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mire likely.... Hockey Canada: We should lobby IIHF to ban ncaa players from WJC

and a smile.

MASSIVE influx of commitments pouring in from canadian juniors today..... Or being reported today after the holidays

Equally is not accurate, Equitably might be more acceptable way to describe

NDAHA runs the Team ND program. They compete for the Northern Plains District slots at the USA Hockey championships at the Tier 1 (AAA) level 14U-15Only-16U and have development teams at the Tier 2 or (AA) level. 13U-18U https://leagues.teamlinkt.com/ndaha/TeamNorthDakota

Yeah I don't buy that, they have some good hockey players there, and good coaching. just struggling with D and just didn't have a goalie ready when the others took off... which is baffling that they thought they should leave but.. is what it is. I wouldn't count out Red River in EDC or State.

That's a big win for that Davies club.

so, can theoretically draw from 7 high schools?? But in reality, it's not even about high schools it's the youth program numbers that matter, but if they have the numbers to field a Jr Gold and still have players who want to play but can't, that's absurd in the participation era of ND High school athletics to not field at the very least a North High JV squad this year, or last year to get the program rolling.

How many high schools do they have feeding into that team now... is it 3? High, North, .. any kids from Bishop Ryan or Burlington or elsewhere?

Into the break.... Central and Minot kinda the deals I expected.... clear picks. Maybe more parity for the 2-3 slots on both conferences than I expected. RedRiv/WF/FargoNorth Legacy/Mandan/Century/ Williston???/Jamestown???? (although they start playing a bit tougher competition in January) Although I think 4 slots will still be complete dice rolls at tourney time. Didn't expect so many absolute blowouts, in the East. Didn't expect as many 1 goal games in the west. Biggest early suprises: Goaltending at BHS a brightside. Goaltending at Red River a liability.

Got to get there to choke. I ike Berry, I'm a Beery guy, still but man, If the tourney is in Fargo again and UND isn't, again.. I'm not sure all the parts of this relationship can continue to relate. I think that's a fair POV.

That one went a different way quick

Alot to unpack there but 1)Nobody said ND high school hockey was anywhere close to AAA... but AAA isn't a certification, it's just a label. And anyone can pay to play with that label somewhere. A ton of shady people and organizations out there just label crap "AAA" and take people's money by suckering them into thinking it's the only way for their special little 2.3 ppg squirt 2 all-star clam nugget to make the next level. Good lord .. good example is anything produced in the "North land"... :"AAA" Mello yello explosion touney... ... more like low level B hockey coached by complete tools that never played a day of organized hockey. Just a label, just someone cashing checks... but hey get to keep the jersey right!? 2) No, all the money, camps and special skating coaches in the world won't change the outcome for 99% of kids in hockey. So many examples to illustrate this. Just ask Mastercard. 3) And will ALWAYS call out the hypocrisy of a: "ND based AAA so kids don't have to leave home" There is no possible full time ND based AAA/Tier 1 for ND players, There's selfishly wanting a Fargo based program so Fargo kids don't have to leave home or a GF based program so GF kids don't have to leave home or a Bismarck based.... etc.. The reality is not any of those places could produce a full team per year class to be a competitive "AAA" program without bringing in multiple players from outside ... which isnt "staying home". And the market for bringing together the ones that can and want to play at that level together in the fall and spring is, not without its faults, but covered and producing respectable results.

The key in uniting a divided group is refocusing the angst on a new target..... Berry may have found it with Larson.... the OT win and attitude presented for the coach could have been just what the doctor ordered. The hit on the tendy could have saved the season, for now.