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^this guy legit believes black men are somehow less likely to face criminal charges than white dudes. clownshow.

piggy-backing on my own post.... i notice both SCIR and Aviators play out of Alpha Ice. Any notable differences between the two programs? Better run, better coaching? Different target demographic?

Thanks for the responses. Not a fake post, and not trying to stir the pot, but I get it.

I'm not currently married to a particular part of town. Ideally, would rather be closer TO the city -- Alpha, RMU. South Hills.... as opposed to Southpointe, Baierl, etc.

I'm sure this one won't go off the rails. After several years of "possibly" moving to PGH, my situation is now more like "probably" moving to PGH. Tryouts are all really soon and would need to come into town with my youngest of 3 sons to do tryouts. Older two boys have their situations sorted. Youngest would be 10uAA. Not going to pay and do AAA travel for a 10 yr old. Yes, I'm interested in good coaching and player development, but I also am burned out after doing this for years and just can't deal with the insanity. Which orgs would you say have the most chill vibes? lol. i.e. -- fewest parent fights and ejections and abuse of refs and coaches and opposing players. Thanks, and sorry in advance.

here's a link to more D1 freshman data for anyone interested

National Team Development Program. Not sure why they are specifically noted here, since 95% of *US Born* college freshmen are coming from USHL/NAHL and I assume he is counting those players in their home district as well.

I don't have any opinion on this.... was just surprised it wasn't already being discussed.

Dallas Stars Elite 15O team last year -- ranked 33. made it all the way to semis at Nationals. not legit AAA?

2006 is 16u this fall.

you might be interested to know that an ad for the film popped up in my fb feed tonight. looking forward to watching it with my '08 as he heads into bantams this fall. he was run over by a garbage truck back in november and was lucky to survive, so we are more apprehensive than ever about him getting hurt. parenting isn't easy!

I always look at the health of a hockey market not based on its NHL team (though that certainly helps get 4-5 yr olds on skates) but more based on how much Junior hockey, College hockey, Minor Pro, and Midget hockey there is. Living in Texas, I see Dallas-Ft Worth as having not just the Stars, but NAHL (Brahmas), 2 Na3hl teams, an ECHL team (Allen Americans) a couple of ACHA programs, and a Tier I elite program (Dallas Start Elite). All of that is actually really good! But D-1 college hockey is absolutely a hole in the market unlikely to fill any time soon. Hate to see PGH lose that piece of the larger hockey picture.

let's exclude PPE for now.... if you had 5 aaa teams at every birth year, how many of those teams would be top 5 in Tier 2? top 10? if you can't say you would be a contender for a tier 2 national championship, then why claim to be aaa?

Thanks for all the suggestions. My son has been on the ice with Marianne twice before-- I think she's really good, and her gruff style is no problem for me or my son. Since I live in Texas, I don't really know the scene up there, so I was just wanting to see if there were other coaches that people recommended highly. This gives me a lot to work with.