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- Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:22 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
You mean your system doesn't allow for the sitting president to have the final word on which names are or are not on the ballot? Someone from outside the good ol' boys network can be nominated from the floor, and written in, but that announcement doesn't get made until a good portion of the ballots...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:41 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
On of my sons played rather consistently on B teams. That is where he belonged. BTW... I was board president. On these teams there was always a group that thought their kids belonged at the higher level. They were convinced that the tryouts were rigged. Funny thing is that our B teams were never tha...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:17 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
4 - The underlying assumption is that your judges, coaches and board members are all liars. All of them? Yes. I am envious of you and others that have a board made up of benvolent leaders. It must be wonderful existing in such a utopia - I mean it, really wonderful. For some, however, it is possibl...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
Board tainted tryouts make a few assumptions. 1 - That the try out judges care a wit about what the board wants. In most cases these are volunteers reluctantly agreeing to do a job that no one else wants. You must also assume that they are liars. 2 - That your board is united and can get the liars t...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryouts
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19859
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:03 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Recruiting Mites
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10745
How many families that can't pay 100.00 for mite hockey consume 1000.00 worth of Mountain Dew a year? If it were not such a book keeping problem associations would be better off to charge per session for mite hockey. In our assn we have a ton of folks that can't figure out that 100.00 once is a muc...
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Recruiting Mites
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10745
How many families that can't pay 100.00 for mite hockey consume 1000.00 worth of Mountain Dew a year? If it were not such a book keeping problem associations would be better off to charge per session for mite hockey. In our assn we have a ton of folks that can't figure out that 100.00 once is a much...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:19 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Recruiting Mites
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10745
Our school district quit letting groups do handouts to the kids. I don't think we as hockey parents do ourselves any favors when we go on and on about how expensive the sport is. The one thing that non-hockey families know is how expensive the sport it. When you ask them how much... they can't answe...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:18 pm
- Forum: AAA Hockey
- Topic: AAA - What's the point?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8259
Re: AAA - What's the point?
I voted training, but the real reason for my kids was that they loved it. New friends, hotel, pizza. I enjoy that as well.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:15 pm
- Forum: AAA Hockey
- Topic: Silence
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14013
Re: Silence
Has everyone kind of moved on from posting about AAA hockey on this site? We've had a few spring tournaments now but nothing about them mentioned around here. People in Minnesota just don't seem to get that into AAA hockey. It's kind of a letdown after an Association season . It is a good way to st...
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:33 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Off-Season Hockey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7352
I am a parent who loves to attend every practice. I also love to watch tryouts. I just watch. I have my nightly bottle of pop and catch up on local events. I will admit to fishing for the the funny stories of hockey parent angst. I love to watch tryouts. My favorite part is watching parents slowly u...
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:24 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: AAU Hockey Growing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9563
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:05 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Wake up call on Chewing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5556
Not many kids on this msg board No, just their parents. 1/2 of my son's HS team chews. I liked the article and am thankful it was posted so that I could share it with my kids. Are your kids chewers? Not that I am aware of. They don't text and drive either......... I keep encouraging them to make go...
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:56 am
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Wake up call on Chewing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5556
- Wed May 07, 2014 9:01 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Let's Play Hockey Article - In defense of Minneapolis Hockey
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14693
- Wed May 07, 2014 12:31 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Let's Play Hockey Article - In defense of Minneapolis Hockey
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14693
- Sun May 04, 2014 1:13 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Let's Play Hockey Article - In defense of Minneapolis Hockey
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14693
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:12 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryout ?s
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10197
I was once run up the flag pole because you could read a kids name on the back of his jersey through the somewhat translucent tryout penny. The kid was the tallest kid in our assn and skated like an ostrich. You could have put him in the Mr. Kool-Aid suit and everyone involved would still know who i...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:05 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Open enrollment happening at the youth hockey level
- Replies: 65
- Views: 37063
I was on the board years ago. My youngest is now a Jr in HS. We did participate in AAA in the summer, loved it. As a non athlete myself I was glad when my kids asked to play. I was looking for some physical fitness and character building that I always heard was found in sports. The fitness came, but...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:01 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryout ?s
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10197
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:54 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Open enrollment happening at the youth hockey level
- Replies: 65
- Views: 37063
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:29 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Open enrollment happening at the youth hockey level
- Replies: 65
- Views: 37063
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:28 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Tryout ?s
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10197
I have always thought that it would be better if MN Hockey would lighten up a bit on the roster requirements. Tryouts are much less of a big deal at high school because of the way a player can move from JV to V and the visa versa. I think it would promote better play as well. If Little Johnny Super ...
- Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:08 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Small Organization Fee Structure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3931
Our small assn does a rough calculation of what it costs to run each team including ice, tournaments, games etc and divides that over the average number of players. People complain. They take the time to figure out that this team got an hour more ice than that team, etc. I know of some associations ...