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coolsports
11-29-2005, 12:50 PM
As the enviorment has gotten more competitive with women's hockey I wonder if we may see the ranks of the "PG" student increase. It really is the only option for the girls as opposed to the boys and juniors.
dumpthepuck
11-29-2005, 07:37 PM
Help me out here. What is PG? Proctor and Gamble? That can't be right.
Partly German? Could be.
Poodle Girls? Whatever that would be.

???

:rolleyes:
polarbear2
11-29-2005, 07:41 PM
Post Grad???
uvmcats
11-29-2005, 07:58 PM
As the enviorment has gotten more competitive with women's hockey I wonder if we may see the ranks of the "PG" student increase. It really is the only option for the girls as opposed to the boys and juniors.

I don't know if the pool of available talent is that wide yet. For the marginal player that might be an increasingly attractive alternative but the solid players will still find a spot on a college team. Some players might have some U19 eligibility left and it appears to me from the last team column on the rosters that good club teams are the more fertile recruiting grounds for schools.
EdSasha
11-29-2005, 08:32 PM
coolsports and necdad: you obviously know what PG stands for and I'm not the only one asking. Help out please. Also, what are apostrophes doing in pros and cons?
HU2K4
11-29-2005, 08:46 PM
PG = post-grad. In men's college hockey, a number of players will take an extra season (or two) between high school and college to play in any of several junior leagues in the U.S. (EJHL, USHL, NAHL) or Canada (OPJHL, AJHL, SJHL, BCHL). Usually for some seasoning at a higher level of play and/or maybe to maximize their chances of playing right away. In some cases, these players will commit or sign with college programs and those programs will have a hand in recommending or placing the players with junior teams.
puckster
11-30-2005, 09:12 PM
I think the PG option is attractive and we will see more of it. In fact, it seems each year there are more and more PGs in the girl's game. Part of the equation rests on maturity level of the student/athlete and part on the hockey aspect. Some kids need an extra year to PG having come from another school and some may need to have that extra year for a competitive advantage that they may not have received the previous year.