Season ticket holder in Flint since day one and might as well have been one in Plymouth/Detroit so I’m an OHL guy tooI actually like the direction the team is heading in and some of Holland’s picks. He had a good offseason signing some pretty solid depth players.
Anyways, this is a Power thread not a McDavid thread. Good start to his NCAA career, he’s a massive kid I think he’s one and done. He’ll be in the NHL next year after he goes 1st overall.
You’re an NCAA guy, I watched the Wisconsin v Notre Dame game last night. Holloway looked really good last night, it’s too bad Holloway will be gone for the Team Canada camp as Wisconsin plays Michigan next weekend. Would of been a fun game to tune into to.
One game.
Okay?That he wouldn't have had had he been in bubble quarantine
Nope beating ASU 6-0 doesn’t make me feel anything to be honest. Do they even have ice in Arizona?
Yeah, a ton of California kids moved to more competitive leagues at like 14/15. Just look at the Robertson family for example (they moved to Michigan, and then to the GHTL for their OHL draft year). Although, this isn't even exclusive to non-Hockey hot beds. No one would call rural Ontario a non-Hockey region, yet ROR moved to play with the Junior Canadians at 15 for his OHL draft year, same is the case with Patrick Kane in Western New York moving to Detroit at 14. Hell, even Sid and MacKinnon both went to American prep school due to the competition level in the Maritimes or Noah Dobson who went to the Red Bull Academy. There is very much a keeping up with the Jones's attitude that is dominant in high-level youth sports. Just look at the family in California of a top QB recruit who got a "divorce" so that one parent could be the legal guardian so there kid could play High School Football in Georgia this year (if one parent just relocated while still married this wouldn't be allowed). Interesting to see Matthews who stuck it out with junior Coyotes until USNTDP being the flag bearer for non-Hockey regions. Compared to say someone like Chychrun who was a Hockey vegabound from like 12 on, at one point flying in on weekends to play for Little Ceasar's in Detroit from Florida.ASU has put together a decent program in a short amount of time (to my surprise). They made the NCAA tournament in 2019 and were ranked #14 when play halted earlier this year.
Brinson Pasichnuk graduated and signed with San Jose. With the uncertainty of the season, Josh Maniscalco ended up leaving and signed with Pittsburgh. Might be a transition year as they look to replace their top two D.
I dragged my buddy to an ASU game a few years back and they do currently play in a meager arena (with an occasional game at the Coyotes arena when a bigger name school is visiting) but they've broken ground on a new facility. I get that it's easy to poke fun at them, but
they're done a decent job in their short history building it up.
I'm holding out hope that some other Pac-12 schools start up D1 hockey programs. Just to give some options to west coast families. Of the handful of guys from my area who turned pro, their families had to uproot themselves / jump through some hoops to get college scholarships.
Yeah, a ton of California kids moved to more competitive leagues at like 14/15. Just look at the Robertson family for example (they moved to Michigan, and then to the GHTL for their OHL draft year). Although, this isn't even exclusive to non-Hockey hot beds. No one would call rural Ontario a non-Hockey region, yet ROR moved to play with the Junior Canadians at 15 for his OHL draft year, same is the case with Patrick Kane in Western New York moving to Detroit at 14. Hell, even Sid and MacKinnon both went to American prep school due to the competition level in the Maritimes or Noah Dobson who went to the Red Bull Academy. There is very much a keeping up with the Jones's attitude that is dominant in high-level youth sports. Just look at the family in California of a top QB recruit who got a "divorce" so that one parent could be the legal guardian so there kid could play High School Football in Georgia this year (if one parent just relocated while still married this wouldn't be allowed). Interesting to see Matthews who stuck it out with junior Coyotes until USNTDP being the flag bearer for non-Hockey regions. Compared to say someone like Chychrun who was a Hockey vegabound from like 12 on, at one point flying in on weekends to play for Little Ceasar's in Detroit from Florida.
He never relocated until the USNTDP. He lived in Arizona and played for the Arizona Bobcats AAA. He got hooked up as a ringer with certain travel teams for high-level tournaments like the Quebec Pee-wee ones. That's much different than full-on relocation to play for certain AAA teams full time which is quite common. Matthews's family never relocated to a hockey hotbed like Detroit and he never went off to play in a prep-school like Shattuck. Which is quite common.Actually Austin Matthews lived and traveled with his Ukranian coach for extended periods of time. He would come back to Arizona but he was gone for months at a time traveling and training. He is definitely not a product of Arizona hockey.
How a young Matthews was discovered playing for a Ukrainian team - Sportsnet.ca
He never relocated until the USNTDP. He lived in Arizona and played for the Arizona Bobcats AAA. He got hooked up as a ringer with certain travel teams for high-level tournaments like the Quebec Pee-wee ones. That's much different than full-on relocation to play for certain AAA teams full time which is quite common. Matthews's family never relocated to a hockey hotbed like Detroit and he never went off to play in a prep-school like Shattuck. Which is quite common.
Yeah, a ton of California kids moved to more competitive leagues at like 14/15. Just look at the Robertson family for example (they moved to Michigan, and then to the GHTL for their OHL draft year). Although, this isn't even exclusive to non-Hockey hot beds. No one would call rural Ontario a non-Hockey region, yet ROR moved to play with the Junior Canadians at 15 for his OHL draft year, same is the case with Patrick Kane in Western New York moving to Detroit at 14. Hell, even Sid and MacKinnon both went to American prep school due to the competition level in the Maritimes or Noah Dobson who went to the Red Bull Academy. There is very much a keeping up with the Jones's attitude that is dominant in high-level youth sports. Just look at the family in California of a top QB recruit who got a "divorce" so that one parent could be the legal guardian so there kid could play High School Football in Georgia this year (if one parent just relocated while still married this wouldn't be allowed). Interesting to see Matthews who stuck it out with junior Coyotes until USNTDP being the flag bearer for non-Hockey regions. Compared to say someone like Chychrun who was a Hockey vegabound from like 12 on, at one point flying in on weekends to play for Little Ceasar's in Detroit from Florida.
How’d he look today?
The game is currently on the Big Ten Network...almost 2 periods in. No points, but I'm really impressed with his skating and mobility. He looks like one of those defensemen who's able to tilt the ice.How’d he look today?
I love his physical game out there.He has looked like only the 3rd best 2021 draft eligible on the ice imo. Bust.
(Beniers and Johnson are insane).
But seriously, this team is crazy fun. No points but Power is just a rock out there.
He has looked like only the 3rd best 2021 draft eligible on the ice imo. Bust.
(Beniers and Johnson are insane).
But seriously, this team is crazy fun. No points but Power is just a rock out there.
Owen Power will go number 1 in the draft. Write it down.