RosterS?

[growl89]

Most teams are set, i do not see many rosters posted (maybe i'm just looking in the wrong place) but who's rosters are set? who are the big signings etc... this board is too quiet!!

[SPORTSPLEXJEFF]

Fury roster will be posted by Saturday Sept 29th 6pm at the latest.

Jeff

[Superstar9]

The Raleigh Assault Pro and Minor rosters are up. By far the most talent pro team carolina has ever had.

[seanth123]

The Carolina teams do look pretty good! I recognize some names from East Coast tournament play. The Maryland team looks really good as well, alot of the players playing AAA state wars. The DC team has a few names that stand out as well. Going to be an awesome season of PIHA!

[GR8SK8r06]

I dont think a lot of the teams have completed tryouts. Most of these teams in the Rocky Mountain Division haven't at least. It looks like the St. Louis teams are doing theirs this weekend. After the next two weekends most teams rosters will be set.

[Wingman]

I think a lot of the teams posted their roster on their site, but not on PIHA's. (yet) So I guess it depends on where you're looking... Winchester's roster is posted on their site, (pro's on minors have not been determined yet) we might have some more people come to practice to try-out too.

[GROWL]

If there are teams who have rosters and are having trouble posting them to the PIHA Site, let me know and I will help.

[email protected]

[SWAMPDONKEYS29]

Both Boston rosters are expected to be finalized this weekend and will be posted immediately thereafter.

[NLane]

The Richmond Robins site domain has expired. Are they coming back to play PIHA in the new season?

[GROWL]

Yes they are.

[CoachClipboard]

Harrisburg Lunatic Rosters are up on the piha site and on the Lunatic site www.lunaticsrollerhockey.com and are final. Looking forward to the upcoming season.

[dan sangiorgio]

the marple gladitors will be a team compromised with many of top neumann college and west chester universty players

[Center_ice]

Wonder if the owners at marple will treat the new team the way they did the old team that played there last year for a few weeks. Just can't believe anyone would want to play in that little amusement park.

[MotherPucker21]

excuse my ignorance......but is Marple still having a team this upcoming season? I thought the team was changing venues to Aston's Hockey Dek and changing the name to Demolition? Or are these two completely different organizations?

Thanks,
Mario

[patb16]

The "Marple Gladiators" of last year have moved to Tri-State Sports and are now known as the Aston Demolition. As far as I know, the Marple Sports Arena is putting in a new team and calling them the Marple Gladiators. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[GROWL]

that is correct

[Center_ice]

Pretty soon there will be a divison called "Philadelphia" with neighborhood teams everywhere, far cry from being a professionl league. Every rink with a team, wow that speaks volume about the league and where it's head seems to heading is to the bank. Maybe they should call it the "National Adult League"

Marple, just what this league needs. Birthday parties and hockey. Hey you guys can have the floor to play hockey around 2:00 am just after the birthday parities over and the amsuement park closes.

Bad enough after what they did to Bob and his crew last year and to now allow them to put a team in this league is just not right, but hey it's all about the money.

[GROWL]

Your comments speak volumns that you have no idea what the business model of the PIHA is. If you want to play in a league where there is one team in each major market, look up Dr Emmitt Brown and hitch a ride in his time machine back to the days of the RHI. When you realize that it failed and that PIHA is simply trying to operate under a more reasonable plan, then come back to reality and join the rest of us.

There is pleanty of talent for another 4 teams in this region. St Louis has four teams in a much smaller area then Philly and they seem to be doing fine.

Sounds to me to be sour grapes. I guess since i'm the original team in this region, I should ask all the others teams to beat it. Or perhaps we can all realize that the more local teams, the better it will be for all of us when it comes to travel.

[MotherPucker21]

well i dont think thats really a fair statement. NERC is actually IN Philadelphia. While I agree it's not the greatest facility, they certainly have just as much right as anyone to attempt an entry to the league. After all, they are looking for constant expansion and growth. The Sportsplex is in Feasterville, a Philadelphia suburb and while it is within moderate distance to NERC, it is a different area. The "philadelphia" growl, as you know play out of Vorhees, NJ which isnt even in the same state. And Marple and Aston are close to each other, but both 45 min from Philly.

How is that any worse than multiple Colorado teams sharing the SAME venue at one point? lol

I see what you're saying, to a point. But i think its a good thing overall for the growth of PIHA. Whether these expansion teams will stand a chance, remains to be seen. I've never been to Marple, but I hear it is kind of a joke with the play area and what not. But you have to remember, these are all general entertainment complexes for the public to enjoy hockey, soccer and other activities. That I know of, not a single arena is specifically used only to host a PIHA team. That is just Marples way of bringing in revenue for their facility. And since no other sports complex in this area has that, it's actually a damn good idea on their part.

[GR8SK8r06]

MotherPucker you need to understand that many professional sports take the same approaches to their sports as PIHA does. The NY Jets dont play out of NY, The LA Clippers, Lakers, and Kings all play out of the Staples center. The Oakland Raiders and A's play out of the same stadium and those are two totally different sports. It is cost effective and I see no problem with PIHA having teams play out of the same venue or represent a state that they are not playing in. It's about the expansion of the league and if those teams in Colorado didn't play out of the Tour arena then there wouldn't have been a RMD that year which could have been detrimental to the entire leagues expansion. Now look! There are teams coming out of the woodwork all over the country! All of the Colorado teams have their own rinks and will have 3 out of 5 teams with the potential to win the league championship!

[dan sangiorgio]

Pretty soon there will be a divison called "Philadelphia" with neighborhood teams everywhere, far cry from being a professionl league. Every rink with a team, wow that speaks volume about the league and where it's head seems to heading is to the bank. Maybe they should call it the "National Adult League"

Marple, just what this league needs. Birthday parties and hockey. Hey you guys can have the floor to play hockey around 2:00 am just after the birthday parities over and the amsuement park closes.

Bad enough after what they did to Bob and his crew last year and to now allow them to put a team in this league is just not right, but hey it's all about the money.
pretty funny but i am sure just like one of the growl players said its just sour grapes. considering the talent that our team is bringing in i don't think we will be the ones who make the league look like the adult league its more likely the other way around. i am sure that the tops teams from the area will be happy too see another solid team in the league. plus say what you want about marple and the way they run there rink but atleast there floor tiles don't stick out of the ground.

[MotherPucker21]

MotherPucker you need to understand that many professional sports take the same approaches to their sports as PIHA does. The NY Jets dont play out of NY, The LA Clippers, Lakers, and Kings all play out of the Staples center. The Oakland Raiders and A's play out of the same stadium and those are two totally different sports. It is cost effective and I see no problem with PIHA having teams play out of the same venue or represent a state that they are not playing in. It's about the expansion of the league and if those teams in Colorado didn't play out of the Tour arena then there wouldn't have been a RMD that year which could have been detrimental to the entire leagues expansion. Now look! There are teams coming out of the woodwork all over the country! All of the Colorado teams have their own rinks and will have 3 out of 5 teams with the potential to win the league championship!


i must have come across wrong... i was agreeing that is OK for Philly to multiple teams in one area.. I just used the old Colorado scenario as an example. I agree with Flynn, Center_ice's post is not valid in my opinion. If I came off otherwise, my bad.

[Drexel63]

pretty funny but i am sure just like one of the growl players said its just sour grapes. considering the talent that our team is bringing in i don't think we will be the ones who make the league look like the adult league its more likely the other way around. i am sure that the tops teams from the area will be happy too see another solid team in the league. plus say what you want about marple and the way they run there rink but atleast there floor tiles don't stick out of the ground.

Dan, you should know from our history playing ECRHA that I certainly don't doubt the potential talent of this team, especially if Neumann and WCUs top players will be on the roster. If anyone did some research, they would easily come to the same conclusion. I wish you guys the best of luck...

As for the surface at Aston, it's not in the best shape right now, but I guarentee it wont be that way in December. When that floor was first laid down, it was amazing... The summer heat has destroyed some of it, and the rink staff will be working on that immediately.

[dan sangiorgio]

As for the surface at Aston, it's not in the best shape right now, but I guarentee it wont be that way in December. When that floor was first laid down, it was amazing... The summer heat has destroyed some of it, and the rink staff will be working on that immediately.

thats good to hear, gl to you and your team bill it is always good competion playing against you and i am sure drexel will be missing you in the upcoming college season.

[Leaferguy]

thats good to hear, gl to you and your team bill it is always good competion playing against you and i am sure drexel will be missing you in the upcoming college season.
Yes, we will :D

As for the situation at Marple, I wasn't involved deeply enough to know anything about it other than we moved. That said, a team of top WCU and Neumann guys is far from beer league. Granted they can all make the games, they'd actually be a team to watch, IMO.

[skooled]

OK, this seems to me more like the way i had it explained. the PIHA is set up more along the lines of a tournament league, gathering as much talent as possible, and getting them all playing eachother, furthering the sport that we all love and live by. for this idea the PIHA should be commended, but I must say that it is not run like a "traditional" proffesional league like RHI (RIP) and the new improved MLRH.

now don't get me wrong, i'm not ragging on the PIHA, infact this league lifted my faith in roller living on. but if it is to be the number one league against MLRH this year, then it will need to change a few things. with MLRH running in Ice offseason, you will see some bigger talent (and crowd drawing names) while being played (some teams) in a more purpose arena. in the inline boom, this is exactly what RHI did, and while the boom lasted, it worked very well, they just didn't keep level heads, and went down the drain owing about 40 million....

with both leagues having their games streamed on the web, I for one will be subscribing to ALL games..... good luck to both leagues, and I will end this by saying its great to see the long island jaws logo again!!!

[growl89]

[quote=skooled;38909]OK, this seems to me more like the way i had it explained. the PIHA is set up more along the lines of a tournament league, gathering as much talent as possible, and getting them all playing eachother, furthering the sport that we all love and live by. for this idea the PIHA should be commended, but I must say that it is not run like a "traditional" proffesional league like RHI (RIP) and the new improved MLRH.quote]


So a traditional professional league doesn't update their website in almost 2 months. A traditional professional league also does not release team information or any information about their own league. You actually have no idea what the new MLRH will bring. What big names in ice hockey do you think that MLRH is getting, Sydney Crosby, Joe Sakic, etc? The fact is, is that there will be little interest in this league in year one. Don't get me wrong i commend them for making an attempt, but at this stage thats all that this is, is an attempt.

[joisyan]

it's funny how it only takes one sour apple to spoil the bunch. wasnt this thread about rosters for piha? and now it's back to the traditional IHC mlrh piha track race? i've played a little mlrh, and i'm ready to play piha...i just like inline hockey. cant everyone say that? and let the people who try to start fires just sit with two sticks and we not give them gasoline and lighter fluid? that's just my opinion...

tim phillips, with winchester generals

[skooled]

[quote=skooled;38909]OK, this seems to me more like the way i had it explained. the PIHA is set up more along the lines of a tournament league, gathering as much talent as possible, and getting them all playing eachother, furthering the sport that we all love and live by. for this idea the PIHA should be commended, but I must say that it is not run like a "traditional" proffesional league like RHI (RIP) and the new improved MLRH.quote]


So a traditional professional league doesn't update their website in almost 2 months. A traditional professional league also does not release team information or any information about their own league. You actually have no idea what the new MLRH will bring. What big names in ice hockey do you think that MLRH is getting, Sydney Crosby, Joe Sakic, etc? The fact is, is that there will be little interest in this league in year one. Don't get me wrong i commend them for making an attempt, but at this stage thats all that this is, is an attempt.

whoa whoa whoa.... slow down digger... if you read it, it said run like RHI (linked with the minors, had players for offseason) The PIHA site isn't always updated either, especially for the new teams.

and I wasn't ragging on the PIHA. I stated that it lifted my faith in roller hockey living on. its a strong league, as I said it was how I had it explained to me by a guy on another forum. I'm from australia, so I'm just trying to get my head around it all

[quick_dry]

by 'big names' Skooled isn't meaning NHL superstars like Crosby, but we do get a couple of ex-NHL players* and imports from european leagues - and they do get used as a crowd puller/publicity generator. (* caveat: they played some games in the NHL, but it was only Steve McKenna who I can think of that was a regular player)

To be honest, it isn't easy for some of us who are from overseas to figure out just how PIHA and MLRH work, what level they are and what each will have to offer.

Skooled: (greetings to a familiar forum name ;) ) the trouble with our league is that it places a limit on our season length, we have a very short season with very few games because we have to fit our season + playoffs in with when the Northern Hemisphere season finishes and starts. As it was we were missing some imports at the start because they had playoffs back in canada/europe, and if my team had made playoffs our goalie would've had to do some fast talking with his coach back in canada or miss playoffs here. A few other guys had to leave a couple of weeks after season finished too - which is more important, their Aussie team or a contract back in Sweden/Finland/etc?

[skooled]

hey hey hey QD..... i'm not alone!!!!!

I didn't bring the AIHL in here at all did I??? I was reffering to MLRH affilliating itself with A minor Ice league or two... hey guys, consider yourselfs lucky. in the fine state of New South Wales here that QD and I live in, there is not one rink left, so NO HOCKEY unless we want to play Ice.

getting back to PIHA rosters, is there one up for the JAWS yet???

[GROWL]

both the gateway and pacific divisions held drafts and will announce their rosters at their draft parties. CJ Gamble will know when the Pacific one will be, but I think Garland said the Gateway party will be in mid-november.

[Dave Garland]

Correct. Our Draft Party is Mid-November with the exact date/location/time being released later today/tom.

[TheSnake22]

and the pacific already had their draft party a week or two ago. can't say when the results will be posted online.

[PIHAPacific]

The Pacific teams have for the most part finalized there rosters and will post them on thepiha.com in the upcoming weeks.

East Bay Jawz 34 man roster

Casey Kennedy
Kevin Kennedy
Gavin Klatt
Ben Caliz
Bryan Smith
Jason Weiser
Derek Correo
Abram Figueroa
Andrew Figueroa
Sean Rakow
Brandan Kendrick
Jacob Van De Roovart
Brian Walden
Greg Peralta
Edward Heney
Dave Fox
Jason Longbine
Steve Quintero
Joel Vidovic
Eric Lopez
Scott Thompson
Jacob Ramsin
Jason Dormer
Brian Harrington
John Oliphant
Francesco Mangini
Alfredo Melera
Matt Lendvay
Ryan Hull
Kevin Silva
Bernardo Elizondo
Adam Wadenius
CJ Gamble
Adam Benetti

[skooled]

awesome... have the got a pic of the jerseys yet?

[PIHAPacific]

http://profile.ak.facebook.com/profile6/778/6/n60704027_6236.jpg

Mario Sousa (Northern California Mustangs Coach and Owner) CJ Gamble (EB Jawz) and Adam Dekeyrel (SJ Pirates)

These were sample jerseys made for the draft. The Mustangs jersey will be completely overhauled and the Jawz dark jersey will be different from the home styling. I believe the Pirates jersey is mainly remaining the same. The Saxons jerseys look great too.

http://photos-027.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v129/22/51/60704027/n60704027_31854233_3771.jpg

Draft Night Photo of Gavin Klatt

[skooled]

they look great!!!! not as cool as the RHI long island one, but still very very nice indeed. and the old motor city logo still looks great!!! i think tony szabo played for both??? (RHI)

[born2runPROgm]

they look great!!!! not as cool as the RHI long island one, but still very very nice indeed. and the old motor city logo still looks great!!! i think tony szabo played for both??? (RHI)

I remember Tony Szabo scoring 6 or 7 goals in the rhi all star game on espn2.... looking at his stats on hockeydb I wonder why he never made it past the echl.

[skooled]

some players made a great name for themselves in the RHI, but not so great on the Ice. LA blade defenceman chris nelson was a great roller player, bobby hull junior did very well etc, etc, etc.... alot of goalies too

[quick_dry]

Szabo was good on inlines, but he seemed pretty small.

[skooled]

small??? as in stature??? yeh he was. I'm pretty sure he was also the RHI player of the year for '96, while he was with the mustangs....

[quick_dry]

yup, tiny. I didn't realise quite how small until we played him in the AllStar game at the nationals in SA (velodrome). (sorry for going way OT guys, carry on with your roster news :) )

[dan sangiorgio]

marple will definilty be having a piha team this year and the roster has been pretty much finalized.
victor scotto
jon donahue
steve klenk
dan sangiorgio
billy giershbach
dom marriotti
sean white
mike mcgee
brain ems
tim saraceni
andrew chirstano
dj williams
brian mccall
dan hogan
i am missing 1 or 2 skaters and a goalie just can't think of names of the top of my head but these guys are all confirmed.

[inferno98]

marple will definilty be having a piha team this year and the roster has been pretty much finalized.
victor scotto
jon donahue
steve klenk
dan sangiorgio
billy giershbach
dom marriotti
sean white
mike mcgee
brain ems
tim saraceni
andrew chirstano
dj williams
brian mccall
dan hogan
i am missing 1 or 2 skaters and a goalie just can't think of names of the top of my head but these guys are all confirmed.

looks like a mix of neuman and west chester. should be pretty good

[get2it]

Please tell me your joking?

This team will struggle to stay .500. The college game is way to soft compared to PIHA. We shall see..

[Drexel63]

Wow, really???

When was the last time you saw Neumann's or West Chester's travel teams play? And no, I don't play for either school, or am I on that Gladiators roster. I actually played for a rival school for the past *cough* few *cough* years...

I would bet anyone, anywhere, any amount that if I took the top line from 3 of any of the top 5 teams in the ECRHA and formed a PIHA team, they would be playoff contenders... I won't even touch the GP or MW, because well, that would just make you look silly... Want proof??? do some research on the PIHA and NCRHA website stat sections.

Mark my words, if this team can travel well, they will be competitive.

[patb16]

if this team can travel well, they will be competitive.


I agree w/Bill on this one. They should be a very competitive team, provided they can travel / juggle the PIHA schedule and the NCRHA schedule.

[William Bourque]

Please tell me your joking?

This team will struggle to stay .500. The college game is way to soft compared to PIHA. We shall see..





You need to stop watching Shippensburg play and see Neumann and West Chester skate sometime...It's hard to believe that these two teams forming one team wouldn't compete. Not only do they compete well in the ECRHA, they compete extremely well in the NCRHA.

However, if you think they are going to get worked because they are soft, then you have another thing coming. They won't necessarily go out there and win PIHA, but they are going to win games.

[get2it]

I think you are misinterpretating my statement or maybe it came across wrong. Bill use yourself for example. You were able to put up basically double the points in college that you did in pro.

All I am saying is that the PIHA league is much much stronger than the collegiate league. Did i say that the best players in NCRHA could not play in PIHA..NOO...but they will not have the same amount of success. And it will be evident when Marple plays..

[Leaferguy]

Having seen these guys play together a little before, I'm gonna say that they will be a team to compete with. Not win PIHA or anything, but I think they're going to be above .500 if everyone shows up consistently.

[nayrhl]

I am the Owner of Marple Sports Arena. I have been involved with roller for a long time. First of all what happened last year with the old Gladiators and why they left was a problem between Bob Basquiile and Mike and I. It had nothing to do with the players. I loved those guys and would of done anything to help them. That is why Timmy ,Dj and the core have returned to me this season.

Last year when Timmy and the guys said they wanted to start a PIHA team I told them they could have whatever time that was unused for FREE and they were very appreciative of that fact. They also understood that my time was taken and I could'nt help them out personally. They understood that. They also understood that when the Jan 1st mens inhouse season started their practice slot might have to get bumbed. They understood that. A few week into this thing (before the season started) they said Rob's dad was going to be the GM and organize everything. I said "great, less for me because I am extremely tied up with the Youth Travel league". It soon came to pass that free wasn't good enough. When we couldn't give Bob the best time slots because of existing contracts with soccer and cheerleading ,Bob began to make it extremly unpleaseant for us. Once Jan 1st hit and we needed to bump the practice slot, that is where it first went bad. There wasn't anything you could say to Bob. He felt he was getting screwed.

I felt really bad for the kids caught in the middle of this, but what Bob failed to realize was that we are trying to run a business and we have tremendous overhead and pressure to succeed. We were getting a boat load of grief for something that we weren't even getting paid for. Bob was supposed to collect money at the gate and he never did or collected very little.

We do a lot for the sake of roller hockey that the average adult player might not realize. People think they know us and pass judgement based on what they perceive. It's always easier to count someone else's money without knowing their expenses. Anyone who really knows me, knows the thousands of hours I volunteer helping build the youth hockey league that is so desperately back feeding the sport. I have spent thousands of dollars of my personal money trying to organize this non-profit youth travel league called the NAYRHL. Not just with my rink, but 13 local rinks in the in three states. I have succesfully united these rinks and have these arenas working together to build the youth numbers back up so there is a tommorow. Places like Downingtown where hockey was dead is now alive and well.

I have worked very closely with Charlie over the past three years and he understands my dedication to the sport and how valuable my input is to the future of the sport in this region. Bob Basquille only knows his team and what he thinks. I realize he needs to do what's best for his team and I respect that. That's why I didn't break his stones mid season about the uniforms after the moved last year.

Bob has told a lot of people a lot of things that really are unfair to us and what happened. When I ran the old Gladiators in the MLRH in the early 2000's we were one of the model organizations. After having two kids, it became difficult for me to manage a travel team so we decided not to do it any longer. We now have people in place we trust willing to step up and put forth the effort so we agreed to allow them to play. My kids are older now and my time is freeing up so I can work with the guys to put on the show required by the league. Our facility is actually well equipped with sound and lighting and is one of the better arenas for these types of events. We Have reserved Saturday nights for these games and have moved soccer slots to accommodate because we had advance notice.

Bob was here a few weeks ago and him and I got into it a little bit and I felt bad for Rob because Rob is really a nice guy. His father did insult me and I fired back. It got quite heated and I asked them both not to return ever again. I feel bad for Rob that he had to see that. Bob is his father and thats where any son puts his loyality. Bob is a very intense guy and tries to run a tight ship. Thats fine if it works for him. I am a little more relaxed and easy going. I never charged the old Gladiators dime one and paid for everything. I flew 13 guys to California and paid for everything. I bussed those guys all over the east coast and put them up because I enjoyed having a team and looked at it as a hobby. Ask Ron Tracy, Roman, Cj or Smitty or any of those guys how generous I was. I supplied uniforms,helmets, and other equipment.

Our teams will look and act professional and we will put on a great show and promote it to our 13 Jr Gladiators teams and 400 inhouse players. There are still some players out there that feel because they are good players, they don't have to pay for inhouse. Unfortunately for them, we don't need players like that because we have expenses. When we let those players walk they leave talking trash. When we ask them for money,they make us feel like the the bad guys.

I hope there is no hard feelings with the players of the Demolition and they are always welcome to play inhouse here if the choose to do so. I wish the Demolition a lot of luck and at the same time I feel our guys will be highly competive.
Jamie DiDomenico
Marple Sports Arena Owner
Marple Gladiators Owner est 2000
Marple Jr Gladiators President est 2001
NAYRHL Vice President

[Drexel63]

I'll agree that top to bottom, PIHA is stronger than NCRHA. That's how it should be right...

But your comments were directly related to these kids who, face it, are among the elite that NCRHA has to offer...

[get2it]

well than your so called "elite" will struggle to make .500 in PIHA...a few are elite in ECRHA...and i will give u that...if you took the top 5 kids in scoring in d2 in the ecrha in the past 3 years they would still struggle in PIHA...

[dan sangiorgio]

Please tell me your joking?

This team will struggle to stay .500. The college game is way to soft compared to PIHA. We shall see..




lol i am assuming you have never seen neumann play............... i don't think we will win the league or anything but top 6 in the east is likley i would say. also considering 90 percent of the team plays narch at either the platnuim or gold level and i don't mean adult i mean junior/d-1 plat or junior gold i would say we are more used to playing at a tougher level then most piha players are. i would also think since the boston team that won last year broke up that our team or the L.I. has a good shot at winning our divsion.
btw what team do you play for since your obvious such a stud hockey with a great judge of talent........

[get2it]

actually, I have seen Nuemann play and if they entered there team in the PIHA they would be lucky to win 5 games...

[patb16]

get2it,

You should sign you're name when you post. Anybody can talk crap anonymously. Also, do you currently play in PIHA? If so, what team?

[dan sangiorgio]

well i know we can win atleast 6 considering we mercied 3 piha teams over the summer with 4 neumann guys and 2 west chester players

[get2it]

ok first off i am just a fan of the game...

2) i am not talking crap about any players...do i wish i could play like any of those guys on that roster...yes..but i know i cant...all i am saying is that i feel after seeing multiple PIHA games last year the level was superior to that of ECRHA...

Everyone calm down...jeez...just stating an opinion.

[patb16]

You're entitled to you're opinion... I guess we'll just agree to disagree on this one. As I stated earlier, I feel that if they can balance their PIHA/NCRHA schedules, they'll be a very competitive team... I guess well just have to wait for the season to see who's right.

[CoachClipboard]

The arguement is rather a mute point dont you think? That is the team the Gladiators are entering. Obviously and without question all of the players are quite capable, and of age to play PIHA pro and minor hockey. Will they rock the league? Maybe. Will they choke? who knows? I dont recall a game being played yet. Is there a difference between PIHA style and NCRHA? without question. Two entirely different styles of play in fact. Perhaps a young fresh team will dominate the old guys. Perhaps the experienced teams of PIHA will baptise such a team with regular beatdowns. (Wow what a waffling statement that is huh?)

Speculation on these forums are great! I kind of like seeing this form of discussion above the bickering of business in these leagues. It helps to build healthy rivalries between teams, and adds an element of trash talk that isnt counter-productive to the sport. But allow others their opinions and respect them, until you and your team can generate statistics that can prove them incorrect or embarrasing. Remember the trash you talk pre-season can snap back on you later.

I should be a politician.

[Drexel63]

Yes you should be..

get2it, I'm with Pat on this one, we'll agree to disagree.

That being said... scrimmages anyone? PM me...

[GROWL]

I know the new revolution team is dying to scrimmage someone. Give them a shout Billy. There contact info is on their page.

www.philadelphiarevolution.com

[bobbasquill1]

To the new Gladiators,I wash all the luck in the world,as far as the management of the Arena is concerned I guess we have to agree to disagree.There are those who do know the true story,and thats all that matters. we try to run a tight ship because we believe playing at this level should be a learning experience for everyone concerned. As the principal of the Demolition I do try to whats best for the team,the players own this club, not me.
I don't have hard feelingts for Jamie at all,he has the same intensity that I do,he just sees things differently.
I will never again use this medium to express my beliefrs or opinions,I will show by example that I havre the drive ,character and integrity,to run this club with professionalism.
If I for sme reason have gotten under your skin I apoligeze, but at least you know I will satnd up for what I believe in.
I hope that this puts this issue to rest.
Good luck to the "Gladiators" and Jamie.

[DUHockey9]

Being an ECRHA player I was hoping to ee which Neumann and WCU guys are on the new Marple team but the roster isn't up on thepiha.com.

So who's on the team?

[Leaferguy]

marple will definilty be having a piha team this year and the roster has been pretty much finalized.
victor scotto
jon donahue
steve klenk
dan sangiorgio
billy giershbach
dom marriotti
sean white
mike mcgee
brain ems
tim saraceni
andrew chirstano
dj williams
brian mccall
dan hogan
i am missing 1 or 2 skaters and a goalie just can't think of names of the top of my head but these guys are all confirmed.
Check back a couple of pages :p :D

[skooled]

All this talk of who will beat who is useless. team chemistry counts for so much more than you realise...

[DUHockey9]

Oh my bad...looks like a really solid team. Granted, I've never seen a PIHA game, but those guys can play.

[alex]

First Arizona franchise rosters are set.
Phoenix Dragons (Pro)
(G) Cody O'Reilly
(G) Austin Sheets
Chad Chapman
Alex Dodt
Josh Jolles
Duane Jones
Tyler Koressel
Josh Laricchia
Danny Marmorstein
Justin Maroon
Justin Marr
Chasen Stanley

Phoenix Dragons (Minor)
(G) Eric Hernandez
(G) Andrew McDougall
Shawn Alexander
John Daniels
AJ Huffman
David Marmorstein
Eric Martinez
Austin Natividad
Ryne O'Reilly
Brian Purcell
Richie Rodriguez
Alex Zuniga

[ProPIHAGoalie]

I hear that the Winchester Generals have a couple of pretty phenominal goalies on their Pro team.

JP Alley
Joshua Jay

Guess we'll see what happens in the upcoming season against those guys.

[MajorTomFoolery]

ProPIHAgoalie, don't forget Andy Masarik, he's starting for the minors...

[ProPIHAGoalie]

True, Andy Masarik is the starting Minor goalie. He has great potential and will be a good addition to the Generals Pro roster when the time comes for him to move up.

[imasieve30]

I hear that the Winchester Generals have a couple of pretty phenominal goalies on their Pro team.

JP Alley
Joshua Jay

Guess we'll see what happens in the upcoming season against those guys.

So which one are you? :p

[ProPIHAGoalie]

What makes you think that ??? :rolleyes:;)

[imasieve30]

What makes you think that ??? :rolleyes:;)

Lets just say a combination of boredom, a hunch, knowing my way around an internet forum, your profile name and lots of episodes of CSI...lol :)

[xgeniusx98]

Are the other Arizona teams rosters done yet.

[alex]

Are the other Arizona teams rosters done yet.

Only the Dragons rosters are final as of today. Arizona Strike roster will be finalized and posted by Friday. Tucson Desperados still have a tryout left. El Paso, the 4th and final team in the division, just had tryouts the other day, no roster yet from them.

[alex]

Arizona Strike Pro
Shane Anderson (G)
Ted Ross (G)

Sean Bonini
Kyle Brayer
Brian Canada
Chris Connolly
Chad Helvik
Kyle Knight
Ryan Knight
Mike Sarter
Tim West

Arizona Strike Minor
Jake Coughlin (G)
Denny Teixeira (G)

Daniel Amimoto
Jim Anderson
Khelil Boudein
Long Duong
Brian Geisler
Michael Gonzales
Niko Kampitsis
Bobby Letendre
Todd Marek
Brian Sternberg
Brandon Vanbuskirk
Tyler Wilson

[growl89]

Awesome to see Kyle Brayer and Shane still playing!!

[alex]

Awesome to see Kyle Brayer and Shane still playing!!

Definitely. Good to see some recognition of names in AZ too. There is some real good talent out here despite what some think.

[Dave Garland]

other team rosters coming by the end of the week:



Southside Snipers

2007- 2008 Pro Team Selections 2008
2006-2007 Team
Tom Bruce Southside Snipers
Chris Loness Southside Snipers
Adam Clarke Southside Snipers
Brad Brussatti Team Tour
Aaron Saftner Southside Snipers
Peter John Tallo Southside Snipers
Zack Reis Southside Snipers
JJ McAtee St. Louis Jr Blues (Jr. B National Champs)
Rob Carroll Southside Snipers
Jeremy Scott River City Whalers
David Garland Southside Snipers
Dustin Brown Southside Snipers

2007- 2008 Minor Team Selections

Joe Altnether
Bryce Biggs
Tom Davis
Chris Hausmann
Scott Hyde
Jace Carlton
Tim Hercules
Phil Hausmann
Matt Jacobsmeyer
Marc Lahay
Eric Middendorf
Jim Quinlivan
Patrick Woodling

2007 - 2008 AAA Team Selections

Justin Strayhorn
Cody Massey
Chad Abeln
Ben Lawing
Kyle Middendorf
Justin Patrick
Tony Schmitt
Tim Connors
Jeff Borgers

[GROWL]

What is a 'AAA' selection?

[Dave Garland]

That is our third division. They can be pulled up to Minors. They play after Pro. Still a very good division as our Minor division is VERY strong this year as is Pro.

General talent level this year is way up at all levels.

[Dave Garland]

River City Whalers (Pro)

Beilsten, J P
Daleo, Kenny
Daleo, Danny
Ell, Mark
Cantrell, Erick
Frey, Danny
O'Leary, Timmy
Mueller, Bud
Petrov, Matt
Theifault, Mike

Browne, Mike G
Bremerkamp, Craig G


St. Louis Cobras (Pro)
Brandon Marchand
Ryan Marchand
Blake Propp
Jeff Hill
John McGuinness
Shane Wilson
Kyle Seifried
Matt Johnson
Jeff Perkins
Jason Shields

Brian Coleman (G)
Steve Reed (G)

[Dave Garland]

Midwest Tornados coming soon!

[CoachClipboard]

Pardon me, Since when is there now a third division of AAA that teams can pull up players into minors?? This is an entire division within a division?

[Drexel63]

I read something about the AAA in this years Policies and Procedures Manual from the league, but I don't recall exactly what, or have the time to go look it up, but I didn't have the impression that the AAA division was a mid-season feeder for the Minors, I thought it was strictly for U16s.

I may be incredibly wrong... I didn't pay much attention because we don't have a youth program yet.

[Dave Garland]

AAA is just something we are doing in St. Louis. We came up with the concept.

The players will be rostered as "Minor" players but will be playing in their own division.

If that makes sense...

[CoachClipboard]

Well after reading over the roster and counting the players it is only 34 players so its below the league maximum roster which now does make perfect sense. It is a nice way to bypass having two minor league teams and having to pay for that second team without effecting the rest of the league. Clever! Keeps players interested who otherwise might not have been selected, and it keeps the future fans interested knowing there is more options to playing higher levels as they get older. In a way it is multi dimensional and creative. This is one of the reasons I have two minor teams in our organization.

[Dave Garland]

Exactly. We want guys to play in a competitive environment and those that are skilled should have a place to play.

AAA plays a 16-game schedule. Most games are after pro, some are before.

If Chicago/Cinn comes into town, then two St. Louis AAA teams play each other (because those two teams don't have one).

It works out well and the guys are excited. Everyone gets more floortime and the brand is extended.