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I believe that there is a reason for every rule. I speculate that when icing was created the hockey people quickly realized that during penalty situations the game got bogged down by whistles and therefore made a rule allowing icing during penalty situations in order to keep the game flowing. That's...

Elliott, you probably know this, back when I was a young hockey player (70s and 80s) for some reason I thought that MAHA was not a part of AHAUS (USA Hockey) and then joined AHAUS at some point. Am I wrong there? Was MAHA ever just a stand alone body? As far as the age bands go, I hear that South Da...

As an official I do hope common sense plays into this decision when MN Hockey votes on this. Teams will still Ice the puck. This just means we will have more ref's chasing the puck and more faceoff's. Most of us have been around this game long enough to know coaches / parents / players would prefer...

No checking at Bantams is going to be a non-starter. USA Hockey will just be handing over the sport to AAU if they go down that road. They've pretty much already handed over Mite hockey to AAU in large swaths of the country. Not sure they should go that route.

Elliot, any concern that getting rid of checking at Bantam C will cause associations to just classify their lowest team as B2? Isn't there already a lot of movement away from the C classification? Or is it in hopes that more associations will offer C teams since there might be some demand by parents...

Penalty kill, even strength, it doesn't matter, if my players are under intense pressure in our end and we're running out of gas they have the green light to ice the puck any time, especially our defenseman. I'd rather deal with a face-off than the puck end up in the back of the net. Now, with this ...

The rule change applies to Bantams on down.

Great (sarcasm). Any other fundamental (to the game) rule changes we can look forward to? Did they also pass the rule getting rid of calling the divisions Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee, Bantam, and Midgets?

Bumping this thread for Elliot. USA Hockey's Annual Meeting was this weekend and there were several rule change proposals being considered. Anything new pass? I've Googled but haven't found a press release or news story about any changes. I've seen one online. At the youth levels (U14 and below) th...

Bumping this thread for Elliot. USA Hockey's Annual Meeting was this weekend and there were several rule change proposals being considered. Anything new pass? I've Googled but haven't found a press release or news story about any changes.

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. I welcome any other input. The reason I ask these questions is because I am always searching for ideas and philosophies that make programs successful. Looking at the Fargo/Moorhead area, you have an area that is kind of isolated out west, with only a ri...

Could be, except I was told by people in the EGF, GF, and Moorhead associations that kids do not cross the river. It's actually a matter of pride. No way you move across the river.

Anecdotal evidence, I know. Just what I was told.

Kind of an off the wall question/discussion topic that is related to the USHL Draft because that is what made me think of this. I don't want to derail this thread, but I don't think that will be an issue since there has not been any discussion here yet. I was recently up in North Dakota and driving ...

I guess I'm a bit skeptical. It's hard for me to see something that makes transferring for athletics easier as a positive thing. You guys are discussing one scenario. There are many other scenarios out there where this isn't a positive for the sport of hockey. I'd like to hear those other scenarios...

Has anyone heard of the proposed new MSHL rule that would allow students to transfer to a new school (receiver) if the current school (sender) signs off on the transfer much like what happens in the NCAA transfers. The student would be eligible to play varsity sports without sitting out a year. I h...

Then I would argue this: Either the public school kids must be allowed to participate in their regional parochial association, or parochial kids are prohibited from playing in the community association. Without that stipulation, you're creating a two tier system by default. I would agree with what ...

I'm not blowing up the community based model. But I am saying that communities exist that aren't on your map of boundaries for youth hockey associations. There is an entire Catholic grade school community that exists. All I am saying is that the parochial school system could come up with a model whe...

Yes, I am talking about setting up a MN Hockey sanctioned team with overlapping geographic boundaries. The qualifier for a player to play for that team would be that they would need to be a student in a feeder school to that private high school. Play where you live OR PLAY WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL. Yo...

So the public school association had all the power and voted against allowing the private school to form their own association? Shocking. Shouldn't have even been DAHA's decision to make. As for everything else, I did not know MN Hockey had no rules against it. That's good to know. So how would one ...

Easy one. No school sponsored youth teams. Schools currently hosting youth hockey teams should be shut down immediately. No exceptions! Minnesota Hockey further opened up Pandora's box when they introduced Pee Wee and Bantam AA & A designations and established a stronger link between the youth ...

The College has no risk in trying to get all the kids it can to commit to its school. They do not have to honor it. It merely is the process of filling your stable and hoping that a racehorse comes out the other end. That's not true. Mike Eaves was an over-recruiter and it ultimately cost him his j...

Why do these kids commit early and limit their options? Sure, it might be their dream school. I understand they have the option of decommiting as well. But committing early decreases contact you have with other schools and staffs and puts a limit on your options. Also, what are the schools thinking?...

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If replay isn't used during the regular season or sectionals I don't see why it should be used in the finals. Even if the technology is there to do it, the games are being played under a different rule system than the one used throughout the entire season. Totally disagree: if the technology is the...

If replay isn't used during the regular season or sectionals I don't see why it should be used in the finals. Even if the technology is there to do it, the games are being played under a different rule system than the one used throughout the entire season.