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SJHovey said:
I've got to disagree with you, on a number of points.

First, taking this step would be a huge blow to college hockey's effort to compete with the major junior leagues, at least until such time as the NHL also enacts similar shotblocking rules.

Second, effective shotblocking is a skill not many players possess, or are willing to put in the work (and pain) to perfect. Those that do are highly prized by their teams.

Also, skilled shotblocking is not a recent college hockey phenomenom. The best I ever saw was Craig Ludwig at UND in the late '70's and early '80's. He parlayed that skill into a long and successful NHL career.
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I also do not like this proposed rule change. Growing up, I was always taught to go down to block shots or passes because you take up more room that way. I see going down (insert sexual joke here) as nothing more than strategy. If someone's willing to expose that much of their body (insert another sexual joke here), they should be able to.
 
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BCWH Superfan joe said:
Is it just me or is the production value, camerawork, and quality of the HD better on the TSN simulcasts of Canada than the NHL Network productions of US games?
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I believe that all productions are done by TSN, with the only difference being the on air talent.
 
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BoomGoestheDynamite said:
Canadians do realize that no one in the rest of the world, outside of college hockey boards, cares about this tournament? For all their Boxing Day-January 5th chest thumping and shouting, the rest of the world isn't paying attention and really doesn't give a crap how many Junior titles they win?
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That is what so funny. Don't get me wrong I would love to see the US win the tourney but I would rather see the Gophers or Wild win a championship.
 
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Pucknut said:
I believe that all productions are done by TSN, with the only difference being the on air talent.
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I've thought that the production for the USA games has been very good. The HD has been great.

As far as camera angles, have USA and Canada been in the same rink? I know that there are two sites and the camera angles can be very different from rink to rink.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I've thought that the production for the USA games has been very good. The HD has been great.

As far as camera angles, have USA and Canada been in the same rink? I know that there are two sites and the camera angles can be very different from rink to rink.
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The US and Canada are both part of Group A playing in Saskatoon which will also host the medal round. Slovakia, Switzerland and Latvia are the other Saskatoon teams. Sweden, Russia, Finland, Austria, and the Czech Republic are in Regina Xwhich will host the relegation roundX

Edit - the relegation round will also be in Saskatoon. I just assumed that as in past years they'd be in the other city. 3 games a day (noon, 4 and 8 pm) 1/2-1/4. As tiring as it is, it is nice to know I will get to shoot all the teams despite not being able to make it to Regina at all.
 
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mwade said:
The US and Canada are both part of Group A playing in Saskatoon which will also host the medal round. Slovakia, Switzerland and Latvia are the other Saskatoon teams. Sweden, Russia, Finland, Austria, and the Czech Republic are in Regina Xwhich will host the relegation roundX

Edit - the relegation round will also be in Saskatoon. I just assumed that as in past years they'd be in the other city. 3 games a day (noon, 4 and 8 pm) 1/2-1/4. As tiring as it is, it is nice to know I will get to shoot all the teams despite not being able to make it to Regina at all.
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Great photos! I really like the one where the Harvard player is skating towards the lens along the boards and his reflection is mirroring him in the glass. Well done.
 
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Haha. Watch the highlights from the Can/Swi game on the TSN website:

http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/

Kadri from Canada whining about a Swiss player hitting him. What a baby. Canada has dished out multiple cheap shots in the games so far, and he's whining about being hit while going to the bench? :D
 
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We should quit wasting our time talking about Canda. Sweden is the best team there, not the Canadians
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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brianvf said:
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.
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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.:)
 
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dggoddard said:
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.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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dggoddard said:
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.
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I'd ignore SEC Country. Football uber alles and that won't change anytime soon.
 
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