There is a great article about how players with early birthdates in the year make up the majority of players on upper level hockey teams. This was also discussed in the American Developmental Model, how players who are late bloomers are not getting the chance to play on teams due to late in the year birthdates. So unless the system is fixed, if you have a late in the year birthday, you will not be playing higher level hockey.
Here is Rand Simons blog from Hockey News
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/30842-Rand-Simons-Blog-Canadas-age-system-must-be-fixed.html
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