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Bear55

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Unfortunately even if you eliminated open enrollment and private schools, "Recruiting" will never go away. Too much money and politics involved to get rid of it.

The sadder thing is that a lot of the best high school hockey players aren't even in the system anymore and playing in the MNJHL or for teams like Shattuck.

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I agree DTro that it will never go totally away but it surely could be controlled by the MSHSL alot bette than what we have now.

At least try.

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I'm not with the "everybody gets a trophy" mentality but it seems unfair to have a school with way less numbers attempt to compete with the big boys and ones that recruit. Hermantown played out of their arse last night against a school that had no business being there in single A. Yes, you will, every couple if years have a solid group of kids from 1A be able to compete at AA but for the most part grouping them all together is not fair one bit. There is no fool proof method but I think next years tourney won't have the controversy or nearly as much.

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Hermantown may be doing it right, but from what I hear from friends in the Duluth area is that they recruit. They do it at the lower levels though. Who wouldn't want their kid to play for Sertich at the bantam A level.

Edina does it that way also. Hurley was an Eagan player in squirt for 1 year and the next him and 2 others are playing for Edina.

Willie Brown(IGH/Hill) and Jake Wahlin WBL both played Bantams for Woodbury.

Heck I have seen kids that were in private schools their whole life transfer back to public school cuz the HS coach told them they would play for the private school.

Eden prairie football is probably the biggest recruiter in the state. Coach Grant and his boosters are the biggest opponents of adding another HS out there.

Sad to say but it will never stop.

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According to the coach for Hermantown in numerous interviews Bruce said he DOES not recruit at all. He even stated he has gotten calls from parents asking if thier kids could play for them and he stated that he told the parents to have thier kids play for thier home town and make them proud.

That's from his mouth, not rumor. Lot's of people assume alot but we need fact.

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He doesn't have to recruit, if the parents want their kid to play there they sign them up. Open enrollment.

How about a 3 tier tourney? A AA and nonresident.

Nonresident tourney would be for any team that has players from outside of their district lines.

Harvey, did you know Tim Egan, he play at SSP in the late 60's.

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Well, Bruce the coach of Hermantown states as I posted above that he tells the parents to have the kids play for thier hometown and make them proud. So no, even with open enrollment, Hermantown does not sigh them up or recruit. At least that is what he states and has said in the past. Also has been in the newspapers that he does not allow those kids to play for his team that he coaches.

Yes, I remember the name. Some of the others in that era that were good were the Bonk,s and Warren Miller along with of course many others.

Then of course the best from SSP, Mr Phil Housley.

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I grew up in WSP. Tim is retired but works PT where I work. Great guy. He went out east and played D1. I am in between him and the Housley era.

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If I remember correctly, didn't WSP beat SSP in the section finals Phil's senior year?

I went to that game, was the score 4-3? I believe this was in 1981. Was the game in St Paul at the Fairgrounds rink?

Other notables from SSP and in the Hockey Hall of Fame, Ken Yackel and his boys played for SSP also and Doug Woog, a coach for years for SSP, maybe that was in your era with WSP.

Lefty Smith, a longtime coach from SSP was probably a bit before your time as I think he left in the late 60's to early 70's. Long time ago to remember.

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I was class of 81, Phil was 83 I believe. Sibley went to state in 83. The 81 team was pretty good though. A lot of good battles in the 70s and 80's.

I had talk to Rak, (he ran wakota arena) and he said that they are lucky to get 100 fans at a Sibley SSP game now. Most of Sibley's good players go to Cretin,STA, or Hill now.

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