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No way 12 teams end up in 16u AA. My guess is the following based on what I've heard of team makeup from other folks. Allegheny, Lebo, NP, Steel City, Rebellion all get one team in. Huskies, Indiana, Armstrong, Shaha, Preds...at least 2 of these teams will be on the outside looking in. Maybe I'm way off base, it's just my opinion.

With SHAHA 07 AAA folding and the dissolution of the Icemen 07 AA team this year, I do believe alot of kids went to PAHL teams.

16u AA is going to be competitive. I'd add Steel City and Rebellion to the mix.

Sure doesn't help, worst ice in the league

This is across all ages. What's the solution here? Raise commitment fees so much that people really do care about losing that money? North Pitt I believe automatically cashes commitment fees if you make the top team, you don't even have a chance to decline. Is that a/the solution? It's not going to stop this year, if anything there's going to be so many people pissed off after this year, I think it gets worse next year. And more people will be dipping out of teams at the 11th hour.

I expect this to be a very popular thread this year

Truer words never spoken

Why did they split up? Was there issues within the team? Seemed like a decent team last year. Better than the PV 07 team.

So the team is made already? Tryouts are next week.

So you're saying that as long as the parents are cool, it shouldn't matter how the organization is run?

Ok so I get some of the opinions here but I have to ask...so what. If the program is good but you got a problem with the parents why can't you just sit at one end of the rink and ignore everybody. Isn't it about your player getting top coaching and development? And no....my kids don't play on the Aviators.

I think parents are only a piece of the pie. I'm sure there's some orgs where parents are fine but the board/owners are terrible. I'm sure that's just as bad, if not worse than just crazy parents.

Well I think it may be time to shut this one down.

Well that definitely was a dad fight at the end, not somebody falling down the stairs.

Ok, so I'm going to do this again The student is a billeted player, unless a court-appointed guardianship is in place between the player and the hostfamily. This does not pertain to foreign students who have been approved by USA Hockey Is the student a billet, living with somebody other than his parents out of state for the purposes of playing hockey? YES/NO Did the student's parents sign over guardianship to the billet family? YES/NO Did Montour submit the paperwork to have this student treated as an exception to the Athletic Intent rule? YES/NO Did PIHL approve the exception paperwork? YES/NO Seems to me that the last two questions are what need to be clarified. I would have to imagine that PIHL can still approve the roster if the paperwork wasn't filled out correctly because PIHL would not have known that the kid was a billet. That would alleviate PIHL of any responsibility in the matter. However, if the paperwork was correct, and PIHL did approve via some sort of documentation, then I would agree that PIHL has some culpability here. We keep coming back to this darn paperwork don't we. Where is it?

I've heard that PIHL is not delaying anything and it's business as usual. That confidence is high. Take that for what it's worth. I guess PIHL is communicating with schools and schools are communicating with parents because of how public this is...and because playoffs start tomorrow.

No 2011 AAA either? Or is it 2011BY and they'll determine level of play ofter tryouts

Just saying what? He beat a handful of other teams too. So what is it exactly you're saying?

I still see A populated on the homepage

Yeah pretty sure he's not an Avonworth fan. But I do agree with your point.

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Well, assuming the goalie is then ineligible, it's questionable if they would have been able to stack up enough wins with the backup goalie.

It's on the home page. It's the only bracket with the first round filled out.

Montour is most likely in AA if everything was done correctly. The season plays out much differently. JMO.