The difference in hockey and baseball if a very good to great player is to make it into the professional ranks as quickly as possible - monetary gain! In lacrosse the ideal end game is to go to a great school for lax/academics or academics/lax.
Ahhh...because you associate lax with academics then it's ok to play down (or repeat to play against younger competition to get noticed) The fact is most 'very good' American Hockey players look to play college hockey, and generally speaking the top 'hockey' schools are as good academically as those we usually associate with lax.
