Topic: need help giving some advice to give to an '89 player
hockeyfan445
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posted 28 July 2010 13:43
I recently was asked by a Junior hockey player to give him some advice on what to do with his hockey career. He has a late '89 birthday which means many of his former teammates (and kids he graduated with) still have a year of eligibility left in junior hockey. Does anyone know of any decent junior leagues that allow some 21 year olds to play? I have heard that the continental junior hockey league allows a limited number of 21 year olds to play, but are there any others?
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Poindexter
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posted 28 July 2010 14:01
Decent Junior leagues DO NOT allow 21 year olds to play.
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Jeff Price
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posted 28 July 2010 14:16
Players can turn 21 after December 31 and continue to play for the remainder of the season.
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posted 28 July 2010 14:20
If they are good enough it is time to look at minors if not beer leagues. Good luck to them. Also there are a lot of competitive adult leagues out there'
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hockeyfan445
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posted 28 July 2010 15:23
an 89 birthday would be 21 before december 31st of this year
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ahhhhhhha
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posted 28 July 2010 15:29
The only league I know that allows 21 year olds is the GMHL in Toronto and it is not a good league. It's not even sanctioned by Hockey Canada. Kid should look at a club hockey team and go to school.
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SweetP
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posted 28 July 2010 15:32
quote:Originally posted by ahhhhhhha: The only league I know that allows 21 year olds is the GMHL in Toronto and it is not a good league. It's not even sanctioned by Hockey Canada. Kid should look at a club hockey team and go to school.
GMHL may be an outlaw league, but I do know a couple of kids who actually went on to play college hockey. D1? No, but in school all the same.
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hockeyfan445
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posted 28 July 2010 15:57
Is there anywhere else he could play like midget hockey, or some canadian junior hockey league?
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NAHH
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posted 28 July 2010 20:01
Its called midgets and juniors for a reason. Time to move on . . .
Play college, club or beer league like the rest of the 89's.
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SweetP
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posted 28 July 2010 23:23
quote:Originally posted by NAHH: Its called midgets and juniors for a reason. Time to move on . . .
Play college, club or beer league like the rest of the 89's.
Harsh, but true for the most part.
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