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I stand behind my criticism. The practices are not focused on skill development. I did not pinpoint a team so my criticism is not personal. I have talked to my coach as have other dads. Nothing changed and the board isn't involved once teams are picked so they can't help. It is a watered down produ...

Here's one for ya, Ref22: Curious to here your thoughts on forwards "spraying" the goalie's face with snow on a hard stop right in front of him. At times, this is an unavoidable consequence of a goal mouth scramble. Other times, when the goalie has clearly covered the puck, no immediate pr...

"Two years ago I coached a Squirt team playing in an Andover tournament and was taught a good lesson. We teach our kids "play to the whistle". Ref comes over and warns both benches if you whack the goalie covering the puck even before the whistle it is slashing...he called it that way...

How many know the rules as they are TODAY? I don't ref, but have run the clock for 15 years. As such, I am privy to the refs chatting between periods, etc. Many stories revolve around fans and coaches complaining based on old rules. Coaches are pretty good at staying up to date on rules. I generall...

Anybody have final scores from all the games? Looks like there is a lot more balance this year than in the past couple years which should make for a great season overall. From Sunday Morning: Eden Prairie 5 Hermantown 4 OT Not sure on the final, but Edina beat Duluth East. Entire 3rd period played ...