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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tend to think that hockey's popularity over the past decade or so has been primarily because of the success and increased profile of the Caps.  [i]While there are individual exceptions[/i], historically kids coming out of DC/MD/VA hockey programs are going to get crushed by kids coming from New England and Upper Midwest programs when competing for athletic scholarships.  From everything that I have heard from people who know far more than I do, kids from this area who want to become elite hockey players tend to get shipped off to NE boarding schools.  This area is a lacrosse, crew, and swimming powerhouse region, so area kids and parents looking for athletic scholarships will gravitate to those sports.

That having been said, my DD is a hockey player, and I pray to the ice gods every night that she'll get a full hockey scholarship to one of the top ranked Ivy teams   :wink: .[/quote]

Spot on.  I have 2 DSs who play, one of whom is a very talented player.  I keep trying to steer him to lacrosse for the reasons mentioned, where he also excels...but his heart belongs to hockey.

I'll add your DD to my prayers to the Ice Gods.  ;-)[/quote]

Why can't your son play both lacrosse and hockey?[/quote]

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