search. Many former players have come back to the Renegades to offer help with coaching or have asked to skate with the current team to stay in shape. And for the United States, I suppose you could say that it's one of the markets where ice hockey enjoys a little more interest than in other places...but, even still, there aren't enough kids to fill all of those rosters...and still be The talent level of these leagues is severely diluted.So, yeah, my kids don't play in the Fed but they have played, and continue to play, in a couple of the geographically overlapping leagues.Point is, if I wanted my kids to play in the EHF, we could make it happen.None of my kids are talented enough to have played in the original MBHL.And even though we're not currently skating in the EHF or E9, we all play in the same buildings and cross paths twice per week so we see the talent levels in the other three or four "elite" leagues routinely...and you know what?Outside of a handful of programs, beyond the top line, they're all middle of the road Tier 1 teams...An E9 team could totally lay a beating on an EHF team.The weakest program in the EHF would still be the weakest program in the There is no "real" top youth league in New England anymore.Fact is, they're both just a bunch of above average Tier 1 programs that happened to originate from a "real" top league -- the Metro Boston Hockey League.I long for the day when things contract into geographically larger, entirely skill based, leagues.Beyond mites, lopsided scores should not be common place in any league, elite or not.Year round, I spend a significant amount of time and money transporting my three boys to and from freezing cold ice rinks. The off-season is a time to work on strength and conditioning as well as enhancing skill sets.

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Here are the …Justin Breton (Kalamazoo Wings – ECHL)Many kids who play high school hockey are still looking to play hockey during the summer and/or fall to stay in shape with hopes of getting a leg up on their adversaries. )It makes me laugh sometimes when I see teams like the Boston Advantage, Boston Bandits, Boston Junior Eagles, Boston Junior Huskies, Boston Junior Rangers, Boston Jr Terriers, Crimson HC, Greater Boston Vipers, Valley Jr Warriors, East Coast Wizards, Eastern Mass Senators, Top Gun, and the North Shore Shamrocks.All of those teams are based within like a 30-mile radius.Expand it out another 10 miles, and there are another Boston's a pretty big city.

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email: icehockeydboard@yahoo.com. They re-branded their new alignment as the NEHL (New England Hockey League). Not because I expect them to make it to the NHL but because I know the rigorous youth hockey experience will serve them well in the future.Agree? No rose coloured glasses here.And then a handful of teams thought they were better than everyone else.They ditched the MBHL in 2004 to create the EHF, which is generally called the Fed in conversation.They've been expanding ever since -- program wise but not really geographically which has resulted in weaker teams as the player pool is only so deep.For players, the league tops out at 13 years old -- first year bantams.The teams that remained in the MBHL, after having half of their league disappear during an off-season, also expanded but did so by expanding their footprint into New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and even upstate New York.They re-branded their new alignment as the NEHL (New England Hockey League).The result was a larger talent pool but, comparatively speaking to the good old days (pre-EHF), the travel required for the "original" MBHL teams was excessive as was competing with a geographically overlapping EHF for players.The issue continued even after re-branding again as the Boston Hockey League in 2009 (while still having teams in Western Mass, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island).In direct competition for players in the Greater Boston Area, they formed a second league called the E9 or Elite Hockey League in 2014. Established in the 1970's the NEGHL remains the strongest, most competitive girls and women's hockey league in the United States. All former players are always welcome to skate with the current team at any time.We are very passionate about the game of hockey, coaching and more passionate about the players who are part of The New England Renegades.

The result was a larger talent pool but, comparatively speaking to the good old days (pre-EHF), the travel required for the "original" MBHL teams was excessive as was competing with a geographically overlapping EHF for players.