How old is the cutoff for ncaa

Grant gallo in the first clip

The decision had absolutely nothing to do with Canadian hockey. NCAA got railed by the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a secondary effect of tv money driving ncaa football into a billion dollar business

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I hope this is the wake up call USports needs.

This is nothing more than United States NCAA being predators towards another country's hockey tradition. They will not care if they raid Major Junior Hockey teams to steal top hockey talent to the determent off tens of Canadian hockey municipalities that have spent millions and millions of dollars in new arena facilities to support junior hockey and the youth hockey system. Of course the NCAA will not spend one red cent to support this new feeder system of talent. The NCAA does not care about what they pull down if it builds them up.

Sorry, but this won't lead to more NCAA D1 programs. The amount of high end players available has nothing to do with this. Look at Illinois: they could have fielded a good team just with in-state players. All they needed was $30 to 40 million to get the team off the ground. How hard could that be?

Will the Q possibly see more US players join now too? Outside of the cream of the crop that ends up at the NTDP, New England based players may now have more incentive to play closer to home in the Q then in the MidWest in what will surely be a diluted USHL with these changes.

UVT, Clarkson, St Lawrence very close to Montreal. Be good for those teams.

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NCAA is one of the most corrupt organizations. Right up there with the IOC.

Hammond?

Why is hockey Canada now allowing players from rogue leagues (BCHL) to join CHL teams (sanctioned hockey)? This should not be allowed. Their own rules on unsanctioned hockey should be the same across the board including for Major Junior. Hockey Canada is very bias toward Major Junior and this strengthen the BCHL stance that Hockey Canada does not care about Junior A in the country.

This means nothing to 98% of all young hockey players that will never play after high school or Junior level hockey

Can a OHL player who just finished high school at age 18 get out of his contract to go play NCAA hockey?

Just my opinion, but I believe Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana should be ranked higher on this list.

This is a great video! As some one who doesn’t really follow jr hockey but likes to watch ncaa, this is super informative!

This is going to destroy Canadian college hockey more than junior hockey.

What are the chances the USHL joins the CHL as a 4th league?

Im still not convinced Major Juniors is better than USHL/NAHL. I want to see some head to head matchups on a yearly basis for a few years to determine this.

Facilities under D1 are not that great. They are likely on par with USports. I cannot imagine Canadiens who cannot get D1 would opt to go D3. Plus D3 is never free. There is no scholarships. If Major Junior still pays then it will be for USports only, and players can only get free education there.

Leagues that will get better with a trickle down effect: Major Junior, NCAA Div 1, NCAA Div 2/3, ACHA Leagues that will get worse with a trickle up effect: USports, ACAC, BCIHL, USHL, BCHL, Junior A/Tier 2, Junior B/Tier 3, Prep, U18 AAA

This be great for UVT, Canisius, Niagara cuz campuses are very close to GTA and Montreal. Mercyhurst, RIT not far either with ferries. Clarkson St Lawrence too

Think more colleges will add hockey. UDub, Col, Utah, maybe even UCLA, USC will add. UNLV has a decent team in lower levels. May as well jump.

Good now NHL rookies will be bigger more fit muscular.

Great video. Like you said: Time will tell, however, I think we will start to see more USports commitments from CJHL than we have seen previously. We all assume that kids are going to choose Low end D1 and D3 teams over USports but NCAA is extremely expensive for Canadians who don't get full-rides and D3 does not offer any athletic bursaries. Additionally, many Canadians don't want to write their SAT/ACTs and go through the process to become NCAA eligible. I can see the GOJHL only getting stronger from this as well. Currently it loses many players to the BCHL, AJHL, and OJHL but it is the main feeder league to many OHL teams and the partnerships are already formed. The trickle down could be great for this league as it can become a great feeder to Major Junior and heavily recruited for USports/D3.

Great summary, Braeden. Hope that you are well!

In my opinion NCAA Div 1 is the big winner as it stands unless Major Junior leagues come up with some rule to keep their 18 and 19 years old in the leagues. If they don't Major Junior might become more or less a U18 league. Sure they'll take away from Junior A leagues the best 16 and 17 years old that previously played Junior A to keep NCAA eligibility, however I can see most players even top end, going NCAA at 18 after they complete high school. What about the scholarship money Major Junior players receive? Will it apply for NCAA schools?? Or only Canadian schools? That could mean NCAA teams won't need to give full ride as Major Junior teams would pay for players to play NCAA. Doesn't make much sense to me. CHL leagues win in terms of getting the best of the younger talent, but they also may be losers by losing that talent quickly to NCAA. They might just become a stepping stone to NCAA and therefore losing the battle to NCAA in terms of direct promotion to pros including NHL. USHL will still be stong in my opinion but will need to adjust to align with CHL leagues. Fewer Canadians will go USHL now i think. The big losers are all the Tier 2 (USA) and Junior A leagues (Canada). They will lose top end players that in the past would have played there to retain NCAA eligibility. Don't count on late bloomers to go play Major Junior at 18, or 19 after playing Junior A...Major Junior will focus even more so on getting 16 and 17 years old, not that they didn't before. Overall in my opinion I'm not sure this is the best move for all players as claimed. Instead of having 2 streams which allowed more players to play and showcase at relevant levels to pursue hockey (Major Junior, and Junior A), there will now be just one stream (Major Junior) for to end players to pursue making Junior A less relevant. Furthermore unless CHL makes a rule to keep their 18, 19, and even 20 years old players, the focus will be even more so only on very young top end players. This will negatively affect the guys that develop a bit later at 19 or 20.

How will if affect SPhl and Fphl?

Do you think D3 schools will start to offer some scholarship money

Tier 3 junior players, EHL USPHL, pay attention.

How many commitments would the BCHL and NAHL have

Terrific video as usual, is there a similar video for CSSHL advancements to CHL/NCAA?

Who’s will play Usports now?

I heard from a very reliable source that the CHL plans to expand its presence in the U.S. They might even take over another league. For parents and players, this at least means the $$ from the parents bank accounts, stops!

Do we think that more U.S. born players will end up attending Canadian Schools and play USports?

What happens for US players who need a gap year? Can they go play in the CHL?

CHL needs to make one major change.... do not expire the Education package if the player chooses to try European Pro or ECHL/AHL instead of school. Bottom line is Education is the priority. The minute you commit to NCAA D1-3, thats when you forfeit your CDN Education package. /full stop

What about all those gap year kids? No more BCHL or USHL? Just go straight to CHL? Really hurts the American players.

Does it feel like US players will have fewer opportunities that is kind of killing the USA hockey program. Canada has more ice sheets per capital population and AAA is alamsot every town, cost is double less. Horrible decision for USA born players. It does feels like Canadian made a decision that is in USA hockey. This current administration made every effort to destroy American dream. NCAA is all about money from ESPN broadcast

Ah yeah, the man, the legend, Jeffrey Salisbury. Incredible netminder.

This is very interesting, I'd love to see the best high schools

I actually grew up with Kurtis Gabriel. He was playing A hockey in our minor midget year. He ended up playing a few game in the NHL and got some scraps too. He’s definitely a late bloomer

What about South Kent School In Connecticut?

Is there a possibility that someone could make it if they started hockey at age 14, also how quickly would they have to make their way rec select - travel to try to go to juniors?

What the fuck are u saying ? if u live relativley cheap and u earn like 500k a year u dont have to work ever again with 15 year career investing in index

Kimbal Union played in a tournament in early January ‘24 and beat both MSC and St Andrews to get to the final where they lost to Northwood- KUA went on and won the NE prep school championship - best out of 63 teams. Would have loved to see them go on to compete for a national title. Unfortunately that does not exist in the current US system. Perhaps with the new NCAA/CHL agreement a true prep super league may emerge.

Also I just learned something called AAU College hockey. Can you explain that ?

What bout Delbartin or Christian Bros in NJ ?

Don’t most these preppies go to juniors before hitting college?