This Weather is Terrible

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jg2112
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This Weather is Terrible

Post by jg2112 » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:06 am

And it effects MN Hockey. This is the second straight year where the availability of outdoor ice is being strangled by warmer weather. Last year it got cold for 2 weeks, and on Christmas Day my backyard rink was water. This year, even worse!

Where this harms the game is by removing another layer of creativity from youth and high school hockey learned on the "pond." If a youth metro player doesn't have access to the Roseville Oval or other outdoor refrigerated rinks, that player isn't getting the time on the ice to work on skills, be creative, or play pickup games that prior generations used to hone talent. And of course, you can't attract more players to the game by having informal get togethers on the local outdoor rink.

That outdoor creative time has typically been the separator for skill, since everyone this time of year has tons of practices and games. For kids currently in 5th to 8th grade, taking away this winter opportunity to work on their craft by themselves is a bummer.

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Re: This Weather is Terrible

Post by elliott70 » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:13 am

jg2112 wrote:And it effects MN Hockey. This is the second straight year where the availability of outdoor ice is being strangled by warmer weather. Last year it got cold for 2 weeks, and on Christmas Day my backyard rink was water. This year, even worse!

Where this harms the game is by removing another layer of creativity from youth and high school hockey learned on the "pond." If a youth metro player doesn't have access to the Roseville Oval or other outdoor refrigerated rinks, that player isn't getting the time on the ice to work on skills, be creative, or play pickup games that prior generations used to hone talent. And of course, you can't attract more players to the game by having informal get togethers on the local outdoor rink.

That outdoor creative time has typically been the separator for skill, since everyone this time of year has tons of practices and games. For kids currently in 5th to 8th grade, taking away this winter opportunity to work on their craft by themselves is a bummer.
That always gave the north the edge.
Maybe we will get that back - at your kids expense.
That would be to bad, but at least you are getting warm weather out of the deal.

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Re: This Weather is Terrible

Post by jg2112 » Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:13 pm

elliott70 wrote:
jg2112 wrote:And it effects MN Hockey. This is the second straight year where the availability of outdoor ice is being strangled by warmer weather. Last year it got cold for 2 weeks, and on Christmas Day my backyard rink was water. This year, even worse!

Where this harms the game is by removing another layer of creativity from youth and high school hockey learned on the "pond." If a youth metro player doesn't have access to the Roseville Oval or other outdoor refrigerated rinks, that player isn't getting the time on the ice to work on skills, be creative, or play pickup games that prior generations used to hone talent. And of course, you can't attract more players to the game by having informal get togethers on the local outdoor rink.

That outdoor creative time has typically been the separator for skill, since everyone this time of year has tons of practices and games. For kids currently in 5th to 8th grade, taking away this winter opportunity to work on their craft by themselves is a bummer.
That always gave the north the edge.
Maybe we will get that back - at your kids expense.
That would be to bad, but at least you are getting warm weather out of the deal.
It's funny that I wrote this almost two months ago and now it shows up again during a warm spell. Dang it!

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