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Not from D2, and am just catching up on this conversation in some free time. It interests me because I serve on other non-profit Boards, and understand the fiduciary duty I have to those organizations. Suffice it to say, the volunteers in charge in this situation ALL have a duty to ensure this type ...

Maybe the Cadets would feel comfortable playing AA Girls next year? Don't want them to take too much risk.

I can tell you that I am one of those people who is "guilty" of watering down the AAA scene. We put a practice team together this spring and fall to help kids in our association develop. The goal is to have 20 hours of practice for each tournament in which we play. Our team ranges from kid...

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I have been a JG parent for two years now. I have had the pleasure of watching games at both the A and B level. The old days of Junior Gold hockey as a "goon" league are gone, and the level of play now is nothing less than outstanding! As another season ends I just wanted to say congratula...

[quote= It just kind of baffles me that there are so few teams. Showcase seems like a rip off when compared to MASH, it just seems like a no-brainer that more teams would choose the league that gives you more ice for less money...but yet Showcase seems to be far more popular.[/quote] Keep in mind th...

JBlaze- MASH and Showcase are similar in some respects. Spring/Fall hockey is always a crap-shoot when it comes to level of play, but Duane tries his best to work with you to match skill level as best he can. Unfortunately that relies on the feedback from coaches themselves. Sometimes a coach simply...

[quote=Cameranesi didn't win a faceoff the entire night. That was the difference[/quote] I don't know about "all night", but if you watched the final 4 minutes of period 2 it was a tough stretch for the Wayzata center. Three to four times the Trojan second or third line got a freeze in the...

[quote=Your goalie did not matter - our problem that game was getting shots - we only had 12 and 0 in the first period. Your D is what stood on its head that night.[/quote]

I think he meant Stillwater's "good" goalie was not in net when they played them.

Thanks for the responses so far. A few opinions of my own to add…..and yes, they are simply my personal opinions. I think the HEP rules are good, and though I only have two years of Jr. Gold experience (well, my son has 2 years experience, I have only coached/watched), it seems clear they have had a...

Looking for some dialogue on HEP points. To be honest, this year’s standings were minimally impacted. Most seeds can be traced to win totals. Obviously Minnetonka had as many wins as Wayzata, but the “Lady Bing” Trojans were considerably better with the “fair play”, so Mtka would have had to signifi...

YouthHockeyDad - you said your kid has sustained multiple concussions. Just out of curiosity, what was the recovery process and did they get progressively more severe or did he seem more susceptible to them once he had his first? @jBlaze3000: The recovery process, as prescribed by his doctor, was t...

The following is nothing more than personal opinion from a non-expert. But I have watched my son get more then once concussion in his youth hockey career, and the same questions come up every time. Maybe the answer lies in the precise fact that coaches cannot, and should not, be expected to play ama...

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should be under the Duluth Aerial Tourney thread

I have seen the same schedule. They don't seem to make any sense from a "pool" play standpoint as many of the teams would be jumping pools for games. Must be another format for the tournament? Also looks like there might be 15 teams, but just adding a team doesn't appear to fix the random ...

very good rankings this week. i still question stillwater being that high. burnsville also got accepted into a notional tourney at shattuck at the end of the month playing chicago shattuck and florida. I also like your pics for trhe wayzata tourney but if we are going to win like you picked we are ...

Thanks for the kind words. I will assume that most of the 900 views of this topic were from those who were ready to tear me apart. At least that is what I would like to think.

Just kidding folks. I sincerely hope you didn't view this post in hopes of actual rankings. Just some levity given the tenor of other threads on this Board!