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The Mahoning Valley Phantoms are pleased to announce Tier I Midget 18 and 16 Teams for the 2006-2007 Season. Tryouts for the 16U Team will be this weekend, June 2-4. Friday's tryout will be at Bladerunners in Warrendale, PA at 6PM. Saturday and Sunday will be at 6:45PM at The Ice Zone in Boardman (The Team's Home Arena). The 18U Team will have tryouts June 6-8. The tryout June 6 will be at Bladerunners in Warrendale at 8PM. The 6/7 and 6/8 tryouts will be at The Ice Zone at 7pm both nights. Costs for the tryouts will be $75. The 16s will be coached by Mike Bagnato previously of the N. Pittsburgh Hockey Assn.The 18s will be coached by Jim McVay previously of Bethel Park (PA) HS. Please call 330-965-7500 with questions. Dear Hockey players, As many of you are aware, NPYHA and The Mahoning Valley Phantoms have been working together to create a U16 and U18 Tier 1 program that will cooperate with High School Hockey. This program will allow players to play in showcase tournaments, play High School Hockey, build players body physically, and still allow them to participate in social things most HS boys want to do. Practice for these teams will start in early August. These teams will play in early showcase tournaments in Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and possibly Chicago early in season. It is our goal that both U16 & U18 will travel together as much as possible. Once High School schedule starts to kick in, teams will participate in one tournament a month with practices on weekends and a occasional game to allow players to participate with HS during week, have time to lift weights building their bodies, and have an occasional weekend off. I realize many of you have been waiting for this email or flier for couple weeks now, however, NPYHA/Phantoms were looking into different options to offer the best program we could. One thing never in doubt was whether or not these teams will exist! Registration forms will be out in next few days, I want to make sure players are aware what's going on. Cost for this program will be approximately $1,600 and will cover tournament fees. Tryout Dates and Times are as follows: U16: Friday June 2nd Bladerunners/Cranberry 6:00PM Saturday June 3rd Ice Zone/Youngstown 6:45PM Sunday June 4th Ice Zone/Youngstown 6:45PM U18 Tuesday June 6th Bladerunners/Cranberry 8:00PM Wednesday June 7th Ice Zone/Youngstown 7:00PM Thursday June 8th Ice Zone/Youngstown 7:00PM Tryout costs is $75.00 and once team is picked, you'll have one week to send commitment fee. If you know other players who may be interested in this program, please forward this email or have them call me. I don't have email for many Youngstown players and saw couple play at Mid-Ams last week, so please pass this on to them If you have any questions, please email or call Mike Bagnato at 412-670-8856 or 724-444-4575.

2006 National Invitational Scholastic Showcase November 10-12, 2006 ~ Jamestown Savings Bank Arena – Jamestown, NY 1st Annual Governor’s Cup Tournament Results Friday Buffalo St Francis NY 10 McDowell 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Joe Zarbo, Neil McKenney and Luke Hannon score a pair each as St Francis blanks McDowell Meadville 4 Summit Christian FLA 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Mike Noonan, Pat Leone, Alex Drelick and Bill Espy score as Meadville fights off Summit Christian. Hamilton SE IND 4 Naperville Central ILL 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Hamilton SE rallies from a 2-0 deficit as Robbie Stein, Robbie Hoye, Jordan Williams and Alex Dobie score 4 unanswered goals for the Royals. New Trier Green ILL 11 Holy Ghost Prep 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Matthew Young, Matthew Lindblad, Kevin Brown, and Conner Olvany scored twice as New Trier flex muscles over Holy Ghost Bethel Park 4 Jesuit College TEX 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Graham Cohen, Ramsey Netzel, Logan Bannon and Kenny Lehman scored to help the Hawks to a 4-0 lead. Jesuit's Hunter Roach scored in the 3rd period to break the shutout of Pete Cosentino Saturday Meadville 5 Hamilton SE IND 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Zane O'Shurak's slapshot with 2:07 remaining in overtime gave te Bulldogs a thrilling 5-4 victory over Hamilton SE. Robbie Stein tied the game with :01 left for the Royals. HSE built a 3-0 lead and Meadville rallied to take a 4-3 lead. Summit Christian FLA 2 Naperville Central ILL 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Matt Wahl scored with 3:50 remaining in regulation time and Frank Ferraro added an empty netter to give Summit the victory. Corey McKenna earned the shutout in goal for the Saints. Buffalo St Francis NY 9 Holy Ghost Prep 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Neil McKenney scores six goals and Vinnie Scarsella added five assists as St Francis shoots down Holy Ghost. New Trier Green ILL 8 McDowell 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Conner Olvany, Ches Gayda and Matthew Young each score twice as New Trier blanks McDowell Bethel Park 5 Jamestown NY 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Bethel Park turns back Jamestown as the Hawks score 5 unanswered goals led by Tom Whetsel with a pair, Kenny Lehman, Logan Bannon and Matt Seifert in the 2nd and 3rd period. Jesuit College TEX 6 Kittanning 5 HIGHLIGHTS: Scott Jarvie [2 Assists] scored with 2:40 remaining in regulation as Jesuit defeated Kittanning in a thriller. Nick Troup had a hat trick for Kittanning and Jesuit's Hunter Roach scored a goal and an assist. Meadville 5 Naperville Central ILL 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Meadville spots Naperville a 3-0 lead led by two goals by Bryan Lorenz. The Bulldogs rally for five unanswered goals including two goals and an assist by Morgan Nickerson and a goal and two assists by Dan Allegretti. Hamilton SE IND 7 Summit Christian FLA 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Hamilton SE finishes strong led by two goals by Matt Gordon and a goal and an assist from Robbie Stein. Jesuit College TEX 4 Jamestown NY 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Chris Boe notched the hat trick and Ryan Mack added two assists as Jesuit closed out round robin with a vicotry to finish 2nd in the bracket. Bethel Park 7 Kittanning 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Logan Bannon scored four goals and Kenny Lehman added a goal and 3 assists as Bethel Park clinched a spot in the semi-finals. New Trier Green ILL 6 Buffalo St Francis NY 5 [SO] HIGHLIGHTS: New Trier Green wins the shootout over Buffalo St Francis 2-1 to advance to the Semi-Finals Holy Ghost Prep 3 McDowell 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Andy Zemzik scores twice and John Soroka adds three assists as the Firebirds turn back McDowell Shootout Buffalo St Francis 3 Hamilton Southeastern 1 HIGHLIGHTS: St Francis defeat HSE in a shootout after a tie in the preliminary round standings at 2-1-0 and 11 points. Sunday Jamestown 5 Kittanning 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Jamestown builds a 3-2 lead through the 2nd period and adds two more in the 3rd period for the win. Brandon Horn notches the hat trick and Ryan Cunningham adds a goal and two assists for the Lakers. SEMI-FINALS New Trier Green 4 Meadville 3 *****LIVE AND ON-DEMAND ON PA HOCKEY **** Buffalo St Francis 6 Bethel Park 1 GOVERNORS CUP FINAL Buffalo St Francis 4 New Trier Green 3 *****LIVE AND ON-DEMAND ON PA HOCKEY **** Those teams wishing to be put on a waiting list for next year's event should contact Jeff Mauro at jeffmauro@aol.com ASAP. The 2007 event will return to Jamestown November 30th - December 2nd, 2007.

The 2006 Keystone State Games will be held July 27th - 30th at the York City Ice Center in York, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is divided into four regions for Ice Hockey for East [Blue Mountain/Pocono Region], South [Philadelphia Region], West [Pittsburgh Region] and Central [Great Lakes / Nittany Region]. 2006 KEYSTONE STATE GAMES ICE HOCKEY FINALS SCHEDULE YORK CITY ICE ARENA Midget Friday, July 28 West 0 Central 3 East 10 South 2 Saturday, July 29 Central 2 East 6 South 2 West 3 Sunday, July 30 Central 4 South 2 West 2 East 3 OT Gold East Silver Central Bronze West Bantam Friday, July 28 West 5 Central 3 East 2 South 7 Saturday, July 29 Central 4 East 3 South 4 West 3 Sunday, July 30 Central 5 South 6 OT West 6 East 3 Gold South Silver West Bronze Central Junior Male Friday, July 28 West 10 Central 0 East 6 South 2 Saturday, July 29 Central 1 East 11 South 3 West 4 Sunday, July 30 Central 0 South 4 West 1 East 2 OT Gold East Silver West Bronze South Junior Female Friday, July 28 West 10 Central 2 East 4 South 3 Saturday, July 29 Central 5 East 14 South 5 West 0 Sunday, July 30 Central 5 South 9 West 3 East 7 Gold East Silver South Bronze West Congratulations to all of this years participants in the Keystone State Games

CHICAGO - Special Report to Pa Hockey North Dakota is facing Pittsburgh for the third time in each of the past three years and the first two meetings in pool play resulted in victory for Team North Dakota, including a 5-4 game a year ago in Pool A play, prior to Pittsburgh running off wins to advance to the Semi-final before bowing to Minnesota. Team North Dakota is unique collection of players from the North Dakota High School Hockey League, in which totals 18 schools from the hockey fanatic areas of eastern North Dakota of Grand Forks and Fargo bordering Minnesota to the far reaches of the flatlands in places like Devil's Lake, Williston, Bismarck and of course Minot. It's a special group of players who represent the pride of North Dakota hockey and the 2006 version has much of the flavor with players who have come together from over 450 miles apart to form the team. North Dakota battled through the preliminary round after a setback to Michigan in the opening game to mount a big comeback to tie New Jersey after trailing 3-0 and then defeating rival Wisconsin twice on consecutive nights to make their way in to the Semi-Finals. Pittsburgh would be making its second consecutive semi-final appearance and hoping to advance to the finals for the 2nd time in 22 years and the first time since 1999. North Dakota came out smoking in the opening minute as Cody Krynock made two big saves on good scoring chances and earned a power play opportunity at 16:11. ND's Andrew Peterson scored the games first goal with a wrist shot just inside the far post from the bottom of the circle. A Pittsburgh miscue at 13:34 resulted in another scoring opportunity as North Dakota just missed taking an early two goal advantage. Pittsburgh's hot line of Fodor, Mandic and Ferguson went to work and created the first opportunity just a half a minute later. The momentum from that shift carried Pittsburgh to its first power play at 10:45 and they capitalized as Chris Urso set up on the far boards and threaded a perfect pass to Matt Bartkowski, who blistered a slapshot just inside the post to tie the game at 1-1 at 9:37. North Dakota came right back and pounced on a Pittsburgh miscue as Devil's Lakes Peter Jerome jammed home a loose puck to give ND a 2-1 lead at 9:17. Pittsburgh came back as Dustin Roux weaved through the high slot and set up Zach Hepler, who bombed a snapshot high over the glove side of goaltender Anthony Kringstad to tie the game again at 2-2 with 6:11 to go in period one. Dustin Roux gave Pittsburgh its first lead of the game as he fought off three North Dakota defenders and chipped the puck past Kringstad with 5:36 remaining to make it 3-2. After Pittsburgh killed off a North Dakota power play opportunity, the game had a huge momentum swing as Marc Mikulka took a puck from behind the goal line and banked it off the backside of Cody Krynock with 2:22 left in a wild first period and the score was tied 3-3 as North Dakota outshot Pittsburgh 12-7. North Dakota played opportunist early in the 2nd period as the Pittsburgh defense mishandled the puck and Mike Harrie scored on a shot from in between the circles with 15 and a half left in period two to make it 4-3. Another bad clearing attempt resulted in disaster for Team Pittsburgh as Dakota's David Hovet swooped in and buried a rebound past Bryan Ross, who replaced Krynock late in the first and now Pittsburgh was in a hole and down 5-3. Pittsburgh picked up their game a this point and pulled back within a goal on the power play as Josh Fodor finished off a nice passing sequence as Timmy O'Brien, Matt Bartkowski, Paul Dittrich and Josh Mandic touched the puck before the goal at 11:09 cut the lead to 5-4. Team Pittsburgh outshot North Dakota 17-7, but goaltender Anthony Kringstad would deny Pittsburgh for the remainder of the period. On to the third period and while Pittsburgh began to pour the shots on Kringstad, the North Dakota goaltender just seemed to get sharper stopping all 12 Pittsburgh shots in the final period, while North Dakota only managed to post five on Bryan Ross. Josh Fodor nearly tied it with 12:52 to play in regulation on a tip of Shane Ferguson's shot. A Pittsburgh power play ensued but Pittsburgh seemed out of rhythm. The Pittsburgh team's climb would get much steeper as Matt Batrkowski was whistled for a hit from behind resulting in 12 minutes in penalties with 9:44 to play. Unfortunately for Pittsburgh the call was made but the team forged on as their captain could only sit and watch the remaining 10 minutes from the penalty box. Pittsburgh dominated play and their best chance to tie the game came with 3:25 to play as Zach Hepler was in alone but Anthony Kringstad stopped him to keep North Dakota on top 5-4. A play in the final minute was the peak of frustration for Pittsburgh as with a player from North Dakota down behind the net, Josh Mandic had control of the puck coming out of the corner with a golden scoring opportunity and the referee inadvertantly blew the whistle stopping play with 52 seconds left to the dismay of the Pittsburgh bench. Team Pittsburgh pulled their goalie in the final minute and could not get the equalizer ending their dreams of moving onto the finals with a 5-4 setback to North Dakota. Pittsburgh outshot ND 36-24, including 29-12 over the final two periods only scoring one goal on Anthony Kringstadm the North Dakota goaltender from Grafton / Park River, who didn't appear in any of the post season honors in the ND State Tournament, but scored a huge victory for North Dakota hockey.