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I have been a bit remiss of late both reading and contributing to AJH.com as I am in Florida visiting an ill aunt who just passed today.  Had a few moments to do some catching up and I do love this time of year when things are ...

Newsflash... it takes actual money to operate a junior hockey team. Despite popular opinion, that Tier III junior hockey is a sure bet path to millions of dollars, new teams require a large amount of start-up capital to get going. ...

Little Johnny spends his entire youth career here in the United States. After graduation, Johnny is recruited to play for a team in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. His parents are told that the experience should help prepare ...

The Amateur Athletic Union has a program policy that basically admits anyone and everyone. Sports for All is more than just a slogan, it is something that the organization really stands behind. The problem with this policy is that it ...

The Chicago Hitmen story keeps getting distorted and somebody is not telling the truth. In this ( http://www.americanjuniorhockey.com/news/news_detail.php?news_id=73472) official release from the Hitmen, the club denies the allegations ...

For the second year in a row, USA Hockey's Executive Council over-ruled the Junior Council's decision to deny a waiver for US based teams to participate in the Superior International Junior Hockey League. The Duluth Clydesdales and ...

Jim Cashman and his Continental Junior Hockey League is facing a full audit of player registrations by the Amateur Athletic Union after allegations of the use of unregistered players surfaced this week. According to AAU's National ...

We had some very interesting conversations today in response to the continuing saga that is the Chicago Hitmen hockey club. Ownership is a very funny word and Mark Hammersmith is the only owner that is recognized by the North American ...

Yesterday we touched on the situation between the Chicago Hitmen, Mark Hammersmith, and former coach Steve Pronger. In response to that situation, new allegations are surfacing about the makeup of the Hitmen ownership group. While ...

Mark Hammersmith is doing his best impression of a con man. He gains a perspective employee's trust with a three-year contract, than refuses to pay after the first year because of the need to please an investor that wants his own guy in ...