Notes from MNH Meeting: Major Changes

YouthHockeyHub · Post by **YouthHockeyHub** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:20 am

Tons of big changes next year...especially for Squirts. Some AA/A news too.

http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/minnesota ... -nails-it/

Enjoy,

TS

SCBlueLiner · Post by **SCBlueLiner** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:41 am

So I am betting we will see Squirt tournaments condensed into 2 day affairs rather than starting with one game on Friday night, 2 games Saturday & 2 games Sunday, with the change to 35 gamedays instead of 35 game limit.

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:28 am

Forest Lakes Thanks Giving squirt A tournament will be having all teams playing two games each day. Hopefully we can get 16 teams this year. These rule changes may slow all the AAU/Tier 1 talk. Great move by Mn hockey.

puckeyone · Post by **puckeyone** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:40 pm

IRONIC , Mn Hockey says for years that they know best for the kids, but the first inkling of someone else will serious challeng their thoughts and has the means to implement them ,then they turn and run away from their beliefs,,
So what else should we believe from this so called board of experts,, How much Kool Aid do they expect us to drink now before they change their mind again.. or just maybe ,,, maybe,,, they will leave it the hands of the local associations to determine whats best for their families. You just might find that someone else has a better way to develop kids.

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:26 pm

USA Hockey leadership has also backed up a bit on this, so Minnesota Hockey may just be following their direction. I spoke to a Colo Spgs guy about how laughably low the ADM recommendations are and he told me it isn't "games" but "game days". Well, that just doubled for us because we only play double-headers. After you drive 2-4 hours for league, it hardly make sense to play one.

Ernie Banks is proud.

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:38 am

puckeyone wrote:IRONIC , Mn Hockey says for years that they know best for the kids, but the first inkling of someone else will serious challeng their thoughts and has the means to implement them ,then they turn and run away from their beliefs,,
So what else should we believe from this so called board of experts,, How much Kool Aid do they expect us to drink now before they change their mind again.. or just maybe ,,, maybe,,, they will leave it the hands of the local associations to determine whats best for their families. You just might find that someone else has a better way to develop kids.

They might actually be listening to some of us on here.... We should be happy!

Just read that they will now ALLOW kids from B-1(I know of three upper end AAA teams that have B-1 association kids leading their teams in scoring) youth associations to try out for the High Performance Programs!!!!! "For the first time in my adult life...". 'I'm starting to feel proud that" my kids play in MNH. No, I didn't try to steal this line from michelle obama.

We are now starting to move forward.

silentbutdeadly3139 · Post by **silentbutdeadly3139** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:29 pm

MrBoDangles wrote:
puckeyone wrote:IRONIC , Mn Hockey says for years that they know best for the kids, but the first inkling of someone else will serious challeng their thoughts and has the means to implement them ,then they turn and run away from their beliefs,,
So what else should we believe from this so called board of experts,, How much Kool Aid do they expect us to drink now before they change their mind again.. or just maybe ,,, maybe,,, they will leave it the hands of the local associations to determine whats best for their families. You just might find that someone else has a better way to develop kids.
They might actually be listening to some of us on here.... We should be happy!

Just read that they will now ALLOW kids from B-1(I know of three upper end AAA teams that have B-1 association kids leading their teams in scoring) youth associations to try out for the High Performance Programs!!!!! "For the first time in my adult life...". 'I'm starting to feel proud that" my kids play in MNH. No, I didn't try to steal this line from michelle obama.

We are now starting to move forward.

Appears as they already do. District 11 has Moose Lake Bantam B1 player on the HP15 roster. http://www.ushsho.com/forums/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0

greybeard58 · Post by **greybeard58** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:04 pm

Having a B1 player on a District roster has been around for many years. The decision on who gets to tryout is a District decision. Some Districts because of small numbers have B players tryout. Other Districts with larger numbers not all A age eligible players get to try out.

hockeymom9 · Post by **hockeymom9** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:02 pm

Some smaller programs don't have A teams at all only because of numbers, but have a few A quality players on them. So I'm glad that these A quality players are given a chance to go on to something higher and not penalized for living and playing in a small community.

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:42 am

Good to see that everyone is now able to see how moronic this rule WAS..

Plenty of small associations lost (to bigger associations) their best talent because of this rule. You would of thought MNH was against growing Hockey outside of the mega associations.

Now a very talented 5'4" 135lb 8th/9th grader doesn't have to go get pummeled playing varsity to TRY to get noticed.