Post by Jack Bauer on Feb 11, 2019 14:59:19 GMT -4
OHL draws from a different base of kids. From places where the NCAA is still a big option but not quite as huge as the hockey schools are in Hockey East and since Ontario is in most of these kids backyards they play a lot of hockey there as kids and are already used to a lot of the travel and know a lot of the kids playing there already.
A kid from Boston wouldn't be as familiar with the Maritimes and the Q as say a kid in upper NY state would be with Ontario and the OHL while they were playing top tier hockey at 13, 14, and 15.
And London with deep pockets also guarantees a lot of school money and other perks that many OHL teams won't.
Michigan is also a big pool for the OHL. same scenario, they are next door, have kids play tournaments there plus there is an OHL team in the state.
Yep...and the Big Ten is way more spread out meaning the talent pool is a lot more spread out. This is where the OHL gets a huge advantage on us. Michigan has 10 million people and 2 in state Universities. The population of all of New England is 14 million but Hockey East has 11 schools.
Not hard to see how it'd be easier for a kid from Michigan to fall through the NCAA cracks and end up in the OHL then a kid from New England coming to the Q.
