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The Pa Hockey Foundation is sponsoring the National Invitational Scholastic Showcase events in Illinois New York Pennsylvania and Indiana. These Events features the top High School Hockey programs in the country for the three-day events during the 2022-2023 season. Your school is invited to apply for participation in a 12-16 team showcase of the top Varsity high school teams from across the United States to compete for the Governor’s Cup of Illinois New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
 
The Goal of these Invitational Events is to feature National, State Champions, Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Outstanding High School Hockey Programs and we will attempt to limit field 4 from any particular area [State or Region] to ensure that each school participating will face three uncommon opponents in the preliminary round of competition. The tournament will be played on 2 rinks in prime time for this round robin event.
 
Invitations will be to High School Hockey Programs from across the United States in the Spring of 2022. If a school is interested in participating in this event, it should mail or e-mail a fully executed ‘Letter of Interest’ and the Deposit to the Pa Hockey Foundation NO LATER than May 31st 2022

 

Ø 4th Annual Chicago Showcase – West Dundee, ILL

o   November 11-13, 2022

Ø 16th National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Jamestown, NY

o   December 2-4, 2022

Ø 26th Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase – Harmarville, Pa

o   December 28-31, 2022    

Ø 7th Hoosier Cup – South Bend, Indiana

o February 10-12, 2023

 

Info at www.pahockey.net 

Invites and applications will be sent before May 1st 

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If your school wants to be part of the database for these Tournaments please e-mail jeffmauro@aol.com before May 1st

Jamestown and Notre Dame are guaranteed to be sold out before May 31st. With several new strong programs joining the stable of strong programs, we anticipate a waiting list for both events.

Pittsburgh and Chicago will be full as well and have very strong fields

Thanks to all of the loyal participating schools and all new schools interested to make these unique events and great competition.

 

 

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Until there is split season in Pittsburgh, it's really a bad idea to promote and hold high school weekend tournaments.  Weekends are for youth teams around these parts.   Let the kids and parents enjoy their AAA, independent, and PAHL teams.  Stay in your swim lane.

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53 minutes ago, Jack Handey said:

Until there is split season in Pittsburgh, it's really a bad idea to promote and hold high school weekend tournaments.  Weekends are for youth teams around these parts.   Let the kids and parents enjoy their AAA, independent, and PAHL teams.  Stay in your swim lane.

You should change "Deep Thoughts" to "Debbie Downer"  (jk)

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1 hour ago, Jack Handey said:

Until there is split season in Pittsburgh, it's really a bad idea to promote and hold high school weekend tournaments.  Weekends are for youth teams around these parts.   Let the kids and parents enjoy their AAA, independent, and PAHL teams.  Stay in your swim lane.

26 Years Jack and most people clear their schedules .....its a freeway for these people and these events are well attended and 3 of 4 are not in Pittsburgh 

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These are excellent events. Well run with good competition. There is way more exposure here for a kid who is not playing AAA, which is most kids playing high school hockey. There were college coaches occasionally in attendance, which I can't say ever happened with anything we ever did with travel. And they are way more fun to attend than any tournament we ever did through travel.

The travel tournament is way overrated IMHO. All those games... it's only good for the rinks and tournament directors. Once they reach checking and a more adult stature, one game a day is all they should be playing. Takes a huge toll on their body.

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Who wants to pay to be on two teams and then have to decide which way they are going on the weekend?  Hard pass.  People who 'clear their schedule' wind up hamstringing their youth team in the process.  Seen it time and time again.  Ask any of the Central kids and parents who were on Foxes last year.  Bad for local hockey.  

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1 hour ago, Jack Handey said:

Who wants to pay to be on two teams and then have to decide which way they are going on the weekend?  Hard pass.  People who 'clear their schedule' wind up hamstringing their youth team in the process.  Seen it time and time again.  Ask any of the Central kids and parents who were on Foxes last year.  Bad for local hockey.  

Not to pile on too much, but it is also obviously a bit unfair when you consider some high schools can play 60 games and some barely get 20. I know a lot goes into it, but the fact that a high school team is even allowed that many games is kind of ridiculous. You wouldn't ever hear the end of it if a local HS football team flew to Florida every weekend in the spring to play games, yet it is very easy to imagine a high school hockey team doing something similar.

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21 hours ago, Spear and Magic Helmet said:

Not to pile on too much, but it is also obviously a bit unfair when you consider some high schools can play 60 games and some barely get 20. I know a lot goes into it, but the fact that a high school team is even allowed that many games is kind of ridiculous. You wouldn't ever hear the end of it if a local HS football team flew to Florida every weekend in the spring to play games, yet it is very easy to imagine a high school hockey team doing something similar.

Spear not many if any HS Teams play 60 Games (Maybe 30-35 is more like it) . These Tournaments are a great opportunity to play schools from other areas and prepare for the Penguins Cup and State Run and that's the goal for most HS Programs. Many players play a dual 2nd 16 U or 18 U Tier 2  to get a crack at Districts an get additional ice time taking the schedule to 50-60 Games, which is a lot less than 60 - 80 some AAA programs play. 

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50 minutes ago, Pa Hockey said:

Many players play a dual 2nd 16 U or 18 U Tier 2  to get a crack at Districts an get additional ice time

depending on the team, the 16u/18u coach will often see it the other way around.  HS is the opportunity to "get additional ice time", but the priority is their team, especially if national bound.  Again - you fix all of this with a split season.  

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2 hours ago, Jack Handey said:

Again - you fix all of this with a split season.

I've never liked the idea of a split season for National Bound teams. First half of the season ends in October then the team is only back together for a few practices before States/Districts.

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Hi Everyone 

 
 
       The Invites for the 2022-2023 Governor's Cup Events - Chicago Jamestown Pittsburgh and South Bend have been sent by e-mail. We look forward to hosting these events and having your school participate.
 
 
-       Jamestown and Notre Dame will be sold out before May 31st. With several new strong programs joining the stable of strong programs, we anticipate a waiting list for both events. Pittsburgh and Chicago will be full as well and have very strong fields
 
Thanks to all of the loyal participating schools and all new schools interested to make these unique events and great competition
 
          
          Pa Hockey
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Governor’s Cup Events
 5th Annual Chicago Showcase
November 11-13, 2022 ~ Canlan Sports Complex  – West Dundee, Illinois
16th Annual National Invitational Scholastic Showcase
December 1st - 3rd, 2022~ Jamestown Savings Bank – Jamestown, NY
26th Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase
December 29-31 2022 ~ Alpha Ice Complex – Pittsburgh, Pa.
 7th Annual Hoosier Cup Scholastic Showcase
February 10-12, 2023 ~ Compton Family Ice Arena – South Bend, Indiana
 
“THE MOST COMPETITIVE FIELDS OF ANY HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT in THE USA”
 
         The Pa Hockey Foundation is sponsoring the National Invitational Scholastic Showcase events in  Illinois New York Pennsylvania and Indiana. These Events features the top High School Hockey programs in the country for the three-day events during the 2022-2023 season. Your school is invited to apply for participation in a 12-16 team showcase of the top Varsity and Junior Varsity High School teams from across the United States to compete for the Governor’s Cup of Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana.  
 
         The Goal of these Invitational Events is to feature National, State Champions, Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Outstanding High School Hockey Programs and we will attempt to limit field 4 from any particular area [State or Region] to ensure that each school participating will face three uncommon opponents in the preliminary round of competition. The tournament will be played on 2 rinks in prime time for this round robin event.
 
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On 4/28/2022 at 2:20 PM, Jack Handey said:

Who wants to pay to be on two teams and then have to decide which way they are going on the weekend?  Hard pass.  People who 'clear their schedule' wind up hamstringing their youth team in the process.  Seen it time and time again.  Ask any of the Central kids and parents who were on Foxes last year.  Bad for local hockey.  

That depends on your perspective. At 18u, that entire play level is a crap shoot anyway. To me, 18u is bonus hockey by that age as kids begin to focus on life after high school. It isn't the priority of most kids by that time. 

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1 hour ago, Saucey said:

That depends on your perspective.

Sure it does, especially when the perspective is you are the tail and you are wagging the dog.

 

1 hour ago, Saucey said:

At 18u, that entire play level is a crap shoot anyway.

It's not just 18u.  Any 16u AA or A Major team has the same problem because most of those kids are playing varsity too.

Hey, at 16u/18u, I agree their focus expands beyond hockey.  There is social life, part-time jobs, girlfriends, etc.  Add to that, you lose a few weekends for standardized tests, a few weekends for homecoming and other dances.  There just isn't time in the course of the season for HS teams to hog entire weekends.  And there's no recourse for the youth teams - their swim lane is fixed to Saturday and Sunday, and they can't decide to move PAHL games or weekend tournament games to a random Monday Tuesday or Thursday.  

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5 hours ago, Jack Handey said:

Sure it does, especially when the perspective is you are the tail and you are wagging the dog.

 

It's not just 18u.  Any 16u AA or A Major team has the same problem because most of those kids are playing varsity too.

Hey, at 16u/18u, I agree their focus expands beyond hockey.  There is social life, part-time jobs, girlfriends, etc.  Add to that, you lose a few weekends for standardized tests, a few weekends for homecoming and other dances.  There just isn't time in the course of the season for HS teams to hog entire weekends.  And there's no recourse for the youth teams - their swim lane is fixed to Saturday and Sunday, and they can't decide to move PAHL games or weekend tournament games to a random Monday Tuesday or Thursday.  

I am sure it depends on how good your HS team is, too. The HS teams that are playing weekend tournaments, those kids would pick that over the travel. My kids are over the travel tournament in general. A couple every year since they were nine...yeah. 

 

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  • UPDATE - Fields TBA in June 2022 for South Bend and Jamestown 
  •  
  • 4th Annual Chicago Showcase – West Dundee, ILL
    • November 11-13, 2022 (8 Varsity + 8 JV)

Preliminary Commitments 5/31/2022: VARSITY Illinois (4) Indiana (1) Pennsylvania (1)  = JV Illinois (2)   

 

 

  • 16th National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Jamestown, NY
    • December 2-4, 2022 (16 Varsity )
    • Preliminary Commitments 5/31/2022: VARSITY Eastern Pa (1) Western Pa (6) Illinois (2) Indiana (1) Maryland (1) New York (1) Ohio (4) – NOTE: WAITING LIST SCHOOLS WILL BE NOTFIED IF SPOT OPENS UP

 

 

  • 26th Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase – Harmarville, Pa
    • December 28-31, 2022    (16 Varsity + 8 JV)

 

Preliminary Commitments 5/31/2022: VARSITY Eastern Pennsylvania (1) + Western Pennsylvania  AAA (1) + AA (4) + A (1) + B (1) + Ohio (1)

 JV Western Pa (5) Ohio (1)

 

  • 7th Hoosier Cup – South Bend, Indiana
    •  February 10-12, 2023  (16 Varsity)

 

Preliminary Commitments 5/31/2022: VARSITY Western Pa (4) Illinois (1) Indiana (2) Maryland (2) Minnesota (2) Ohio (5) – NOTE: WAITING LIST SCHOOLS WILL BE NOTFIED IF SPOT OPENS UP

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