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bantam AA

My brother's best friend's girlfriend's cousin said she heard him commit at 69 flavors...

people always complain when little johnny doesn't make the team...he waited his turn, so he should get to play...nope...this is big boy/real world...get better at hockey and you won't get cut.

true, but same as the big schools in the cities...lotta good players get cut in Edina, Tonka, EP, etc

Think about this...if you add EGF Sr High to that list, you are barely bigger than Edina and still smaller than Tonka and EP....imagine a single team of RR, Central, EGF....

Yep. Central + Red River is 2300 Moorhead 2000 Edina 2700 Minnetonka and Eden Prairie each well over 3000

2 super elite 2010's back from Michigan AAA to MNKOTA high school: Joey Cullen and RJ Thompson

That's a very good showing out of the gate

Yes, but its a go for 2027 is what I saw, so they just delayed it...and yes...CHL is separate technically, but... So good additions to my comments, important clarifications

The only thing I know for certain is that they are going forward with that national Tier 1 development league for 15U and 17U and they want that to fit into the pyramid with USHL and NTDP. I would be surprised if they are trying to roll into the CHL, although stranger things have happened...I just can't see USA Hockey surrendering to Hockey Canada though as governing body of all Tier 1 junior hockey in North America....NHL development money, top US players considering CHL are important things for them to think about...who knows, I am speculating....

His family lives in MN. He's a freshman in high school now and so he moved back home to Eden Prairie. He went to Caesar's in order to play bantam with his birth year rather than another year of PeeWee. Stayed 2 years so not to team hop, then came home for high school hockey with his old buddies.

young guys leading the IIT in scoring. RJ Thompson 2010 is tied for 1st, Nash Roed 2009 is tied for 2nd...that's vs the best of 20007s...shttuck prep, culver prep, etc...

LFG!!!! I am older, wiser, more tolerant than my youth....but...I want the puck to drop...best way to spend a friday night in october

Sung has great offensive skills and can fly. He is very undersized however. Speaking of SSM prep, their last game in the elite league vs Mpls St Paul Magazine was tight and the 2010's were making their presence felt at that level. Maverick McKinnon, Drew Daley, and RJ Thompson all had very strong outings.

Looks like some younger talent is doing well in the Elite League: Freshmen Maverick McKinnon (F) 1G 6A , RJ Thompson (F) 5G 3A, and Owen Ryan (G) .921 save% are up on the leader board. Sophomores Landon Sampair (F) 4G 4A, Nash Roed (F) 3G 5A, Johnny Gramer (F) 3G 4A, Ayvin Hontvedt (D) 3G 3A also in the top 25 in scoring.

Not sure why a kid would leave for Cleveland Barons AAA. I get it if you are going to Caesar's, Mission, Mount, SSM, BK...but Cleveland?

Lotta high end guys on there that are probably on every blue blood list....

Program and first round junior guys are unlikely to commit day 1.

They keep crowning guys earlier and earlier. I'm sure Dupont is a complete stud. Letang is though too. I mean Eckblad was exceptional status and he is a very good NHLer, not great.

I digress....both Dupont and Letang for that matter are pretty special hockey players : )

nothing more fun than stopping at the blue line and waiting fro dude, then covering his point

I posed the question, because I disagree with that. I think elite Fs want D that move the puck and cover the back end as opposed to carrying the puck and trying to create through the neutral zone

Does bringing in an elite offensive dman who likes to carry the puck turn off elite Fs? especially centers who end up covering...

RJ Thompson and Maverick McKinnon are two of the top 2010's in the country and both received invites to the HS Elite League as freshman. A handful of elite 2010 sophomores also did: Gramer, Korten, Hontvedt, and Jackson. These are 1 year out targets, as I have heard both Thompson and McKinnon have accelerated to join the early 2010's grade wise.

Kid put up points vs top competition in Minny AA too...wasn't like he padded vs the little sisters of the poor. I think he's a legit college prospect. He put up solid numbers at USA dev camps and in the elite league. I think he projects as a middle 6 college forward that could play top 6 with the right program.