INCH names nation's top recruiting classes

[SoCalSiouxFan]

Re: INCH names nation's top recruiting classes

I've enjoyed going back and looking at these lists and seeing who turned out to be good and who didn't, and which overall rankings were right but ended up having the wrong players listed as the impacts in that class. I think my favorite is 2005 where BU is not listed in the top 15. That class (Higgins, Gilroy, Yip, Lawrence and McCarthy) turned out alright in the end.

In 2005 Toews and Oshie should have been in a class by themselves as exceptional students of hockey.

 

[JHG722]

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Are any of those places between Washington DC and Boston? (and I'm not including any ho-dunk cities, I'm talking places were the commute isn't 1-2 hours into a city to work)

I think Swami is a little high on his % but I'd guess almost 50% of the hockey families I've met have been north of 100k. Hockey isn't cheap. Outside of Rosseau/Warroad and maybe The Range, many of the best players in MN come from Minnetonka, Wayzata, E(F)P, Edina, Duluth East, (I'm missing some but you get the point) etc. Those aren't exactly low income locations.

I know the wealth in MN very well, so yes, you're right. There are plenty of suburbs of Philly in PA and South Jersey where you'll live well making 100K a year.

 

[jmhusker]

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Kids from rural Canada, Minnesota, Michigan & Massachusetts are probably the under 100K. But those hockey strongholds provide plenty of low-cost opportunities for talented kids to continue to develop.

Where is this rural Massachusetts you are talking about? Most players come from Eastern Mass and I know of no low cost opportunities out here. At the mite level (Under 8) it costs about $2K per year for a town league and about $3K a year for a select team. Throw in a few tournaments and equipment and you can reach $4-5K pretty quickly. And that doesn't include summer camps.

In my town, if you make less than $75K a year you are eligible for school lunch aid.

 

[Happy]

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In 2005 Toews and Oshie should have been in a class by themselves as exceptional students of hockey.

no, not really. there are higher drafted players, and better NHL players recently, so they are not really exceptional. maybe you mean arrest record.