Reply to Ice hockey experience

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "Ice hockey experience "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even at NESCAC schools, a lot of the players spend a year playing junior hockey before enrolling in college. Prep school is just one step on the path to NCAA hockey. Are there some that make the jump directly from prep to NCAA D3? Sure, there's always a handful. But the more common route is prep--->Juniors--->NCAA[/quote]

What is the route to D1 (Ivy league)?[/quote]

The same as any D1 program. Elite AAA club hockey. Time playing junior hockey. Quite possibly drafted by an NHL team. Enter college at 20 years old.

Ivy league hockey is not "smart kids who like to play." Ivy league hockey is "guys who will go pro even if it's 'just' in the minors or a Euro league." Your kid is either on that path from a young age (and you're uprooting your family out of the DC area to chase that dream), or they're not. And 99.5% of youth hockey players in this country are not on that path.[/quote]
NP here: what about walk-ons? For kids that were strong in HS, maybe not AAA, but top ranked AA or HS in DMV area and admitted to the college based on academic merit ? And for a kid who does not mind sitting on the bench a lot of the time? Are these schools open to walk-ons in those situations?
And assuming that the PPs were describing boy’s hockey, is the situation generally the same for girls? (ie no real chance of being recruited directly from HS?). I’ve seen a lot of strong girl players in the area, and wondering whether they will have paths open to them to play in college without taking a detour from HS to junior leagues first [/quote]

The best path forward for smart kids who are good AA players from the DMV is to play ACHA (club hockey).  They might be able to walk onto an ACHA D2 or D3 team without having any junior experience, but they won't be able to walk onto an ACHA D1 team without playing juniors or Prep first.  ACHA hockey is still very competitive, with kids going from the USHL to a D1 team and D2 or D3 teams coming from AAA youth teams, prep schools, Canada, and Tier 1 or 2 Juniors.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics