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The 2007 Flyers Cup marks the 27th Annual Tournament at Class AAA, AA and A. This years will have 53 schools compete at three levels culminating in the Flyers Cup Championships and the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in Aston on April 7th. The Cardinal O'Hara Lions, Haverford Fords and Panncrest Lions are poised to defend their 2006 Flyers Cup Championships. The 2007 Tournament Schedule is NOW AVAILABLE only on Pa Hockey and includes the complete history dating back to 1980 ! The 2007 Flyers Cup Previews are NOW AVAILABLE courtesy of Breakaway Magazine ! Please check out all of the action at the bottom of the Pa Hockey Main Page for ***GAME SUMMARIES*** and Highlights [H] 2007 Flyers Cup Championships Class A - West Chester Henderson Warriors 4 Kennett Blue Demons 2 Class AA - Haverford High Fords 7 Washington Twp Minutemen[NJ] 6 Class AAA - Holy Ghost Prep Firebirds 7 Cardinal O'Hara Lions 3

The 2007 Flyers Cup marks the 27th Annual Tournament at Class AAA, AA and A. This years will have 53 schools compete at three levels culminating in the Flyers Cup Championships and the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in Aston on April 7th. The Cardinal O'Hara Lions, Haverford Fords and Panncrest Lions are poised to defend their 2006 Flyers Cup Championships. The 2007 Tournament Schedule is NOW AVAILABLE only on Pa Hockey and includes the complete history dating back to 1980 ! The 2007 Flyers Cup Previews are NOW AVAILABLE courtesy of Breakaway Magazine ! Please check out all of the action at the bottom of the Pa Hockey Main Page for ***GAME SUMMARIES*** and Highlights [H] 2007 Flyers Cup Championships Class A - West Chester Henderson Warriors 4 Kennett Blue Demons 2 Class AA - Haverford High Fords 7 Washington Twp Minutemen[NJ] 6 Class AAA - Holy Ghost Prep Firebirds 7 Cardinal O'Hara Lions 3

OPEN Championship Tournament Round of 16 Chiefs Cup State College 11 Valley 2 Hempfield 10 Altoona 2 Highlights: Nursing a 3-1 lead, Hempfield erupted for seven goals in the final period of play to post a 10-2 victory Hempfield’s Chaten Boscha scored four goals and two assists. Derick Sudaric, Mario Siard, Zane Stout, Robert Permuka and Jacob Belli added one apiece for the Spartans. Somerset 8 Hollidaysburg 5 Highlights: Craig Eddy finished with four goals and an assist, and teammate Andy Coughenour had a goal and three assists. Ken Koronowski netted a hat- trick and two assists for Holidaysburg. Kiski 4 Woodland Hills 3 (OT) Highlights: Josh Horvath his 4th Goal of the Game scored at 2:23 of the overtime, to give the Cavaliers the thrilling opening round playoff win. Nathan Henry made 22 saves for Kiski and Ryan Hast was super in goal for Woodland Hills, as he was Monday night, making 25 saves. Billy Sullivan had 2 goals for Woody High and Billy Gorel added the other. Nailers Cup Wheeling Park - Bye Quigley 11 Connellsville 4 Highlights: Quigley blasts Connellsville as Josh Marshall scores five times to lead the attack. Morgantown 5 Chartiers Valley 3 Highlights: CV comes back from 3-0 deficit to tie score late in second, 3-3 but falls short, 5-3. Josh Dunbar, Brian Rodavich and DJ Falcioni score for the Colts. Wheeling Central 5 Allderdice 1 Quarter-Finals Chiefs Cup Semi-Final - War Memorial - March 6 State College 3 Kiski 1 Highlights: State College exploded for 3 goals in the second period to break open a close game. Cam Beaury, Jacques Guillory, and Nick Michael scored for the #1 Seeded team. Calvin Michael was super in goal making 18 saves. Jordan Zvonkovich had the only goal for the Cavaliers, who out-shot State College 21-19. Hempfield 4 Somerset 2 Highlights: Hempfield's Mario Siard and Johnathan Rouse score two goals each for the Spartans and Somerset's Andy Coughenour and Jonathan Shaulis score for the Eagles Chiefs Cup Final - War Memorial - March 8 - 7:00 PM State College 3 Hempfield 0 Highlights: George Semechin scored the game-winning goal in the first period to lead State College to victory over Hempfield in the Chiefs Cup Championship at the Memorial. Nick and Dan Patrick scored insurance goals and goaltender Calvin Michael made 29 saves for the Little Lions. Nailers Cup Semi Final ~ Wheeling Civic Center - March 5 Quigley 5 Morgantown 3 Highlights: Graham Harkins had two goals and an assist and Kyle Spaniol scored the winner with 8:07 to play as Quigley defeated Morgantown, W.Va., 5-3, in the Nailers Cup semifinals at Wesbanco Arena in Wheeling. Josh Marshall added a goal and three assists for the Spartans (18-2-1), who will play in the final 7 p.m. tomorrow at Wesbanco Arena. The Mohigans fell to 18-4. Wheeling CC 2 Wheeling Park 1 (OT) Nailers Cup Final ~ Quigley 4 Wheeling CC 3 OT Highlights:Wheeling Central fell to Quigley 4-3 in overtime. The Spartans Graham Harkins scored the hat trick including the game winner 4 1/2 minutes into OT. The two teams were forced into overtime after Wheeling Central captain Shane Garan scored a shorthanded a goal that tied the game with just seconds remaining in the second period. Zach Stahl and Garrett Black each were credited with a goal for Wheeling Central. Open Cup Championship ~ Rostraver Ice Garden - March 15 - 7:00 PM State College 7 Quigley 1 Centre Daily Times Story State College hoists hockey title From CDT staff reports BELLE VERNON -- For the second straight year, the State College ice hockey team is sitting atop the scholastic hockey scene in western Pennsylvania. Nick Petrick scored three goals and Brian James added two goals and two assists as the Little Lions overpowered a high-scoring Quigley team 7-1 Thursday to defend the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Open Cup title at Rostraver Ice Gardens. "It feels excellent," said Petrick, who scored the only two goals of the first period. "It's real hard to repeat." Dan Petrick and Georg Semechin also scored for State College, which finished 22-1-1, its lone loss coming by way of forfeit. Calvin Michael made 20 saves in the win. "It feels really good," said State College coach Tim Holdcroft. "Obviously we were the team to beat. We have eight seniors, kids who have played together for many years. It's a great way for them to end their scholastic career with a championship." The Little Lions held Quigley to 21 shots and held 40-goal scorer Josh Marshall scoreless. Marshall did manage an assist on Quigley's only goal. State College took a 2-0 lead into the third before exploding for five in the third. "It was a tight first two periods," Petrick said, "but then we opened it up and the bounces went our way in the third."

Thomas Jefferson's John Zeiler, member of the 3-time Pennsylvania State Champions Jaguars scored his first National Hockey League goal against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday February 22nd. Zeiler, who attended St Lawrence University and went on to play with Manchester of the American Hockey League was signed to a one year contract with the Kings. He becomes the 5th player from Western Pennsylvania to play in the National Hockey League joining R.J. Umberger, Ryan Malone, Billy Thomas and Nate Guenin. Congratulations to John Zeiler on this great accomplishment !

I have talked to many of you in the rinks about the potential for change in the PIHL and in April there will be a slate of people who run for the office of the Executive Board. I will NOT be one of those people nor am I interested in being in any paid position, but I am consulting with this group of people as to what needs to happen to FIX the 7-year mess created by the Villans. People who say I use Pa Hockey as a forum to bash the PIHL are very misinformed and those who characterize anything I write as a rant, don’t really understand either. I will not go into a long dissertation about what’s wrong because everyone knows it, everyone complains about it and now its time to do something about it. I will not be releasing Part 2 of the Solution as that will be in the hands of the people who run for office and it has to do with one thing and that is saving people a lot of money and simplifying hockey to allow more kids to participate in hockey and potentially saving some of the programs that are dying in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey. Remember one thing, there are NO promises and the people who are currently running the PIHL have had 7 years and have done a mediocre job at best because they are all about the money and NOT about providing a service to the member teams; The Alignment Philosiphy is simple. 1) Return Interscholastic Hockey to Class AAA, AA and A + 2) create a long term solution to allow ALL pure scholastic programs to compete for the Penguins Cup and Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championship and 3) simplify the scheduling process and reduce travel. Class AAA will be an Open Classification with the top 16 schools and schools must commit for a two (2) year period. Class AA and A will be classified by enrollment and have a cut-off of 400 using PIAA Enrollment Numbers. Below is the proposed alignment for the 2007-2008 season (Please keep in mind this scenario takes into account Solution – Part 2): PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC HOCKEY LEAGUE - CLASS 'AAA' STANDINGS- ALIGNMENT PROPOSAL NORTHEAST CONFERENCE PIHL AAA EAST CENTRAL CATHOLIC 634 PIHL AAA EAST FOX CHAPEL 651 PIHL AAA EAST GATEWAY 610 PIHL AAA EAST NORTH HILLS 705 PIHL AAA EAST PENN-TRAFFORD 630 PIHL AAA EAST PINE-RICHLAND 522 PIHL AAA EAST PLUM 606 PIHL AAA EAST SHALER 798 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PIHL AAA WEST BALDWIN 622 PIHL AAA WEST BETHEL PARK 810 PIHL AAA WEST MCDOWELL 945 PIHL AAA WEST MEADVILLE 416 PIHL AAA WEST MT LEBANON 729 PIHL AAA WEST NORTH ALLEGHENY 1044 PIHL AAA WEST SENECA VALLEY 938 PIHL AAA WEST UPPER ST. CLAIR 571 Schedule would be 22 Games including 14 Divisional (7x2) and 8 Inter-Conference & Schools would be required to obtain 15 Ice Slots Top 8 Schools by Winning Percentage would be in the Penguins Cup Playoffs. PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC HOCKEY LEAGUE - CLASS 'AA' STANDINGS- ALIGNMENT PROPOSAL NORTHEAST CONFERENCE PIHL AA LAUREL ALTOONA 974 PIHL AA LAUREL GREENSBURG C C 214 PIHL AA LAUREL GREENSBURG SALEM 475 PIHL AA LAUREL HEMPFIELD 812 PIHL AA LAUREL HOLIDAYSBURG 532 PIHL AA LAUREL INDIANA 422 PIHL AA LAUREL LATROBE 555 PIHL AA LAUREL STATE COLLEGE 1264 PIHL AA EAST BUTLER 1044 PIHL AA EAST CONNELLSVILLE 757 PIHL AA EAST FRANKLIN REGIONAL 514 PIHL AA EAST HAMPTON 399 PIHL AA EAST KISKI AREA 588 PIHL AA EAST KITTANNING 311 PIHL AA EAST NORWIN 653 PIHL AA EAST WOODLAND HILLS 779 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PIHL AA SOUTH ALLDERDICE 709 PIHL AA SOUTH CANON MCMILLAN 581 PIHL AA SOUTH CARRICK 551 PIHL AA SOUTH ELIZABETH FORWARD 389 PIHL AA SOUTH PETERS TOWNSHIP 534 PIHL AA SOUTH RINGGOLD 468 PIHL AA SOUTH SOUTH PARK 332 PIHL AA SOUTH THOMAS JEFFERSON 401 PIHL AA WEST AMBRIDGE 424 PIHL AA WEST CANEVIN 168 PIHL AA WEST CATHEDRAL PREP 440 PIHL AA WEST CHARTIERS VALLEY 467 PIHL AA WEST MONTOUR 436 PIHL AA WEST MOON 488 PIHL AA WEST TRINITY 467 PIHL AA WEST WEST ALLEGHENY 415 Schedule would be 22 Games including 14 Divisional (7x2) and 8 Conference & Schools would be required to obtain 15 Ice Slots Top 16 Schools (8 in each conference and play cross bracket by winning percentage) by Winning Percentage would be in the Penguins Cup Playoffs. STANDINGS- ALIGNMENT PROPOSAL 2007-2008 SEASON NORTHEAST CONFERENCE PIHL A EAST BISHOP MCCORT 189 PIHL A EAST CONEMAUGH VALLEY 107 PIHL A EAST FERNDALE 85 PIHL A EAST JOHNSTOWN 391 PIHL A EAST WESTMONT-HILLTOP 268 PIHL A EAST WINDBER ?? PIHL A LAUREL BISHOP GUILFOYLE 135 PIHL A LAUREL DERRY 366 PIHL A LAUREL FOREST HILLS 337 PIHL A LAUREL LIGONIER VALLEY 376 PIHL A LAUREL RICHLAND-CAMBRIA 209 PIHL A LAUREL SOMERSET 376 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PIHL A SOUTH DEER LAKES 257 PIHL A SOUTH FREEPORT 260 PIHL A SOUTH KNOCH 384 PIHL A SOUTH MARS 319 PIHL A SOUTH SERRA CATHOLIC 103 PIHL A SOUTH VALLEY 277 PIHL A WEST BEAVER 285 PIHL A WEST CENTER 267 PIHL A WEST QUAKER VALLEY 224 PIHL A WEST QUIGLEY 58 PIHL A WEST SEWICKLEY ACADEMY 115 PIHL A WEST STEEL VALLEY 316 Schedule would be 21 Games including 15 Divisional (5x3) and 6 Conference & Schools would be required to obtain 15 Ice Slots Top 12 Schools (6 in each conference and play cross bracket by winning percentage) by Winning Percentage would be in the Penguins Cup Playoffs. Division Winners would receive a bye and be re-seeded by Winning Percentage in Round 2