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What organizations are those?

Please use the stickied thread for these types of posts.

Admit it - you're just trying to start trouble with this thread, aren't you? 🤣

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Starting this new thread as a clean chat for only teams looking for players. No discussions about or bashing of organizations here, just post your team that is looking for players

Rumor has it Organizations are making promises to try and entice players! Anybody hear of this or having commitment fees waived?

I'm thinking you should have started a new thread for this one! I'll start one!

Must've. As in a contraction for must have been mistaken. It appears we both failed English.

Oh, that’s interesting. When Paul started this chain I thought he said, “THIS IS NOT A THREAD FOR DEBATE ON THE MERITS OF TEAMS. JUST A SPACE TO ALLOW OPENINGS TO BE POSTED.” I must of been mistaken.

This isn't to disparage any specific team/organization but it seems to me that there are a lot of AA promises being made whilst at the same time there is also a lot of begging go on. By the same folks. Just an observation.

16U

Which age(s)?

Huskies have gotten commitments from several players wishing to compete at the 16u AA level. With that being said, I am now seeking a few more skaters (already have goalies) for the roster. Pleas reach out to me immediately if you are interested.

Does anyone have photos of the old Airport ice rink? I mean besides the ones you can use Google to find.

It kinda sounds like Canada’s secret to producing the world’s best hockey players for multiple generations; has finally been unveiled…The love to play the game against higher competition while having a sheet of ice to skate on…plus genetics, of course… I’m being facetious. But, my point remains nonetheless…(plus the money thing is quite important, if that wasn’t already assumed).

Bingo. And hockey being a major priority than most people can imagine. Also working on the ice with guys currently playing in the highest level certainly doesn't hurt.

I think a lot of it has to do with two things, genetics and the fact that they have their own refrigerated rink!

I’d love to know a little bit more about Jon Sr’s training methods. I don’t know any details, but it seems to me that he’s obviously doing something right. If anyone that has any information that they’d be willing to share privately and confidentially (i.e. written plan, home exercise program, nutritional assessment and any supplements, seasonal/time of the year protocols, etc) please feel free to DM me. There’s a ton of newer sport-specific training methods centered on the holistic approach…especially the previously much-overlooked side of sports involving mental health and management. There’s still so much information and knowledge to be gained.

I'd say that is a success! Now - how many people pay how many dollars to have a success rate that you can find one person? Serious question. If you are being sold this is the premier program and the way to make it to the big leagues and dumping 40K per year on it when we include excel + NC, is it worth is? I'm not even doubting its the best program in the area.

There is no such thing as open tryouts when the coach carries over year to year. Or at best, there's very, very few.

You would no longer be able to say that you are having "open" tryouts. Although that is basically a farce for most places, but would cut into try out fees generated.

I like this idea. You know you have a team and are provided something in writing, however you still need to tryout for the organization so that the coaches can make accurate comparisons of potential new players. And if you don't have the heart to tell kids...sorry you're not cutting it, then maybe you're not cut out to be a coach. I know a kid who was the leading scorer on his team last year and thought he had a good relationship with the coach and decided to only try out for that team because that's the only place he wanted to play (it was a PAHL team). Low and behold, he was cut for a bunch of "ringers" and now he's scrambling to find something. Just a crappy situation to be in.

That's a very interesting thought. The only drawback I can think of is that a lot of organizations/coaches may not have the heart/balls to tell the kids they don't want to keep.

16U Yetis tryouts start this evening (Friday the 26th) at 5:30pm. Registration is still open. Info can be found here, then by clicking on the "MIDGET 16U (08/09) - NATIONAL BOUND TEAM" tab. Last season's team was A Major Black, and they are shooting for AA this season. They had fourteen '08s on that team, and ten of them are returning. According to the board member I spoke to, they are hoping to have TWO teams at the 16U level, and already have over thirty kids signed up for tryouts. So if you know any 16U kids still looking for homes, there is still time to register.