CHL can now play NCAA - change everything !

[Corso]

Minnesota and New England are still going to be harder to crack. Minnesota has an incredibly strong HS hockey culture. That's not going to change quickly if at all. New England has been neglected by the Q for so long that it will take a few years before any kind of mass movement happens. Should see a few more NE kids heading to the Q though. Would really help if they can get a footprint in Maine and New Hampshire.

Apparently the Q is looking at placing two teams in the N.E. area.

Don't be to quick to assume that just because Mass kids previously ignored the Q that they will continue to do so. Many Mass kids pick and move to the USHL and even the BCHL. Many of those will now stay closer to home and play in the Q.

It will be interesting to see where those Minny kids end up after their H.S. seasons are over. At one time most of those kids went directly to the NCAA (as did those from the N.E. area after they graduated from their prep programs) but now many of them end up in the USHL for one, two and even three years. Some of those players will end up in the Dub.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Diego Buttazzoni (2006, WHL, Portland Winterhawks) commits to UMass Lowell