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Muck has a good point along with others and I will echo it. Too many people want to put together "AAA" teams to satisfy parents cravings for their own athlete, and making money is definitely a part of it, but not for all of them I believe. Parents want opportunities for their kids and grav...

If the WBL bantams pay only $1800 and if you add the 5 tournaments the cost is about $2k per family. When you divide the $2K by lets given them 295 - 300 hours that equates to $6- 7 and hour per kid for ice. That is cheap, who is moving to WBL now??? I am sure my numbers are not as accurate but from...

jancze5 wrote:The kids are freaking MITES, what are they supposed to know?????

I move to vote this the "Most Idiotic Post March 2009".

I Second the entire motion and vote it "Most Idiotic Post - March 2009" as well.

Why do some of you get so bent out of shape when it comes to "true B teams". Its a geographical/community based argument that cannot be "fixed" to accomodate the few. If EP/Centennial/Lakeville had small programs like the Red Wings of our state, then they to would lose girls to h...

Here it is, straight from USA Hockey (website) Registration Season Date Change At the January, 2009 Winter Meeting, the USA Hockey Board of Directors reviewed the recommendation of the District Registrars to change the USA Hockey registration season to May 1 through April 30. This recommendation was...

Let's get real here!! If parents are choosing a school based upon hockey vs education at these age levels, then these parents have a different set of their own problems to deal with. I know, and those people would try to exploit the system. Why would you penalize a child in this manner for choosing...

The opportunity to "open enroll" in hockey will not lead to a mass exodus. How many families will actually open enroll and have the resources to deal with the transportation issues to get the child to school of their choice? Not many, however there will be a few. It is a very little "...

AULD - thank you for correcting, I appreciate it.

Why is there no boiler plate format for District play accross the state. I know quantity of teams is what may predicate the bracket/formula but lets have some sort of continuity. D6 has what looks like the best format. Double elimination. You have to lose twice to be out. Simple, easy and leaves out...

Play is play, wheather "chippy", playing hard, out working the opponent or however you want to put it. IMO - The kids play to play and deal with a opponents play however they see fit. I am happy we have a forum for debate dont get me wrong, but lets not let a one/two game(s) dictate a seas...

IMO - I am also happy to hear that MH is looking at this issue. Minnesota Department of Education has had open enrollment for many years and families have made the choice to send kids to other districts for whatever reason and MH has stayed steadfast with its current (out-of-date)rule for too long. ...

EP having a such a young group and Jefferson having the same with all but the goalie, from what I know of them are first year A players. You cannot discount coaching when it comes to equally talented teams. EP's staff is coming off 3 consecutive Bantam A State teams. While Jefferson has a new Bantam...

GoGoph.. The way i read Pequots district play is that they are out! Said only first and second moved on as 1 & 2 seed. How do they get 4 teams moving to regionals, is it the case that only the top two from each district move on? Help me out a little, give me some goggles to see this a little mor...

Big shake ups in district play. Teams with good coaching will prevail most of the time over equally skilled teams, coaching is key down the stretch. I like Maht-Blue, Edina, EP-black (if still in it), Owatonna, Proctor, Cent.R and on the outside looking in... N.Metro, Prince, New Prag. Sorry if I m...

Big shake ups in district play. Teams with good coaching will prevail most of the time over equally skilled teams, coaching is key down the stretch. I like Maht-Blue, Edina, EP-black (if still in it), Owatonna, Proctor, Cent.R and on the outside looking in... N.Metro, Prince, New Prag. Sorry if I mi...

Are these kids going directly to SC this fall? I am sure Motzko will have them play spring hockey in the USHL first to see how they play. Then decide weather to act on the intent. My guess they will play juniors for a year or two as to better develop both skill and confidence when playing with bigge...

No 93's from D10- J. Hughes is a 92 along with Lovick. The only Centennial player on the list is Salewski and he is enrolled at Grace. The Rileys, Colvards, Brudzinskis etc.. might be late bloomers, maybe they are not involved in Fhit, maybe they have not been to the exposure camps. A lot of maybes,...

GO - You can have "your opinion" on my opinion, that is what is great about America. You can choose to split hairs at whos opinion is whos and who shares anothers opinion but long and the short of it is, you can agree to disagree. Numbers and names, that is your opinion. Good coaching, bad...

If I offended anyone by numbers, I am sorry. Just making a point that the top two players on the team but get no help from staff in situations where support is needed most. They are fantastic players and I hope they continue to grow as people and as players. Coaches cannot just coach a couple down t...

Bernie started MM for his kid too, the same as Cyclone. Yes we all know that the Cyclone guys were cut from the MM program and hence promted them to start Cyclone. It is all about location, location, location; if the Cyclone guys did not get cut we would not have the program today. I am sure a lot o...

Saw them at a few games and a tournament. My opinion is just that, but the following is from some pretty good Bantam A and Pee Wee A coaches around the state. They lack discipline and direction. The young coaches lack good development tack, take it from the ice play to the bench and make good positi...

Breaking barriers is a good idea but veteran Association families would balk becuase it could take the opportunity away from their player to "make an A team". That may be the fatal flaw. Princeton does not have a A team but would not be able to compete as well at the A level with the curre...

Keep all the evaluators (hopefully they are outside of the association and good at evaluating talent) away from parents and coaches. Drop the kids off and drive away. Definitely will be better for everyone. Parents always use the coaches (if parent coach) kid or "#1" player as and evaluati...

NHL scouting rankings for the 2009 NHL entry draft has the following Minnesota kids (defense) still in High School ranked..... Nick Leddy #25 Eden Prairie HS Nate Schmidt #178 St Cloud Cathedral HS Joe Schmitz #184 Centennial HS Zach Palmquist #196 South St. Paul HS No mention of any others. You dec...

How has the Choice Squirt season gone with playing only the few inhouse teams? OK, or getting old? The parents I talked to said they really like the benefit of playing 3 other high calibur teams continuously. They say the players like the bragging rights from week to tweek. I understand there is a ...