockey.com/news_article/show/500432?refer...

What's the beef about a fee? Who else should pay if not the the users (skaters)? This isn't taxpayer funded pro sports.

You can rest easy about Hermantown. This is Mahtomedi's year.. and next. Been tracking this team for awhile.

How many sheets of ice do Mahtomedi youth have access to? I.e. Is it a one sheet association or more?

It's been awhile since there's been a whopper upset in Section play. I'm picking LDC over Luverne for section title.

In a nutshell: Crazy/Entitled parents that Coach would not entertain. Backstabbing Assistant Coaches that did entertain. Pathetic Administration. None of which care about inflicting damage on the integrity and reputation of an extremely good person. I heard other than this. How is anybody supposed ...

Anybody know where I can find U18 AAA scores from Duluth tourney Oct 24 - 26?

cigar wrote:
Sats,

LN will have more than 7 d-1 players...

Are these homegrown LN players, or transfers-in from various youth associations?

Gerrit van Bergin new coach at Delano. Coached JV's previously.

Waconia has a bright future. Bantams were a strong bunch last year.

Brock Nelson[/quote]

Common sense would have to say that most outstate players (especially slam-dunks like Nelson) wouldn't bother with this kind of stuff. Invited, but declined.

Money grab - plain and simple. If you and your kid aren't connected to the right people, you're wasting your money. Kids that did virtually nothing in the festival, make the final 54. Shameful. Okay. What players in the past have not made it to the Final 54, but have later on made it to D1 - meanin...