sadday4hockey

Yeah and maybe he can get a last minute pardon from Uncle Joe before he heads out for good. If they even consider anything other than the written rule, I would guess that they'd have quite a problem on their hands not only from the aggrieved official and his representatives but also from about 90% of all officials. If that player is 18, probably looking at assault charges and possible civil suit. Player, parent, Coach, Officials and now we can add in police and the courts as the lines of defense for poor player conduct. That's the chain of responsibility. Period!!

Not hearing the parents complain makes it a miserable experience?

For those that are just realizing this........ In the minds of USA Hockey and especially our friends at Mid-Am any rules are only for those who are not in their most favored grace And no matter who runs the full ice teams, it's probably being done with knowledge, consent and even encouragement to do so

Reality...... sure

My guess........ you're a skills instructor who might be a bit biased.

How about we do what I suggested instead? We can draft from the same pool of players from a tryout process that lasts more than 4.5 hours over 3 sessions. Then things such as compete level, mental awareness, positional play and many other qualities that are most of the time overlooked and/or ignored at tryouts can be used in the evaluation in addition to whether or not you are willing to agree to all the extra skills sessions the Coach or program will be forcing....... I mean offering to you and your players.

YES!!!!! 100% When said players have zero idea how to implement their skills into a team environment and especially the rarely taught skill of playing off of the puck. I'll take 15 "less skilled" players who understand that hockey is a team sport and requires much thought and processing in addition to skills as opposed to 15 "skill-smothered" robots

That's the question. Let's hear what the consensus is.

They only compete when they have enough talented imports.

Big Boy Hockey?? They play in the NAPHL and the THF. Those are both Elementary "Tier 1 Leagues" The old Empire West League was better competition and the furthest travel was syracuse.

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Precision edges by Rich

How many former PPE coaches have been banned from Coaching due to safesport violations during their time there? Knowing your X's and O's does NOT qualify you as good. Having played in the NHL does not qualify you as good. These are children, adolescents and young adults. Coaches need to know how to communicate to specific age players. One could argue that a learn to play coach who has crossed the paths of 1000's of players and taught them to love the game is a better Coach than a high level Coach who is successful but makes some players lose interest or quit the sport altogether.

What's the plan for the 12U team whose roster is posted with 7 skaters and 2 goalies?

Allegheny Badgers?? 16U AA?? Top 3?? In what parallel universe??

Participating in the Olympics

Maybe they are making preparations and developing for their 16U Major year and playing in 16U AA events?

They are over-trained on the ice and under-educated in the classroom. And what I mean by that is they do not spend near enough time in the classroom on a daily/weekly basis at NC.

It's extortion. But the fact that everyone knows it and then act blind-sided by it is........... well, amazing.

It's not about killing dreams but rather having realistic expectations. And why are so many parents so willing to part with their kids during such an important part of their overall societal development?

Maybe they should axe all the 06's who ran to the Barons a few years ago how that worked out. I simply can't fathom how far people will go to chase something that's not happening in 99.5% of the cases.

The end is nigh.

No different than JoePa

Fafa, there's a reason they took the Cardinal Wuerhl name off the school.