Yote 53

This game has just hit bonkers level

Here we go.

Incredible.

Spuds rolling.

Gotta respect them. They not only supply their team but several others.

Wow. And the public schools aren't? It's a free-for-all out there.

No goal. That's just cruel.

Does this apply to St. Cloud Cathedral as well? St. Cloud isn't that big of town.

From an out-of-state perspective, with my older boy who went the AAA route and my youngest who just finished Mites. If I were to relocate to the Fargo or Grand Forks area my home and my kids would be on the east side of the river playing for the Spuds or the Green Wave, no question. I could not pass up the Minnesota HS hockey experience and the resources that Minnesota Hockey provides. My youngest is a pretty solid player too. Might have a free agent on my hands. I'll review offers...

Never lost my feed on the app.

My question is whatever happened to the rumored Tier 1 West Coast league that was backed by the NHL clubs out west that was supposed to be a compliment to the USHL? Is the NAHL filling this void? Which league is expanding faster, the NAHL, NCDC, or USPHL? Every year these 3 leagues are adding entire divisions.

I could write a book about youth hockey but will just say that the other sports have caught up to and surpassed hockey in terms of cost and travel. Travel (USSSA) baseball, AAU basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, travel soccer, etc., etc. It's pay-to-play for anything these days and hockey shouldn't have to apologize anymore. My local youth hockey association is cheaper than playing travel baseball or travel basketball. My daughter is in gymnastics. Yeah, that ain't cheap either. The cheapest and purest sport left is football. Start in Jr High/High School. School provides all the training, equipment, etc. Great athletes can still excel and play at the highest levels.

Doesn't USA Hockey have the final say on if Hockey Canada junior leagues can expand into the USA? I'm pretty sure there is an entire structure set up for not only that but player transfers between the two countries that USA Hockey can just say NO.

Regarding SOS, some people are like "you should have known better than to schedule..." Well, what is a school supposed to do when they get faced with a late cancellation and can't find a replacement game? We played Northern in week zero on a Thursday night before Labor Day because we couldn't find anything else. I believe SDSU had the same situation with Augie. We both just tried to make the best of it by playing a regional school. The alternative was just not playing at all. What exactly was USD supposed to do about the Portland State situation? They cancelled the game because of whooping cough. We were there and ready to play. The game should have been a forfeit, though I don't think the committee would have given any weight to that anyway. I think the issue for most USD fans is we went into that game a 1 v 4 matchup. We came out of that matchup with a win and the seedings ended up 2 & 4. We got absolutely no credit for winning, but would have been punished and dropped maybe to 8 or 9, for losing. While NDSU did not get punished at all for a loss. There is no difference between a 1 & 2 seed in these playoffs. Either one gets you a home semifinal. In the end, most USD fans are fine with a 4 seed. If we can't be #2 with a home semifinal game, then #4 and going to MSU is preferable than being the #3 and having to play either of the SU's again on the road. Rather see some new meat than fight another battle with a conference opponent. Seems like every year we had previously been in the playoffs it turned into a MVFC tournament. Playing a bunch of non-MVFC schools is preferable in the playoffs.

Yeah, how the hell did you guys lose to Indiana State, they're bad. We held them to -3 yards rushing on the day. That said, I am fully dreading our trip to The Forks. That place has been a house of horrors for us no matter how good of team we have.