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16 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

Just depends on what the coach and the board work out. 

If the Board has any say in coach hiring or compensation.

On 4/3/2024 at 4:31 PM, Law said:

This is so wrong. He's a really good coach with an outstanding resume and he was dismissed because certain people on the board want to go in a different direction. The word is they want to find someone with a military background. Not sure if the last part is true or not. I wish John well. Just one of the perils of coahing HS hockey. You're at the mercy of the board instead of an athletic director.

Oh, if only that were true everywhere.

I was thinking farther north.

2 hours ago, AAAAleaguestarter said:

Didn't avonworth tie north catholic? And shaler beat avonworth 9-1

I saw in a different thread Avonworth beat NC 3-2.

PAHL, IMHO is a classic pyramid scheme in that the bulk of the money is paid by the lowest age group. The Squirt parent that is brand new to travel hockey and doesn’t know anything about the organization or the league, their kid made a team and they start writing checks. By the time Mom and Dad start to figure things out and ask questions, their kid is older and probably a year away from HS and we all know that is where the drop off starts. PAHL administration know that there is an endless supply of folk that will give them 4-6 years of money, nobody is doing anything to challenge them or propose a viable alternative so why should they change?

4 hours ago, Saucey said:

Pick one of the rare 7 PM games and people may cane out to watch. This is a good idea. Wouldn't it be nice to build high school hockey to Minnesota State levels. ?

We have a little bit of work to do.

On 3/8/2023 at 8:03 AM, fafa fohi said:

Yes there is, and I will allow anyone from the McDowell brethren to elaborate here on their IG fan page regarding the many salacious posts made towards opposing teams while the organization did nothing to stop it.

I suppose the story wasn’t good enough to tell.

9 hours ago, fafa fohi said:

Great win by Norwin over McDowell in OT.  

And it couldn’t happen to a nicer group of players and parents - the amount of shit talking and outlandish claims coming from McDowell all season on social media was a disgrace.  

Has to be a deeper story here…

6 minutes ago, Pucks11 said:

Canon Mac and Seneca Valley are 2 of them.

Thanks. Didn’t know that…

Where are the PPE players rostered?

Pretty sure one of those kids is going to The ‘Chel when he turns 16, stop hatin.

It’s be nice if the lighting were better.

Jus sayin.

Cody Black played at North Allegheny and Vengeance, not sure if PAHL involvement before that. Went to play at Ohio University.

Madison Black played at Chatham.

14 hours ago, Saucey said:

I am old enough to remember when there weren't any 'elite' youth athletes and no one worried about 'development'. You just played. Focus was on exercise and fun. If you liked whatever the sport was, you worked on it on your own. So, yeah. I know, I am old.

Same here @Saucey, same here….

On 7/12/2022 at 2:28 PM, nemesis8679 said:

Well, I see you're at least able to write a paragraph without misspelling anything or making 30 grammatical errors. You're tribe probably thinks of you as a modern-day Albert Einstein. 

 

I don’t profess to be a member of any “ tribe”, but there is a grammatical error in your post.

6 minutes ago, fafa fohi said:

Private / Catholic schools are not bound by zip code residency restrictions public schools have.  Take a look at St. Joseph's in Philly for football - most kids on that team come from all over the country.

Again, don’t mean to piss anyone off. Just don’t know so I’ll ask.

Are the rules different for hockey since PIHL is its own entity or do hockey programs do basically the same thing?

3 hours ago, Happy Hockey Fan said:

They can and do recruit. McCort gets players from Europe. 

Thanks. Do they all recruit?

2 hours ago, Novos51 said:

That could be said of any of the pure Catholic or private schools

Why? Not meaning to flame or incite a riot; just don’t understand.

On 6/16/2022 at 6:46 AM, LOLya said:

I saw a few of the games from this tournament. I'm pretty sure FR middle school had 2nd year 12u players on their team as well. Now, that could be the reason they chose to play down in A rather than AA. Like the poster said above, school teams usually have a wide range of talent and they played down to obviously have a better chance for success. Honestly, the bigger can of worms here is why are 12u non checking players allowed to play "up" in a 14u checking tournament? Seems to me that USA hockey would probably not approve... but hey, it's youth hockey though, and everyone just pretty much does whatever they want anyways. Rules are more like guidelines.

 

Would be real ironic if your "nephew" played on the Average Joe's team that took the check from behind from the game I saw. Considering I just saw a kid from that team clip a kid in the head in Baierl's summer non-checking league. Not saying that the check from behind wasn't suspect because it was, but make sure your team is filled with angels before you start tossing rocks.

When my player was second year 12u he played on a spring tournament team in the 14u division. The organization he played for did that every spring. 

17 minutes ago, MMGC said:

They offered us a deal at 15,500 for excell and north catholic, im thinking another 7 k for team tuition, so 23k before we touch the ice . Im not knocking the organization because I think they are all what you make them , but thats a lot of cash for “non-profit. 

$15,500 is probably less than one year of tuition at NCHS.

On 3/12/2022 at 3:29 PM, PUCKCOVID19 said:

well to be correct. they are not rich. THEIR Parents are rich, their just snobby off spring that couldn't make PPE. 

 

Wondering if all the players on NC Varsity tried out for PPE.

12 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

That's the silliest thing I've heard all day. Who pays for these teams to play, and for the rinks to be open? It sure isn't the schools.

 

A better idea would be having (competent) security at the games. I'm sure the schools have no problem paying for that at their football games. 

Seems that isn’t quite the same. Security or local law enforcement usually are happy to be at the football field on Friday nights for a game. The entire community shows up.

Not to much when it is a 9:50 puck drop in January and it’s snowing. 

The point is taken, but different dynamic.

Sure do wish I could read that.

I make no judgement as to fault or responsibility regarding officials or security guards.

But at a Mars game last night the on ice official threw the entire Mars student section out.

I wasn’t at that end of the ice but play stopped until the student section left.

Glenn Himes. Moon Hockey.