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Yes no one asked about 2010. They want to know if there is an 09 vengeance or Esmark team.

2009 would be 15O

What did you mean by this? There is definitely an official U8/Mite program in PAHL. They run the scheduling.

You can also improve kids in practice and be smart enough to know when to shorten the bench when you need to.

They were really good and deserved it. Local kids doing great things.

One goalie for three teams or three goalies?

Yes he was outstanding

Me

But but but but but what about the fact we all have to pay for our USA hockey numbers to cover "insurance"

Wouldn't want to cut into profits for the tournament next weekend with the same kids? 😃

Part of this is the lack of developmental/house hockey at the younger ages. Stick them on a blue mites team or B squirt team instead of helping them develop with more ice time and even internal games in developmental hockey.

Organizations ebb and flow. I haven't seen a major decline much at the three organizations I'm most familiar with. I would also point out that we are moving outside the double Stanley cup window and the Penguins are on the decline. That means less people watching, interested, and participating in the sport. Kids starting the sport today weren't alive when the pens won their last cup

It's been a while since this was discussed but does aviators have a board and an actual structure now? For a while it seemed like it was a one man show. Curious if they have figured it out yet.

North Pitt going to be really good imo

Does anyone have photos of the old Airport ice rink? I mean besides the ones you can use Google to find.

I'd say that is a success! Now - how many people pay how many dollars to have a success rate that you can find one person? Serious question. If you are being sold this is the premier program and the way to make it to the big leagues and dumping 40K per year on it when we include excel + NC, is it worth is? I'm not even doubting its the best program in the area.

I think it's a little more nuanced than that. I would give pens credit for a players development if they played both 14u and 16u years there. These are the most important. I wouldn't give them credit for a 12 year old who leaves for prep school. That seems a little silly. I also don't give them credit for someone they import for the 16u team for a year who then immediately leaves to play juniors. The hard fact is there are very very few pens players who start young and stay in the program through 16u and are successful. As a matter of fact, and speaking to their own development model, not a lot of kids develop to even make the 16u team (or maybe they are leaving due to all the extra requirements/money like excel north catholic etc.).

Some of them sadly probably do pay some snake out there to advise them.

I'll take your word for it! It wouldn't surprise me.

He's excellent. Probably one of the only kids the pens can actually take credit for.

The best kids don't stick around for Pens at 18U. Mooney played up through 16U. Humphries last played for Pens when he was 13 then went to prep school I believe.

Delusional parents who think the whole world is conspiring against them and that if they get out of Pittsburgh there will be some fresh eyes.

Now we have double failure - both Esmark and vengeance. Tough times for fake tier 1 players I guess.

Where are you playing? Never mind this was a reply to your tournament post above?

Where did they end up in the standings and playoffs? I can look up but if you know that will save me messing with PAHLS terrible website