Anons Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Who looks likely to make it to Nationals? Can they compete against the like of Team Ohio and Philly Blazers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedandconfused Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Arrows will be strong as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Obviously the 16U National Champs from SCIR will be moving up. I think that whole team was made up of 05's. They will be young but a heck of a team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Hockey Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, hockeyisgreat said: Obviously the 16U National Champs from SCIR will be moving up. I think that whole team was made up of 05's. They will be young but a heck of a team! And they are entertaining adding a couple of 04's from what I understand (Freshman - ACHA College players) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUCKCOVID19 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Pa Hockey said: And they are entertaining adding a couple of 04's from what I understand (Freshman - ACHA College players) they will need to they lost their starter. top forward and top d pair to the faux aaa team in the same building 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anons Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Arrows were strong at 18U last year, but will lose many of their players who are aging out or off the college, correct? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard1 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 As a side note to this thread, would anyone happen to have a contact email for the scir u18AA coach? If so can u send me a DM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard1 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Thanks for the info guys/gals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 11:47 AM, Anons said: Arrows were strong at 18U last year, but will lose many of their players who are aging out or off the college, correct? I’d expect them to be competitive at least, based on history. Idk the exact specifics as to who is remaining or not. The 16u was capable in the district so if some of them are retained and move up, I don’t see them completely falling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Handey Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 12:40 PM, BeaverFalls said: I’d expect them to be competitive at least, based on history. It's impressive how they usually acquire talent at 16u and 18u. Beat them all through squirt peewee and bantam and all of a sudden they are national bound and bringing it at midget. How does that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender05 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Believe it or not Westmoreland is going to have an amazing team with almost half of the team AAA players 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUCKCOVID19 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 2 hours ago, bender05 said: Believe it or not Westmoreland is going to have an amazing team with almost half of the team AAA players what from all the esmark cuts and ppe cuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 2 hours ago, bender05 said: Believe it or not Westmoreland is going to have an amazing team with almost half of the team AAA players Is the guy that got punched at the shaler game coaching it ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Jack Handey said: It's impressive how they usually acquire talent at 16u and 18u. Beat them all through squirt peewee and bantam and all of a sudden they are national bound and bringing it at midget. How does that happen? They seem do a pretty good job at marketing their tier II program and bringing kids in. A lot of those kids are coming from all other areas in WPA. I remember about 6 years ago when their 18u team went to nationals they had kids from Moon, Gibsonia, Butler, Delmont etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender05 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 4 hours ago, PUCKCOVID19 said: what from all the esmark cuts and ppe cuts? kids that had played at wha for years then left for pens elite, esmark, vengeance and then came back for senior year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 19 hours ago, bender05 said: Believe it or not Westmoreland is going to have an amazing team with almost half of the team AAA players So where did those AAA kids come from? If you say Preds, Icemen, Vengeance according to this site are they really AAA players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 minute ago, hockeyisgreat said: So where did those AAA kids come from? If you say Preds, Icemen, Vengeance according to this site are they really AAA players? More than likely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender05 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 18 hours ago, hockeyisgreat said: So where did those AAA kids come from? If you say Preds, Icemen, Vengeance according to this site are they really AAA players? one played pens elite, few played vengeance , and few played esmark. None from icemen. None from Preds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafa fohi Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) Looks like Icemen U18 are having a supplemental tryout? If a “AAA” level team, let alone a AA team needs to have a supplemental and cannot fill a roster after tryouts that cannot be good. At this point they are simply trying to fill roster spots. Edited May 1, 2022 by fafa fohi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I think Foxes and North Pittsburgh are still having tryouts. After they are done there may be a few kids looking for teams. Maybe they should have a clearing house of sorts where players without a team could put there names in to be contacted. Or a regional tryout that any organization that still needs players could go to and draft or make offers to players, Or maybe some teams should combine and flip a coin as to what organization they play with. Just trying to think outside of the box! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucey Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 PAHL just set up something on their website as a clearinghouse for teams looking for players. I have never seen that before. It's a good idea....a lot of kids just won't play at 18u. Just not the same kind of play at that age. Talk about playing the same teams over and over..... maybe after AA at 18u a draft league isn't a bad idea. It's made for really close competition for the girls PIHL. And then you don't lose anyone who wants to still play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Sounds like a good idea! Have you seen any Girls PIHL games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 4 hours ago, hockeyisgreat said: I think Foxes and North Pittsburgh are still having tryouts. After they are done there may be a few kids looking for teams. Maybe they should have a clearing house of sorts where players without a team could put there names in to be contacted. Or a regional tryout that any organization that still needs players could go to and draft or make offers to players, Or maybe some teams should combine and flip a coin as to what organization they play with. Just trying to think outside of the box! I think that’s a good idea - definitely has potential imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelongbender Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 5 hours ago, hockeyisgreat said: Sounds like a good idea! Have you seen any Girls PIHL games? I've seen several and they've been good ones- close games and exciting. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard1 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Have most of the u18 rosters been set at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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