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D9 third seed in Owatonna.

Tonight, the Rochester Gold beat Red Wing 5-2 in a D9 playoff game. That means the Rochester Red will play the Rochester Gold in the first of two games the Red will need to win to assure themselves a seed in the regional playoff. To put it another way, the top 17 peewee players in the Rochester pro...

Tonight, the Rochester Gold beat Red Wing 5-2 in a D9 playoff game. That means the Rochester Red will play the Rochester Gold in the first of two games the Red will need to win to assure themselves a seed in the regional playoff. To put it another way, the top 17 peewee players in the Rochester pro...

frederick61 wrote:Dave,
I appreciate the answer and would ask one more. Was there every any discussion with D4 on their extra seed?

Yes, at the Spring MH meetings.

The Rochester Red exemption for league play was discussed, at length, at several initial board meetings of District 9. The District Director sought the advice and council of the board and executive committee and made his decision based on the support of those bodies. It is the district directors sol...

10. Any team interested in playing an independent schedule must receive approval from the District Director prior to the start of league play. Seeding will be determined by the District Director and the executive committee upon the completion of the season. This is right out of the District Operatin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymXdRQDISg

copy and paste... funny but very true in many instances.

Fred, 1. What to you propose as the solution? 2. How does MH resolve this? It looks like you want MH and Districts to dictate how affiliates structure theirs teams and develop their members' players. That is a sure-fire way to chase programs out of Districts and into Private Clubs. Affiliates, throu...

Driving to the office this morning, I had a thought. Rare indeed. Much of this discussion is revolving around the competition on game day. My friends...the games are merely a yard stick. Very little development happens in a game other that allowing a player to measure his/her skills against other pl...

Correction. Yes, I was speaking of District 10. This has been done before. This was something that we discussed with districts that had done this before. I can't speak for the board, but I believe the district will not allow this to get out of hand. I have heard talk that other associations said the...

If I might add a bit of clarity here. Frederick does not know a thing he is talking about. I am the president of D9 and serve with many volunteers who have done an outstanding job in it's first year of existence. Rochester has one vote on our board, out of 14 votes. The board voted early on to allow...

Looks to me like Albert Lea was impacted by Rochester Black not Rochester Red.

The things one learns.

Is Fred the Fred we all think? I'm not so sure. Hey Fred, why don't you provide us all with your last name?

I understand. The funnest thing would be to see the same person arguing with themselves. I understand that if one is thinking something that many are very likely thinking it as well and will not speak out. But the very nature of being without identity makes these blogs very unproductive. I would muc...

One other point. I love to talk about hockey...in person! If you see me at the rink...that's where I am, usually...I would love to talk about how we grow the sport. Good luck to all teams in the post season. I hope to see you all at the rink. Remember, pat your player on the back. Build them up and ...

Lee, Yes, that would probably be the case. I have participated in these in the past. I find it very troubling that many thoughts are shared without ownership. I believe if I want to share my opinions, I should own up to them. So, because of the nature of these things, I may not be back. I have plent...

In the future, I will only reply to a poster who provides their identity. I find it very troubling reading some of the posts from those who fear to reveal themselves. Own your words. If you can't own em they don't mean anything.

DED1

Yes and Yes. Rochester, by far, provided the most funding to District 9 because they have the most teams. The Red teams are District 9 registered teams and paid the same fees as the others.

See you at the rink.

Dave

Fred, There are many duties of a district such as registering players and making sure that Minnesota Hockey and USA Hockey rules and regulations are followed. However, when we started the process of creating the district, Minnesota Hockey made it very clear that, ultimately, our district had to prov...

Fred, You ask the very questions that have been discussed for many years and for the last year as District 9 was organized. My opinion is my opinion and carries very little weight in the discussion. What counts is what each association wants for it's program and how that impacts the rest of the dist...

Fred. I am Dave Swenson. Someone told me this discussion was happening on here so I thought I would set the record straight. As we are coming to an end to another hockey season, I think District 9, the board, Tom and all the volunteers have done a very good job. Can we make improvements in the futur...

Because there is no orphanage team.

OK, interesting read. But most are very mis-informed. From the very beginning of the formation of District 9, the District 9 board, made up of reps from every association, Minnesota Hockey and Rochester discussed this issue extensively. The result was the Red teams would be able to play an independa...