Paul Baxter

Hello all- I have made another change to the registration process to hopefully try and reduce spammers. But keep in mind, these people operate funded networks which try to abuse sites like this. So stay vigilant and notify me of any spam posts. I hope you all have a great summer! Let me know any questions/comments. Feel free to reply here. PB

I don't personally know Coach Bob, but if you see fit to be able to help him in any way, please do so. Thanks to @sadday4hockey for posting this. Prayers to Coach Bob and his family.

Help Support Coach Bob Gergerich's Stroke Recovery GoFundMe Everyone knows him as Bob, Bobby, Gerg, Gergi, Jake and Big G. For over 40 years, Bob has dedicated his life to the sport of hockey—as a player, coach, trainer, and mentor. From youth leagues to professional development camps, he has helped shape the careers and lives of countless athletes across the country. His passion, commitment, and tireless energy have left a lasting impact on everyone lucky enough to learn from him. Now, Coach Bob needs YOUR help. On May 20th, Bob suffered a serious stroke that has dramatically altered his daily life. While he is stable and fighting with the same determination he brought to the rink, the road to recovery will be long and challenging. Doctors anticipate another month of inpatient rehabilitation and at least six months of outpatient rehabilitation, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and ongoing medical care. Unfortunately, like many self-employed trainers and coaches, Bob’s income has been put on hold indefinitely. He is facing mounting medical bills and the everyday costs of living without a reliable source of financial support. This fundraiser has been created to help ease that burden—so Bob can focus entirely on healing, without the stress of financial strain. Your generous donation will go directly toward: Medical expenses and therapy costs Home health support and rehabilitation equipment Daily living expenses during recovery Transportation to and from treatment Coach Bob has spent decades giving back to the hockey community and beyond. Let’s rally around him the way he’s always shown up for others. Whether you can give $10 or $1,000, every contribution helps and is deeply appreciated. Please share this campaign with your network, keep Bob in your prayers, and help us bring him the strength and support he needs to get back on his feet. Let’s show Coach Bob that his hockey family stands strong with him. All donations made here will go directly to Bob to support his needs during this time. There is no set goal, anything you are able to contribute is deeply appreciated. Bob has no idea this is being done, and would never ask for such donations, but as friends, we feel compelled to support him during his recovery. Thank You and God Bless You, Team Gergi

First person to report a spammer (each spam outbreak) will get a +20 reputation bonus.

As a result of me lowering the standards to register, namely, allowing GMAIL addresses, we're seeing spammers again. Please continue to flag spam posts as you see them and I will ban them as soon as I can. Thanks all- PB

Hello all- It has been a while since I dropped an update but being that it's been a beautiful week, I felt it was time to update the community. #1. @Pa Hockey I have had productive discussions with @Pa Hockey and as a result I have decided to welcome him back. Due to a few events in my personal life I have re-evaluated things and decided that I am ok with @Pa Hockey posting tournaments. After taking time to digest this all, I extended an olive branch to @Pa Hockey and invited him back as I think his informative posts/rankings/and his own "takes" are more valuable than not having him on board. At the end of the day, I am for as many kids participating in hockey as possible. Our dispute about advertising tourneys now falls into the "don't sweat the small stuff" category and I am moving on from that. I will continue to maintain vigilance on the forum as far as ads go, but at this point I likely will be more lenient than before. For the most part I try to stay out of the way of users and let them run with the ball in terms of what is posted here and I will continue to be mostly behind the scenes. If you feel up to it, please welcome @Pa Hockey back to the forum. #2. About me After a LONG time of running this forum, I think it is time to clarify that I am not the "hockey player" Paul Baxter. My favorite hockey player was #4 Paul Baxter and that's why I use that as an alias. I would attend Pens games in the late 70's (think Ron Stackhouse, Greg Malone, Rick Kehoe) with my Uncle when there were 4,000 people there. We'd park "for free" on the street below the closed St. Francis Central Hospital and walk through the old parking garage to the CA. By God's grace I was able to be at Mario Lemieux's first ever home game, Sid's first ever home game, I was also at the famous "five goals 5 ways game" on New Years Eve 12/31/88. I was at the very first Pittsburgh Gladiators arena league game when the roof opened. My parents took me to see Billy Jean King play men between 1974-1976. I watched the Pens defeat the Blackhawks in the miracle 5-4 win in Game 1 of the SCF 5/18/92. I saw probably 50 concerts. Truck and Tractor pulls. High School hockey games. Pitt-Duquesne, and I attended many Pittsburgh Spirit games. I worked at the Civic Arena for Choice Seat as one of their 2 computer techs on their old Unix mainframe in-house ticketing system in the early 90's. I literally have explored every single inch of the old Civic Arena building, as it was pretty much me, a security guard, and a refrigeration technician in the entire building when there was no event in progress evenings and weekends. In real life, I'm Western PA resident that owns an IT business, and who was highly involved in youth hockey while my kids were active. Nobody who I interacted with in PIHL, PAHL and local hockey orgs ever knew that I ran this forum, and that is fine with me. I kept this on the down-low on purpose. My kids aged out of youth hockey years ago but I enjoy providing this forum to the community on my own dollar. I have covered the hosting, domain, maintenance and licensing costs of the forum software fully with zero donations. Free information exchange is a valuable community service that I will provide via this forum as long as I am able to. #3. Open to ideas & Feedback. Thank you all for participating and giving your time to this forum. If you have any comments, ideas or suggestions, feel free to reply. It's a great day for hockey! PB

@Pa Hockey just to clarify, while you're CHARGING $750 PER TEAM for a deposit, you think $50 for an ad to promote that is too much money? Please do state your response here. I am so eager to read it. PB

@Pa Hockey Consider yourself on probation. That is one of the most absurd replies to a forum owner that you could give. I don't OWE you anything. YOU ARE ADVERTISING and MAKING MONEY from my FREE FORUM that I have self funded for years. How does you making money by selling stuff on my forum help me? Further advertising posts without PAYING ME will result in your ban. I WAS VERY CLEAR IN MY POST ABOVE, and it seems YOU are the only one who doesn't abide by it. DO NOT EVER TELL ME HOW TO OPERATE MY FORUM!!!!!

@Pa Hockey did you miss this ????

@Chimp Life has earned an indefinite content moderation for being a nuisance! Congrats to Chimp for being the first of 2024 to get this honor!

Please report any further ridiculous posts by @Chimp Life That user is currently on his last thread as a member on this board. PB

Post any roster openings here. use this as a guide: Team name, positions seeking, estimated skill level of team, contact info. THIS IS NOT A THREAD FOR DEBATE ON THE MERITS OF TEAMS. JUST A SPACE TO ALLOW OPENINGS TO BE POSTED. PB

After viewing this multiple times, it doesn't resemble an accident to me, but I'm not a medical doctor or physicist. I do agree that the Petgrave was barely touched and his leg actions do not look normal in this sort of instance, that I have seen myself.

@SCIR_Coaching Next time please used the pinned thread.

@PittsburghHockeyFan next time used the pinned thread at the top...

My prerogative. I didn't like the specific comments in that thread. I don't need to explain myself to anyone so that's all I will say. PB

@sarampage please try the upload again and see if it will accept the full sized one this time. I adjusted a few settings. Thanks!

@CranjisMcBasketball I cleaned up that thread as it was getting somewhat off topic. Orgs are welcome to post here, but what we don't need is a dozen follow up posts bashing the org and their intentions, which is where some of that thread was going. For the most part this is a close to free speech you're going to get about local hockey. Enjoy this free forum that I provide and be glad it's here. PB

Thread locked.

everyone - I don't mind the discussion on Montour/PIHL/etc. but you all need to keep the level of anger/hostility between you all to a minimum. For now I will leave this thread open but if it descends that way again, I will lock it. PB

@Flavio is now on double unsecret probation for poor behavior on the forum. All posts of his will now be moderated by me going forward. Please pay attention to the rules of the forum. PB

@Flavio, why did you post the above message? Was my post not clear enough??? Further posts like this will result in restrictions. Like I said I’m in a good mood tonight. Why is anyone pressing me? PB

Come on guys, can we stay more on topic? Using the forum to arrange confrontations is a novel idea but I’d prefer to just stay on topic… I’m in a good mood, don’t make me have to restrict anyone else besides Avonworth tonight… Thanks PB

Please don't waste the bytes of data on my server and your own time trying to be a raunchy comedian. Save your stories for the bar and your buddies. As normal, please report any disruptive behavior to me. Thanks all- PB

@Overstimulated @AvonworthFan123@AvonworthFan1234 Firstly, you all three are on restriction due to poor behavior on the forum. Both Avonworth accounts are from the same IP. Secondly, in regards to this tirade: "This is what the liberals want. They want my FREEDOM OF SPEECH BANNED!!! THIS IS EMBARRASSING that I can't speak freely on the internet forum. You're an embarrassment moderator. GET A REAL JOB!!! You fat, neck-beard, living in your mom's basement loser. " You're on MY forum which I graciously donate my time and money to the public. This is NOT a free for all forum. I do have a real job, I don't live with my parents, and who I vote for doesn't make a difference. You on the other hand need stop your ridiculous posts. I know who signs up here so registering with another user account isn't going to get around us moderating the board. If you aren't happy with the Terms that you agree to when you signed up, leave the board! PB