My son is currently an '05 Pee Wee on a Town B team on the South Shore. Has made decent strides in terms of skating and overall play in the last year. He wants to try out for a select team or two. I figure if he makes a team we're probably looking at a Tier 1 white team (EMHL level). I know there's another whole discussion about whether it's worth the extra $. He wants to try it and I figure it might be a good introduction to select hockey for him with better skills and practices than what he currently gets.

My question is where should we look with at least a chance of him making a team? Where we live our realistic options would be Breakers, Conquistadors, Terriers or Advantage.

Any and all advice is appreciated (including snark, this is the dboard after all).

I'd say Conquis would be the easiest to make and BA the harder of the ones to make. But have him do a summer camp at BA and skills during the week to see if he can up his game.

What high school does the kid plan on attending? That will make a huge difference as to how much to put into his development.

go to a couple of them and talk to the coaches.

Defiantly look into where ever you are thinking about going. Some people involved with these programs lack character. Starts at the top

Terriers out of Rockland have great coaches on both tier 1 teams. I also heard they are looking to make a lot of changes to their rosters. Good luck

The library.

The conqy's are going in the right direction with their new management. They have done an excellent job in turning around Boch in very short order and would expect them to do the same in Hingham.