aaaahockey

People thought they folded but they ended up moving their tryouts to later in the week to pick up the scraps.

Not sure how any goalies made it for shaha since tonight was their final night of tryouts from 8-9 but I can take your word for it. Unless the coach called those who made it and preds had a tryout within 20 minutes I don't know how that would happen.

Are the tournaments included?

I heard this about the u18 too but can't verify.

What is the cost difference?

I'm finding it wild that this thread has more traction than the tryout threads this year. Everyone must be getting old and we aren't recruiting enough mite parents.

This is incorrect. (Sorry my nephew played for them) - they lost one forward who made preds and one is trying out for 08 team. Everyone else is coming back to my knowledge and they are picking up a couple other kids. I would assume if/when the one kid gets cut from 08 tryouts he is back and then the team is basically intact. They had plenty of kids try out though so it's more of a matter of what level they end up being in the long run.

Shaha 09 definitely not folding I confirmed that.

It's not a great school either compared to where many of these kids are coming from.

Yes was sitting here thinking the same thing. People have literally been saying this for years. There are exceptions when they want to get a kid in the door or give them one year or if the kid is absolutely top 3 in their Birthyear but generally that's the unwritten rule and you are always replaceable by someone with a bigger credit line.

Sounds like the 09 AAA teams might be right sizing if Esmark and vengeance aren't able to field teams. Unfortunately they will just take all the cast offs and continue with too many teams in the region watering down PAHL and keeping hockey dumb.

PAHL or AHF?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/288784/school-districts-move-teachers-who-commit-sexual-assaults-to-other-schools-report/

Couple more 08s: Hornets AA is today 4/13 with callbacks tomorrow and Wednesday. SHAHA AAA is tomorrow 4/14 with I believe callbacks on 4/15 and their AA team will have tryouts later in the week.

08 I have not seen much movement

Well public schools aren't much better at that.

Especially considering there are 5+ public high schools in the area better than North Catholic. Pay extra to go somewhere worse?

If people are dumb enough to pay for it, of course it is. If you are willing to pay, someone will always be willing to take your money.

I heard @Chimp Life was available 😜

U18 is a bit of a different animal. That's after the big dogs have already skipped town generally.

I heard younger ages mostly. Again I don't have a connection there but I heard they ended up taking a lot of girls on top teams that normally wouldn't make it and had to actually backfill some of the second team rosters after tryouts. Rumor? Maybe? But someone else on the board saying that they heard something similar. Anyone have a daughter up there with more insight?

I've heard the same. Not necessarily out of area but that they can't field teams at certain levels.

They were never really "rules" anyway. So not sure what they would change except tell people they arent "rules".

No one wants to drive that far + what was said above.

No one said they all have to play at Pens. I'm very opposed to both what the Pens are doing and especially faux AAA. I don't even think the kid is as good as multiple AA players on multiple teams. I don't think every coach thinks they have the best player at an age group. As a matter of fact I don't think I've ever heard a coach claim that unless they were blowing smoke up someone's butt to get them to stay.