nemesis8679

Two changes I'd like to see (that will never happen) : 1) Institute the same rules many areas have, and separate PAHL teams by district. If you live in X township or boro, you play for X organization. I know situations come up that might necessitate a change. But put a limit on it / make it by approved waiver only, and require a good reason. 2) Break up AAA into leagues, much like they break up the pro leagues in much of European hockey. Higher and lower. If you're in the bottom so many of a league above, you get moved to the league below. If you're in the top so many of a league below, you get moved to the league above. This would be adjusted every season.

How else would coaches be able get their friends' kids and/or the same kids they coach in school hockey on their AA team unless they increased the amount of players?

And I have found the longer someone is ingrained into a position, the less likely they are to be open to new ideas from others.

Yeah and if someone new runs, they still face getting voted in. Unless one of the dinosaurs leave, it's not going to happen. So nobody even tries.

Well, I mean, that's how the world works. But saying that, I'm pretty sure the uniforms for most of the teams go through KB? So are you saying they're singling out some teams and not others? And how would you enforce where they get supplies at?

BB probably just didn't think of/ or implement it yet. And wouldn't the ref scheduler probably be the ice scheduler? Only makes sense. Seems like everything gets scheduled smoothly. And I sure wouldn't want that job.

It seems so, they post about it on their website? But you'd think they'd want to be more inclusive.

For a lot of the teams, losing seniors is a big deal. If three seniors were getting 80% of your goals and now they're gone, that's hard to make up for. Likewise with losing a senior goalie that maybe won your team a few games that you shouldn't have won. And from what I've seen, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in whether some teams have "x" amount of AAA kids. I've seen teams where those players weren't even the best kids on the team. And if you didn't know the kid and it wasn't pointed out by somebody, you'd never know they were on a AAA team. There's exceptions, of course.

If they had any kind of rankings or a reasonable way of doing the groupings for the tournament, that would help. The way it is now you have games that are equivalent to having the Wheeling Nailers play against the Carolina Hurricanes. And 3-4 games like that.

All of the schools that are not playing in it.

Is there a schedule for Monday's games? Or who is still left to play?

Sometimes it's hard to say. It seems like there'd be a better way to pick divisions than however they do it now. If you have a team with a lot of graduating seniors, or a team with 2-3 seniors that score 80% of the goals and then they're gone the next year, that's going to hurt. I don't know if either of those scenarios are in play with that team, but I'd assume that's the case. There's probably some teams that'll have a long season because of that.

I don't think it's a huge surprise, though "may run through" might be too strong of a phrase. Last year they made I think to the 2nd round of playoffs with what I understand was a roster of mostly 9th and 10th graders and a first-year coach. They added some good players and a good coach, and the younger players are now a year older than last year. I watched the game against Baldwin on livebarn because I was surprised at the score. It looks like they have a pretty solid lineup.

Thank you

Any results from tonight?

Pens are also pulling from a much wider area.

Other games?

I would add that ACHA, while it might not be something to brag about, isn't something to be ashamed of either.

I bet there's more A players than AAA players playing AA, around here. And are we talking going to pay-to-play juniors, or real juniors? How many?

Stat freaks for minor hockey teams? And I thought I had some useless hobbies.

Alpha rink is fine. It's nicer than any other rink in the area, besides Shadyside, RMU, or Cranberry. How's the officiating for the tournament been?

You make great points. My guess as to why PAHL is like it is, is because the dinosaurs that run it have been doing it forever and have continued to personally make enough money from it that they don't really care. Or they are a bunch of know-it-alls. Possibly all of that.

I bet it stays. There would be a lot of sourpusses otherwise. If any of them do get moved down I wonder if they'll just drop their PAHL schedule and just play independent (would that even be allowed after they already signed up or paid?). If it does stay how it is, I think a few teams will be in for a long season and will reap the results of what they've sown. Would make more sense, I think, to at least have a minor and a major grouping.

I think it's interesting how there's about twice as many "AA" players at 16u than there is Group 1? And more teams in AA than any other group. Doesn't it seem like that should be opposite? 😂

No, probably 50 with 150 A Major players filling out the rest.