Schools should not allow 8th graders to play. It's that simple. Too young, too small, just dumb. Any good HS or College coach will tell you that. Just stupid. Dangerous on many fronts. 8th graders hanging and driving around with seniors who are through puberty, boozing, vaping and shagging their girlfriends? Really? Justify that parent of the year.
Stop being in such a hurry for your kid to grow up. It happens fast enough. If he's that good, he's playing for a top notch club team.
Just another insanity within the overly insane hockey world we live here in the northeast. Egotistical morons.