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Yes, the AHF league is a glorified PAHL level league that you will travel very far to play in and spend lots of money on hotels. They will try to dress it up with stats and "neat" stuff to sell the kids and parents on it. It makes no sense to drive 5+ hours and play similar PAHL competition multiple times a year. Just my thoughts. And again, if all the wanna be AAA teams in the burgh that aren't in the top 50 just played PAHL, it would be a MUCH better league the the AHF league. Might not have as cool of a website or the stats but it would be a lot higher level of play. BB is laughing all the way to the bank at these teams they push into this league.

From their Facebook page it looks like they are only streaming the championship game. But if you want to see last years they are promoting that 😂🤷. You can catch the games on livebarn.

Other Tier 2 AA leagues throughout the country log stats within their own network, but many also do the same on Elite Prospects which has become the go-to for stat freaks. Although the coaches / managers are the ones logging stats for Elite Prospects, it is not isolated within a few AA teams. The dinosaurs within PAHL do none of this.

I know this differs by age but I think the AHF folks have to start fielding a better top to bottom ranked teams for the switch to happen. We thought about it for one of my kids teams but PAHL was better competition so why add the travel? A showcase or two is one thing but what if you have to play a season?

This is true as it currently stands, but within a year or two there will be more AHF teams in western PA than PAHL teams. At that point the few remaining PAHL teams will be the ones that have to travel. This is sad but this is the reality. We've seen this script before. Anyone who thinks it will play out any differently is wrong. Right now there are four Western PA organizations in the AHF National Division; Allegheny, South Pittsburgh, Icemen, and Huskies. We're not at a tipping point yet but it's going to happen fast.

Update on PIA and Printscape Ice! I'm pretty sure PIA was putting ice down over the weekend. Not sure about Printscape! No livebarn listed yet!

Why can't the PAHL post them? Are they afraid to hurt some teams feelings? It's ashamed that you had to go hunt for them!