USA Hockey Womens U18 Select 66 Camp Invites

[Wayoflife]

Full Roster up at the USA hockey website.
Some surprises there and not there

At least 8 from Shattuck.

[D2D]

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At least 8 from Shattuck.

And by my count 28 of 66 (42%) are from Minnesota.

[Hux]

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and by my count 28 of 66 (42%) are from minnesota.

WESTERN BIAS!!!

[Call It]

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And by my count 28 of 66 (42%) are from Minnesota.

They way it should be, the Minny system produces the best talent at the most affordable cost and with the most balance to the kid! There should be more kids from MN but USA Hockey being "PC" needs to keep the districts happy and oh yeah Shattuck too.

[BCAlum]

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They way it should be, the Minny system produces the best talent at the most affordable cost and with the most balance to the kid! There should be more kids from MN but USA Hockey being "PC" needs to keep the districts happy and oh yeah Shattuck too.

Please.
Minnesota certainly produces the best and the most great girl players, but if anything they received too many selections. I know plenty of kids who play with my daughter who are at the same level or above as numerous of the selections 23-28 from Minnesota.

[BCAlum]

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I also know quite a few players better than one of the selections from Mass. The girl in question is slow. She was average at her Prep School this year. You had to actually work very hard to pick her out. Very good hands, but she will be out of place in Maine IMHO.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

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Please.
Minnesota certainly produces the best and the most great girl players, but if anything they received too many selections. I know plenty of kids who play with my daughter who are at the same level or above as numerous of the selections 23-28 from Minnesota.

I have questions...

Who determines the numbering order for Minnesota? So for example who is selection 23, 24, and so on?

Is number 23 the point where Minnesota has received too many selections or is it a bit before or after that? This part wasn't entirely clear to me with the phrase "numerous of the selections".

How do you do it? I mean, to have such a grasp of the talent level of the Minnesota kids is very impressive.

[pokechecker]

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Please.
Minnesota certainly produces the best and the most great girl players, but if anything they received too many selections. I know plenty of kids who play with my daughter who are at the same level or above as numerous of the selections 23-28 from Minnesota.

I bet there are plenty of parents in MN saying the same thing.

who is #28 and on the team and who is #29 and off it is in the eye of the beholder

[Ted Knight]

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Please.
Minnesota certainly produces the best and the most great girl players, but if anything they received too many selections. I know plenty of kids who play with my daughter who are at the same level or above as numerous of the selections 23-28 from Minnesota.

so we can assume your daughter is the 2000 you posted earlier?

[hockeyfan411]

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I also know quite a few players better than one of the selections from Mass. The girl in question is slow. She was average at her Prep School this year. You had to actually work very hard to pick her out. Very good hands, but she will be out of place in Maine IMHO.

Maybe you shouldn't be obvious, Doing the trail of your posts.....Not hard to guess who you are. Just stop, you know she should be there.

[Hux]

so we can assume your daughter is the 2000 you posted earlier?

Actually not...the player lives around the corner from me and neither parent is a BC alum.

[BCAlum]

I have questions...

Who determines the numbering order for Minnesota? So for example who is selection 23, 24, and so on?

Is number 23 the point where Minnesota has received too many selections or is it a bit before or after that? This part wasn't entirely clear to me with the phrase "numerous of the selections".

How do you do it? I mean, to have such a grasp of the talent level of the Minnesota kids is very impressive.

I have gone to the last 4 hockey nationals and attended numerous NDCs and many many other tournaments. I have a good idea on the overall talent gap between Minnesota and the rest of the country. It's not no great that the rest of the country should get only a little more than half of the slots. Also Minnesota posted 22 player originally. I profess to not know the difference between 22 and 28, but while Minnesota is by far the best producer of women's players, 28 of 66 is insane. At least based on my eyes.

[KTDC]

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but while Minnesota is by far the best producer of women's players, 28 of 66 is insane.

28 of 66 is 42%
FWIW
According to the D1 commitment threads here
2014-15 D1 commitments-36% were from MN
2013-14-35% were from MN
2015-16 as of Jan 6-28% were from MN

[ne7minder]

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I have gone to the last 4 hockey nationals and attended numerous NDCs and many many other tournaments. I have a good idea on the overall talent gap between Minnesota and the rest of the country. It's not no great that the rest of the country should get only a little more than half of the slots. Also Minnesota posted 22 player originally. I profess to not know the difference between 22 and 28, but while Minnesota is by far the best producer of women's players, 28 of 66 is insane. At least based on my eyes.

Given that, which MN players would you have replaced with which non-MN players? Specifics about why would make the discussion more interesting.

[ARM]

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Given that, which MN players would you have replaced with which non-MN players? Specifics about why would make the discussion more interesting.

Hopefully, this will go unanswered. Do we really need to detract from the accomplishments of people who are still in high school? It is one thing to do so as part of a discussion to benefit the USA Hockey process; however, this doesn't seem like the place nor audience.