Another Program Gone for Next Year

[blueliner5]

Sad North Metro no longer has the numbers to field a team. At one time the BPYHA had a strong program...as recently as 2003-2004 made it to Bantam A State.

Only positve is the NWSC will now be down to 10 teams (instead of 11) meaning 18 conference games and 7 non-con. (as opposed to 20 conf. games and 5 non-conf.) which is too high when you're limitied to 25 Regular Season games. Remaining NWSC teams are:

Andover
Anoka
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Coon Rapids
Elk River
Maple Grove
Osseo
Robbinsdale Armstrong

With Coon Rapids opening (exceptionally nice) new rink this year...hopefully they will begin rising again and the transfers will slow down (largely to Blaine)...the other 9 teams make for a very deep and tough conference.

Schedule wasn't that way with 20 and 5 for the lower teams. North Metro, CR and I think Anoka only played Blaine, ER, Centennial and MG once per season.

INCORRECT...you are confusing the NWSC with the Northern Conf...where some teams are only played once...and although Anoka isn't what it once was...keep in mind they did eliminate Centennial this year...so PLEASE don't clomp them in with a defunct program (NM) or a program recently hammered by defections to Blaine (CR).

And remember.... CR beat Anoka on there last regular season game. Even though they lost a handful of players to Blaine there were probably less than 5 games where they were not in it. Lost to Blaine 2x's 4-2 and 1 in OT. If, you take a look at there stats on Hockey Hub they had 3 players that reached the 20 point mark with the highest with 27. All 3 are ranked in the top 40 in NWSC. Placing 2nd to last place in the NWSC that is an accomplishment. You can single out CR, but hats off to the players that stayed within the school system where they began to play when they were in the youth program

[hockey59]

Schedule wasn't that way with 20 and 5 for the lower teams. North Metro, CR and I think Anoka only played Blaine, ER, Centennial and MG once per season.

INCORRECT...you are confusing the NWSC with the Northern Conf...where some teams are only played once...and although Anoka isn't what it once was...keep in mind they did eliminate Centennial this year...so PLEASE don't clomp them in with a defunct program (NM) or a program recently hammered by defections to Blaine (CR).

And remember.... CR beat Anoka on there last regular season game. Even though they lost a handful of players to Blaine there were probably less than 5 games where they were not in it. Lost to Blaine 2x's 4-2 and 1 in OT. If, you take a look at there stats on Hockey Hub they had 3 players that reached the 20 point mark with the highest with 27. All 3 are ranked in the top 40 in NWSC. Placing 2nd to last place in the NWSC that is an accomplishment. You can single out CR, but hats off to the players that stayed within the school system where they began to play when they were in the youth program

Glad to hear CR program is on the mend...aware they beat Anoka late in the year and gave Blaine a good game at sections...point is (while sad)NM folded...net result is NWSC in 2012-2013 even deeper and tougher (top to bottom)...with a max of 18 conf games (another positive development).