The Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships will be held on Saturday March 29 at the Cambria County War Memorial in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This is the 34th year of the Pa Hockey title, which was first held in Erie, Pa in 1975 and now has champions crowned at the Class AAA, AA and A levels. Meadville with 8 Pennsylvania State Championships has the most and Bishop McCort and Bethel Park have 5 State Championships each. Western Pennsylvania has captured 59 titles and Eastern Pennsylvania has 25 of the 84 Champions crowned.

    Pa Hockey's the Pennsylvania State Championship PREVIEWS are here: 

www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PACUP08PREVIEW.xls

		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
A	E	West Chester East	3	W	Quaker Valley	2	War Memorial	Saturday	29-Mar	11:00 AM

		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
AA	E	Conestoga	2	W	Latrobe	3	War Memorial	Saturday	29-Mar	1:00 PM

		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
AAA	E	LaSalle	9	W	Pine Richland	1	War Memorial	Saturday	29-Mar	3:00 PM

2008 Class AA Pennsylvania Cup and Penguins Cup Champions - Latrobe Wildcats

 

	1	Michael McCurdy
	4	Brody Aukerman
	7	Jeff Rossi
	8	Robert Himler
	10	Tyler Ridder
	13	Isaac Prichard
	14	Tommy Ridge
	15	Jeffjoe Regula
	18	Ryan LaDuke
	19	Andrew Ong
	24	Alex Stahl
	25	Zack LaDuke
	27	Jayson Angus
	33	Curtis Colaianne
	45	Nick Loyacona
	67	Josh Harris
	77	Logan Dominick
	82	Jeff Smail
Head Coach:		Ron Makoski
Assistant Coach:		Charlie Fajt
Assistant Coach:		Greg Wano
Team Manager:		Leslie Rossi

2008 West Virginia State Championship

 Wednesday February 27, 2008 - Wheeling Civic Center 

   Wheeling Park 4 Morgantown 2 

      Read the Wheeling Intelligencer Championship Story http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/506401.html?nav=523

 Semi-Finals -

      Wheeling Park 7 University 0

      Morgantown 4 Wheeling CC 0

West Virginia Champions

2007 - Wheeling CC Maroon Knights

2006 - Wheeling Park Patriots

2005 - Wheeling Park Patriots

   Read the Article in the Wheeling Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships will be played on March 28th at the IceLine in West Chester. Pennsylvania will crown champions in Class A, AA and AAA for the 34th year since 1975 and defending Class AAA champions LaSalle Explorers of Eastern Pennsylvania and the defending Class AA champions Latrobe Wildcts return to defend their titles from a year ago. Pa Hockey will be on hand to bring you the coverage of the Pa Hockey finals aas East meets West !

Note: The Pa Hockey Previews are NOW available 

 www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PACUP09PREVIEW.xls

 Pointstreak is going to do real-time tracking of the Pennsylvania Championship games at IceLine as a demonstration of their software.

Pointstreak - PA Championships

http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-leagues-scoreboard.html?leagueid=793&seasonid=4009&date=03/28/09

The progress of the game, final scores, and player statistics will be available immediately from the scorer's box.

The broadcast of the Latrobe vs. Council Rock South Class AA Championship Game on WBCB1490 AM & wbcb1490.com.  Here's the direct link to the page of WBCB's website that has all of LBCSHL broadcasts archived from this high school ice hockey season (the
archive links are at the bottom of the page):  http://63.88.115.40/. 

To access LBCSHL Archived Games go to www.wbcb1490.com and clicking on "Local Sports".  There's a complete copy of our 2008 - 2009 "Hockey Night in Bucks"
Broadcast Schedule"  

		PENGUIN CUP FINALS
A	1	Mars	3		Bishop McCort	2	Mellon Arena	Tuesday	24-Mar	6:30 PM
		FLYERS CUP FINALS
A	1	Bayard Rustin	4	3	Hershey	3	Spectrum	Saturday	21-Mar	10:30 AM	OT
		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
A	E	Bayard Rustin	5	W	Mars	0	IceLine	Saturday	28-Mar	11:00 AM

		PENGUIN CUP FINALS
AA	1	Latrobe	3	2	Montour	0	Mellon Arena	Monday	23-Mar	7:00 PM
		FLYERS CUP FINALS
AA	3	North Penn	2	4	Council Rock South	5	Spectrum	Saturday	21-Mar	12:45 PM
		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
AA	E	Council Rock South	2	W	Latrobe	3	IceLine	Saturday	28-Mar	1:30 PM

		PENGUIN CUP FINALS
AAA	1	Shaler	3	2	Seneca Valley	2	Mellon Arena	Tuesday	24-Mar	8:30 PM
		FLYERS CUP FINALS
AAA	1	LaSalle	6	3	Father Judge	2	Spectrum	Saturday	21-Mar	3:00 PM
		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
AAA	E	LaSalle	6	W	Shaler	4	Ice Line	Saturday	28-Mar	4:00 PM

Pennsylvania High School Hockey Champions

PENNSYLVANIA CUP - STATE CHAMPIONS
YEAR		STATE AAA CHAMPION	STATE AA CHAMPION	STATE A CHAMPION
1975		BALDWIN (WPIHL)	-	-
1976		MT LEBANON (WPIHL)	ABINGTON (ICSHL)	-
1977		CHURCHILL (WPIHL)	ERIE FAIRVIEW (LKSHL)	-
1978		-	-	-
1979		CHURCHILL (WPIHL)	SOUTH HILLS CATHOLIC (WPIHL)	-
1980		UPPER ST. CLAIR (SHIHL)	-	-
1981		ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (ICSHL)	ERIE FAIRVIEW (LKSHL)	-
1982		WEST CHESTER (ICSHL)	ERIE FAIRVIEW (LKSHL)	-
1983		GERMANTOWN ACADEMY (SHSHL)	CANEVIN (SHIHL)	-
1984		CATHEDRAL PREP (LKSHL)	CANEVIN (SHIHL)	-
1985		CONESTOGA (ICSHL)	PENNSBURY (LBCSHL)	-
1986		CONESTOGA (ICSHL)	CHARTIERS VALLEY (SHIHL)	-
1987		UPPER ST. CLAIR (SHIHL)	MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	-
1988		BALDWIN (SHIHL)	WILLIAM TENNENT (SHSHL)	-
1989		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	CANEVIN (SHIHL)	PLUM (WPIHL)
1990		MALVERN PREP (ICSHL)	FATHER JUDGE (LBCSHL)	BISHOP EGAN (LBCSHL)
1991		COUNCIL ROCK (SHSHL)	BEAVER (SHIHL)	MONSIGNOR BONNER (EHSHL)
1992		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	COUNCIL ROCK (SHSHL)	HAVERFORD (EHSHL)
1993		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	FATHER JUDGE (LBCSHL)	GREENSBURG C.C. (WPIHL)
1994		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	GREENSBURG C.C. (WPIHL)	BISHOP MCCORT (WPIHL)
1995		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	CONWELL EGAN (LBCSHL)	BISHOP MCCORT (WPIHL)
1996		MEADVILLE (LKSHL)	GREENSBURG C.C. (WPIHL)	BISHOP MCCORT (WPIHL)
1997		BETHEL PARK (SHIHL)	CATHEDRAL PREP (LKSHL)	BISHOP MCCORT (WPIHL)
1998		LASALLE (ICSHL)	THOMAS JEFFERSON (SHIHL)	SETON LASALLE (SHIHL)
1999		CONWELL EGAN (LBCSHL)	THOMAS JEFFERSON (SHIHL)	BISHOP MCCORT (WPIHL)
2000		BETHEL PARK (PIHL)	THOMAS JEFFERSON (PIHL)	SERRA CATHOLIC (PIHL)
2001		BETHEL PARK (PIHL)	BEAVER (PIHL)	SERRA CATHOLIC (PIHL)
2002		BETHEL PARK (PIHL)	PETERS TWP (PIHL)	SERRA CATHOLIC (PIHL)
2003		MEADVILLE (PIHL)	PETERS TWP (PIHL)	RADNOR (ICSHL)
2004		MALVERN PREP (ICSHL)	ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (ICSHL)	RADNOR (ICSHL)
2005		BETHEL PARK (PIHL)	PETERS TWP (PIHL)	PENNCREST (ICSHL)
2006		MT LEBANON (PIHL)	PINE RICHLAND (PIHL)	QUAKER VALLEY (PIHL)
2007		NORTH ALLEGHENY (PIHL)	PINE RICHLAND (PIHL)	WEST CHESTER HENDERSON (ICSHL)
2008		LASALLE (ICSHL)	LATROBE (PIHL)	WEST CHESTER EAST (ICSHL)
2009
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2008 - 2009 Pa Hockey Standings and Rankings

    Pa Hockey will begin the 2008-2009 Season is under way. The attached file has the Western Pa Hockey Alignment and the Pa Hockey MASTER SCHEDULE. We will also provide the weekly Pa Hockey Elite 8 Rankings for Western Pennsylvania.

    Pa Hockey will also once again this season provide Scores, Highlights, and GAME SUMMARIES for the Game of the Week. Please e-mail your scores into jeffmauro@aol.com or call them into the Pa Hockey Hotline at 412-848-3750. Please make sure your Team Managers call the scores in with the Highlights after 9:00 PM and before midnight and we will put the information with the games listed at the bottom of the Pa Hockey Website.

     ***GAME SUMMARIES*** and Highlights [H] are a great feature of Pa Hockey and if you would like to submit your own Game Reports, please do so by e-mail within a day of the game and we will post the information.  This information is available ONLY ON PA Hockey !!!!

    FINAL WEEK 17 STANDINGS AND POST GAZETTE and PA HOCKEY ELITE 8 RANKINGS - March 1 , 2009 ~ Weekly Post Gazette and PA Hockey Elite 8 Rankings & Standings and UPDATED Pa Hockey MASTER Schedule are here !!!!

 # 1 Ranked Teams in Classifications are:

Class AAA ~ Pine Richland Rams  

Class AA ~ Latrobe Wildcats

Class A ~ Mars Planets  

Eastern and Western Pa Elite 8 and STATEWIDE Rankings are now available .............ONLY ON PA HOCKEY ! 

   Back by popular demand is a time tested feature of Pa Hockey as the season winds down and the Penguins Cup playoffs are almost here. If the Penguins Cup Started Today takes a look at the Penguins Cup playoff races at A, AA and AAA and will be calculated to the .001 decimal point to allow us all to know who is in and who is out !

    Here are the teams who have clinched berths in the Penguins Cup playoffs

 AAA [12] ~  Pine Richland - Shaler - Upper St Clair - Canon McMillan - Seneca Valley - State College - North Allegheny - McDowell - Penn Trafford - Mt Lebanon - Fox Chapel - Bethel Park

 AA [12] ~ Latrobe - Meadville - West Allegheny - Peters Twp - Canevin - Montour - Franklin Regional - Greensburg CC - Kittanning - Moon - Baldwin - Elizabeth Forward 

 A [8] ~ Serra Catholic - Mars - Bishop McCort - Quaker Valley - Hampton - Westmont Hilltop - Knoch - Freeport 

www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PenguinsCupStandings0809Week17Tues.xls

   Every year at this time, teams across Western Pennsylvania clinch playoff berths and also at the top of each division clinch a division title. The diminishing of the number of teams competing has made it a little easiers for some schools to repeat, but many new schools have re-captured the glory of clinching the division title under the radar.

In addition, you can recount your schools history as we have also compiled a list of schools dating back to 1971 from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League [WPIHL], Lake Shore Hockey League [LKSHL] and South Hills Interscholastic Hockey League [SHIHL] prior to 1999, which includes League Championships.

 www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PIHLDivisionChampions2009F.xls

Congratulations to the following Division Champions

AAA Shaler Titans - Titans win their first Division Title since 1994 and 7th all-time

        Pine Richland Rams - Rams win their 12th Division Title in 15 years and 16th overall

        State College Little Lions - State College wins 2nd in a row

        Upper St Clair Panthers - USC wins 1st Division title in 17 years and 10th overall

 AA  Latrobe Wildcats - 3 in a row for the Wildcats and 8th all time title

        Canevin Crusaders - repeat for the Crusaders and 9 Division titles in their history

        Peters Twp Indians - 1st Division title since 2004 and 5th in their history

        Meadville Bulldogs - Bulldogs win 16th Division Title all-time

  A     Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers - 14th Division title in 16 years for the Crimson

     Crushers, the 2nd most in all of Western Pa Hockey behind the Meadville Bulldogs  

         Mars Planets - 3 in a row for the Planets and 6 Division crowns in 10 years

          Serra Catholic Eagles - 9 Division titles in 10 years for the Eagles

         Quaker Valley Quakers - 8 straight Division titles for QV       

OPEN Cup Tournament
Nailers Cup Quarter Finals
Open John Marshall 1 Blackhawk 8
Open Trinity 3 Keystone Oaks 4
Open Carrick 1 Morgantown 10
Open Ringgold 4 Quigley 6
Chiefs Cup Quarter Finals
Open Greensburg Salem 1 Ford City 9
Open Hollidaysburg 2 Ligonier Valley 7
Open Kiski Area 6 Hempfield 8
Open Greater Johnstown 1 Connellsville 8

OPEN Division Cup Tournament

Tuesday February 24th
Nailers Cup Semi-Finals
Quigley 9 Blackhawk 8
Keystone Oaks 2 Morgantown 1
Chiefs Cup Semi Finals
Ford City 9 Connellsville 3
Ligonier Valley 3 Hempfield 1

Thursday February 26th 

Nailers Cup Finals
Quigley 7 Keystone Oaks  3

Chiefs Cup Finals
Ford City 4 Ligonier Valley 0

   Pa Hockey will cover the Penguins Cup Playoffs all the way to the State Finals in West Chester on March 28th. Below are the matchups which will be updated through the Penguins Cup Finals at Class AAA, AA and A.

 You can see the complete history of the Penguins Cup from 1975 to Present and the 2009 Penguins Cup Schedule by clicking below .......only on Pa Hockey !

 www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PC09SCHED.xls

Here are the 2009 Penguins Cup Previews or click on the Penguins Logo below!

 www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PENCUP09.XLS

Class A 

 

		PENGUIN CUP SEMI-FINALS
A	1	Mars	4	4	Quaker Valley	0	Mellon Arena	Wednesday	18-Mar	5:00 PM
A	2	Serra Catholic	3	3	Bishop McCort	9	Mellon Arena	Thursday	19-Mar	5:00 PM
		PENGUIN CUP FINALS
A	1	Mars	3		Bishop McCort	2	Mellon Arena	Tuesday	24-Mar	6:30 PM
		FLYERS CUP FINALS
A	1	Bayard Rustin	4	3	Hershey	3	Spectrum	Saturday	21-Mar	10:30 AM
		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
A	E 1	Bayard Rustin		W	Mars		IceLine	Saturday	28-Mar	11:00 AM

Please see Penguins Cup Semi-Final Recaps in Game Summaries

http://www.eteamz.com/pahockey/news/index.cfm?cat=140824

Serra Catholic 6 Freeport 2

Highlights: Eagles score a 6-2 win over the Yellow Jackets. Erik Manetta leads the attack for Serra with a pair of goals and two assists.

Quaker Valley 4 Hampton 2

Highlights: QV scores a 4-2 win over the Talbots. Colin SOuth scores a pair of goals and Alex Jackson and Kevin Kenny score for the Quakers, who outshoot Hampton 24-22.  

Mars 6 Westmont Hilltop 3

Highlights: Jake Robash scored two goals to lead No. 1 seed Mars past No. 8 Westmont Hilltop, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the Class A Penguins Cup Championship at Cranberry/Warrendale Bladerunners. Andrew Santa opened the scoring for Mars at 13:23 of the first period, and Robash followed with a shorthanded goal at 9:42 to give Mars an early 2-0 lead. Westmont Hilltop's Andy Herbert made it a 2-1 game on a power-play goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first period, but Mars scored the next three goals to ensure the victory.

Bishop McCort 4 Knoch 0

Highlights: Bishop McCort's Todd Thomas scores a hat trick and adds an assist and Kurtis Straw scores the opening goal game winner as the Crimson Crushers outshoot Knoch 31-16. Jimmy Stenger earns the shutout for McCort.  

Bethel Park 6 State College 2

Highlights: Bethel Park played solid defense as they held State College to 1 shot in the first period, and a total of 17 for the game. Tom Whetsel scored the first goal 4 minutes into the game as Bethel scored twice in each period and finished the contest with 38 shots. State College rallied early in the third period with 2 goals to close a 4-0 deficit to 4-2 but Whetsel scored his second goal of the game to dampen State's comeback bid. Gabe Mastracci played a solid game in net for Hawks. Whetsel led Bethel Park with 4 points (2G 2A) and Kenny Loeffler chipped in with 2 goals also. Mike Seifert and Tyler Shipley had the other goals for Bethel.

McDowell 4 Fox Chapel 2

Highlights: Shane Reese scores a hat trick and Sean Perhacs adds a goal for the Trojans.

Canon McMillan 3 North Allegheny 0

Highlights: Brett Oldaker scores the opening goal and the game winner as Ryan Palonis earns the shutout for the Big Macs. Grant Strimmel and Nilan Nagy scores the other goals for Canon McMillan. 

Mt Lebanon 3 Penn Trafford 2 (OT)

Highlights: Chris Cummings scores with 6:13 remaining in overtime to lift the Blue Devils into round 2. Dan Roman and Michael Teta score for Lebo. Carlin Crombie and Chase Keibler score for Penn Trafford who outshoots Lebo 34-30. Travis Lisowski makes a game saving diving stop on Crombie with 1:33 remaining in the third period to keep the score 2-2.   

		SECOND ROUND
AAA	1	Shaler	6	8	Bethel Park	2	Harmarville	Monday	9-Mar	7:30 PM
AAA	2	Pine Richland	0	7	Mt Lebanon	3	Ice Connection	Monday	9-Mar	7:00 PM
AAA	3	Upper St Clair	3	6	Canon McMillan	2	Ice Castle	Wednesday	11-Mar	8:10 PM
AAA	4	Seneca Valley	3	5	McDowell	2	Cranberry	Tuesday	10-Mar	8:30 PM

Shaler 6 Bethel Park 2

Highlights: Shaler and Bethel Park battle to a 2-2 tie through two periods as Michael Shipley and Tommy Whetsel score for the Hawks and Brian Stein and Billy Dobson score for the Titans. After killing off a bunch of penalties late in the 2nd period, Shaler storms the Hawks in the 3rd period with four unanswered tallies to earn a convincing 6-2 victory. Shane Shiring scores a pair of goals and Sean McCue and Zac Lynch score for the Titans.   

Mt Lebanon 3 Pine Richland 0  

 Highlights: The Blue Devils goaltender Travis Lisowski continues his fine play in the playoffs with a 33 save performance to oust defending Penguins Cup champs Pine Richland 3-0. James Greeno scores twice and Brooks Behling adds an empty netter for the Blue Devils, who were outshot 33-32 by the Rams.

 Seneca Valley 3, McDowell 2 (OT)

 Highlights:  Brandon Platt scored the hat trick, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead Seneca Valley into the Class AAA semifinals next week. Kaleb Schwab and Sam Jarrett each had two assists, and Seneca Valley goaltender Ryan Schutte stopped 22 of 24 Erie McDowell shots.

Upper St Clair 3 Canon McMillan 2 (OT)

Highlights: Upper St Clair's James DiGangi scores a little over a minute into overtime to give the Panthers a 3-2 overtime win over the Big Macs. Michael Segerdahl and Mitchell Lewis scored for USC and Joe Mottiqua scores both goals for Canon Mac.

 

		PENGUIN CUP SEMI-FINALS
AA	1	Latrobe	5	4	Franklin Regional	3	Mellon Arena	Wednesday	18-Mar	7:00 PM
AA	2	Canevin	1	3	Montour	3	Mellon Arena	Thursday	19-Mar	7:00 PM
		PENGUIN CUP FINALS
AA	1	Latrobe	3	2	Montour	0	Mellon Arena	Monday	23-Mar	7:00 PM
		FLYERS CUP FINALS
AA	3	North Penn	2	4	Council Rock South	5	Spectrum	Saturday	21-Mar	12:45 PM
		PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS
AA	E 4	Council Rock South Eagles		W	Latrobe		IceLine	Saturday	28-Mar	1:30 PM

Moon 6 Greensburg CC 4

Highlights: Moon scores an upset over the Centurians as Nigel Crichton, Andrew Ruxton, Beau Danforth, A.J. Coleman, Chris Wagner and Randy Warn score for the Tigers. Nick Persechetti scores twice for GCC and Bobby Sokol and Patrick Claybaugh add goals.  

Canevin 5 Elizabeth Forward 1

Highlights: Matt Lison scores twice and Frankie Vance, Vince Nicolella and Hillenbrand score for the Crusaders  

Franklin Regional 9 Kittanning 2

Highlights: Panthers race to a 7-0 lead thru two periods and waltz to a 9-2 win. Eugene Mack scores a hat trick, Patrick Coyne and Steve Shirk add a pair each and freshman Luke Stickel and Chad White add goals. FR outshoots the Wildcats 33-20. Kittanning goals from Dieter Koster and Jake Enders.  

Montour 4, Baldwin 1

Highlights: Zach Milnarick scored twice and Josh Castelvetter and Kurt Kurelis each scored once to lead Montour over Baldwin 4-1.

Latrobe 9 Moon 1

Highlights: Wildcats spread the scoring throughout the lineup and score an easy 9-1 victory over the Moon Tigers.

Franklin Regional 5 Meadville 4

Highlights: Meadville builds a 3-0 lead after the opening period on goals by Zach Bogardus, Jared Kilbourn, and Chip Ray. Franklin's Michael Adams scores in the 2nd, but the Bulldogs extend the lead again to 4-1 early in the 3rd period on a goal by Clayton Stockton. The Panthers rally as Peter Ellis scores with 5:53 to play and then Steve Shirk scores a pair of shorthanded goals to tie the game in under a minute. Patrick Coyne completes a cinderella comeback for Franklin Regional with a little over a minute to play to give FR a heartstopping 5-4 win at the House of Chills.  

Canevin 3 West Allegheny 2 (OT)

Highlights: Canevin's Matt Lison scores his second goal of the game a little over three minutes into overtime to send the Crusaders to Mellon Arena for the 2nd straight year. John Facchiano adds a goal and Julian DeFillippo plays well in goal for the Crusaders. Tyler Fitzgerald and Taylor Carlisle scores for West A before a pack house at the Airport.   

Montour 3 Peters Twp 2

Highlights: Montour scores two first period goals from Michael Harrington and Andy Beck [power play] to lead 2-0. Harrington scores in the 3rd period to make it 3-0. Peters Township finally solves Matt Skoff with 3:16 to play as Kevin Hough and Dave Rigatti score 45 seconds apart to make it 3-2. Montour's Michael Zagari takes a five minute major with 1:16 to go and Peters pulls the goalie on a 6 on4 and never gets a shot in the final minute as the Spartans hold on and advance to the Penguins Cup Semi-Finals for the first time in their history.