The last season of PAHL as we know it?

[carroll81]

1 hour ago, Jack Handey said:

@carroll81 what if any impact has there been to DVHL?

Pretty significant hit, about half the organizations:

Delaware Ducks
Grundy Senators
Haverford Hawks
Lancaster Firebirds
LV Phantoms
Philadelphia BLazers
Palmyra Black Knights
Team Philadelphia
Valley Forge Colonials
WBS Jr Knights
Wissahickon Skating Club
York Devils

Maybe it will rejuvenate the DVHL.  Maybe all the teams will be back in the DVHL is a year or two.  Who knows.

[RJUSHL]

1 hour ago, carroll81 said:

Pretty significant hit, about half the organizations:

Delaware Ducks
Grundy Senators
Haverford Hawks
Lancaster Firebirds
LV Phantoms
Philadelphia BLazers
Palmyra Black Knights
Team Philadelphia
Valley Forge Colonials
WBS Jr Knights
Wissahickon Skating Club
York Devils

Maybe it will rejuvenate the DVHL.  Maybe all the teams will be back in the DVHL is a year or two.  Who knows.

That's brutal. Did the departures happen all at once or a little over time?

[carroll81]

1 hour ago, RJUSHL said:

That's brutal. Did the departures happen all at once or a little over time?

It was not all at once, more like dominoes.  I think that most of those teams played AHF last year.  Last year AHF acted as a supplemental league, as a replacement to the teams also playing in the EJ.  So, they all played regular season DVHL and some showcase+ games in the AHF.

The full season league was announced and a few teams were part of the announcement or announced shortly after.  I think Team Philly was one of the first.  The league then made presentations to the clubs they were targeting and those clubs slowly announced their decision.  The "smaller" clubs were a surprise to me - Haverford and Wissahickon.

Should be an interesting season.

[Novos51]

On 8/15/2022 at 2:38 PM, Lucky17 said:

They also just bought Youngstown which has 1 sheet.  ***edit: though they could convert back to 2 I assume

I’m not sure on that. They have a trampoline park over there now. I don’t know how busy it is. They also lose teams at the older levels in PAHL because of Ohios split season. We had some kids play in our home rink that were there for the first few weeks and couldn’t come back until near the end of the season. Not a lot of PA going to Youngstown.