1 hour ago, Icebucket said:

I think most might not have completely written off you post if you didn't add the part about how amazing your son is and the fact that he didn't play is why they lost.

Lol - I didn't say he was amazing and specifically said that I wasn't saying that they lost because he didn't play. 

Way to pay attention.

10 hours ago, fafa fohi said:

Responding with "who cares" on whether the books are cooked speaks volumes about you, bro.  Folks - draw any conclusion that you will based on that comment.

And please don't feel the need to restate your resume' yet again - you have listed it here a hundred times.  "Nobody cares."

Totally off topic... love your screen name. Hey now!

1 hour ago, amyc2025 said:

Lol - I didn't say he was amazing and specifically said that I wasn't saying that they lost because he didn't play. 

Way to pay attention.

Had nothing to do with what was physically typed out. Anyone who read your message knew what was implied

8 hours ago, Stillers1979 said:

You are such a insufferable fool. I’m really glad you are finally exposed for what you are. One year with you was one to many. 

There is nothing foolish about what I wrote .........you cant accept that your kid was a 3rd or 4th liner with less than 20 points in more than 20 games and not a top 6 forward ........thats how life goes mr Daddy coach

 

Good thing your kid didnt play football with NIL Money and sit in the stands or on the sidelines WOW ! Privledged Spoiled Kids play hockey.

Edited September 1, 2025Sep 1 by Pa Hockey

Any coaches treating players like that, ESPECIALLY college or high school kids, are jerks that have no business coaching. They have enough stress with school, relationships, working, etc. They don't need something that is supposed to be fun to be miserable. No kid or young person deserves to be treated like that- even at the highest level. IUP is far from the highest level. That's no way to grow a program or the sport in general and those coaches should be embarrassed.

Edited September 1, 2025Sep 1 by nemesis8679

7 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

Any coaches treating players like that, ESPECIALLY college or high school kids, are jerks that have no business coaching. They have enough stress with school, relationships, working, etc. They don't need something that is supposed to be fun to be miserable. No kid or young person deserves to be treated like that- even at the highest level. IUP is far from the highest level. That's no way to grow a program or the sport in general and those coaches should be embarrassed.

Due to my position as a play by play broadcaster for 5 + I interacted with the coaches players and parents and can tell you that the coaches including care more about these players and go the extra mile. The mature kids understand the playing time thing amd understand the competition level in college is way different in college is way different than high school and travel hockey. 3rd and 4th liners and D-2 kids are given an opportuniity and a role and expected to fill it.

Players who score and play defensively and 200 feet games are valued and  usually pretty disciplined and play more than others. Players who cry foul and whine have no place in the culture of a winning team. IUP has earned a trip to Nationals several tines and is no different than Pitt Duquesne WVU John Carroll RMU and other ACHA Programs. Everyone wants to win and everyone has different methods to achieve their goals..

Edited September 1, 2025Sep 1 by Pa Hockey

On 8/31/2025 at 10:24 AM, Pa Hockey said:

When you sign up for college  programs

 

 

 

 

 

….. parents shouldn’t be involved! College clubs are to be run by students. That’s part of the education and learning that if you really want something, you have to take ownership and be a leader.

Edited September 1, 2025Sep 1 by stickboy

4 hours ago, Pa Hockey said:

Players who score and play defensively and 200 feet games are valued and  usually pretty disciplined and play more than others. Players who cry foul and whine have no place in the culture of a winning team. IUP has earned a trip to Nationals several tines and is no different than Pitt Duquesne WVU John Carroll RMU and other ACHA Programs. Everyone wants to win and everyone has different methods to achieve their goals..

200 ft game ?!?!? Ok Mike Sullivan. The entire program has like 1 forward between both teams that plays that way. The majority of forwards are always cherry picking, wanting points and highlight goals for Instagram. 

Sure go take multiple dumb penalties in a playoff game That cost us the game and don’t get benched. The CHMA is by far the weakest M1 division in the country. It’s not much saying you make it to nationals, you should. It’s literally between iup & jcu every year anymore since Roman graduated rmu. Top half of the CHE teams would beat the bottom half of the CHMA with out much a issue. 

IUP talks about how they want guys with junior experience half the kids are right out of hs, Espically the Armstrong kids. There is a forward from Armstrong who didn’t make team 1 as a freshman so they put him on team2. He quit he was to good for team two. Guy never played any aaa just aa and Armstrong varsity. Came back to try outs the next year as a sophomore and boom! On team one once the new click completely took over. JCU is literally loaded with aa and some aaa straight from hs kids (yes they do have a handful of pay 2 play junior kids) Keep talking out your arse Jeff. 

Edited September 1, 2025Sep 1 by Stillers1979

23 hours ago, Icebucket said:

Had nothing to do with what was physically typed out. Anyone who read your message knew what was implied

Lol. Right. 

On 8/28/2025 at 3:21 PM, stickboy said:

Oh I’ve seen that there. They were likely posted up in the same parking spaces they used for tailgating the previous 10 years at Renegades.

could be worse and be like svc where they drink the whole bus ride home even if the kids aren't 21

On 9/1/2025 at 9:10 AM, Pa Hockey said:

Due to my position as a play by play broadcaster for 5 + I interacted with the coaches players and parents and can tell you that the coaches including care more about these players and go the extra mile. The mature kids understand the playing time thing amd understand the competition level in college is way different in college is way different than high school and travel hockey. 3rd and 4th liners and D-2 kids are given an opportuniity and a role and expected to fill it.

Players who score and play defensively and 200 feet games are valued and  usually pretty disciplined and play more than others. Players who cry foul and whine have no place in the culture of a winning team. IUP has earned a trip to Nationals several tines and is no different than Pitt Duquesne WVU John Carroll RMU and other ACHA Programs. Everyone wants to win and everyone has different methods to achieve their goals..

Where do the mind games fit in? 

Are you playing one with us now?

On 8/31/2025 at 4:30 PM, Icebucket said:

I think most might not have completely written off you post if you didn't add the part about how amazing your son is and the fact that he didn't play is why they lost.

Or the fact that I can't imagine posting on a hockey forum about my ADULT child being humiliated.  Maybe he never learned to grow to an adult because he was babied his whole life?  I actually didn't question or say anything she said was untrue but at some point they need to leave the nest.  

On 9/3/2025 at 11:31 PM, aaaahockey said:

Or the fact that I can't imagine posting on a hockey forum about my ADULT child being humiliated.  Maybe he never learned to grow to an adult because he was babied his whole life?  I actually didn't question or say anything she said was untrue but at some point they need to leave the nest.  

I was giving an instance of where I feel IUP hockey has failed their players- based on my kid's experience. It's not my place to speak about another kid's experience or give examples of things that happened to them. 

Interesting that others can voice their kid's experience and yet you have an issue with me doing the same. And they can give their opinions without being called an angry hockey mom,  you speculating whether my kid has "left the nest or not," or you not bothering to read what I actually wrote because you think you know better what I was really trying to say.

So, I'll spell it out, really simply for you:

The IUP hockey program and coaches have failed their players through favoritism, nepotism, and playing needless mindgames with certain players. They have failed by not accounting for funds and budgeting appropriately.

I was supporting Stillers1979 post by providing an example I was involved in. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, amyc2025 said:

I was giving an instance of where I feel IUP hockey has failed their players- based on my kid's experience. It's not my place to speak about another kid's experience or give examples of things that happened to them. 

Interesting that others can voice their kid's experience and yet you have an issue with me doing the same. And they can give their opinions without being called an angry hockey mom,  you speculating whether my kid has "left the nest or not," or you not bothering to read what I actually wrote because you think you know better what I was really trying to say.

So, I'll spell it out, really simply for you:

The IUP hockey program and coaches have failed their players through favoritism, nepotism, and playing needless mindgames with certain players. They have failed by not accounting for funds and budgeting appropriately.

I was supporting Stillers1979 post by providing an example I was involved in. 

 

 

 

Thats too bad 

 

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The IUP hockey program and coaches have failed their players through favoritism, nepotism, and playing needless mindgames with certain players. They have failed by not accounting for funds and budgeting appropriately.

 

This is 100% no different than we experienced with CalU hockey.  Nepotism 100%.  There is very little about that program that rewards players who work hard vs. players who goof off.  99% of ice time goes to coach's favorites.  They're happy with mediocrity, the coaching is atrocious, and once the College & Minor league players (players that played minor league hockey then went to college...) that went there aged out, the team can't win anything.  The current coach couldn't win a PAHL A Major Black title.  He's awful.  So glad my kids have aged out of that fiasco.  Their lives are so much better without all that BS.

Edited September 5, 2025Sep 5 by Wes

IUP had a coaching staff that won the d3 regular season title and playoff championship, then got rid of them the next year. 

2 minutes ago, CranjisMcBasketball said:

IUP had a coaching staff that won the d3 regular season title and playoff championship, then got rid of them the next year. 

How long ago was that?

3 hours ago, Wes said:

How long ago was that?

2022 according to the CHE website. 

7 hours ago, Wes said:

How long ago was that?

Looks like 2022 iup won the che then Cal U 2023. I remember when iup team 2 coaches were fired or quit (I don’t know the reasons or which way it was) my son & the guys he’s buddies with on team 1 never knew much about it. The team two coaching staff I saw last year didn’t seem all that interested in being at the games (Lawrence Tech after our game I watched almost the entire game with my son & some of his friends, also caught one or two others for a period or so) younger guy coaching I believe former iup player. Just looked like he didn’t give a f to be there. Like I said in my original post, that team gets the shaft pretty hard. Maybe the successful coaching staff wanted more resources lol so they dumped them for a yes man. 

7 hours ago, Wes said:

 

 

This is 100% no different than we experienced with CalU hockey.  Nepotism 100%.  There is very little about that program that rewards players who work hard vs. players who goof off.  99% of ice time goes to coach's favorites.  They're happy with mediocrity, the coaching is atrocious, and once the College & Minor league players (players that played minor league hockey then went to college...) that went there aged out, the team can't win anything.  The current coach couldn't win a PAHL A Major Black title.  He's awful.  So glad my kids have aged out of that fiasco.  Their lives are so much better without all that BS.

Pretty opposite of what I’ve heard about that program but I am not here to argue about cal u really don’t know much about them been through the town before, very depressed looking area might be hard for them to get kids to goto that school. my OP was about the bs at iup BUT looking cal u up currently, it appears their head coach played ncaa d1 hockey. That’s a better resume than anyone coaching either iup team. 

13 hours ago, amyc2025 said:

I was giving an instance of where I feel IUP hockey has failed their players- based on my kid's experience. It's not my place to speak about another kid's experience or give examples of things that happened to them. 

Interesting that others can voice their kid's experience and yet you have an issue with me doing the same. And they can give their opinions without being called an angry hockey mom,  you speculating whether my kid has "left the nest or not," or you not bothering to read what I actually wrote because you think you know better what I was really trying to say.

So, I'll spell it out, really simply for you:

The IUP hockey program and coaches have failed their players through favoritism, nepotism, and playing needless mindgames with certain players. They have failed by not accounting for funds and budgeting appropriately.

I was supporting Stillers1979 post by providing an example I was involved in. 

 

 

 

Then tell your kid to step up and deal with it.  Hate to tell you but an adult has to deal with the world without mom the rest of his life.  If there was some sort of legal or SafeSport violation, deal with it.  Otherwise, it's no ones problem except his.  

On 9/6/2025 at 1:50 AM, aaaahockey said:

Then tell your kid to step up and deal with it.  Hate to tell you but an adult has to deal with the world without mom the rest of his life.  If there was some sort of legal or SafeSport violation, deal with it.  Otherwise, it's no ones problem except his.  

He did deal with it. He has nothing to do with MY post nor did he do anything but accept it.  

I was providing MY experience with IUP hockey's program staff.

Just as others did. 

On 9/3/2025 at 11:31 PM, aaaahockey said:

Or the fact that I can't imagine posting on a hockey forum about my ADULT child being humiliated.  Maybe he never learned to grow to an adult because he was babied his whole life?  I actually didn't question or say anything she said was untrue but at some point they need to leave the nest.  

I gave MY experience and responded to another parent giving HIS about the IUP hockey program.  Thats it. If you want to turn it around and assume whether he's "left the nest" or was "babied" to attack me, go ahead, because I dont really care about you or your petty statements.

 

But for anyone who happens to read this and is looking at the IUP hockey program, please at least consider what some of the other posts have mentioned about the program. That's what I thought this forum was for anyways...

On 9/5/2025 at 3:24 PM, Wes said:

 

 

This is 100% no different than we experienced with CalU hockey.  Nepotism 100%.  There is very little about that program that rewards players who work hard vs. players who goof off.  99% of ice time goes to coach's favorites.  They're happy with mediocrity, the coaching is atrocious, and once the College & Minor league players (players that played minor league hockey then went to college...) that went there aged out, the team can't win anything.  The current coach couldn't win a PAHL A Major Black title.  He's awful.  So glad my kids have aged out of that fiasco.  Their lives are so much better without all that BS.

Watch Cal U this year - - an additional 2-- D1 Players that "transferred" to Cal U D3 from other schools. .  All because they couldnt beat SVC the past 2 years...wonder how they got D1 players to D3?  hmm- wonder whos paying for that...or not paying at all for the season....

24 minutes ago, surecat069 said:

Watch Cal U this year - - an additional 2-- D1 Players that "transferred" to Cal U D3 from other schools. .  All because they couldnt beat SVC the past 2 years...wonder how they got D1 players to D3?  hmm- wonder whos paying for that...or not paying at all for the season....

Doesn't surprise me one bit.  Likely one of a few things.  The D1 Players flunked out of D1, they aren't getting enough scholarship money or NIL, or they are getting rewarded.  My guess is more #1 or #2.  Cal does not have a hockey alumni base to fund that sort of thing.

Edited September 8, 2025Sep 8 by Wes