I found this quote very interesting; here is what the Boston Bruins head coach had to say about college hockey players. Personally I like College Hockey and I have watched college hockey for a very long time, but I don't have a problem with the CHL either. I had the privilege of attending a WHL game between Seattle and Portland in the late 1980’s and it was lot fun. They are more CHL players in the NHL. I personally would like to be able to see more of their games on television.
After further study . . .
Bruins coach Claude Julien, who turns 50 in April, as a player took the Canadian junior route in hopes of making it to the big time, putting in tours with both the Oshawa Generals and Windsor Spitfires over four seasons. During Boston’s rookie camp, held at the start of September in Kitchener, Ontario, he confided that his choice today, some 30 years later, likely would be to play for a top US college program - no doubt music to the ears of the newly formed College Hockey, Inc., based in Newton. Prior to Boston’s game last Saturday on Long Island, Julien said he felt today’s college players typically enter the NHL with better conditioning levels than most of the top junior players, simply because the college players have fewer games and more time for off-ice training. As a trade-off, he noted candidates from the junior leagues arrive with more game experience and are perhaps better prepared for the day-to-day grind of professional hockey.
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