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I stated several years ago on the old forum site that western PA AAA hockey was the new AA hockey. This is the result of the onset of the gold and black PPE teams. There was always only enough talent to ice one legit AAA team in Pittsburgh. With the politics and nepotism involved at PPE the result was other programs taking advantage of the desire for AAA. And now this is what we have, a bunch of AA teams playing AAA

So nice to see that Karma made its way to Columbus at the 18U level. Although, you can rest assured that one of the at large bids was already in hand before the final buzzer even sounded.

There are approximately 150 NCAA D1 & D3 programs in the United States. Why do people seem to think there should only be like 20 AAA teams and if you aren't playing teams in the top 10 you are a sham? Very good players will and do come out of these "joke" programs.

I don't think anyone is arguing the fact that good players can come from anywhere, just that the desire for the third A is watering down what already relatively small talent WPA has at that playing level. It does suck that PPE has essentially cornered the market and sticks their nose up to any other AAA program in the area.