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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 | ||
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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.
