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bgarge
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jv. vs bantams

Post by bgarge » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:16 am

Our local association is having a# problem and our var. coach wants bantams to move to jv to keep a team. This would have to be for the next 5 yrs. Looking for thoughts which is more benifical to the players bantams or jv. This is the whole team not just top players so we would not have a bantam program.
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Post by Marty McSorely » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:38 am

Depends on the coaching and the teams your JV plays. If you have good coaching and your are playing teams that are = or better then your bantams play move them up. More practice time, an extra year of learning the systems are the big plus.

The down side is if the kids are under-sized.

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Post by tomASS » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:13 am

Marty McSorely wrote:Depends on the coaching and the teams your JV plays. If you have good coaching and your are playing teams that are = or better then your bantams play move them up. More practice time, an extra year of learning the systems are the big plus.

The down side is if the kids are under-sized.
another downside is fewer games.

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Post by Charliedog » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:17 am

Another downside is potentially less ice time during games. High school coaches don't have to play all kids equally.

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Post by RLStars » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:31 am

A plus would be on the parents part.

Regular pratice times and game nights. Less travel and money spent. No hotel and dining expenses, unless they are envolved in an away tournament, but thats usually only one.

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Post by Can't Never Tried » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:14 pm

I wouldn't give up your bantam years to play JV.
The out of town tournaments and more games, lead to more memories.
It may seem like it's a great but 50 games or 25???
But RL is correct there is a considerable cost savings, and you practice every day your not having a game, and right after school.

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Post by warriors2011 » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:34 pm

Charliedog wrote:Another downside is potentially less ice time during games. High school coaches don't have to play all kids equally.
well if u dont suck then u will still get a lot of ice time

like uve all been saying id rather practice right after school instead of 9 or 10 at night like most batams do and play 70 games and only haveing a couple practices a year would get tireing on ur body

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Post by George Blanda » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:05 pm

I loved Bantams. I could have gone to play high school (JV) as an eighth grader but opted for youth hockey.

In Bantams, I played against guys like Erik Johnson, Peter Mueller, Chad Rau, Phil Kessel, and countless other D-1 and professional players. You don't get that oppotunity playing JV high school.

Personally, I would rather see kids playing bantams than JV. But, like RL said, high school hockey cost me $200 bucks a year, or something like that, while youth hockey was in the thousands.
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Post by fiveforfighting » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:50 pm

moneywise JV makes sense, but playing bantam a, you will play against great future varsity players also
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ice time

Post by zamtheice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:59 pm

It is more inportant to get the ice time then sitting on the bench at the higher level.

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Re: ice time

Post by GreenHeart » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:09 pm

zamtheice wrote:It is more inportant to get the ice time then sitting on the bench at the higher level.
Better to play 60 + games at bantam A

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