Bob Loblaw

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/05/26/robert-morris-university-discontinuing-ncaa-collegiate-hockey-teams/

Anyone have the final placements?

$4800 for Middle School hockey. That's a deal!

3 minutes ago, Theroadtobeerleague said:

Is this Facebook?

Seriously, it's every thread anymore!

With that being said, you could also make the same argument for AAA hockey.

I would think that the day the school year is declared over, those seniors would officially be graduates, making them ineligible. Pihl was probably keeping their fingers crossed this would be over by mid-May at the onset of this. Pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point.

." Watching from the sidelines, I watched the parents and coaches within the program at the lower levels act disgruntled and loosen the sand  under what they were trying to do, because of one reason and one reason only, because they are Shaler and that's in their DNA"

From what I heard, it is all this. 

Probably a lower number birth year wedged in between two strong years, like the 05's.

This could also happen in other community rinks in outlying areas, I suppose.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/16/bradys-run-park-ice-arena-refrozen-coronavirus-bodies/

Given the uncertain economic status of the times, I would think that a good bit of parents won't be able to afford two teams this season. I could see a decline in middle school players in pihl, and could see second year bantams and midgets opting to play on the school team if given an ultimatum. The lack of older pahl teams may end up opening up more ice for the school teams. 

16 hours ago, Danner27 said:

12u ? Go away. 1/2 those kids won’t be playing by midget. 

You said your kids aren't playing anymore. Obviously this guys are. Seems to me that makes him more relevant than you. Back under the bridge with your troll ass.

18 hours ago, sadday4hockey said:

So, since it's sort of an added cost to play I just posted here in lieu of starting another thread. It was nice to see an email yesterday that in the midst of all of this you could count on Posey to make sure that you knew he and PIA were still open to accept your money for his tune-up camps. Damn the Covid-19, full speed ahead.

How else is your elite squirt gonna make the big show?

Actually, @Danner27 is the troll who lives under the New Ken bridge.

Man, people licking their chops waiting to sucker these newbie hockey parents with extra A's and birth year teams. 

Maybe the Vengeance/scir will start their own prep team with CC since the school has been pulling players and coaches out of that organization for years? There you go, mystery solved! (It's a joke, before you people start beating your keyboards)

17 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said:

Does anyone on here realize what this is actually being built for? This will be the home of the Excel Academy - part 2 in conjunction with Central Catholic HS.

BRAVO!!!!

1 hour ago, Ynot02 said:

The Excel kids attend NC on an abbreviated schedule, not unlike kids at public school who go to Vo-tech, if you think about it. I doubt the students really care if they are “acknowledged for the success of the players that attend their school“. NC has many other sports to be proud of including their current PIHL team. What the Excel kids do probably isn’t even on their radar. 

..... and believe it or not, it's a good school, hence kids that have quit Excel stick around. It's not pihl hockey keeping them there, it's a quality education with a lot to offer. As far as sports at the school, Football does and always will reign supreme. 

Can we just put this notion of the prep team playing in pihl to rest. It's a Pens team, not a school team. 

17 minutes ago, RegDunlop7 said:

NC has 575 total students; let's assume half are boys and round to 300 to be conservative. You're saying a school with 300 boys has 18-20 18U AAA/Prep-level hockey players without the help of Excel and/or Pens Elite recruiting them? Seems like a long shot. Also, if that were the case, NC wouldn't be playing PIHL A hockey.

What are you talking about? That's not at all what I said. Did you even read what I said?  @twoboys understood it.

8 hours ago, hockeydeke said:

By that logic, Excel should have sent the school team down the tubes from the get go...it didn’t.  It’s growing.

People seem to have a difficult time grasping the concept that there are actually a good number of hockey players in this school, good hockey players, that aren't in Excel, and have been in the program before Excel ever existed. It's a school just like any other school. Neither Excel or the Pittsburgh Penguins define North Catholic Ice Hockey. If Vincention or Eden Christian Academy were a mile and a half away from the rink instead, you can bet they would be the ones hosting Excel, and North Catholic would still have a hockey program.

21 hours ago, PuckHead7 said:

You are confusing all of us with your responses.

Anyway you look at it, the most talented players will still play for the PPE and Esmark.    The others will apparently have a choice.  Play for the new team, prep, if that’s what they are going to call it.  Or, play for the NC high school Varsity or JV.  Those three+ (plus because people still have a choice to not play for any team related to NC or Excel) teams are made up of 70+ players.  Are there 70 ice hockey players that attend NC?  Not sure where all these players are coming from.  Plus, again, the talent just isn’t there.  Not when you subtract the elite players off the list. A major at best.  Give it 6-8 years and maybe it will evolve into a hockey power house.

@RegDunlop7 your last paragraph is what will happen.  However, I do disagree with how good you think St Ignatius is.  They may not schedule with the best teams, as they should, but they are a pretty darn good team.  Excel Prep will be scheduling games with the same Pihl A teams that NC is playing now.  Not Prep!!! 

Just to set the record straight, North Catholic Ice Hockey and Excel Academy are two completely different entities.  One is run by the school and a board of parent volunteers, the other is run by the Pittsburgh Penguins. If any Excel kids wish to play for the school team, they are welcome to do so, as long as they can clear pihl's requirements.

It's laughable to even think that a Pens Elite team is going to schedule games against local pihl teams, especially pihl A teams. 

At u10, randomly falling down is part of the game. 

I watched the video. The guys hand doesn't move. It was a squirt giving a hard hand slap and lost her balance. I saw nothing malicious. 

On another note, way to go Norwin running the score up 17-0 on Sewickley Academy.