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Refs have a tough job, so I try not to rip on them, and I trust their opinion on this topic. My one issue is how refs are assigned for regions. We were in a northern town for regions last year and got knocked out in a game in which a local crew of officials were assigned to a game in which we played...

North Star Christian Academy in Alexandria was a plan in the works years ago before hockey entered the picture. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, has run camps in Alexandria the past 3 years. They experienced such great support from the people in Alexandria, that when FCA Hockey was looking for ...

This link: http://proximityone.com/mn_sdc.htm Gives population data for each school district in the state, including breakdown of ages of the population. I am curious if associations are fed primarily from the school district it is attached to?? For Alexandria, we show a school district population o...

I used to feel sorry for myself that my parents never came to any of my youth, or high school football, basketball, baseball games. I guess I was lucky. Sad story. Unbelievable that someone, somewhere did not step forward to help him as a child. Kudos to Patrick for writing this, and to grey beard f...

Skelton? She played U12A for Andover. I know that she played at MN Made (Super League 1&2) for at least 2 years prior to last year (not 100% if played there last year or not). She is a nice kid and a great player. IMO would make 75% or more of the Varsity teams in the state. Ok a month in, stil...

A couple of years ago, I was working with a guy that was an Edina resident. I was telling about a boy (99') my son had played with and mentioned that his family moved to Edina just for the hockey. He looked over at me with disdain and says, "you do not MOVE to Edina, (pause)..... You Achieve E...

I'm not going to get into regurgitating all of the science.but you can find it by googling Dr Stuart PeeWee Checking. I think when you read his information it's fairly obvious holding off on all out checking until Bantams is pretty much a no brainer. There's a reason that both the U.S. And Canada a...

I guess I'll say it.. Massive naturally equals success. I rolled my eyes the whole time while having to read the "hockey town Minnesota" article in LPH a few weeks ago.. Great success, but can't touch Roseau per capita. Great video and all, but Roseau is the pinnacle of historical success...

Is this the swan song year for St. Cloud Tech hockey? Are they merging with Apollo next year?

I'm not saying playing in AA at youth levels is an advantage for Hermantown, what I'm saying is that they opt-up to AA at all youth levels, so why wouldn't they play AA in high school? They are the only school that plays AA in youth and A in high school. If they are good enough to opt up all throug...

They allow open enrollment and are in a metro area of 150,000 people, where there are three AA teams, one of the largest A teams, and another A team, all within 10 minute driving distance from Hermantown. Small base? Hardly. Hermantown has a GREAT program. I and others have never disputed this. Wou...

Sorry, but a 30 second search on YHH reveals that just two years ago Hermantown beat Edina, Minnetonka, and Wayzata. (Along with East, Centennial, Elk River, in fact, 3-1-2 vs East that year.) And the year before that you beat LN, East, and Elk River, not to mention regular wins each year over othe...

Below are Plante's quotes from a story in the Star and Tribune in March. “No, we’re not going up to double A. So far it’s been up to me and what we do with our hockey program – our amateur people. We’ve been talking about it this winter a little bit but we only had 37 guys come out for our team thi...

Below are Plante's quotes from a story in the Star and Tribune in March. “No, we’re not going up to double A. So far it’s been up to me and what we do with our hockey program – our amateur people. We’ve been talking about it this winter a little bit but we only had 37 guys come out for our team this...

Sorry, but a 30 second search on YHH reveals that just two years ago Hermantown beat Edina, Minnetonka, and Wayzata. (Along with East, Centennial, Elk River, in fact, 3-1-2 vs East that year.) And the year before that you beat LN, East, and Elk River, not to mention regular wins each year over othe...

in my opinion the AA / A system is set up for only 1 weekend a year. State Tournament time. To get away from the A teams playing an All AA schedule, until section time, they should make it mandatory that if you claim to be an A team your schedule needs to reflect that. At least half, or more, of th...

in my opinion the AA / A system is set up for only 1 weekend a year. State Tournament time. To get away from the A teams playing an All AA schedule, until section time, they should make it mandatory that if you claim to be an A team your schedule needs to reflect that. At least half, or more, of th...

I don't understand all the "Hermantown must move to AA" angst. Is 6 straight trips to the state tourney finals impressive? Of course, but how many times have they won it all? Until they run off 3-4 championships in a short period of time, I think let them play where they want to. Should Ea...

St. Paul, Stillwater and Brainerd would all be teams worthy of competing for a state tournament birth but with the two equal A team its a totally different deal and St. Paul isn't even fielding a team because of the blowout due to this rule. These designations should be Minnesota Hockey, not distri...

Wow, usually after a few days, and time to think, irrational people settle down and stop complaining. Really, who cares? When we, as Minnesota Hockey parents are pissing and moaning about a tryout for a team of 12 year olds??? :shock: Get over it. You are doing your family and your association an in...

I would be surprised if this pilot program is renewed next year. I don't think this program was fully vetted. It was communicated that the HS coaches were behind this, and it sounds like this was not the case. It is a complete mess in several associations in outstate minnesota. I think MN Hockey wil...

As we laugh at your every post... So you saying little falls being a contender was being serious??? I'm saying that pretty much any team could have won this section last year and LF brings back quite a bit. Add in a pretty darn good A Bantam team (was there a better public Bantam team in this group...

Long term planning, baby. District 15 is struggling a bit in girls hockey. Brainerd has always been a leader, but is fielding no u12 team at all this year. The total number of girls travel teams have been static at best the past 5 years. Part of the problem out state is that as the girls programs gr...

Forget Metro. Go North and experience true Minnesota Hockey, where you play association hockey with your classmates, without nearly as much political bs. Moorhead, Roseau, Warroad, Grand Forks, Alexandria... pick one. None of these towns will target your family like you would experience in the Metro...

IMHO, I am unsure that our entire parental group is to blame for this overuse issue. If we are, it is due to our willingness to buy in to the corporatization of youth sports. Really, unless your kid is a "natural" stud athlete, you feel the pressure from your peers to participate more, in ...