Happy Hockey Fan

I’d like to know if the schools get their money back from PIHL. Just kidding, I am sure they don’t. People getting ripped off.

Wow. Crazy.

Definitely not allowed to go back and forth. But one could choose to “move down” after playing for their aaa team. But that would make them ineligible for the AAA team.

The coach has swapped all players from F to D and vice versa. The coach has told them to pass the puck more than necessary. It hasn’t stopped the lopsided scores. Their development is being slowed. And the goalies are getting absolutely NO development stopping 1 or 2 shots a game.

The kids are not having fun pounding teams and leaving the ice 30 minutes earlier. It was fun the first time, the second and third time were not as exciting. I haven’t yelled at one person. I have been through this also. My kids are out of hockey. I have coached and been a parent of PAHL players since 2009. I have never seen a pre-season placement this bad. I am happy your kids had fun, maybe you can hope our kids do too.

Answer the question, would you be alright with your kid playing on a team that doesn’t get to finish games because they are placed so badly? I never said any kid was a star player. I only said that the team is placed very poorly. And if you don’t think it would hinder development playing 10 games a year playing only two of the three periods and pounding teams 10-0 hurts development, keep your opinion to yourself. Because of that is the case, you obviously don’t know anything anyway. I never once claimed that any kid on the team was a star player. Never suggested any of the kids was a potential star. Never said anything about how good the team was. Just said they are placed very poorly. have a nice day. Glad you take pleasure in others misery. Shows what a good person you are.

Since you don’t seem like it matters, how would you feel if your child was on a team that won games so badly they only played two of the three periods? Would you be ok with it?

It can happen. I have seen a kid move from one team to another team in the same division. All parties were in agreement though.

I wouldn’t mind being the same division, I have seen it many times over the years.

I’d be all for that, even suggested to the coach.

Thank you, now I know where to start.

Who does the pre-season placements? Is it all PAHL or does organization have input? We played our third placement game. 13-0. One shot on goal against. So that is 32 goals for, and 5 SHOTS against in 3 games. 2 games where there was a running clock in the second period and we didn’t even play the 3rd. TWICE THIS HAS HAPPENED ALREADY. We are supposed to travel to Crawford county for a game in 2 weeks. Crawford county has been blown out by the teams we blew out. It is not only a waste of time but also money. In two preseason games we still had a half hour of ice time left that was wasted. There is plenty of information about theses kids coming out of mites, and we fill out paperwork stating their experience and at what level of mite they played. Did everyone ignore the info? Half the team played at the highest level of mites and were very successful, the other half played in the second highest level of mites and were very successful. And the organization graded these kids coming out of tryouts yet we were placed 2 levels below a team rated lower than us coming out of tryouts. We were designated team 2 placed in A4, the other was designated team 3 and placed in A2. Does PAHL not consider this? I have been involved in PAHL for 15 years as a coach and parent. Have never seen anyone placed this poorly in preseason. Someone really failed these kids, and wasted their parents money.

Thanks for all the feedback from all. I feel pretty sure that they will move us up at least one. Just hope that is enough to challenge the kids.

First time coaches (PAHL) and I doubt they sandbagged anything. It was discussed with them and they had no idea why or how we were placed there. We have willingly played teams placed in A1. Lost 5-2 and 7-1. Played an independent BY AA team and lost 10-0. They are not looking to win everything, they are looking for challenges. I can’t see any of the coaches asking to be in a division this low. And many parents are worried about this.

I agree about practices 100%. And I think our coaches are doing a good job running high tempo practices. But playing games that offer no resistance hurts development. And agin, the cost of hockey is already sky high, and playing shortened games takes ice time directly away from the kids, and money out of parents pockets.