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goldy313 wrote: Never is a long time, the game evolves.

This is true, but I don't see them making checking illegal for a long time

I give you the fact that hockey is a tough sport. By tough I mean physically tough, not as physical as football, but it is physical. Would you believe that basketball players recieve comparable numbers of injuries as hockey players??? Think about it: two teams of teenagers in a game of hockey skati...

But here's a question. If there's no checking in high school, how are college coaches going to teach 20 year old kids how to hit? Kids learn more when they are young. If they are taught how to hit correctly at the PeeWee and Bantam levels, then they reduce the goons who are running around "head...

Minneapolis Park - Strengths/Weaknesses Forwards Defense Goaltending Intangibles I played Mpls. Park and they are a good team. They just need to keep the puck out of their zone. Goaltending for these guys is definitely a weakness. They can shoot, pass, and hit with the best if they give it their al...

I would say go to the south region, but again I have not seen many of these players play so I don't know the talent level. I was at the south region tournament and they looked pretty good. Minneapolis Park was a solid B1 team with a lot of depth. they were all big, fast, and controlled the play. Th...

I think it all depends on what you like. It's different for every player. I personally like a big curve on a Sherwood RM 19.

I was just wondering who you guys thought were the best players in District 4 East. Tell me what you think. Please reply, this is not a joke.

hocmom wrote:If you have only one team and choose to play B in order to give some of the weaker players a place to play, it would be best if you actually play them.

AMEN

But what about those teams that only have one team that they play at B level? Should they play A or B. For instance... Waseca (D4) has played only one bantam team for many years as a B team. And each year they just dominate the true B teams during district games and the district tournaments. I don't...

D16 rule is your first team is an A team regardless of numbers, 10 peewees or 50 peewees. Then the association can ask for a play-down. Bagley, Red Lake Falls, Hallock are teams that may end up with a B team and no A team. But we make the decision at the district level based on input from everyone....

But if a program has 30-35 players... shouldn't they play an 'A' and a 'B' team. I know of a lot of programs that either have two teams of 13-14 players, or have only a 'B' team(had to cut). the ones with two teams do fairly well! And the the one 'B' team is dominating the 'B' level with 'A' skaters!

I was just wondering how many people think it's fair to skate a 'B' team and not an 'A'.
Give me your comments.