MN Made Squirt League

[50cent]

Self indulgent. B adding the Sabres as one of the Choice teams because his son plays for them.

I know who "B" is and what are you trying to say here??? His kid playing for the SABRES??? Thats why MM has a team named the SABRES???

Please clarify or reword what it is you mean by this post?

[hkylife]

From what I know of the incident from Feb 12 and at the beginning of this thread.. There seems to be a common denominator with these two incidents: two brothers (one of whom is actually Pee Wee aged and doesn't belong in a Squirt league). In my opinion, if a player has multiple penalties for checking or being rough before the 1st period is halfway over, they should be benched for a portion of the game. Especially, if it's something they continually do. Also, I find it incredibly convenient for the parents of these boys to blame the OTHER team for these fights; they are always the victim and never the antagonist. When in reality, these kids know exactly what they are doing. They are mediocre players at best. There is no value to MN Made or anyone else in having them play in any of their programs. They don't improve the game of the other players. They do nothing but cause problems.


I have more than one child who plays at MN Made and we have been there for multiple years. I find it incredibly disappointing that (1) they have allowed for players to play down and (2) they are letting specific players get away with "cheap" play. I'm not sure what action will be taken (if any) for these incidents, but something needs to be done about these particular boys. Regardless of the amount of money their parents are spending to have them play at Made, it is unfair to the rest of us who are paying to be in this program. We came to Made because of it's reputation. In my opinion, it's becoming a joke. Made is making a mockery of itself by allowing for this type of behavior to go on. I'd rather spend my money elsewhere and I'm sure most parents (whether wealthy or not) would agree.

You are absolutely correct and I couldn't agree more. The fight after the game most likely never would have happened if the kid would have been tossed after throwing the punches in the first period. However, Made turns a blind eye and they give him only 2 and look what happens. He started the fight during the handshake line. Swearing at the ref, the other coaches, refusing to leave the ice...all with his dad on the ice. There is actually much more to the story with the brothers (especially the older one who started the fight) which makes this whole situation even worse, but I'll leave it where it stands. This stuff does happen almost every game to some degree. If you are part of the Islanders, Stars, Sabres...you won't see it. I bet Made does nothing, but maybe I'm wrong. There has been an incident (some smaller than others) in every Lightning/Capitals game this year and they play Saturday. If nothing happens after last night, I wonder what happens Saturday.

The first problem is that they allowed the older brother to play at the Squirt level. I am all for kids playing up, but playing down will not benefit the player whatsoever. The next problem is that these brothers haven't been disciplined (from what I'm aware of), so they are continually getting away with their misbehavior. At the end of the day, they are more of a liability to MN Made than anything. What will they do when these boys seriously hurt another player?

I've overheard their mother a number of times when one of these boys is sent to the box for roughing/checking/slashing/tripping/checking from behind/etc. Her response is ALWAYS "It's hockey. What do you want them to do?" If these kids understood the game and actually were good players, they'd know to play strategically and not through rough play. However, they will never learn this as long as they are allowed to be disrespectful and cheap and they have parents with that attitude.

At the end of the day, I feel bad for these kids because they will never make it beyond what MN Made's Choice League can offer.