November 17 2010 at 4:15 PM No score for this post
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WOW what a difference a year makes with the Huskies 95 team. It is much clearer that the coach has sold everyone a one-way ticket to NO WHERE! Are you kidding me?? His star player who was cut from 2 AAA team proves every game to be ineffective. He has him on every PP and PK line. But the player won't hit, shies away from traffic, won't pass, and won’t back check. But yet he still runs an ineffective offense that doesn’t work and cost them a National Championship last year. That type of play works at squirt and peewee not at midgets! Lots of 95 players will be available next year for other teams to pick up.
Tonight’s prediction, Sabers 8 Huskies 1
GOOOOOOO SABERESSSSSS
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Don't you have anything else to do besides ripping a kid. Once a again, if you have watched so many games, why don't you "man up" and talk to the Coach about his mistakes and his offense. I am sure you can add some value.
Also as usual, on this board why don't sign your name you "coward."
WJD
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Im not ripping any kids for the fallout at
the Huskies. Its the management that dont
know what their doing. Theyve treated people
with very little respect. As a result
people have ran out the door.
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Seems to me the only people who would even care about a particular teams power play, is the parent (s) of the kid not on the power play, don't you think? It is really time to let your Midget Minor grow up.....soon he'll be a Midget Major and have to fend for himself. Glad you are enjoying this great sport.
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that's a lot a class putting kids down. The kid that is mention not by name is a great kid and a very good hockey player. Any AA team would love to have him on the team. It is not his fault that the coach wants him out there as much as he is. As for Nationals it was what it was, other kids did step it up and it's a team game. Yes the coach used certain kids that's he trusted all year.
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Doubt highly this was a Sabre parent, they probably would have spelled Sabre correctly. As the parent of an ex-Huskies player I can tell you that my son and our family wish the best for the Huskies in every game that they are not playing the Sabres. The boys on that team have become some of my son's best friends over the past couple of years and I am sure that will continue. As was the case the last 2 years, this Huskies team will be stronger at the end of the year when it counts.
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MG's Huskies back in 1st place in CS. They are also moving up the rankings, MG one of the best coaches in the STATE. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Huskies have played 3 games more than the Chargers and 4 games more than the Sabres, and only have a two point lead. Don't count on the Huskies staying in first as soon as either of those teams play as many games as the Huskies.
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I have watched this team a few times this year, they are not big in fact overall they're small. They have some decent speed but nothing special. What they do have is a good team game, they counter attack very well and create a lot of scoring chances which we all know leads to goals. That comes from coaching, I'm not a big fan of the guy but you've got to give credit where credit is due. His teams find ways to win it's that simple.
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watched the Fury play Mission yesterday The Huskies team would also beat the Fury just like the Mission. Fury not very good. Huskies all the way. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And coach MG..
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I would like to give a SHOUT out to MG for a good season, half of his team left him hanging this season (for him and his team that was the best thing to happen)MG was able to pick up some great players better that the ones that left the Huskies for AAA or another team and to do what the Huskies did is great. Again way to go MG. GO Huskies!!!!!!!!!! Good luck to the Chargers and Sabres this weekend.
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I can't believe what a depressing meatgrinder Chicago youth hockey has become. What are there? about 5 million different levels and divisions so you can all pretend like you or your child is better than someone else?
Whatever.
Players, parents, coaches.
All getting their jollies over politics and status.
I played every level through Div. I and I got news for you. You better learn to just enjoy the game because everyone gets cut in the end and some of the most fun you'll ever have is playing pick-up in the middle of the night with good old friends, no refs and no parents.
Frankly, it makes me sick seeing parents shell out huge dollars so some 9 year old can travel the country like a minor leaguer on the bus to nowhere. Idiots. Buy more ice time and just play.
The artificial pecking order in Chicago hockey today is a joke. You are all being sold a bill of goods. I know most of those AAA coaches because I played against them. They are selling you back your own egos.
If you can't enjoy hockey unless you're son is on a prestigious team, then what happens if he'd bve perfectly happy being a top six player in AA instead of a benchwarmer at AAA?
Maybe I should start a Geezer Major AAAAAAAAAAAA team and charge $8000 a head so you parents can have something of your own to brag about without living vicariously ripping on kids.
Losers. Herb Brooks is rolling over in his grave.
Your kids don't need all the fake structure, space shuttle equipment technology and phony titles. They just need to skate like a bat outta hell and enjoy the game while they're still young.
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That poster is so right. Ive been to Canada to try out for some Tier III Jr. A teams with my kid. Didnt go there thinking we'd make a team, didnt spend a ton of money doin it, kinda made it a vacation at the same time and it was a fun time during the summer in the Toronto area. I can tell you because I've seen it. Our best kids here in Tier I Jr. A wouldn't stand a chance against the Tier III-II kids in Canada. Like the poster said, quit chasing something that isnt going to happen, dont spend ur money foolishly or believing everyone when they tell you ur kid is the best. You're so distracted while they're telling u this u dont even realize they have thier hand in your wallet while theyre talking to you.
Remember this one thing, 99.9% of all youth hockey players in the US end up playing in the same place eventually...MEN'S LEAGUE.
Have fun with your Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget, High Schooler, whatever it is you have because one day it will come to an end.
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You preface your opinion based on your experience. Specifically, you state:
"Ive been to Canada to try out for some Tier III Jr. A teams with my kid."
What "Tier III Jr. A" teams did your kid try out for in Canada? I wasn't aware that they adopted the US classification of Juniors?
And to say that our "best kids" the USHL (including Team USA) wouldn't stand a chance against "Tier III-II kids in Canada" (whatever that means) is idiotic.
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To say that 99.9% of all youth hockey players will not make it to the next level is a correct statement including all leagues, house to aaa.
It is also accurate to say that 97.2 % of all people that pick up a golf club will never break 100.
It should be obvious where I am going, seperate House, Tier II, and Tier I, and the percentages would change. Just as if you seperated the golfers that play once a month, belong to a club, or actually practice at the range or the putting green.
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Since this is not the Juniors forum, I'll go ahead and say it. What's the glory of Juniors? You're not making money and you're postponing academic and career growth. The real question is how many get to D1, and hopefully with good scholarship money? (the numbers are not substantially better for Juniors, anyway, if you want to stick to that.) OK, the DR, you want to look at just AAA? What's your guess then. Mine, off the top of my head, is about 5% AAA to D1, maybe 15% AAA to top Juniors.
Play hockey because you love the game, it's going to end sooner or later, and not as a pro.
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"Play hockey because you love the game, it's going to end sooner or later, and not as a pro"
This is a correct statement. To play D1 you pretty much HAVE to play Juniors, to further make it a long shot, on a D1 roster of say 23, you have 12 full rides, a few will get a full ride, most will get a partial, a couple with get nothing. Makes the shot just a little longer.
If somebody makes it to Juniors, the dedication needed will certainly transfer to a career path. Yes you may postpone starting school for a year, but, how many freshman flunk out and end up back home, the percentage may scare us both.
If a person shows the dedication, chooses to persue an education AND play D1 hockey, is in the position they need to be in at the Midget level, why not? If they do not meet any of these criteria, by all means, head down a different road.
The only wrong path in life is the one you do not travel with purpose and a goal in mind.
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I stand corrected. I used a bad choice of words. It was based on what I was told while I was there and where most of these kids would play talent wise if they were in the US. I only used it as a comparison tool and nothing more.
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The glory of JRs is that you are a young adult doing what you love to do every day. Your only priority and focus is hockey and you choose for it to be that way. It's not about money because you do not get paid. Money ruins just about everything. If your playing real JRs you are basically living the dream with little to no worries about money because your fees, billet, and meals are all taken care of. Who would not want to wake up at 11am every morning knowing all you have to do today is play the game you love and play it hard and well.
About the whole education thing your never too old to go to college, but one day you will be to old to old to play Jr hockey.
Some people think differently than my opinion, but I wouldn't trade my 3 years of JR hockey experience for anything.
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WARNING: This post digresses from hockey into life philosophy. The intellectually challenged should not attempt comprehension.
@ ex jr player:
I prefaced my comment with "since this is not the Juniors forum" because I did not intend to offend or disparage those who choose to play Juniors. As a young man, sometimes you just have to follow your passion if reality allows it. Kudos to you for making a great experience for yourself.
But in my jaded old age, I make judgments as a parent, not as a player. What I may have done when I was a young man, or what my son may tell me he wants to do in a couple of years, is quite different than my perspective and advice as a wise ole parent, and may differ from other wise ole parents.
There are those who would encourage their daughter to travel through the museums of Europe and immerse themselves in culture for a year before starting college, what a great life experience it is. There are those that would encourage their son to play Juniors a year or three before college, what a great life experience. There are those that would tell their kids to take a year off to join the Peace Corps or other worthy volunteer work, or work in the family business, or flip burgers at McDonald's, or work on that drum solo while try to line up some rock ’n’ roll gigs for the band. Or move to Hollywood to model or to act, or move to New York to be a fashion designer, or hang on the islands for a year of surfing. No doubt many families have the financial resources to allow these indulgences. And to be clear, I’m not making a value judgment that places one of these over the other. Because while some of these offer deeper personal growth or the altruistic acts of helping others, while others are just an unrealistic perpetuation of a childhood fantasy that just must be confronted by everyone sooner or later, sometimes you just have to follow your passion when it is strong enough. As a young man, I knew that.
So, I don't know that I would stop my own son from any of these, but I am certainly NOT going to encourage it. I’m not going to encourage it because the hard cold reality is that college IS important. The hard cold reality is that taking a year off will NOT improve your study habits or improve your odds of graduating, or getting off to a good fast and hard career start. In fact the contrary is more likely the case, years off will diminish the momentum of success. The hard cold reality is that it is a tough job market, and postponing your career by 3 years will not make you more marketable than your peers. Now maybe none of that stuff is important to you, and you wake up with just another day of hockey, not another care in the world, and life is good. And at the end of your days, when you look back on your time, that memory will be good enough. Or maybe your career options will just not be that affected whether or not you take time off. But as a father who sees college as an important part of my kids’ futures, I have to say… Grow up, son.
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Next time just post this part "But in my jaded old age". It will give those of us with some insight, the ability to save the 2 minutes we wasted reading your rambling drivel, because we already know where you are going, and pretty much your right wing life philosophy. I am not by any means saying College is not important, or that starting a career path is not important. But there are tons of very successful people that have done the things you mentioned, and are still successful.
If you could keep it short, give us your definition of "success". That should answer any lingering questions anyone might have.
Go, do, live.
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yeah, Dr, i started to say a few words and then got carried away. i think i wrote it more for me than for the rest of you. But I'm not right wing, just that work ethic comes first, in my personal value stream. to each his own. and Hockey Rocks!
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You are in aa. Move to AAA and give yourself a chance. It won't happen in aa. Did anyone get invited to the player development. ?mm. If. You don't place yourself in the right location. You won't get noticed. No ahai scrimmage. No ushl combine etc.. in fact try to explain why all of illinoi AAA is at the ahai event and most if not all are at the combine. Locationlocationlocation.
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So if you're a AA player you can forget about being invited to player development camp because only AAA players are invited? Really, is this true?? Although I'm sure AHAI already knows which kids they are sending through no matter how the performance of the players at camp at Seven Bridges goes. But there's plenty of talented kids at the AA level whose parents just can't afford the fees or travel of AAA so they never tried out for it. Likewise, there are kids at the AAA level who are there because their parents CAN afford it and no other reason. I personally know one at CYA whose kid originally was cut, then daddy said put him back on the roster and I will pay double the fees. I don't need to tell you which way CYA went.
And I think the definition of success is how each individual person feels about what they've achieved in their lives. A ditch digger with a high school education could be an honest man with a wife and children and be the richest, most successful man in the world to his family. And if it's "right-wing philosophy" to put a high value on education and a good job to be self supporting, then count me in. I'm assuming then that must mean the "left-wing philosophy" is do as little as possible, have a sense of entitlement and let big brother take care of you?
I don't know, I'm just sayin'.....
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AHAI reportedly established a quota for at least the 97 year: of the players invited to the camp, at least 80% would come from AAA teams, with no more than 20% from AA teams. If AHAI followed this formula, then a maximum of 14 AA players would be invited. Perhaps the philosophy is that AAA players are more likely to advance after playing against tougher competition. However, it is an arbitrary fallacy to assume that the majority of players on TI and Fury are more skilled or more competitive than all but 14 AA players throughout the state. By establishing a quota, AHAI tells parents and players that it cares more about AAA players than those in AA and that it will reward the financial and time sacrifices associated with AAA hockey.
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AT LEAST 20% of the players need to be tier 2. They didn't cap it at 20%.
I have to disagree. Although the Fury and TI were not world beaters at the tier 1 level, they still have the best players the state has to offer. The TI spring try-outs were loaded with tier 2 kids. Only a handful of them will compete with the current TI team for spots. The Mission try-outs had a very large number of tier 2 kids. Again, only a handful could compete for spots on TI or Fury. Yes, there are a lot of quality tier 2 skaters out there. Yes, there are some that are better than those currently on tier 1 rosters. Just how many is another question. My guess is that there will be 20% turnover in tier 1 for next year. Maybe that is the reason for AHAI's 20% rule! Look at the tier 1 kids who didn't get invites. I wonder how many of them will be cut in May.
I wonder how many tier 2 kids entered tier 1 last season. Since we're talking 97s here, I think the only team that had any new tier 1 kids was TI. I wonder how those new tier 1 kids did last season. I'm not familiar enough with TI to know which kids were new to tier 1. My guess is they will stick in tier 1, just like the kids who enter this year.
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