yzerman19

Around the country, top end talent is gone at 16...will be even more pronounced with the NCAA opening up to CHL. Regardless of where you are from...USHL, CHL or NTDP at 16 is the path of the best

Marvin Windows AAA LOL!!!

are games on the internet?

The other question is at what age does it move from recreational child's play to vocation development...I mean the top 16 year olds in the world are playing junior hockey in N/A or pro in parts of Europe, so if one program is built of and working towards putting bantam players into junior hockey in the next year or two and another program is just "playing" you have a huge disconnect.

Let's go Red River!!! Is there a link to a webcast of the tourney?

That 43 donut game is an indictment of youth sports on so many levels: pay to play, chasing status and tier, greedy programs, chasing enrollment numbers, parents keeping up with the Jones' etc. If a game is 43-0, then one team is playing the wrong level and the powers that be that run the State need to address that. The programs that are built to win on the national and international stage shouldn't play teams that are just trying to compete locally. The top US programs Shattuck, Mount, BK, MIssion, Caesars, Honeybaked types and the Top GTHL teams (Mississauga, Markham, JRC, Marlies, Don Mills, Vaughan) and top Western Canada Teams (NAX, Edge, Delta) heck even throw in some from Quebec should just play each other.

There's a buzz right now coming out of Michigan. Top ranked Little Caesars Bantam team won their first game in the MI State Tournament over Belle Tire 43-0. Not a typo. Not exactly relevant to ND high school, but local bantam has been discussed on this thread.

aggressively putting your hands on one of my children or my wife in a way that I interpret as threatening their safety is the only thing on this planet I would throw my hands for at this point in my life.

I had this conversation with a good buddy back in the day. Neither one of us was a stranger to a good night on the tourney road, but one of our friends was so hungover that we ended up driving their kid to the morning game. Our conversation was about how fleeting the time is and how sharing a hotel room and spending time in the car and on the plane was something our children and ourselves would always remember.

And for all of the parents who think Little Johnny has a shot at going a long way in the game, well your rink etiquette will be noticed by Scouts...

I've learned by experience that mixed drinks are a bad idea, because it sneaks up on you over time and you have no idea how many shots are actually in the drink. I've also learned that IPAs are a bad idea, because after 3 of them you drink them like Coors Light when they are double the alcohol. Light beers...2 or 3 in the first hour or so then 1 per hour going forward.

I like the bar and a good 5-6 beers with the boys as much as anybody...throw a shot in if I'm exhausted from the week and the night before...the issue is as follows: You bring your kid to the rink an hour or more before the game starts. You are there with the other dads. You have time and there is alcohol to kill that time. Then say your first game ends at 11am and your next game is at 5pm...bring the kids to get food...have a drink or two with lunch. You aren't drunk, you've had 4 beers and a bloody over 4 hours, its now 1pm and you have 4 hours to kill. You have had the amount of alcohol and time that you really have 2 choices: keep drinking or go take a nap. If you're having fun with the dads, that decision is easy. So now, you roll into the evening game having been drinking for like 9 hours. Maybe you've kept it within reason with a Coors Light per hour, maybe you haven't...

count me in the minority with you. Does your kid love going to the rink to get better? Is he/she getting better? Are they learning life lessons while learning the game? Do they have a great group of friends with similar goals and outlooks on life? That's the stuff that truly matters. Winning is more fun than losing, but nobody wins every game...in fact losing makes you hate losing and that makes you a more competitive player. I'll take a kid who hates losing over a kid who loves winning. Of course we all want our kids to have success- team and individual- but it is only part of it. go 44-0 and rack up 150 points- great!! do it within the construct of above.

Man, I've seen people lose it over the dumbest things in youth hockey. The alcohol that is a constant on tourney weekends certainly doesn't help. You throw in a very physical sport, a bad day, an element sometimes of protecting your kid...you get group think too with your crew of parents...the mob mentality can get in the mix...nothing good can come of it. Just have fun watching your kids play and take a deep breath. Win a fight and go to jail? Win a fight and put someone in the hospital? Lose a fight and have permanent brain damage? Fall awkwardly and hit your head wrong and die...for what? Gotta keep it packed tight.

I assume that you weren't getting run out of buildings playing A? I agree with playing at the highest level you can while still having a chance to win in 80% of the games you play. Most development is happening in practice, so while game reps are good, they aren't really driving the dev. In the AAA world there are tons of teams that are AAA in name only...they chase the letters...and when they run into a real AAA team they lose by 20...that isn't good for anybody

Other places...Michigan State, BU, etc have poured money into their facilities. Ours are every bit as good, but it isn't the sell it once was. Think...do you want the fanciest house or the best home...

Seriously thats the kinda options the chippahs be having chippahs gonna chippah

$150k, go to Ohio State vs Michigan on Saturday, play at Yost....

very few in hockey, but it is definitely happening.

I cant say for certain and am not "in the know" just remember that those guys didn't commit right before the season, they committed 2 years ago. 3 years ago Jake Sanderson was at UND

Let's be completely honest with ourselves. What we offer to a potential recruit right now vs the other blue blood hockey programs is lacking. Our facilities are at par with the very best, but after that what are you getting that is better than say Michigan or Michigan State or Minnesota or BC or BU or even DU or ASU in our own conference? Lifestyle? I mean would you rather be a stud athlete walking around Ann Arbor or Comm Ave or at the pool at your dorm in ASU vs UND? Education wise, we aren't bad, obv aviation and related is great, but it isn't like going Ivy or Big 10. Facilities wise? Yeah, we are as good if not better than anybody, sure. Development to get you to the NHL...now this is where the rep has fallen...kids would sacrifice lifestyle and education potential if they 100% believed that the dev model was the best to get them to the NHL...why did Parise and Toews come here...yep, that's why...that, my friends, is where we need to focus. We are never going to offer a football game at the big house or the pool at the jock dorm at ASU in january...we need to be the place you go if you want the NHL and don't want any other distractions getting in the way. My two cents.

I'm picking up a fifth tonight too....for consuming during the USA vs Canada game lol

prospects and more importantly their agents are hearing from guys with the same agency about the challenges right now at UND. If you wonder why we haven't landed a chippah, that would be why

counter that with top line and CAGR playing for the multiple...gotta spend to grow...hurts the bottom line, but drives the top and those sweet, sweet 5x 7x 13x

Peluso couldn't skate...if dude could skate he would've been in the NHL as a regular