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2006 Flyers Cup Playoffs Eastern Pennsylvania leagues are now competing for the 2006 Flyers Cup Championships and we have complete coverage of the 2006 Flyers Cup including previews and the complete schedule of the 2006 Flyers Cup Championships and the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships to be played at the RMU Island Sports Center on Saturday April 8th. In addition, the complete history of champions and game results of the Flyers Cup dating back to 1980 can be found by clicking on the 2005 Flyers Cup logo ! Flyers Cup A - Preliminary Round Central York Panthers 4 Methacton Warriors 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Jason Cleaver scores with 2 minutes to go to give the Panthers an upset win over Methacton. Jason Weitkamp makes 26 saves and Alex Cardello scores twice for Central York. George Stevens scores twice for Methacton. Kennett Blue Demons 4 Interboro Bucs 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Jordan McLane scores two goals for Kennett Springfield 3 Warwick Bulldogs 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Tim McMenamin scores a hat trick as Springfield outshoots Warwick 34-13 Unionville Indians 4 Williamstown [NJ] 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Ryan Levesque scores with 2:48 remaining to give Indians the lead. Rob Denning scores twice & Mike Milana stops 21 of 24 shots for Unionville. Flyers Cup A - 1st Round Lower Dauphin Falcons 5 Central Bucks West Bucks 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Frankie Saad scores twice and Brian Matesevac stops 22 shots for the Falcons Hershey Trojans 6 Springfield (M) 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Dan Myers and Steve Malero score twice for the Trojans Garnet Valley 9 Wissahickon 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Mark Ranieri score s the hat trick as Garnet Valley yields only 8 shots Springfield Cougars 6 Unionville Indians1 HIGHLIGHTS: Phil Eastman scores the hat trick to lead the Cougars Central York Panthers 3 Haverford School 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Zach Brown scores with 7:54 remaining in regulation as Central York upsets Haverford School Penncrest Lions 2 Kennett Blue Demons 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Dave Bixler scores his second goal of the game at 8:37 of overtime as the defending State Champs survive a scare from Kennett Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials 7 Shawnee 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Alex Adoni stops all 18 shots and Plymouth has 7 different scorers Perkiomen Valley Vikings 5 Moorestown 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Charles Johnson makes 35 saves for the shutout and Matt DeLuca leads the way with a pair of goals and an assist for the Vikings Flyers Cup A - Quarter-Finals Penncrest Lions 5 Plymouth Whitemarsh 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Nick Kusturiss and Dave Bixler score two goals apiece to lead Lions to the Semis Hershey Trojans 6 Perkiomen Valley 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Springfield Cougars 7 Lower Dauphin Falcons 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Von Mondevergine notches 2 goals and 5 assists and Phil Eastman adds two goals and two assists as Cougars advance to semi-finals Garnet Valley 7 Central York Panthers 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Flyers Cup A – Semi-Finals ~ March 21, 2006 @ IceLine Springfield Cougars 5 Garnet Valley 4 [OT] HIGHLIGHTS: Springfield builds a 4-1 lead after two periods on a pair of goals by Jim Kennedy and singles by Von Mondevergine and Phil Eastman. Garnet Valley forces overtime with three goals in the 3rd period as Mike Sheridan's 2nd goal of the game ties it with just 30 seconds to play after Chris Zizza and Steve Meyers closed the gap to one goal. Von Mondevergine scored the game winner with 1:05 left in overtime on an assist Phil Eastman to send the Cougars to the Flyers Cup. Penncrest Lions 4 Hershey Trojans 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Dave Bixler scores twice including the game winner with 3:12 to play in regulation as the Lions move on to defend their Flyers Cup title. Nick Kusturiss adds a goal and three assists including an insurance tally by Chris Tull with 53 seconds remaining. Hershey erased a 2-0 deficit in the second period as Tyler and Patrick Lewis scored 12 seconds apart late in the period. Penncrest goaltender Ryan McElhenney stopped 22 shots including all 13 in the first period. 2006 Flyers Cup A – Finals Penncrest Lions 1 Springfield Cougars 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Chris Tull's goal at 14:10 of the second period stands up as the Lions repeat as Flyers Cup Champions and move on to play Quaker Valley. Penncrest goaltender Ryan McElhenney stops all 25 Cougar shots for the shutout.

Central Catholic 9 Franklin Regional 3 NEW KENSINGTON – Central Catholic [13-7-2], the # 7 seed and Franklin Regional [11-11-0], the # 10 seed squared off in the opening round of the 2006 Penguins Cup playoffs. The Vikings have enjoyed a nice run in the Penguins Cup playoffs since Kevin Zielmanski took the helm in 1998, winning it the first year, but have been unable to get the prize they want the most, which is a State Championship. CC went to the finals the very next year in 1999 losing to Meadville in overtime 2-1 on a goal by Nick Tucci and has not been back since. Franklin Regional, on the other hand has a decent history in getting to the Penguins Cup, the latest in 2003 losing to Meadville at RMU Neville Island Sports Center, which Head Coach Jim Daugherty was a part of, with 5 trips including only one at AAA and 4 consecutive at Class AA in 1993,1994,1995 and 1996. The Panthers have never captured a Western Pennsylvania Championship. Both schools prior to 1999 won a couple of WPIHL Championships and have a great history with strong hockey presence. The Vikings struck first as Chris Urso won the face of to the left of Franklin Regional goaltender Anthony Livescchi, beat the centerman and lofted a wrist shot through the stick side for a 1-0 lead for CC. Central Catholic went on the power play and at 3:51 cashed in as Josh Martin’s shot from the right point was re-directed on its way to the net by Joe Kerr to make it 2-0. With 48 seconds remaining in the opening period, # 16 snuck into the middle of the ice Andy Hanno took a perfect feed from Glenn Sherwin and beat Livescchi low to the stick side to make the count 3-0, as the Vikings outshot the Panthers by a 6-5 margin. Franklin got on the board at 10:42 on the power play as Joey Nicoletti picked up a loose puck in the circle and buried a wrist shot high over the stick hand side over Bobby Magyerics. Central Catholic went on a 5 on 3 power play and cashed in again as Chris Urso picked up a loose puck on the doorstep and deposited it into an empty net past James ‘not Bobby’ Orr at 7:41 to make it 4-1 and just 40 seconds later the Vikings lit the lamp again at 7:07 as C.J. Burke scored on a Josh Martin rebound turning this one into a CC runaway 5-1 with a power play goal. With 5:34 Turner Andritz scored to cut the lead to 5-2. CC went back on the 5 on 3 and C.J. Burke scored with 4:01 remaining to make it 6-2. With 33 seconds remaining in the 2nd period, Joel Sirianni scored for FR to cut the CC lead to 6-3. Then with just 10 seconds left before the ice cut, Bryan Dietz beat James Orr on the short side to push the Viking lead to 7-3. On to the third period and Franklin Regional goaltender # 3 in the game, Adam Treml and the Vikings rudely welcomed him as Chris Urso completed the hat trick at 14:28 to make it an 8-3 punishment of the Panthers. With 9:57 remaining in regulation Glenn Sherwin tipped a Josh Martin shot between the legs of Treml to make it a 9-3 advantage for the Vikings. Central Catholic piled up the shots in the third period and walked away with an impressive 9-3 victory in front of an intimate gathering at the Valley Sports Complex.

VALENCIA - Pine Richland 6 West Allegheny 0 A who’s who night of Western Pennsylvania AA Hockey tonight as yours truly and Earl ‘Mr Center Ice’ Bugaile’ headed a star studded cast as Ed ‘Jake’ Jacobs, some ‘Concerned Citizens of Montour’, the Kittanning coaching staff of Jon Yackmack, Lee Grafton and Jamie King, former PR coach Bobby Black, Brian Cole, Quaker Valley assistant Jim Miller, Dave ‘Robin the Boy Wonder’, Joe Avi, Joe Ritchey, Hampton’s Brian Steckel among the Concerned Citizens of Pine Richland and West Allegheny Pine Richland and West Allegheny entered this evening’s game holding down the top 2 spots in Class AA for the upcoming Penguins Cup playoffs and the winner would capture the # 1 seed position. Both teams are looking to keep the playoff edge as the opening round will be contested later this week and WA and PR will await the first round winners for action beginning next week. Norm Cook and Jimmy Black both feel their teams have a great shot at capture their respective schools first ever Penguins Cup at Mellon Arena on March 25th. Pine Richland didn’t take long to strike as a streaking Josh Fodor converted a feed from Jordan Yoklic at 14:32 for a quick 1-0 lead. Kyle Mortimer made the game’s first big save at 10:32, stopping multiple cracks and the 2nd rebound for Jordan Yoklic from point blank range. The Rams made it 2-0 as George Saad walked the puck out of the corner and beat Mortimer squeezing the puck through the 5 hole at 9:12. Pine Richland continued to dominate the opening period and with 1:08 remaining in opening period as Jordan Yoklic tipped a long shot off the stick of Geoff Bagnato. Sweet replaced Mortimer in goal to start the second period. George Saad pounced on a Brian Miller rebound at 10:48 and beat Sweet to make it 4-0. The Rams just kept on coming and at 7:52, they would not be denied as Brian Miller banged home a rebound of linemate George Saad to turn this on into a 5-0 runaway. At 8:19, the Rams lit the lamp again as George Saad completed the hat trick with an assist to Brian Miller and a 6-0 lead. With 4:29 remaining, Stoney Hildreth kept his shutout stopping Jeff Cupelli. Pine Richland earned a convincing 6-0 win over the Indians and has built quite a bit of momentum for the upcoming playoffs and will also be the # 1 seed.

VALENCIA - Pine Richland 6 West Allegheny 0 A who’s who night of Western Pennsylvania AA Hockey tonight as yours truly and Earl ‘Mr Center Ice’ Bugaile’ headed a star studded cast as Ed ‘Jake’ Jacobs, some ‘Concerned Citizens of Montour’, the Kittanning coaching staff of Jon Yackmack, Lee Grafton and Jamie King, former PR coach Bobby Black, Brian Cole, Quaker Valley assistant Jim Miller, Dave ‘Robin the Boy Wonder’, Joe Avi, Joe Ritchey, Hampton’s Brian Steckel among the Concerned Citizens of Pine Richland and West Allegheny Pine Richland and West Allegheny entered this evening’s game holding down the top 2 spots in Class AA for the upcoming Penguins Cup playoffs and the winner would capture the # 1 seed position. Both teams are looking to keep the playoff edge as the opening round will be contested later this week and WA and PR will await the first round winners for action beginning next week. Norm Cook and Jimmy Black both feel their teams have a great shot at capture their respective schools first ever Penguins Cup at Mellon Arena on March 25th. Pine Richland didn’t take long to strike as a streaking Josh Fodor converted a feed from Jordan Yoklic at 14:32 for a quick 1-0 lead. Kyle Mortimer made the game’s first big save at 10:32, stopping multiple cracks and the 2nd rebound for Jordan Yoklic from point blank range. The Rams made it 2-0 as George Saad walked the puck out of the corner and beat Mortimer squeezing the puck through the 5 hole at 9:12. Pine Richland continued to dominate the opening period and with 1:08 remaining in opening period as Jordan Yoklic tipped a long shot off the stick of Geoff Bagnato. Sweet replaced Mortimer in goal to start the second period. George Saad pounced on a Brian Miller rebound at 10:48 and beat Sweet to make it 4-0. The Rams just kept on coming and at 7:52, they would not be denied as Brian Miller banged home a rebound of linemate George Saad to turn this on into a 5-0 runaway. At 8:19, the Rams lit the lamp again as George Saad completed the hat trick with an assist to Brian Miller and a 6-0 lead. With 4:29 remaining, Stoney Hildreth kept his shutout stopping Jeff Cupelli. Pine Richland earned a convincing 6-0 win over the Indians and has built quite a bit of momentum for the upcoming playoffs and will also be the # 1 seed.

SPECIAL REPORT FROM ERIE TIMES NEWS By JASON SNYDER Contributing writer By completing one shutout, McDowell goalie John Cleary earned another. Cleary capped a perfect career against hockey rival Cathedral Prep on Wednesday with the Trojans' 6-0 PIHL West win over the Ramblers at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. It was the senior goaltender's sixth win in six tries against the Ramblers (13-24-1, 8-14-0 PIHL), whose playoff chances are all but gone with eight straight losses to end the season. Behind Cleary's play in net and two goals and an assist by junior Brandon Oathout, the Trojans (19-15-1, 12-7-1 PIHL) put two potentially dangerous games against Prep behind them. "Every time we play them, I seem to get hot," said Cleary, who had 22 saves. "It might just be that Prep-McDowell rivalry that makes you want to give everything you can." For the second straight game, McDowell took a period to get going offensively, leading just 1-0 after the first off a goal by Nick DiSanti. Ryan Adams opened a four-goal second period for the Trojans with an unassisted goal off a blast from outside the blue line. Oathout, who assisted DiSanti's goal, scored on back-to-back breakaways. "(I thought), let's just bury one and put them away," Oathout said. "It was senior night and we wanted to do it for those guys and we came out and did it." Trevor Shaw and Tyler Nolf closed the Trojans' scoring. McDowell outshot Prep 45-22 and killed four Rambler power plays. Prep's biggest scoring opportunity came in the first period when a bouncing puck appeared to be on its way into the net. "Ed Maras basically saved my shutout for me," Cleary said. "He made a great dive across the net to stop the puck, and if it wasn't for that, it could have been a 1-1 game and anything could have happened." McDowell coach Paul Mancini was happy to see Cleary earn the shutout after he missed it with a last-minute goal by the Ramblers last week. "John's a rock for us," Mancini said. "We kind of owed him one after the last game. We wanted to make sure that didn't happen again." McDowell, already a lock for the PIHL postseason, still must face powers Upper St. Clair and Meadville before its playoff seeding is determined. "We're on a bit of a hot streak now,"Oathout said. "We beat Fox Chapel in overtime and now these guys twice, so hopefully we'll carry the momentum on the road."