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  1. And therein may lie the biggest problem with Pittsburgh youth hockey. What percentage of parents at PPE actually do believe that they are currently in some sort of minor league system that will lead them straight to the NHL Penguins. I'm not talking about the kids (although they probably have a better grasp of reality) I'm talking about the parents. I'm going to give my guess by age group. Little 66ers - 90-95% - I will follow your every instruction 10U - 85-90% - It costs how much? No problem, it will be worth every penny 12U - 80% - Wait, my little superstar isn't on the 1st line 14U - 70% - You're bringing in players from where 15U - 60% - But we've been playing here for 8 years 16U - 50% - I guess not everyone makes the grade 18U - <25% - Reality finally sets in and holy s*** there's no money left for college
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  2. oh my goodness that is so very impressive. Wow. “Had” is definitely the operative word. move on maybe? yes you are one sad and miserable dude for sure. and you have bad facts. sorry for you ...
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  3. What are you talking about, that's the perfect target age for parents living the dream.
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  4. Not true. you are really one sad and pathetic and obsessed guy.
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  5. Best freaking comment I’ve read in months. Well played.
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  6. Interesting I wonder how many PPE 66ers will jump ship.
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  7. The truth of why my goalie son QUIT the 16 U AAA Predators team was because there were 2 kids smoking weed - at tournaments, in the locker room at practice, etc... one of the kids that were caught, quit after they were both suspended - the other was brought back even though the team took a vote and only 2 kids wanted the suspended problematic player brought back. The suspended player is well kown for his repeated disciplinary issues on the ice and the bench, in the locker room and repeated drug use. The coach made the decision to bring him back anyway and said if anyone doesn't like that decision, they can leave. My son chose to leave, the night that the player was brought back. He said his goodbyes, shook hands with his teammates , wished them well, and we left Ice Castle. The team captain also quit, for the same reasons. That’s correct - my son chose to quit. He wasn’t thrown off by the coach - he wasn’t pulled off by my wife or myself - he quit and we supported that decision 100%. We are proud of his decision. Some parents on the 16u AA TEAM were allegedly told that my son was thrown off of the team. That is 100% false. I want the record set straight. This is 100% factual - so much so that I am not anonymous. My name is Phil Isaly. My sons name is Ethan. We will never play for the Predators Organization again. You all can make up your own minds.
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  8. I have no problem with Pens Elite Excel Prep team... but in few years it will be filled with non local players and unless you pay the freight you will not have any chance to be on the team. Which is fine. These decisions are up to individual families. What's not up to individual families is the Structure of Pgh Hockey. You can argue all you want about AA this and AAA that. Clearly there is need for structure and organization. Saucey, that's the only reason you involve PAHL is for a governing body. With in our Radius we have teams in basically all the major leagues: 1 NHL, 1 AHL, 1 ECHL, 1 OHL, 2 D1 NCAA, 1 NCAA D3, 1 USHL, 1 NAHL, and countless ACHA teams. Who all would like to get a better look at local talent. The Pens have monopolized that piece currently with USHL fall classic tourney. There are partnerships to be had with these other teams to create something for these kids to advance. Teams can't enter certain tournaments unless they have a Tier 1 roster and certain teams won't play them unless you have a Tier 1 roster. There is an answer here that will force these local "faux-AAA" orgs to compete to keep their charter or AAA status. Our local product has outgrown the AA + tournament model you propose or more teams would just do that. It's not a bad model and serves those kids well but not what the electorate wants. Pens has no desire to advance local players anymore and Essmark is doing a good job scooping up local talent and moving them but there is more talent here. I have heard the water down argument here too much, but yet these independent teams keep popping up and at times they are able to compete but it doesn't last cause they just simply don;t see the competition enough on a regular basis. USA hockey needs to step in and force things but they only care about coaching clinics and their $55 dollars for insurance.
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