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Mcneely, reid ,shroeder,kroska and peterson all bolted

Lakeville So. did have an outstanding team. In which game did the Rams beat them?

4-0 Roseau over Lakeville South.

I heard that a ton of players are leaving chaska for the fire too can anyone confirm?

After Roseau beat Lakeville South 4-0, how did Roseau finish the tournament?

Sounds like there may be even a bigger disparity comparing the top few teams with everyone else with all of these top kids opting out of Bantam A's.

I don't like this trend. I understand that exceptional players at small associations should be moving up to JV or HS, or in some cases, move up if they are sophmore grade Bantams. But, at large associations, the competition is still of a high enough quality to develop players at the Bantam A level. I don't know why a parent would rather have his son play for a team like Fire than for Lakeville, EP, Edina etc.

It used to be that kids grew up on the rinks together and played together. Now there seems to be more competition and politics and bad blood within the associations which is just plain stupid. Are we teaching our kids that when life isn't perfect enough for you, just bail out? Or is it that this certain AAA coach is going to really make that big a difference with my kid? I doubt it.

So far, I've heard the following key players leaving their associations for greener pastures or HS. I give them the benefit of the doubt that they all have good reasons. Add or subract from the list if you'd like.

Chaska: Reilly
EP: Faust
Edina: Pieper (also played for Shattuck last year) Sit will miss part of season w injury.
Lakeville: McNeely, Reid, Schroeder, Koska, Peterson (triple ouch)
Blaine: Bjugstad, one returning D (name?)
Centennial: Flynn

What about: Roseau, St Cloud, Wayzata, Woodbury, WBL, Stillwater, Duluth East, Maple Grove, Rochester? Others? Any significant move-ins?

Where is Flynn going?

my2cents,
You said it Bro'! The grass is always greener on the other side and parents are most definitely sending the wrong message to their kids. Once your youth hockey years are over they are over for good! You will never get those year back. Parents are on a race to that proverbial D-1 lock that they forget the joy of playing the game at the youth level and in the process step all over each other with stupid comments and actions.
Enjoy the ride and the firends you make along the way it will be over before you know it and than all you are left with is memories.

Right on northwoodsman, right on, right on, right on.

I heard Flynn is going JV at Centennial.

flin, whats the problem? teams do lose in the state tourney doesnt mean they werent a good team. roseau lost ep who won the tourney and than lost to edina who should have won the tourney they were the best team their whithout question.

I'm not sure I followed that. Didn't Roseau loose to Wayzata like 8-3, and didn't Eden Prairie go 5-0 against Edina on the year? Don't you think the best team in the state should have atleast won one of those 5?

Flintrock,
I don't think the dog knows what he was watching!

Regarding Lakeville South and its meltdown, it seems there are no end to the reasons I've heard. Clearly the the biggest reason is dissatisfaction with the association. This group of skaters in the Lakeville south program have enjoyed great success. Back to back state tourney trips as peewees and one game shy as bantams with an appearance at VFW state. As peewees they went 3 and 4 against E.P., Edina and Wayzata. How much greener does the grass get? Just my opinion but I think its truly a case of looking ahead to what comes next, tough part is whether it be Lakeville or anywhere else most of these kids have 4 years of hockey left...period. A few will move on but the majority will play small college at best. Makes you wonder if Mom and Dad can see the forest in all those trees.

Mcneely, reid ,shroeder,kroska and peterson all bolted

That is a sad deal right there. Was looking forward to seeing those kids match up against some of the northern teams this season. As Bob Dillon would say "the times they are a changin'".

I know for a fact that Mike Reilly is playing Chaska Bantam A.

Chaska: both Storo and Mike Reilly will be playing with the FIRE
Kennedy: Benolkin is playing with the FIRE
Lakeville: Skeens, Kroska, Peterson and Lindgren playing with the FIRE; McNealy trying out for STA
Eden Prairie: Faust has moved to Shattuck
Edina: Pieper is at Shattuck
Minnetonka: Frawley playing with FIRE
Eagan: Labate playing with the FIRE
Waconia: Fleming playing with the FIRE
Woodbury: Contoneo playing with the FIRE

northwoods oldtimer wrote:

Mcneely, reid ,shroeder,kroska and peterson all bolted

That is a sad deal right there. Was looking forward to seeing those kids match up against some of the northern teams this season. As Bob Dillon would say "the times they are a changin'".

DYLAN

and not the name the little Hibbing boy was born with.