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I don’t know if this was posted before but this came from PIHL today addressing a modified format for JV/MS games. The outlook for Varsity looks bleak. https://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/edba-2240900/PIHL_Modified_Game_Structure-2.pdf

Let's make it easy and mirror inline rules. No offsides, no icing, no checking and to play it safe, roll lines of three but why end there? Let's have a buzzer every minute so players will know when to change.

Last year Icemen 05, 18U and Viper Stars 05, 06 BY and U15 teams played as a AA Tier 2. Don't know about this year. The question I have is if PAHL shuts it down will some AA teams opt into registering as an independent Tier 2 so they can get games in? Or will that cause a "negative" reflection of said organization?

I would expect PAHL within the age groups where PPE terminated their Black teams to be pretty competitive, as most of those players had to look elsewhere and have landed on various PAHL AA or independent AA / AAA teams.

Appreciate the update. A 14 day shutdown is a far cry from "another casualty" meaning the program is dead and buried.

If / when you drop a bomb like this, it would help if you provide more information than this.

Westmoreland is having their tryouts this week and NP has U16 and U18 left. There may be more. Some orgs are also holding supplemental tryouts - Vipers, Yeti ( formerly BV ).

Western PA AAA teams have scheduled games locally and within neighboring states, they simply have not posted the schedules ( which may be intentional ). This includes games with western NY teams.

Agreed. Smaller schools with lower enrollment with on-campus rinks draw close to that.

I have been to about a dozen OU games ( Ohio University ) and every game was a sellout. It did not matter whom they played - strong student support because the rink is on campus and lots of moms/dads and kids at the games. Pitt football attendance is a disaster also, and it does not help students have to take buses to the games at Heinz Field. The college games I have attended - Penn State, Miami, OU and Bowling Green all have rinks on campus and have robust support from the students and neighboring residents.

Truth. I attended numerous Three Rivers Classics when they were held at Consol. RMU was the host team while Yale, St. Cloud State, UMASS Lowell, Bowling Green, Boston College and Penn State were attendees. The crowd sizes were decent at first, then became a disaster every year and if you waited a month or so after tickets went on sale, they could be had on Groupon at a fraction of face value. Each year the tournament was played the attendance was less and less. Sad, but true in that this area does not support college hockey. https://www.rmusentrymedia.com/sports/mens-hockey-schedule-2019-2020/

So much for that scenario......... Didn't see @aaaahockey post above. "The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) ruled Wednesday that high school fall sports can go on as planned. The board voted 29-2 to adopt COVID-19 safety protocols for high school sports. The protocols cover general safety practices and specific safety measures." https://www.wtae.com/article/piaa-set-to-issue-covid-19-guidelines-for-high-school-football-other-sports/33450010#

Not this year from what I can tell. https://www.youngstownphantoms.com/tryouts

The elimination of PPE Black teams also contributed to the number of PPE kids playing for Vengeance or other teams.

I simply pointed to the idiocy of your comment and photo. You tried to make a political statement and I called you out for not looking at the entire picture. Next time, think.......you won’t look so silly in the process.

No social distancing. No masks. Indoors at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK.

You must not be from Pittsburgh........ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagoff

My point is this.......everyone else suffers from other peoples stupidity. If someone drives 100 mph, other people on the highway are at risk. If someone is not wearing a mask and is not 6 ft away, other people are at risk. How often do you hear of the drunk driver that kills others while the driver survives - are you saying we should not have laws against drunk driving since you personally do not drink and drive? Jagoffs do not live in a bubble, and what they do can potentially alter the lives of others. That is why we are a nation of laws. I for one, do give a crap about what others do when it can effect the lives of me and my family or others.

@Danner27 I cannot remember which thread you posted on that the Ivy League cancelled all Fall sports. The Big 10 is planning on a in-conference only schedule for fall sports. I would think the larger conferences such as the Pac 12, SEC and all would do something similar rather than taking the same path as the Ivy League simply because their fall sports generate far more revenue than the Ivy League does and don't want that money tree to lose its leaves. We shall see. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29435295/source-big-ten-moving-conference-only-model-all-sports-fall

Some organizations have their Mite kids graduate later in the season from cross ice to half ice with the placement of temporary boards to run two games simultaneously rather than two cross ice games with the neutral zone used as a skills area during games. I am in favor of this over 7-8 year old playing full ice, as they have plenty of time ahead of them to learn about off sides, icing and line changes on the fly.

The problem is there are a ton of jagoffs in our society and we march to the speed of said jagoffs, not to the smart people. Why do we have speed limits on the highway? Because dumbasses speed, cause accidents or death and rules then need to be applied and enforced to protect others. You exceed the speed limit and get caught, you get a citation. As with masks, the government can suggest wearing them all they want and the Ken’s and Karen’s of the world know more than anyone else (including healthcare professionals and scientists) and will refuse to wear them because it infringes on their rights and freedoms......or it inhibits their breathing due to a bullshit medical condition they say they have. The irresponsible people on this planet ruin things for everyone. And as I have said before, a few minutes of “inconvenience” by wearing a mask so I can go to a restaurant, have a meal and drink a beer or go watch my kid play hockey is a small price to pay than to say I’m gonna do whatever the hell I want while restaurants, bars and ice rinks close down.

I do not see or hear anyone saying wearing a mask is "the best thing since sliced bread" but I hear most health professionals say masks act as a deterrent and help in reducing the spread. Nowhere have I seen any medical professional say it is a 100% deterrent. The only thing I know of that is 100% is you staying home and not interacting or being in a social setting of any kind.

Would you rather have sports, businesses and restaurants opened on a limited basis while wearing a mask when you go out, or have everything closed while not having to wear a mask at all......... Everyone has choices, and if I need to wear a mask when entering / exiting a restaurant or seeing an amateur hockey game, I am OK with it. Those same businesses mandate shoes and a shirt, no?

Allegheny and Butler counties going Green starting next Friday.