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Or......................... Maybe if you don't make Pens or Preds, Vipers or Vengeance, SHAHA or Icemen Maybe...... just maybe........you can do it the old fashioned way. Work Harder Junior!!!

Yeah, we definitely need a 7th

Pens have two teams through Pee Wee and after that it goes down to one team. So having another AAA program for Bantam and above might make sense.

It's hilarious because one of the ringleaders of the malcontents (I mean that's what we have here right) was one of the architects/henchmen who decided that Pittsburgh only needed one Tier 1 program and put the Hornets and Amateur/Jr Penguins into their graves. Now we need another one? Give me an H Give me an Y Give me an P Give me an O Give me an C Give me an R Give me an I Give me an S Give me an Y

The one picture on their homepage looks like RMU Island Sports Center, don't know if that means anything

I didn’t stumble across it. Another user sent the link out.

My recollection is that a certain gentleman transferred the "Pittsburgh Hornets" ownership to the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite in exchange for a spot on the BOD, a consulting job, a coaching role and a fancy title. Tax fillings indicate financial compensation for this transaction as well. At the time, the newly formed Pittsburgh Penguins Elite was primarily interested in the Tier 1 USAH/MidAm "classification", but one would assume they still own the Hornet's name, logo, and other associated property. But, perhaps they relinquished control of those things at some point. Or perhaps they always remained the property of that same gentleman, who appears to no longer have any connection to the Pens Elite Board and he has since changed organizations. One could speculate that he is now leaving the other organization and is the one involved in this revival. Or could this other organization (whose name no longer carries a corporate sponsorship) be rebranding themselves? The Bantam and older model seems to fit with that organizations tradition. Since this is all just speculation on my part, would it be a stretch to suggest that Black Bear might also be involved? And might as well guess this isn't just a revival or rebranding but rather a hostile takeover? A hockey organization given the boot by Black Bear and subsequently replaced by a new organization, it's happened a few times before.

So what's the inside information you have, and why are you here trying to garner interest? It's a half built website, with links that don't work and no information to provide that was created a month ago. I have a hard time believing you just happened to stumble across it. Instead of getting us to speculate, why not just tell us what the motive is?

Domain was registered on December 6. Doesn't look like much work put into since then. Wonder if anyone owns the copyright to the logo.

I am sure it's someone who's kid is playing AA now and wants that extra A or an AAA kid or parent who isn't happy with their current org and yes the website is bad

looks like an 8th grade computer class website, no info or anything. Who is trying to. spear head this now? and another aaa team in Pgh. just what the community needs more faux aaa/aa teams

Thank You. I am going to talk to the organization prior to try out's and discuss his intentions with them. We are going to do spring hockey again for this season. I actually signed him up as a skater but let them know he could play goalie as well. He hasn't played very much full ice hockey as a skater, so I want to get him some time doing so this spring. He is also going to play on a tournament team late spring/early summer but that will be as a goalie, so he will continue to get his time there. I am fine with him making whatever team he is chosen for. It also may come down to him having to choose between either skater or goalie.

Looks like the have the beginnings of a website already Pittsburgh Hornets

highly doubt it, sluggo killed them dreams. plus lebo wanna be aaa teams wear their old jersey too.

Where would they play?

Nemesis8679 is 100% correct. At the Squirt level, if a team has 2 goalies they should be very close to a 50/50 split. Maybe one goalie gets more time in a tournament if the team is making a run at a championship, but otherwise, young goalies need playing time to develop. The sport needs more goalies and there is a lot of growth to be had in the next few years. The #2 now on a Squirt team may really bloom by high school and be an all star. How you get the split varies from team to team. USA hockey suggests splitting periods giving each goalie a 6-8 minute shift per period. I don't know anyone that does this. Some teams split games mid-way through the 2d. Other teams (probably most) alternate games. With this third scenario, it is realistic for a goalie to skate out when not in net. I think it will make them a better goalie long run and keep them from falling too far behind as a skater should they decide playing goal is not for them. As for your case, if you kid is a Red Mite, he will likely place on one of your organizations' upper half teams. Talk to the organizations and coaches in advance and let them guide you on whether they want him to split days at the tryouts, only tryout as a skater or goalie. If they know what you all want to try in advance, it will help them help you. Be ready to accept, however, some trade-offs. Your kid may make a lower team than they otherwise would have. For example, they may have made the #2 team as a pure skater, but to accommodate your development plan, the organization places him on the #3 team. Don't let that bother you and it may be for the best. There are a lot of spring and summer leagues that are especially popular for rising mites making the transition to full ice. They mostly involve games with fewer practices, but they can be good. I'd suggest considering that if you can make it fit your schedule and let your kid play some of both positions to see if that smaller sample of games tilts the scales one way or the other.

I heard Pittsburgh Hornets youth hockey is coming back for Bantam and above. Has anyone heard any details on this?

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Congrats to Cox and Baldwin 1975 http://teampageswidgets.com/p/custom_page_pics/83085/smaller.pic Members of the Team 1975 - Baldwin Highlanders 1974-1975 - "AAA"- 1st Pennsylvania Cup AAA Champions MARK ALBERT CHUCK MCHUGH BRAD ALLMAN RANDY NORTH TERRY ALLMAN TERRY O'BRIEN TOM BALDESBERGER DON RADER GARY BASH DAVE RADER ERIC BAUMAN DAN SHARRER KEITH COLGAN GARY STONE JIM COX T.J. FLANAGAN BILL DEGNAN JEFF DORNENBERG TOM HORGAS SKIP REMMY - HEAD COACH JOE SMITH - ASSISTANT COACH BOB HOUSTON - TRAINER Team Story - Coming Soon Program Development and History The Baldwin Hockey Program joined the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League for the 1974-75 Season after two years in the South Penn High School Hockey League. The Highlanders won the South Penn League Championship in 1973 and 1974 under Head Coach Skip Remmy. The Road to a Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championship Baldwin enjoyed a 20-4-2 record in the regular season in winning the National Division of the WPIHL and headed into the first ever Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championship Playoffs. The Highlanders defeated former rival Bethel Park 3-1 to qualify for the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships to be held in Erie, Pennsylvania. In Erie, the Highlanders would defeat Erie McDowell 4-3 and Springfield of Philadelphia 2-1 in overtime to earn a spot in the first ever Pennsylvania State Championship. Baldwin would face WPIHL rival Churchill and the teams battled to a 3-3 tie through regulation. Jim Cox's overtime goal at 1:10 of the extra session would give Baldwin the first ever State Championship of the State of Pennsylvania 4-3 over the Chargers. Goaltender Brad Allman would make 23 Saves and was named along with Cox to the All-Tournament Team.

If there's a 10u team with 2 committed goalies, and they're not getting equal time at that age, I'd find a different org.

I've witnessed the challenges of a goalie trying to skate and play goal on a higher level team first hand this year. I am going to echo what others have said. It doesn't go over very well with teammates and parents when a coach has a goalie skate out and they are not at the level of the rest of the team. More times than not their goal tending got them on the team and they can compete at the higher level, but skating out they are the weakest player. If you truly want him to do both, talk to organizations with multiple 10u teams. Most hold combined tryouts and they'll place him where he fits. They really need to place him based on his skating ability not just the goal tending. Also ask the coaches what their plans are for goalie playing time. If your son would end up #2 goalie on the team he may not see much game time between the posts and end u skating out most of the time.

I think he will quickly fall behind if he isn’t skating as often as the other kids. And I agree that the other parents will be judgmental if he can’t keep up as a skater.