12/9/2023 0 Comments Pittsburgh predatorsBut I’ll try anything, as long as it’s made well. “I’ll be waiting for that.”Īnd not just any bottle of wine. “He said ‘Great pass,’ and he owes me a bottle of wine,” Dumoulin said. Turns out that Dumoulin will be getting more than just his 19th assist of the season for that feed to Zucker. “I was just trying to collect it, and I saw (the defender) go down and I knew (Zucker) was up on the play, back-door, so I just laid one over there.” “I would have loved the opportunity to shoot it, too, but I didn’t really have that option, with how hard the pass (from Evgeni Malkin) was,” he said. We’re trying to get better at that, down the stretch here.”īrian Dumoulin isn’t considered one of the sport’s great puck-handlers or set-up men - not even by members of his immediate family - but he did some deft work in the slot before setting up Zucker’s goal. “Obviously, we’ve given up some leads this year. They run a ploy to deceive parents and players into thinking they are playing AAA, just to get them to pay the premium that would come along with a legit AAA program.“It’s an area of focus for us right now,” Zucker said. Label the team AA and travel to play AA and A major teams. If the icemen want to travel to play teams outside of Pittsburgh, at least call it what it is. You say they are getting better practices, but I have a hard time believing that as there are a handful of tier 2 coaches at the 14U, 16U and 18U level that are top notch. There is a massive difference between playing legitimate tier 1 hockey with the hopes to move on, and the circus that the icemen put on. Let’s also be clear, none of those Icemen and lower “AAA” team players are getting full rides anywhere. I believed this in the ‘90s, and still believe it now. I firmly believe all of these teams that could play a 20 game PAHL AA schedule here, but don’t, are a detriment to hockey improvement in our region. I always LOVED playing the Hornets because I got to play all my friends and have some good, healthy physical hockey against people I knew. While I do not regret that time, I would have loved the chance to play 20 games In the Pittsburgh area then play 30-40 in other locations. I played Am Pens and spent most of my time in Buffalo. When I played, hockey in the area was not what it is now. While i may not be as decorated as you, I played very good college hockey. But I guess I could have played somewhere else to make all the other families happy. It was the team and season that propelled me to one of the top in the country. I learned to lose with grace, push myself, help my teammates get better and not bitch.blame others or complain. Lebanon High: Tommy Schubert (G) 2019-2022: 3: Mt. I learned more as a player and human on a team who didn't win one game. Pittsburgh Predators 15U AAA, Pittsburgh Predators 16U AAA, Pittsburgh Predators 18U AAA: Marcus Simmonds (F) 2019-2022: 3: Mt. with kids not dedicated, my dad would have yanked me and found somewhere to challenge me, hold me accountable and help me grow as a person. I was a D1 full ride athlete, growing up, if I was on some of the PAHL teams.i have witnessed. Some kids don't want practices that are bare because kids would rather go to a football game or hang out a Sheetz vs go to practice. Some kids, who realize their lives beyond 18u is club hockey still want to be challenged, travel, and not play against the same kids they play in PIHL every week. My response to that would be, why should they do what you want them to do to make your life better? That is why people get frustrated with organizations like Icemen that take some talent and travel all over the place instead of playing PAHL. Unfortunately all the independent/“faux AAA” teams impact the other players and families who would love to play a good, competitive, LOCAL schedule.
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