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3rd West Virginia State Hockey Championships

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 31, 2007 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
Morgantown, Wheeling Park, Wheeling Central Catholic ,Linsly & John Marshall will compete for the 3rd West Virginia State Hockey Championships at the WestBanco Arena in Wheeling Monday February 28 Wheeling CC 5 John Marshall 1 Tuesday February 29 Wheeling CC 2 Wheeling Park 1 Morgantown 6 Linsly 1 Wednesday March 1st ~ 3rd West Virginia State Hockey Championship Wheeling CC 6 Morgantown 3 ***Congratulation to the Maroon Knights of Wheeling CC*** imageimage
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2007 Chicago Showcase

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 30, 2007 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
2007 Chicago Showcase April 18-22, 2007 The Edge ~ Bensenville, Illinois Team Pittsburgh Schedule Michigan 4 Pittsburgh 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Michigan builds a 3-0 lead until Chris Urso scored on a rebound. Pittsburgh 3 North Dakota 2 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Pittsburgh 4 Illinois 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Saturday April 21st ~ Quarter-Finals Michigan 4 Ohio 7 Minnesota 2 New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 Missouri 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Northern New England 1 Wisconsin 6 Sunday - Semi-Finals Pittsburgh 5 New York 4 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Wisconsin 7 Ohio 0 Championship Pittsburgh 5 Wisconsin 4 [Shootout Pittsburgh 5 Wisconsin 4] ***GAME SUMMARIES**** 2007 Team Pittsburgh KENNY LEHMANN BETHEL PARK F DAVID SPADACENE BETHEL PARK F LOGAN BANNON BETHEL PARK F BRYAN BROWN BETHEL PARK F CHRIS URSO CENTRAL CATHOLIC F TIM MCDONOUGH FRANKLIN REGIONAL D ZACH HEPLER FREEPORT D NICK VUKMAROVICH GREENSBURG CC F LUKE KILLMEYER MEADVILLE F MORGAN NICKERSON MEADVILLE F KEVIN BISHOP MONTOUR D MICHAEL ROMAN MT LEBANON D ROB BEHLING MT LEBANON G MAX RICHARDS NORTH ALLEGHENY G PHIL TROMBETTA PINE RICHLAND F NICK JONES SENECA VALLEY D MATT JARRETT SENECA VALLEY F TYLER URDA SERRA CATHOLIC D JONO LOHMAN UPPER ST CLAIR F RYAN KUMPFMILLER WEST ALLEGHENY F JIM MCVAY BETHEL PARK HEAD COACH DAVE FRYER ASSISTANT GINA COLLIGAN TEAM MANAGER DAVID KLASNICK TEAM MANAGER Last year's teams was coached by Mt Lebanon's Paul Taibi and with wins over Minnesota, New York and Tri-State advanced to the Semi-Finals in the A Bracket before losing a tough contest to North Dakota. The Schedule for Team Pittsburgh in the 2007 Chicago Showcase is as follows: Team Philadelphia Schedule Philadelphia 3 Texas / Oklahoma 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Wissahickon's Jayson Richey, CB West's Eric DeFelice and Justin Krute of the Hill School score for Philly who rallies for the tie Philadelphia 11 Kentucky/West Virginia 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Cardinal O'Hara's Jim Murray earns the shutout as Philadelphia pounds KY-WV. HIll School's Justin Krute picks up a hat trick and gets a pair of from North Penn's Robby Mcdyre Wisconsin White 4 Philadelphia 2 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Philadelphia 14 Florida 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Ryan Seifert of Liberty scores the hat trick and Justin Krute of the Hill School scores twice as Philadelphia pounds Florida Team Philadelphia 2007 Wes Bonnell Salesianum Forward 5/18/90 Jr 6' 0" 170 Kevin Burke Cardinal OHara Forward 2/4/89 Sr 6' 0" 165 Alex Cottle West Chester Henderson Forward 12/27/89 Jr 5' 8" 155 Eric Defelice Central Bucks West Forward 7/2/90 Jr 6' 1" 165 Andrew Dornblaser Central Bucks West Defense 6/29/89 Sr 5' 9" 170 Andrew Gregoire Haverford High Forward 3/4/89 Sr 5' 11" 165 Justin Krute The Hill School Forward 9/30/89 Jr 5' 10" 165 Andrew Lengyel North Penn Forward 1/13/90 Jr 5' 6" 155 Robby McDyre North Penn Forward 2/2/90 Jr 6' 2" 175 A.J. Moyer Pennridge Forward 12/13/89 Jr 5' 10" 170 Jimmy Murray Cardinal OHara Goal 9/14/89 Jr 5' 9" 155 Mike Noce Upper Dublin Defense 8/13/89 Jr 5' 11" 145 Jayson Ritchey Wissahickon Forward 2/12/90 Jr 6' 0" 190 Ricky Rodriguez Notre Dame Defense 10/19/89 Jr 6' 0" 160 Ryan Seifert Liberty Forward 9/16/89 Jr 6' 0" 176 Joshua Shoffstall Manheim Township Goal 5/29/89 Sr 6' 1" 168 Kevin Struempfler Avon Grove Defense 3/4/90 Jr 6' 0" 180 Kevin Weller Archbishop Ryan Defense 9/15/90 Jr 5' 6" 150 Mac Winchester Cardinal OHara Defense 4/3/88 Sr 6' 2" 205 Kyle Zoldy La Salle College Forward 2/18/90 Jr 5' 10" 165 Pa Hockey will be on hand to provide all of the coverage from the Edge in Bensenville, Illinois of the 2007 Chicago Showcase. imageimageimage
Latrobe 4 Montour 3 (OT) Neville Island - Montour (8-6-3) has been on a roller coaster season under Danny Siegel with a recent tie to South Park in a game the Spartans relinquished the lead in the final minutes of the contest. Currently seeded 8th, Montour can ill afford to squander points at this point of the season as the Spartans are only a couple of defeats from missing the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons and has been on the brink of smelling the Penguins Cup over the past handful of seasons only to lose some close games to Kittanning 5-4 a year ago, to Chartiers Valley 5-4 in 2005, Kittanning 5-2 in 2004 and 4-0 in 2003. Latrobe (11-4-0) has been holding down the bridesmaid 2nd seed behind defending State Class AA Champions Pine Richland for most of the season and leading the East Division as well. Head Coach Ron Makoski knows that if the Wildcats are going to secure a home ice position in round two of the playoffs, they will have to fare well against Moon, Thomas Jefferson, rival Greensburg CC and tonight’s opponent Montour to gear the Wildcats into the playoffs and hopefully a Penguins Cup Semi-Final 4 berth and maybe more. Montour struck first at 14:11 as Paul Ciotti’s passing attempt in front deflected of the stick of a Latrobe defender behind Nick Loyacona to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. Latrobe killed a couple of penalties and then gain the equalizer with 6:08 remaining as Pa Hockey top 25 selection JeffJoe Regula scored on a breakaway beating Matt Skoff cleanly to tie the score at one apiece. On to the 2nd Period and the Spartans regained the lead on another fortunate bounce as Keith Kurelis found a loose puck in the slot on a Kevin Bishop attempted pass at 12:52 and deposited it by Nick Loyacona to give Montour a 2-1 lead. The Wildcats were able to tie the game again with 3:29 to go as JeffJoe Regula took lead pass and was in on the breakaway and beat Matt Skoff on the backhand to tie the score at 2-2. Latrobe took their first lead with 13:35 to go in the third period as Michael McCurdy buried a snap shot up under the crossbar on a give and go with Jeff Rossi to make it 3-2. The game was mucked up by several marginal calls in the middle of the third period, which ended up putting Latrobe on the power play with 6 minutes remaining and a chance to extend their lead. Matt Skoff stopped McCurdy from point blank range later in the power play and the Spartans survived. Adam Rizza would get the equalizer with 4:03 to play on a real nice effort Michael Harrington to dive a shove the puck ahead where Rizza beat Nick Loyacona high to the glove side for the game tying goal. Latrobe had a great chance to win it as Regula beat the Montour defense with terrific speed, but Matt Skoff made a terrific save with just 6 seconds to go and the game went to overtime. In the overtime period, Jeff Joe Regula never left the ice and it paid off as he gathered the puck from the neutral zone and came over the blue line and unleashed a wicked wrist shot that beat Matt Skoff high to the blocker side and give Latrobe a 4-3 overtime victory before an intimate gathering at RMU Island Sports Center. imageimage
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St Margarets Fall Face Off

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 28, 2007 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
The St Margarets Fall Face Off is held annually at the Blade Runner in Harmarville. The event is and invitational and sponsored by the UPMC St Margarets Memorial Hospital Foundation located in Aspinwall. The tournament features local teams from North and East of Pittsburgh and is played in Mid-October. The Champions of the St Margarets Fall Face Off 2007 - 2006 - Bethel Park Blackhawks [defeated North Allegheny 5-4] 2005 - Fox Chapel Foxes [defeated North Allegheny 4-1] 2004 - North Allegheny Tigers [defeated Plum 4-2 ] 2003 - North Allegheny Tigers [defeated Plum 2-1 (4 OT)] 2002 - Franklin Regional Panthers [defeated North Allegheny 6-3] 2001 - North Allegheny Tigers [defeated Hampton 6-2] 2000 - Shaler Titans [defeated Mt Lebanon 8-2] 1999 - Seneca Valley Raiders [defeated North Allegheny ] 1998 - North Allegheny [defeated Pine Richland ] 1997 - Fox Chapel Foxes [defeated Franklin Regional 4-3] 1996 - Fox Chapel Foxes [defeated Franklin Regional 7-4] 1995 - Penn Hills Indians [defeated Shaler 8-2] 1994 - Shaler Titans 1993 - image
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2007 Western Pa Hockey All-Star Game

Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 26, 2007 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
PIHL All-Star Event Sunday January 28th Valley Sports Complex Class A Game - Southwest 7 Northeast 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Serra's Josh Werner scores twice as SW races to a 5-1 lead after two periods and cruises to victory. Class AA Game - Southwest 10 Northeast 4 HIGHLIGHTS: West Allegheny's Ryan Kumpfmiller and Peters Twp's Chris Papciak score a pair of goals each as SW pound NE with five first period goals. Class AAA Game - Southwest 10 Northeast 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Bethel Park's David Spadacene scores four times and Kenny Lehmann picks up 5 assists and Meadville's Patrick Leone scores twice as SW scores four times in the 2nd and four more in the 3rd period for an easy win. Open Class Game - Southwest 5 Northeast 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Morgantown sophomore forward Kyle Richards collected two goals as SW defeats NW image