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Sorry but I just don't see it Dmom's way here. We split our mites three ways (maybe she's in our ass'n?) - usually by ability, but the reasons are pretty obvious. First, each zone is usually a station and kids rotate, not the coaches...so all kids are getting the same coaching. Second, kids like to ...

LBraden - I think I know who you're talking about..JJ? But the other side is that I thought I heard most of the Canadian Olympic Women played a lot of girls hockey. I can buy it because I think the Canadians play a far better 'puck control' game (compared to USA) and that is much better developed in...

How did EP shut down #5? #5 is a fun player to watch. She generally beats the forecheckers/forwards who pressure her and then most teams only have one or two forwards that can match her speed so that leaves the D to deal with her the whole game. EP scrimmaged Roch a few weeks ago and so they surely...

There has never been an organized effort to recruit girls to play hockey in Rochester but that is hopefully changing. You make a good point that the issue is 'hidden' in Rochester because all girls are combined in U10, U12, etc. Having the youth teams aligned by HS would identify these issues sooner...

The other tough thing about Rochester is that the players are split between 4 HS. When you look at a population of 90K, thats like four towns with a population of around 25K...not really that 'big' when you look at it that way compared to the Austins, Owatonnas, etc... Separate Associations by HS is...

Lots of things need to be fixed in Roch. Big 9 is not really to blame. But they should give the Century girls a grace period to get 13 or so names to play. If they can do that by a certain date, they should announce the reinstatement of the program and start hiring a coach, etc. The cruelity to the ...