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MrBoDangles wrote:What does the fox have to say?

POST.OF.THE.YEAR. goes to BO!!!!!!!!

District "all-star" teams that play birth year in a state/national tourny set up at the end of the mnhockey season. I'm hesistantly going to bite... There is already a process in place for this, it called the advanced, or Select 15,16,17. They are district/section based on birthyear. I do...

Couldn't agree more.!!!I too saw this last night in the ER v Blaine game. One of the refs (with stripes) could barely skate, let alone keep up with the speed of the game. It cost both teams in different instances, both with penalties and or early/late whistles because he was too far behind the play...

Couldn't agree more.!!!I too saw this last night in the ER v Blaine game. One of the refs (with stripes) could barely skate, let alone keep up with the speed of the game. It cost both teams in different instances, both with penalties and or early/late whistles because he was too far behind the play....

After typing this, I apologize for the bouncing around and somewhat incomplete thoughts.... I have for years sung the praises of the ADM and LTAD. But I over the years have first hand, started to see the downfalls of the ADM, and it's "boxed in" approach. I do feel the ADM is a GREAT base ...

PRICELESS!!!!!! From the bottom of my heart... THANK YOU!

For the people who are whining about Duluth Denfeld winning the B1 State tournament. Have you watched the team play? They have 1 A level player IMO, and that is their goalie. Without their goalie they lose most games by 3 or more goals. I am not discrediting this team, it is a great story, but in no...

I'm drawing a blank, but what about Edina 97???

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I beleive both goalies from that team, Samargia(Minn), and Sikich(Air Force) both went to D1 schools before transfering to St. Thomas.

We're all DYING to know who made the squad after the intensive tryout process? Where can we see the rosters?

[quote="the_juicemanOK, but if that Top B1 team is winning 85% of their games by 5-6 goals, how much are they really being tested? What part of their development is really being enhanced? Wouldn't the development be more enhanced by being an "A2" team and being tested by the average &...

I also have no idea how many points my kid had as a mite. =D> Good for you!!! The way it should be!!! To the point made about how it can help a higher end 6-7 year old... the ADM is not the bible. It is merely a guideline to help the majority of kids. there will always be those kids that progress f...

At least there we won't have to deal with the server being down every two minutes.

Looking back to WCHA hockey, Bochenski was a much better player and pure goal scorer, but he is no longer in the NHL. Both great players. And having an in with the Blaine folk, apparently it was Hendricks' mom that was pushing for the jersey retirement. Played with both of these guys... I have to c...

irwin fletcher wrote:Hendricks is a great player but Bochenski is a better person. Once, just after high school i met him at WalMart and he gave me five crisp, brand new twenty dollar bills. Just handed em to me. What a guy!

I think there is only a handful of people who get this....

I'm actually ok with the 1:30 penalties. I was against it at first, but it makes sense. It really forces teams, and coaches to teach the kids to attack the net as much as possible, instead of looking for the unbelievable, thread the needle back door, one timer....

so is Edina White done?

Tip of the cap.... No I have no studies. and you make some valid points. But if I gave the impression that burn out is the #1 cause of players leaving the game it was not my intention. I am simply saying that these same 5-8 year olds, if asked, without mom and dad around, would tell you that at time...

InigoMontoya wrote:

muckandgrind wrote:

Little King wrote:Give it 5-10 years. I think you will see a good % of these kids being burnt out with hockey, and wanting to do something else.

Why? 25+ years isn't enough?

No kidding, in 10 years and 8 year old will be 18.

Thus the range from 5-10 years...

Give it 5-10 years. I think you will see a good % of these kids being burnt out with hockey, and wanting to do something else.

To support the Huge one: the kids skate more than 25 hours the first 5 or 6 weeks before they skate their first games. Before our association mites even hit the ice, the choice mites had already skated nearly the same number of hours our association mites will skate the entire year (including cross...

[quote="silentbutdeadly3139/ I'm guessing but many of the same 3-4 kids wouldn't touch the puck in a cross ice game unless you remove many players who then would be watching a cross ice game. But I bet they still liked playing a game ... unless mom and dad remind them how little they touch the ...

We don't put younger kids on a 100 yard football field and we don't have younger kids pitching from a MLB mound or running MLB bases either. It's near financially impossible to build smaller rinks so this seems like a good compromise. Couldn't have put it better myself. =D> But I know a bunch of yo...

But what happens to the kids when they get to high school... My point, is you can have the greatest youth coaches in the world, but if you don't keep the kids around through HS, something is failing along the way. I look at it like a business, you work so hard to recruit and train good hard working...

I'm not from Edina, and also do not like them.... Why are you a baby then? You obviously haven't seen many of their top teams play recently have you? I have. Several of their best players, and I do mean several, are very small. Just saying. Sorry for my attempt at adding humor. I've seen all their ...