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They also have higher ranked teams playing two games in one day. The National tournament rules are that a team should not play their second game against a team who is playing their first game so why wouldn’t the qualifying tournament do the same? Seems they are giving an advantage to lower ranked teams. Mid-Am should want the best team to make it to do as well as possible at Nationals. The road to get there should be level regardless of rankings.

Irresponsible posting is saying that two kids contracted COVID at IC and siting a text message as fact.

I’m still waiting for the facts... Yes, my kid plays for the Preds but no vested interest beyond that. I just don’t see the need to constantly bash these organizations especially if your kids are done. Thanks for the insight on my kid. And all this time I’ve been thinking he’d get a full ride.

Yeah - a text from a parent doesn’t prove much to me either. The reality is 5-6 days after exposure is an average. Nothing is set in stone with this virus. People can begin experiencing symptoms in as little as 3 days and up to 13. To be able to definitely say when and where these kids were exposed is impossible.

Panicked response after a long absence? What has there been to respond to? To answer your question, you are not close at all. But thanks for proving my point - that you do spend far too much time online bashing youth hockey. You actually looked up prior comments I posted. If you looked close enough, you’d see I created my account prior to the string you are referring to. And since you are interested so much, no, my kid didn’t play for Bush last year. As far as the greater good for the community as it relates to my family’s part, my kid drove himself to Tryouts and I stayed home. He’s 17 and has played for 10 years. We know the process and don’t need to be there. Do you intentionally miss the point of other people’s posts? Wait - don’t answer that.

Dude - if you know it’s a fact, you can make millions and save the world.

And say what? That a bunch of middle age men who spend far too much time online bashing local hockey have determined these kids contracted the virus at IC? Because they can unequivocally say that these boys never left their houses since early March and never interacted with anyone except who they live with. Gimme a break. They have been hanging with friends, going to restaurants, some may have gone to the beach or a protest, got a hair cut, went to Trader Joe’s for their mom, etc. There is no way to pin point exposure. All you are doing is spreading rumors which is irresponsible in the current state of affairs. Heck, chances are they were exposed multiple times.

It’s better than complaining on a forum.... So far almost 15,000 people have signed - just a bit more than a few hundred parents.

I wasn’t suggesting Bush’s team was better - that’s why I posted the stats. The original post was questioning that. I just don’t see the sense in bashing kids and solid coaches on a forum.

I guess it depends what you use to measure the better team. One game or a season record? Bush’s team went 10-8-2 with 62 GF and 57 GA. Thomas went 16-2-2 with 84 GF and 35 GA. Bush went 2-2 this past weekend at MidAms and Thomas went 4-0. Both coaches are strong. Both teams are solid but play very different styles of hockey. All games were close which is a testament to player ability and coaches.

You do sound like a dick. People on this forum either complain that kids are playing for faux AAA teams or shit on them when they play AA, work hard and earn the right to play at Tier II nationals .

8 of the kids on the AA team you reference played Icemen last year and 4 of those 8 were SHAHA kids before that. I don’t know where the other 4 played before last year but I bet most didn’t play with the Icemen. It’s not like the Icemen developed a team of kids over multiple years and they all up and left.

I agree that the Norwin game is not in the same category as other incidents on the list. I also agree it starts with placement of teams. These two teams never should have been placed in the same division. Same with TJ (they should be playing at AA) and Pine last year. There is not a perfect formula but 17-0 shouldn’t happen. 3 players collectively had 18 points. That’s absolutely unsportsmanlike. PIHL is as much at fault as the coach. Is it the same degree as fighting or threatening a ref - no, but now we’re talking about it. #10 on the list is a joke and I would argue the one about a photographer overhearing a private conversation is not list worthy.

The disciplinary report is posted under the sportsmanship initiative. It clearly states what they define as proper sportsmanship and it’s not just yelling at refs, fighting and penalty minutes. How about we raise the bar a little.

Bullshit - 17-0 means the coaches and the players scoring repeatedly are displaying unsportsmanlike conduct. To keep putting the top line out there only to score yet again is ridiculous. There is no justification for it . Here’s what you do - you sit your first line like you typically do your 4th line and play the hell out of the kids who don’t get a lot of ice time. We’ve all seen games that are completely mismatched but usually, there is a shift in cheering, scoring and celebrating. It doesn’t seem that happened in this game. Interestingly enough, the Trib named the player(s) of the week based on this game. https://tribhssn.triblive.com/pihl-players-of-the-week-dec-8-2019/?platform=hootsuite

The game you are referring to was called because a player from Ashburn head butted the ref. Your team won the tournament. Congratulations. What is the point of your post?