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It’s goes well beyond that.

far from bitter, Just don’t care for people that are full of s**t pushing an agenda.

I think I did just call them out ? Side note - when the chosen 03’s played up at 16U, ty was not good enough in the eyes of PPE to play up and had to play 15U. don’t worry PPE will stick their faces all over this. I’m sure the guy running PPE behind the scenes is not happy about this. I really wish I could post the stories & what really went down. Out of respect for his father, I won’t - he moved past it when he pulled his kid.

Congrats on signing a 3 year entry level contract with the maple leafs! Good luck! western pa should really pull for this kid! his father went against the ppe machine, yet here they are trying to take credit with their social media posts.

Im Not saying hockey is in a downward spiral, what I am saying is mr rankings homers his own school as much as possible. What I am saying is a lot of the teams in AA appear to be the in the rebuild wave that plagues A & AA Every few years. Those schools just don’t have the enrollment to have a steady flow of good varsity players year after year. Just look at the standings, stats, games etc. it shows you TJ is by far the best team, then you have a group with armstrong, penn trafford & Franklin. After that it doesn’t look very good at all. What’s the point of having western PA top 5 varsity rankings ? Especially when they are not from any sort of official source. Half the teams in each class make the playoffs. It’s meaningless. It’s not used for any sort of scheduling, it’s not used for any placements or playoff seeds. Unless you read this board, nobody is even aware.

The RMU staff started recruiting last month. There is only so many NCAA D1 teams and plenty of really good, capable ncaa d1 players. They will have the roster full sooner rather than later. They can fill that team with ncaa capable players from Canada alone.

Take a step back and read what you just wrote. You are making excuses for your high school team. Your bias is very clear. Maybe penn trafford had some players out when they lost to meadville ? Maybe this - maybe that - could of - should of. What is clear - penn trafford smoked fr, the following week fr turns around and loses again to armstrong. Yet you rank them at number 2. With my kids being done, I admit I don’t follow much PIHL hockey but I still have friends who follow, their kids still play. Some are even from Franklin regional. I’m told you are doing everything in your power to push as many FR kids into the pihl all star game ? Word got around after the poor showing FR had at the Jamestown, NY. Tournament. from what I’ve seen, along with what I’ve been told - AA is god awful this year. TJ is considered the best team. After that you have 2-3 mediocre teams. The scores & standings back this up.

Didn’t Franklin regional get blow out by penn trafford, then lost to armstrong this week ? ?

I’m sorry for your son’s loss, I figured at some point we probably had a regular poster around here that would be connected to this. I hope western PA gets behind this scholarship. Wishing the best for your son & the team during this awful time.

Thank you Paul, I passed the link onto both corporations I work with. Both will be donating before years end. It’s not anything crazy but it’s a start & both are western pa companies!

Getting old sucks :(

The airport beer league was insane! Half the people didn’t even goto play, they went for the party. The rink would shut down to the public after the last game, they would party all night! You would have guys driving 2-3 hours from Ohio and upstate NY to attend those parties! I don’t know when the acha naming change happened, but as long as I’ve followed it (10 years give or take) it’s always been M. I would guess since NCAA hockey has grown so much since the 80’s & 90’s, the NCAA probably had something to do with it, possibly to distance itself from club hockey. When I hear a parent say “my kid is playing d1 at X college” - what I hear is “my kid plays AAA hockey at the predators” or “my kid plays junior hockey” when it’s tier 3. Same parent mentality, you probably get my drift here. I’m not bashing club hockey at all. Some of it is very good hockey. Some acha teams can and do knock around ncaa d3 teams (some ncaa D3 programs are a complete joke, bad hockey - the team is just a school recruiting tool to get the wealthy parent to pay for a title) The top acha programs treat their student players like ncaa athletes. It’s great to keep kids involved in the game, helps to keep them focused more at college, possibly out of trouble etc. If you didn’t notice the post, I’m trying to get two corporations to donate towards a scholarship fund for the Cal U acha program, a program I don’t know one single person involved with. It’s a tragedy what happened, it’s great the school wants to honor the young man, along with the club sport. Personally I think some of these bigger companies donating big money to the RMU NCAA fund should get involved in the situation with Cal U and club hockey In general. but a lot of the people involved with the RMU donations have an agenda to begin with. RMU is a private university, they have the endowment, funds and alumni to reinstate that team if they really wanted to. It really never had to go away. I guess in a sense they are forcing some of their alumni to put up the money. Don’t send your kid to rmu people. sorry rambling on, showing my age again.

Yes, it says in the future. I get that. The future for me could be next week, the future for you could be a year. I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later. Not for my donation, for the two corporations I have interested.

When I was talking about seniors, I was generalizing - it doesn’t make any sense to transfer going into your senior year for club hockey. I don’t know what grade your kid is. I was making the point your claim of all the transfers was false and in general agreeing with what SRU did after all the facts came out. The program was like the old airport ice arena beer league - strippers & all. trust me buddy, I’m not jealous of you in anyway at all. You are the historian book writer, you should put out the truth, not spin it for your own ego. Again it’s ACHA M1.

We get it - your kid transferred from sru to iup. SRU are some how losers in this situation because they shut down the club hockey team. It’s a club sport, these schools care more about their image & eduction. 99% of the students are there for an education not to play club sports. Why would any young man transfer from one college club hockey team to another for their senior year. It’s not all that smart when you are talking about academics, majors and transferring credits. We are not talking ncaa hockey. once all the facts came out about SRU situation, that program needed shut down. It’s not the 80’s anymore regardless if any of us like it or not. you failed to mention the majority of the players stayed at SRU, a lot are now playing on the inline hockey team. Seems the ice hockey team was a problem. SRU was the winner here, they took action against a school club that didn’t take academics serious, alcohol issues & was constantly in trouble. BTW - there is no D in ACHA hockey. It’s M. This is not NCAA hockey. M1,M2 & M3 - not much of a difference in any of these teams (I’m not talking about the High power 5-6 schools in the acha) It’s the schools that have more than one team is where you see a difference in play such as IUP, Duquesne etc fielding M1 & M3 teams. The better kids at the school / older kids are on M1. a school like PSU that only fields one club team in M2 is virtually the same as the IUP M1 club team. Some schools have always just fielded one team in M3, some of these M3 teams would smack around western pa M1 teams.

I have not found anything on donating towards the scholarship. Thanks to @fafa fohi for finding a real news article.

I don’t know anything about the situation but just now came across a small article that a hockey player (ACHA) from California University of PA (CAL U) passed away unexpectedly yesterday. The article stated the school & family are trying to start a scholarship in this players name. there is very little info published. It’s mainly on social media. I have a few resources in my line of work that are always supporting higher education scholarships, I would like to try to get them involved with something like this for the hockey community. if someone reading this is close to the situation, I am very sorry for your loss.

Because he’s trying to brag about his kid ?

You can goto the elite prospects website & find any team.

You have your kid in the wrong sport. You can get more than one extra A right here!

It’s really up to you guys. Do you want to keep spending money ? Is your son mature enough to go away to school ? What is the end game ? How is your son’s grades ? Does he want to goto college ? rmu, pitt, Cal U & IUP I can’t think at the moment, but there are others, these are just the ones I hear most about. If someone has the time or knowledge to list all the acha schools that are a reasonable distance for western pa players, with coaches contacts it would probably help a lot of folks here. Possibly start a new thread. Coffee just kicked in a little - mercyhurst, Duquesne & right across the border Wvu. I’m sure there are more. Over in Ohio you have Ohio U, kent, Miami & others. It’s really just as simple as sending a coach an email stating your son has interest in the school. They will have the kid down for a skate at some point & let you know if he has a chance to make the team or not. if your son is serious about his academics, don’t pick a college just because they have hockey. There are many different factors with the college experience & education. Choose wisely what is best for your child, don’t make the hockey team the priority.

Some do, a lot of kids just go right to college when it’s over. Some piss around in tier 3 or get a quick stop in tier 2. the top 4-5 kids keep pushing.

Kind of, but most PPE kids in the end land in the ACHA.

If you’ve ever been to Dallas - just about every rink is called the “stars center” with a Dallas stars logo. This NHL team invested in youth hockey for real, the penguins truly only care about themselves.

Team Ohio ?