Initial PAHL Placements

[Icebucket]

I believe they usually come out the beginning of August. Anyone have a copy they can share?

[kid310050]

I have heard the new system them are using to place teams isn't working very well so I won't be shocked if they are very delayed 

[hockeyisgreat]

Any updates?

[dazedandconfused]

Thursday or Friday would be likely. There is a placement meeting Wednesday.

[HereWithPopcorn]

1 hour ago, dazedandconfused said:

Thursday or Friday would be likely. There is a placement meeting Wednesday.

It was released last year on August 6th, so the team is definitely behind getting it out this season

[YardSale]

[hockeyisgreat]

Very interesting that there are no AA-A-B designations!  12 teams in 16U Group 1.  Are there really over 200 AA players at 16U in the PAHL?

[Hockey00]

Is there a good AA group of kids in Johnstown now for 14u?

[RJUSHL]

9 hours ago, Hockey00 said:

Is there a good AA group of kids in Johnstown now for 14u?

I wouldn't think so, unless a lot of the Mid-State players went there because they wanted to play PAHL.

This whole format looks a lot different than previous years. Is a 14U AA Minor division happening this year like in previous years? If not, that's a huge mistake by PAHL. Really should also have a 12U AA Minor division IMO but that's been discussed to death on this forum.

Typically in preseason groupings the 14U AA Minor teams are separated out. That's not the case this year. They have 2009 Aviators and 2010 Aviators in the same grouping.

I also see no Rebellion 2010 AA team. I wonder if they are playing independent?

The Foxes 2009 team is in the second grouping. I wonder when the last time was that the Foxes didn't have a 14U AA team? Been awhile.

Also 14U 2009 Huskies in group 2 despite playing AA in AHF.

Edited August 15, 2023 by RJUSHL

[YardSale]

14U group 2 is AA Minor.  The Huskies team is mostly 2010s.  They are eligible for AA Minor due to the number of 2009s on the roster.

The Aviators submitted their 2 2010 teams as 1 and 2, the 2009 team is 3 and in group 3.

The foxes 2009 group largely left.

[RJUSHL]

12 minutes ago, YardSale said:

14U group 2 is AA Minor.  The Huskies team is mostly 2010s.  They are eligible for AA Minor due to the number of 2009s on the roster.

The Aviators submitted their 2 2010 teams as 1 and 2, the 2009 team is 3 and in group 3.

The foxes 2009 group largely left.

Makes sense. Thanks.

So Foxes 2010 in AA Minor. Foxes 2009 in the third group, which if stands will translate to the first A Major division?

Edited August 15, 2023 by RJUSHL

[PUCKCOVID19]

group 3 in u18. come on now seriously? 

[JohanHedberg1]

7 hours ago, YardSale said:

14U group 2 is AA Minor.  The Huskies team is mostly 2010s.  They are eligible for AA Minor due to the number of 2009s on the roster.

The Aviators submitted their 2 2010 teams as 1 and 2, the 2009 team is 3 and in group 3.

The foxes 2009 group largely left.

This won't stick, foxes 09's (division 3) beat yetis (division 1) 6-1 in a scrimmage this weekend. 

[hockeyisgreat]

2 hours ago, PUCKCOVID19 said:

group 3 in u18. come on now seriously? 

???????????

[Hockey00]

6 hours ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

This won't stick, foxes 09's (division 3) beat yetis (division 1) 6-1 in a scrimmage this weekend. 

Is this Yetis team 2 09?

[ice is cold]

6 hours ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

This won't stick, foxes 09's (division 3) beat yetis (division 1) 6-1 in a scrimmage this weekend. 

So the foxes (group 3) beat the yetis (group 5) 6-1. So may not stick is correct. Foxes may drop or yetis may move up a group depending on the following scrimmages 🤷

[JohanHedberg1]

20 minutes ago, ice is cold said:

So the foxes (group 3) beat the yetis (group 5) 6-1. So may not stick is correct. Foxes may drop or yetis may move up a group depending on the following scrimmages 🤷

No it was the Foxes 09 (Group 3) beat the yetis (group 1)(Icemen team 2) 6-1. 
 

Foxes 09 up to AA and Yetis (Icemen team 2) down to A Major, IMO. 
 

Aviators 09 have a better shot at AA than Johnstown Warriors as well IMO

[ice is cold]

12 minutes ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

No it was the Foxes 09 (Group 3) beat the yetis (group 1)(Icemen team 2) 6-1. 
 

Foxes 09 up to AA and Yetis (Icemen team 2) down to A Major, IMO. 
 

Aviators 09 have a better shot at AA than Johnstown Warriors as well IMO

My bad. Had them backwards  I have not followed pahl for 6 years closely. But this year all I have heard from friends is it is a hit mess with placements. Maybe it's a new system. Lol 

[JohanHedberg1]

1 minute ago, ice is cold said:

My bad. Had them backwards  I have not followed pahl for 6 years closely. But this year all I have heard from friends is it is a hit mess with placements. Maybe it's a new system. Lol 

It wasn’t a placement game, just a random scrimmage so it won’t count, but if it’s any indication of the results, then it would make sense 

[nemesis8679]

2 hours ago, JohanHedberg1 said:

It wasn’t a placement game, just a random scrimmage so it won’t count, but if it’s any indication of the results, then it would make sense 

You're allowed to submit scrimmage results in an effort to move up or down. 

[nemesis8679]

On 8/14/2023 at 4:32 PM, hockeyisgreat said:

Very interesting that there are no AA-A-B designations!  12 teams in 16U Group 1.  Are there really over 200 AA players at 16U in the PAHL?

No, probably 50 with 150 A Major players filling out the rest. 

[PUCKCOVID19]

8 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

No, probably 50 with 150 A Major players filling out the rest. 

50 might be a far stretch. probably enough for 2-3 teams 

[Duster19]

Once you mentioned an Icemen team all credibility was lost, haha

[JohanHedberg1]

7 minutes ago, Duster19 said:

Once you mentioned an Icemen team all credibility was lost, haha

https://www.yetisicemen.com/schedule/team_instance/8818786?subseason=871525
 

🤷‍♂️

[stickboy]

Boy, did Tier 2 hockey hijack the the AAA birth year model and ruin it!  If you can’t play against players 1 year older in Tier 2, you shouldn’t be AA. It’s OK to develop for a year at A Major.