NOSHObender Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Regular season game schedule is on the PIHL website. No rosters yet, but anyone have input on teams to watch out for in each division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Seneca in AAA I would put money on now. Shaler has looked very strong at A at least in the preseason tournament. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Cancel the season. Hand them the trophy now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 19 hours ago, sadday4hockey said: Cancel the season. Hand them the trophy now. Salty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSHObender Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 who's the favorite in AA. South Fayette repeat? Latrobe? Bishop McCort? TJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zam Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Seneca Valley Fox Chapel North Catholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 On 9/10/2023 at 8:59 AM, aaaahockey said: Salty More like sour. Like Grapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 And FC in AA? Someone has good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hockey Fan Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 43 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said: And FC in AA? Someone has good stuff. FC has some good younger players, two or thee AAA kids. But they lost their two biggest guns and I think with that they should have probably stayed in A. That is where I feel that PIHL misses with their “competitive formula”. I have seen many many times over the years where teams get moved up after losing either a ton of seniors or their top three scorers and that isn’t taken into consideration by PIHL. Obviously it doesn’t happen to the AAA teams that much, but at the A level the moves are very detrimental to some teams after they get moved up when they lose 8-10 seniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis8679 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 For a lot of the teams, losing seniors is a big deal. If three seniors were getting 80% of your goals and now they're gone, that's hard to make up for. Likewise with losing a senior goalie that maybe won your team a few games that you shouldn't have won. And from what I've seen, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in whether some teams have "x" amount of AAA kids. I've seen teams where those players weren't even the best kids on the team. And if you didn't know the kid and it wasn't pointed out by somebody, you'd never know they were on a AAA team. There's exceptions, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihearthockey Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 22 hours ago, zam said: Seneca Valley Fox Chapel North Catholic I think NC scrimmaged Avonworth at UMPC last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucks11 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, Ihearthockey said: I think NC scrimmaged Avonworth at UMPC last night. N.C lost 3-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucey Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 6 hours ago, nemesis8679 said: For a lot of the teams, losing seniors is a big deal. If three seniors were getting 80% of your goals and now they're gone, that's hard to make up for. Likewise with losing a senior goalie that maybe won your team a few games that you shouldn't have won. And from what I've seen, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in whether some teams have "x" amount of AAA kids. I've seen teams where those players weren't even the best kids on the team. And if you didn't know the kid and it wasn't pointed out by somebody, you'd never know they were on a AAA team. There's exceptions, of course. Shocking. aAA kids that don't stand out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck01 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 AAA - SV AA - SF A - Meadville D2 - Bishop Canevin I don't think any team, but SF has a chance to take states though. Looks like a lot of the younger players have left PIHL for PPE, Esmark, junior teams or AAA out of town teams. Not sure what caused that or just something that is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyisgreat Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, Puck01 said: AAA - SV AA - SF A - Meadville D2 - Bishop Canevin I don't think any team, but SF has a chance to take states though. Looks like a lot of the younger players have left PIHL for PPE, Esmark, junior teams or AAA out of town teams. Not sure what caused that or just something that is normal. How do you know that a lot of kids have left PIHL? Are you guessing or do you have access to rosters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck01 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Rosters mostly & know some kids that left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hockey Fan Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Meadeville and Montour battled in a shootout (9-7) last night. Both teams have potent offenses. Both should be contenders. But I think Shaler has to be the favorite after beating teams in higher classifications in the St. M tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, Happy Hockey Fan said: Meadeville and Montour battled in a shootout (9-7) last night. Both teams have potent offenses. Both should be contenders. But I think Shaler has to be the favorite after beating teams in higher classifications in the St. M tournament. Shaler ranked #5 in the poll in the other post wherever that number comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sample39 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, Happy Hockey Fan said: Meadeville and Montour battled in a shootout (9-7) last night. Both teams have potent offenses. Both should be contenders. But I think Shaler has to be the favorite after beating teams in higher classifications in the St. M tournament. I know you're a Montour guy and I appreciate the optimism, but man, Montour might need to score 10 goals a game if they want to contend for anything this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hockey Fan Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 50 minutes ago, sample39 said: I know you're a Montour guy and I appreciate the optimism, but man, Montour might need to score 10 goals a game if they want to contend for anything this season. You are correct. They will have a ton of high scoring games this year. And 10 goals a game might be the number to get a win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e72923 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 9/11/2023 at 9:34 AM, zam said: Seneca Valley Fox Chapel North Catholic fox chapel lost in the A finals last year and lost a few seniors and north catholic ain't that special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Well after the first couple weeks AAA scores are all over the map. Almost looks like Rock Paper Scissors. Seneca hasn't looked nearly as strong as I would have expected. Player availability? Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice is cold Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, aaaahockey said: Well after the first couple weeks AAA scores are all over the map. Almost looks like Rock Paper Scissors. Seneca hasn't looked nearly as strong as I would have expected. Player availability? Who knows? Looks like SV had 14 skaters, so player availability most likely played a role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebucket Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, aaaahockey said: Well after the first couple weeks AAA scores are all over the map. Almost looks like Rock Paper Scissors. Seneca hasn't looked nearly as strong as I would have expected. Player availability? Who knows? SV has top end talent every year but pretty much always disappoints. Not completely sure why, but it would be nice to see them turn it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucey Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 4 hours ago, aaaahockey said: Well after the first couple weeks AAA scores are all over the map. Almost looks like Rock Paper Scissors. Seneca hasn't looked nearly as strong as I would have expected. Player availability? Who knows? I feel this was to be expected. Most teams are very young with little standout talent. PAHL at 16uAA is looking very similar. The level of hockey is disappointing, not nearly as good as prior years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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