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Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:19 pm What teams will be good next year? My son is only going to the best teams. He’s 09 and a top player from aa.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 12:23 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:19 pm What teams will be good next year? My son is only going to the best teams. He’s 09 and a top player from aa.

Your and 09 AA player. Don’t look at the good teams, you won’t make it. Look at Rebels, Red Wings, DMF. Those teams are historically always bad. NYR, Reps and Sens occasionally put decent teams in.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:19 pm What teams will be good next year? My son is only going to the best teams. He’s 09 and a top player from aa.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:31 pm Looking for all 09/08/07 u18 players. I am scouting for my competitive beer league team. We play in the ASHL in a top tier. U18 aaa is a good warm up for what you boys will be playing for the rest of your life. We play in the C division: A, AA, AAA players. Pack a lunch.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:20 am

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:19 pm What teams will be good next year? My son is only going to the best teams. He’s 09 and a top player from aa.

Yes!!! Don’t stop skating with the nats, Marlies, kings, JRC, titans and definitely DO NOT stop skating with the sens. This is the thing about next season for your boy. He needs to skate all summer with these programs and he’ll be a stud next season for one of them.

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Guest wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 4:55 pm U18 AAA is a joke. That’s why the GTHL brands it as “living on the dream”.

It’s true. It’s a very depressing environment watching everyone around you realize they’re going nowhere and have to work blue collar jobs for the rest of their lives.

Maybe the GTHL should do more to make people care about it. Winner of regionals goes to the play for the holy grail of minor hockey, the Telus cup. U18AAA should be a full 60 min game, it should have a longer warmup than 2 minutes. Everywhere in the country seems to operate on this model besides the G.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:45 pm U18 is the final year for most boys, almost all. Call it what it is. It shouldn't be expensive, everyone should have fun. Don't pay over 8. Ask what it is going to cost and don't buy any of the BS that this program is going to advance your son. It's good hockey for the final year.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:53 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:45 pm U18 is the final year for most boys, almost all. Call it what it is. It shouldn't be expensive, everyone should have fun. Don't pay over 8. Ask what it is going to cost and don't buy any of the BS that this program is going to advance your son. It's good hockey for the final year.

s the Ontario Prep Hockey League (OPHL) going to be any good?
Will this be a better option than GTHL U18 down the road?
Is it worth it?
Going through My hockey rankings, Everest participated in a few tournaments against top OMHA and GTHL teams and held their own. Beating VK, Marlies, North Shore.

Guest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 11:16 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:53 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:45 pm U18 is the final year for most boys, almost all. Call it what it is. It shouldn't be expensive, everyone should have fun. Don't pay over 8. Ask what it is going to cost and don't buy any of the BS that this program is going to advance your son. It's good hockey for the final year.

s the Ontario Prep Hockey League (OPHL) going to be any good?
Will this be a better option than GTHL U18 down the road?
Is it worth it?
Going through My hockey rankings, Everest participated in a few tournaments against top OMHA and GTHL teams and held their own. Beating VK, Marlies, North Shore.

The real question is, how good were the bottom teams in the G?