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There once was a young girl from Mound Whose muscles were big and round Her slap shot was fast Huge points she amassed And now she is Olympic bound The end. I don't know if anyone said she is going to the Olympics. I'll let it play out but she is very likely going D1 unless some unforseen circumsta...

Tiger, think about what you are saying. You're digging a hole. "She is definitely bigger than several adult males I know." LMFAO, so what?! Admit it Dad, you're reaching! LOL!! http://hockeygods.com/images/7062-Verne_Troyer_stands_next_to_The_Stanley_Cup Just a rough estimate she is proba...

Thanks for that! One of the best posts I've ever seen. "I have never seen a girl at any level shoot the puck harder than she does"? LMFAO! That's RICH!! You're spending too much time watching 12 year olds!!! LOL! "I've played against men who aren't as strong as she is." Stop- st...

Totally applies snap, at least to anyone who has watched boys and girls hockey for more than their kids "career" or isn't ignorant. We've had a couple in our girls program, with a phenom reputation that started very early in their hockey "careers" along with there famous family ...

She's only been playing 12u for association hockey. That Machine team has been playing up in every tourney I've ever seen them in. Both 16u and 19u. If you didn't know you would never have guessed she was significantly younger. Breck struggled last season and my money says she starts varsity from t...

The original question was regarding two associations, which, for the most part, each feed their own high school teams. Delano girls skating with other associations is apples-oranges, as they have no high school team. Delano doesn't share a high school team with Mound and we co-op at 12's with them....

The assocations doing this would be D10, AA schools, whose HS take all top 9th grade players. U14 does get watered down, leaving 3-4 dominant teams who have their best 9th graders still at that level. The argument comes down to having girls from the same school skate together, or have girls of the ...

Looking for pros/cons on a co-op at U14 which would produce an A and a B team. Has this been done anywhere else and, if so, what were the results? Assume each association has 12-15 skaters and a goalie. Buffalo and Delano do it kind of. Second team is A2 but for all practical purposes they should b...

Sounds like a couple of blow hard moms that think their little Jenny and Mary are good enough as u12/u14's to carry a new girls HS program. Good Luck ! Actually quite the opposite. Low end player's parents are leading this charge. These parents are afraid they aren't going to be good enough to play...

But there is no reason to do it. I would think Delano girls wanting to represent Delano HS, rather than Buffalo HS would be one reason. [/quote] Well that is certainly the reason for the push by some. And personally I am okay with that as long as the cost isn't too great. With only one sheet of ice...

Doesn't Northfield have all of that, plus a couple colleges? Believe or not Northfield isn't even close to us in size. They two Squirt teams, two PW and two Bantam. We had 5, 3 and 3 respectively. We have more mites than them as well not to mention a Jr. Gold. I believe they also have outdoor ice t...

And you don't want to buy ice at the Pond? Or Buffalo? Or Rogers? Or Plymouth? When does ice go in at D-C? LDC will have more ice than they'll know what to do with. Of course we would want to buy ice at the Pond. It is already fully utilized with at least two associations using it in Mound and Oron...

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Orono has 50% ice at the Pond in Mound in addition to their rink by the school.

The most logical short term solution is staggering Ice time between the boys and girls high school programs. One week the boys have early morning practice the next week the girls do. Practice the varsity and JV together. system work and breakouts can be done together pp and PK can be done v against...

Regardless of the ice logistics, this is probably a mistake. Rosemount loses a lot of kids to other nearby high schools and doesn't put a competitive team on the ice. They will probably be co-oping with a section 4A team or two soon. You're planning on halving a competitive squad to make 2 teams th...

Rosemount does. Too many teams to count, and only growing. Actually this might be exactly what I was looking for. Rosemount is clearly larger than Delano. Are you telling me you support your entire association plus both high school teams on one sheet of ice? Do you have outdoor ice that is utilized...

Not sure what you're looking for, but I would guess STMA is the poster child for whatever lack-of-ice issue you're having. There is a movement in Delano to establish our own girls varsity program. I could not find another association/HS program in the state that is our size or larger that has both ...

Not sure of the best way to ask this but how many programs are out there that have a full youth association both boys and girls plus a boys and girls varsity all operating on one sheet of ice? If so, who are they and how many youth teams do they have?

Only got a minute here while heading outta town.....but a couple of quick points. The new AD at Park Center stated upon his hiring that priority would be boys hockey renewal/startup. If that is the case.....why would NM support this idea? North Metro board came out awhile ago and said this a no-go ...

I'm pretty sure zero of the squirt A kids and almost every squirt B1 kid would fall under the MG boundaries. It would affect their record none and osseo and due to the small numbers I doubt any of the kids would want to play for osseo. Assuming your info is spot on, that would seem to be even more ...

To Whom This May Concern, We are reaching out in an attempt to convey what we believe to be a viable option for our hockey programs going forward. As many of you may know there has been a lot of discussion regarding a realignment solution over the last number of months that would impact OMGHA and N...

I have had three girls play girls hockey and one is in her senior year at a D1 school. My youngest is now playing youth. Here are the changes in girls hockey that I have noticed. 1. Large associations are selecting A teams with 10-13 skaters. 2. Goalie shortages and no goalie development 3. Even wi...

Bluewhitefan, the Duluth tournament was not a pretty good field. Two teams in that field were ranked in the top ten, Farmington and Wayzata. They played in the semi's in a very competitive game. Wayzata moved through the field pretty easy as well. Your belief that playing A hockey regardless of who...

Hey, does anybody know which districts will go to which Regional (National or American). Is it always the same districts? For example last year for 14UA, National Region consisted of D2, D6 & D8. American was D10, D3 & D5, and of course Olympic was Northern Teams. Is that always the same ea...

I think you are missing me here? Only two levels not three. Many of those so called A teams in your scenario are closer to the "B" level than they are to the AA level. So using your comparison you might have the breakdown like this: D2 Highland--B River Falls--Wis Roseville--A Stillwater B...