sadday4hockey

News flash. Lack of hockey sense is not isolated to Pittsburgh. It's a by-product of the ADM model along with an over-saturation of skills, skills and more skills. "Coaches" telling players exactly what to do on every drill and not allowing them any freedom to learn to read and react. Then they get in games and have to read and react and they are clueless. The scouts that you mention may say this about youth players, but they too are flawed as the college coaches say the same thing about the players in Juniors and pro scouts about players in college or high juniors. The parents who chase their dream for their kids are willing to spend endless amounts of money for a skills session are the same ones who thumb their noses at $20 for a pick-up game where the kid might actually learn something on their own.

So nice to see that Karma made its way to Columbus at the 18U level. Although, you can rest assured that one of the at large bids was already in hand before the final buzzer even sounded.

This all seems a bit fishy. Could it be that Culver has been infiltrated by the same folks who poisoned Aleksei Navalny?

So that begs the question, is anything less than a full sweep considered a failure? Because Esmark seems to find a way recently at 18's and the 14's/15's are both vulnerable. 16's should be a foregone conclusion, but that's why they play the games. Just in case anyone wasn't sure, I'll be rooting for "The Field of 2-6 seeds" at all ages.

Only if you have a level 3 Government clearance. MidAm is about as forthcoming with information as Jen Psaki.

Pot and kettle? Glad to see my President is still living rent free in your tiny brain.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

I guess you've never had the pleasure of meeting Pa Hockey. Your question would be answered in 5 minutes if you had.

Where would we be without this Super-sleuth? Oh yeah, we could just look at the PIHL standings.

Responsibility for controlling stupidity on the ice chart. Player - has the ultimate control but has to be educated Parent - responsible for educating the player and holding them accountable and not for absolving them of blame Coach - same as parent but has the ability to keep them off the ice when stupidity looms Refs - last line of defense, can still educate but when necessary must remove players acting stupid from the game

One day in the not so distant future, the parents will have chased away all of the Coaches, Referees and Administrators in youth hockey.

For those who have Livebarn, take a look at the Gold rink at PIA on Saturday. Puck dropped at 3:00 but click the 4:30 segment to see a full 10 player brawl which resulted in no fighting majors nor game misconducts. It is a sadday4hockey

C'mon man, give me a break.

Never end.

Call your cards what they are, that whole pile of manure was the doing of one person. He took two respectable AAA organizations and bullied them into submission. The original intent was to provide his own little playground for his kid and all his buddies but that plan quickly morphed into something much more detrimental for Western PA hockey.

Well, that calendar is going to need another update. They are on March 25-28 now.

So many thoughts..... which direction to go? Non-sarcastic answer - you can't just switch from a Tier 1 roster to a Tier 2 roster and that's that. You have to play 14 games as a team this year (normally 20) and each player 7 games (normally 10) to be eligible. Whether it's even allowed to switch Tiers at all is doubtful since you have to declare before the season. Sarcastic answer - if you're going to drop down, shouldn't you get it right the second time and declare A Major Black? You can call your team whatever you want to, AAA, AA or even 7000A. The bottom line is it's what you do on the ice that determines your actual level of play.

Back to the vaunted Icemen teams 15U - 9th out of 9 teams in MidAm 16U - 11th out of 11 teams in MidAm 18U - 10th out of 10 teams in MidAm Now one would think that these might be the worst teams in the country at their respective age groups and yet we have the following to prove us wrong. 20 teams at 18U ranked lower 17 teams at 16U ranked lower 7 teams at 15 ranked lower

Of all the places...... they've been the tightest on restrictions and someone turned them in? So many people must have so little joy in their lives that this is how they find happiness? Such a sad state this country is in.

And yes, it affects the PAHL greatly at all age groups and all levels. Other than a few independent teams, the same teams will be in States as are in the PAHL playoffs. Changing the dates would help all of Western PA youth hockey.

The corruption there needs to be investigated. I think there is at least one lifetime member who resides in Florida. Shouldn't you have to at least live in the District you "represent"? The website is a joke. Go to any other District website and you will find information galore, MidAm? Bring your miners helmet because finding info on there is a chore, if it even exists. Considering the King has a lawsuit against them, you would think that they would at least attempt to get their act in order.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Beetlejuice.

Un-believable. Was just informed that there was some sort of MidAm call with all the teams registered to participate in Districts and States. Now, they had the opportunity to change the dates and chose not to and apparently did so despite currently not having a host for 14U and 15U Tier divisions. Impeach them all!!!