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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do travel and spend money for hockey at levels I never would have thought possible 10 years ago.  What I've learned though, is that no matter what we do, there is always someone out there willing to do more.  Kid has a teammate who, for the past three years, drives 180 miles each way for practice three times a week!  Such a great kid and great family, but I can't imagine doing that.[/quote]

Very similar.  We are easily spending $25k per year between private lessons, travel to tournaments, team dues, camps, clinics and equipment, in that order, for a 10-year old who's good enough to be in the running to play D1 hockey someday (and yes, I am very aware that a million things could alter the current course, etc. etc.).  There are plenty of folks who take a more passive approach for perfectly valid reasons, many of whom think their kid will still have a chance to play college hockey someday and everything will workout, but from talking to parents who have kids that played juniors then college hockey, I think it is close to impossible to do it any other way.  I am planning to send my kid to prep school at 15 or 16 if he continues to love hockey as much as he does today, work hard and excel because there is no path to college hockey from where we live (no longer in the DC area).  It's a little insane, but we're too far down the path now to do it any differently.  Also, every time I start  to think I'm making crazy time and financial situations, I meet another family at a spring or summer AAA tournament and realize that there really is always someone out there doing more.[/quote]

You must not live in the DMV; there are no 10 year olds identified to be D1 material at that age here.  Well, there was one who was possibly at that level, but he moved away already for hockey.  [/quote]

There are no 10 years olds anywhere that D1 coaches are even remotely thinking about. D-1 will start paying attention to kids at u15 or so, but won't start talking to them until later, most kids have to figure out Jrs before they ever talk to any colleges.  The main path for exposure now seems to be playing for a program that is National Bound,  Shattuck, Mount, Pens Elite are the top, BK is good.  If you go prep you are going to have to play split season.  When Mount played Shattuck two months ago every NHL team, USHL team, NAHL, BCHL had scouts in attendance.  More scouts than parents.  Many D-1 schools were also there.  Not going to get that going traditional prep.[/quote]

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