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Muck- If you need to know I addressed this with Min/Wis. I was assured that they turned down the offer to play in this tourney and handed it off to another coach within the program. He is creating a pick up team using Min/Wis jerseys borrowed on short notice. The kids all have to pay extra if they ...

Here is the straight story... First of all if you look at who is driving the two threads about the Alliance it is Judge and Jury. Judge and Jury is a guy named Pat Ne____. I won't finish his last name because I don't want to name names. And it is not his buddy freinds kid it his own, as we all have...

Muck- If you need to know I addressed this with Min/Wis. I was assured that they turned down the offer to play in this tourney and handed it off to another coach within the program. He is creating a pick up team using Min/Wis jerseys borrowed on short notice. The kids all have to pay extra if they w...

Time to let it go.

I've been reading all of this, and I have to add a few comments. My hockey-parent times where of the time with Bernie's MN '88 team. My son didn't play for Bernie but he did play against him. He is now playing D1 hockey on scholarship, so there is still hope besides playing for MM. However, he (Ber...

Muck- No need for names. If this team was weak Mernie McHockey wouldn't invite us to play in his tourney. He's all about making his tourney the best tourney in town. (which is fine) Once again he invited a team to play but part of the agreement with this team is the fact they cannot bring kids that ...

watchdog wrote:if i cant get my kid into the alliance i'm gona lose it!!!!!! can anyone help?

Call 1-800-MernieMcHockey with any questions. If you have the money he'll set you up. It seems the more you spend the more important you are.

The Alliance was and is still in play - Showcase, Minnesota Made and the other Alliance teams use the Alliance concept when it is beneficial to their programs but there are definitely cracks starting to appear in the unification of Showcase, Minnesota Made, Monopoly and Cyclones/Legacy/whatever the...

Mernie McHockey is trying to create the best tourney in town and using the alliance to do it. He's trying to make the Stars and Stripes tourney the real deal. Problem is he's already inviting non-alliance teams to play in it. I heard one out of town team is using metro area non-alliance kids to pla...

I suggest that you make an appointment with Mernie McHockey. His secret is to have the kids skate about 2 hours a day up and down the ice learning through repetition. If you spend money on each and every clinic he offers your son will become a solid player. You can only hope that some day your sons...

I think all Deuce teams are playing Invites and the Snipers and Grinders teams all play open tourneys not positive? Keep in mind that Mernie McHockey makes sure to keep the Deuce parents well informed that their kids are just about ready to make the Machine with a little more work and more clinics....

Like I said believe what you want. I can only tell you what happened to my buddy. His kid is not allowed to play with his new team and Bernie used the alliance story to keep two players out of the tourney. With being part of Minnesota made for the past two years I know Mernie McHockey is more than ...

Like I said believe what you want. I can only tell you what happened to my buddy. His kid is not allowed to play with his new team and Bernie used the alliance story to keep two players out of the tourney. With being part of Minnesota made for the past two years I know Mernie McHockey is more than p...

I think all Deuce teams are playing Invites and the Snipers and Grinders teams all play open tourneys not positive? Keep in mind that Mernie McHockey makes sure to keep the Deuce parents well informed that their kids are just about ready to make the Machine with a little more work and more clinics. ...

The invite level at a few levels maybe disappointing to some. Aren't they always? Some levels will always have stronger draws than others. But, again, I ask the question....if there is really an "alliance", where are the MM teams? I know Mernie McHockey believes in the alliance or at leas...

You can believe what you want. I still claim the Choice leagues are great but that's because the kids get more ice time throughout the winter. I have nothing against the Choice leagues it's the summer teams that are a joke. Keep in mind all year long the Machine team is the main focus at Minnesota m...

I know the 99 Snipers are playing in Invite tourneys in Duluth and O'Canada in May.

I was talking to someone "in the know" last night and he told me that the Alliance is "no more", in fact, it never officially "was". I realize that Capra still references it on the Easton website, but that doesn't mean anything. So all this complaining about something ...

Thanks!!! Still learning all of this stuff and different "types" of youth hockey, (its only taken me 9 years!!!) If you get time go listen to Mernie McHockey some time. He'll give you the sales pitch of a life time that he thinks all kids can be world class athletes if they devote time, e...

Nobama, although I like your name, I do not agree. Subway is one of the top tournaments in the summer. Check the web site, top Canadien teams plus most Machine and Blades teams. I'm not sure if you can find a better summer tourny. 96 Machine won the tourny in Detroit (Showdown in Motown). Machine a...

Thanks!!! Still learning all of this stuff and different "types" of youth hockey, (its only taken me 9 years!!!) If you get time go listen to Mernie McHockey some time. He'll give you the sales pitch of a life time that he thinks all kids can be world class athletes if they devote time, e...

Nobama, although I like your name, I do not agree. Subway is one of the top tournaments in the summer. Check the web site, top Canadien teams plus most Machine and Blades teams. I'm not sure if you can find a better summer tourny. 96 Machine won the tourny in Detroit (Showdown in Motown). Machine a...

Clarification - The Icemen are not part of the Alliance and never were. They were denied participation in the Alliance tournaments. The Blades are not part of the Alliance but are allowed to participate in Alliance tournaments. Good point! Some programs were not asked or chose not to be part of the...

I suggest that you make an appointment with Mernie McHockey. His secret is to have the kids skate about 2 hours a day up and down the ice learning through repetition. If you spend money on each and every clinic he offers your son will become a solid player. You can only hope that some day your sons ...

Maybe the alliance should call themselves AAAA or AAA+ hockey. Sorry, but AAA hockey in MN is now defined as: 1) non association managed, non MN hockey controlled OFF-SEASON hockey no coaching certification required no background checks needed if independent 2) non showcase spring/fall league game ...