Midget Draft?

[Bagattaway20]

I was wondering if anybody has heard about the midget draft that may be coming to British Columbia this year or next . I dont know if they have it in the other provinces...but the only information i have so far is that after 2nd year midget, you are eligible for a draft by the junior "A" teams like Victoria, Burnaby, ect..you can play for any intermidiate team but you have to play for the team you were drafted by i think....Once i get more information ill let you guys know....this seems pretty interesting!

[BClax17]

Ontario has this don't they?
All they are really doing if saving teams from having tryouts but instead now the young prospect would go to the training camp. This also wouldn't work for islanders like us. Junior starts at age 17 and you're still in school then for May and June. If you get drafted by say PoCo then you would have to go to Vancouver every weekend and during the week for practices and BC ferries is bloody expensive!

[TheCanaidan]

Man, how come nova scotia doesnt get this good stuff:(

[nemesislax]

because nova scotia isnt good at lacrosse and doesnt have jr A

[GlaxR]

wait is midget draft a draft for midjets or is it just a name of the draft?

[SliNg MaN]

wait is midget draft a draft for midjets or is it just a name of the draft?

yeah what he said

[PCO6]

wait is midget draft a draft for midjets or is it just a name of the draft?

"Midget" is an age division of lacrosse in Canada. The divisions, in most associations, are Paperweight (5 & 6 year olds) Tyke (7 & 8) Novice (9 & 10) Pee Wee (11 & 12) Bantam (13 & 14) Midget (15 & 16). Intermediate and Junior lacrosse are for 17 to 21 year olds, Junior being the higher level of play. Senior is for players that are over 21.

The draft is for allocating Midget players to Junior teams.

[captain crunch]

because nova scotia isnt good at lacrosse and doesnt have jr A

what an intelligent comment... I can't wait until people like you from BC and Ontario will eat there words when other provinces catch up to you in numbers and surpass you in skill and class.(of course I am only speaking of the ignorant people who trash other provinces because they do not have the numbers or talent level of the big two...YET!!)

[laxgoalieking]

what an intelligent comment... I can't wait until people like you from BC and Ontario will eat there words when other provinces catch up to you in numbers and surpass you in skill and class.(of course I am only speaking of the ignorant people who trash other provinces because they do not have the numbers or talent level of the big two...YET!!)
the maritimes arent big enough to surpass ONT and BC in numbers or skill.

ontario has this draft but it has some dumb rukles like, only one goalie can be selected from each center every five years.

[#15Roadies]

Ontario's Draft Rules (http://www.ontariolacrosse.com/documents/content_698.pdf)

R6.38(a)

On or before January 15th of each year, the Junior “A” teams in good standing with the O.L.A. and Junior “A” Council shall meet for the purpose of drafting overage midget players only. (17 years old)

The draft will consist of overage midget players only (17 years old). These players will be drafted from O.L.A. midget teams operating outside of Junior “A” centres. These players will turn 17 years of age in the year of the draft and will have participated in the O.L.A. Midget Series in at least one of the past two seasons. Players participating in Junior “B” or Intermediate in the previous season and meeting the age and participation requirements, will also be eligible. (17 years old)

Each team eligible to draft will be allowed two draft selections.

Municipalities that have a Junior “B” club may only have one (17 year old) player selected in each year. Only one goalie can be drafted from a Junior B municipality during a 5 year period.

Of course there are exceptions, workarounds, etc. so long as the rules are satisfied.

[#15Roadies]

"the maritimes arent big enough to surpass ONT and BC in numbers or skill."

Size isn't everything!

The probability of winning a national championship is lessed because of the overall smaller player pool for 'newer' provinces. However I would reckon that there are more hockey players in the Maritimes than there are lacrosse players in Ontario or BC. So there is a fairly large pool of potentials available in the Maritimes.

What the Maritimes, and to a certain degree Québec, lack right now is developmental opportunities for coaches (especially) and players. They are rectifying this by bringing their top select players & teams into Ontario for box tournaments where, despite the steep learning curves they experience, they are holding their own fairly well and are becoming quite competitve. And the last word I saw was the Québec was showing the fastest growth in numbers for lacrosse.

Now, once you develop a group of kids that are able to compete at an elite level, you add some top notch coaching (look what an elite coach did for Ottawa Jr A right off the bat!) and you have a potential champion. So Nova Scotia beating Ontario or BC in a National championship is not too far fetched. Oh, how many gold medals did Ontario win in the Pee Wee or Bantam Nationals this year? They can be beaten.

The main problem for most lacrosse centres is lack of resources from all sides, from the CLA on down. If there was some benevolence into lacrosse funding in the Maritimes, a good provincial program could be developed to produce not only competitive players in Canada, but scholarship type players for the US.

[GlaxR]

Paperweight (5 & 6 year olds) Tyke (7 & 8) Novice (9 & 10) Pee Wee (11 & 12) Bantam (13 & 14) Midget (15 & 16). Intermediate and Junior lacrosse are for 17 to 21 year olds, Junior being the higher level of play. Senior is for players that are over 21.


lol owo sorry for my ignorance the names for the diffrent age divisions are nice tho pee wee lol

man canada rocks

[#15Roadies]

Actually the word "peewee" is a Lanape (Delaware) word for small-fry... although I have seen some 6'+ "peewees" playing lacrosse up here...

[TheCanaidan]

because nova scotia isnt good at lacrosse and doesnt have jr A


How are you gunna tell me we're not good at lacrosse, our bantam prov. team won nationals, and yeah...we do have junior a....

[laxgoalieking]

How are you gunna tell me we're not good at lacrosse, our bantam prov. team won nationals, and yeah...we do have junior a....
won what?bantam B division.

[Chamoo]

Not tryin' to be a dick (like some others on this forum), but I do believe your Bantam team won a tournament somewhere in Ontario. That certainly wasn't the nationals but hopefully next year at Nat's, you guys will do much better (don't take that the wrong way) since you have the potential to do so.

[titans 43]

we had it this year in alberta but it is kidna low key

[laxgoalieking]

Not tryin' to be a dick (like some others on this forum).
ouch that was below the belt.

[Bagattaway20]

the only problem i have with the draft is that after being drafted, you cant go to any other team. Do you guys know if you have to go into the draft. Some of my friends told me you can become a free agent, but i dont know.

[lax_coach14]

the only problem i have with the draft is that after being drafted, you cant go to any other team. Do you guys know if you have to go into the draft. Some of my friends told me you can become a free agent, but i dont know.
What I know of the draft is that not all Midgets will be drafted. Too many free-agent Midgets out there. But if you are drafted, then your Junior 'A' playing rights ONLY belong to the team that drafted you. Your Junior 'B' or Intermediate 'A' or 'B' rights are not held by the drafting team; you are free to go where you want within those leagues existing rules.

Before drafting a player I am sure the Junior 'A' clubs will do their due diligence and ensure players they are drafting are willing to play for their club. Why waste a pick on someone who does not want to go to their club?

If you are not drafted, then you would still be considered a free-agent and able to go where you want.