Freeport Yellow Jackets

The 21st Chicago Showcase tournament will be played on April 13th through the 17th at the AHAI Center in Naperville, Illinois. Team Pittsburgh and Team Philadelphia will participate again in this years Showcase and the tryouts will be held in March to select the teams to participate in this event. Pa Hockey will be there today to cover all the action !!! Saturday April 16, 2005 Consolation Round Ohio 5 Philadelphia 2 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Ohio breaks open a 2-2 game in the 3rd period to defeat Philadelphia. Quarter Finals Minnesota 8 Team SouthEast 2 Wisconsin 4 Team New York 2 North Dakota 4 Team New Jersey 1 Pittsburgh 5 Team California 4 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Pittsburgh is down 4-2 with a little over 5 minutes to go in the 3rd. Stephen Adams of Pine Richland scores on the power play to cut it to 4-3 and Mark Polidor of West Allegheny ties the game with 1:40 left on a wraparound. The miracle finish concluded as Mike Penkrot of USC scored on a Dan Sidle [Penn Trafford] rebound with just 24 seconds left to win it. Sunday April 17, 2005 Semi-Finals Minnesota 7 Pittsburgh 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Wisconsin 4 North Dakota 3 Finals Minnesota 5 Wisconsin 4 Wednesday April 13, 2005 Team North Dakota 5 Team Pittsburgh 4 Highlights: Furious rally by Team Pittsburgh falls short as Mark Polidor [WA], Ryne Savisky [WA], Mario Panucci [Montour] and Dan Sidle [Penn Trafford] score for Pittsburgh. Team Tri State 7 Team Philadelphia 4 Highlights: Andrew Marenco, George Melanchuk, John Williams, and Jon Golden score for Philly. Thursday April 14, 2005 Team Pittsburgh 3 Team Wisconsin 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Kyle Sidle [Penn Trafford] , Shane Ferguson [Mt Lebanon] and Mario Panucci [Montour] score and Drew Stanton [Canon McMillan] turns back 26 of 27 shots Team Philadelphia 5 Team Florida 4 Highlights: Philly overcomes a 4-3 defeicit in the 3rd to defeat Fla Friday April 15, 2005 Team Southwest 6 Team Philadelphia 3 Team Pittsburgh 1 Team Northern New England 1 ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Highlights: Ryan Zapolski [Cathedral Prep] stops 28 of 29 shots and Ray Gillies scores in the 2nd period as Pittsburgh advances to the quarterfinals ***PLEASE CHECK OUT THE GAME SUMMARIES****