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I know a decent amount of kids from 99’s down to 04’s that left the mission for team Illinois.

Wasn’t good enough to be moved up 16U ? had to play 15’s. you and I had a long conversation on here one night we ended up deleting ?

Nope, you are correct. The mighty 2003 BY to push Morehouse’s kid.

Morehouse’s kid - drafted by every major junior leauge, ends up playing in the ncdc.

I always agree with a lot of what you say, but Dave Dorsey ? Come on man! Building a dek hockey team ?

Im not really knocking those two schools, they have good programs but like every year - they won’t go anywhere at nationals. neither program has the players like a adrain, Ohio U etc. the point of my original comment, once you get past the top programs in all the classes there is not much difference between the classes.

If you look at the U18 rankings - a few Pahl AA teams with those “weaker” schedules are ranked higher than the predators “aaa” team.

Can’t say in my 20+ years of being around youth hockey I’ve ever heard of team pa. There was a team pittsburgh - one year they did real well, maybe won the tournement in the Midwest somewhere.

It appears to track the players home district.

3 from ppe correct. I believe the 4th is from esmark because he technically is a freshman this year. He joined mercyhurst from the nahl in febuary.

Geez, I’ve been saying this for a few years but get yelled at “let them spend their money in tier 3! It’s their money and there is a chance”. (Paraphrasing) I’ve said the ehl is the only tier 3 worth your money if you really want to waste - many wanted to argue the usphl is ? the usphl is a joke, it’s a money making machine. Please stop letting your kids waste their time and your money with this garbage. It’s varsity 20U, not minny or Michigan - western pa & Ohio varsity. The majority acha teams are better hockey.

Pretty on with the ncaa thoughts - most schools average around 8 full rides the remaining 10 scholarships get split in half, smaller programs will split them into quarter’s. Most don’t know the 3rd goalie gets nothing. They usually won’t even get in a game during their entire ncaa career. Teams have their 1 & 2, when one of these kids move on they bring in another that will play. Number 3 is the same kid for 4-5 years (until they graduated, drops out or quit).

I really don’t know how the process works - parents I know with kids playing in both leauges often talking about how their teams games are never updated with the acha. Looking at both websites right now chma does appear to be up to date, the che is in worse shape - some teams only showing 4-5 games of player & team stats. Acually it appears the che standings are updated but all team stats and player stats are only updated for the first 4-5 games of the season. this looks like a leauge thing. They have the scores, game sheets if the standings are up to date. So the leauge is lazy, they don’t care or the teams don’t care, or somone has their hands in to many things - hasn’t done their job ?

I have a few friends who complain about both the chma and the che not communicating well with the acha (missing game scores etc). This is all under DF. I was shocked when I heard Pahl was highering him. My niece will have to suffer through his leadership ?

How many things can Dave Fryer be in charge of ? The chma, che & piho. He’s set to to be the next Pahl president next year. one of the few good things pihl has done - remove him years ago.

I agree, I’m not sure why he even posted those stats. We all know the path to the pros, how special those players are etc. I’m assuming he thinks tier 3 juniors is good in response to mine about junior hockey leauge rankings ? I don’t know, so I posted the paths to ncaa d1 - what leauges the players come from. maybe that article will help all these parents paying to play in tier 3 or the low Canadian leauges.

https://collegehockeyinc.com/articles/2020/06/paths-to-ncaa-show-need-for-patience.php note - when it says “usphl” that is the ncdc, players that moved up from the ncdc to another leauge or the rare kid that moved up from premier to the ncdc. The usphl lumps all their leauges together for marketing purposes. Look at the NA3 - one kid who had a quick stop and moved up to the nahl. That’s probaly on par with the usphl premier. the majority of ncaa d1 players come form the USHL, NAHL & BCHL. That’s around 85% of all ncaa d1 college hockey players. Straight out of prep school and mn hs comes close to the ncdc number. there is your facts.

So what’s your point ? We all know where most of the pros come from - Canadian major a, the ushl and a few euro leauges. Look at the last 3 years of ncaa division 1 kids and the junior leagues they came from.

Not even - none of them are. The only tier 3 worth your time and money is a handful of the EHL teams.

Just giving a heads up those that don’t know who this guy is. He’s even got the usphl premier ahead of the cchl ?

Don’t ever listen to this guy. He’s employed by the usphl. He owned a team at one point. He was an advisor at one point m. He’s has the ncdc ranked higher than the bchl lmao.

you wrote - “And I quote - "Peters doesn’t have anyone near this kids pedigree or talent. This kid has played 1.5 seasons in the NAHL - Pihl varsity aaa is going to move so slow compared to what he’s been playing." Proving once again you have no clue as to what you are talking about. You've seen PT play? Seen some of their best players that are two years younger than the NAHL kid on the SHAHA team that is currently ranked in the top 20? Of course you haven't. But keep on keeping on - that is what you do best.” you ARE talking about the nahl kid, you are implying the peters township pihl varsity team has players just as good or better. I’m sorry no kid currently playing in pihl is going to hang with a kid that has played 1.5 years in the nahl. Telling me I have no clue what I’m talking about ? Have you ever watched a nahl game ? If you have you would realize this kid is taking a huge step backwards. Unless this kid is completly burned out, mind fd or doesn’t care anymore (these are real possibilities) their won’t be a player in PIHL that can skate with him. pihl has its place, nothing is a better experience for all these kids (pre covid) to play in front of a packed rink of their peers. This isn’t Minnesota. PIHL is what it is.

Pay an advisor, you will get drafted to the ncdc. Their draft is considered a joke. Look how many rounds it has for 12 teams or whatever. They use the draft for advertising. You ever see how many kids are paying to be at an ncdc teams tryout ?

the kid coming from the nahl is an 04 ? He’s 18, played 50 games in the nahl last year. He would have been 17. Yes, I saw your harolded peters / shaha kid play last year. Nice player.

It’s very obvious you have never watched real junior hockey. Yes, pihl varsity is going to feel so slow for this kid. He will have so much more time to think A 1/2’aecond will feel like 5 minutes to him. he won’t be seeing anyone with the speed he played with and against in the nahl nor the physical play. you should delete that comment, it really shows you know nothing about hockey PERIOD.