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Skatin', yep, the Irish were still in the box way too much, but believe it or not they cut their penalty minutes in half each year that Micheletti was there. Make no mistake, this program was heading in the right direction and QUICK! They beat Chaska, Lakeville, Burnsville, and Eastview in the Lake ...

The Rosemount hockey community is growing, and from what I saw last year, and what their Bantam team did a year ago, the DO have some very good talent in the program. These are the early years of what I think will eventually be a top-notch Lake Conference team like Apple Valley, Jefferson, and Eden ...

Diskman, no need to pull that bs. The kid doesn't play for Rosemount anymore... your statement has no validity... none at all. Completely uncalled for in my opinion. <p></p><i></i>

Lighten up pal... that was meant to be a little sarcastic humor there. All I'm saying is to stop the rumor mill, because it's pretty clear that nobody that has posted on this subject is on the "inside". Tell me if I'm wrong Shutout. Maybe you are on the inside and maybe you're not, but if ...

I don't believe that the hiring of Macho was the last straw for Don... Macho was hired a while ago wasn't he? Could that have been an issue? Yes. Could there be a hundred other things that could have done it? Absolutely. We can talk about it all we want on here, but until somebody hears directly fro...

I think that family structure is the main reason for the problems we have getting kids in the city to play hockey these days. It's not that parents and guardians in the city are bad, but there are three things that you see in the city that you don't see very much of in the suburbs: <br>1) Kids livin...

There's a waiver form that coaches can fill out and submit to the MSHSL granting them permission to coach some of their players outside of the regular season. This goes for all sports, so if a soccer coach will be working with his/her players in the spring, he/she must get approval from the MSHSL. I...

Zamman, I didn't say that all parents are not involved. You're obviously doing a great job, as well as all of the other kids you're around. My statement had more to do with non-hockey players, or non-athletes, or even musicians of any kind. Some schools are better than others at getting parents invo...

A big part of the change has been parental/family/guardian involvement in the public schools. Teachers and administrators are beginning to make efforts to get parents more involved, but, especially with the recent influx of immigrants, parents (not everybody! SOME) have been more apt to want teacher...

I never said they don't lecture in private schools, I said that many teachers with 30+ kids in their class are forced to resort to this kind of teaching EVERY DAY! What I AM saying is that the private schools that I listed prepare kids for college better than most public schools, even here in Minnes...

Typically, smaller classes lead to a more challenging, and active learning environment for a student. The best students MAY not reach their full potential when going to classes where the teacher has to worry about 30 or 40 kids. Cut that number in half and a good teacher will be able to get much mor...

Pretty much looking to see what Lake Conference players made it. <p></p><i></i>

Packerboy, you're right... there are many factors that effect quality of education. Some kids fit better in smaller private/parochial schools, others fit better in big public schools. It's an individual choice. You can get a great education at both public and private, and I didn't mean to say that o...

I think that the basic rule is that once a family shows interest in the school by contacting the admissions department (or whatever it may be called in high schools) the coach, AD, players, and anybody associated with the school can contact the kid and the family about coming to school there. I woul...

Does anyone know what players made the Northern Lights as a split season Junior B/High School player? <p></p><i></i>

Yep... tight jerseys and cooperalls! You gotta love it!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

It's impossible to have a perfect system with this whole thing. It's too bad that a co-op program has to count the enrollments of all schools involved, but what else are you going to do? At least these kids are getting an opportunity to play high school hockey. St. Paul would have 2 teams (Como and ...

We have so far heard JACK SQUAT about the reasons that Coach Nitti was not brought back. A couple of non-credible ramblings about this and that, but does anyone who has anything to do with Nitti's "letting go" have the guts to come out and defend themselves? A couple of disgruntled former ...

He's the real deal eh? <p></p><i></i>

George's shoe repair one Grand Avenue in St. Paul used to do all of that a hundred years ago... don't know if they still do. <p></p><i></i>

That's awesome stuff. Congrats to the Minnesota boys! You make us proud! I'd wish luck to the Sioux, but, can't... go Gopher's! <p></p><i></i>

Are they having the Bloomington JV tourney this weekend, or was it last? <p></p><i></i>

If parents have ANYTHING to do with what players end up on what team (A, B1, B2, C) your local hockey association needs to get with the times. Most associations have outsiders, people who don't know any of the players and have no connection to the area hockey teams, come in and evaluate players. Thi...

The transfer rules apply to private schools as well... on a second transfer the family must have moved close to the school, otherwise the player must sit out for half of the season.<br><br>As far as Virginia goes, talk to some people about how good they "could have been" in the mid-late 90...

Great point! I wonder how many of the Mounds View parents had the guts to call Nitti, or talk to him in person about their problems/questions. I have a lot of respect for parents who are able to sit down and talk about this stuff with the coach! If they're going strait to the AD with their grievance...