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On 10/23/2023 at 3:05 PM, Happy Hockey Fan said:

Anybody else having trouble with the ACHA website? I have been having issues accessing the site for a couple weeks. 

Works a lot better on the computer than on the phone. They did some update over the summer and messed up the mobile site

On 3/10/2023 at 1:22 PM, Law said:

#23 IUP plays #15 Illinois St on 3/16 @ 4:45. IUP defeated Duquesne 3-2 in OT in semis and RMU 6-2 in CHMA finals. It's been a great season for the boys and I wish them luck at Nationals. #12 Pitt plays #5 Liberty on 3/18 @ 10:15. PITT won the ESCHL regular season championship to secure auto bid and beat #18 Stonybrook 4-2 in semis and #10 Niagara 8-2 in finals of ESCHL playoffs. An example of the problem with awarding the auto bid to a leagues playoff winner is #58 Buffalo having a magical weekend and winning the auto bid in the NECHL. You're not getting the best team from your league representing your conference. Nationals are in Marlborough, Mass.

I like the autobid going to the playoff winner. Creates a little more excitement for playoffs, and gives it those march madness vibes. There should be more benefit to the teams in first place in leagues though. CHMA did pretty well this year with that, allowing IUP, the 1 seed to pick who they wanted to play in the semis

11 hours ago, BeaverFalls said:

USA hockey doesn’t even acknowledge half of the game. 

Reading this stuff is so funny, I am pretty far removed from youth hockey but playing at a pretty competitive level and this is exactly the same problem we've been having. Our coach works for USA hockey, and we spend 75% of our practice doing small area games. The entire team hates it and feel like we aren't prepared for actual games. It's causing a lot of drama within our team.