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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone comment on how it's going if your kid opted for ACHA hockey in college?  It seems like a good option for a kid who plays AAA (or even AA) in high school and doesn't want to move away from home or take anytime off to play juniors. Is it really that different from NCAA D3 hockey?  [/quote]

My kid played for the Little Caps for many years (including 1 year of 18U) and decided to head straight off to college and play ACHA, rather than work through juniors en route to NCAA hockey.  His college has an ACHA D2 team that is pretty competitive (they have been to Nationals for 5 years in a row, I think).  After the first night of tryouts in September, he called me to say he wasn't sure if he was going to make the team.  It turns out he did and, so far, he has been able to play in every game (this is only true for 3 of the 7 freshman on the team).  He gets solid ice time, but not as much as he got with the Little Caps.  He's getting both PP and PK time, and is averaging about 0.5 pts per game.  Its been a great situation for him, in that he gets the camaraderie of the team (and the opportunity to get to meet and know quite a few upper classmen), as well as a solid amount of hockey (they practice twice a week and play a 22 game schedule (not including post-season).  I don't think the overall experience at his school is very similar to an NCAA D3 team, in that the whole operation is much less formal, but its been good for him.  For what it worth, the Northeast Region, where he plays, seems to be the weakest overall in terms of level of play.  Many of the southern schools have programs which get much more formal support.  My son's team went down to Lynchberg to play Liberty, and kids were lining up 3 hours in advance to watch the Liberty D1 team play at midnight.  Kentucky has a similar vibe, I think, based on what some of my son's former teammates have said.[/quote]

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