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08AAA Mt Lebo Pens Vengeance Esmark if each team has 20 then about 80 AAA 6th and 7th graders basically 09AAA Vengeanxe Pens Esmark 60 AAA 11-12 year olds in Western pa?

So how was the turnout foe the proposed AAA pee wee teams at esmark

Could be mistaken but isn’t EF’s goalie a PAHL referee??

And not the one he fathered a child with. That’s another birth year.

Ask someone from the former 2003 Renegades birth year team........incident with player and an incident with a player’s parent

It is helpful when parents ask around and find out why particular coaches were kicked out of organizations (such as Renegades banning him)-what safe sport violations if any were violated, etc. What happened with any parents from past teams etc. Children look up to coaches and need positive role models. The majority of the kids from western PA and not going D1, not going to NHL. Provide a positive role model for your son/daughter. This will get your child much farther in life.

We all saw what happened several years ago with Esmark having the 06 team where they won one game and parents spent $20,000+ to fly to Nashville, etc. You can’t make a group of AA players a AAA team and then expect them to compete against top 20 teams. Posey has been recruiting for this 09 group for months. The Viper Stars 09 team there is barely A Major

One bad decision? He played soccer right? And then was the zamboni driver at frozen pond correct and somehow ended up coaching hockey

Are the games starting up again next weekend? There are tons of kids who haven’t been on the ice at all since Dec 5-6. Mt Lebo isn’t even opening their rink until Jan 9th-so those kids wouldn’t even get a practice in

Does anyone know the plan of what PAHL plans to do with the season? Extending it? Rescheduling all games?

Lots of high schools have now canceled winter sports until the third week of January now. But this is going to conflict with track, baseball, and other spring sports if extended

News stations are reporting this starts this weekend which would shut down hockey again. https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/43027527/pennsylvania-expected-to-announce-new-restrictions-on-gatherings-events-and-businesses-that-will-start-saturday

Bairl also posted on their website they changed their policy back to not requiring it on the ice after the governor posted on his personal site that while wearing a helmet and mouth guard with a mask during a cardio activity, it is not safe for an athlete according to the CDC

Based on the governor's 11/19/20 clarification on masks for youth athletes, the PAHL will continue to recommend masking at all times per the PA Guidance, but will defer to the athlete's choice only while they are wearing their helmet and mouth guard: According to Section 3, the athlete would be asked to work through alternatives that would reduce or eliminate the respiratory droplets that would impact others in proximity. If the sport, equipment, or exertion level does not allow for face covering to be worn safely then the athlete should not wear a face covering. Please refer to the full PA Guidance for Sports document updated 11/19/20 and posted on the PAHL website. https://www.pahockey.com/covid19 Athletes must continue to mask when not on the ice/bench for game play. All coaches, admin, and spectators must mask and social distance. Do not allow them to be non compliant and risk shutting our youth sport down. Finally, there may still be facilities that will require a mask during game play unless you have a medical excuse. Your player will have to wear one at these locations during game play until such time as they amend their rules. Always check before you travel as this is a moving target and may continually be updated.

Masks aren’t required on the ice anymore for PAHL. There was an addendum added to the policy. Just on the bench and off the ice.

PSAC sports practices cannot be held when it is raining due to the ineffectiveness of masks when wet.

they only work for youth sports. Apparently if you are on the Steelers, Governor Wolf gives you an exemption. Must not be able to get covid If you play professional sports

Look at the Varsity schedules on PIHL and see how many games say Postponed.

School hockey programs are being shut down right now

Sadly if he “isn’t aware” of the setup of hockey and did this unknowingly, he still made families spend lots of money that didn’t need to be spent to travel to Virginia, Ohio, etc. the last few weekends to get games in. Besides the money the people spent traveling to play hockey, he also unknowingly contributed then to a few hundred families who went to Ohio and Virginia and then returned back to PA and into the schools and rinks this week bringing back any virus such as covid.

If it was MidAm and USA Hockey then Ohio wouldn’t be able to be having games like they are.

Have any kids in our area died that have been playing hockey in these rinks with the same people since May? Or playing baseball and softball and basketball since May? Kids have been playing sports for over 4 months now.

Going to a hockey game, a bar, or a restaurant is a choice. If anyone wants to stay locked in for the next year, then they can do so. But nobody is forcing anyone to meet a friend for a beer without eating a sandwich at the same time or having your kid play 5 on 5 hockey with 15 players in a team. it is a personal choice

Rinks with one sheet of ice are at risk for closing with these regulations-Nevin, Frozen Pond

Nobody is forcing anyone to play hockey or any sports. It is completely elective and everyone’s own choice. It is frustrating when people are forced to have regulations for a hockey rink when there aren’t any for many other establishments (Walmart, Rivers casino, Jennerstown, Motorcross, Carlisle Car Show, etc.) All is these are elective to go to.