Minor Hockey

What should I do to make sure my shots,pass and play is minor league level? I only play with friends at my school sometimes On the streets or school tennis court, Yeah yeah lol. What should I do to make sure my skills will be good enough to play in minor league. Power skating classes? Etc. I'm 15 years old, And really like playing hockey. I've played for a few months already, me and my friends beat the teachers today 10-0 :D
I'm from Vancouver,BC

Skating is the most important. Skate outside in the winter as much as you can. After a while you can start to work on your shooting and passing.

2008-12-17 16:38:37 by King_Of_1993

One of my buddies fights that his team had in whitehorse

I'm interested in knowing how the minor hockey league in Canada is set up. what the structure is too. Thanks!

Its a different setup all over Canada.
Here in Calgary:
Age 4=Beginner
5-6 = Tyke
7-8 = Novice
9-10 = Atom
11-12 = Peewee*
13-14 = Bantam*
14-15 = Midget*
16-17 = Junior*
*These levels are hit-hockey
Players are ranked according to skill and placed on a team
1=best
There will be as many teams in each community as there are players wanting to play. Coaches are usually parents, but in higher levels, 'off-the-street' coaches will come in.
From bantam and up, AA and AAA teams will be formed. About 4 or 5 communities will make up each team, and they play all over the city and surrounding area.

2007-02-17 15:39:41 by gotham158

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I was reading The Toronto Star this morning and I find it embarrassing that in Toronto, minor hockey leagues are experiencing an increase in violence and racial slurs.
If you've ever been to a minor league hockey game, you probably noticed parents screaming for their kid(s) to get the puck or yelling at the coach to put their kid(s) on the ice.
I think parents are to blame for the increase in inappropriate behavior, they're putting to much pressure on their children.
What do you think?

I think you are right on. Parents are too closely involved with their kids to be saying anything during games. There's one coach to a team. One. Many parents don't realize that they are trying to make up for their own failures and shortcomings through their kids.

For instance, a person close to me and I were on the phone catching up on each other earlier in the week. His kid is in one of those top-notch schools that all the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses types want their kids to go to (he can take it). During our conversation he mentioned that one of the kids in that same school killed himself due to the pressure his parents put upon him.

If they feel guilty, they should. They've certainly earned it, because so many parents think that they are doing whats best for their kids without ever considering how their kids feel about it. They don't recognize the warning signs of a kid in trouble. For one thing, the kid may not even realize they are having trouble. But like parents at Little League, Pop Warner and the like who act like coaches, they know very little about how they are making things more difficult for their kids.

Not all parents are like that, but there are more than enough to go around. I've encountered many while in support of my niece at her community soccer league games when she was a youngster. I was among many who have had to tell someone to let the coach do their job. I've seen some of them go onto the field and argue with the referee, and I've even seen a few parents get into shouting and pushing matches between themselves.

I don't care how passionate they are, how concerned they say they are, or how helpful they think they are. No matter how much they have invested in their child's participation, they have no right to act like the poorest sports they are. Even some of the kids can see them for the punks they are.

2009-12-05 07:15:44 by ѕαмιяα ❤'ѕ ѕυn кιnԍ :]

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How does minor league hockey affailations work? I know the NHL has a deal with the AHL, but can't AHL teams sign and release players independentally as well? And are ECHL teams affailaited with the NHL, AHL, both, or independent? And what about lower level teams and leagues?

Each NHL hockey team has an affiliate team in the AHL. The NHL may also have affiliate teams in other minor professional leagues such as the ECHL, IHL, and CHL.

The AHL is the most highly-ranked minor league. The ECHL, IHL, and CHL are on the next tier below and act as feeders to the AHL, with the ECHL being the greatest of the three "equals" due to its more official ties to the NHL. The IHL would be considered second to the ECHL and slightly above the CHL due to higher allowance of veteran players and a higher salary cap. The SPHL in turn is a feeder to the ECHL, IHL and CHL. This tier is followed by several lower-grade and semi-pro leagues.

AHL - American Hockey League
CHL - Central Hockey League
IHL - International Hockey League
ECHL - East Coast Hockey League
SPHL - Southern Professional Hockey League

Lower levels of hockey would include the Semi-Pro teams (LCH, PDHL) and Junior Teams. The Junior Teams are seperated into 6 categories, Major Junior, Juinor A, Junior B, Junior C, Junior D, and Junior Development. The most widely known Junior Hockey Leagues include the OHL, QMJHL, and WHL, which are all goverened by the CHL (Canadian Hockey League). Another level of hockey is college hockey, or NCAA hockey.

2008-02-02 16:16:40 by KevinWCP

Players get called up from the minor leagues and sent back down just like in baseball. However, some of the minor leagues in hockey are actually considered semi-professional leagues. Were leagues such as the AHL and ECHL established independently of the NHL and they have some sort of transfer agreement for players? How exactly does it work?

The ECHL, CHL, and AHL are all full professional leagues.

The AHL and NHL were at one time both partners, and adversaries. I played in the AHL because I was the property of the Chicago Black Hawks, but many others played because they were professionals. Teams like the Hershey Bears, Rochester Americans, and the Cleveland Barons, all had NHL size payrolls and went after players as free agents.

In the mid to late 60s, with NHL expansion (especially into CHL and AHL markets), the WHL imploded (another professional league pre-1970) and the AHL and CHL stepped in line as full NHL affiliates due to the loss of the bigger markets (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Buffalo).

Currently, there are 30 NHL teams, and 30 AHL teams. Every AHL team has an agreement with an NHL team to supply at least 86% of their roster (each AHL team is free to sign up to 4 non-NHL affiliated players). The IHL and ECHL have similar, less-binding player agreements.

The NHL has it's own collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which covers all players who have an NHL contract, regardless of which league they are playing in. The AHL has it's own CBA which governs all players in the AHL, that aren't under NHL contracts, and has an AHL/NHL section that governs those players under 2 way contracts (or in the case of Marc Denis, NHL players who suck too much to be in the NHL).

There are currently several cases (Toronto, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit) where the owner of the NHL team has an ownership stake in the AHL team.

Usually, the owners of the AHL team will sign a financial agreement with the NHL team that permits and encourages the AHL team to develop players for the NHL teams.


I guess the answer to your question is that the NHL has NEVER created it's own full-fledged development league. Prior to the 1967 expansion, the NHL competed with several other professional leagues (although the NHL was still regarded as the top dog) and through the last 40 years, these other leagues have consolidated to be the NHL's minor league system

2008-09-24 09:04:49 by Joez2103