Hopkins Coaches

2Apro · Post by **2Apro** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:57 am

I heard from a guy at work that his kids team lost their coaching staff for doing something wrong. Sounded like it was B.S. Anyone know whats going on?

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:55 am

yea dude, they were suspended for fees, stop patches, and we re-scheduled games against roseville and forest lake but they fined us for that and they gave us a win and a loss for those games we never played b/c its against league rules or something. But whats really gay is that our team is suspended for the rest of the year. Good luck to everyone our tourney time, wish we could play.

troll21 · Post by **troll21** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:05 pm

Sorry to hear that you will not be playing. Its to bad MNHOCKEY or your association can not step into help the kids in this situation because of some wrong doing of a parent or coach for this team. I am sure the kids had no idea that the person in charge of this team was breaking the rules. Another example of why adults are ruining the game of hockey for the youth. Best of luck in the future to the Hopkins JGB team.

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:46 pm

I agree with you on that. The guys on the team never knew that we were breaking the rules

hockey0711 · Post by **hockey0711** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:06 pm

So are you guys done for the year, no playoffs or state?

bodangles · Post by **bodangles** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:06 pm

sooo hopkins cant play anymore? that is BS because best teams should be in state and i really wanted to play them

Mitchell6 · Post by **Mitchell6** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:16 pm

are you serious they wont let you guys play at playoffs that retarded. i was looking forward to playing you guys again u were a good team i like the challenge

PETESPOSSE · Post by **PETESPOSSE** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:32 pm

Just to set the record staright .. I wouldn't like it either if Hopkins was thrown out on some technicality. But hearing from the people upstairs .. we are not talking about technicalities. Playing with 3 kids that have graduated from High School last year, that are in college now, is a nasty deal. I feel sorry for the kids that didn't know this (if any), because they really got the raw deal. And how about the so called coaches .. good grief .. win at any cost. I think we are all fortunate that this deal was caught before the playoffs started. The team that wouldn't have made it there, and possibly any teams that might have lost to them, would have been really screwed in this deal to. I know this looks like a really black eye to the MHL .. but this could have been much worse .. and I'm very glad they did catch this crap before more people got hurt in the deal. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS, AND THANKS FOR THE FUN ON THE ICE THIS YEAR!

BJHockey10 · Post by **BJHockey10** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:14 pm

If what is written in this latest post is true, Hopkins has a lot of explaning to do to the rest of the junior gold teams. Like bodangles, I'm dissapointed because i expected to possibly play them in the state tournament. But im especially sorry to anyone on Hopkins who wasnt involved in this incredibly stupid move. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p100.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUserP ... ockey10</A> at: 2/24/06 5:15 pm

Mitchell6 · Post by **Mitchell6** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:40 pm

if that is true i take back what I said I just think thats sad that the coaches would actually do that thats probaly the lowest move you could do.

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:57 pm

the coaches totally tricked us this year into believing that the guys were allowed to play. the thing is, they aren't even standouts. they have basic skills like everyone else, none of them played high school hockey and college hockey, they were players from last years junior gold b team that wasn't good. we played shorthanded with barely two lines all year. sometimes we had 7 guys show up for games. we just wanted to play, without them, we never would have had a team. again, we didn't know they weren't allowed to play by what our coach said and they in no way affected our performance, they were just there to make a team. again they were players from last years team, they were nothing special. i was cut this year from varsity as a senior and i wouldn't have played hockey this year without these guys. better to play than not.

freighttrain · Post by **freighttrain** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:38 am

I feel bad for you and the rest of the team. I hope that the coaches involved in this get the right punishment. IMO they should not be coaching any team next season.

freighttrain · Post by **freighttrain** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:45 am

Didnt something happen like this with Hutchinson about 5 or 6 years ago. When I played they had a really good team for a couple years and then the one season they didnt have a team and someone said they used illegal players in those season and they stopped having teams. I may be wrong about this so dont think that i am bad mouthing Hutchinson but this is what I heard back then i could be mistaken.

CoachGuy · Post by **CoachGuy** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:04 am

Hutch just ran out of kids. They had their HS team make a run about 8-9 years back and got more kids out there interested, but couldnt maintain it. I talked to that coach after thier last year and he said it was the end of the road for their JG program. Ive had plenty of kids approach me who have already graduated but still made the cut for age asking if they could play JG, but the rules state specificly that you must be enrolled in HS or (A)ssholes (L)ast (C)hance. Christ you have to have your principal or administrator sign off on your players that they are in fact taking classes. If the kids were genuinely duped by these coaches then thats too bad. they should never be allowed to coach again.

Gamblin D · Post by **Gamblin D** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:25 pm

PetesPosse is correct, at least 3 overage players played with some regularity. And contrary to the Hopkins Player on the forum - they kicked dome serious butt. Saw them take apart Tonka 10-0 and Tonka only lost 4 (I mean 3) games all year. It wasn't even close. Perhaps for that border battle game they called up a few more additional ringers from the HS. Hope Metro League gets to the bottom of it all and cleans it up. JrGold isn't supposed to be an adult pickup league.

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:37 pm

no actually Gamblin D, that was our regular team, no extras, no call-ups. I myself had 4 goals on them that night, and i've been on the roster the entire year plus i'm a senior at hopkins. we kicked their ass. The only guys that were overage like i said were from the jgb team of last year and they were defensemen

TpsHockeyman17 · Post by **TpsHockeyman17** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:34 pm

can you tell us the numbers of the kids that were overage because the rumor is that the star of the team #29 was on and #42 and #17 where the 3 overage ones

Mitchell6 · Post by **Mitchell6** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:32 pm

I wouldnt believe anything hopkinsJGB says because hes already changed his story 3 times, hes just trying to cover it up

TpsHockeyman17 · Post by **TpsHockeyman17** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:24 pm

its not like hopkins would of won state or anything <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/pimp.gif ALT=":hat">

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:32 pm

like i've explained in the past #29 is clark corbett, a senior at benilde cut from varsity last fall, #17 is steve, a junior at hopkins, and i can't remember the other one. i'm not covering up anything, mitchell. some of u guys are ridiculous

EPCOACH · Post by **EPCOACH** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:04 pm

Hopkins, I don't play i am a coach. BUT I COULD TELL YOU EVERY PLAYERS # and NAME. Are you telling us that during the season you never once looked at your teammates jersey? Come'on What you guys did was wrong. you knew it, The coaches Knew it and the parents knew it. I would say that all of the guys on my team know that you need to be in Highschool to play Junior Gold. You got caught. Best to own up to it, and come straight, rather than dig your own grave. If were up to me, the concequence would have been much worse than Disqualification....THINK PETE ROSE. I am sorry, this is just a embarrasment to the League, Hopkins and the State of Minnesota. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p100.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUserP ... EPCOACH</A> at: 2/26/06 11:06 pm

hopkinsJGB87 · Post by **hopkinsJGB87** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:37 am

hey do u want to know what EPcoach, why don't u read posts that wrote earlier??? your not worth my time explaining myself over but i will say that #29 is Clark Corbett, a senior of Benilde, former hopkins Bantam A team member, and yes, he is a highschooler thats been on the roster the entire year. all of the overage players were defensemen, just b/c ep was schooled doesn't mean u need to start throwing things out like this saying that all the players and parents knew about this situation throughout the year b/c you are wrong for saying so.

EPPandHGD · Post by **EPPandHGD** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:07 am

i think that everyone on teh team had to have known about these kids especially if they were in the program last year, i know where every kid on my team goes to school, this is just way too hard to believe

EPCOACH · Post by **EPCOACH** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:57 am

Hopkins, Sorry that you beat the B team. I don't coach that team so... I know your ticked off about losing your entire season, but look at what we as outsiders are seeing. A team that used graduated players, is now denying that they knew...That is a joke. You know who you go to school with, and who graduated and who is still at you school. Again i am sorry that you lost your season. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p100.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUserP ... EPCOACH</A> at: 2/27/06 12:56 pm

TpsHockeyman17 · Post by **TpsHockeyman17** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:01 pm

EP coach you cant exactly know i mean a kid could go to a private school or claim to go there and be out of high school and the kids and parents dont know i think the coachs are who you need to point the fingers at because they knew about it and if #29 isnt overage then Hopkins would have one hell of a team and if you ask me any varsity program would be happy to have him on there squad benidle is stupid

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