1st rnd Playoff Predictions

[thestatman]

Northeast
Connecticut vs Massachuesettes - Conn sweeps in 2 games
Long Island vs Boston - LI sweeps in 2 games

Atlantic
Philadelphia vs Feasterville - Philly sweeps in 2 games
NJ Grizzlies vs Aston - NJ in 3 games

Mason Dixon
Harrisburg vs Potomac - Harrisburg sweeps in 2 games
Pittsburgh vs Scottdale - Pitt sweeps in 2 games

Southeast
Richmond vs York - Richmond in 3 games

Gateway
Midwest vs St.Louis - Midwest in 3 games
Chicago vs Southside - Southside in 3 games

Rocky Mountain
Colorado Springs vs Ft.Collins - CS sweeps in 2 games
Westminister vs Lakewood - Lakewood in 3 games

Pacific
Northern California vs East Bay - NorCal in 3 games

Southwest
Arizona vs Tucson/El Paso - Arizona sweeps in 2 games

[typhoon97]

york is playing richmond then the winner plays sc

[Wingman]

Maybe we'll get some playing time in the play-offs, half of our division could get kicked out of the league! ;)

[typhoon97]

it may be good for u because u get to play but definatly not good for the league

[Center_ice]

why would half your division get kicked out??

[CoachClipboard]

Maybe we'll get some playing time in the play-offs, half of our division could get kicked out of the league! ;)

Interesting because the Mason/Dixon Division is probably one of the most solid divisions with stability and its functioning. Pittsburgh, Scottsdale, Potomac, Harrisburg, Maryland and Winchester: No forfeits, no missed games, everyone paid at the begining of the season, the games have been well run at all venues, and we have had very limited incidents of suspensions and divisional issues. These posts are exactly the reason that rumors get started. I assure you that no team in the Mason/Dixon is getting kicked out of anything. Once again, it is imperative that we think before we post.

[SPORTSPLEXJEFF]

Oh come on Todd we all know the Lunatics never pay their bills.

For those who think I am serious when I say that it is meant purely as a joke. I am friendly with Todd and have the utmost respect for him and the Harrisburg Lunatics.

[Drexel63]

I think Wingman was jsut posting some wishful thinking while making light of another situation, at least that is how I read it...

[thestatman]

Why is it that every thread is turning into a forfeit thread, I started this one to see everybodys predictions on the 1st round of playoffs, not to see everybody say the same things that they are saying on forfeit threads. So whats everybody thoughts on the upcoming playoff games.

[scotty b]

I think the Westminster Blizzard will beat the Lakewood Fire! Im just sayin.

[DCbullets14]

I know very little about the divisions outside of the mason dixon and southeast so ill stick to those 2.

Potomac vs Harrisburg - Harrisburg wins the first game, if potomac can win the second they have a decent shot at taking the series in three. I base this off the Maryland vs Harrisburg game where harrisburg seemed to have difficulty keeping up for the second game which ended 5-1. Sorry Todd, you guys are so skilled but a three game series might hurt you.

Pitt vs Scottsdale - This should be a very intresting matchup. Im going with Scottsdale in 3. Pitt is missing alot of talents since Keene and Roux did not make the minimum amount of games and who knows if they will even have a full bench. Without these two players it will be difficult to shut down Davis (one of the best players in the division) and King who has put up points all season.

York vs Richmond - I have to pick richmond in two, depending on their goalie situation. Kevin is always solid in net but I have seen a lack of consistency with their second goaile. Nothing personal man. You have played some amazing games against us (especially our game at waldorf where you were a brick wall) but you have also shown some less impressive performances. Best of luck to Richmond

Brad Pryor
Maryland Knights 14

[pburghbandits]

Roux didnt play all season so he is irrelevant to the team this year except as a coach, and Keene only played 12 games and had only 4 points. Keene is just a good defensemen nothing more or less, Im sure Brock Wilson and Chris Weiss(who are both better than Keene, if you dont believe me ask Keene) will pick up the slack.

FYI CJ King is suspended for the first 2 games for fighting.

While on subject though, Roux is back on his skates and will have made a full recovery come 2 weeks from now. We would have liked to have had him back for playoffs, but due to PIHA(CY) and the stupid rules, he was only given 8-10 games for his injury. An injury that was given a 8-10 month recovery period.

What kind of rule is this? B/S..

[DCbullets14]

There is no question that Brock is an elite player in piha strong on both ends of the rink. I was very impressed by him when we played in pittsbugh (he dominated the first game and was strong in the second). I never said keene was a fantastic goal scorer but he is very smart with the puck missing any member of the jr world team should be considered a serious blow(at least in my opinion). Also i had no idea King was suspended I should admit that i havent looked at the piha site since we were eliminated from playoffs.

I would agree with you that the 20 game rule is horrible. We would have been without our top player (Mike Gardner) because he would have only been able to play a max of 10-12 games.Very glad to hear Roux is back on his skates. Playing against him in tournments is always a highlight. He is a great guy and great player.

Thank you to Pburgh for the new info Ill try and keep my misinformed posts to a minimum from now

[Mlrhnorthfan]

The twenty game rule is fine.

contracts and commitments are fuzzy in this sport right now.

The 20 game rule keeps teams from signing 'hired guns' the day before playoffs.

[thebenchman]

Wait a moment!!

Who says Brock is good? C'mon!! hahahahaha
j/k Brock is an awesome player. He and Keene are both very good players. dustin Roux has to be chomping at the bits not playing. I would take thse three any time on any team.

Glad to hear youre coming back Dustin. Brock..... keep it up!

Hope to see you both soon!!

Tell Jon hi too~~

Roy

[pburghbandits]

The twenty game rule is fine.

contracts and commitments are fuzzy in this sport right now.

The 20 game rule keeps teams from signing 'hired guns' the day before playoffs.

Injured players should be exempt from the 20 game policy, Also Dustin would not have been a hired gun considering that He has played with the Bandits last season. I think the 20 game policy should be lowered down to 15 games. Not having players like Mike Gardner, Dustin Roux, Eric Keene(and other great players) in the playoffs or atleast eligible for the playoffs is bad for the league.

It will hurt not having Keene in the lineup but I think we will be fine the other guys we have. I dont think we had Keene in any the inferno games this year so it wont be much different without him.

[growl89]

Injured players should be exempt from the 20 game policy, Also Dustin would not have been a hired gun considering that He has played with the Bandits last season. I think the 20 game policy should be lowered down to 15 games. Not having players like Mike Gardner, Dustin Roux, Eric Keene(and other great players) in the playoffs or atleast eligible for the playoffs is bad for the league.

It will hurt not having Keene in the lineup but I think we will be fine the other guys we have. I dont think we had Keene in any the inferno games this year so it wont be much different without him.

well i agree that injured players SHOULD be allowed to play if there is a doctors note. However, i know mike gardner plays ice hockey for delaware... that is not an excuse and shouldnt be excused just to make a player eligible

[inferno98]

well i agree that injured players SHOULD be allowed to play if there is a doctors note. However, i know mike gardner plays ice hockey for delaware... that is not an excuse and shouldnt be excused just to make a player eligible

I totally agree with you Bill. If he made the commitment to ice and couldn't fill the required number of games by piha to play in the playoffs then thats on him. Roux was injured and could not play anytype of hockey this year, so with a doctors not I believe he should be able to play no matter of many games he played or didn't, as long as he was on the roster at the beginning of the season.

[DCbullets14]

im not saying mike should be excused from the 20 game rule im just saying that 20 games is a little extreme. In my opinion if a player can make 1/3 of the teams games he should be able to play in the playoffs. I dont understand why this league puts such pressure on players to make a certain number of games yet does little when entire teams miss games.

In addition PIHA does a very poor job of monitoring this rule.

Also, if this is a pro league who cares which team brings in a "ringer" for the playoffs? Are the piha players not supposed to be the elite players? Why would a pro league shut the doors to the more talented players in the area. The players that this rule forces out are the kind of players who are needed to help revive the sport. Roux and Gardner are two examples of players of this caliber.

[Falcons77]

Brad, if you are accusing my team, I can assure you that everyone was legal. EVERY player that was on my team either was there and dressed, or the league was provided medical documentation of an injury that prevented them from playing an allowing them on the IR, just like other teams/players in the league.

[hockkid13]

Here is what I think the biggest problem with the 20 game rule is. We play 2 games at a time. So in affect, the players wouldn't really be missing 12 or more games. They just weren't there for 6 or more weeks. Which I think is also what adds to the difficulty of players who play college ice or roller or kids who play travel hockey to make PIHA games.

[SWAMPDONKEYS29]

It's not unrealistic to expect a player to participate in at least 2/3 of their team's scheduled games. A vital part in assembling a team is determining a particular players level of dedication. I often choose to pass on a player if I am aware in advance that PIHA is not at the top of his/her list of priorities (behind family & work of couse ;)).

[GR8SK8r06]

I think that there needs to be a commitment to the team for any player to be able to play in the playoffs. I think 20 games is the right number! I understand that people have other commitments like work and family ect..... so that gives enough lee way to where they can miss some games, making ten nights of games is not too much to ask in my opinion. As for the injury rule I think injury should not be able to prevent someone from playing in the playoffs if they are cleared.

Getting back to the thread of the playoff predictions, I am going out on a limb and predicting that the Blizzard take out the Thunder in Friday's games! The Blizzard are a very solid team and they are very capable of beating the Thunder 2 out of 3 games. Should make for some good games. Plus on a side note Ciolli is suspended for the first game for chewing out the ref after a few Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad calls on the Thunder in the games against the Catz. I have never heard such loud boos from the fans to a single ref in a roller game before. At the time it was 2-2 but after that Brian and CJ got pissed and danglesniped like 4 or 5 straight goals like they usually do.

[Tekkaman]

Danglesniped!!!!!! thats absolutely hilarious, i love that word, even though I'm a goalie!

[DCbullets14]

Falcons, I went back and checked my research on the accusation I made with my last post:

On the PIHA website it says that Pat Giesecke played in the game agaisnt the knights on january 26 at 7:00 and 8:00. I can assure you that he was not there, keep in mind Giesecke is not a player who is hard to spot on the rink (he usually the one making people look like pylons). Now im assuming that he must have been injured if he was given credit for this game.

the above injured player can go to his ice hockey game and score the "last two goals for the cavs" at 9:30 on the same night.

If anyone would like to look into this further; my information came from these two links:

http://www.uvahockey.com/index.php?login=1065881c77790&where=news_read_more&id_news=45

http://www.thepiha.com/print_scoresheet.php?game_id=72083

Please if I have any incorrect information reply so that i retract both of my posts.

Please continue to read lower posts additional information is given

[Falcons77]

On the game that we played your team (Jan 26), he was on the original roster as he had told me that he was a "maybe" for game time. Since I coach both Minor and Pro teams, I was unable to change on paper before the teams took warm-ups. I went to the score keeper and told him, and your coach, to remove him and one other player that also didnt show up. I also followed it up with an email to your coach and the PIHA stat guy as I saw the error online also. I also know that your team would have my roster under microscope because of my relationship with Taylor, Eddie, and Sandy.

I also know that he tore his MCL (which worked out for us) since he then was on the IR and then able to get the games needed. I didnt even know the IR rules until Todd Wiley made me aware when a player of his went down. Also, many of my players were "short" 2 games played as York never posted stats, just scores from when we played them.

I understand where you are coming from, and I understand the concern, but please dont call me a "cheater" as I feel you have.

I agree with you that the league needs a better way to patrol the rosters. Who is to know, really who is who when out on the court?

[DCbullets14]

Thank you for clarifiying the situation I had no idea that those steps had been taken.

I am sorry if you feel that I called you a cheater I assure that I had not meant to do that. I was simply trying to address an issue i had seen with the paper work. As I am sure you know I have a great deal of respect for many of the people involved in your organization and did not mean to tarnish your reputation in any way.

I have tried to go back and edit some of my previous posts to remove some of the problem areas. If the changes I have made do not solve the problem then please let me know and i wil remove them entirely.

[Falcons77]

I DO agree with your first posts about roster rules.........

Does the NHL have a minimum games played rule?

Who verifies that the rosters are correct, etc. How do we fix these mistakes in the future..........