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That is false. They are allowing full roster games 5v5.

What rinks are still enforcing the 25 limit and forcing 4v4? Literally every single rink I have been to in the past two weeks have allowed 5v5 and the two that weren't have as of today, lifted that restriction. Do you think that a certain organization or rink really wants to be the whistle blower to put a stop to all of this?

Who is enforcing these restrictions? Do the police have the power to come in and shut down a hockey game if its over the 25 capacity limit? I think the majority of the rinks are fed up with this BS and will allow full roster games to be played. Most likely still without spectators, and making sure the players follow the protocols.

I feel like clipping the mask on the outside of the cage would greatly obstruct your view, as opposed to just wearing it normally under the cage.

Also, I have been informed that starting October 1st, the restrictions will be lifted in some capacity in terms of roster size and spectators at the UPMC complex.

Should a different approach be taken? Instead of writing bills to eliminate the restrictions completely, what about asking to write a bill that makes them slightly more lenient? For example 75 people indoor and 350 outdoor. 75 people indoor would more than suffice to allow full roster games and spectators. None of this would be an issue at all. Parents would still need to socially distance and wear masks but the season would go on as "normal"

The train seems to be rolling in the right direction for a "normal" season. I have heard from several organizations that their covid policies are going to be re-evaluated and most likely changed to allow full rosters and spectators starting October 1st.

I am not sure, but this was a private rental with split ice between two well known coaches in the area.

Both of the situations are from first hand experience in the past week. My kid was on the ice. -There were 28 players and 3 coaches on the ice during a private ice rental at Bairel. One half of the ice was being used by 2 coaches and 20 kids, the other half was a coach and 8 kids. No middle barrier. -There were 42 players and 6 coaches on the ice at RMU. This was split into two groups divided by barriers in the neutral zone. 21 kids and 3 coaches on one side and 20 kids and 3 coaches on the other. I have no reason to believe that either rink is trying to dig their heels into the ground about moving forward with hockey as "normal" as possible like some other people on this forum seem to think. I don't think there's anyone involved in Western PA youth hockey that doesn't want to see 5v5 full rostered games as quickly as possible.

If I was a betting man I would bet that RMU will open up in a more "normal" sense rather quickly. Given that they have one of the biggest and most used facilities in the area, they have quite a lot to gain from this news, and even more to lose if they don't. I could be dead wrong though, I am a terrible gambler.

Looks good! I'll echo others and say the light version of this would probably be more my style, however this is nice too. An app would be excellent!

You're like Beetlejuice, but we only had to say your name once for you to show up.

Great post and excellent advice. Thank you! Your last sentence is pretty much the exact scenario that I think my son would learn the most from, and that never really occurred to me until just now.

On that note, who's the best local coach offering private lessons?

Is this because PPE is the only "official" Tier 1 association in the area?

So are the Vengeance youth teams essentially double rostered as SCIR AA teams? So a PAHL AA + "AAA" independent schedule? Sounds similar to the Viper Stars concept? Sorry if I'm spouting off nonsense, I know nothing about these organizations, but this is intriguing to me.

I don't think its USA Hockey. They have left it up to the districts to make the call. From the website: "As USA Hockey continues adapting to the coronavirus situation, the safety of participants always remains our top priority. USA Hockey will sanction hockey for the 2020-21 season and medical experts have confirmed that with taking appropriate precautions, it is indeed safe to play hockey today."

Someone told me they were scrubs.

That whole situation is confusing to me. Why do the Vengeance youth (squirt-bantam) teams exist? Why not just make SCIR the "feeder" program into the Vengeance junior team? I'm not knocking it, because I don't know much about those programs. Whats the difference between the Vengeance youth teams and SCIR PAHL teams?

Don't worry, when covid is no longer a hot topic of discussion he will go away. He has nothing of value in relation to hockey talk to add to this board.

Quinlan I have a genuinely serious question for you and I’m not trying to be a dick. Will you have anything hockey related to add to this forum when (not if) the COVID concerns die down?

I am assuming you haven't seen what this place is like during tryouts or towards the end of January or February when everyone is talking about the mid am standings and what not. It's a blast! There are PLENTY of things to argue about, and lots of folks who love doing it. Also the PPE bashing is a spectacle of itself. Hell, there's even been a few people banned for saying stupid sh*t. I for one am VERY looking forward to getting back to talking about hockey.

The juxtaposition of the two posts above me is comical.

I'm not sure if, on this WPA hockey forum, we want to open the box that the issues behind this postponement represent. There is already more than enough non-hockey talk here due to covid. No matter your view on this, it is my understanding the games on Saturday and moving forward will be played.