powderfinger

18 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

Honestly, I couldn't be happier. Aside from Boston's local TV crew, I can't think of an announcer who is grates on my nerves, is as annoying to listen to, than Doc Emrick. I said what I said. 

? I hate to admit it but I kind of agree. I love the guy personally but have grown tired of his announcing style.

U16 starts this weekend.

Start this weekend.

Yeah, recently stayed at a hotel in Ohio, it was a ghost town other than our team, which was nice. They also bent over backwards in accommodating us.

1 hour ago, hockeyisgreat said:

Wow, that's pretty good for U14 teams.  I hope they put the league schedule and standings out. Do you know if they intend to play all games at Alpha?

 

Fairly certain the schedule, standings and player stats will all be kept on their web site once games start.

Placement games played this week for U14 teams, moving along with scheduling now I'd guess...think there are10 teams?

Not sure of status of U12 league.

2 hours ago, Jack Handey said:

There is a reason for the 25% rule and in between bantam and peewee is where it is needed most - when boys get their growth spurt.  Are you sure this is a good idea?

It’s non checking just like MS hockey in PIHL. 

I would venture most teams playing in this are playing because they cannot field a PIHL team due to PW roster limitations. Nothing PIHL can do to them, they wouldn't have been playing PIHL anyway and likely scheduling their own independent games. This league just makes it a lot easier. The money saved on PIHL assessment can be used to schedule more practices or independent games/tournaments.  

1 hour ago, nemesis8679 said:

Yeah, seems a bit expensive to be honest. 

Seriously??? Do you realize what PIHL charges MS teams...for less games! This is a deal.  PIHL, 14 games + playoffs - 12 minute periods. ATC, 15 games + playoffs - 13 minute periods for a lot less money than PIHL charges....and you don't have to worry about the stupid 25% PW rule imposed by Mid-Am.

4 minutes ago, Lifelongbender said:

This is wise advice. Even if we don't believe that masks and distancing are effective, or necessary at all, at this point they'll take this all back if anything comes up.

Right, so let's hope everyone, regardless of political ideology, can just do the right thing so their kids can play some damn hockey!!

Baierl is letting teams share ice for practices only. They are supposed to put bumpers across center ice. There are even newly created dressing areas so teams can dress and enter the rink via different doors so they don't have to interact.

It does seem a bit odd but I credit Baierl with being creative and trying to allow more teams to get practices in.

3 minutes ago, hockeyisgreat said:

Quinlan2020, I don't know why I debate with you.  The more you talk the more you dig in your heels.  This will be my last response to you. They have an ignore feature on this site that I think I will have to use.

Been using it for a week....it's awesome!

22 minutes ago, Danner27 said:

There was a list passed out in regards to the state reps that are for and against the bill. The majority against the bill are all out East, Philly area. .

This is another problem with this whole thing, this one size fits all approach. It was worse in the East than here but we are all locked down the same. Ridiculous!

2 hours ago, PowerPlay said:

• 9/1    ---  PIHL wants response from all teams 9/1.   No time for teams to have board/parent meetings.   Then they need rosters by 9/15.  
• 9/1    ---  Pennsylvania House Bill 2787 is scheduled to be voted on September 1, 2020.  This Bill has the potential to alleviate the 25 person restriction for indoor sports by putting the power of determination within the school districts (“School Entity”).  In addition – with the current bipartisan support – it has the potential to pass with a 2/3rds vote that would invalidate a Veto by the Governor.  As it stands right now with current sponsors of the Bill, there would only need to be another eighteen (18) members of the House needed to reach the 2/3rds majority needed (136 out of 203).  The PA Senate will need 34 out of 50 to vote for it to be VETO PROOF.

Pretty sure PIHL changed that response date to 9/5.

Called my state rep and left a message. To my shock, got a call back saying he was absolutely in favor of getting this bill passed.  Guess we can hope!

3 minutes ago, hockeyisgreat said:

So tell me when things will get back to "normal"?  This virus isn't going away. We can't hide from it forever. So what is an acceptable risk?

Oh, you don't know the acceptable risk?? Nobody dies, ever again. It's a Festivus miracle!

2 minutes ago, Danner27 said:

14 years old - my oldest played with a kid from Michigan that died from the flu when it turned into his chest. Kid had no health issues, just a bad turn with the regular flu. 

The fact is, regular old influenza is far more dangerous to kids. But you know, it's all about killing everyone else.

5 minutes ago, Quinlan2020 said:

That's good news that it would be hard to trace. That helps a lot if there is an asymptomatic outbreak on a sports team. Health officials wouldn't know exactly where all the new cases originated and we could still play. It would work out well as long as it wasn't our players that were getting hospitalized.

I don't think you cherry-picked any facts about how the 18 & under group don't transmit it. That is completely made up.

 

Reading comprehension isn't your strong point is it?  I didn't say the DON'T transmit it, I said they aren't GOOD transmitters. There are plenty of valid studies on this, but you just believe it's all made up so there is no point in discussing.

1 minute ago, Quinlan2020 said:

Little Johnny died? I thought it was like the flu.

What happens if Big Johnny dies because Little Johnny brought it home? What happens if Big Johnny then takes it to work and gives it to Mary and then she spends the rest of her life as an asthmatic? Maybe Mary and her family family signed the the same waiver and everything will be good.

Why not get liability insurance? It is relatively cheap to cover things that are such low risk.

The reality is, there would be no way to prove WHERE little Johnny got it.

And lets be honest, little Johnny wouldn't even know he had it most likely, or may get the sniffles. And there is ample evidence from other countries about kids not be good transmitters of this virus.....but I know, I just cherry-picked that fact because it fits my thoughts right??

9 minutes ago, Quinlan2020 said:

Right. So what experts should we trust? The ones we cherry-pick to fit our agenda or the ones that are in the overwhelming majority?

Lol, overwhelming majority? Says who, the MSM?? Those that have financial gains to be made from this crisis? Those that have flip-flopped all over the place the entire time?

2 minutes ago, Quinlan2020 said:

I would give a detailed response to this but it is useless when you are stuck on the political part. We can't change each others mind about their politics. I try to focus on what the most educated and experienced people regarding a subject are saying. That certainly does not include the politicians.

And these most educated experienced people don't have a political bent?? We can find highly qualified, reputable "educated" people that disagree completely about how this whole situation is being handled. Because of their political differences, they will never find common ground, leaving all of us stuck in the middle.

BREAKING NEWS: Allegheny County says the outdoor gathering limit of 50 still applies to sports, but teams on the sidelines and the players on the field each count as three individual gatherings, or "pods."

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So, wonder if this could be applied to indoor....each bench is a pod, game ice is a pod, penalty box is a pod... ?

Even with Livebarn you can black our certain times if you want to not have people viewing tryouts for example.

Alpha doesn’t have it either for some reason which is gonna suck if that’s how we have to watch games this season.

3 hours ago, ctil20 said:

Wishful thinking. The sickness going around the hockey community and virtually everywhere else was an an early emergence of influenza b. B doesn’t typically appear until later in the flu season. It was all over the news and just about everyone and anyone got sick. People were testing positive for influenza. They wouldn’t have been testing positive for influenza if they had the coronavirus. 
 

 

 

 

Not one of the people tested in our CA office tested positive for flu. Not all got tested because they didn't go to the doctor but of those that did, it wasn't the flu...according to the test.

I'm not in disagreement with you, really, I understand this is far more serious than a regular flu. But what are we going to do? Hide in our homes for another year? That's easy for people like me to say, who are able to work from home. Not so easy for someone without a job or is in danger of losing their small business.  We cannot continue to pay unemployment for millions of people for that long.

39 minutes ago, Danner27 said:

This was by far the worse season of sickness on hockey teams. Dec-feb “the flu” went through most teams. 

This right here is so true. We had a ton of sick kids on both travel and PIHL teams last season. This is why I believe having a reliable anti-body test is just as important as testing for the actual virus because I believe we will see many of us have already had it.

My company has an office in California. Half the office was out sick in February with some unknown sickness. Everyone now believes it was COVID, and likely explains why the numbers in CA are less than PA....not because they are following the lockdown better or started sooner, but because they've already had it and didn't know it.