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Makes about as much sense as checking allowed in PAHL at 14U but not in MS PIHL play.... let's just keep adding more confusing elements for these players to keep track of.

Because the school is literally built on land gifted to them by the Seneca tribe.

So their solution is to have kids learn this facet of the game only IF they make it to Juniors/College/Pro. Um....what? Also, can someone clarify the icing on the PK rule for me, does the shorthanded team have to gain the red line to dump the puck? Or is it this subjective "they have to make a play to get it out of the zone" rule?

I think he was referring to pittsburgh ice arena being a dump, which it is.

Yeah wouldn’t be surprised at all, but where in the south hills? Definitely wouldn’t be Ice Castle because there’s no way the Preds would allow that. Bethel? Would they want to play out of a YMCA? Mt. Lebo is community owned so I’d be surprised if they end up there, doesn’t make sense to me. Where else is there except south pointe? Which I could see happening but I wouldn’t consider that the “south hills”

Esmark is moving?

Hey I don't hate it at all. I just hope the socks match the jerseys now. That always bugged the sh*t out of me about the rink rats haha. I see a lot of board member changes too, which I can only imagine is going to be a good thing. I live 8 minutes from the rink and choose to play elsewhere based on the experiences I have had in the past.

www.southpittsburghhockey,org Somebody must be a big fan of the Carolina Hurricanes...

Rink Rats are now the South Pittsburgh Hockey Club Rebellion.... Looks like BBS is changing things up, I also heard the second sheet at Printscape is a sure thing for the winter this year.

I'm okay with off topic posts because let's be honest, this forum isn't nearly as active as it has been in the past, but you posted this in the youth hockey section and not the "Open Forum" section which is what that is for.... Regardless, I'm sorry your boys lost and yes PPE does still suck.

Organization bashing is 99% of this site, of course its okay. They all play favorites. Shouldn't be like that though. And if a certain player is noticeably much worse than the rest as mentioned in the pervious posts, he absolutely shouldn't make a roster spot simply because of his mom.

Totally agree, those posts should probably be looked at by @Paul Baxter, but it does a raise a valid point about favoritism and the extra curricular stuff that goes on when fielding teams. Players shouldn't be picked simply because of their parents involvement in the organization.

Does he get a lot of playing time too?

Okay yeah I totally see your point now. Looking at the rankings they either marginally beat or got beaten by teams ranked 80 or lower. Didn't even play a top 40 ranked team.

Looking at their myhockey rankings page it looks like they only lost to two AA teams and they were close games. The rest of their schedule was against legit AAA teams. Not trying to defend them at all as I have no affiliation, but just pointing that out. Maybe their myhockey page doesn't tell the whole story?

I really don't see a problem with this approach. A lot of AA PAHL teams play independent schedules on top of their PAHL schedule already. If this league makes it easier for them to schedule games/tournaments I say go for it. Play some teams you wouldn't normally play, get some more ice time, travel to places you typically wouldn't. Maybe this approach will start to curve the "faux AAA" teams?....

If they would have just outfitted the new UPMC center on campus for hockey when they were building it, they could have had their cake and ate it too. More fans, more money, better facility attracts better prospects, which could equal more winning, more exposure, more donor money etc... NOT TO MENTION they still could have went and sold the island sports center to whomever and made enough money to build the dumb "diversity center" that they wanted too. But again, when these plans for the new UPMC center were being purposed they didn't even once consider their hockey teams involvement. The bottom line is Howard DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HOCKEY and will be happy that its one less thing he has to worry about. It seriously pisses me off how poorly this whole situation was handled. They could have had it all. That place would have been rocking on a Friday night with hockey fans. Might even put some of the others smaller D1 programs to shame.

Their FB says they aren't going anywhere because they don't want all their families pulling out thinking their kids wont have a place to play in the fall. I am fairly certain we can expect an announcement in coming weeks about the sale to someone like Black Bear. No idea what that will mean for the programs there. I hope for everyone's sake its business as usual.

Yeah he has a good plan and the right intentions but there is a zero percent chance that RMU reinstates the programs unless the powers at be at RMU are out of a job soon. Apparently there’s more to this whole story than meets the eye.

I could totally see teams at the three Pittsburgh rinks they own plus the ones in Ohio joining the AHF. Might give another outlet to players looking for something a little different.

Even if the rink is bought, even if the change.org petitions reaches tens of thousands of signatures, even if they can somehow raise a significant amount of money for the programs, the university will not reinstate the programs. Where was all this support when the teams were playing? Seems like a little too little, a little too late now.

I don't see how them buying PIA would be a bad thing. That place needs some love. Have the changes at the other two local rinks they own been terrible? I know Printscape is getting a second sheet because of them. That's a good thing for WPA

They didn't do a single thing to help save the programs. It all boils down to this: President Howard does not give a flying you know what about hockey.

We absolutely cannot afford to lose this facility. I genuinely hope that whoever buys it doesn't change too much up. Maybe it means the Foxes get more ice, or another organization can move in part time. I would expect the announcement of a new sponsor and ownership group by July. There's no way RMU is going to keep paying for that place into the fall semester. Hopefully all the in-house players are not displaced.

Really sucks. Clearview already has the naming right for it. RMU will sell to BBS. Hopefully too much doesn't change about the way things are run there. They do have the best in house program in the area.