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Are you talking about Mid Am or your local organization? If Mid Am needs to fill a position, they frequently look to Presidents and boards for recommendations, or tap the people they already know from that pool. Registrar kind of sucks, be glad you didn't do it. ?

I mean, I know we are all into conspiracies and such....but why not ask your home organization? For Tier II, it's not some mystical process. If you want to play in it, you can. To me it's no different than any other tournament, except if you win you can compete at Nationals. You should be a competitive team in AA or as an independent or you waste your players' time and other teams. It's sometimes hard to gauge that at the beginning of the season, so I think I would prefer there be more of a selection process or wait longer for teams to declare or something. So when an organization advertises during try outs that they are a 'Nationsl bound' team....all they are saying is that they hope to form a competitive team to play in that tournament, win it, and go to Nationals. Not as special as it seems at first blush, is it?

ENOUGH with the COVID! There were games this weekend. Anyone want to talk hockey?

Bed bugs can always be an issue. We learned last year from Trip advisor that the hotel we were going to use in Buffalo had them. We were able to cancel. Always check reviews.

My worry is with being in hotels over being in a rink for a short time frame Enclosed space, probably not great circulation, lots of people. And hotels struggle to control bed bugs. Thoughts on that?

Is your kid dominating AA? Start there. Has someone without lessons to offer and a AAA program suggested you take your kid to a Pens Elite tryout or work with someone who trains those players? No? Your kid is fine where he is.

I appreciate the effort. It's great someone is trying to provide more coverage of local hockey.

Someone claiming to be new asked. I am tired of the argument, too. Maybe someone who has a kid playing one of these AAA teams who wants to convince everyone their A is legit and worthwhile. ?‍♂️ There is a new crop of crazy Squirt parents every year, after all. I don't care much either at this point. Returning a former AAA player into PAHL who was on one of those teams, with few exceptions in my experience, is usually a terrible experience. The player is usually just a terd and a morale black hole in how they treat all the lowly PAHL players who are significantly less talented than them anyway. Good they have a home to lord it over everyone else.

There is some sort of application process with MidAm I believe. In reality, though, the coach of the program makes the determination. And sometimes, it is the parents. Esmark I know will straight up tell them the talent is not AAA that came out this year, but we'll take your money if you want to proceed. And sometimes the parents do. If a program is up front about it, from a consumer stand point, ok, but I don't see how that helps your organization in the long run.

Interesting. Goes against everything I've learned as a coach. Playing up a little....yes. Huge waste of time for all involved on that sheet if the result is a massive difference. Competition....it means being competitive. As to your second point....if all you are doing is acting other similarly low level Tier 1 teams to you....chances are none of you are Tier 1.

People complain about teams labeling themselves as AAA and selling that when both the talent on the team and their schedule are no where near AAA. So long as organizations do that, they will be made fun of. The practice hurts youth hockey as it dilutes the local talent pool. 'But PAHL is terrible....but we want to travel....PAHL doesn't offer what we want' blah blah blah. All arguments that have been addressed here ad naseum. The bottom line is that PAHL doesn't offer the vaunted extra A. Which still gets you nothing, because legit AAA programs aren't going to play the faux teams. Just call yourself independent, but no...I want to brag my kid is AAA....spend all my weekends traveling to play other similarly delusional programs....and the programs would be made of for that, but at least not for adding an extra A to their name and pretending to be something that they are not.

How about this Board finally just quit with the COVID and politics, period? We don't need it here, there is going to be hockey to discuss.

Football is already controlling admittance by issuing a limited number of tickets etc. They'll figure it out.

There is a market for it. So long as people will pay for that extra A....but I get you. Most people lose interest by that age

With a warning that if contact tracing shows the event is a source of spread, they may walk it back. So please follow the rink rules so our kids can keep playing and the business owners can stay open.

I felt an immediate sense of repulsion as well. But since when has this forum ibeen about civil discourse? It is a microcosm of how people talk to each other. The discourse on this board is infantile at best most days. Where does civil discourse take place in our country? Can you think of one? We certainly don't see it in our sport, where the angry parent feels entirely free to berate players, refs and coaches loudly from the stands. I'd rather just talk hockey.

Yes, I wonder if schools will still enforce restrictions. Nothing has changed with the virus. So long as the kids can play normally, I can deal. But you can't really see much at a cross country meet, and social distancing around a finish line might be hard.

It's right on Bairel's website what the rules are. It's Bairel's policy. Click on facility rules. They follow USA hockey recommendations. So some rink owners care very much what people are doing on their sheets of ice.

The Supreme Court has already ruled that states do have the constitutional right to do this. Unless there is some nuance specific to pa, not seeing this go anywhere.

No. They don't have a right to any of those things. This is the risk in going against your party.

I think it shows the continued need for parents to call and remind their reps how important it is to not change their vote. After all, Wolf cannot run for another term, but the people who are voting do have that concern. If increased numbers are mostly being traced to college students after schools reopen, it shows that districts are indeed capable of operating safely and there is no reason to think it won't happen with sports.

I don't think most people know about it. The rinks do, not sure if there is anyone who can speak to it.

Actually I just played with a mask on, aside from being annoying to drink on the bench, I was surprised that I didn't notice it all. Depends on what you wear. For younger kids who you are always managing their equipment, masks would be an added extra pain for coaches to deal with. But older kids could handle it. And if that enabled them to play by the powers that be, I would be all for it.

You mean if they can't act like an adult at ten they are all washed up? Squirt parents are nuts. Burn your child out by 12.

They need to move through all the positions at that age. I have a d man who would benefit from moving up to work on his hands, shot and confidence, and he is 13. Work on skating. Defense is a mentality. Kids tend to naturally gravitate there. Coaches tend to not do defensive specific drills, same as the goalie. Talk to your coach about adding some in more frequently. Over the summer, Yuri's defensive clinic is good.