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hockeyisgreat

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  1. Stinger again I think you are 100% right on! The PAHL needs to step up! They need to get out of their antiquated ways and promote Hockey as opposed to just running a league! Wouldn't take much to have a PR department to handle stats and make them a player friendly league.
  2. Stinger, you are right on with all of this. Hopefully the new PAHL format will change their antiquated ways. I can't believe that they do nothing to promote the players within their league. Especially at the AA level 14U and above. The kids that lead the league should be recognized. They have had the information all along but choose not to show it to the public. Not sure why! I love the transparency of THF & AHF. Players of the week etc. Gives the kids something to strive for. They could have an Allstar game at the 18U, 16U and 14U. But again they choose not to. At least PIHL does that and makes the Stats readily accessible to all.
  3. Wow, that all is a bummer! Are you saying that Rostraver is not going to have Ice this year? Where are all those programs going?
  4. Interesting! Looks like old glass and boards! Recycled from some place else. You would think they could have cleaned the glass before they put it up. But who cares as long as we get another sheet of ice. Is Hunt Armory happening this year?
  5. Is Esmark practicing and playing games at Printscape? Especially since PIA is down to one sheet! Which will be up first? Printscape new sheet or PIA maintenance sheet?
  6. Very interesting that there are no AA-A-B designations! 12 teams in 16U Group 1. Are there really over 200 AA players at 16U in the PAHL?
  7. They are hiding their Roster so that no one can Poach their players. If you look you will see that Esmark does not have their rosters up either. I also think some kids at 18U are trying to make Junior Rosters so haven't completely decided who they are playing for. I've heard of a few 18Us that are going out of state to play next year. Should be interesting when it all shakes out.
  8. I assume it will really help South Pittsburgh with practice and game times. Any body see it yet?
  9. If that is indeed the same person as the internet searches suggest I would be very cautious about trusting everything he says. But if you look up the league website it gives the sense that they are trying to put something together. A lot has to go right for it to work but 20 other cities are trying to make it work. Probably a little step up from beer league. Not much different than the Wild Things baseball team in Washington PA. Just glad to see that there is another opportunity for people to play hockey. I'm sure there will be a lot of hiccups along the way. Look at Antonio Browns football team for an example!
  10. Wow, Typical message board negativity coming from the same people! You all must feel slighted somehow in you or your children's hockey careers. It's like my kid couldn't make it so I'm going to criticize anything and everything about Western Pa Hockey and Hockey in general. I feel bad for you all and your negative attitudes Why do you all care so much about how other people spend their money?
  11. Wow, what's this message board for? I guess we don't need to share information! We will find out when the Pahl season officially starts! Have a great day!
  12. I assume that Black Bear took over the program. Anybody know how many teams they are fielding this year and how the rink improvements may be going. Also when will the rink open for the season? I see they sold the naming rights to CFS Bank. Is there an official start to the season for PAHL practice and play?
  13. Sometimes change is a good thing. Don't like how it happened but some new ideas might be good for PIHL!
  14. Wow, this topic sort of went off the rails. I just want to know if the Preds are still fielding an 18UAAA team! If not where did all those kids go?
  15. Does anyone know what happened to the Preds 18UAAA team? It's not listed on their website! I know it was on there a few weeks ago and it looked like they had a pretty good roster. Maybe they are hiding it so other teams don't poach their players!
  16. I hope you are right! Sure not what I have been told about previous camps! And how about the new selection process for 17U. Nominations were reviewed by Tier 1 Coaches. They decided who got invitations! How many Tier 2 kids did they invite? No idea what they used for criteria! Such a joke but typical MidAm stuff! Oh and if you were nominated once before and went to their camp you got an automatic invite! Who cares if you got better or worse!
  17. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTFnQgauuEVnYe-NRDpMi8V8B_yJHxCaCTJf7yFkVXHre2vMmuEZpMBLeQC7cqzOoct1LRs5yqimECT/pubhtml I forgot about the PAHL Clearinghouse. This is a great place to look for a team. All the Orgs should use it.
  18. I heard that Tier 1 coaches are the evaluators and it is pretty much of a predetermined list. Everyone wears their colors and are easily tied to their organizations. But it is a good chance for some kids to be seen.
  19. HAHA, especially if it gave them an automatic spot on the 66ers. Their elite mites! But then they would have to tryout for Pens Elite Learn to Skate.
  20. This thread has really gotten off track. I was really hoping that organizations would post as South Pittsburgh did hoping to fill teams. Instead it has digressed to a why teams are no longer happening. I'm to blame for that as well as I asked some questions. Can we get back on track? Maybe start a new thread for why things are the way they are! Anybody know how the smaller orgs tryouts went. Mon Valley, Beaver Badgers, Westmoreland. etc. They should post positions they might need to round out teams.
  21. OK, so what is a Q. I'm starting to think that I am really not with it!
  22. Any idea where the declines went? Hopefully some organization in need of a player will see this and get a hold of you. I would email or call the orgs near you to see who might have room.
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