Gold Medal AAA All-Star Schedule

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:12 pm

http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/docu ... .19.10.pdf

woodstick · Post by **woodstick** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:21 pm

Does anyone know about the boys teams in the 97, 98 and 99 levels? Lot of teams with the same name, different levels. Heard a couple teams joined forces picking best players to have only one team?

codemanh · Post by **codemanh** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:21 pm

Who's "Team USA"? It surely isn't an actual Team USA...

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:15 pm

From what I've been told all of these teams are "tournament teams" so to speak. In that they have players from several different AAA teams coming together to form a team just for this tourney. Technically that is what Monopoly NA is only they do it more frequently and have a "track record" so to speak. And I am with codemath, I am sure it is not an actual Team USA, it's probably just the name the kids picked or the coaches picked because they probably have kids from all over forming this team. Just a guess though. Either that OR this is the "Gold Medal" tournament so it might be a play on that as well. Someone told me the Mn Miracle was putting a team in here, wonder if Team USA is sort of loosely tied tot the Miracle?

hockeyday · Post by **hockeyday** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:43 pm

I know that MIN/WIS Elite draws from 4 or 5 summer AAA teams like Jr. Bulldogs, Fargo Junior Force and Wisconsin Jr. Badgers. I think they also may draw from Wisconsin Jr. Warriors and Jr. North Stars.

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:17 pm

Does anyone know who that Dragons team is in the 2000 level?

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:04 pm

So I found the Dragons online but still not sure what to make of them based on the tourneys they played in and competition they faced:

http://dragonsaaahockey.com/

tbayking · Post by **tbayking** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:17 pm

I here the minwis elite 98s Have five high end Thunder bay kids for this weekends Lake superior stars tourney

hockeyday · Post by **hockeyday** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:41 pm

I heard the same thing. There's another group of Canadians from northwestern ontario playing in the 97 group with a mixed Canadian and US team.

roundhead · Post by **roundhead** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:23 am

Corrected (again) schedule link:

http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/docu ... .26.10.pdf

Goalie Dude · Post by **Goalie Dude** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:42 am

codemanh wrote:Who's "Team USA"? It surely isn't an actual Team USA...

Looks like "Team USA" had a few changes, anyone know the story? Any updates from the games that started last night?

pro2b@3 · Post by **pro2b@3** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:45 pm

Goalie Dude wrote:
codemanh wrote:Who's "Team USA"? It surely isn't an actual Team USA...
Looks like "Team USA" had a few changes, anyone know the story? Any updates from the games that started last night?

I was offered to join after whomever Team USA is\Was pulled out... Assuming Miracle. I made a few email\phone calls to various kids not playing in the other Tournaments going on... Just having fun and playing hockey...

U.S.A.hockey · Post by **U.S.A.hockey** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:41 am

Results for the Gold Medal AAA All Star Tournament can be viewed at:

http://www.unitedaaahockey.com/page/sho ... tournament

(click on the PDF Gold Medal Tournament Schedule) updated at 10pm each night

hockeyday · Post by **hockeyday** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:16 am

Any final scores out there?

roundhead · Post by **roundhead** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:17 am

hockeyday wrote:Any final scores out there?

http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/docu ... Scores.pdf

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am

roundhead wrote:
hockeyday wrote:Any final scores out there?
http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/docu ... Scores.pdf

My son played in the 2000 level of this tourney. It was a very fun tourney. I would say the top four teams were somewhere between Open and Invite level so very competitive (the bottom two teams were a full step, atleast, below the top four teams). The WI Flyers were defintiely the best team there and proved it in winning the tourney undefeated. IMO the second best team there was the WI Saints and I thought the Monopoly NA and Dragons teams were about even, slight edge to the Dragons I guess since they beat the Monopoly NA team but I thought they were pretty evenly matched. My son's team (the Saints) had a ton of fun in this tourney, prbably had as much fun at the hotel swimming and staying up late as they had playing hockey but to me that's what it's all about. I was proud of the team, not bad for a bunch of kids who'd basically never played together before this tourney. Not that I've been to a ton of them but I have yet to have a bad experience in a hockey tournament up in MN, the folks in MN are always so accomodating and always put on quality events. I know people have some "issues" but having been to tourneys in places like Chicago where they treat you like you are some huge inconvenience even being there it's nice to go someplace where you are embraced.

Badger_Dad · Post by **Badger_Dad** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:16 pm

Where throughout the state are the Saints generally from? the Flyers I know are St. Point / Wausau

JSR · Post by **JSR** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:38 pm

Badger_Dad wrote:Where throughout the state are the Saints generally from? the Flyers I know are St. Point / Wausau

There was one kid from Beloit and the rest were all from the greater Madison area and it's suburbs (Madison, Sun Prairie, Verona, Oregon, McFarland, Middleton, Waunakee.....)

deman · Post by **deman** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:05 am

I caught a couple of games in the 97 group. A team from Canada CAN/AM SELECTS looked very strong and seemed to dominate the rest of the group. I heard they took gold, but does anyone know where this team is from never saw it before. Don't know if they don't play minneapolis much, but nice to get foreign teams to spice up a tournament.

d10dad · Post by **d10dad** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:55 am

deman wrote:I caught a couple of games in the 97 group. A team from Canada CAN/AM SELECTS looked very strong and seemed to dominate the rest of the group. I heard they took gold, but does anyone know where this team is from never saw it before. Don't know if they don't play minneapolis much, but nice to get foreign teams to spice up a tournament.

I recognized a Few players on the 97 CAN\AM team from Winter season playing against the TIER II Dryden Paper Kings in a PW A Cloquet tournament. From Ontario

http://myhockeyrankings.com/team_info.p ... 09&t=11331

They should come down to Stars and Stripes or Caribou...

observer · Post by **observer** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:11 pm

First year of this tourney but the idea is a good one. Different from Stars & Stripes or Caribou.

It's meant to be an Elite level AAA tourney and organizations are urged to bolster their all star rosters with outside players. Could grow to be the best of the best. From the Web site,

Come in with your existing top level AAA team or put together an all-star team with kids from various AAA teams.

Obviously it's contingent on attracting solid competition but wouldn't it be fun take the top 3-4-5 kids off a few teams and have a run at it. Like Prospects Tournament in Toronto. Like 95 ITR. Not really a team but an All-Star collection of players from other teams put together for a couple of tourneys.

hockeyday · Post by **hockeyday** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:28 pm

I like the concept of the tournament choosing all-stars from different AAA teams to ensure strong truly AAA teams. Tournaments can do this or start looking at better screening selected similar calibre teams to run tournaments. I know many many tournaments continue to have blow out scores when truly AAA calibre teams play weaker teams that really shouldn't be at that level. I don't want to debate fact that all kids have the right to play summer hockey, but I think teams and/or tournaments have to better ensure strong teams are in strong tournaments and weaker teams play similar level teams in other tournaments as blow out aren't good for anyone. I spoke to some of the CAN/AM Selects parents and they wore dark red team Canada sweaters, but handpicked top 7 players from Northwestern Ontario Canada and 6 from US northern Minnesota to form an AAA cross border all-star team.

BadgerBob82 · Post by **BadgerBob82** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:37 pm

The time has clearly come to establish AAAA hockey. EVERYONE has a AAA program. I never see A or AA anymore.

thunderwolf · Post by **thunderwolf** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:49 am

hockeyday wrote:I like the concept of the tournament choosing all-stars from different AAA teams to ensure strong truly AAA teams. Tournaments can do this or start looking at better screening selected similar calibre teams to run tournaments. I know many many tournaments continue to have blow out scores when truly AAA calibre teams play weaker teams that really shouldn't be at that level. I don't want to debate fact that all kids have the right to play summer hockey, but I think teams and/or tournaments have to better ensure strong teams are in strong tournaments and weaker teams play similar level teams in other tournaments as blow out aren't good for anyone. I spoke to some of the CAN/AM Selects parents and they wore dark red team Canada sweaters, but handpicked top 7 players from Northwestern Ontario Canada and 6 from US northern Minnesota to form an AAA cross border all-star team.

They didn't have the best 7 players from NWO. May have liked to have considered their kids to be the best. But most parents do.

hockeyday · Post by **hockeyday** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:14 am

I guess you must have pretty good talent up there if there are still better players, but I wasn't sure which kids were US and which were Canadian. The CAN/AM team had some pretty depth as far a strong kids go. I thought there were also a group of other top Thunder Bay kids playing for the Lake Superior Stars at the Caribou, but haven't heard any of their scores. Did they do pretty well too?

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