US Junior Team cuts

[Federal League]

Re: US Junior Team cuts

We should quit wasting our time talking about Canda. Sweden is the best team there, not the Canadians

Sweden is great. Canada is better.

[dggoddard]

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Youth hockey in the US is only getting more expensive and the high costs will eventually choke the sport. Parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars chasing a few D-1 scholarship opportunities.

With the population growth in the South & West I'd like to see USA Hockey spend more resources promoting roller hockey in neighborhoods as a way to introduce kids to ice hockey. Almost every kid has a pair of roller blades or roller shoes. Very few of these kids know anything about ice hockey or own hockey sticks.

Look at the DU players in recent years who started roller blading first, Rakhshani, Gauthier and Zucker to name a few. DU recent recruits are coming from Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri & California.

[brianvf]

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There was an article in USA Hockey magazine a year or two ago about TJ Oshie and his roots in roller hockey. It seems that USA Hockey is starting to promote roller hockey more and more in their magazine.

[dggoddard]

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There was an article in USA Hockey magazine a year or two ago about TJ Oshie and his roots in roller hockey. It seems that USA Hockey is starting to promote roller hockey more and more in their magazine.

If USA Hockey could get a couple of hundred thousand to a million extra kids playing roller hockey in neighborhood streets and driveways the balance of power in world ice hockey would shift south.

[blockski]

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Youth hockey in the US is only getting more expensive and the high costs will eventually choke the sport. Parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars chasing a few D-1 scholarship opportunities.

With the population growth in the South & West I'd like to see USA Hockey spend more resources promoting roller hockey in neighborhoods as a way to introduce kids to ice hockey. Almost every kid has a pair of roller blades or roller shoes. Very few of these kids know anything about ice hockey or own hockey sticks.

Look at the DU players in recent years who started roller blading first, Rakhshani, Gauthier and Zucker to name a few. DU recent recruits are coming from Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri & California.

Roller hockey is fine, but hockey in general will always be an expensive sport with smaller participation numbers than other team sports. That's just the way it is.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Anyone know if I can find today's USA game online somewhere? I don't get NHL network at my apartment but was hoping to be able to watch the game still.

[dggoddard]

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Anyone know if I can find today's USA game online somewhere? I don't get NHL network at my apartment but was hoping to be able to watch the game still.

www.fasthockey.com

[BoomGoestheDynamite]

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Youth hockey in the US is only getting more expensive and the high costs will eventually choke the sport. Parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars chasing a few D-1 scholarship opportunities.

With the population growth in the South & West I'd like to see USA Hockey spend more resources promoting roller hockey in neighborhoods as a way to introduce kids to ice hockey. Almost every kid has a pair of roller blades or roller shoes. Very few of these kids know anything about ice hockey or own hockey sticks.

Look at the DU players in recent years who started roller blading first, Rakhshani, Gauthier and Zucker to name a few. DU recent recruits are coming from Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri & California.

I'd ignore SEC Country. Football uber alles and that won't change anytime soon.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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www.fasthockey.com

have to pay for that though dont you?

[Dirty]

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http://www.myp2pforum.eu/nhl-icehock...mpionship.html

The only link for the game so far requires Sopcast though.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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http://www.myp2pforum.eu/nhl-icehock...mpionship.html

The only link for the game so far requires Sopcast though.

Is Sopcast really bad? Haven't ever used it...

[Dirty]

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Is Sopcast really bad? Haven't ever used it...

It's not bad, I use it. If you are at work or something though, you probably can't, or in my case shouldn't, install it and therefore can't get the game.

[WeWantMore]

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Is Sopcast really bad? Haven't ever used it...

I really like it, watch nearly every Blackhawks game on it. That said, about 25% of the people I know who download it have it wreak havoc with their computer.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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I really like it, watch nearly every Blackhawks game on it. That said, about 25% of the people I know who download it have it wreak havoc with their computer.

Oh....great...exactly what I want on my brand new Dell

[BoomGoestheDynamite]

Re: US Junior Team cuts

Czechs are tied with Osterreich 1-1 after 1. Their tournament is spiraling downward. They lose this game and they might get relegated. The Swiss are no pushover, especially if Conz is hot.