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Says who?

Yeah, they have to sell ads and sponsorships. This is supposedly where their "pay" comes from... not sure at what point they were supposedly going to start to see any money. But rest assured that however this all was presented and sold to the players, there was never any intent for anyone to see money other than the sleazeball "owner". Just taking advantage of the players, who could be doing the same thing by playing beer league. It would've been less work.

While there are great parent coaches, the kind you mentioned are still alive and well, in PAHL and beyond.

He's also been found guilty of fraud, while being an insurance agent. Before the whole lemon car thing. A real forthright dude. There's no way I wouldn't trust him to handle money.

He's involved with Aviators? As a coach?! Well, make that TWO coaches I wouldn't let near my kids. And that isn't all the guy did, he's been found guilty of insurance fraud also. When he was an agent.

They also have one particular coach I wouldn't let anywhere near my kid if he was in that age group.

The answer why teams don't just split it up and put the best 15u players and best 16u players on one team is because then they might not be playing with their friends anymore. That goes for both teams. And that's why some teams will never win anything.

You are definitely new here😂

Too many parent coaches at AA in general. Not sure if AAA is going that way or not. But it affects the reasons of how teams are picked.

May be some upset birthyear/ NB players. Unless they're going to have 2 teams at 16u and 18u.

What exactly would be the benefit of buying up a non-profit youth hockey organization? Doesn't seem all that profitable, considering you still have to buy ice from a rink owned by somebody else.

So he's no longer at Renegades?

Shaler seems to have fell a bit. What's with Chartiers having such a good record but being on the bottom?

OK.

That should be criminal. And there's plenty of local teams that would love to have those kids on their rosters. But let's continue to just allow coaches and organizations to call their teams whatever they want to. The sad thing is parents with kids that age will think this is normal. And the kids will, too. I'm sure Happy Hockey Fan will be here soon to cheer everybody up and tell us that this is okay and good for local hockey.

Yes, she did the Adrahtas story also. And covered the Blackhawks debacle as well. Too bad she wasn't around to expose Graham James back in the day.

Hands-down the best.

Interestingly, originally the victim accused 8 players. Does that mean she was mistaken, or 3 of the 8 were in and out of the room and not participating in the assault, or 3 of them were people not on the team? Maybe they felt for whatever reason they didn't have enough to charge the others with anything? If you look at the statements made prior by players or agents, some stopped short of saying they had no involvement and just saying they were cooperating. A couple gave information that they weren't even present in London at that time time. Some said they weren't involved, yet here they are on the hot seat to be charged. Formenton has said nothing at all to this day. It will be interesting to see how the NHL handles the players involved now that charges are being filed. To their credit, even though the league is an uninvolved 3rd party they launched their own investigation which they said will at some point be made public. Hopefully, if players are found guilty of sexual assault their NHL careers are finished (of course there's always the KHL, which apparently accepts anybody).And I hope those who were on that roster and had suspicions following them around the past several years will be publicly cleared of wrongdoing. To me, most disturbing is that it would only take one person to look at the situation as it's unfolding and say, "hey, I don't think we should be doing this", "this is not a good idea", etc. The Athletic has the deepest articles I've seen on this scandal, as they usually do. It'll be interesting to see what all comes out once the onion layers are pulled back.

My understanding is it will be a for-profit rebranding. Whether they're keeping all or some of the Renegades board members and coaches, I have no idea. I'd assume everything would be the same, with different jerseys and costing more money. I can't see the primary buyer of ice at the rink be forced to dissolve into nonexistence. I've also heard just competing travel teams will be ousted, it won't affect the PIHL or college teams.

It's 14u and under, yet PAHL seems to do it at all levels.

That's the other thing. Unless you're keeping stats for hits, blocks, pp/pk %, etc.... Goals, assists, and penalties really don't paint a good picture of the value of a player.

PAHL can shove fair play points, icing on a penalty kill, and automatic offsides right up their @$$, too.

Probably found that loophole they forgot to close and took it down.

That part about skating outdoors on the lakes is an understated part. There's something to be said about playing for fun with friends in a non-adult ruled competition just for the fun of it. It develops creativity without fear of mistakes and a love for the game more than structured skills lessons and AAAA mite leagues. And I'm sure there are a multitude more of public rinks available which create more opportunities for those that otherwise might not have them.

Where is that?