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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.
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Regula’s hat trick gives Latrobe a big win over Montour !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 29, 2007 4:00PM PST
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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.
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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 -
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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
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Hampton rattles Greensburg Salem picks up a big win !
Posted by Jeff Mauro at Jan 22, 2007 4:00PM PST
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Hampton 4 Greensburg Salem 2
VALENCIA –
Hampton (8-5-1) is stuck in a log jam in the Class AA playoff picture just one game out of a top 4 seed and only two games above the 12th and final playoff spot and near playoff extinction. This is a place where the Talbots have been since 2003 and head coach Allen ‘Whitey’ Walsh is trying to break and return Hampton to the 9 of 10 winning seasons the program enjoyed from the mid-1990’s through 2003 in Class AA. With notables Greensburg CC, Kittanning, Canevin and Indiana on the playoff bubble, you can bet that those teams are looking at the Talbot’s recent losses to Peters Twp and Latrobe and start licking their chops. And with upcoming games against tonight’s opponent Greensburg Salem, Thomas Jefferson, Kittanning and Pine Richland, every point will be critical to playoff survival.
If anyone can talk about survival, it would be the Greensburg Salem Hockey Club, which was near extinction and opted for the low cost Laurel Highlands Hockey League for a couple of seasons. Last season, coach Anthony DeFazio’s club returned to play in the Open Division, only to capture a Class AA playoff spot and whether deserved or not opened some eyes in their own club in a play in game against Moon, who earned a playoff spot by playing for it. The Golden Lions realized that they should be playing in Class AA all along and returned this season. Salem was cruising early on in the season at 6-2-1 and battling Latrobe for first place in the East Division, when they showed integrity and caught a paperwork snafu, which cost them a win and tie on the ice, suspensions to their coach and fines of over $ 1000 (which I understand the Villans have back pedaled and forgived……hmmm it’s an election year). Anyway, the Golden Lions are currently 9-5-0 and on the cusp of a home playoff berth battling Moon, Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Regional, but could be as many as a 10 team race by the end of the season.
On a snowy night before an intimate gathering of ‘Concerned Citizens’ of Hampton and Greensburg Salem, a very important match-up for positioning of seeding began. The Golden Lions had the first opportunity on the power play at 13:55 of the opening period, but the Talbots were able to keep the puck out of the zone for most of the man advantage. Another Golden Lion power play at 6:58 but to no avail. Hampton struck first at 4:41 as Justin Bahorich scored from on the doorstep to give the Talbots a 1-0 lead.
On to the 2nd period and at 11:17, the Golden Lions went on a 5 on 3 power play and made no mistake as Bryan Relihan took a perfect cross ice pass from Rick Coyle and deposited it past Shane Talarico with 10:56 to go and give the Talbots a 2-0 lead. A.J. DeFazio had a chance on a breakaway which was stopped by Lance Hutton at 9:15. Moments later at 8:43, Shane Talarico made two nice save on Hampton’s Chase Evans. With 6:05 to go in the second period, the Golden Lions got caught in a turnover and Bryan Relihan made them pay as he beat the GS defenseman and Talarico with a wrist shot high to the stick side to make it 3-0 in favor of Hampton. Salem would go on the power play with 4:28 to go in the middle period and an opportunity to climb back in the hockey game. Interestingly, one of the top lines in Class AA did not see the ice and the score remained three zip. With :52 remaining in the second, Shane Davis danced out of the corner and with a perfect feed threaded a pass to Hank Fontana who chipped it past Hutton to make it 3-1.
The third period was uneventful until 7:48 to go in regulation when the Talbots were whistled for tripping, but the Talbot’s playoff heavens were answered with 6:52 to go in regulation as Cody Parker’s 120 slapshot sailed over the glove side of Shane Talarico to make it 4-1 on a shorthanded goal. Kevin Ber scored for Salem with 14 ticks left to make it a 4-2 final. Hampton picked up a huge win and is now has moved up in the seedings a couple of notches.
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