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Is the Hunt Armory going to be used this year?

Wow, time to scramble for Ice time. I'm sure they are calling around to all the rinks to find out who has time. Early morning! Late night. Should be a good thing for all the Black Bear rinks that have extra time available. If I were rinks with time available I would be calling everyone that plays and practices out of Mt Lebo!

Thanks, should be open to discussion. Also thanks for including the D-2 (B) rankings. Big disparity in the quality of the Divisions. No Fox Chapel in the AA rankings?

Danner, seems that you do know your ACHA hockey. And for that matter the entire after Midgets College hockey scene. Thanks for the analysis. I do hope you are a little wrong because it is nice to see a SWPA team in the top 20. I'm still watching PIHL and PAHL games and have not seen an ACHA or D-3 game in a long, long time. I'm just really glad there are some options for local kids to play hockey after PIHL and PAHL. I feel like you just want to give us all a dose of reality! Which is a good thing, so we can see the next level with eyes wide open!

So where does the "All knowing Danner" Rank Pitt? Since I'm sure you have seen the 13 teams ahead of them and 11 below them play! Just curious!

80 games? Sounds like a big mistake! Miscommunication for sure! So no schedules come out till the 11th! Growing pains for sure!

When is PAHL going to put up the schedules? Didn't they have their scheduling last weekend? Any games this weekend? I guess they have a lot of issues to work thru with this new system!

Didn't they forfeit out of the playoffs last year? And isn't Johnstown kind of far from PIA?

Looks to me like Latrobe has 2 different goalies this year!

D-2?

I asked you specific questions! You chide (nice word) me for being positive! I give up!!!!!!!!! Enough exclamation points?

I am here to learn from people who have been through it! I'm glad you share your insights but most everyone here gives no hope of playing Juniors let alone high level ACHA now! But then again how many kids get D-1 Basketball and Football scholarships from WPA? Did your good hockey player child have fun playing hockey? Would he do it again?

I'm glad you guys are all so concerned about how people spend their money! Maybe you al should run for office and fix this country!

Wow, one of the first positive comments I have heard here! What do you attribute it to?

Never said they all were but I would venture to say that no one is making millions from hockey in this area either! Are they making a living from it? I sure hope so or why do it? Are there people out there and on this board who are perhaps jealous that others are making a living from Hockey? I'd bet the ranch!

Tomorrow we will see all the haters saying how awful hockey is here in Western PA after the MYHR come out. I'm sure they will tell us what teams should just fold now! Same story every year!

Thanks, I sure will! As long as they love the game and have good coaches at what ever level they are playing I will keep cheering them on! Sure won't put down the organizations that are providing the teams and coaches for the kids!

Please explain what you mean by that! Isn't Hockey, Hockey no matter what level you play at? I'm just trying to understand what you mean by that! Isn't the same thing happening throughout the country or do you think it's just a Western PA thing? Shattuck St Marys now has 2 18UAAA teams! Where should the kids on the 2nd team go? Maybe they should stop playing so they don't pollute the AAA Hockey scene! Are the numbers of players in Western PA on the decline? I just don't understand your negativity!

Or being sold to Black Bear! Black Bear could have never got a foot hold if the rinks were making big money!

Any appeal games this weekend? Did PAHL get all the placements correct?

Should he lose money for the good of Hockey? Ultimately it's a business! I doubt he is getting super rich from this. Chances are Black Bear would have owned that rink also if he wasn't running it!

Exactly!!! There seem to be some bitter people on this forum! Maybe they expected more for their kids and it didn't happen.

Why do you care? According to your logic there should only be maybe 10 AAA teams in the country! Would that make you happy? Why are you always so negative? Should the teams that finish near the bottom in the NHL fold because they aren't competitive? The people on here who judge the level of hockey played in this area annoy me to no end! Who really cares? Let the kids play without your criticism! How about admiring them for putting it all out there! 95% are playing as hard as they can for the love of the sport!

Ice Rink ownership is a business just like GM, Ford, Samsung Apple, etc. I'm sure they could all have beautiful facilities but then you couldn't afford to play! Does anyone realize how much money was pumped into the area this weekend from that Tier 1 Hockey Federation Showcase? Who really cares how good the Hockey was! I would much rather have the revenue at Hotels and restaurants in the area from this tournament. These kids played their hearts out this weekend in Pittsburgh! Maybe the facilities aren't perfect and the Hockey wasn't the best but they were out there competing and giving their best effort. All you haters need to find some other sport to complain about!

I think you need to look at that again! I think the Preds will finish top 3! You need to look at the other teams rosters before you criticize! I'm guessing you can't because they don't publish them! You will never see NP, Steel City, or Mt Lebos rosters unless they play a Tourney that uses Score Sheet. I guess they are smart in that people like you can't criticize what you can't see! And why do you care about what level teams play at! Most kids know what they are getting into when they sign up and tryout!