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So you are saying that the Schools in D-2 don't work hard? Those teams and coaches have to work harder to join players from 5 schools together to form a team. Wow I didn't realize how much you are against D-2. So that's why you try hard not to recognize their accomplishments! Very sad!

So the champions from those leagues should get together and have a playoff to play against the D-2 champion from SWPA! And while we are on the subject why do they call it D-2 or B? That's a little discriminatory! But then again I wouldn't want it called A-. Maybe the PIHL should realign to AAAA, AAA, AA and A! If they are going to keep 4 divisions!

Got to agree with you 100% I would love to see the top 6 in D-2 play the Stellar 6. Congratulations Burrell on a great season! A bad call away from a chance at the championship. One of the best championship games. I will say that D-2 might come up a little short in the goalie area.

Some good discussions going on here. Glad to see we have some new folks to add their perspective to this site.

Latrobe played in 2A this year. They made it out of pool play. Represented SWPA well!

Can't move up in the PIHL. They are a co-op team with players from multiple schools who can't field a team on their own. The PIAA lets schools co-op and qualify for the State tournaments. I guess it is a SWPA thing and there is no complimentary division in the east. It is great that close to 300 kids play in D-2 that otherwise wouldn't get a chance to play High School Hockey. No Amateur team can duplicate the High School fan atmosphere! Even if it is coming from 5 different schools.

Wow! I'm just wondering what your High School Hockey Coaching record is over the last 3 years?

Where does D-2 get plenty of publicity? Has there ever been a D-2 player recognized in your Stellar 6? You didn't even include them in your rankings and Keith Barnes didn't include them in his previews or articles on the championship previews. Where is there any mention of D-2 in your history of PA high school hockey book? And didn't I say that was a wonderful list. Why don't you congratulate the player that led all of the PIHL in scoring? He can't make your Stellar 6? Whats the criteria for inclusion?

While that is a wonderful list it is very sad that Keith Barnes does not recognize the co-op players! Ryan Saginaw and Gio Valentine were as good if not better than the Stellar 6! It's not their fault that they play for teams that need to combine schools to form a team. I would say that what they accomplished in some ways was tougher than what the Stellar 6 accomplished! Anyone ever ask Barnes why he doesn't even consider D-2!

In my opinion (isn't worth much) there are good players on almost all AAA teams. Just not enough of them. Once again most folks here will tell you that if your team isn't ranked in the top 25 of Tier 1 it's a Faux AAA team. I didn't know that the Aviators were trying to put together a AAA team. What age group? I'm guessing they had a good AA team they think can move up! Most likely they will end up in the bottom of AAA!

And according to most folks here they are the only ones that are true AAA! Everybody else (which is almost every organization) is just a money grab and a Faux AAA team!

How good is Adrian? Did you see the game? Adrian has a great D-3 team as well! Not bad for a school that has 1700 total undergrads!

Maybe they should just all play for fun and not keep score! But then why even have PAHL? Just let all the kids play pickup at their home rinks! I just think if you are going to do something do it the best possible way. There will always be parents who complain about something. That's life! I admire the kids who play outside of PAHL and have their stats published!

Thanks for the scoop! Seems there will be more info coming out! Don't trust what JK has to say! Sure would like to see someone honest take over this team!

Interesting! Where do we find out more about this? What does APHL stand for?

Wow, who does that? That's the kind of thing PAHL discipline rep should be looking at! The Dad should never be allowed near the clock again! Even if the Preds egged him on he needs to remain neutral! Again that's part of why you hear about the homers at Belmont all the time. Probably most peoples least favorite place to play! But they do have good U18 & U16AA teams! So that probably adds to the frustration when you get beat at Belmont.

You have to go to the Standings tab to actually see the teams etc. I don't get to use it that often so I'm still figuring it out. Sure would be nice if PAHL used this. Would be easy! Wonder what it costs for a league?

For those who might be interested in the MidAms starting today go the this website and put in MidAm. Will take you to Tier 1, 2 and girls stats. https://gamesheetinc.com/stats/

Interesting! Varsity playoff guide on the front page of the PIHL site indicates that each team is responsible for a ticket taker and the proceeds have to go to PIHL. The Semis are totally run by PIHL so be prepared to pay the 10 dollars to get in!

AWESOME! Truer words have never been spoken! Your whole text is right on the money! We need to keep this discussion alive and try to put pressure on the PAHL through the member organizations to change their dinosaur way of thinking. You would think that if enough members want stats and pressure them it will happen! PIHL uses the same platform, You can see stats all the way down to Middle school. Stats aren't hiding anyone from other organizations. They all know who the best players in PAHL AA are. If coaches want to poach them they already have all the info they need. Just a poor excuse from PAHL!

Yeah I went to far with that one! Maybe charge a fee to have a stat changed. If a parent is crazy enough (I hope it's only a few) then they might be crazy enough to pay to have it reviewed. I just think stats with errors are better than no stats at all! Just my opinion.

Why not get the AA teams in SWPA into the AHF and have a midwest division. Have a few weekends of crossover competition with the east. What do most AA teams in the PAHL cost? Seems to me they are in the 3800,00 range. Doesn't include Coach or team fees and uniforms. Does the PAHL charge for a team to play in their league?

All that is true and no one person or system is perfect. But what the PAHL does now (absoulutely nothing) is a joke and anything would be an improvement. Parents will always find ways to complain. I hope that if the video clips were sent in the stats were changed. I do agree that parents get out of control. I would tell any parent that complains to get involved with the score sheet and stats at the games.

Sure would be nice to see the score sheets and have the PAHL name an all tournament team!

Wouldn't it be nice if the PAHL had a social media presence and actually did more to recognize the players in their league! You would have the best of both leagues here at home!