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Well said Concerned! Thanks for saving me the typing.

What many of you do not realize is that those of us who have spent upwards of 30 years in the game of hockey laugh at all of you. Yes, we point at you at the rink and laugh because you are the people that do not understand what is really going on. You are the people complaining that tryouts are fla...

This tournament appears to have grown in size a great deal from the already well attended tournament last year, and that was no doubt a very pleasant development for the tournament organizers. Let's face it, even with some lopsided scores, this was a pretty amazing tournament for a 2nd year event. T...

Elk River Pres, You should care about these 30-40 kids and what this would mean to kids playing hockey in Minnesota. Not all kids out there come from associations such as yours or Edina or Wayzata. Alot of the Fire players came from small associations where their "A association team mates"...

So McBrain changes the name from Choice League to Choice Clinic. And calls the rosters "attendance sheets." It really doesn't take a brain surgeon to get around this, does it?

So it's around half way through the summer hockey season and I've started to hear folks talk about whether or not they think it's going the way it should. So my question is: Are you happy with your decision? Feeling like you might have MMade a mistake and could have gotten a little more zing for yo...

I have first hand knowledge of 9 and 10 year old kids brought to tears because they did not get to play in an "open" tournament because better skaters were plucked to play for free, yes free. The cost for these tournaments get burried in the team fees of the kids that are at home for the ...

As far as the 98's go it looks like the Machine gets to rest on Thur & Fri as well. Agree! The way the tourney is set up for the 98's, all of the teams from the red pool could go 3-1 or 4-0 (except the Synergy probably). Seriously. Top two coming out of blue pool could end up 2-2 at best? Inter...

I thought aboot that, eh? Anyways back to the predictions, all Bernie all the time. Orange Sweep. Totally Orange. Have you seen some of the schedules? 98's, for example (since someone mentioned that age group in particular) have Machine playing one game Thurs., two Fri., and just one game Sat., and...

It's humorous that you spell humor like that. Maybe he's French-Canadian? I thought aboot that, eh? Anyways back to the predictions, all Bernie all the time. Orange Sweep. Totally Orange. Have you seen some of the schedules? 98's, for example (since someone mentioned that age group in particular) h...

98 Breakaway beat 98 Easton Synergy 13-1

Does the 98 Breakaway have a few Machine kids playing for them this weekend? Someone said they did. That might explain the lopsided score of that one.

I wonder if perhaps the folks that discourage or downplay kids' participation in mulitple sports do so to make themselves feel better, because either they, or their kids, were/are simply not good at more than one sport. And that's fine, in fact, it is probably more of a norm than genuine success at ...

InigoMontoya wrote:Jesus doesn't play hockey since they nailed him to the boards.

You did not just say that.

puckfan wrote: The LSB are definitly contenders (that's Lake Superior Blades ) ??? Is there some connection? Have they recruited some Blades players for the weekend or something? There are none listed on their roster. They did it last year, to the point that one LSB player's jersey number was forme...

Interesting commentary by a group of folks one can only assume has never made a mistake in front of their children or other children. I was not at these games, and I assume most of you were not either. And while, on the surface at least, it appears the actions taken by the coach w/r/t the handshake ...

By the way some of you are defining AAA on here there are only two teams then in Minnesota that are AAA, and they are the Blades and Machine. There are ocasional upsets but these are the only two true AAA in Minnesota. Each time the Blades and Machine are in the same tourney, the guess is who will ...

Not sure if its same everywhere scrimmages DON'T count as long as it is a teaching scrimmage where coaches are on the ice and "stopping play for teaching purposes" which is very liberal interpretation. It must have been pretty obvious to get caught. You are correct in that it is policed n...

Wolf, you can't compare apples to ORANGEs. I think the 98' Attack team was icemen/machine/blades throw together. This one may not need whiteout on the roster. That team might have been the Mix? Combo of Deuce, Icemen, Miracle and Wings? Some called them the Sticker Kids because they all had their A...