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  1. It’s holding them back recruiting wise. Think of how many prospective players would be enticed by brand new ON CAMPUS facilities. Bring in better talent, put a better product on ice, attract more fans.
  2. I’m sure Black Bear would be very quick to buy the facility and keep it operational.
  3. Yes, you have to live in the school district to play on the Jr Gold teams. They are not funded by the school and are a part of the community based organization.
  4. Vengeance and Renegades will merge. All other youth orgs are out at Alpha. Vengeance AAA teams will use the red helmets, AA-B teams will use black. Uniforms will be slightly different. That is what I have heard from a very reliable source within the Vengeance organization.
  5. There are some differences, CJ can skate and Posey got winded tying his.
  6. Don’t forget about the occasional drive to southpointe for practice too!
  7. This is the correct answer. Assuming you live in/near cranberry your best options would likely be North Pittsburgh who play out of Baierl, or Yetis who play out of Frozen Pond. Both have good programs. Wouldn’t hurt to try out for 66ers for his final year of mites if that’s something you’re interested in. Just understand that as he gets older, hockey is basically like having another full time job that doesn’t pay. It’s a massive time commitment and a huge investment. If your son continues to play at a higher level you will never be home on weekends and most weeknights your dinner time will be 9pm. You will put thousands of miles on your car, spend way too much at the drive through, and alter your families schedule around hockey. As cliche as it is to say, it really is a lifestyle. Also understand that your son will likely never play professional hockey, or even collegiate hockey, and that if he’s lucky and still loves the game later in life he will get to play beer league at 11pm on a Tuesday. It is 100% worth it if you ask me. Just don’t chase the extra A and always make sure it’s your son driving the train.
  8. I don’t see any commercial construction projects permitted for anything of the sorts in that area using multiple search engines through my work. Not saying it’s not happening, but if it is it’s likely very early on in the process. Maybe shoot a message to Murray Gunty, as I’m sure he’s involved in some capacity.
  9. To be fair I don’t think they touched anything else besides the concrete floor all summer. The boards and glass are the old ones. Then they hit a few obstacles when trying to fill, so it was pushed back a couple of weeks. I do believe they have intentions of replacing the lights, scoreboard, LiveBarn camera, sound system. I have heard all of these will be updated in the coming weeks per a rink worker. The locker rooms were a clusterf*ck for sure. The ice okay. Like I said I think they rushed it, so it’s not ideal. However I do know the SP people are happy to have the extra sheet and the more frequent and longer practice slots.
  10. Must be some delay at Printscape. They have the logos on the concrete but no paint or ice down yet.
  11. I have heard that is exactly what the plan is. Rink 2 will primarily be used as practice ice and additional overflow if needed for games/tournaments and what not. It will only be an ice sheet from Sept-March so they can continue to host other sports and events during the summer months.
  12. Not the best photo but you can see the concrete is poured and curing. I think it’s been like that for at least a few weeks now, so I’m sure it’s getting close.
  13. They have the concrete slab poured and it’s curing. I’ve heard everything from ready by second week of august to ready by Labor Day, so not really sure. But they did do a bunch of work on it over the summer and it’s in its final stages.
  14. From what I can tell it’s full contact traveling beer league? I really don’t understand the draw to that from a player or a fan perspective but to each their own I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️.
  15. Yeah because the front desk girl will have all the answers. Trying to effectively communicate with someone within the Preds organization is a complete waste of time.
  16. Not any worse than Barons arena really. I think there’s room in the corner not shown in that photo above to have a corner section of bleachers, plus then the balcony. Better than nothing I guess! I’m assuming SP will mainly use that sheet for practices and overflow for game scheduling. @bb2j3z I know you’re involved with SP, any insight?
  17. Was there this weekend. Construction crews working on it all day. They have the old base tore up and are completely redoing it from the ground up. No idea about the bleachers, not sure there there’s enough room to do that. I’ll take some pictures next time I’m there.
  18. Looks like Rebellion is a showcase only organization which means they still play PAHL and replace one or two travel tournaments with the AHF showcases? Im actually a big fan of this because the AHF showcases are not stay to play.
  19. This is every single paid coach at preds.
  20. My guess is heading to Preds because they are playing in the THF and it’s the new shiny toy that promises exposure
  21. 10 year olds are not allowed to ref peewee games…..
  22. As a parent of a child on a 10U A Major Black team this season, and personally knowing 80% of the families on the PPE 2013 teams I can say confidently that there were MAYBE 5 kids total in that division that would have even had a sniff at making those teams. My kid was not one of them just to be clear. I think the Preds team was the only 2013 team in A Major Black and they finished second. Their goalie is unbelievable (yes I know they are only 9, but seriously the kid is a brick wall). I wouldn’t sweat it. Those Pens teams are already picked anyway. The tryouts are just money makers. There’s a 2013 player who played PAHL AA this year, is head and shoulders above the majority of the kids on the pens black teams, and he will likely get cut again this year because his parents don’t play the game. Plain and simple. You HAVE to kiss ass to play up there year after year. It’s exhausting.
  23. I think this is more intended as JUST a tournament team. So you could play for your PAHL org and also this team. @tyburket will these teams have practices or anything?
  24. Worst I have personally experienced consistently over the last 20 years - Allegheny, Beaver, Preds. I have found that at the lower levels of play it can be really bad, and at the “faux” AAA level is atrocious. Tournaments are the worst. Mites nowadays are the worst parents ever. Everyone thinks their red mite is going to the nhl, and they act live every tournament is the Stanley cup playoffs.
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