Several Changes in the PIHL Alignment 2026-2027 - Please confirm

Latrobe - Moves up to AAA

Penn Trafford - Moves up to AAA

Franklin Regional - Moves down to AA

Fox Chapel - Moves down to AA

Canon McMillan - Moves up to AA

Moon - Moves up to AA

Chartiers Valley - Moves up to AA

Baldwin - Moves Down to A

Bishop McCort - Moves Down to A

Wheeling Park - Moves Down to A

Edited June 25Jun 25 by Pa Hockey

I am not 100% certain, but I believe canon Mac will remain at A and McCort will remain at AA. Unless McCort is done using players from Yuri. Otherwise I think the moves you listed look correct based on the new formula results they posted

Chartiers Valley finally gets moved up, and they have lost so many players. It is going to be a long season for them.

3 hours ago, Icebucket said:

I am not 100% certain, but I believe canon Mac will remain at A and McCort will remain at AA. Unless McCort is done using players from Yuri. Otherwise I think the moves you listed look correct based on the new formula results they posted

I heard from CM and McCort and NOTHING IS SET IN STONE

Edited June 25Jun 25 by Pa Hockey

This all tracks 100% with what I've heard. Only way CM moves up is if McCourt doesn't pick up its international players,

How does this formula work? I would think Lebo would move down before Franklin Regional based on the standings and final records.

On 6/26/2026 at 1:14 PM, aaaahockey said:

How does this formula work? I would think Lebo would move down before Franklin Regional based on the standings and final records.

It's essentially enrollment and the past 4 years results weighted by the division those results were in. Add those 5 up and get a total number

https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/b487-1896709/PIHL2019CompetitionPresentation.pdf?_gl=1*1drmaoc*_ga*Mzk2NDQwOTc3LjE3NTY0NjM4NTY.*_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*czE3ODI2MDEyNzEkbzcwMiRnMCR0MTc4MjYwMTI3MSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.#_ga=2.10695091.66731282.1782601214-396440977.1756463856

On 6/27/2026 at 7:03 PM, Icebucket said:

It's essentially enrollment and the past 4 years results weighted by the division those results were in. Add those 5 up and get a total number

https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/b487-1896709/PIHL2019CompetitionPresentation.pdf?_gl=1*1drmaoc*_ga*Mzk2NDQwOTc3LjE3NTY0NjM4NTY.*_ga_PQ25JN9PJ8*czE3ODI2MDEyNzEkbzcwMiRnMCR0MTc4MjYwMTI3MSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.#_ga=2.10695091.66731282.1782601214-396440977.1756463856

Can't say it's a bad idea but I'm not sure how good it plays out in practice

On 6/25/2026 at 7:24 PM, 4thlinerefugee said:

This all tracks 100% with what I've heard. Only way CM moves up is if McCourt doesn't pick up its international players,

McCourt will do what they’ve done in the past. Wait till October to roster all their international and Michigan players. They don’t do anything by the rules. Check out their out of state wrestlers and how many days of school they actually attend. It’s a joke

On 7/2/2026 at 11:45 PM, celly68 said:

McCourt will do what they’ve done in the past. Wait till October to roster all their international and Michigan players. They don’t do anything by the rules. Check out their out of state wrestlers and how many days of school they actually attend. It’s a joke

I’m fairly certain rosters have to be in and approved well before that for classification. If not everyone would be doing the same thing.

1 hour ago, CranjisMcBasketball said:

I’m fairly certain rosters have to be in and approved well before that for classification. If not everyone would be doing the same thing.

The astounding thing about the PIHL classifications is they aren't based on a team's submitted roster at all. They are based on looking back at the team's results over the past 4 years. A team could theoretically add 15 AAA freshmen or newly enrolled players, go undefeated for a few years, and that team probably wouldn't move up divisions until after that class graduated.

Perhaps someone can confirm, but McCort was seemingly a somewhat unique agreement allowing the Ukranian player pipeline to run through that school but were bumped up a division as a compromise.

I’m pretty sure if you have more than 2 foreign players you get bumped up a division.

On 7/2/2026 at 11:45 PM, celly68 said:

McCourt will do what they’ve done in the past. Wait till October to roster all their international and Michigan players. They don’t do anything by the rules. Check out their out of state wrestlers and how many days of school they actually attend. It’s a joke

Elaborate. This seems criminal if true. How do you know this?

Is this real?

Can someone please elaborate on a) how BM can get away with these rostering gimmicks, b) how they are getting out of country and out of state players to Johnstown, PA, of all places.

12 hours ago, Paul Baxter said:

Can someone please elaborate on a) how BM can get away with these rostering gimmicks, b) how they are getting out of country and out of state players to Johnstown, PA, of all places.

The foreign exchange program has been in place for 30 + years before PIHL

it used to be Bishop Canevin as well. A lot to do with a certain tier one coach

58 minutes ago, AAAAleaguestarter said:

it used to be Bishop Canevin as well. A lot to do with a certain tier one coach

Can you name any of the foreign players at Canevin? I don’t remember one.

49 minutes ago, Happy Hockey Fan said:

Can you name any of the foreign players at Canevin? I don’t remember one.

They haven't had any for a while now. Canevin used to be where all of Yuri's imports went, but they switched to McCort a while back.

The problem is, the players visas state that they are coming here for school, not hockey (even though everyone knows they are mainly coming here for hockey). Therefore PIHL can't legally stop them from playing year one like other players who move to the area for hockey. Therefore, the agreement between McCort and PIHL is that as long as they are rostering imports they have to play up a level. McCort by the numbers should be in A for the last handful of years at least, but always end up in AA.

3 hours ago, Icebucket said:

They haven't had any for a while now. Canevin used to be where all of Yuri's imports went, but they switched to McCort a while back.

The problem is, the players visas state that they are coming here for school, not hockey (even though everyone knows they are mainly coming here for hockey). Therefore PIHL can't legally stop them from playing year one like other players who move to the area for hockey. Therefore, the agreement between McCort and PIHL is that as long as they are rostering imports they have to play up a level. McCort by the numbers should be in A for the last handful of years at least, but always end up in AA.

I’m pretty sure the rule is from what I heard if they have 3 f1 visa players or more they have to move up a division. So theoretically they could have 2 this year and remain in A.

1 hour ago, CranjisMcBasketball said:

I’m pretty sure the rule is from what I heard if they have 3 f1 visa players or more they have to move up a division. So theoretically they could have 2 this year and remain in A.

Correct