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Back home for thanksgiving and saw a fantastic game tonight with Saskatoon Blades over Spokane. Beauty goal by Berkly Catton for Spokane. Silky smooth smart hockey player (from Saskatoon!):

Blades Molendyk had a fantastic game. Kid skated for miles and showed his great edge work and mobility on the game winning goal:

Molendyk was the Predators pick in the Ekholm deal. Wild horse offenseman. Very fun to watch.

2-1 Blades.
 
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This Maddox Schulz from Regina is having a phenomenal under age (age 14) tournament at the prestigious Circle K Classic (Macs Midget Tournament) in Calgary: 'Special player' 14-year-old Maddox Schultz turns heads at Circle K Classic

Had a 4 goal game to beat Pittsburg with the hat trick goal to tie it with 1 second left and the OT winner. He's also leading the Sask Midget League scoring by like 6-8 points ... as a 14 year old!
 
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Behind Enemy Lines said:
This Maddox Schulz from Regina is having a phenomenal under age (age 14) tournament at the prestigious Circle K Classic (Macs Midget Tournament) in Calgary: 'Special player' 14-year-old Maddox Schultz turns heads at Circle K Classic

Had a 4 goal game to beat Pittsburg with the hat trick goal to tie it with 1 second left and the OT winner. He's also leading the Sask Midget League scoring by like 6-8 points ... as a 14 year old!
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Pretty impressive for a 14 year old playing up an age group.
 
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bellagiobob said:
Pretty impressive for a 14 year old playing up an age group.
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For sure. Never want to overhype kids that young but alot of positive benchmarks. Have to say my home province is killing it the past 6+ years with high end talent. Lots of first round picks and three Saskatoon kids on Team Canada including the captain's C.

Here's Schultz's OT winner last night
 
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Behind Enemy Lines said:
This Maddox Schulz from Regina is having a phenomenal under age (age 14) tournament at the prestigious Circle K Classic (Macs Midget Tournament) in Calgary: 'Special player' 14-year-old Maddox Schultz turns heads at Circle K Classic

Had a 4 goal game to beat Pittsburg with the hat trick goal to tie it with 1 second left and the OT winner. He's also leading the Sask Midget League scoring by like 6-8 points ... as a 14 year old!
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Interestingly enough, through a couple of trades from when the team was rebuilding the Oil Kings have the first round picks from 2 of the 3 worst teams in the WHL as it stands right now(Schultz’ hometown Pats are the other team). So there’s actually a pretty real chance he could end up playing in Edmonton depending how the lottery balls go.
 
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An update on Maddox Schultz. Incredible, he's leading the Saskatchewan Midget AAA in scoring as an under age 14 year old and it's not even close with 93 points. Next closest is his teammate with 77. He's top goal scorer with 43, tops in assists with 50. In 44 games.

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Knew they changed the rules for 15 year olds to 10 games but they are giving 34 to players that had exceptional status in U18. Good for him, maybe the Oil Kings will get him with Moose Jaws pick.
 
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Very interested to see how the Vees do now that they aren't the top dog of a league.

Seemed to have an endless amount of resources and connections when they were in the BCHL that attracted many players to their franchise. Gonna be a little different now.
 
joestevens29 said:
Very interested to see how the Vees do now that they aren't the top dog of a league.

Seemed to have an endless amount of resources and connections when they were in the BCHL that attracted many players to their franchise. Gonna be a little different now.
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They should do OK, if you're referring to attendance, much better hockey. Will they win now, probably will take a few years as the WHL has protected rights. Average attendance is around 4k in the WHL and I read that Penticton is around 3k. There are a few Eastern division teams that are a hard draw.
 
Gavin McKenna has 23 points in his last 5 games. He's not even draft eligible this summer. He's going to be the next generational talent in the NHL. This kid is special.

Too bad Team Canada buried him in the bottom 6 with very limited secondary pp time.

It's great to see. Especially because he's from the Yukon. I'll buy buying his junior cards and rookie card. Watching him play is magical.
 
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timekeep said:
They should do OK, if you're referring to attendance, much better hockey. Will they win now, probably will take a few years as the WHL has protected rights. Average attendance is around 4k in the WHL and I read that Penticton is around 3k. There are a few Eastern division teams that are a hard draw.
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I think they'll do okay attendance wise for the first bit regardless of how good the team is on the ice, but am curious how good the team is going to be on ice.

They were a premier team at recruiting in the BCHL, but now I wonder with all the changes how that management team is going to be at building a club when the playing field is a lot more even.
 
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I don't really understand the Dub's expansion when as a league it hasn't won the Memorial Cup national championship in over a decade. Talent level has been watered down and spread across a massive geographic distance are likely contributing factors. They also just relocated a mobile home franchise to Wenatchee Washington via Winnipeg via Kootenay.

But I appreciate it's clearly in response to the recent NCAA eligibility change and removes the beating heart of the BCHL's signature franchise in a secondary league built upon fostering a player route to US college. The Dub and CHL broadly will likely now become the major feeder league for US college hawkey. That can work well for junior players that age out of CHL play but prospective storm clouds ahead if a player like Gavin McKenna, as rumoured, gets poached with the NIL provisions in effect with the moronic fake amateur athletic NCAA big business. Big downside for Canadian university hockey and its secondary junior leagues.

Strange days. Very sad personally to watch a non-competitive WHL Champion limp through the Memorial Cup year after year.
 
the Dub is so so watered down and will continue getting worse with extra teams and the NCAA rule changes. This is going to crush USports as well. Heard something like half the Golden Bears team has an NCAA offer currently for next year. Bears will have to start recruiting lower WHL guys and even dip down to *shudder* Jr. B type athletes. For decades USports hockey was the ultimate hidden gem. I cannot see how the quality doesn't take a massive hit, along with the continued watering down of the WHL.
 
joestevens29 said:
I think they'll do okay attendance wise for the first bit regardless of how good the team is on the ice, but am curious how good the team is going to be on ice.

They were a premier team at recruiting in the BCHL, but now I wonder with all the changes how that management team is going to be at building a club when the playing field is a lot more even.
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I’m going to be fascinated by this as well. They dominated the BCHL but a huge percentage of the players they’d recruit wouldn’t be eligible to play for them in the WHL. They always brought over lots of guys from Ontario, Quebec and NE States that would all be zoned and drafted into either the OHL or QMJHL; along with being allowed extra imports versus what the CHL allows(although rumor is the CHL is looking to expand on that). I’m sure they’ll be a solid team but they’re definitely going to lose a lot of their edge with the regional recruiting restrictions.
 
joestevens29 said:
Very interested to see how the Vees do now that they aren't the top dog of a league.

Seemed to have an endless amount of resources and connections when they were in the BCHL that attracted many players to their franchise. Gonna be a little different now.
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Hi. It's only been the last few years that the Penticton Vees have actually taken advantage of the Summer Hockey School I think. I don't follow them closely, but there does seem to be a recent elevation of the level of competition and expentation within the organization.
 
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Hi. It's only been the last few years that the Penticton Vees have actually taken advantage of the Summer Hockey School I think. I don't follow them closely, but there does seem to be a recent elevation of the level of competition and expentation within the organization.
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Penticton actually has been taking advantage of Americans for years. Their coach/gm/president is one of best recruiters ever. The amount of ex nhl players kids that come along with top players is unreal

Penticton has a good academy but the vees historically have gotten the best of the best to bchl unmatched by any club
 
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