Archbishop Carroll Patriots - 1981 AAA 2004 AA

   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 

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.  

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

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

   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

   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