Kevin

Lol, we will be in the D.C. area for Thanksgiving...I guess I should get used to this.

Tough break for the kid, Mikey. I hate to hear shit like that. They are running a goalie camp at ProSkate now and I was talking to one father that I know that was there. His son is a Bantam level goalie and they had just left the Colonials program because of the political b.s. They said that even though the level at ProSkate is not the same as the Colonials, his experiences have always been better there. Hopefully your son can get back to his old program and just have fun while continuing to grow as a player. Unfortunately, hockey is not the only sport like this. Baseball is known for it (and I have witnessed it first-hand). I'm sure just about every sport has these types of issues. The fix for it is just taking the kids that deserve to be there but you know that will never happen when money is involved.

No, I don't know him. The rink just brought in a ton of new coaches from ProTech and other places plus I don't know many of the coaches from the older ages. They have a new hockey director at the rink that seems to want the program to expand. They will now have AA teams at Peewee and Bantam levels this year.

NJ Stars out of Proskate in S. Brunswick

It really is way out of control. I knew it was expensive when we started but I would never have guessed that it would get up to $5,000 + a season. I'll be paying around $3,000 for this season if he makes Squirt B. I have two other, younger, sons too. Thankfully my middle guy doesn't seem to be too interested in playing ice hockey.

Thanks. My son is a 2005 and he showed some real promise in his first travel season. He is moving up to squirt level this year (as an 8 y.o.). Just wanted to know what I'd be looking at if he keeps progressing at this rate.

Out of curiosity what is the cost associated with that level? I heard that those AAA teams run around $5,000 per season. Is this accurate?

Morristown? They have a pretty impressive program. I don't know all the different classifications yet but their top Mite team last year was sick as was their squirt team.

Nice to see Kreider carrying the puck with some confidence on that first goal. Nice pass by him to Fast too. I thought Bickel was going end-to-end for a minute there until he stumbled in the corner and couldn't get up...