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Yuri is a great coach to train under if you are willing to work to your fullest and want to succeed at the highest levels of amateur hockey.
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Team Pittsburgh defeats Texas 9-2. Back to back champions of America's showcase St. Louis. Congratulations Team Pittsburgh!
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not my opinion, these are factual data : http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles/2019/03/study-data-shows-need-for-patience.php
The data supports the USA Hockey long-term athletic development model
https://www.admkids.com/page/show/910488-long-term-athlete-development
Follow this model for your player. It's based upon decades of science. The closer you pay attention to every detail along the way will improve outcomes.
It's a sport so keep it fun including for yourself and other family members. Many families have broken apart from obsessions with sports.
Great effort and attitude, always. It's a marathon and not a sprint.
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1 hour ago, Pa Hockey said:
Pittsburgh vs Texas in Championship
Congrats to Olda, who is headed to the University of Pittsburgh for Engineering and ACHA Division 1 Hockey
BIG shoot out upset by Texas last night...Illinois AHA has six teams (120 players) of their top HS Juniors and Seniors to tryout for their team. Many teams at America's Showcase have highly skilled players. But Pittsburgh has such incredible depth that nobody has been able to match them, so far. We'll see how Texas matches up to our local boys in a few hours.
This is a great opportunity for these boys start to finish. Plan to participate in future years tryouts if you have interest!
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Pittsburgh in the championship game tomorrow. They have dominated every opponent so far...but Illinois will be a tougher opponent in the championship.
https://www.americasshowcasestlouis.com/page/show/4881311-pittsburgh?subseason=596723
Tournament MVP is 19 Oldrich Virag F Export, PA Franklin Regional High Senior 6' 2" 185
Good luck Team Pittsburgh bring home the championship back to back!
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WOW! 2 New Champions to add to the list. Congratulations!
https://nationals.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1010700
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PPE Boys U16 and Girls U14 are in their respective tier 1 national championship games tomorrow! Good luck to both teams!
Congratulations to all WPA championship teams on your awesome seasons and representing our area at Nationals!
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16 hours ago, Pa Hockey said:
There are several kids on Team Pittsburgh this year who do not play High School Hockey and they are eligible if their school does not have a program, The Tournament itself is trying to come back to the prominence it enjoyed in Chicago, but without North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts and other states competing, it is not the same tournament it once was. In Chicago, the USHL and NAHL scouts would regularly attend and was a great event !
Minnesota is back this year: https://www.americasshowcasestlouis.com/page/show/3414801-home
The scout list was fairly extensive in 2018: https://www.americasshowcasestlouis.com/scouts
Many of the boys on the 2018 team were presented with opportunities at the next level from exposure at this showcase.
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2 hours ago, Scooby Doo said:
How exactly where these players selected? I read nothing about tryouts.
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The addition of the HS tournament to USA Hockey Nationals in 2010 is part of USA Hockey continuing plan to "grow the game." The addition of D1 (pure) and D2 (combined) high school divisions (D1 and D2 is correct, not my erroneous use of HS tier 1 and tier 2 terminology above) started in 2015. It's impossible to expect every recognized High School "state champion" would be willing to bear the significant burden (some $$,$$$'s per team) of participating in this tournament. So they use a system of allowing interested teams consideration. USAH affiliates directors determine who receives a bid to HS nationals. It is what it is.
https://nationals.usahockey.com/page/show/718726-champions
The USA Hockey national tournament list of champions goes back 81 years to 1938. Check it out.
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14 hours ago, Wampa1 said:
Also, any of you geniuses want to try and answer my inquiry into how the teams at HS Nationals were chosen to rep the PIHL?
Thanks in advance for the compliments. I used my genius 3rd grade reading skills to find the answer to your question. Thank you Mrs. Kough...unfortunately the paragraph below is gonna open up another can of whoop ass!
https://cdn4.sportngin.com/attachments/document/4d12-1672319/2019_Tournament_Guidebook.pdf
High School Varsity and Prep School Varsity Division (male and female teams): Pure teams that are community-based public high schools, private schools drawing their students exclusively from a local metropolitan area (excluding any school that boards players) OR a combined team from a state that has NO pure teams. Representation from each state will be determined by the state affiliate participating in the tournament. Billeted players competing on Youth Tier I, Youth Tier II or any junior teams are not eligible to compete in the High School Varsity national tournament. Participation is restricted to amateurs who are full-time students (grades 9-12), and 19 years old or under as of December 31 of the playing season. Eligibility is not to exceed eight (8) consecutive semesters starting with a player’s freshman year. Clarification: Those high school students graduating mid-year are no longer full-time students and therefore, are not eligible to play on a varsity high school hockey team, effective on their last day of attending classes full-time.
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2019 USA Hockey Americas Showcase St. Louis
Team Pittsburgh https://www.americasshowcasestlouis.com/roster/show/4881311?subseason=596723
Good luck defending your 2018 championship!
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30 minutes ago, PuckHead7 said:
Are all Tier II teams across the country combined/co-opp?
Following are the definitions to be used for each Division:• High School/Prep School Division 1: Formal high school and prep school teams or non-varsity teams consisting of full-time students attending the same high school or prep school or full time students that are eligible to play sanctioned varsity sports at that school.• High School/Prep School Division 2: Formal high school and prep school teams or non-varsity teams consisting of full-time students attending more than one high school/prep school.
https://cdn4.sportngin.com/attachments/document/4d12-1672319/2019_Tournament_Guidebook.pdf
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1 minute ago, sadday4hockey said:
Gonna have to disagree with you here Hoser. Not sure how a co-op team is allowed to participate at Nationals. Not trying to crap on the kids but the adults screwed the pooch on this one. From top to bottom.
There's HS tier 1 (pure) and HS tier 2 (combined or Co-op). So Burrell was in the correct tier. Not sure why you believe there's a problem...
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All-time list of WPA Champs and runners-up
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Congrats to the Burrell Bucs on making it to the USA Hockey High School Tier 2 National Championship game today... https://nationals.usahockey.com/page/show/4714285-2019-chipotle-usa-hockey-high-school-tournaments
...great showing as well by Pine Richland making the High School Tier 1 quarterfinals yesterday. Good job boys. Good luck to our tier 1 and tier 2 amateur teams this week! Safe travels and bring home some hardware!
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1 minute ago, clearthecrease said:
I’ve read about both of those, but I also read about the Pittsburgh Predators, Pittsburgh Icemen, and Pittsburgh Vengeance. How are they?
check their leagues and game schedules over the past couple seasons on www.myhockeyrankings.com
This will give you the best insight for your expectations next season.
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15 hours ago, PAhockey said:
Pens elite and esmark
these clubs are in the more competitive tier 1 leagues (T1EHL and NAPHL respectively). They require cross country travel so do your homework before signing a contract.
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21 hours ago, rock said:
just another thread ruined by wampa.. and we wonder why the forum is dead..
back to the original subject...kudos to Mid Am directors for publishing this newsletter. Congrats again to all champions and competitors who participated. Good luck at Nationals including to our WPA High School teams competing in Cleveland!
SHARE: 
Mid Am District Members,
As we are finishing the 2018-19 season and heading into the USA Hockey National Championships, below is the link to the Mid Am District Newsletter celebrating the district champions that were recently crowned.
Mid Am Newsletter, Volume 2 Issue 3
Congratulations to all of the 2019 champions!
Mid Am Board of Directors
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your player will get the opportunity to compete against some of the best players in the district. I wouldn't say that's a waste of time. Plus if the evaluators believe your player stands out, they may get the opportunity to compete against some of the best in the nation.
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18 hours ago, kunitz2sid said:
Just curious if any of these Esmark 2000 players (past or present) committed to any NCAA D1 programs? They seem to get brought up on here all the time (probably by the same delusional parent).
Read this article about college commitments if you've NCAA college hockey in your plans. Ditto on junior hockey "tenders." Excepting the USHL.
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3 minutes ago, Wampa1 said:
No it’s not sad to “band mouth”. Whatever that is. If you had the slightest idea you’d know I was referencing players who have already graduated. All I did was ask why those guys aren’t in school if they aren’t moving on to juniors? How much money do you think you’ve given that organization? I was just curious what the mindset is behind it. What’s the end game? So they enjoy “one more year” then what? When is it over? What do they insist on enjoying “one more year” next? How about “one more year” off of school?
Sorry I meant "bad mouth." Why do you care so much about the decisions a few kids and their families made? Are you chapped about losing to them?
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4 minutes ago, Wampa1 said:
Not saying they aren’t good kids. The pens lost a lot of talent last year and did not replace it with equal talent. I guess my question is, if you’re making the decision to go back to Esmark for a second year of 18’s, what’s the next step? If it’s juniors you’re already a year behind and a year older. If it’s college, what was the point? Those guys make a lot of money off of these families. Have a majority of the players gotten fair value?
Every U18 team at districts and natty's will have about the same mix of BY players. The majority of the 00's are still in high school enjoying their Senior year, living with their families and making more memories with their friends. Some are playing for multiple championships on multiple teams including other than ice hockey. Just maybe ice hockey is not gonna be their meal ticket for the rest of their life...So band mouthing these kids and organizations because they are happy playing tier 1 amateurs is pretty sad Wampa1.
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Interesting to note all the 2019 champions for boys tier 1 and the girls tier 1 and 2 (excepting tier 1 u19) are Western Pennsylvania based teams! Not sure if that's setting any records, but surely reflects the building strength of amateur ice hockey in Western PA. Along with recent accomplishments at boys and girls USA Hockey national tournaments (Tier 1, 2 and high school), Western PA has some hockey players and teams to be reckoned with on the national level! Good luck to our champions representing our area at USAH Nationals across the nation! Congratulations to everyone that participated in playdowns last weekend as well!
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The only program Mr. (unbiased) King, a.k.a. Wampa, whatever has not yet bashed over the past season is based in Harmarville. Bashing competitors is a common method to build numbers.
My observations indicate each program has it's strengths. Esmark has been hosting tier 1 hockey longer (35+ years) than any program in the USAH Mid-American district. Not implying perfection but Esmark's respect across the Continent indicates a lot of positives have been/are being accomplished. Player and family have to weigh plus/minus if there's multiple choice. Everybody has favorite coaches, teachers, etc. Tough, demanding one's create the most challenges for players and families. Parents (some desperately) want their children to succeed (definition varies) and it's difficult to see their own deal with challenging situations. Coaches are easy scapegoats. I've found allowing a child learn how to deal with it is the most important growth aspect of demanding athletics.
If every player in a program doesn't advance beyond midget hockey, doesn't indicate there wasn't opportunity to advance. Many players have multiple opportunities post midget, including strong academic choices or jobs that are going to prove most important in life.
Also implied if there's < 100% hockey advancement beyond midget is that players are failures. I find it's quite impressive these boy's transforming into young men are so accomplished playing high tier 1 or tier 2 hockey, high school hockey and other athletic and academic commitments, no matter which club(s) they represent.