Child Prodigy
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A few Brits get drafted in the CHL import draft but not very often and this tends to be when they have been playing junior in Canada already. I cannot see him leaving the UK at the moment.
What age is the CHL Import draft for?
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This isn't a History of Hockey thread... in fact it's the exact opposite.
I haven't read through the entire thread but I was wondering people's thoughts on who the next prodigy on defense would be? Bobby Orr being one... who qualifies as a young defender to pay attention to, that isn't simply a sleeper prospect who would eventually develop into a top blueliner?
I get to see a few younger kids, not sure if prodigy, but I first noticed a 6 yo kid from MInny a couple years ago. I see he is going to Brick this year as an underager, plays D.
Of course, too young to tell, but I was struck by his maturity and attitude.
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8 yo going on 9 now ('06 birth year)
I think brick is for '05's and '06's this year (but not very many teams bring much in the way of the younger year).
Was nothing special in the SJHL last year. Will probably play a bigger role this year, but they're hosting Westerns, so who knows. He may take a back seat.
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I think he might be on this roster. One of the forwards called out by name is a member of my local association. He'll likely be a Pee-Wee A as a fifth grader next year.
I have a feeling that four or five of these kids will be D1 players. One or two will be NHL players. Check back in about 10 or 11 years.
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Speaking of "The Brick", how good is it at predicting the future success of 8-10 year old skaters? Actually, pretty good.
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Yes. We also had the chance to see one of the goalies last year at the Whistler tournament, he was playing for Miracle Gold. In the gold medal medal game he shut out the Cougarss iirc (or a selects team w/some Cowboys and Vipers etc. on it). Amazing glove hand.
There was a skater on that Miracle Gold team that really stood out, can't recall his name right now.
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Very cool list. Crazy how much talent is coming out of Cali recently. Their youth programs seem so much better than what we have here in the metro NY area.
Seems like every Brick tournament will have a few future NHLers. Very cool.
Hutsko is a local prospect, although I am curious if he played all his youth hockey in NJ because he played for the Detroit Redwings team in his Brick season. If you have more info on him I'd love to know.
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If it was an '05 kid, it's probably the same forward from my local association who's playing with the Minnesota Blades for the Brick. He was playing for Miracle Gold at the Whistler tournament last season. He definitely would have stood out.
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Yes, the '05 team. What was remarkable was that it was a very good team, there appeared to be a different skater on the team who was a level above the other kids, and then this kid was another level above that.
I see the same team will be there again this year, but we won't be there this time (and ohsix never got to go head to head last year as his team was on same side of pool and didn't make it to elimination play).
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Maybe this post should go in another forum, but it looks like the Brick games will be streamed on the pointstreak website.
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The Exiled One
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Thanks for the link. Watched Saskatchewan beat Minnesota 4-3 yesterday. For Minnesota, I'm now positive it's the same standout forward you saw playing for the Miracle Gold in Whistler (#7). Not sure if he's a child prodigy, but he was the best player on the ice for this game anyway.
I think I'll watch Minnesota's game against California this morning and see if he can keep up the performance.
http://www.brickhockey.pointstreaksites.com/view/brickinvitational
EDIT: #18 from California was the best player in this game... and he's tiny!
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Yes. Sorry to see what happened in the 3rd period, ohsix has been through that.
As for the comment someone made about future NHL'ers, kind of a timely video.
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As for the comment someone made about future NHL'ers, kind of a timely video.
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Keiran Brown will play for Iowa Wild AAA U16 next season
Think he could have gone somewhere better but otherwise he would have been stuck playing against the same kids he destroyed last year, as the EIHA in their infinite wisdom decided to move from even number age groups to odd numbers. So all the u14 kids he played against last year would be in the U15 age group with him this year.
Think he could have gone somewhere better but otherwise he would have been stuck playing against the same kids he destroyed last year, as the EIHA in their infinite wisdom decided to move from even number age groups to odd numbers. So all the u14 kids he played against last year would be in the U15 age group with him this year.
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Evgeny (Wings just drafted him) Svechnikov's brother Andrei is supposed to be the next Russian superstar apparently
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Is that move for sure? That's not a bad spot, play AAA hockey against a great range of competition and won't be such a high level that he's in over his head. USHL and college scouts will be able to catch him pretty easily there in Des Moines if he hits ground running as well. That program is pretty new but look to be taking things pretty seriously.
edit: heard it is for sure, but he is playing for the U14 team (all 2001) for them
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