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Honestly to me that's a very successful season.

armstrong was the best all season, Lee has them playing hard nosed physical hockey and these boys have skills too.

I think that there’s two different understanding of the title “MidAms” on this thread. One is the MidAm tournament that leads directly into Nationals. Tier 1 and Tier 2. The other is individual tryouts for MidAms that lead to the National Developmental Team. While scrolling through this thread it’s challenging to follow along. Different interpretations by a lot of people. With that said. Armstrong 18U AA wins today against Mt Lebanon 18U AA 5-2 (empty net goal) to move on to nationals. The competition at by all of the representative PAHL teams was outstanding, in my opinion. This season was one of the best in terms of competitive balance by the top 5-6 teams in AA as I can recall. It’s a shame that only one PAHL team gets to go on to nationals. This league was probably as deep as its ever been. Best of luck to the PAHL 18U AA Champions— Armstrong Arrows as they move on to USA Nationals in Delmont, PA.

#20 Pitt 4- # Jamestown 1 Pitt move to qtr finals for 1st time in its history

Pitt 4 Jamestown 1 # 4 Seed goes down - Awesome Win for the program !!

I don't think so, more so this exposes the weakness of the CHMA, when its best team by far goes to ACHA Nationals for the 2nd year in a row and gets beat handily. IUP has a lot of work to do with scheduling recruiting and player development. Pitt prepared for Nationals by leaving the CHMA, upgrading their schedule with National powers Ohio, Liberty, Niagara, Adrian, Rhode Island etc and did it with a mix of Tier 1 and Tier 2 players who played High School and Amateur Hockey mostly from Western Pa . Kudos to Stu, Jerry and the Pitt Program and good luck moving forward

100% - publish them anytime possible, but once published they're final. Parents F off. Don't get me wrong, so do I enjoy seeing my kid's accomplishments where others can see them on web pages such as the PIHL and others as they progressed. However, having watched any of those games I will also know which kid won important face-offs. Blocked shots, hard fore-check, positioning and all the other things nemesis mentioned are what create good hockey players and better teammates. I can leave the rink knowing his stats, if any but more importantly acknowledge the little things that few people notice. Sort of like Lindsey Horan said about US soccer fans, this really does apply to a lot of hockey parents. For the 14 and under crowd on here, don't get so caught up in the skills training as there is far too much of that. Find Coaches who will teach your kid how to play the game and they will be successful not only in hockey, but in life.

Pitt 5 Arizona 2

I think that you’re obviously missing my point. I was generalizing ACHA D1 and comparing the overall level of play to NCAA D1 and NCAA D3. The gap between ACHA D1 and NCAA D3 is small…generally speaking. I gave an example of a local, Pittsburgh area, school-sponsored NCAA D3 hockey team. A school that most locals would at least be familiar with. Would it make you feel better if I swapped, say—Hobart, Trinity, or Norwich in place of Chatham? I’m pretty sure that most of our average hockey fans aren’t familiar with many (if any) NCAA D3 hockey programs. Chatham University was simply the proverbial local example that I used for my broad point of reference. Oh, and by the way…just say ‘NO’ to drugs.

Just a follow up from Lynchburg. Between 3,000 and 3,500 fans for a Saturday 7PM start. They love their hockey at Liberty. It is a 1st class organization and the game day experience is amazing. Very profesional! Game was tied 1-1 with 10 minutes to go before Liberty pulled away for a 3-1 win.

Purdue Northwest 11 IUP 3

SVC got pummeled in game 1 of round robbin play for ACHA M3. Not sure how they made it in the first place, maybe conference autobid…

The dream is over. UNLV 5 PITT 1.