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What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Hky05 replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Renegades open skate attracted a lot of 09 skaters and goalies including rebellion and badgers -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
HockeyFan6687 replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Looks bad from the outside. A good organization should look to treat their loyal players well and create situations where the talent wants to remain with the organization. Keeping your existing families in the loop should happen before any dramatic changes are made. I’m also hearing that they are trying to push hard for a 2010 team after having all the top 2010’s last season basically pack up and move on. Is there even a possibility? Sounds like the older birth years have problems. -
Class Seed Home Seed Away Day Date Time PENGUIN CUP CLASS AA PLAYOFFS QUARTER FINALS AA South Fayette 3 Penn Trafford 4 Mt Lebanon Monday 4-Mar AA Thomas Jefferson 5 Hempfield 3 Ice Castle Monday 4-Mar AA Latrobe 3 Franklin Regional 4 Kirk Nevin Monday 4-Mar AA Norwin 5 Fox Chapel 2 Palmer Imaging Monday 4-Mar PENGUIN CUP SEMI-FINALS AA Norwin 3 Penn Trafford 6 RMU Tuesday 11-Mar 6:45 PM AA Thomas Jefferson 9 Franklin Regional 3 RMU Tuesday 11-Mar 8:45 PM PENGUIN CUP FINALS AA Thomas Jefferson 8 Penn Trafford 4 UPMC Lemieux Tuesday 18-Mar 6:15 PM 0 FLYERS CUP FINALS AA Pennridge CR South Hatfield Wednesday 20-Mar 8:45 PM PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS AA W E Thomas Jefferson Skatium Saturday 23-Mar 2:00pm
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Shaha 14u and 12u girls have tryouts April 23 and 25. No 16 or 19u girls that I have seen.
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I didn't go quite as far as you but 08 seems pretty similar with a lot of overalap. Seems like a little more lag prior to the AA tryouts after AAA but you gotta pick your horse I guess early.
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Most AA and AAA does do that, and pretty openly. It's A Major and A Minor that have to play more of a guessing game year to year.
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So for 2010 PV - 4/15-17 Esmark - 4/15-17 Aviators - 4/17-19 NP - 4/13-17 Foxes - 4/15-17 Crazy...roll the dice this year.
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I’ve not noticed, do you have any examples?
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Agree! Tons of overlap. I don’t know why orgs / coaches aren’t upfront & straightforward with kids. Yes, you have a spot on the team or time to look elsewhere. Seems easy enough.
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There was an overtime winning goal that went through the net in a 16U game Saturday night at Alpha....that was pretty interesting.
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I heard 18U A Major had a couple crazy finishes Something about Lebo pulling their goalie on what they thought was a penalty but was really an icing call that was negated and the Foxes scoring an empty netter to win it. Looking at the website, looks like the Foxes then went on to beat the 1 seed by a goal and then lost to the 2 seed in OT. I'm sure that was exciting if anybody has any more details.
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Feel free to post tryout dates in this thread but there's a conversation I did want to get started. Perhaps I've never noticed it in the past but is there much more overlap/conflicts in tryout schedules this year? It's like the organizations are forcing kids to make a decision and stick with it and whatever happens...happens. There may be alot of good players without homes if they get cut from their incumbant team. Of course, I think we all know there's a way for some of these kids to find their way onto another comparable team, backup plans so to speak. But it just seems that this year is going to be do or die with all of the conflicts. Thoughts?
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Anything exciting happen this weekend? Big upsets or suprises?
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What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Hockey00 replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
apparently they are having u16 players come to the u14 (will be u15 kids) skates so then it looks like more kids are showing up. mostly aa players at the esmark skates so far -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Hockey00 replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Interesting and no info on website if it will be PAHL, Independent, AHF, etc. No mention of what tournaments or leagues. Really confusing and heard from a dad on 09s the team wasn’t even informed of the changes and were blindsided. -
New Semi Pro team in Pittsburgh
Spear and Magic Helmet replied to PUCKCOVID19's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Ha. Probably not. But she is doing a good job. Their content looks great. -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
RJUSHL replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Particularly the Esmark skates. I wonder if they can pull this off. They need to be working the phones hard to start again from scratch. It won’t work if they just rely on some gravitational pull to get kids back in the door and overcome the lost momentum from last year. But at the same time it wouldn’t surprise me if they end up with the second best 09 team in the region when all is said and done. -
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What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
YardSale replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
Speaking of, how are the skates looking? -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
aaaahockey replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
I figured people lick their fingers and see which way the wind is blowing. Open skates for teams etc they will figure out fast what chance their kids have unless they are delusional. -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Hockey00 replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
But esmark tryouts are before allegheny -
New Semi Pro team in Pittsburgh
i am score replied to PUCKCOVID19's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
They just did a feature on the “staff” on FB… Ben Cunningham’s girlfriend Bri makes all of the good social media content for FB and Instagram. If none of the players are getting paid I doubt she’s getting anything. -
Keith Barnes of the PG asked the question when Pine Richland North Allegheny last met in the Penguins Cup Playoffs. The Answer is 1975 in the State Qualifier at the old Sewickley Arena. Richland won 3-2 and advanced to Erie for the first State Tournament
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What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Icebucket replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
I'll agree on this one. Over the last 5 or so years, 18U has had 2 or 3 good AA teams. This year, there were 5 who easily would have been in the top 3 of any of those seasons -
What will happen to the good 2009 AA PAHL teams?
Saucey replied to RJUSHL's topic in Western Pennsylvania Youth Hockey
The 06 BY was pretty strong. You had some kids keep playing that usually quit by 18u and a lot of the AAA options died. I think that is unusual. And....no one cares about 18u hockey, really. All washed up by that age. 🤷♂️