OK so there is 3 Rockford teams. the highschool varsity, the midget major cs, and the midget major NIHL.

Can somebody let us all know the breakdown of these teams.

I hear kids from the CS play varsity and that NIHL kids play varsity as well.


Please inform us all on what shakes out of these three teams.

Thanks!

Look it up on there website

Go and get your shine box!

again, just answer the ?

thanks

3 players on Varsity are not rostered on MM CSDHL
one F, one D, one G; the F & D are rostered on MM NIHL

Conclusion: 85% of Varsity/MM CSDHL is the same.

What I don't know and would be interested in...what does it cost to play for the team?

I am guessing it is around 3500 now.

it is important to note they don't have enough players to split up. There are no cuts from high school! Players simply elect to not tryout and play in NIHL.

Riiiiiight.

Wrong answer. The kids rostered on CS and NIHL that are not on the Varsity team don't go to the schools that got picked. They do not have the option to play high school hockey.

Concept: Play in MM CSDHL Leauge and Tournaments; Play in Top HS Varsity tournaments; Play pracitce games

Cost: $2,600 (plus $225 tryout fee)

Practices: 4 full ice slots/2 off-ice sessions per week!!!!

Games: already over 60 game max limit of other teams because between 2 teams they can have 120 games

Results of this Plan:

Mid. Major CSDHL team - ranked #1 in State/#7 in Nation
HS Varsity - ranked #1 in Combined Division (#2 overall) - 14 straight State Combined Championships

That looks to me to be the best damn value in the state with results.

That needs to be a master card commercial.

My sons moving to Rockford!!!

You have summer skates and pick which combination of schools will make the strongest HS team. Kids who don't go to those schoola are SOL. Of course you could tryout for CSDHL or NIHL, where cuts are allowed.

Simple really, fools AHAI everytime.

ya we all know its bullshit, cheaters

Well Snakeskin, it REALLY wouldn't do anybody any good if they picked schools that didn't have hockey players in it, now would it.

It would NOT make sense including schools w/o hockey players, however the purpose of being a combined HS program is to allow a program that cannot susatain with players from only 1 school.

The concept is to get more than one school together to field a team. Nothing is said about fielding a competitive team. When enough players, HS aged, are found to form a team, that's it. No more schools needed. When 13 players are found and signed up. Done.

The intent is not shift amongst schools to gather the most or best players, the intent is to extend an opportunity to non-pure teams.

When Metro Central declined to invite them back, Rockford provided the list of schools they were drawing from. They could easily have fielded a team from 2 schools, we showed them and their chin dropped. They either don't know the purpose of combining or do not care. I really can't say which.

Metro Central is the only one supporting the intent and spirit of the combined rule. When other teams combine it is to survive not cherry pick the most talent from nearby schools and combine them under some confused interpretation of the rule.

Rockford is a good program, always competitive and most levels. i don't know why they insist on not following the rules for combined teams. Willing to listen to an honest, reasonable explanation.

Best post I have ever seen regarding Rockford.

Thanks!

Is it true that Kids that are on the NIHL team also play on the varsity team?

great post Snakeskin

as a combined school parent now and past CSDHL parent, my kids have played against Rockford for many years.

Definitely a strong solid Central States/HS team.
They played and beat many of the top HS teams all year - and finished as the top CS team. They are a very good team this year, so I am not bashing them -

It is unfortunate that they are allowed to play in the combined HS bracket this year.
To be fair, in years past, they were a good NIHL team, maybe a good to decent HS team but could not compete at the CS level. However this year is very different.

I don't know all the behind the scenes info - whether AHAI doesn't let them play Varsity Red or them not wanting to..... doesn't really matter.

In the end, their kids deserve better competition - like they have played against all year.
AND
All the other combined school players deserve a chance to win their BHC state bracket by playing other combined schools with like circumstances. e.g. kids who just started playing hockey in HS, kids from house programs, kids moved up who should be JV because there aren't enough players, double-rostering so as to not turn anyone away, etc.
These are the realities of the combined school programs.
Some years are good, you get a group of talented kids, some years are bad.
But never do you see a 14 year run of domination.

Ranked #1 Combined, won 2000 straight combined championships, now that an accomplishment. All the rest of the combined teams struggle just to have a team. The object is to be combined for a limited amount of time and show progress to going pure. Hummmmmm 14 years running and not one year you could get 1 pure team. NOT