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Lace'emUp wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:11 am U19 might allow for an extra night off (or two) during the week, and less expense to both the families

JV is practically free. 19U can be thousands of dollars factoring travel, tourneys, etc.

I agree that JV is very anticlimactic with no results or stats posted, no playoff or tournament; and most coaches care very little about JV. And the hockey is generally crap, basically equivalent to 15UB. But for many schools (i.e. not Tonka, Edina, Andover, etc.) JV is important. It depends on numb...

Narrowed down to 32 today: https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1233353 Those that made this cut: 2005 Birth Years G Genevieve Klein (Shattuck) D Elly Klepinger (Minnetonka) D Josie Lang (Stillwater) D Cailin Mumm (Andover) F Lindzi Avar (Minnetonka) F Delaney Fleming (Shattuck) F Hannah ...

Why don't some players nominated by their respective coaches get an opportunity to try out? My guess is that some HS coaches don't want to do the dirty work and ruffle feathers on their team by deciding who is and who is not capable of trying out for the Elite league. So rather than sitting through...

There were rumors Apple Valley and Burnsville were going to merge, but has it been confirmed? Their schedules for the upcoming season show them facing each other, although only once where they play all other SSC teams twice. Obviously schedules can change but you'd think they'd want to figure out a ...

Appreciate the analysis and insight! Few thoughts: I knew Holy Family lost a lot, but didn't add up the players/point production that graduated. They still have a few solid players left but I don't think Tonka will be nearly as worried about them as last year in 2AA. Unless they have Tonka or Andove...

Heard Grossman is on the Shakopee youth hockey board so presumably lives/has kids in Shakopee. Maybe he wants to coach his kid(s) some day?

I did a search on job posting sites and it appears the following girls head coach positions are seeking applications:

Hutchinson
Delano
St Francis (Northern Tier)
Wayzata
Shakopee
Red Wing
Minneapolis
Eden Prairie

So you mean to tell me that hundreds of season ticket holders resell through Vivid for $60 to $120 mark-up from face value? Yes, has been going on forever. Used to be through scalpers, then Craigslist, now they use the ticket services. Supply and demand, people are willing to pay 500% or more markup.

Looks like it was Bantam B, Prior Lake beat Worthington 21-0. Not sure what else MN Hockey can do here, it's B level, and somehow Worthington made it this far. Prior Lake (#2 ranked in state according to YHH) should've took their foot off the gas, this is more on them in my opinion. 9 goals in the 3...

girlshockey4ever wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:28 am I've read lots on this post about girls celebrating excessively and being flashy.

Who was complaining about celebrations? I thought Sadura's selfie celebration was awesome.

hwkfan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:32 pm A true hockey mom wouldn’t ask for permission or beg for forgiveness.
Whatever she decides is absolutely right

Touche! I was taking the hypothetical at face value, not a crazy hockey mom moving her daughter to greener grass disguised as a career move.

6AA final was on rink 1 at BIG. That's the Kennedy/Jefferson high school rink, not Olympic. Visually I would think rink 1 holds more than rink 3 but not positive. I think rink 1 has a capacity of about 2300? Similar to Braemar west rink. Which tells us a minimum of ~4500 people bought tickets for th...

I've never been a fan of the after game hugs/chit chats with opponents. Not the end of the world and maybe I'm old school, but you're there that night with your team, you shouldn't be fraternizing with the opponent. It's not like they haven't seen each other in months, you know they were chatting/sn...

I’m disappointed that they moved the games from Mariucci. They’re leaving a lot of money on the table (not to mention upset fans) with this decision.

And of course BIG and Braemar are already sold out for tomorrow night.

I submit the athletes most harmed are those at the incoming schools that lost the benefit of the 9th grade school choice and then lose a chance to play. Why not give them the opportunity to also transfer and seek out playing time if that matters to them, instead of being trapped because their paren...

...the rule I'd put in place regarding player movement is that if a player leaves a school and goes to another, that player will not be eligible for post-season play, in any sport, for one calendar year. Period. I remember you or someone else proposing this idea in the past but I forgot about it......

It would also make too much sense to try and cut down on the movement of players like they're free agents. I was surprised earlier in the thread that so many players were move-ins for Tonka and Andover. I know every situation is different, if a family uproots and moves to Andover or Tonka for hockey...

moosepaw wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:13 pm It forces people to move/transfer to the more dominant programs instead of staying at their community high school.

Come on...

Tonka needs to stay out of the box or it could get lopsided. Man does Tonka (Sadura in particular) have a knack for taking stupid penalties. After Tonka is gifted a terrible penalty call on Mumm, Sadura gifts it right back and costs Tonka the game. Otherwise this was a heckuva game, the best I've s...

Did the top 3 teams have many move in players? Say, players that joined the association/high school after 10U? I know the recent ones Lindsay, Kleppinger, Hemps.

Second - in his preamble to last night's games, Joe Schmitt said that "Undoubtedly these are the best four teams in AA this year." Anyone want to work through that declaration? Looking at the BSM and HF fans on the Board here. It's obviously not true, at least to say "undoubtedly&quo...

Nostalgic Nerd wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:20 am I think the Tonka win makes for a better final. Still think Andover wins, but Tonka lost to them by a goal twice.

I agree, I think Edina has a better chance of beating Andover, but Tonka will make for a more exciting offensive game. Tonka needs to stay out of the box or it could get lopsided.

Jungels got away with a couple trips the last few minutes of the game, but Tonka was the better team overall this game and persevered in the end. The officiating was not great in this game at all, not to the benefit of either team. I disagree, Edina looked like the better team tonight, Johnson just...