Bruwinz37
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- Feb 27, 2002
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How is youth hockey formatted in Canada? Do Mites (Atoms?) play a full ice format or do they do cross ice?
Reason I ask is that a new American Development Model is being put in place where Mites will play cross ice (only some states are doing this right now) and ultimately Mites wont play full ice at all until they graduate to Squirts.
Reason behind this is to give each kid more touches on the puck and develop skills without chasing down a puck on a big sheet.
There are certainly pros and cons to this but from what I have seen it is working well as kids do get the puck on their stick a lot more than they would have and it keeps kids engaged in the game where they may be left out on a full ice.
So long question short....how does Canada format youth hockey? Both Travel and House. I guess the biggest difference is that kids in Canada likely get a lot more ice time based on having easy access to frozen ponds where even here in the Northeast it tends to be hit and miss and for much shorter durations.
Any and all thoughts welcome...European input would be great too.
Reason I ask is that a new American Development Model is being put in place where Mites will play cross ice (only some states are doing this right now) and ultimately Mites wont play full ice at all until they graduate to Squirts.
Reason behind this is to give each kid more touches on the puck and develop skills without chasing down a puck on a big sheet.
There are certainly pros and cons to this but from what I have seen it is working well as kids do get the puck on their stick a lot more than they would have and it keeps kids engaged in the game where they may be left out on a full ice.
So long question short....how does Canada format youth hockey? Both Travel and House. I guess the biggest difference is that kids in Canada likely get a lot more ice time based on having easy access to frozen ponds where even here in the Northeast it tends to be hit and miss and for much shorter durations.
Any and all thoughts welcome...European input would be great too.