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Pa Hockey Statewide Elite 8 Rankings

      Thanks to our good friends at Breakaway Magazine, we are able to keep the pulse of Eastern Pennsylvania Hockey as the season reaches the halfway point and is heading for the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championhips in March in Philadelphia.

        The Eastern Pa Hockey Elite 8 and Western Pa Hockey Elite 8 join together for the Pennsylvania Elite 8 Rankings. LaSalle AAA, Latrobe AA and West Chester East A are the defending Pennsylvania State Champions are are gearing toward defending their State Championship titles when the Flyers Cup and Penguins Cup Playoffs get under way in March. Stay tuned here on Pa Hockey to see the how the process plays out.

          The Pennsylvania Elite 8 Rankings for the 2008-2009 Season for Week 11 are as follows:

       Class AAA - # 1 Ranked Teams

             Pennsylvania - LaSalle Explorers

              Eastern Pa - LaSalle Explorers 

             Western Pa - Pine Richland Rams   

       Class AA - # 1 Ranked Teams

             Pennsylvania - Latrobe Wildcats

             Eastern Pa - Conestoga Pioneers  

             Western Pa -  Latrobe Wildcats  

      Class A - # 1 Ranked Teams

             Pennsylvania - Bayard Rustin Knights

             Eastern Pa - Bayard Rustin Knights

             Western Pa -  Serra Catholic Eagles

    Please click on the Flyers Cup, Penguins Cup and Pennsylvania Cup to check out the attached spreadsheets to see who is in the hunt for the Pa Hockey Elite 9 Statewide Rankings from Eastern and Western Pennsylvania......a Pa Hockey Exclusive !  

www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PAHOCKEYELITE80809Week15.xls

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         For the past eleven years Pa Hockey www.pahockey.net has been providing the Pa Hockey Statewide Elite 8 rankings and Standings and Post Gazette Top 5 Rankings for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. In addition, over 3000 visitors a week visit our site to see our Scores, Highlights and Game Summaries http://eteamz.active.com/pahockey/news/index.cfm?cat=140824 for Class A, AA, AAA and Open Division.

         The Pa Hockey Statewide Elite 8 Rankings are located by clicking on any of the icons and title. The Statewide Pennsylvania Elite 8 Rankings a cooperative effort between Breakaway Magazine that provides the Flyers Cup Eastern Elite 8 Rankings and Pa Hockey who provide the Penguins Cup Western Elite 8 Rankings and  The USHO.com site will compile the scores including Regular Season and Tournaments across the USA !

          UPDATED March 1, 2008, the Week 18 Rankings of the Pennsylvania Cup Pa Hockey Elite 8 Rankings # 1 ranked schools in the State are as follows:

     Class AAA -  LaSalle
     Class AA  -  Pennsbury    
     Class A   -  Quaker Valley 

     Penguins Cup Pa Hockey Elite 8 Rankings

     Class AAA - Pine Richland Rams  
     Class AA  - Canevin Crusaders
     Class A   - Quaker Valley Quakers

     Flyers Cup Pa Hockey Elite 8 Rankings
 
     Class AAA - LaSalle Explorers 
     Class AA  -  Pennsbury Falcons    
     Class A   -  West Chester Henderson Warriors