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Here is a new web tool that will be out this year to help all the coaches and parent coordinators who have devoted so much of their time to youth hockey. http://youtu.be/_UgfyITcKyg No more searching for Scimmages by surfing the web , Game Coordinator does it for you in just seconds. www.gamecoordin...

Two pieces of advice . Get a Sweet-stick for $20.00 at HG or Total Hockey. When you are stuck in a long tournament it will 100% do the job. We have one on our bench all the time. #2 get a Wissota sharpener and make your life a lot easier. $800 new or $500 used. Short of those two ideas you will alwa...

It’s a matter of sheer mass (reference to 3 Blaine kids) with this deal, not enough families are joining to support the ice time purchased and the educational component. One has to wonder if Breakaway will suffer the same fate in a year or two? Capitalism will surely tell us if this can be sustained...

Yes you should get a copy if that eval and when they evaluate each player there should bethe more than just one coach in the evaluation. No way should they require your name on your feedback form.

After the games we walked across the street and hopped on the mountain bikes and hit the trails for a couple hours. We hit Vi's pizza one night and Giant's Ridge Lodge another night. What Freddie writes about it being a different tournament is right in that your not just at the rink, you're at a tou...

You have an out my friend. Lacrosse is much more exciting than baseball and the runt will better prepare himself for hockey as well. Make the switch next summer and start enjoying summer sports more. Also you should be happy you're not watching soccer. No offense to soccer moms reading this post. :l...

I can say we (our A team) really liked it. It is probably in large part because there were more A teams in our district than other districts. We played a number of AA teams and while we only probably won 5 of those games it was beneficial for the boys. Tournaments were a bit of an issue because it w...

EP isn't really known for Hockey, it's known for football. So while they had a good "suburban growth" period that fostered great teams it's changing. Ask any Squirt or Pee Wee parent and they will tell you the numbers are down and it's not a hockey town. Lee Smith does a great job so you'l...

What I've seen so far is our A team is in a great spot when playing other A teams in districts where they field both A and AA. We field both AA and A in our association. We have 9 1st yr guys so it is outstanding development for them. To be honest with you I'm sure there is apprehension on any AA's ...

I will say this about ranking the squirts, it's a VERY good indicator or where these associations are headed (Pee Wees and Bantams). In that respect it has value. Edina's current Bantam Team, PL's Pee Wee team from last year both did extremely well in squirts (and in Fargo) so as they move up in age...

Top Pee Wee A teams will get 140 + hours of overall ice this season. They will see 65 games against very good competition. I don't think Tier 1 is going to appreciably add much more value than that, I don't know how that is humanly possible given these top teams literally take 2 days off a month. No...

If you can find a team with a highly respected paid non parent coach - you will find stability. Stability in AAA hockey is lack of turnover. If you find a team with only one open roster spot and 25 kids are all fighting for it, then all other things being equal (level, distance,etc..) I would have h...

Agreed that we have two problems with the sticks. There is a guy out of Orono that does mid stick repairs for $30, I'll get his company name and throw it out here. I believe he places a piece of light weight aluminum in the middle and seals it up. The flex point might be the issue with that repair m...

If you want to make your sticks last 50% longer put some epoxy on the tip and all the way around the bottom. Any hardware store sells the twin tubes of epoxy, which cost about $4.00. Mix the two tubes together, just a little bit, and paint a thn layer all the way around the stick end and bottom. Let...

That Reebok Nats pick in the 2001's is suspect. 4th place in Shock Doctor Open (2-2) Last place in Warrior Cup Open (0-3) List of better 2001 teams: - Machine Black - Ice Edge Black - Northern Wings - CCM Elite - MN Pride - Warrior - EuroAmerican The ice edge black 01 team won the warrior cup this ...

I have a bigger issue with playing in a tourney that isn't up to the teams' level. But they don't enjoy ripping through a tourney as much as you might think. The kids and the parents like competition, thats what they thrive on. Winning a lower level tourney is something that the director of that org...

Many times the subs are just that - for one weekend. The really good players are asked to sub more often and their opportunities to skate become even more frequent with every sub situation. So you end up seeing their names in more books. With the MN Machine Black teams it's all part of their program...

Ice Edge Black win both 00 and 01 Championships. Great final games against the Euro teams.

My 11 year old said it was the best gift he's ever received at any tournament. He wanted to sleep on it last night. Now your 14 year old boys might think differently about it. South Squirt Majors won and so did the Gophs, great weekend all around.

If we are to believe that Canada has it all figured out -how to beat the world at the game of hockey then why did they ban checking in the Quebec Province? 1/2 of Canada is going in a different direction than the other.

You have to look at the research behind this decision, it's not completely conclusive in that are two factors pulling at each other. Which one is better or less destructive? Injuries at the PW level dropped significantly in Quebec versus Alberta, where checking is allowed, but at the Bantam level wh...

If you haven't had a chance to read the Boogaard story on nytimes.com you should check it out. It's a long story in 3 parts and it goes through the life of the enforcer in Canada and the NHL.

USA hockey just mailed us a box of Flag Football Belts for our forwards to wear. Apparently in games beginning in January all D 6 Pee Wee forwards are required to wear them during games. Whew... The defenseman finally get a break.

PL 1 Eastview 0.

Thought I saw Burnsville beating AV 5 to 1 in the third.

Prior lake 12-7 Over Edina