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I believe it is Black Bear. How much more could it cost compared to what we are paying now? Anybody know what membership in the AHF costs per year? Esmark and Icemen play in that league! I am surprised that Black Bear hasn't tried to force all the teams that play in their rinks in SWPA to join the AHF.

The AHF distinguishes itself with a full-time professional staff, live scoring and extensive social media coverage making it the ultimate choice for those seeking the best. With parity showcases All-Stars and Championships the AHF offers a complete experience for our members. Taken from the AHF website! Wouldn't it be nice if the PAHL could do just some of this!

Congratulations to all the teams that won their Divisions this weekend. Too bad all we get is scores! No game sheets to see how the games went! Or for that matter any coverage at all. Does PAHL have a facebook or Twitter site? It's ashamed how far behind Black Bear Tier 2 they are. Hopefully we will be able to find the MidAms on Score Sheet this weekend. If PAHL is not going to recognize their top AA players, I would suggest all those teams Join the Atlantic Hockey Federation and have their own Western PA Division.

They had the same point total and split in the regular season. I think it went to the penalty minutes tie breaker! But I could be wrong!

I wonder if the Union Hockey League is investigating this whole mess in Pittsburgh and looking for a new owner. Looks like the league itself is legit. Nothing wrong with another chance for folks to play the game they love. As long as no one gets scammed in the process! Who ever runs the facebook page for the River Monsters seems to be doing a good job.

Wow, and that's why they play the games!

1st I have heard of the "scouting book" does it also list the teams they played for last year? If so why do they waste time on tryouts if the Pens Elite are supposed to be the best of the best?

Anybody know how their attendance for Basketball is? Maybe their promotions department needs to get out there and get Youth Hockey teams in the building like the Pens do. Junior Starters and intermission shootouts and minigames give the Pens ticket sales. I bet they could add 50 to 100 paid admissions per home game with a little promotion. I may be missing something but don't see much social media about their games or game days. Anybody know the number of total Hockey players in Western PA?

Looks like the entire Pens Elite 2010 team was invited!

Thanks guys! I looked this morning and couldn't find them!

And while I am complaining about the MidAm why can't they post schedules for the District tournaments? Is it a secret? They do NOTHING to promote the sport. I know the schedules are out already! Just try to find them! At least PAHL has schedules up for playoffs!

Makes sense if you have the right evaluators with no ties to the MidAm. Bring them in from other Districts! Make the kids all wear black or white helmets with no stickers. There is a fair way to do it and it's not what is going on right now!

HAHA, try to find some stats! Especially in the PAHL. Kids nominated by Coaches! Teams can make up whatever stats they want for independent team players! MidAm tryouts a total joke! Coaches kids nominated most often!

Get Reps from the National Camp to run it! Not allow any identifying equipment! All the way down to Gloves and Socks! But it will never happen! Politics in Youth Sports is everywhere! Hockey is no different!

OK, so who are the Crimson Hawks?

When you were officiating did you ever get an evaluation? Just curious?

Care to share where you found the info you were looking for?

I see PAHL is having a meeting on February 20th. They are going over rules for next year. Maybe this would be a good time to ask why they have no Player Stats! At least for 14U and above. They use the same platform as PIHL so I see no reason why they couldn't do the same! Once again the lack of recognition for players in PAHL is very sad! I see no excuse as to why it isn't being done already.

So when will the actual schedules be put on the website? Would be nice to do some advanced planning! Does any Mid Am Rep visit this site?

When will the schedules come out? What about host sites?

Does anyone know when the selections will be made public? Or will the MidAm make you wait and search to find the information. I believe they use MHR to determine who makes the field. Is there a cut off date or do they go up to 2 weeks before the Tournament? AA MidAms are scheduled for March 7 to 10. Do we know where yet by age group?

You are asking PAHL to be forward thinking! I would be shocked if that happens!

Welcome to the board! I hope you are right! It's silly for these teams not to play each other! Could save a whole lot of travel costs. But I do understand that they don't want to chance getting beat by what they consider a lesser team. After all especially in the Faux AAA they are all fighting for the same $$$$ from the crazy parents!

I must be looking in the wrong places! We should start a thread for orgs to post their tryout info!

Oighir, welcome to the forum. You bring a lot of great points into the discussion. We need more new voices around here to share their experiences and opinions. Looks like the landscape of youth hockey around here will be changing greatly this year. So far the only tryouts I have seen are for the Huskies. I bet we see them all coming out within the next few weeks. Can't wait to see the official word from the Renegades and Vengeance.