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Monday, January 21 White Bear Lake 4 vs. Forest Lake 2 Tuesday, January 22 Blaine 1 vs. Centennial 2 Hibbing 3 vs. Silver Bay 2 Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall 3 vs. Duluth 4 Hopkins 2 vs. Wayzata 2 Cloquet 2 vs. Eagan 5 Warroad 4 vs. Crookston 2 Thursday, January 24 Duluth 2 vs. Cloquet 1 Burnsv...

When it comes to college hockey there is so much more to it than being a top scoring forward. They look for girls that have demonstrated continued growth as a player rather staying the same player over a period of years, they look for passing skills, defensive skills, how a player plays when they do...

Ok. Sophomore, playing strictly varsity. Well first off, I'd say that he needs to be the one to talk to the coach. As a parent you should stay out of it. I know it is frustrating to see your son not play a whole lot, but by you getting involved it will not help anything(it will probably make it wor...

Tell the kid to find out what he needs to do to get more ice then do it, nothing will impress a coach more than a kid doing exactly what he needs to do to improve his weaknesses..even coaches that are absolute jerks can respect hard work and improvement....If he's only a sophmore he still has plenty...

WOW...first of all I have to say that I feel for you and your son whatever his age. Coaches don't intentionally not play kids but they do tend to play favorites. I say go to the coaches and ask what he has to do to get more playing time and demand an answer from the coach. if the coach gives him an ...

What's your opinion on scott Bjugstad shooting school? Pretty good or retred of everything else out there?

Nice list iceberg...I'll repeat another post's score... NCAA championships Doug Woog-0 Don Lucia -2 I'm not sure how that relates to the question of Woog never recruiting out of the metro area. You could certainly add that in on a discussion of did he recruit the right players, but that wasn't the ...

The problem with the gophers is the same problem eveeryone has, not enough plumbers, everyone plays like Gretzky, coaches scream at the kids to get in front of the net, They preach getting goals but there's not many kids left that can play the puck along the boards or in the corners, cover the open ...

I don't see it working very well because your talent pool consists of girls that wern't smart enough to take the normal route to college or not good enough to play hockey in college. If your going to do this I recommend following the Thoroughbreds model and try to make it an alternative hockey team ...

I've had coaches that were screamers, I've had coaches that have been drunks, I've had coaches who hardly spoke and ones who would coach out of a book. What I've found is that no matter the coaches personality, to be a great coach they have to be constantly teaching, everytime he is in contact with ...

I'm not sure what you're saying by "grumbling rights". Like I've said before, IMO, the grumbling rights belong to the public schools that have developed kids through the 8th grade only to see them magically turn up at places like HM for the 9th grade because they have some athletic aptiti...

There are no losers, think of all the additional open spots there are because the private schools have hockey teams..if it wasn't for the private school teams there would be hundreds of kids not getting the chance to play high school hockey. Someone mentioned Edina losing 25 players to private schoo...

The state of Minnesota High School hockey is difficult to gauge, the top programs are doing very well, they have plenty of kids going out for the teams, High quality coaching, and potential superstar players. The bottom tier is close to nonexistant. their programs have been folded into other teams n...

Bob and Dick Paradise ...posibly the most aggresive hockey players I have ever seen or played with. they played for Cretin back when ships were made of wood and men of steel. When either of them came on the ice the other team would go for a line change because you thought they might be carrying you ...

The fact remains that as parents we are allowed very little input into what is best for the hockey development of our children, if our area hockey association wants to go with a traveling mite program we have to live with that decision. If you don't put your kid in the program from the beginning, th...

For those of you who don't condone shortening the bench to win, does that also pertain to the games that are blowouts? If a game gets to be a double digit score (while the coach is rolling lines) is it wrong for him to play the 2nd or 3rd line more than the 1st? All the kids should play all the tim...

EVERY player is important to the team. If a player is willing to walk away from a sport over playing time than they couldn't have been very passionate about it in the first place. It's local area hockey, some kids just want to have fun playing hockey, if I'm paying to have my kid play because he lo...

Players develop by working hard in practice and working hard off the ice. Missing a few shifts here and there isn't going to hurt a player in the long run. Hopefully it will inspire them to become that much better. it may not hurt the players in the long run because they won't be playing in the lon...

Well that says it all then. who are we to question "one of the best coaches in the association" It's not right to treat kids like that, sure no one died because of it but what will happen if someone does. It is just wrong to welcome kids to hockey this way and would make me question the wh...

I see plenty of youth coaches that think because Herb Brooks did it they should do it to. What they forget is that Herb was almost psychotic the way he pushed players and chose players that he could push like that. When Herb worked with youth teams and individuals he would spend countless hours work...

LIke I said...sure to raise a Hornet's nest. HockeyGod- i am not bitter and certainly not crusty...However, I am realistic...go ahead and convince me what a wonderful team enviroment Hill produces...tell me how there is no bickering amounst parents and tell me that Hill parents are more concerned w...

Here's an opinion that is sure to raise a Hornets nest. I have been watching Edina Hockey for years and believe this to be true... 1.) Because of their numbers. the financial situation and competition between familys the Edina Youth Association is able to do well. - take kids to every available cam...

My daughter went to Hill Murray last year, from everything that I hear they have some top young talent and are commited to doing everything the right way. I can see they are looking to get the same type of success with the ladies program as they do with the boys. I predict they will be hard to beat ...

Can't fire him yet. He needs a little more time and needs to hire some good coaches. Remember; Bud Grant was 3-8-3 his first year. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Isn't this childress' second year? Wasn't Bud Grant 8-6 his second year and made the playoffs? I just don't see that h...

There used to be a guy with the Vikings named Jeff Diamond, who kept Denny's ego somewhat in check. Once they got rid of Jeff Diamond Denny was allowed to clean house of people that he didn't like. As a result we had to rebuild when Tice took over. Tice had a great network of friends and former team...