hockeynut wrote:Bismarcks U19 team would of easily made the state tourney this year. It's ridiculous not to allow those girls play at the highest level possible in the state. Grand Forks same thing. It would be nice to have a west and east region tourney for girls and it can be done. I agree with you on Mandan. Dewitt Mack is a good coach and his girls play hard for him. Getting to state for first time and winning a game there will do there program wonders. Look at Jamestown and the success they had the previous 2 years. Their youth program has exploded.
scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:Bismarcks U19 team would of easily made the state tourney this year. It's ridiculous not to allow those girls play at the highest level possible in the state. Grand Forks same thing. It would be nice to have a west and east region tourney for girls and it can be done. I agree with you on Mandan. Dewitt Mack is a good coach and his girls play hard for him. Getting to state for first time and winning a game there will do there program wonders. Look at Jamestown and the success they had the previous 2 years. Their youth program has exploded.
I do not really understand how a traveling program is even playing while the school season is going on especially in towns like Grand Forks and Bismarck where the hockey clubs are helping out with the school teams. There isn't a lot of disappointment expressed that there is only one team because kids still get to play. In fact, some choose not to even tryout for the high school team because they can get more play time in 19U, then those high school programs can claim that the numbers are not there because not too many kids tried out.
Some won't agree with me, but it also can hurt individual standout athletes by not having more players to face. For example, the championship girls game featured 2 outstanding goalies from towns that may be able to field more than one team. It would have been more impressive to watch them fight off more shots than they did.
hockeynut wrote:scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:Bismarcks U19 team would of easily made the state tourney this year. It's ridiculous not to allow those girls play at the highest level possible in the state. Grand Forks same thing. It would be nice to have a west and east region tourney for girls and it can be done. I agree with you on Mandan. Dewitt Mack is a good coach and his girls play hard for him. Getting to state for first time and winning a game there will do there program wonders. Look at Jamestown and the success they had the previous 2 years. Their youth program has exploded.
I do not really understand how a traveling program is even playing while the school season is going on especially in towns like Grand Forks and Bismarck where the hockey clubs are helping out with the school teams. There isn't a lot of disappointment expressed that there is only one team because kids still get to play. In fact, some choose not to even tryout for the high school team because they can get more play time in 19U, then those high school programs can claim that the numbers are not there because not too many kids tried out.
Some won't agree with me, but it also can hurt individual standout athletes by not having more players to face. For example, the championship girls game featured 2 outstanding goalies from towns that may be able to field more than one team. It would have been more impressive to watch them fight off more shots than they did.
So playing inferior competition is a good thing? Like the poster above said having 1 super team isn't fair to the rest of the state. Wouldn't it be better for the sport to field some more teams so these girls could have a east and west region tourney like the boys? I think it would get more girls playing knowing that some day they could get to a state tourney and possibly get on tv. The sport will never grow in my opinion if it stays at 11 or fewer teams. It needs to grow.
hockeynut wrote:Believe me girls will get plenty of ice time if there were 2 high school teams in those cities. Would a player rather have a chance to go to a state high school tourney with it's atmosphere or a U19 state tourney. Pretty simple answer in my book. They would also get a heck of a lot more exposure as far as wanting to continue to play in college. To me it's a no brainer.
It is being addressed and looked into by the state. Again it's about development for these girls not wins and losses.scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:Believe me girls will get plenty of ice time if there were 2 high school teams in those cities. Would a player rather have a chance to go to a state high school tourney with it's atmosphere or a U19 state tourney. Pretty simple answer in my book. They would also get a heck of a lot more exposure as far as wanting to continue to play in college. To me it's a no brainer.
I agree with you. I think some of the players could go to a small program, but its hard to get recognized to a bigger school if you aren't facing a lot of players. Both Bismarck and GF look like they are from weak programs for the size of their cities if they can only field 1 team each.
scoobyx2 wrote:Bismarck dominating their opponents with 8th and 9th graders on the roster is a good indication that its time for at least 2 teams out of Bismarck.
hockeynut wrote:Rumblings that Bismarck will stay with 1 team next year. Don't get it. From what I hear there is numbers for nearly 3 teams. Anyone with more info on this?
scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:Rumblings that Bismarck will stay with 1 team next year. Don't get it. From what I hear there is numbers for nearly 3 teams. Anyone with more info on this?
If that is true, then it is a big hit against ND girls hockey. Its tough to promote a sport when cities like Bismarck, West Fargo, and Grand Forks can supposedly only field one team.
hazpay wrote:I have no dog in the fight here...but after reading this thread, I went to find the rosters of these teams.
The Blizzard have 26 girls rostered and the BHB website shows no 19U teams, but instead one 14U team with 13 rostered players. Am I missing something...?
waldo8403 wrote:How about make it real simple, if you want to have a team, then the players have to come from one school.
GF and WF should have 2 teams, Bismarck should have 2 now and 3 in the near future and Fargo should have 3.
hazpay wrote:I have no dog in the fight here...but after reading this thread, I went to find the rosters of these teams.
The Blizzard have 26 girls rostered and the BHB website shows no 19U teams, but instead one 14U team with 13 rostered players. Am I missing something...?
scoobyx2 wrote:waldo8403 wrote:How about make it real simple, if you want to have a team, then the players have to come from one school.
GF and WF should have 2 teams, Bismarck should have 2 now and 3 in the near future and Fargo should have 3.
That would make sense since their competition are schools like Mandan, Williston, and Jamestown who are running programs with limited numbers.
hockeynut wrote:hazpay wrote:I have no dog in the fight here...but after reading this thread, I went to find the rosters of these teams.
The Blizzard have 26 girls rostered and the BHB website shows no 19U teams, but instead one 14U team with 13 rostered players. Am I missing something...?
They have a U19 team. They are like 13-1 in the state. Grow the sport. To do that get more teams at the high school level. Would be nice to have a west and east region tourney. Simply asinine they don't have 2 teams.
scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:hazpay wrote:I have no dog in the fight here...but after reading this thread, I went to find the rosters of these teams.
The Blizzard have 26 girls rostered and the BHB website shows no 19U teams, but instead one 14U team with 13 rostered players. Am I missing something...?
They have a U19 team. They are like 13-1 in the state. Grow the sport. To do that get more teams at the high school level. Would be nice to have a west and east region tourney. Simply asinine they don't have 2 teams.
I really don't think they have a 19U team. I think their 14U team plays some 19U teams.
Run4Fun2009 wrote:scoobyx2 wrote:hockeynut wrote:hazpay wrote:I have no dog in the fight here...but after reading this thread, I went to find the rosters of these teams.
The Blizzard have 26 girls rostered and the BHB website shows no 19U teams, but instead one 14U team with 13 rostered players. Am I missing something...?
They have a U19 team. They are like 13-1 in the state. Grow the sport. To do that get more teams at the high school level. Would be nice to have a west and east region tourney. Simply asinine they don't have 2 teams.
I really don't think they have a 19U team. I think their 14U team plays some 19U teams.
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