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The boys on the NC Middle School team tallied their third win of the season last night. Sure wish those unknown and secret Excel players would start playing now......

None of those eighth graders were actually enrolled in the school, Same for this year. North Catholic doesn’t have eighth grade.

I can’t and won’t speak for others associated with the MS team. But the organization has been supportive of the team over the course of our season. There is a pretty wide range of player age, size, and ability. Not sure how the NC organization can be sandbagging and bringing in ringers from Excel when the MS team has two wins on the year. Would hope that the anonymous Excel players would have done better.

The MS team works hard and they play as a team for each other.  Have no idea what next year will bring, but as for us, we’re hopeful the program will continue to grow and get back to it’s former level.

I have a player on the current MS team. While I do not have my finger on the pulse of North Catholic or Excel, I do know that we have not been told anything resembling what you have said.

Since he was playing on the other team, did not drop his damaged equipment, and did not get a minor penalty called...

not sure the lesson was learned.

Thank you for the replies.

It was in a Middle School game. My son’s team lost. The player in question played on the other team. No “Monday morning quarterbacking” of the officials, coaches, players, or other parents.

Only a guy that was unsure of the rule and honestly should have dug a bit deeper before posting.

Not sure what lesson needed to be learned.

Well, the player was playing and his stick broke when he tried a nice one timer from his left defense position. Instead of dropping the stick immediately, he skated across the ice to his bench with the shaft in his hand.

He was playing hockey, pretty well at that.

Never mind. Did some digging.

USA Hockey Rule 605. It’s a minor penalty.

Is it a penalty in youth hockey to play with a broken stick?

Apologies. Original post is quite vague.

Left defenseman in offensive zone. Across the ice from bench. Nice pass for one timer, stick breaks blade off of shaft.

Wonder if it is the same BV player that took a whack at the head of a NP player at the end of the game on Sunday....

Just wait until TEAM A beats TEAM B.

We will all find out that Team A was sandbagging and wasn’t even supposed to be in a certain division....blah blah blah.

It is coming.

Doesn’t get much more accurate than that......

Placement meetings are this week. Challenge games are supposed to be played this weekend. Final placements should be next week sometime.

Unless they’re not. Actual mileage may vary. Tax, tag, title extra.

The advertisement is for a 2005 BY team. 

The result is for a 2005 BY team that is doing pretty good.

North Pittsburgh 14U-185 v. Predators

NP    7

Predarors 2

NP 14u 185 v. Youngstown Phantoms

NP 8

Phantoms 1