I don't watch minor hockey anymore, but I did go to my girlfriends youngest brothers game the other day and it was booooring, they live in a suburb of Hamilton and their team is 9 players, of which half are 11, and the rest are 12-14 with 3 girls who appear to still be learning to skate haha, I remember hockey when I was 14 being much better, when I have a kid he's going in power skating like I did early and playing competitive hockey not house league
Congrats on your sons hat trick!