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Baldwin head coach Mike Cox has been a rare commodity in Interscholastic Hockey these days as he has lasted more than a couple since he took over the program in the 2001-2002 season. The Highlander coach comes from a long history of Baldwin hockey stemming from his father, who was one of the founders of the program to his late brother Jim Cox, who scored the overtime winning goal in the first ever Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championship in 1975 in a 4-3 overtime win over Churchill in Erie, Pa. And also coached the Highlanders to the State Finals to his brother Pat, who has also successfully coached at the Interscholastic level. A testimony is the 33-27-5 mark that Baldwin has enjoyed in a treacherous division including perennial powers Mt Lebanon, Bethel Park, Upper St Clair and Central Catholic over 2 ½ season that Cox has been at the helm including two straight Penguins Cup playoffs appearances. So anyone how doesn’t think Baldwin’s program is headed in the right direction, just doesn’t know 2 year ago, which was the Golden Toronadoes first winning season since 1996-1997, which was the year of the ‘porcelain cow’, which lead Butler to near magical playoff run which ended in the Elite 8 at the hands of Central Catholic. Anyone who looks at the Golden Toronadoes 2-12-0 record needs to not take them lightly because this is a team I suspect will have a better 2nd half of the season and could eke into the playoffs with a few upsets, which almost happened last week as Butler fell 3-2 to Upper St Clair in overtime.
The first period was a pretty close checking affair as Butler provided the only highlight as Greg Rogerson found Spencer Crouse with a pinpoint pass and Crouse beat Baldwin netminder Brian Majeda to the stick side for a 1-0 lead.
The 2nd period was all Golden Toronadoes as Crouse returned the favor as he threaded a nice pass to Rogerson in front, who beat Majeda through the 5-hole to extend the lead to 2-0 at 12:22. Butler went on top 3-0, as Gereme Hensel scored from right on the doorstep at 11:13. Fletcher Crouse completed the hat trick for his line at 9:27, as he found a loose puck in front and chipped it past Majeda to make it 4-0. Baldwin finally got on the board at 3:18, as Mike Joyce scored on a blistering slapshot low on the ice to the stick side, which was the only shot of 24 Highlander shots which would beat Kris Rhodaberger on the evening to make it 4-1.
Butler would ice this game in the 3rd period as Spencer Crouse and Greg Rogerson would score their 2nd goals of the evening and Mike Guethner scored as well for an impressive 7-1 Golden Toronado win before an intimate gathering at Ice Castle.
All-Star Games ~ Sunday January 30th
Ice Castle Castle Shannon, Pa.
NorthEast Conference vs SouthWest Conference
Class A ~ Northeast 3 Southwest 2
HIGHLIGHTS: Westmont-Hilltop's Anthony DeMarco scores a pair
including the game winner with 1:19 remaining in the 3rd period.
Hilltopper teammate and goaltender Patrick Krumenacker stops all 9
shots in the final period. Deer Lake's Moritz Weissenhorn scores the
other goal for the Northeast, while Quaker Valley's Furman South and
Sewickley Academy's Trevor Heck score for the Southwest.
Class AA ~ Southwest 5 Northeast 2
HIGHLIGHTS: Elizabeth Forward's Billy Repass, Montour's Brian Dugan
and TJ's Brock Heinauer score a goal and add an assist each and
Montour's Chad Talotta and South Park's Ryan Delvecchio score single
to lead the way for the Southwest. Hampton's Patrick Duffy and Pine
Richland's Jordan Yoklic score for the Northeast. Moon's Andrew
Slifkin is brilliant between the pipes stopping 16 of 17 shots in
the final period.
Class AAA ~ Southwest 7 Northeast 0
HIGHLIGHTS: The Bethel Park and Mt Lebanon contingent did a majority
of the scoring as BP's Conner McLean score a goal and added two
assists, Mt Lebanon's Shane Ferguson popped in a pair, Bethel's Tim
O'Brien score a goal and an assist, the Hawks Jacobus Bliek had a
goal and 2 assists, Bethel's Michael Diethorn chipped in two
assists, and Mt Lebanon freshman Tyler Murovich scored a shorthanded
goal [on a Denis Savard spin-a-rama move] to lead the Southwest.
North Allegheny's Paul Dittrich scored and the goaltending tandem of
Cathedral Prep's Ryan Zapolski, NA's Jeff Kristan and Central
Catholic's Bryan Adamczak stopped all 20 Northeast shots for the
shutout.
Class Open ~ Northeast 4 Southwest 2
Chartiers Valley boys light it up as Drew Paocelli scores the hat
trick while teammates Eddie Olczyk adds a goal and 2 assists and
Tommy Miller chips in 3 assists for the Northeast. Ringgold's Dan
Tonini and Wheeling Park's Derek Felici score a goal and an assist
apiece for the Southwest. Maybe next year these players will play
using real all-star jerseys and not cheap imitations or maybe
through my wishful thinking there will be no Open Division?
Couple of Comments:
Great venue and Great Hospitality by the Ice Castle folks made
these games fun for all !
Click on the logo or the TITLE to access printable rosters for Class A, AA, AAA and Open
All-Star Games
Ice Castle Castle Shannon
Northeast Conference vs Southwest Conference
Class A Game ~ 12:30pm
Class AA Game ~ 2:30pm
Class AAA Game ~ 4:30pm
Ooen Division ~ 6:30pm
All-Star Games ~ Sunday January 30th
Ice Castle Castle Shannon, Pa.
NorthEast Conference vs SouthWest Conference
Class A ~ Northeast 3 Southwest 2
HIGHLIGHTS: Westmont-Hilltop's Anthony DeMarco scores a pair
including the game winner with 1:19 remaining in the 3rd period.
Hilltopper teammate and goaltender Patrick Krumenacker stops all 9
shots in the final period. Deer Lake's Moritz Weissenhorn scores the
other goal for the Northeast, while Quaker Valley's Furman South and
Sewickley Academy's Trevor Heck score for the Southwest.
Class AA ~ Southwest 5 Northeast 2
HIGHLIGHTS: Elizabeth Forward's Billy Repass, Montour's Brian Dugan
and TJ's Brock Heinauer score a goal and add an assist each and
Montour's Chad Talotta and South Park's Ryan Delvecchio score single
to lead the way for the Southwest. Hampton's Patrick Duffy and Pine
Richland's Jordan Yoklic score for the Northeast. Moon's Andrew
Slifkin is brilliant between the pipes stopping 16 of 17 shots in
the final period.
Class AAA ~ Southwest 7 Northeast 0
HIGHLIGHTS: The Bethel Park and Mt Lebanon contingent did a majority
of the scoring as BP's Conner McLean score a goal and added two
assists, Mt Lebanon's Shane Ferguson popped in a pair, Bethel's Tim
O'Brien score a goal and an assist, the Hawks Jacobus Bliek had a
goal and 2 assists, Bethel's Michael Diethorn chipped in two
assists, and Mt Lebanon freshman Tyler Murovich scored a shorthanded
goal [on a Denis Savard spin-a-rama move] to lead the Southwest.
North Allegheny's Paul Dittrich scored and the goaltending tandem of
Cathedral Prep's Ryan Zapolski, NA's Jeff Kristan and Central
Catholic's Bryan Adamczak stopped all 20 Northeast shots for the
shutout.
Class Open ~ Northeast 4 Southwest 2
Chartiers Valley boys light it up as Drew Paocelli scores the hat
trick while teammates Eddie Olczyk adds a goal and 2 assists and
Tommy Miller chips in 3 assists for the Northeast. Ringgold's Dan
Tonini and Wheeling Park's Derek Felici score a goal and an assist
apiece for the Southwest. Maybe next year these players will play
using real all-star jerseys and not cheap imitations or maybe
through my wishful thinking there will be no Open Division?
Couple of Comments:
Great venue and Great Hospitality by the Ice Castle folks made
these games fun for all !
Click on the logo or the TITLE to access printable rosters for Class A, AA, AAA and Open
All-Star Games
Ice Castle Castle Shannon
Northeast Conference vs Southwest Conference
Class A Game ~ 12:30pm
Class AA Game ~ 2:30pm
Class AAA Game ~ 4:30pm
Ooen Division ~ 6:30pm
