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Too soon to tell!

I disagree-CHL is Junior hockey - albeit Major Jr - its not "semi-pro"

The age classes are the same, the hockey is similar (CHL/USHL at least), and the dream is still the same (NHL).

Class of 2006 DI Recruits: From USA: AAA - 7 USNTDP - 20 NAHL - 56 EJHL - 50 USHL - 111 HS - 44 CSHL - 1 Empire - 1 From Canada: BCHL: 53 AJHL: 28 SJHL: 11 Other Canadian Leagues: 95 Total Players: 477 Total Percentage of 2006 Recruiting Class that is Canadian: ~ 40% (some of the above were taken fr...

SSM has 4 Midget teams and 2 Bantam teams -- in addition, they also have a full girls program taboot! Little Gretzky does play there - on the Midget AA team - link: http://www.s-sm.org/upper/athletics/team.asp?teamid=31822+%7C+Upper+School+-+Athletics+-+Boys+Midget+AA+Hockey&yearid=2006+-+2007 S...

USA Hockey is developing the 50 or so players on the two National Teams based in Ann Arbor (U-17, U-18 ). Without looking at the draft summary (I cant remember the specifics), I am going to assume that a majority (>50%) of those players came from this program. Of course, there are some exceptions. W...

Until recent years, the CHL was considered the fastest route to the NHL ( the OHL placing more than the "W" and the "Q"). However, that tide is starting to change - this year's draft shows that. The one thing Canadian Jr Hockey offers that the US can't is consistency. With the ad...

Personally, I think the western Canadian Jr A leagues (read BCHL, AJHL) are stronger than the OPJHL. But that is one man's opinion. Proof is in the pudding though - take a glance at NCAA D-I rosters - those numbers dont lie.

IMHO, the Alberta JHL is probably stronger and deeper top to bottom than the NAHL. Same goes for the BCHL. The Canadian Jr System is far better than that of the United States. Granted, the USHL could probably play with and beat most Canadian Junior teams (non-Major Jr, although I would wager that th...