Pa Hockey

It is a shame we cannot celebrate the great accomplishment of Team Pittsburgh ......great job to Paul Bonetti and Team Pittsburgh players

Congrats to Paul Bonetti and Team Pittsburgh for a dominating performance. Just goes to show when you pick the right coaches they pick the right team and the past two years win the America's Showcase Title. 54 Goals for and 5 Goals Against is total domination of this tournament and a great testimony to a lot of good hockey players from Western Pa Hockey !

Pittsburgh vs Texas in Championship Congrats to Olda, who is headed to the University of Pittsburgh for Engineering and ACHA Division 1 Hockey

NO USHL Scouts are attending Mostly Tier 3 Juniors and ACHA Division 1 Schools are attending

Didn't Plum 3-14 in Class AA beat Burrell in the Charity Game this year ? Not sure ?

There are several kids on Team Pittsburgh this year who do not play High School Hockey and they are eligible if their school does not have a program, The Tournament itself is trying to come back to the prominence it enjoyed in Chicago, but without North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts and other states competing, it is not the same tournament it once was. In Chicago, the USHL and NAHL scouts would regularly attend and was a great event !

There are a couple of mid season tournaments in Jamestown, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame that give ANY school (Pure or Unpure) at ANY level (USA Hockey and NHFS) a chance to compete against the better teams. Schools from Maryland, Eastern and Western Pa., Ohio (USA Hockey and Federation), Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and other states come compete and the competition level is pretty good. Ringgold came to Pittsburgh and competed well and did not win a game against AAA,AA, A and Out of Town Schools. Why the USA Hockey Tournament is not so great is because # 1 the high school hockey season is over in March after State Tournaments and # 2 you don't see states like Massachusetts, Minnesota , Wisconsin, North Dakota New Jersey, New York and others who play under the National High School Federation (NHFS) and are sanctioned High School Programs and never will because of the dates of this tournament being outside the guidelines of the Winter Sports Season. I have never been a great fan of co-op because it deters building pure High School Programs. They exist and they need a place to compete and kudos to Burrell for going to Cleveland and competing well.

Team Pittsburgh has been a part of High School Hockey in Western Pennsylvania for over 30 years,,,,,,wow !

This National High School Tournament is a stretch with NO State Champions Representation from Illinois (New Trier), Indiana (Culver), Ohio (St Ignatius), Maryland Mid Atlantic Prep (DeMatha), Pennsylvania AAA (LaSalle) and several other states. The concept is good and the execution is less than a National Championship, although Santa Margarita CAL, Edina MN and Regis Jesuit COL are very good programs along with Bayard Rustin A PA and Pine Richland AA PA. Congrats to Burrell for a nice showing in a Tournament with ALL Co-Ops USA Hockey Registered Teams. Please note that NO High School Federation Schools are eligible to participate in Division 1 (PURE) or Division 2 (COOP)

NUMBER NAME POS. HOME TOWN HIGH SCHOOL GRADE HEIGHT WEIGHT 2 Ross Zofcin D Pittsburgh, PA Baldwin High School Senior 5' 11" 155 3 Jordan Rosenbaum D Gibsonia, PA Pine-Richland High School Senior 6' 0" 190 4 Andrew Jacobs D Conneaut Lake, PA Conneaut Area Senior High Senior 6' 0" 180 5 Jeremy Jenkins D Beaver, PA Beaver Area High School Senior 5' 9" 150 6 Dustin Geregach D McKees Rocks, PA Montour Junior 6' 0" 175 7 Tyler Duderstadt D Sewickley, PA North Allegheny High School Senior 6' 1" 210 10 Jared Gerger F Jeannette, PA Hempfield Area High School Senior 6' 0" 178 11 Nicholas Frantz F Meadville, PA Meadville Area Senior HS Senior 5' 8" 175 12 Vincent Vituccio F Bethel Park, PA Bethel Park High School Senior 5' 8" 175 13 Ryan Brown F Connellsville, PA Connellsville Area Senior HS Senior 6' 0" 155 15 Jacob Kruszewski F Erie, PA Cathedral Prep Junior 5' 10" 150 16 Hunter Partsch F Johnstown, PA Westmont Hilltop Senior 6' 1" 190 17 JC Bele F Bethel Park, PA Bethel Park High School Senior 5' 10" 150 18 Wyatt George F Pittsburgh, PA Mt. Lebanon High School Senior 5' 9" 160 19 Oldrich Virag F Export, PA Franklin Regional Highschool Senior 6' 2" 185 20 Tanner Daniels F Edinboro, PA General McLane High School Junior 5' 8" 150 21 Jordan Adams F Erie, PA Cathedral Prep Senior 5' 9" 155 30 Richard Karapandi G Wexford, PA North Allegheny High School Senior 5' 10" 160 31 Danny Stauffer G Gibsonia, PA Pine-Richland Junior 5' 10" 160

I have the records of all associations from 1971 - today .......e-mail me and I will send you some great stuff There will be a NEW Website at the end of the year under Pa Hockey which I hope to share records and I will post here when it opens

23rd Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase – Pittsburgh, Pa. - December 27-30, 2018– Alpha Ice Complex TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: Thursday December 27th 6:00 PM - Latrobe JV vs Peters Twp JV 7:30 PM - Penn Trafford vs North Allegheny 9:15 PM - North Hills vs Baldwin Friday December 28th 11:30 AM - North Allegheny JV vs West Allegheny JV 11:30 AM - Pine Richland JV vs Peters Twp JV 1:00 PM - University School JV vs Latrobe JV 2:30 PM - Ringgold vs Medina 4:15 PM - Latrobe vs West Allegheny 6:00 PM - South Fayette vs University School 7:30 PM - Landon School vs Peters Twp 9:00 PM - Pine Richland JV vs North Allegheny JV 9:15 PM - West Allegheny JV vs University School JV Saturday December 29th 7:30 AM - Baldwin vs Medina 8:00 AM - West Allegheny vs Peters Twp 9:15 AM - North Hills vs Ringgold 9:45 AM - Latrobe vs Landon School 11:00 AM - North Allegheny vs South Fayette 11:30 AM - University School vs Penn Trafford 12:45 PM - Peters Twp JV vs West Allegheny JV 1:15 PM - Latrobe JV vs Pine Richland JV 2:15 PM - University School JV vs North Allegheny JV 4:30 PM - Ringgold vs Baldwin 5:10 PM - Medina vs North Hills 6:15 PM - Latrobe vs Peters Twp 6:55 PM - West Allegheny vs Landon School 8:00 PM - University School vs North Allegheny 8:40 PM - Penn Trafford vs South Fayette MEDAL ROUND Sunday December 30th 7:30 AM - JV Semi - Finals 7:45 AM - JV Semi Finals 9:00 AM - Varsity Semi - Finals 9:15 AM - Varsity Semi - Finals 1:50 PM - Junior Varsity FINAL 3:30 PM - Directors Cup FINAL

My son played for the Mid State Mustangs last year and after several less than stellar amateur programs we were involved with over the years we found that the Mustangs with Glenn and Garrett Barbarosa along with Brian Kurtz were terrific coaches and although we fell a little short at Nationals ...........this was a class organization and a lot of fun people on the team