It’s getting harder and harder to track young local hockey talent with every passing year.

A couple of decades ago, it was merely a matter of figuring out which aged-out midgets (or those maybe a year or two younger) had bolted from the north in search of greener junior hockey pastures in southern Ontario.

These days, the exodus can occur as early as the U12 season, the first year of AAA competition in the boys ranks within the NOHA. At U16 AAA (boys) and U18 AA (girls) age brackets, it’s become pretty much a given that at least a small handful leave Sudbury as we try and tap into word of mouth and such to get some sort of a feel for the lay of the land of the new season.

(As has been mentioned before, given that there is no easy way to track local talent once they leave Sudbury, it sho

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