PioneerPress: How Young is too Young

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http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/1...-debate-after-13-year-old-commits-to-gophers/

Recruiting against the Canadian Hockey League.


In Lucia’s eyes, if the Gophers aren’t recruiting these kids, a rival school will.

“It’s become a race to see who can get a younger kid committed before someone else sees them and knows how good a player they are,” Lucia said. “So, let’s get kids locked up so they can’t be recruited by somebody else.”

That’s not the only reason for the boom in youthful college hockey recruiting, Lucia said.

One of rules proposals discussed at the Chicago meeting would ban conversations between schools and players until their sophomore year of high school, but Lucia fears that could mean college hockey missing out on some of the best players. Because even if college coaches stop recruiting bantam-level players, he said, the Canadian Hockey League will continue to.
 




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