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The main rule is 640(b) under Unnecessary Roughness. Specifically it talks about avoidable checks. Quoting from the situation manual " An ""avoidable check"" is one which is primarily done to punish the player who just had possession and control of the puck. The checking pla...

While reffing, I have seen a number of girls playing peewees or bantams this year. With very few exceptions they are the defensemen or corner muckers. They do not seem to be used on PP situations or surprisingly on PK. At peewees the girls generally are among the 3-4 largest players on their teams a...

Nice to see a girls youth thread!

Several Good players (goals and assists 2-4 point in a game) that I have watched or coached against this year:

River Falls #10, #7

Faribault #14

Owatonna #7

Brainerd #14, #7, #4

Anoka #15, #8

Bloomington #6

Red Wing looked really good today. They had a nice battle with Northfield and came out on top 8-6. The Lakeville player (Fritz-Ward) looked very good for RW but RW has decent depth and a lot of it was young players. Blue wanted it more than Mayo did and won the other semi 2-0 with solid goaltending ...

It is nice to see many running to get on the Faribault bandwagon. This dominance is a teaser. The best is yet to come. Who is missing from Faribault that will be playing when tryouts start next week? Mayo does not have three of their top returning scorers (soccer?) and two of their veteran defensem...

My 10 year old daughter improved 10 fold in one winter last year. She never played hockey and could hardly stand on skates at the first pracice. Was it her 1 hr of ice every 4 days in the association. NO. It was the 3 hours a night, 4 or so nights a week she spent in the neighborhood rink with her ...

Faribault looks real good in the 4x4 league. Bergland is skating very well. Salmonson and Dickison also look good. Northfield is also looking good. Dvorak has been scoring a lot. In last weekend's games they had 2 player that weren't wearing the regular league jerseys that looked real good too. One ...

The Rochester girls tourney is Thanksgiving weekend. The tourney includes 14UA, 12UA, 12UB, 10UA and 10UB. We need another 12UA and another 10UA team. The fee is $600. Contact Brenda Mackey at bmackey80@yahoo.com or try:

www.ryha.pucksystems2.com/page/show/155 ... ament-info

Coachk wrote:Have not been in Eagan for 3 years, in District 3. Thanks for your input.

BK, I probably haven't seen you since then. Where you at? Send me a PM if you prefer.

CoachK, contact Tito Elumba. Look on the D8 website for contact info. I'm assuming you're still in Eagan? I don't think your waiver will be approved by the Director to leave D8 unless you exhaust the possibilities within D8. Let me know if I can help.

Mac

Thaulwald got kind of screwed last year....Mayo is full of family/cousin relationships which would always get playing time no matter how good thaulwald did Mayo is South but not that far South! (I don't hear banjo music) How are you defining family/cousin relationships...Not like Deliverance I hope...

I'm curious when the average twin cities association conduct their squirt tryouts. Do some of the AAA tryouts conflict with association tryouts and force players to choose which to attend? When my older son was a bantam, we were still in the playoffs and some of the showcase AAA tryouts conflicted. ...

Freddy, Thought I'd clarify what Rochester will be doing for peewees. A big concern for a lot of families is the cost of driving to an away game and the amount of time committed for approximately 14 minutes of skating per player. The plan is to have an A team and a B team entered in the D8 league. T...

[quote="hockeygroupie"]Jeff Salmonsen has coached the 14 team for the past few years, and also the 12 team years before that if I remember correctly. I am sure you can find his info on faribault hockey assoc. website. I know Jeff from Selects and 12UA but he was the high school assistant l...

Bmum, Yup. You are correct.

If you look on the various websites it shows the teams as being from a specific district. But, if you look at the Regionals playoff structure on the MNHockey website it refers to L8#1, L6#2 etc.

Lil T, Didn't mean to whiz in your Wheaties! There is no Girls Youth Forum. Nobody in the Youth Hockey forum cares about girls. SO, 14U is girls hockey and a lot of them are in high school... Faribault has some wheels. They looked good yesterday. Is that 1A enough to keep everyone happy? <edit> AL/D...

hockeygroupie, Hey, if you know who is coaching the Faribault 14UA team can you send me a PM with their contact info? I am the Rochester 14UA coach. Over the last 3 years either Faribault or Owatonna (Both one year?) have played in district 8 for 12UA or 14UA. Its nice to have an opponent for games ...

Speaking on behalf of the team we would like to thank those who have supported us thus far. We appreciate you more than you could even being to imagine! Yes we did have some rough games yesterday but they are helping us bond as a team and learn more about eachother. This trip to vermont is helping ...

I can see Edina's decision on the girls side. Their girls program is probably twice the size of the next closest in the state. Even if they had two balanced A teams they would still be able to beat 80+% of the teams they will meet. They are definitely a girls program to envy and the model that I wou...

Rocket,

Well you got what you were asking for. RYHA now has a girls board position. I know that you don't always like the things that I do but I will promise that the girls come first.

I am looking to fill my commissioner committee positions. Batter up?

We just recieved an email regarding a 4 on 4 league to be played in Kasson this fall. Games will be on Sundays. This is a nice option for SE Minny girls rather than driving up for showcase games in the metro area. We did a showcase team in the spring and that was fun but I sure could do without the ...

I can't speak for all outstate associations but... In district 8, some of our associations have an A team and a B team. In District 4 they do not offer A leagues for their girls but Faribault and Owatonna have moved their stronger teams to D8 as an A team. Owatonna was 12UB state champs a few years ...

In District 8 there are a few associations that have two 12UB and/or 10UB teams. Most of us are still trying to consisitently fill an A and a B team at those levels. The skill levels at the B levels vary widely from association to association. Remember that youth ("boys") hockey was around...

A lot of expectations here on a high school coach, especially in a thread about 93's who are for the most part are in the early stages of their HS experience, if at all. In the example cited, Roseville and Stillwater, well, they do have some of the best HS players and that is a product of their exc...

Elliott, Do you have an idea of how may affiliates base their boundaries on a school rather than on a city or collection of cities? It seems like most metro programs are named after their school rather than a town. West St Paul recently renamed themselves "Sibley Area". I am also curious h...