twoboys

Exactly.

One thing is clear, Alex Thomas was correct choice for player of year. The other 5 are debatable. I think less weight needs to be given to assists. If you are at all familiar with high school hockey then I don't need to explain why.

Because the vast majority of kids and parents don't want this. It isn't about being on the best team. It is all about having continuity, the kid having fun and being on a reasonable team.

The early rounds had two ticket takers. One from each team. They were supposed to charge the PIHL playoff ticket price. And they had to stay for 10 minutes after the game started.

Wrong. Pens and Esmark are playing each other at 15, 16 and 18 this year. The games are in December.

At most organizations, the top teams are picked by the coach. They can say it is by a committee, but it really is up to the coach. And the coach always considers more things than just what the player did on the ice during the tryout. So, having a great tryout isn't enough because the coach definitely knows if the parents are crazy or if player isn't coachable. Most of the times the picks can be made quickly.

Yes there are quite a few coaches evaluating the kids. And if you coach an 08 team, for example, you aren't going to be allowed to evaluate 08 kids. As for 16 and up, they had to reign in the invites. Kids were there (at 08 and 09) that had no business being there. The automatic invite is if you went to the national camp.

With SHAHA, you need to take a step back and figure out why each team existed to begin with. Once you understand that it is easy to figure out why the teams fell apart. The 08 Vengeance is pretty much the same thing. Although, that team didn't fall apart it just isn't as good.

Pittsburgh has enough depth to have 3 AAA teams. Especially, if the Pens are stacked with out of town kids. Look at 16U last year with 3 top 40 teams. I bet 16U will again have 3 good teams this year.

Things have changed. Since the black team have been scaled back there isn't potential influx of kids at the 15O level like there was a few years ago. Also, since the new regime took over a few years ago there just aren't as many local kids on the Midget teams.

Since you are in the know, which team reported McCourt? The article said it wasn’t McCourt or Latrobe.

This isn’t easy to answer for any team. It all depends on how much they ask for on top of the fees. And teams within an organization can be different.

North has Alpha, the Frozen Pond Lemieux, Baeirl and Shadyside. That is 9 sheets. Also, there is also PIA and the Belmont if you consider them North.

Depends on who you believe. Some say it is easy to get the second sheet up and running. Other say it is tough due to the Zamboni.

They don’t need another AAA in the South. They already have SHAHA and the Preds. And Southpointe is an easy drive to Cramberry.