Prep school w/hockey for senior year?

goaliedad
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:41 +0000

Needing significant FA could be a dealbreaker, if he isn’t bringing something to the table that the school doesn’t have. On the boys side it can get quite competitive with a fairly deep talent pool for slots at many schools. I don’t know how good he is (there should be someone in the region who has dealt with prep schools to evaluate him), but if he has the talent some school might take a rider on him. I’d ask around to find out who in the region has gone prep and get an idea of what level of player that is (as compared to the level you son plays). In our affiliate here (SAHA not PVAHA where you live), only a few of the top AA players have had any luck getting admitted and even fewer have gotten good FA deals (or at least ones their families would accept - everyone has a different idea of what is a good deal).

Just to give you an idea, goaliegirl was invited to play AA boys Bantam Minor down here the year before leaving for prep school. Didn’t work out as she wanted to play girls post season and the boys team wouldn’t have it. (She ended up going to nationals with the girls). And she didn’t even get that many looks from the girls programs up north.

I don’t say this necessarily to scare you off, but to give you an idea of what to expect. It is not as easy as it looks when you are not from the region.