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Always interesting with recent grads, USHL draftees, and decisions by younger players. NAHL is not typically a youngster league. http://nahldraft.com/ NAHL was not traditionally a "youngster league" but the Janesville Jets have changed that mentality league wide and there has been a major...

Always interesting with recent grads, USHL draftees, and decisions by younger players. NAHL is not typically a youngster league. http://nahldraft.com/ NAHL was not traditionally a "youngster league" but the Janesville Jets have changed that mentality league wide and there has been a major...

That's a great list of players over at the YHH article. If the criteria is "this kid is a second-year Squirt due to his age," I think O. Moore from Irondale should be on the list. He was a difference maker on MV/I's PeeWee A team as a fifth-grader. If the criteria is "playing at the ...

Is mn team all from Mn. I know they have used goalie in the past from out of state. Not always.... as is the case with all the Brick charters you can take three players from outside your "area", which up there is the state of MN.... now MN is so deep they rarely if ever "need" t...

When is Wisc. going to field Brick team. Must be coming. :idea: Honestly not enough quality depth in Wisconsin to field a team year in and year out.... that said I do wish the areas they've awarded charters to would have slightly broader reach. What I mean is the Chicago Jr Blackhawks for instance ...

Looks like they split with the Chicago Brick team in the Shuffle. Blades won in pool play. They then faced each other again in the championship game on Sunday with the Chicago team winning that one.

He marketed himself and played on other teams? What a novel idea 'If you're good enough they'll find you' infers that they had to go find this kid out in the corn fields. If he was noticed at a prospects camp where parents pay to have him play in front of scouts, but in the winter he went back to M...

These kids are in Mn. Not Kentucky/Chech. If anything baseball players in Mn get missed. And again, At a certain point mom and dad can't just write a check. You are probably correct but I still think jpiehls general point is correct and that not everyone lives in MN. I think my example of kids gett...

Jeff Parker was Drafted after Jr. Year from WBMariner., 1982. Buff. Sabs Scotty B. Bobby Orr town of 150. Boston stated watching "the Kid" when he was 12. Now the internet they will reach out to younger and younger players. Mommy and daddy can't buy the kids way into the NHL/MLB/NFL yada....

Jeff Parker was Drafted after Jr. Year from WBMariner., 1982. Buff. Sabs Scotty B. Bobby Orr town of 150. Boston stated watching "the Kid" when he was 12. Now the internet they will reach out to younger and younger players. Mommy and daddy can't buy the kids way into the NHL/MLB/NFL yada....

District 2 coach told kids same thing at HP Mon. night. These are the District "allstar teams that Bo talked about years ago. [ Where was Bo's cystal ball when I was filling out my hoops bracket ?] I somewhat loosely predicted this a year ago too - see below. Though I included Squirt, U10, PW,...

These teams will be the real AAA teams many have been calling for since the days of the Fire. This should give the kid from Pine city or Worthingtion or Blackduck the chance to play vs kids from Edina/EP/Tonka. Seems like a win-win to me. Great Job Mn hockey !!! North Dakota has a before and after ...

[/code] So... they fell JUST below powerhouses like Park (CG), and Shakopee - who each put up 2 varsity wins... Would anyone seriously believe that the Shattuck 16U squad was the 15th best team in the country, but the 18U program was only at a 240 ranking. Statistical analysis only carries any weig...

I figured, even though we are rivals, that good hockey people would appreciate this and would appreciate the Badgers being the quality they need to be for the good of the college game.

Tony Granato has been tabbed as the new men's head coach for the Wisconsin Badgers. While I think this is an excellent choice the even "bigger" news is that he has named Mark Osiecki and Don Granato as his two assistant coaches. That to me is HUGE. Don is unbelievably respected at the USNT...

jeffpv wrote:Just thought this was an interesting perspective from Trent Klatt who, after all, was the head amateur scout for the Islanders. At about 3:00, he states that there's no need for kids to leave their high school hockey team:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-trUsHzqvs

.... in Minnesota

Maybe..Who knows. It's a great discussion Repetition is very effective especially at a young age but I think to some degree it really only gives a lot of these kids a "head start" over the rest of the pack. At the end of the day if you are 5'7" and have perfect form going around thos...

No way JSR. Players are born with natural athletic ability. Ultimately, top player have that natural athletic ability. I can look at Squirt parents and can tell you which players have a chance to develop and which likely don't. Very few to zero made players in my opinion. It's a very subjective top...

I think the definition of "year around hockey" varies from parent to parent. Let's admit the standard is now Association hockey October - March...AAA hockey April and May then again in August. So is that year around hockey? maybe to some but not to others. For me, I define year around hoc...

My bad. I thought we were talking about improving and getting better. I didn't know we were talking about " Getting to the top". So.....if we're talking about "getting to the top"......then.......there's a good chance you are 99% nuts. Define what we are talking about then.... I...

One good litmus test is to find a handful of friends that have older kids playing Bantams or High School hockey Ask them if it's apparent now which kids in their sons age group played year round hockey when they were younger and if it appears to have benefitted them.......and which approach they to...

He is not even the best 2000 in the state let alone the country. Maybe 2-3 years ago but he has been passed by a bunch of people. It happens when you play bad hockey all year. Actually there are multiple ranking services out there and he does still sit a top at least one ranking service as the #1 f...

Iron Rangers history Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts Results Playoffs 2011-12 56 9 45 - 2 155 432 20 7th of 7 Lost Survivor Series, 0-2 (Clydesdales) 2012-13 56 26 28 - 2 161 194 54 5th of 5 Won Quarterfinals 2-1 (North Stars) Lost Semifinals, 0-4 (Wilderness) 2013-14 56 36 14 - 6 237 168 78 3rd of 6...

I agree with 90% of the stuff you just said. Let's make sure you are clear though about one thing. It's tickets purchased, not actual attendance. When they announce a crowd of 9800 at the gopher game that isn't actual attendance. I would be very curious to know the average attendance this year. I g...

BTW......did TEO take his Mandatory declarations system and go home? Still very curious to hear some takes on how widespread the problem really is...... Still here waiting for more relevant points to address. Minnesota Hockey is actually working on it. By late Spring they hope to have a proposal re...