Every year we advise players who are focused on playing in specific Junior A leagues in the CJHL. Their reasoning is often because they want the best opportunity to advance from that league to the NCAA. The numbers don’t lie. The BCHL and AJHL are the top two programs for NCAA advancement in Western Canada. […]

Our players receive countless camp invites from junior teams every year. We help them sort through the invites to find out which camps are worth their time and money. Below are five ways to find out if the team who sent you a camp invite is genuinely interested in you as a player. Is the […]

Bucking the system: Nothing makes a coach more frustrated than seeing that one of his players isn’t buying into his system. Whether it’s not dumping the puck in or not following the special teams’ setup, one player’s disobedience to a system can wreck an entire shift. Whether you agree with your coach’s system or not, […]

We are often asked by hockey players if they should quit hockey at age 18 or 19 when the player realizes he won’t play major junior or NCAA Division. 1. Although our responses vary due to the uniqueness of every situation, the common theme in our answers is to play competitive hockey as long as […]

A common question we receive is “when should a player move on from the CHL dream in order to fully focus on the Junior A-College route?” The standard tends to be most CHL players are signed by their respective teams prior to their 17-year-old season. The high draft picks typically receive a contract offer shortly […]