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HereWithPopcorn

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  1. What is appalling is the lack of visibility from the league announcing there was an issue to the associations in a formalized manner. So far it has all still been rumor and hearsay of people finding out.
  2. Do people realize that with the PAHL, it is mainly the associations themselves that help to drive things. While the Board may have some ideas, everything needs to be voted on. And as Associations bring forward ideas, those get voted on as well. What happens more times than not is that things get shot down because it is run like the Senate. Every Association has two votes, but all Associations are created equally. So an idea that may benefit larger organizations (Foxes, Allegheny, SHAHA, NP), gets shot down by the smaller ones (Wheeling, Indiana, Youngstown, etc). And vice versa. The PAHL is intended to be a facilitator of the league. So if anyone here does have ideas for change besides running for a Board position, have you Association President raise the idea at a meeting.
  3. It was released last year on August 6th, so the team is definitely behind getting it out this season
  4. Bingo. And what team does the son of the Rebellion's President play on? Oh yeah, Lebo. There is your smoking gun folks explaining the situation.
  5. Lets also not overinflate the meaning of a state title because it really is meaningless in hockey. Its not like PIAA football or basketball where you play your league playoffs and then have a whole other series of playoffs to win the title and truly be declared the best. In hockey it is literally one game of east vs west.
  6. Each year associations that are going to lose their ice put in requests for PAHL to provide approval for early tryouts.
  7. I don't mind as much when there are the obscure weekends that you can work around for amateurs, however Meadville having their tournament over MLK weekend is a crock as that is one of the main 2-3 amateur tournament weekends during the entire season.
  8. Each season, the PAHL shares a budget that is approved by the associations which spells out all of the money coming in from advertising and player fees, and where the expenditures are paid out. There is a small threshold that PAHL can spend without an approval from the membership so there are definitely checks and balances there.
  9. Actually, not very interesting at all. The higher skilled AA is focused on playing the game while the lower levels result in neanderthal type players running around with violent or lazy penalties because they can't keep up.
  10. That has changed starting last season. It is now the top 8 teams in Tier 2 National Bound MyHockey rankings as of mid-February
  11. Oh it was impactful. It destroyed the older 16U and 19U levels at PAHL as the Pens and Steel City started grabbing a bunch of players that didn't belong at those levels to fill out rosters. And since there isn't a strong base of girls continuing to play at that level, you get divisions with 3-4 teams or no division at all.
  12. Its still technically Tier 3 junior hockey. They tried to go to Tier 2 and USA Hockey said no because of the NAHL, so they basically gave themselves the extra A to call themselves Tier 2 and be unsanctioned hockey.
  13. Lets be realistic. Just because you put up stats in PIHL AAA doesn't mean a thing as PIHL hockey is not that great. Additionally he lacks size as well which will be a ding against him his entire career.
  14. The true tell is that this team finished below every A+ Black team with the exception of 1 in the MyHockeyRankings. And that was with playing low level teams all year during the season with their "independent" schedule.
  15. I guess they need more fees for the lawyers. There is no reason a local Midget aged kid playing PAHL or PIHL should be forced to pay "Union Dues" at $70 for the privilege of playing the sport.
  16. Then report the scores on their behalf especially if there is online proof of the game.
  17. There isn't any local competition for them as everyone in 16 A+ Black that has enough games is higher than them in MyHockey ranking.
  18. Smaller organizations control the PAHL and changes that generally get made. There are 28 associations and all have an equal vote when it comes to rules and gameplay changes. An idea like this for AA minor at younger levels only benefits the large 7-8 associations that could consistently field a team there. That means you would have to win over another 7-8 smaller orgs to get the majority vote for change.
  19. Unfortunately for the Armory, it will even be more difficult with the new Mayor/Administration. There is no way that someone that ran saying that there is a black Pittsburgh and a White Pittsburgh is going to make a hockey facility that will primarily benefit privileged white families. Especially when you consider that another gripe his campaign ran on was bouncing underprivileged families for progress in East Liberty and the surrounding areas. So the East side of the city already has a target on its back.
  20. They are still listing 16U AAA and AA on their tryout page
  21. The data that you provided about potentially having only 8 teams across 5 states proves the point that they didn't have to beat anyone to get there, so thanks! Also factual is that they aren't the 20 best players in the District at that age level because that would omit all of the girls playing at Tier 1 with PPE, Culver, Gilmour, etc. What I will give them credit for as an organization is that they have found a financial niche. Don't compete against the Tier 1 girls, but build super teams at the next level where they know that they will automatically be better than anyone else in their area. Then you can sell going to Nationals every year to the parents and kids as a faux accomplishment. And finally, lets not forget that with the U16 team, yes they did win their QF and SF games, but it was only some bogus format that allowed them to be in that position after initially going 0-3. And then lost to a team in the championship that is a fall league team that hadn't played since October.
  22. For Steel City to get to the QF's at Nationals really isn't a success at Tier 2 when you pretty much consider they are the only game in town and go by default to Nationals. 16U didn't even have a District tournament to win, and at 14U and 19U it was smooth sailing against PAHL teams and other lesser teams.
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