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my pick is OMG. Solid squad.

On the Indep. Classic they have their brackets up and I don't see the '00 Monopoly. Maybe they aren't playing in this or maybe they don't have a team at this level this season or maybe they are one of the new Showcase teams? Haven't heard what's u[ but they were pretty good last year.

is this for the invite teams, open or both?

I think the difference between the two was the quality of teams. The Wales only had 8 teams but the teams were stronger and some could have possibly played in the invite. The Campbell was pretty much your typical open teams that weren;t very strong besides the Northern team taht won it all who wasn'...

Given the fact no '00 team before this Meltdown has had much of a track record it's tought to tell who belonged where in terms of invite or the open tourney. Taking a look at the '00 invite bracket of the Meltdown they onlyhave 5 teams: Blades, Machine, Easton Synergy, Madison Capitals and Manitoba ...

I see that the '00 Monopoly won the '00 Championship. That's great for that young program plus it's nice to see a MN team win the title.

why is the '98 Jr. Badger's in the open tourney again in '09? Didn't they win the '98 open in '08?

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That is true, CCM hockey is sponsoring the Monopoly program. They have a invite and open team at either 2 or 3 levels, not sure but I believe '99 and '00 they have both.

Just a rumor but I heard all the top 2000's from the Northern suburbs are skating Miracle...This includes kids who turned down the Machine, the Blades and the Cyclones. It looks like a great developmental program that is on the rise. Now can they compete with the Blades, Machine??? The tide may be ...

First I would like to thank everyone for "IT's Time To Bash Johnson". I know we have some problems in our association as does every association out there. Everyone that has posted on this board has had a bad parent or two and if you say you don't you are kidding yourselfs. We work hard at...

hey it happens at all levels which is sad. A guy I work with has a kid in the Princeton association and is a Mite. He said their head coach is a complete tool and has had a few incidents this year. I guess last weekend was the topper. Apparently their coach accused the Roger's team they were playin...

I saw this story and I think all of us have seen this type of guy at a rink. Pretty pathetic.

How anybody can become 'that guy' is beyond me.

if he's a '00 make sure you don't get him into a hard core disciplined atmoshere. Make sure he'll be in a environment where he'll learn and have fun. The kids is 8 yrs old....no need to rush him into a Herb Brooks type of discipline. No offense but if those teams are still forming this late make sur...

Agreed it's just 8 year old hockey. Let the kids have fun and grow as players. With all the summer hockey programs out there the machine and blades will face stiff competition. Pitlick has a '00 team that should be pretty solid as well as the '00 Magicians and '00 Monopoly. Not all the upper end tal...

I wish the Icemen the best of luck with their tryouts but isn't it really late to try to assemble a team. Most of the kids left have been cut from other tryouts or have commited to other programs. Seems to be a litttle slim in terms of talent. But I could be wrong.

I haven't used it but a friend of mine who has a kid in the St. Micheal hockey program has used it quite a bit and has seen great improvement as a result and their programs really likes it. I'm sure it's one of those things that takes a little bit to get used to?

The meltdown is still on. Not sure what the format is for the invite and open or who they are allowing to play at each but there still is the Meltdown.

The Monopoly program is getting the CCM sponsorship. Showcase came to them since they have already have multiple teams assembled for '09. Monopoly is a young program and only 1 team last season at the '99 level but now will have multiple in '09. According to Bob Capra , this season they'll have a op...

Why can't people just let the kids play? All this crap gets old and we're talking summer hockey with kids who obviously love to play the game. I bet if you asked the player's they could careless who they played. It's the people that are running these programs that think they know what's best. What a...

So you're trying to compare winning at all costs in the NFL to 8 & 9 yr old kids in summer hockey?...............Classic

Nothing more needs to be said.

I heard from a couple people that the Machine shortened their bench while the Blades played their normal roation in both games? I'm actually glad the Blades finally lose a game. They are clearly the top two '99 teams in the state but than again you should be if you have a select team with 75 kids to...

with as many Squirts Edina has they can easily field 2 solid Squirt A teams. Some parents I'm sure will complain about this format. "What two "A" teams....for the love of god what is Edina hockey coming to?"

there are plenty of kids that love hockey at an early age and sure you do have to watch the burnout factor. But many do not burnout. My son is playing baseball and played summer hockey this summer and is signed up for football. All at his request. I would of been fine with less. Many kids that are o...

Does anybody know when the schedule comes out for the Easton Cup this August?