Ice Edge to have 3 Elite Teams at Most levels?
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Ice Edge to have 3 Elite Teams at Most levels?
My question is this...How is that possible. How can one group have three Elite teams. If I recall their teams had a hard time in most tournaments this summer.
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I've heard that there is one invite level team at each age group. I think the organization needs to clarify. But this being their first go at this, lets give them some time to clarify some details which has been somewhat lacking.Yakunin wrote:It's tough enough to have 1 good team let alone THREE! The cost to play there I heard is also is $2000. Teams are basically open level teams and at that price no thanks!
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So did the blue team turn into the grey? I heard they were going to have black, orange and grey. I also heard that orange and grey were equal in terms of talent/tourney registration and that black was invite.Pro Ice Edge wrote:Yes they will be having 3 teams at each age level. the Ice Edge black will be an invite team, the Ice Edge blue will be an open / invite, and the Ice Edge orange will be an open team.
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Honestly, I am confused. Is this the same organization that had more than one team called "Ice Edge Elite" this summer at tourneys??? (I believe orange and black [maybe blue {honestly not sure}]) (*honk if you love parenthetical citations*)keepurheadup wrote:So did the blue team turn into the grey? I heard they were going to have black, orange and grey. I also heard that orange and grey were equal in terms of talent/tourney registration and that black was invite.Pro Ice Edge wrote:Yes they will be having 3 teams at each age level. the Ice Edge black will be an invite team, the Ice Edge blue will be an open / invite, and the Ice Edge orange will be an open team.
So now they will be known as:
Ice Edge Black (invite)
Ice Edge Blue (invite / open)
Ice Edge Orange (open)
right??? So, only difference is that they are correctly dropping the word "Elite" from their brand.
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No they're all still called "Elite" teams. Orange was the invite level last year and blue was the open...MnMade-4-Life wrote:Honestly, I am confused. Is this the same organization that had more than one team called "Ice Edge Elite" this summer at tourneys??? (I believe orange and black [maybe blue {honestly not sure}]) (*honk if you love parenthetical citations*)keepurheadup wrote:So did the blue team turn into the grey? I heard they were going to have black, orange and grey. I also heard that orange and grey were equal in terms of talent/tourney registration and that black was invite.Pro Ice Edge wrote:Yes they will be having 3 teams at each age level. the Ice Edge black will be an invite team, the Ice Edge blue will be an open / invite, and the Ice Edge orange will be an open team.
So now they will be known as:
Ice Edge Black (invite)
Ice Edge Blue (invite / open)
Ice Edge Orange (open)
right??? So, only difference is that they are correctly dropping the word "Elite" from their brand.
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Two years ago Ice Edge offered the Blue team. This year another group from Minnesota made brought in their own team. Ice Edge called this team Ice Edge Orange.
It just happens that the newest Elite team was better than the existing one. So Ice Edge program elected to shut down the Blue and Orange teams to start up one Elite team coached by Lee Smith.
They also plan on offering up two more teams.
First team will play better invite tournaments
Second team will play weaker invite tournements
Third team will play open tournaments
The Orange team was the better of both teams. The core group of Orange players split up this year.
One to Machine Black
Two to Velocity
Two to Reebok Nationals
Two years ago Ice Edge offered the Blue team. This year another group from Minnesota made brought in their own team. Ice Edge called this team Ice Edge Orange.
It just happens that the newest Elite team was better than the existing one. So Ice Edge program elected to shut down the Blue and Orange teams to start up one Elite team coached by Lee Smith.
They also plan on offering up two more teams.
First team will play better invite tournaments
Second team will play weaker invite tournements
Third team will play open tournaments
The Orange team was the better of both teams. The core group of Orange players split up this year.
One to Machine Black
Two to Velocity
Two to Reebok Nationals
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The Blue Team beat the Orange Team 2 times out of 3 while their best player was out with an injury. The Orange team was not better.Irish wrote:99 Level:
Two years ago Ice Edge offered the Blue team. This year another group from Minnesota made brought in their own team. Ice Edge called this team Ice Edge Orange.
It just happens that the newest Elite team was better than the existing one. So Ice Edge program elected to shut down the Blue and Orange teams to start up one Elite team coached by Lee Smith.
They also plan on offering up two more teams.
First team will play better invite tournaments
Second team will play weaker invite tournements
Third team will play open tournaments
The Orange team was the better of both teams. The core group of Orange players split up this year.
One to Machine Black
Two to Velocity
Two to Reebok Nationals
The new Black team is 90% from the Blue. I dont think either team was very good at the elite level. This black team really didnt draw an upgrade in talent, its 90% Blue and 1 or 2 Orange with 1 or 2 new kids. A nice program, but an average invite level program at best.
Honestly I think they were about the same. Ice Edge is a great program, but both teams were lacking depth.
With Lee Smith coaching the new Elite team, I thought they were going to land some good talent. I know there was some interest, but players went else where.
Ice Edge have some good people running their program. Not to mention they're located right in the heart of Minnesota Hockey.
With Lee Smith coaching the new Elite team, I thought they were going to land some good talent. I know there was some interest, but players went else where.
Ice Edge have some good people running their program. Not to mention they're located right in the heart of Minnesota Hockey.
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I know they picked up a couple of quality players from our middling-to-bad United AAA team. Good luck to 'em, they seem to be putting on a good push at younger levels. Good to see Bloomington kids trying to re-establish their proud tradition.Irish wrote:Honestly I think they were about the same. Ice Edge is a great program, but both teams were lacking depth.
With Lee Smith coaching the new Elite team, I thought they were going to land some good talent. I know there was some interest, but players went else where.
Ice Edge have some good people running their program. Not to mention they're located right in the heart of Minnesota Hockey.