Ban Hammered
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Nope. Practices are usually no more than 1 hour and there are 4 a week and in some rare cases 5 as Sundays are generally off days. It is almost unheard of having a formal practice on a game day. Teams may get in a light skate in the morning, but trust me, that hardly constitutes as a practice.
The reality is that CHL players not only get more game time but practice time as well. Remember, they open camp a full month, and in some cases 6 weeks, before college teams hit the ice for the first time. Their season is longer, meaning more practice time. The average CHL team gets in about three practices a week.
Good job RUSqueelen and Alpine on explaining the CHL eduaction packages. I remember a few years back, few if any American college fans on this board believed that they existed where as now, most realize that choosing the CHL is not closing any doors to a post secondary education.
They may get more practice time due to a longer season, but a lot of guys, especially goalies, that take the college route like the fact that the games are only on weekends as it allows them to work on their game more and try out new things during a full week of practice. It also allows them to fit in a full week of weight training before games are played.