News and Announcements
We found over 118 players from Pennsylvania from Western Pennsylvania and from Eastern Pennsylvania who made our coveted list. Now we know some of you have the inside information that we may have missed a couple of players, so please let us know.
Also included in our list is the players from Eastern and Western Pennsylvania that have gone on to play in the National Hockey League. This past week, Mt Lebanon's Matt Bartkowski got the call from the Boston Bruins and made his debut at Consol Energy Center aginst the Pittsburgh Penguins. Matt completed his HS Career at Mt Lebanon earning a State Championship and then went on to play at Ohio State, which proves YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE PITTSBURGH to make the NHL.
Onward and Upward we go for 2010-2011 and enjoy the list !
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Pa Hockey's Pennsylvania Elite 8 Rankings - 2010 - 2011
Pa Hockey's Pennsylvania Elite 8 Rankings
We are now beginning the Pennsylvania State Playoffs and Pa Hockey's Annual Elite 8 Rankings is on final glimpse to the drive toward the Pennsylvania Cup. Pa Hockey's Elite 8 rankings are below
Who will challenge for the AAA, AA and A Pennsylvania Titles are Cardinal O'Hara, Latrobe and Mars defend their State Titles in March
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2010 National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Highlights
National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Medal Round
Sunday December 5, 2010
8:30 AM - Rink # 1 ~ Fenwick ILL 2 vs Holy Ghost Prep EPA 7
8:45 AM - Rink # 2 Hamilton SE IND 2 vs Glenbrook North ILL 3
1:00 PM - Governor's Cup FINAL
Glenbrook North ILL 0 Holy Ghost Prep EPA 5
National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Preliminary Round
Saturday December 4, 2010
| B | Holy Ghost Prep | 4 | Bethel Park | 0 |
Brendan Bradley scores twice and Matt McEntee adds four assists as Holy Ghost Prep blanks Bethel Park 4-0.
| B | Hamilton SE OT | 5 | Glenbrook South | 4 |
Aaron Dobie scores at 2:06 of overtime to send Hamilton SE to the Medal Round 5-4 over Glenbrook South. Jake Miller scores a pair of goals and adds an assist for HSE
| D | Glenbrook North | 3 | North Broward Prep | 1 |
Garrison Sanipass and Chris Merritt score 25 seconds apart in the 2nd period to break a 1-1 tie and send Glenbrook North to the Medal Round with a 3-1 victory over North Broward. Troy Carroll makes 25 for the Spartans.
| D | McDowell | 3 | Peters Township | 5 |
Peters Twp knocks McDowell out of the Medal Round with a 5-3 win. Alex Dagnal and Cole Snyder score two goals each for the Indians.
| C | Mt Lebanon | 1 | DeMatha | 2 |
DeMatha wins their first ever NISS game with a 2-1 victory over Mt Lebanon. Mitch Holliday and Garrett Hasken, with the Game Winner score for the Stags
| C | Culver Prep | 2 | Fenwick | 3 |
Fenwick advances to the Medal Round in a nailbitter over Culver Prep 3-2 as Ryan Fitzgerald scores with 5:56 to go in Regulation Time.
National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Preliminary Round
Saturday December 4, 2010
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Bethel Park |
0 | Hamilton SE | 3 |
After a scoreles opening period, HSE scores three times in the second period as Jake Miller scorres twice and Mike Myers adds another for a 3-0 victory. Josh Meier earns the shutout stopping 11 shots for Hamilton.
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Glenbrook South |
1 | Holy Ghost Prep | 7 |
Holy Ghosty rebounds with nice offesive effort defeating GB South 7-1. Brendan Roberts and David Bowman score two goals each and Brendan Bradley adds a goal and two assists for the Firebirds
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Peters Township |
0 | Glenbrook North | 3 |
Glenbrook North scores one in the 2nd period and two in the 3rd poeriod to knock off Peters Twp 3-0. Jonathon Day scores two goals and Eric Anderson adds another. Thomas Washburn has two assists for the Spartans and Michael Ramsey earns the shutout.
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McDowell |
2 | North Broward Prep | 1 |
McDowell and North Broward Prep battle in a 1-1 game into the 3rd period as Brandon Palacio scores for NB Prep and Bryan Chiffon tallies for McDowell. North Broward's Freddy Kaub whistled a shot off the crossbar with a little over one minute left in Regulation. McDowell's Jeff Clark scores from the right point with :40 to play to give McDowell a 2-1 win.
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DeMatha |
1 | Culver Prep | 5 |
Culver scores three goals in a span of 3:07 of the 2nd period to defeat DeMatha 5-1. Ryan Sete scores a pair of goals and Paul Spano adds a goal and an assist for Culver.
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Mt Lebanon |
0 | Fenwick | 5 |
Fenwick scores in all three periods to blank Mt Lebanon 5-0. Aiden Verbeke scores a goal and adds an assist and Matt Crook tallies two assists for the Friars
National Invitational Scholastic Showcase – Preliminary Round
Friday December 3, 2010|
Bethel Park OT |
4 | Glenbrook South | 3 |
Dylan Jones scores at 4:13 of overtime to givve Bethel Park a 4-3 comfrom behind victory. Derek Lesnak adds two assists for the Hawks. Geoff Harty scores two goals for Glenbrook South.
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Glenbrook North OT |
3 | McDowell | 2 |
Garrison Sanipass scores his 2nd goal at 2:40 of overtime to give Glenbrook North 3-2 win over McDowell. Jared Fisher adds a pair of assists for the Spartans. Eric Butler scores a pair of goals for the Trojans and Nick Mankosa stops 31 shots for McDowell in goal.
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Culver Prep |
5 | Mt Lebanon | 0 |
Ryan Gandy scores twice and Ryan Setz adds a pair of assists and Daniel Gaynor truns aside 15 shots to earn a 5-0 victory over Mt Lebanon
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Holy Ghost Prep |
1 | Hamilton SE | 2 |
A.J. DelPrince scores at 9:33 of the 3rd period to break a 1-1 tie and Hamilton Southeastern holds off Holy Ghost Prep to win 2-1.
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Fenwick |
8 | DeMatha | 1 |
Dale Zigulich and Tim Tynan score two goals each and Aidan Verbeke added three assists as Fenwick defeats DeMatha 8-1.
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North Broward Prep |
5 | Peters Township | 2 |
2010-2011 Western Pa Hockey Standings and Rankings
2010-2011 Western Pa Hockey Standings and Rankings
Pa Hockey will begin the PA Hockey Post Gazette Top 5 Rankings and the Elite 8 Western Pa Rankings at Class AAA, AA and A beginning this week on Pa Hockey
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| 2010-2011 "AAA AA & A" DIVISION | ||||||
| FINAL - WEEK 18 | ||||||
| CLASS | DIVISION | TEAM | W | L | T | PTS |
| AAA | 1 | FOX CHAPEL | 18 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| AAA | 2 | CANON MCMILLAN | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
| AAA | 3 | UPPER ST CLAIR | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| AAA | 4 | BETHEL PARK | 14 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| AAA | 5 | STATE COLLEGE | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| AA | 1 | PETERS TOWNSHIP | 17 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
| AA | 2 | CHARTIERS VALLEY | 15 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| AA | 3 | LATROBE | 15 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
| AA | 4 | CANEVIN | 16 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| AA | 5 | MONTOUR | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| A | 1 | KITTANNING | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| A | 2 | MARS | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| A | 3 | WESTMONT HILLTOP | 16 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
| A | 4 | QUAKER VALLEY | 15 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| A | 5 | SERRA CATHOLIC | 16 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
Western Pa Hockey 2010 – 11 Interscholastic Preview
CLASS AAAThe Class AAA Hockey was wide open for the Penguins Cup in 2010 and Canon McMillan emerged from the 8th Seed to go all the way to the State Finals before losing to Cardinal O’Hara in overtime. The Big Macs should be in the thick of things in 2011 as stalwart defenseman Alexander Baskerov and consistant forward Brett Oldaker along with a nice core of returning players will lead Canon Mac into the season as defending Penguins Cup champions. Upper St Clair was a team a year ago that looked as if they were on the verge of something special and the duo of C.J. Murray and Justin Selep will be tough to defend as the leading scoring tandem in Class AAA. To make the division title even tougher will again be Bethel Park, which had a very good rebuilding year and Michael Shipley will lead the Hawks in their school’s quest for a 6th Pennsylvania Title.
State College defeated several top flight AAA schools a year ago and again will be a force in Class AAA led by Ryan Pate. Plum was another school that many felt was one of the better teams in Class AAA and will return a majority of a very good squad led by Hunter Breit. Finally, North Allegheny has a young nucleus of talent and was one of the one goal losses along to Canon Mac along with Seneca Valley and State College, so expect the Tigers will be in the mix come March.
CLASS AA
Latrobe has won three consecutive Pennsylvania Class AA titles and will make a bid in 2010-2011 to become the first Class AA school to win four straight titles. The Wildcats are led in goal by State Final hero Shane Brudnock and offensive returnees Zach LaDuke and Josh Singley amongst a very deep program, which should be at the top of Class AA. West Allegheny has been knocking at the Class AA Penguins Cup door for a few years and if they can overcome Latrobe,may be able to unseat them with the goaltending of Jason Kumpfmiller. Perennial bridesmaid Canevin is a team looking to go one step further led by Frankie Vance. Peters Twp is a program rich in numbers and talent and is always a contender in the playoffs. Erie Cathedral Prep is a strong nucleus of Juniors and Seniors that has been together a few years led by Jimmy Buffalino and Chris Coombs and could make noise in Class AA.
CLASS A
Mars won its first Pennsylvania State Championship and 2nd straight Penguins Cup in 2010 and is a heavy favorite to do it again in 2011 led by goaltender Tyler Stepke and scoring machine Elliott Tisdale. The closest competition will again come from Kittanning led by Jordan Ford, Troy Schall and Willy Koster and the Cats will be a force this year. Serra Catholic made it to the Penguins Cup again last year and Jarrett Rutchka and goaltender Garrett Hudson lead the Eagles quest to return to Consol Energy Center. An interesting darkhorse this season will be the mighty Hilltoppers of Westmont Hilltop and with the exodus of Bishop McCort’s program leaves only Westmont from Johnstown to compete for the Penguins Cup for the first time since 1982. The Hiltoppers will be led by Noah McQuillan, Corey Schaefer and Zac Kindya. Knoch and Hampton round out the top 5 in Class A and both schools had very good seasons a year ago and could be in the final 4 mix into 2011.
