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No one really believes that world-class athletes are SIMPLY genetically gifted OR hard-working right? And no one believes the Beatles were great just because of their endless gigs in Germany. Interesting points here, though: Elite athletes are often already pre-screened and self-selected by large po...

Not sure which United AAA team services Southeast/South metro, maybe the 01 Bauer Vapor cover that territory -- a nice little team that's made the championship round in most of their open tournaments this summer. United also put together an 01 all-star team for the Easton Invite, and they played for...

No, they overpaid. $26 million for 2 sheets of ice and a dome. The builder saw them coming. There is no way to generate enough revenue from the 3 surfaces to pay for it. $13-$15 million could have been doable but the surfaces need to be busy all of the prime hours and much of the spring and summer ...

This has come up on the board before. It's hard to reconcile this with the supposed shortage of ice around the Twin Cities. Did they overbuild? Next question: How about Bernie buys it???? http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_23800298/troubled-vadnais-sports-center-up-sale Troubled Vadnais Sports C...

Interesting that "total transparency" at Edina means kids wear their jerseys with names prominently on the back. Is this an acknowledgement that the name is actually factored into the evaluation??? [Surprises exactly no one.] In spite of what sometimes is said on this board, I've heard tha...

No Hammer from East Ridge but the HM part timer makes an "Elite" roster after a half a varsity season. And Driscoll can't make the SE roster? Good humor and the political process at its best. The delay in posting goalies was needed for some wheeling and dealing. Uh, not arguing the point ...

Don't feel strongly one way or the other about transfer rules. It's obvious that there are ways around 'em that people take advantage of all the time. But as long as we're talking about the Brothers Roo -- I will say they're great players who haven't really gotten the respect they might have at a 6A...

Repost: FHIT hockey at the HBTC used to be a really good program. Seems like since they have lost many key members of their staff in the last two years, it has really gone downhill. Anyone know what is going on with this place? They can no longer offer the EVO program, since they have no one on sta...

Thanks for bumping this topic... last year we got started early on Elite League rants. This year not so much. Top of my head, surprised to see them finally put a couple 1A kids in from the south. Normally you don't see anyone who isn't from Lourdes, so good on Mankato West. As mentioned on the 2013-...

On the cost issue, I'd be interested to hear what baseball costs. OP says "baseball fields are free," and of course they are. But that doesn't keep travel soccer from being really expensive! (Often same fields, or at least same complexes). A very interesting distinction is that soccer seem...

MrBoDangles wrote:Refer to the list of Minnesota players that have done something in the league

Stop hiding from reality

OMG what a troll.

Practice players usually pay less, since they're not ponying up for tournament entry fees. At least that's the rationale I've heard in the past, and some parents appreciate the savings while getting the same practice time. (The kids generally wish they could play in a game or two, naturally.) Practi...

I'll bite on this one. In theory, it's smart to roll four lines if the goal is to beat a good opponent that has only three lines (or even two in some of these summer tourneys). In practice, though, these games are often closely contested and as the game goes on the bench gets shorter and shorter. S...

MrBoDangles wrote:
When will we see a Backes type from Ediner?

When will we see another Backes type from Spring Lake Park?

I'll bite on this one. In theory, it's smart to roll four lines if the goal is to beat a good opponent that has only three lines (or even two in some of these summer tourneys). In practice, though, these games are often closely contested and as the game goes on the bench gets shorter and shorter. So...

O2 Blades win, 00 Orange win, and 03 Blades take second. Not a bad weekend for our boys up there. I predicted these 3 to win and was chided for homerism. I also chose the 99 Falcons to win and they got 2nd. That's the good with my picks. My 04 and 01 Champ picks both finished second division. :oops...

O2 Blades win, 00 Orange win, and 03 Blades take second. Not a bad weekend for our boys up there. I predicted these 3 to win and was chided for homerism. I also chose the 99 Falcons to win and they got 2nd. That's the good with my picks. My 04 and 01 Champ picks both finished second division. :oops...

Try asking people that are more informed than you. :idea: Since you continue to want to make this personal, let me say that LOTS of people are more informed than me, which is precisely why I am asking them, and NONE of them (so far) are seeing evidence to support your claim, including the people YO...

I have asked around and continue to field answers, but presently I have not heard anyone other than Bo claim that families are changing associations because of the AA/A split. The consensus (so far) has been that there are no more and no fewer moves or waivers than before the split. It seems the gra...

Well, you and Bo should get together. He can build the fence to prevent small associations from losing all their best players to neighboring AA associations, and you can dig the tunnel underneath the fence. Sounds like a perfect government program!

It sounds like you have a problem without a solution. In the interest of being helpful, I'll throw out two ideas: 1) If you're willing to drive to another community for their better development, go to Mn Made's Choice League. Love 'em or hate 'em, they have a pretty well proven development model and...

Not Edina, no. (That's the youth hockey equivalent of calling someone a Nazi, of course, and therefore the conversation is over. Heh.) But point taken. What you're really saying is that key players will migrate to AA programs, but there was nothing keeping those kids from leaving before for competit...

Minnesota's best asset is our hockey culture and the thousands of kids that enter community-based associations every year as mites. It's a system worth defending with good rules (including the residency rule) and managament, as well as quality coach training. So in this system, how does MNH ensure ...

Thanks for informing them for me, fellas. We really need to add a AAA and AAAA level so that the movement can get even better. Every one of the states 8 AAAA associations will get auto bids to the AAAA State Tournament...... We can just let Hockey in the rest of the state wither away with our new e...

Once again, you guys aren;t actually reading the articles posted by the OP. If you had, you'd be discussing the actual scientific studies conducted in Canada which show no increase in injuries at Bantam when comparing provinces that have banned checking at Peewees compared to provinces that have not...