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Or maybe as suggested on another post, just maybe, players will start to come back to AA (gasp)

Dunno, but he has a good last name

Let me ask another way, is there not a team or does the team above your kid’s team not have room?

Curious who the current org is that you cannot move higher

We’re you planning on trying out for the same organization? I know organizations will place kids based on past seasons if they came up through the organization in these cases. If not, is the new coach/team familiar with your player?

SCIR is the primary tenant at Alpha and gets the preferential ice in terms of time and volume.

I was curious about that as well looking at seedling differences between ‘08 Pens and Vengeance

Verified means checking scoresheets, they put kids on the scoresheets who did not play so that effort would not catch this. Would need to be caught on game day.

Interesting, looking at this are they not doing 2009 AAA next season? It is listed differently than everything else.

The person I talked to said construction starting in April. He is a Rebellion coach.

RIP Tim, he was a good man and friend of hockey in Pittsburgh. Thoughts go out to his family. https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-honor-of-tim-tex-texter

I’ve also heard the amount of practice ice and amount of full ice practice leaves something to be desired. This was second-hand though, so take it for what it is worth.

I appreciate the response.

Has anyone used Glice for anything more than a small area for stick handling and shooting? How does it feel actually skating with a full stride? Is it useful from a training perspective?

For those who have/had kids that play for a AA/AAA club team as well as one of the big varsity programs, how do/did you handle situations like this where the varsity team traveled on a weekend and it conflicted with your club schedule? I’m sure if you ask each coach, their team takes priority. It works out when PIHL teams stay to the weekdays and club plays on weekends.

Don’t leave out Altoona

Isn’t that just their AAA league though?

One solution for that would be to bring multiple teams together in one rink and have each team play 2 games. Example, Altoona hosts 1 week and draws in Erie, Preds, Morgantown, Badgers and Youngstown. Each team plays 2 games at Altoona that count toward the PAHL schedule. The following week, the Preds could host 5 other teams from the division. In divisions where there are teams from all over, it could significantly cut down on travel. Would require some serious planning from PAHL, but I’ve seen it done elsewhere with big geographical separation between clubs.

Chicago Showcase?

USA Soccer has done the same. Their development model reads very similarly to USAH.

Boy this pretty constructive conversation broke down quickly

If they have partnered with Allegheny and left S. Pitt. alone, both of who are growing, perhaps BB saw the need to take over the NHAHA org due to the recent numbers decline? Protecting their interests.

Yes, you’ll notice I said “some”. I don’t kid myself that PPE would stoop to that level. If BB can offer their AAA league giving those AAA programs that play independent a league option with competition from the East and maybe draw in some OH teams then it could have a West division of that league. Some teams may choose to play there even though they are not controlled by BB because it gives them a league instead of just playing for MHR ranking.

That is what happened in Philly. I have a few friends that are in organizations out East that decided to join the Black Bear league because there was less travel. Their rinks were not BB owned rinks. Will be interesting to watch. I’m curious to see if they can pull some of the “AAA” teams back in and get them to play each other

Take some JuCo or Community College classes instead of a freshman year and you might come out even