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Plum's Kenny Reiter becomes 3rd Western Pa Player to win NCAA Division 1 title
Plum's Kenny Reiter played outstanding between the pipes to lead Minnesota Duluth to their first ever NCAA Division 1 Hockey Title. Reiter joins Dee Rizzo [Allderdice] Michigan State and Mike Handza [Shaler] Denver University as players from Western Pennsylvania to win an NCAA Division 1 Ice Championship Hockey. Congrats to Kenny Reiter and the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth !
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Plum's Kenny Reiter becomes 3rd Western Pa Player to win NCAA Division 1 title
Plum's Kenny Reiter played outstanding between the pipes to lead Minnesota Duluth to their first ever NCAA Division 1 Hockey Title. Reiter joins Dee Rizzo [Allderdice] Michigan State and Mike Handza [Shaler] Denver University as players from Western Pennsylvania to win an NCAA Division 1 Ice Championship Hockey. Congrats to Kenny Reiter and the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth !
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2011 Flyers Cup Class A Champions - Springfield Cougars
2011 Flyers Cup Class A Champions - Springfield Cougars
| Jersey # | Player | Position | Class |
| 1 | Rice, Mike | Goalie | 11th |
| 8 | Astrino, Michael | Forward | 10th |
| 9 | Belfie, John | Forward | 10th |
| 12 | Correnti, Bryan (A) | Forward | 12th |
| 14 | Donovan, Tim | Forward | 12th |
| 16 | Eden, Jim | Forward | 10th |
| 18 | Hee, Dan (A) | Forward | 12th |
| 19 | Reger, Stephen | Forward | 10th |
| 22 | Bennett, Nate | Forward | 11th |
| 23 | Phillips, Connor | Defense | 12th |
| 24 | Brawley, Ryan | Forward | 9th |
| 25 | Biehl, Nick | Forward | 10th |
| 29 | McGugan, Billy | Forward | 11th |
| 32 | Sabato, Pete | Goalie | 10th |
| 33 | Schaffer, Andrew | Goalie | 11th |
| 37 | McGuinness, Sean | Forward | 11th |
| 42 | Brawley, Sean | Defense | 11th |
| 43 | Patterson, Stephen | Forward | 9th |
| 48 | Mewha, Jack | Forward | 11th |
| 55 | Allen, Dave (C) | Forward | 12th |
| 71 | Laughlin, Kyle | Defense | 11th |
| 77 | Madonna, Dave | Defense | 11th |
| 81 | Swahl, Bill | Defense | 10th |
| 85 | Carr, Michael | Forward | 11th |
| 87 | Reger, Shane | Forward | 12th |
| 88 | Riddle, Kyle | Forward | 9th |
| 95 | Doyle, Conor | Forward | 11th |
| 96 | Burns, Paul | Defense | 11th |
| Eastman, Phil | Head Coach | ||
| Mondevergine, Mike | Assistant Coach | ||
| Lucey, Dan | Assistant Coach | ||
| Travaglini, Nick | Assistant Coach | ||
| Rothberg, Mike | Assistant Coach | ||
2011 Pennsylvania Cup and Penguins Cup Class A Champions - Mars Planets
2011 Pennsylvania Cup Class A Champions - Mars Planets
Penguins Cup Class A Champions - Mars Planets
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Colt Bernburg |
| 3 | Max Master |
| 6 | Rusty Miller |
| 11 | Joseph Bender |
| 16 | Rusty Miller |
| 17 | Craig Mazzottta |
| 18 | Hunter Sacchini |
| 21 | Chris Greco |
| 22 | Bryan Thomas |
| 24 | Robert Sigurdsson |
| 26 | Kevin Leslie |
| 27 | Kevin Leslie |
| 33 | Tyler Thomas |
| 54 | Blake Friday |
| 65 | Elliot Tisdale |
| 71 | Greg Makozy |
| 72 | Robert Foley |
| 82 | Ryan Magdinec |
| 83 | Nicholas Blaney |
| 95 | Austin Heakins |
| Head Coach:Steve Myers | |
| Assistant Coach:Steve Neese | |
| Assistant Coach:Mike Manganello |
Visit Mars on the Pa Hockey Wall of Champions
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2011 Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships Class A – Mars Planets 5 Springfield Cougars 2
The Springfield Cougars (17-5-3) participated in the Inaugural Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1975 and lost both contests to Erie McDowell and eventual champions Baldwin 2-1 in overtime. The Cougars waited a long time to return the Pennsylvania Class A title game in 2001 at Haverford Skatium and Springfield held a 3-0 lead over Serra Catholic, only to watch that lead evaporate in a disappointing 4-3 loss. The Cougars return to the Pennsylvania State Finals for the 3rd time and defeated Unionville 3-2 in overtime to capture their 2nd Flyers Cup Class A crown.
The Mars Planets (23-1-0) climb to Class A supremacy began in 2008 with their first Penguins Cup final appearance, losing to Quaker Valley at Mellon Arena. Taking one step at a time, Mars won their first Penguins Cup in 2009 and lost to Bayard Rustin at Ice Line 5-0 in the State Final. A year ago, the Planets would redeem that defeat in a big way at Mellon Arena defeating Bayard Rustin 4-1. Mars earned the State Final defeating upstart Hampton in the Penguins Cup 5-0. The Planets have only yielded one goal thus far in the entire playoffs as they try to become the 4th Pennsylvania School to accomplish multiple Class A titles joining Bishop McCort, Serra Catholic and Radnor.
Springfield tried to establish their game in the Mars zone early in the first period. At 9:13 of the opening stanza Nick Blaney found a wide open net on a rebound on a nice play by Austin Heakins to use his speed to the outside and give the Planets a 1-0 lead. Springfield goaltender Mike Rice made a terrific leg save on Robbie Sigurdsson at 8:25.
Both teams failed on the power play and the Planets held a 1-0 lead after one period as Springfield outshot Mars 13 – 10.
The Cougars got a break in the 2nd period at 9:03 as Tyler Stepke overhandled puck and Springfield’s Dave Allen scored on bang bang play and great pass from Ryan Brawley from behind the net. With Mars on the power play, at 6:31 Springfield’s Michael Carr was denied on a shorthanded breakaway by great leg save by Stepke. Mars regained the lead at 5:25 on a great individual effort by Elliott Tisdale scoring on backhand that found lower corner for a power play goal and 2-1 Mars lead. Springfield went back on the power play at 4:56 and could not establish a sustained attack and shortly after the penalty was over at 2:45 Nick Blaney ragged the puck behind the Springfield net and then swooped from behind the net and beat Rice on the backhand to give the Planets a cushion with a 3-1 advantage.
The gavel on Springfield’s season came at 10:53 of the 3rd period as Nick Blaney snuck a wrist shot past Rice with some nice work by Joe Bender and Austin Heakins to create open space. Springfield lost their discipline and took a penalty and Mars made them pay as Elliott Tisdale found a loose puck on the goal mouth of a Nick Blaney backhand at 7:28 to make it 5-1. Mars took a couple of stupid penalties and Springfield’s Connor Phillips scored on a slapshot from the point with 25 seconds to go to make it a 5-2 final and Mars captured its second straight Pennsylvania Class A title.
2011 Pennsylvania Cup and Penguins Cup Class AA Champions - Canevin Crusaders
2011 Pennsylvania Cup Class AA Champions - Canevin Crusaders
2011 Penguins Cup Class AA Champions - Canevin Crusaders
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Austin Large | |
| 2 | Patrick Large | |
| 3 | Kendall King | |
| 4 | Peter Karney | |
| 5 | Gus Peponidis | |
| 7 | Garrett Godlewski | |
| 9 | Brennan Adams | |
| 11 | Michael Mannsman | |
| 14 | Nicholas Hart | |
| 16 | Randy Unger | |
| 17 | Matthew Bilski | |
| 19 | Frank Vance | |
| 20 | Cory Desimone | |
| 21 | Matthew Walsh | |
| 23 | Chadd Lounder | |
| 28 | Christopher Reda | |
| 29 | Marrc Slommiany | |
| 37 | Richard Mcnulty | |
| Head Coach:Kevin Zielmanski | ||
| Assistant Coach:Christopher Vaccaro | ||
| Assistant Coach: Billy Zuri | ||
Visit Canevin on the Pa Hockey Wall of Champions
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2011 Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships Class AA – Canevin Crusaders 4 Council Rock Golden Hawks 1The Council Rock South Golden Hawks (24-4-1) defeated Suburban League rival Central Bucks East 5-2 in the Flyers Cup AA championship to capture their 2nd Flyers Cup in three years. The Golden Hawks reached the Pennsylvania Finals in 2009 and gave Latrobe a tussle falling in the final minutes 3-2. CR South lost in the Flyers Cup a year ago to Downingtown East and fell just short of gaining the Pennsylvania Championship three straight years.
Canevin’s (19-4-0) journey to the State Finals began many years ago when the club took a shot at putting a Developmental Program together to ensure the future and to keep its winning tradition, which includes 3 Pennsylvania Class AA Titles in 1983, 1984 and 1989. The drought of gaining the Pennsylvania finals for 18 years, when the Crusaders fell to Father Judge is now over, but not without drama of losing three consecutive years at Mellon Arena in the Penguins Cup Semi-Finals prior to winning the Penguins Cup over Peters Township 5-2. The Crusaders dethroned 3-Time Pennsylvania champs Latrobe 2-1 in overtime in the Semis. Canevin is looking for their 4th Pennsylvania Title, which would surpassed Thomas Jefferson and Peters Twp and give the Crusaders AA supremacy in the history of Pennsylvania Champions.
The first big save of the hockey game came at 12:36 of the opening period as Steve Jastrow stoned Canevin’s Peter Karney. Both teams played a wide open style and had some good chances, the best at 5:32 as Jastrow again stopped Frankie Vance. After the Crusaders Frankie Vance missed at the other end, the Hawks Zack Goodman gathered the rebound and skated the puck down the right side and exercise d great patience and shelf a wrist shot up under the crossbar to give CR South a 1-0 lead. Shots were tied at 7 apiece.
CR South had a chance to make it 2-0 at 13:56, but Canevin survived. The Hawks were whistled at 12:26 after a great effort by Canevin’s Ricky McNulty. Matt Walsh hit the post and less than a minute later at 10:44, Nick Hart scored from on the doorstep to knot the game at 1-1. Zack Daley got into the act stopping Kyle Walter at 9:27 from right in front. Seconds later Franke Vance got loose on the breakaway and C South was whistled putting the Crusaders on the power play at 9:17. The Hawks Patrick Grilli got behind the Canevin defense and Daley came up big again at 9:01. At 7:10, Nick Keck, took a great feed from Grilli, Daley was equal to the task with a great glove save.
End to end action and Frank Vance didn’t have to shoot this time as he found Matt Walsh alone and he beat Jastrow with four second to go for a huge goal and 2-1 lead at the ice cut. Canevin outshot CR South 15-11.
CR South went on the power play 12:45, but could not score. Zack Daley stopped Tom Kozlar at 9:39 on a wide open opportunity. CR South threw the kitchen sink and Canevin, who bent but would not break. Kevin Zielmanski called a timeout with 6:18 to go. Canevin’s defense and depth strengthened down the stretch and when Matt Walsh scored into empty net with 59 seconds to give Canevin a 3-1 lead, it sealed the fate of CR South and a 4th Pennsylvania State title for the Crusaders. Peter Karney added another ENG with 27 seconds to go to make the final 4-1 in favor of Canevin, capping an unreal run for the Crusaders through the Penguins Cup playoffs and into the State Final. Zack Daley, the goaltender, from that Little Crusaders program founded a few years ago would be the unsung hero of this State Championship game.
