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Pa Hockey will cover the Penguins Cup Playoffs all the way to the State Finals in West Chester on March 28th. Below are the matchups which will be updated through the Penguins Cup Finals at Class AAA, AA and A.
You can see the complete history of the Penguins Cup from 1975 to Present and the 2009 Penguins Cup Schedule by clicking below .......only on Pa Hockey !
www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PC09SCHED.xls
Here are the 2009 Penguins Cup Previews or click on the Penguins Logo below!
www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PENCUP09.XLS
Class A
PENGUIN CUP SEMI-FINALS | ||||||||||
A | 1 | Mars | 4 | 4 | Quaker Valley | 0 | Mellon Arena | Wednesday | 18-Mar | 5:00 PM |
A | 2 | Serra Catholic | 3 | 3 | Bishop McCort | 9 | Mellon Arena | Thursday | 19-Mar | 5:00 PM |
PENGUIN CUP FINALS | ||||||||||
A | 1 | Mars | 3 | Bishop McCort | 2 | Mellon Arena | Tuesday | 24-Mar | 6:30 PM | |
FLYERS CUP FINALS | ||||||||||
A | 1 | Bayard Rustin | 4 | 3 | Hershey | 3 | Spectrum | Saturday | 21-Mar | 10:30 AM |
PENNSYLVANIA CUP FINALS | ||||||||||
A | E 1 | Bayard Rustin | W | Mars | IceLine | Saturday | 28-Mar | 11:00 AM |
Please see Penguins Cup Semi-Final Recaps in Game Summaries
http://www.eteamz.com/pahockey/news/index.cfm?cat=140824
Serra Catholic 6 Freeport 2
Highlights: Eagles score a 6-2 win over the Yellow Jackets. Erik Manetta leads the attack for Serra with a pair of goals and two assists.
Quaker Valley 4 Hampton 2
Highlights: QV scores a 4-2 win over the Talbots. Colin SOuth scores a pair of goals and Alex Jackson and Kevin Kenny score for the Quakers, who outshoot Hampton 24-22.
Mars 6 Westmont Hilltop 3
Highlights: Jake Robash scored two goals to lead No. 1 seed Mars past No. 8 Westmont Hilltop, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the Class A Penguins Cup Championship at Cranberry/Warrendale Bladerunners. Andrew Santa opened the scoring for Mars at 13:23 of the first period, and Robash followed with a shorthanded goal at 9:42 to give Mars an early 2-0 lead. Westmont Hilltop's Andy Herbert made it a 2-1 game on a power-play goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first period, but Mars scored the next three goals to ensure the victory.
Bishop McCort 4 Knoch 0
Highlights: Bishop McCort's Todd Thomas scores a hat trick and adds an assist and Kurtis Straw scores the opening goal game winner as the Crimson Crushers outshoot Knoch 31-16. Jimmy Stenger earns the shutout for McCort.
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OPEN Cup Tournament
Nailers Cup Quarter Finals
Open John Marshall 1 Blackhawk 8
Open Trinity 3 Keystone Oaks 4
Open Carrick 1 Morgantown 10
Open Ringgold 4 Quigley 6
Chiefs Cup Quarter Finals
Open Greensburg Salem 1 Ford City 9
Open Hollidaysburg 2 Ligonier Valley 7
Open Kiski Area 6 Hempfield 8
Open Greater Johnstown 1 Connellsville 8
OPEN Division Cup Tournament
Tuesday February 24th
Nailers Cup Semi-Finals
Quigley 9 Blackhawk 8
Keystone Oaks 2 Morgantown 1
Chiefs Cup Semi Finals
Ford City 9 Connellsville 3
Ligonier Valley 3 Hempfield 1
Thursday February 26th
Nailers Cup Finals
Quigley 7 Keystone Oaks 3
Chiefs Cup Finals
Ford City 4 Ligonier Valley 0
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Back by popular demand is a time tested feature of Pa Hockey as the season winds down and the Penguins Cup playoffs are almost here. If the Penguins Cup Started Today takes a look at the Penguins Cup playoff races at A, AA and AAA and will be calculated to the .001 decimal point to allow us all to know who is in and who is out !
Here are the teams who have clinched berths in the Penguins Cup playoffs
AAA [12] ~ Pine Richland - Shaler - Upper St Clair - Canon McMillan - Seneca Valley - State College - North Allegheny - McDowell - Penn Trafford - Mt Lebanon - Fox Chapel - Bethel Park
AA [12] ~ Latrobe - Meadville - West Allegheny - Peters Twp - Canevin - Montour - Franklin Regional - Greensburg CC - Kittanning - Moon - Baldwin - Elizabeth Forward
A [8] ~ Serra Catholic - Mars - Bishop McCort - Quaker Valley - Hampton - Westmont Hilltop - Knoch - Freeport
www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PenguinsCupStandings0809Week17Tues.xls
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Every year at this time, teams across Western Pennsylvania clinch playoff berths and also at the top of each division clinch a division title. The diminishing of the number of teams competing has made it a little easiers for some schools to repeat, but many new schools have re-captured the glory of clinching the division title under the radar.
In addition, you can recount your schools history as we have also compiled a list of schools dating back to 1971 from the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League [WPIHL], Lake Shore Hockey League [LKSHL] and South Hills Interscholastic Hockey League [SHIHL] prior to 1999, which includes League Championships.
www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PIHLDivisionChampions2009F.xls
Congratulations to the following Division Champions
AAA Shaler Titans - Titans win their first Division Title since 1994 and 7th all-time
Pine Richland Rams - Rams win their 12th Division Title in 15 years and 16th overall
State College Little Lions - State College wins 2nd in a row
Upper St Clair Panthers - USC wins 1st Division title in 17 years and 10th overall
AA Latrobe Wildcats - 3 in a row for the Wildcats and 8th all time title
Canevin Crusaders - repeat for the Crusaders and 9 Division titles in their history
Peters Twp Indians - 1st Division title since 2004 and 5th in their history
Meadville Bulldogs - Bulldogs win 16th Division Title all-time
A Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers - 14th Division title in 16 years for the Crimson
Crushers, the 2nd most in all of Western Pa Hockey behind the Meadville Bulldogs
Mars Planets - 3 in a row for the Planets and 6 Division crowns in 10 years
Serra Catholic Eagles - 9 Division titles in 10 years for the Eagles
Quaker Valley Quakers - 8 straight Division titles for QV
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Every year Pa Hockey goes through the process of picking the top 25 players in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania. We invite your thoughts on Pa Hockey on our selections and certainly value your opinions.
We really couldn't validate our annual list of the top 5 Fans since the lack of attendance and lack of participation on our forum has been a realative disappearing act. The Top 5 Freshman who have come on the scene and some pretty good Top 5 coaching performances [Western Pa]. Finally, if you are going find a group of top 25 players from under a rock, you will not have to look far because we left no stone unturned.
Enjoy it + Comments are welcome..... And if you don't like it you can always discuss in on the Roundtable ..... The Pa Hockey Top 25 is one reason why it the # 1 Interscholastic Hockey Website in the State of Pennsylvania !
The Pa Hockey Top 25 for Eastern and Western Pa is now posted ........only on Pa Hockey !
www.eteamz.com/pahockey/files/PAHOCKEY0809TOP25.xls
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