14uB and 14uA teams in mn

[hockeydudette]

can anyone tell me where i can find a list of all the 14A and 14B girls teams in the state?

[sinbin]

I don't know if this is the exhaustive list, but try this for 14UA:

http://myhockeyrankings.com/rank.php?y= ... v=2145&g=0

For 14UB, someone on another post said that there were only 12 teams in the state, all lumped together in D6:

http://www.d6hockey.net/standings/show/ ... ason=35203

Someone else likely will want to confirm or add to these lists.

[iceglo]

I don't know if this is the exhaustive list, but try this for 14UA:

http://myhockeyrankings.com/rank.php?y= ... v=2145&g=0

The 14UA list at myhockeyrankings.com is accurate and complete.

[hockeyfan87]

can anyone tell me where i can find a list of all the 14A and 14B girls teams in the state?

From the MN Hockey Website under the "Girls Leagues"

Link: http://www.minnesotahockey.org/page/show/248638

14A Around 40 teams in several different leagues.

14B TEAM LISTINGS:

SOUTH TEAMS
Eden Prairie Black
Eden Prairie Red
Edina
Faribault
Minnetonka
Rochester

NORTH TEAMS
Crow River
Husdon
Mora
Osseo/Maple Grove
Storm/Hopkins
White Bear Lake

League Coordinator is the dedicated District 6!

[luckyEPDad]

Wayzata instead of Crow River. The Warrior rankings lists Hudson as Stillwater. They may still be referring to Mora as Duluth, but that is difficult to determine as Mora is not in the top 10.

[NPC]

I think it is great that LPH has Stillwater ranked 8th in the state for 14B. They don't have a team in 14B. They tried but could not get enough girls.

[luckyEPDad]

I think it is great that LPH has Stillwater ranked 8th in the state for 14B. They don't have a team in 14B. They tried but could not get enough girls.

I'm pretty sure that they mean the Hudson team. Maybe there is something very very wrong with including a Wisconsin team in the Minnesota rankings.

If they do mean Hudson, the ranking is off. Based on record, goals for/against ratio and observation I would put them in the top 3.

[InigoMontoya]

With only forty A teams and twelve B teams, would there be any good reason why an association would push to have 14U hockey if it would be detrimental (or destroy) the JV team that the school district is perfectly willing to fund?

[State Champ 97]

With only forty A teams and twelve B teams, would there be any good reason why an association would push to have 14U hockey if it would be detrimental (or destroy) the JV team that the school district is perfectly willing to fund?

That is the question being discussed right now in multiple places up here in the northland. Many assc. have already decided to go with a JV rather than a 14U. Dist. 16 only has three 14UA teams. Dist. 15 has two. Of those five, I think two have a JV as well.

[Pens4]

All the pro's & con's of JV hockey vs 14U have been discussed extensively here...but a major reason associations would pull the trigger to drop their 14U program is because it by far requires the most work each year to fill teams. It is a moving target up until the last day of High school tryouts.

For the smaller communities that would blow-up their JV program if they field a 14U team...I would have to say go the JV route. I would never had said that in October but some of these programs are not taking advantage of what is available for the 14's. Many of them will play less games than even a JV schedule which faded into spring last week. They missed the opportunity to help prepare the next varsity level player to the environment that is varsity hockey. Things like being introduced to special teams, line matching, bench management (yes shortening) and greater demands on performance. I challenge anyone to argue that a 12U player has the mental or physical ability to comphrehend these items and roll onto a high school team.

At this point of the season, I am extremely pleased with the 14U level and what it has offered our girls. I would also commend numerous other organizations around the state for making that possible. The organizations that before the season started made a committment to field a strong team and put coaches in place that would challenge these young ladies. Our schedule of games has been tougher and more competitive then we had last year at the 12's and the players have matured to a point where they will make an impact on their HS teams next year.

I'm not bashing either route but I would suggest that associations and HS programs chose their route of preference and put their resources towards it....don't be a half-miler in both.

[observer]

Recruit

20 new mite girls in the fall.

[Homer]

Bring back u15, give more girls the oppurtunity to continue playing.

[royals dad]

I really believe in the Minnesota geographic (school district boundary) association system for winter hockey but I think U14 and above girls youth is the one place (and boys older than Bantams) that it may need to change. With the way these upper age brackets are working for girls. I think we would be better off with AAA style teams that have no geographic boundaries have something more like showcase in the winter. Tryouts could be after high school, the idea that some girls are not allowed to try out because the HS wants to keep a strong U14a or that some girls who don't make HS have to scramble to get a last second co-op team together is just not the right thing.

The focus should be on getting as many girls as possible an appropriate place to play and develop.

[wannabe1975]

Bring back u15, give more girls the oppurtunity to continue playing.

We already have a 15U league, it's called 19UB. Conceivably the answer to School budget problems and replacement to JV hockey funding...

[BeenAround]

I don't think you can put all U14's and 12's in the same boat mentally and physically. The best U12's can move right on to a top AA or A HS team. One season I had a below avg U12A team but had the best power play in the the District. We lost to the the eventual State champion twice by one goal due to our efficient PP(mid 30's-%). Great for making naughty teams pay. It really depends on who is teaching special teams. I have seen girls who have no business on the the PP since they cannot give or catch a pass. slow girls with good instincts are sometimes the best because they slow it down naturally and are patient. for shortening the bench, I always made it up to my third line with penalty kills so my top players are rested. My third line put us in the championship game a few years back because they knew their role and were prepared throughout the season and they were playing the best. Its hard to put everyone in the same boat.

All the pro's & con's of JV hockey vs 14U have been discussed extensively here...but a major reason associations would pull the trigger to drop their 14U program is because it by far requires the most work each year to fill teams. It is a moving target up until the last day of High school tryouts.

For the smaller communities that would blow-up their JV program if they field a 14U team...I would have to say go the JV route. I would never had said that in October but some of these programs are not taking advantage of what is available for the 14's. Many of them will play less games than even a JV schedule which faded into spring last week. They missed the opportunity to help prepare the next varsity level player to the environment that is varsity hockey. Things like being introduced to special teams, line matching, bench management (yes shortening) and greater demands on performance. I challenge anyone to argue that a 12U player has the mental or physical ability to comphrehend these items and roll onto a high school team.

At this point of the season, I am extremely pleased with the 14U level and what it has offered our girls. I would also commend numerous other organizations around the state for making that possible. The organizations that before the season started made a committment to field a strong team and put coaches in place that would challenge these young ladies. Our schedule of games has been tougher and more competitive then we had last year at the 12's and the players have matured to a point where they will make an impact on their HS teams next year.

I'm not bashing either route but I would suggest that associations and HS programs chose their route of preference and put their resources towards it....don't be a half-miler in both.