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2 hours ago, aaaahockey said:

I think we should put all the 09 parents in a hall of fame for crazy hockey parents for all the stories I hear.

Definitely crazy between the team switching every year and coaches + hockey mom stories are also crazy. 

Apparently vengeance tier 1 folded 

AAA tryouts started this week-how are numbers everywhere 

On 4/3/2025 at 11:09 PM, HockeyFan6687 said:

Hasn’t this coach lost numerous players following the last season and rumored to again this year to where there was no feasible way to have separate 08 and 09 teams forcing a combined 16u team?  

he is also banned from the bar in their rink-didn’t pay a large tab. Upstanding guy

4 hours ago, Ferda said:

Yes there is a 2009 Veng AAA team. Can’t speak to the roster, but they are scheduled to play in MI later this month in a AAA tourney. 

yes this is what I heard as well. But heard it has people that were cut from AA team on it. 

any truth to vengeance having an 09AAA team with A Major Goalie and mostly Icemen 09 second team from last year that was A Major Black 

17 hours ago, hockey55 said:

Important question-did Yuri follow through and bring Russian 09s to the new esmark team? Rumor has it that he’s poaching from Badgers AA 

So it’s basically going to be a mostly AA team paying AAA prices and paying for hockey equipment to be flown on airplanes?

4 hours ago, aaaahockey said:

Where did they end up in the standings and playoffs?  I can look up but if you know that will save me messing with PAHLS terrible website 

uLooks like 5th. Lost in quarterfinals at playoffs 2-4

About 50 skaters and 11 goalies for 09 Renegades/Vengeance AA tonight 

32 minutes ago, TeamRamRod said:

I'll be interested to see who they're able to get.  I've heard of 5 of their better players that made Predators.  Some others I know were at Esmark tryouts and I assume made it.  It looks like they switched up coaches.  The guy from last year that came in from Michigan isn't listed anymore, instead it's the father/son duo that coached their younger ages.  

Heard like 10 skaters and a few goalies. Criminal they didn’t cancel tryouts and took their tryout fee 

22 hours ago, Woo Letang Clan said:

Website has Esmark as having complete for 09 tryouts? 

Wonder if they got some AAA players or if it is mostly AA as what was showing up to the open skates 

9 hours ago, Spear and Magic Helmet said:

Was NHAHA doing well at PIA?? I don't really remember. The rink has struggled for years and some of the maintenance issues and other problems there might have given people a bad impression of the facility. I haven't been there in years, so I don't know if those issues have been resolved. I sort of assume they have fixed some of the more obvious and uglier issues, but people might be cautious of that as well.

esmark 2008-09 skate tonight-2 goalies and 20 or so skaters for 2 teams? Are their tryouts this weekend

4 hours ago, Saucey said:

I mean, how can you tell for sure? You don't know if players that already have a spot came. Because I can't think of any organization that doesn't already have a good idea of who they want at the older ages.

Maybe it is more of if they have a team it will be more like a high level AA team/low AAA filled with mostly AA players 

1 hour ago, RJUSHL said:

Particularly the Esmark skates. I wonder if they can pull this off. They need to be working the phones hard to start again from scratch. It won’t work if they just rely on some gravitational pull to get kids back in the door and overcome the lost momentum from last year. But at the same time it wouldn’t surprise me if they end up with the second best 09 team in the region when all is said and done.

apparently they are having u16 players come to the u14 (will be u15 kids) skates so then it looks like more kids are showing up. mostly aa players at the esmark skates so far 

On 3/15/2024 at 10:05 PM, HockeyFan6687 said:

Allegheny just posted its coaches.  No 08 or 09 just a 16uAA National Bound team. 
Surprised to see the 2010 listed being that there was mass exodus from there Last year. 

Interesting and no info on website if it will be PAHL, Independent, AHF, etc.  

No mention of what tournaments or leagues. 

Really confusing and heard from a dad on 09s the team wasn’t even informed of the changes and were blindsided. 

On 3/16/2024 at 9:07 AM, aaaahockey said:

Hard question because it also depends on if any other 08s show up that would knock them out of spots. Maybe this is where the Esmark team gets their 09s

But esmark tryouts are before allegheny 

1 hour ago, Carl Racki said:

It's funny, you are mostly spot on in my opinion.  I also thought it was a shame the Preds and SHAHA wouldn't combine and make a legit top team IF WELL COACHED.  I can't believe guys would drive across town again to pay a ton of money to play for the 2009 Esmark team.  I thought the reason everyone left was they finally figured out that the 2009 Esmark team was no better than SHAHA , PREDS,.....  and why the hell are we driving/paying all this money?  My guess is it will just be a long drive and a lor of money for a similar team.  Makes no sense. 

And doesn’t Esmark do 2-3 tournaments that require air travel? minnesota/texas?

6 hours ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

This won't stick, foxes 09's (division 3) beat yetis (division 1) 6-1 in a scrimmage this weekend. 

Is this Yetis team 2 09?

Is there a good AA group of kids in Johnstown now for 14u?

sad because the viper stars 09s won the 14uaa minor and then had to fold and the huskies doesn’t even have a 14u team. Looks like just 16u, 13u, and 12u 

2 hours ago, Godzilla said:

Can someone explain how PAHL does the rankings at the beginning of the season?  For instance there was a club that was advertising a AA team at a certain level.  The year prior they weren't AA.  Does PAHL take a look at the roster for the current year and then place them accordingly?  I just want to get a better understanding of the process.  

Thanks in advance!

I thought there was a formula for where each kid played previously (AA. a Major, A minor with points for each) and then added together and an average number?

29 minutes ago, YardSale said:

Are they still AAA players if they got cut?

well the ones from Esmark weren’t cut, their team folded. I think one from Shaha at rebellion left and didn’t even try out 

21 minutes ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

Looks like that’s what they posted, dont know if the 2nd team players actually accepted or went elsewhere. Their top team looks solid with a couple AAA add ons. Same with Allegheny. 

did north pittsburgh or rebellion get any aaa players? Or does it seem to be Icemen and Allegheny looking the strongest 

So are all 09 AAA and AA teams done with tryouts? Is it true icemen is having two AA teams?

11 minutes ago, Hattrick Swayze said:

Yes, they did. Unfortunately for a lot of the kids they did it late enough that they couldn't try out Tier 1 anymore. Tier 2 will be very good in Western Pa this year. I also heard they are not refunding  any of their tryout fee's even though they folded the team. Not a great look on their part!

also heard Friday that they deposited the commitment fee checks from parents  for the 09s even though team folded.