Reply To: Development question

[Tony]

Thanks for your input.

I always thought it was not important to play Tier 1 until around Bantams given good coaching in Tier 2.

The one thing about playng Tier 1 that I hear is a lot of kids who play it nd get cut quit hockey at a young age. They figure they have played at the best level and nothing else is worth it. This is a symptom of a bigger problem in the US of having to "make the team". Noone wants their kid to play on a "B" level team any more. There are lots of non competitive travel teams that really should be house teams.