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Look who crawled out from under a rock - the "king" of being banned and having to change his name four + times.........And I quote - "the game is so dull and mediocre". Then why are you here? All you do is bring negativity to a civil discussion on the state of PIHL and you have to go Trump on everyone that has an opinion that is different from yours. How do you know the state of PIHL yourself? You have said multiple times on this site you were thankful your kids were never part of the cesspool that is western PA hockey.....then again you must be the genius know-it-all and everyone else is a dope. You should change your name to "Sir Cut N' Paste" because you recycle the same, old and tired comments. Can't you find a lacrosse thread to lend your genius takes? Chess, checkers, backgammon? Or relive your glory days by finding a Donkey Kong machine at the local Chuck E Cheese so you can really impress your friends. Clown.

Got it thanks........now I will throw it out there. So what is Alpha's excuse? How does an org with 19 SCIR teams plus Vengeance get away with NOT HAVING IT?

I agree, however the LiveBarn app runs much better than the website. For example, I watched a Pens Elite game at UPMC on the app and you can use the zoom feature, not sure you can do that from a desktop or laptop.

Yep, I stand corrected on Delmont. It's been years since I have walked in the building and seen a game there.............thanks @powderfinger

Just throwing it out there, some rinks in western PA are not hooked up with LiveBarn which amazes me when you look at the scope of youth hockey in this area. For those connected to these rinks, I am curious as to why they don't have it. And to those that have it, props. Alpha is the one that blows my mind. With the amount of teams that call Alpha home, WTH? Delmont, Mt. Lebo, Brady's Run, Cambria. Any others? And maybe with enough pressure or public outcry, things may change?

Just throwing it out there, some rinks in western PA are not hooked up with LiveBarn which amazes me when you look at the scope of youth hockey in this area. For those connected to these rinks, I am curious as to why they don't have it. And to those that have it, props. Alpha is the one that blows my mind. With the amount of teams that call Alpha home, WTH? Delmont, Mt. Lebo, Brady's Run, Cambria. Any others? And maybe with enough pressure or public outcry, things may change?

"Or, something like if you go up 10 and you're the coach, don't be an asshole. Pretty simple." Quote of the year right there..........

Rambo crawls out from under his rock to chime in, what a surprise. Where have you been, Biff? Some facts: SA has 11 skaters and two goalies rostered, not eight. They had eight skaters for last nights game. A coach doesn’t need to have a discussion on whom he chooses to put on the ice or how many players he puts on the ice. And yet you are a self spoken authority of the game? A dumb and clueless one, yes. You no nothing of my background or experience and I don’t owe you anything in providing my detailed resume, other than 13+ years in WP hockey I feel my “opinion” is only that, an opinion based on far more experience you have. Didn’t you admit in a prior post your bambino’s never played hockey here yet you knew everything about said hockey in WP? I know which guy you are, every org has one like you - plenty of opinions offered to the coaching staff and when challenged to lend his time to volunteer and help, the “I can’t skate” response follows. And if you do follow through, the blue jeans on the ice says it all. As far as class goes, don’t try and speak to something you don’t possess yourself. Remember getting banned five times from this site by the administrator and you changing your user name each time so you can get back in the frey with your personal insults, only to be banned again and again and again? How long will it be before you snap again and face another ban? Five times, biff. Five times. You gonna go yard and try for six? My money is on six +, so don’t let me down.

@Bob Loblaw Just an FYI........I am not directing the "And save the butthurt snowflake bullshit" at you. It's meant for the trolls that will be attacking me for making the comment.

I saw that - what a disgrace. SA had eight skaters and were completely outmatched as they haven't won a game all season. It was 12-0 going into the third period. What does the Norwin coaching staff have to say about this? Couldn't the HC have suggested to work on PK by having four skaters? Or say, work on passing? And save the butthurt snowflake bullshit. I have no skin in this game, but class is class and the Norwin coaching staff has zero.

I am out of town next week hanging with the in-laws ..........god help me. I was hoping a 12'er and streaming some tournament hockey at Alpha would get me through it, but then I thought - Alpha is hosting a tournament next week and is the only major Pittsburgh area rink that I know of that does not use Live Barn. WTF? With as many teams as they have over there with in-house, Renegades and Vengeance and no Live Barn?

It works both ways. There's plenty of anabolic coaches and parents out there that want to brag about their kids being in a division where they don't belong. Ask the parents from last years 2007 BY Renegades team how their season went. Going 8-28-3 in PW AA just so they can wear an extra A didn't work out so well for them. And to think there were those within SCIR that felt they should have two, yes two teams in PW AA ( 06 and 07 ) was absolute nonsense.

I always thought jokes were supposed to be funny........”tough guy.”

No, it is what a bloated four time bone spur draft dodger calls “the perfect” scenario. keep the politics out of this son - that’s what Twitter is for.

If a "tenant" backed out of ice time at FP, someone else would step right in within minutes. Not enough ice to meet the current demand.

"Already dreading tryouts" for a U12 player and the season just started. Sorry everyone, but I find this entire thread to be completely absurd.

For those of you following PIHL, burghhockey.com is a decent site to get info on what is going on.

Parents, be careful for what you wish for when it comes to your players team moving up a division or two. Anabolic coaches wanting to don a AA moniker may end up biting off more they can chew just so they can tell everyone their son / team plays at the AA level, or just a higher level than they really should be at. Your player will get more out of a winning season at A Major Black than a disastrous one at AA. Ask the players / parent of last years Renegades 07 team which had no business playing AA. And that was driven by coaches

When I have to do a Google search to find out who won the tournament because the PIHL website had not even updated the game scores from Monday (three days after the games were over), that's a problem. And it's inexcusable.

The PIHL website is a disaster and never updates regularly. I guess more of the same for 2019-20 as I had to go elsewhere to find out who actually won the tournament.

The renovations for bathrooms at Baeirl are completed and outside of UPMC, the mens is a pretty frigging nice bathroom. Cannot attest to the ladies however I assume they are done as well. PAHL placement games just started so from a timing standpoint I am not going to complain about that. Well done boys at Baeirl.

Key word - "barns." Props to the ownership groups at Frozen Pond and Baeirl for making significant improvements in their facilities. Both rinks have gone through major changes while other rinks continue to rake in funds while their owners put nothing back into the rink from an improvement standpoint.

Last night I watched part of the U-14 Icemen vs Charlotte Rush game. Fun game to watch, and Rush were leading 1-0 at the end of the first period when I left. Icemen forwards looked aggressive and fast, however they couldn't sustain a rush as most of the time was spend in their own end. If they have a weakness its their D line. Anyone know the final score? Since Icemen are playing as an Ind. what's the word on PAHL U-14, particularly AA and BY 06.........who looks good so far?

Anyone with some insight on the U18 level, particularly AA? Now that my youngest is no longer playing I’m curious as to who appears to be the strength of the division.

On the opposite side of the spectrum there are local teams that haven’t played a single game yet - no placement games nor scrimmages and won’t play until this coming weekend or the next. When my two sons played both had at least a scrimmage or two before placement games as an act of preparation. However, ten games into the season sounds excessive to me.