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Tier 2 Residency Rule makes No sense

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:35:44 +0000

Starting this year, any girl that lives 75 miles from their Tier2 Rink, can not play on that team, if the team wants to be Tier 2. For girls from State College/Altoona Area, there is no Girls Tier Program within 75 miles(at least in 16U and 19U) About a dozen or so of girls from that area played Tier 2 for teams last year and I am sure some are playing or might be playing this year. But, according to Mid Am, these girls now can not play Tier 2 hockey because there is no rink within 75 miles. I am not sure how this is helping girls hockey . I am told that there is a waiver that girls can apply for but no guarantees. This makes no sense as I am sure there are other girls in the state that play Tier 2 that don't live within 75 miles from a Tier 2 program. I am being told that the rule is the same for boys. Mid Am claims that the rule is so players don't jump from team to team and don't bring in a ringer from out of state. Girls and boys can jump from team now, so not sure how that helps. Girls in Pittsburgh can play for Mon Valley this year and Steel City next year, the only ones that can't are the ones from Altona/Johnstown, Bedford, etc.. This is taking opportunities away from girls. Definitely not helping to grow the game

2026-27 PAHL Girls Tryouts

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:29:31 +0000

Allegheny Badgers

Teams:

12U Independent

14U Independent

Prospect Skate: March 20th

Tryouts: Week of 4/6

Arctic Foxes

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

16U/19U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 4/19 10-11:20AM

14U 4/16 6-7:20 PM

16/19U 4/19 11:30AM-12:50PM

Armstrong Arrows

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

19U Independent

Prospect Skate:

12U/14U 3/16 6PM

19U 4/13 8:30PM

Tryouts:

12U 3/17 6PM, 3/18 6PM

14U 3/17 7:10PM, 3/18 7:10PM

19U 4/15 8:30PM, 4/16 8:30PM

Beaver Badgers

Teams:

12U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 3/26 6:45PM

Erie Otters

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U Independent

16U Independent

Tryouts:

12U 3/24 6:45PM, 3/26 6:45PM

14U 3/24 5:30PM, 3/26 6:15PM

19U 3/25 7:30PM

Mon Valley Thunder

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U Independent

16U Independent

19U Independent

Tryouts:

12U 3/24, 3/29

14U 3/31, 4/6

16U 3/31, 4/6

19U 3/31, 4/6

Morgantown Blades

Teams:

12U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 4/7 6:25PM, 4/8 5:15PM

North Pittsburgh Wildcats

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

19U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 4/18 3PM, 4/19 2:25PM

14U 4/18 4:10PM, 4/19 3:35PM

19U 4/18 5:20PM, 4/19 4:45PM

Pittsburgh Vengeance

Teams:

14U PAHL

16U Independent

Tryouts:

14U 4/13/2026 6:30 - 7:50 PM, 4/15/2026 6:30 - 7:50 PM, 4/18/2026 10:30 - 11:50 AM

16U 4/13/2026 8:00 - 9:20 PM, 4/15/2026 8:00 - 9:20 PM, 4/18/2026 12:00 - 1:20 PM

SHAHA Panthers

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

14U Independent

19U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 4/14 5:00PM, 4/15 5:00PM

14U 4/14 6:00PM, 4/15 6:00PM

19U 4/14 7:00PM, 4/15 7:00PM

State College Icers

South Pittsburgh Rebellion

Teams:

10U PAHL (All Girls Team playing in a PAHL Coed division)

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

19U PAHL

Tryouts:

10U 3/28, 3/29

12U 4/6, 4/7

14U 4/7, 4/10

19U 4/20, 4/21

State College Icers

Teams:

16U Independent

Tryouts:

16U 4/1 6:4PM, 4/7 7:15PM

Westmoreland Eagles

Teams:

12U PAHL

14U PAHL

19U PAHL

Tryouts:

12U 4/10 6:00PM

14U 4/10 7:10PM

19U 4/10 8:50PM

2025-26 PAHL Girls Tryouts

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:12:46 +0000

Starting off with the exciting news-

The Beaver Badgers are hosting tryouts for their first ever 12U Girls teams,

Tryouts will be Saturday April 5th, 11AM to 12:30PM

https://stat.zone/org/activities/BeaverBadgers/

Here are the rest of the 12U, 14U, and 19U tryouts so far that have been posted on teams websites-

Armstrong Arrows

https://www.armstrongarrows.com/program/tryouts/955

12-14U Girls: March 18-20

19U Girls National Bound: April 10-12

Arctic Foxes

https://www.arcticfoxeshockey.com/tryouts

10U/12U Girls: April 11th 7:30-8:50PM

14U Girls: April 5th 12:30PM-1:30PM

Erie Otters

https://www.erieyouthhockey.com

12U Girls: March 23rd 1-2PM, March 29th 12:30-1:30PM

14U Girls: March 24th 8:15-9:15PM, April 7th 6:15-7:15PM

16U Girls: March 26th 6:15-7:15PM, April 7th 7:30-8:30PM

19U Girls: April 8th 8:45-10PM

Johnstown Warriors

https://johnstownwarriors.com/tryouts/

Girls Tryout: April 4th 7:20PM-8:20PM

Mon Valley Thunder

https://www.cfsbankeventcenter.com/tryouts

19U Girls: March 24th 6:30PM-7:20PM, March 29th 11:30AM-12:20PM

Morgantown Blades

https://www.morgantownhockey.com/program/tryout-information/9590

All Girls, All Ages: March 19th 5:30PM-6:30PM at the Ice Mine in Connellsville

North Pittsburgh Wildcats

https://www.wildcatshockey.net/page/show/2394075-tryouts-and-evaluations

All Girls, All Ages: Tuesday 04/22/25 & Sunday 04/27/25 at Bariel Ice Complex

Predators

https://www.pittsburghpredators.com/program/pittsburgh-predators/19742

19U Girls: April 16th 8:20PM-9:20PM, April 17th 8:20PM-9:20PM

SHAHA

https://www.shaha.org/2025-26-season-information/

12U Girls: April 13th 10:00AM-10:50AM, April 26th 12:00PM-12:50PM

14U Girls: April 13th 11:00AM-11:50AM, April 26th 1:00PM-1:50PM

19U Girls: April 13th 12:00PM-12:50PM, April 26th 2:00PM-2:50PM

State College Icers

https://www.scyiha.org/page/show/8944131-icers-2025-2026

All Girls, All Ages: April 8th 8:00PM-9:00PM, April 12th 7:00PM-8:00PM

South Pittsburgh Rebellion

https://www.southpittsburghhockey.org/rebellion-tryouts-save-the-date-for-2025-2026/

12U Girls: April 5th 5:00-6:10PM, April 6th 9:00-10:10AM

14U Girls: April 13th 9:00-10:10AM, April 14th 5:30-6:20PM

19U Girls: April 14th 8:10-9:20PM, April 15th 8:30-9:30PM

Vengeance Tier 2

https://www.scirhockey.org/tryout-dates/

14U Girls National Bound: April 16th 6:30-7:30, April 17th 6:30-7:30, April 18th 6:30-7:30

16U Girls National Bound: April 16th 8:00-9:20, April 17th 8:00-9:20, April 18th 8:00-9:20

Westmoreland Eagles

https://www.westmorelandhockeyassociation.com

12U Girls: April 14th, 15th, 16th

14U Girls: April 9th, 10th, 11th

19U Girls: April 9th, 10th, 11th

Wheeling Nailers

https://wvwaha.com/about/

12U Girls: April 8th

14U Girls: April 8th

2024-25 Girls Tryouts

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:29:55 +0000

We still do not have a firm answer on the pending PAHL rules on girls playing Pens Elite / PAHL co-ed and/or doubling on two separate aged all girls rosters, but some organizations are posting tryout days and times for the 2024-25 season so I figured we can start a thread of potential all girls teams looking for players. So far I have seen information out there for Steel City Selects, Arctic Foxes, Armstrong Arrows, and South Pittsburgh Rebellion, but please feel free to add more to this thread-

Steel City Selects

2024-2025 Tryouts (steelcityselectshockey.com)

14U tryouts 4/9 thru 4/14

16U tryouts 4/10 thru 4/14

19U tryouts 4/10 thru 4/14

All Goalies: Sunday 4/14

They also run a 12U supplemental team, but information on that and tryouts will be later

Arctic Foxes

Schedule | Arctic Foxes Hockey

All players will try out for a skills session for their age category, 4/6 for all goalies then rolling tryouts after that, then a girls selection tryout will be on 4/20 for the following teams-

10U (playing in PAHL coed division)

12U

14U

19U

Armstrong Arrows

Armstrong Arrows | Arrows PAHL 14U Girls Team

12U and 14U tryouts are March 18th (clinic) with tryouts on March 19th and 20th

Armstrong Arrows | Arrows Nat. Bound 19U Girls

19U tier 2 national bound team tryouts April 10th thru 12th

South Pittsburgh Rebellion

Home - South Pittsburgh Rebellion (southpittsburghhockey.org)

12U Girls 4/3 an 4/4

14U Girls 4/20 and 4/21

16U and 19U Girls - tbd

2023-2024 Western PA Girls Tryouts

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:32:42 +0000

Post for upcoming 2023-2024 Season - Western Pa Girls Tryouts

2023 PIHL Girls Spring Hockey registration open

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:52:24 +0000

For those interested, the registration link for the 2023 season of the PIHL Girls Hockey Division is open. Limited details about the league are available on the PIHL website (www.pihlhockey.com). You have to scroll down past all the playoff brackets! The direct link to the registrations is https://stat.zone/sz/a/activities/?o=20

Westmoreland Hockey Association (WHA) Girls Program Teams for 2023-2023 Season - 12U, 14U, 16U/19U

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:49:31 +0000

The Westmoreland Hockey Association (WHA) will be fielding teams at the 12U, 14U, and 16U/19U age groups for the 2023-2024 season. Contact whagirlshockey@gmail.com for more information.

Steel City Selects Tier II U19 National Champions

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:22:08 +0000

Just got word that the U19 Steel City Selects defeated Arizona 1-0 in OT! Congratulations and great job ladies!

PIHL girls coming soon

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:05:09 +0000

PIHL updated the website to indicate info on girls for spring 2022 is coming soon!

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Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:14:08 +0000

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MID-AM Girls Hockey Update

Wed, 12 May 2021 19:00:32 +0000

In case anyone missed it:

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Hello Hockey Parents,

Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30, Ladd Wagner, Girls/Women section representative for USA Hockey will be hosting an informational Zoom call to give some clarity, answer questions and offer information for girls and parents about female hockey in the Mid Am District.

Ladd will be joined by Heather Mannix, ADM representative for USA Hockey as well as Logan Bittle, new coach with Penguins Elite Girls (recently coached women at RMU). Heather will discuss questions for younger players and things to consider when your daughter is getting started and Coach Bittle will discuss Tier I expectations as well as college scouting for all college levels.

Please join us on Zoom with the link below

To join the Zoom Internet Conference, click on the link below:

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3506762558

Meeting ID: 350 676 2558

Steel City Selects Great Job at 2021 Nationals

Wed, 05 May 2021 00:26:19 +0000

Congratulations to 2021 SCS Girls

14U - Bronze Medal

16U - Silver Medal

19U - Bronze Medal

NEW PIHL girls division

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:30:33 +0000

Looks like the PIHL is having a 4 team girls division tournament in May.

https://tribhssn.triblive.com/pihl-set-to-launch-4-team-girls-division-in-may/

Coach Patrick Quimby

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:25:28 +0000

Hockey Parents,

We are pleased to offer you an opportunity to further develop your daughters through an individualized training program, specific to hockey. Our professional staff has experience training athletes from 6u developmental teams, high school to division 1 college players, up through pro's active in the NHL. One of our partners if the former director of sports performance for the Pittsburgh Penguins, another is a former Strength and Conditioning coach with the University of Maine, assisting with both Men's and Women's hockey.

We recognize all athletes are different, so that is the approach we take. We offer complimentary physical assessments, where we utilize a functional movement screening, speed and agility testing, strength testing, and balance assessments. Based off the results, we provide a custom training program for your son in order to develop him to his full potential. We will share the results of the assessment with you and his coaches, as well as share a copy of the program to ensure transparency and communication.

If you are interested in more details about this training program, please reach out to me. I can send you more information through email, or we can speak on the phone and discuses any questions or concerns you may have.

If you are interested, Please email patrick.412.quimby@gmail.com

Girls only hockey camp

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 20:21:55 +0000

There is a girls only hockey being held at Alpha Ice Complex in Harmar July 15-19. It is being hosted/run by former NCAA women hockey players who are looking to provide a cost effective opportunity for local girls to develop their skills and enjoy meeting other players. For more information, you can PM us here or use the contact information on the attached flyer.

Lady's Only Hockey Camp.pdf

Status of girls hockey

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:24:27 +0000

Could anyone with actual experience and knowledge about the topic tell us about the overall status of girls hockey in the Pittsburgh region? Number of teams in PAHL? Competitiveness? Does it dwindle as the girls get into older age groups?

Movie about Girls Hockey

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:20:45 +0000

I have written a movie about girls hockey and i would love to hear some feed back from true hockey fans and especially players, family and fans close to girls hockey. I will say this, if you wouldn't let your child watch slap shot then i wouldn't let them read this script. Email me at scottedonatelli@gmail.com and i can forward you the script.