Announcement
2006 Chicago Showcase
Posted by Jeff Mauro on
Feb 21 2006
at
04:00PM PST
Team Pittsburgh
Head Coach Paul Taibi of Mt Lebanon has been selected to guide Team Pittsburgh at the 2006 Chicago Showcase. Coach Taibi has led the Blue Devils to a perfect 22-0-0 regular season in Class AAA heading into the 2006 Penguins Cup playoffs and 2006 Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships at RMU Island Sports Center on April 8th.
The 22nd Chicago Showcase will be held on April 19 - 23, 2006 at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois. The tournament features teams from all over the United States and Team Pittsburgh will compete TOP A Bracket [J.J. O'Conner] with the likes of Minnesota, New York , and California and others. A year ago Team Pittsburgh went on a near magical run losing in the Semi-Finals to Team Minnesota.
This tournament is a great opportunity to be seen by Junior A, Division 1 and NCAA Collegiate and ACHA Division 1 scouts and an opportunity to further a players high school career into a higher education and also continue playing hockey.
Tryout information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
***THE 2006 Team is posted***
Wednesday April 19, 2006
Team Pittsburgh 7 Team New York 1
HIGHLIGHTS: Pittsburgh breaks open a 2-1 game in the third period with five
unanswered goals. Chris Urso scores a pair and Shane Ferguson adds a goal
and 3 assists and Josh Mandic and Josh Fodor notch a goal and two assists
each. Brendan Conlon also scores a 3rd period tally.
Team Philadelphia 12 Team Kentucky/West Virginia 3
HIGHLIGHTS: Ian DeLong scores four goals and Kent Kovalsky adds three assists
as Philly gives Kentucky/WV a rude welcome to the Chicago Showcase.
Thursday April 20, 2006
Team South 10 Team Kentucky/West Virginia 4
Team Connecticut 4 Team Philadelphia 1
HIGHLIGHTS: Ian DeLong breaks Connecticut's shutout bid in the thrid
period
Team Pittsburgh 5 Team California 1
****GAME SUMMARIES****
Friday April 21, 2006
Team Philadelphia 5 Team South 2
HIGHLIGHTS: Philly gets the hat trick from Kevin Burke and singles from Ian
DeLong and Trey Milstead to win 2nd game of the tournament.
Team Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 3
****GAME SUMMARIES****
Saturday April 22, 2006
Consolation Round
Team Philadelphia 5 Team Ohio 5
HIGHLIGHTS: Colin Henny, Chris Gaunt, Ben Souders, Trey Milstead, Trey and
Daniel Altland score as Philly goes 2-1-1 in the 2006 Showcase
Quarter-Finals
Pittsburgh 4 Tri-State 3
***GAME SUMMARIES***
New Jersey 5 Northern New England 4 [OT]
Minnesota 6 Illinois 5 [OT]
North Dakota 4 Wisconsin 2
Sunday April 23, 2006
Semi-Finals
Team New Jersey 6 Team Minnesota 5 [OT]
Team North Dakota 5 Team Pittsburgh 4
****GAME SUMMARIES****
Finals
New Jersey 3 North Dakota 2
Follow all of the actions of the 2006 Chicago Showcase with Pa Hockey and look for
a complete recap Monday on Pa Hockey
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