My 8 year old played full ice mite last year. They played 78 games! He played in 64 games. and was absolutely spent! We let him skate 2 days/week for 2nd half of March and all of April for AHF parity. He played Lacrosse in Spring too. Once May 1 hit, we pulled him off the ice. He went back this Wednesday for 1x/week in July. Told new team he is good for 45 games next year- including tournaments. 8 of His full ice mite team mates played spring (practice 3 days per week) with 7 tournaments through June (35 games) and now have 3 tournaments in July (15 games). They will have played from August 1 of 21 to July 31 of 2022 128 games. Stanley Cup Finals teams don't even play that many games. This is child abuse! The best part is, my son skated with his former team mates this week and was the 2nd best player on the ice! Last season he was probably 8-9th best on team. The other kids while getting bigger have plateaued, while my son got stronger, faster and his shot & stick handling are off the charts now. He worked on his game when we took him off the ice. Parents are so dumb!