Hockey
PIHL News & Notes: 2011 MSA SPORTS ALL-ICERS TEAM
March 31, 2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." The 2011 Pennsylvania Cup champions have been crowned, which leaves us with one final order of business before officially saying goodbye.USC, B.Canevin and Mars Win 2011 PIHL Penguins Cup Championships
March 21, 2011
They saved the best for last. Upper St. Clair denied Canon-McMillan a repeat of the Penguins Cup Class AAA crown with a thrilling overtime victory to close out the very first high school hockey championships at the new CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Sunday night.Upper St. Clair Comes Back, Beats Defending Champ Canon-Mac in PIHL AAA Overtime Thriller
March 20, 2011
It took 53 minutes and 10 seconds to crown a Class AAA champion, but that just made it all the sweeter for 4th-seed Upper St. Clair as they upended 2nd-seed Canon-McMillan in dramatic fashion in overtime to win the Panthers first Penguins Cup Championship since 1987 Sunday night at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.Third Time Still Golden For Mars in Winning Class A Penguins Cup Championship Again
The Mars Planets won their third straight Class A Penguins Cup with a convincing 5-0 victory over the Hampton Talbots Sunday at the Consol Energy Center. Austin Heakins notched a four point performance with two goals and two assists. Goalie Tyler Stepke was fantastic once again, stopping all 23 shots he faced.PIHL Penguins Cup Championship Blog 2011
March 19, 2011
Blogs. They are here, there and everywhere. It seems every Tom, Dick and Harry like to show up and blog at the big events, but for all the details on the PIHL high school hockey finals on Sunday, keep it here all day Sunday to the Network that has been bringing you EXCLUSIVE coverage of the Penguins Cup Playoffs all month long, the MSA Sports Network!PIHL Penguins Cup Semifinals Recaps for Tuesday, March 15th
March 15, 2011
Two defending champions in high school hockey have registered victories on Semifinals Tuesday while another has seen its hopes of more frozen gold come to an end at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Canon-McMillan is still alive in an effort to repeat as Class AAA champs after knocking out Bethel Park while two-time defending champion Mars took care of business against Westmont-Hilltop.PIHL High School Hockey News and Notes – 03/14/2011
March 14, 2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." A whirlwind week of postseason action has seen a field of 32 teams in the three major classifications trimmed down to a lucky dozen.PIHL Penguins Cup Semifinals Recaps for Monday, March 14th
A pair of tripleheaders at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh will determine who will play for the PIHL Penguins Cup championship this upcoming weekend. Here are the recaps from the three Semifinals games, including a pair of top-seeds falling in both the Class AAA and Class A Semifinals Monday night.PIHL Penguin Cup Playoff Recaps for Wednesday, March 9th
March 9, 2011
While ten of eleven higher seeds moved on to the Final Four on Quarterfinals Wednesday in the PIHL playoffs, most of them did so with a mighty struggle, including one overtime game and one double overtime thriller. Plus the one upset as the 3rd-seed in Class A is eliminated.PIHL Penguin Cup Playoff Recaps for Tuesday, March 8th
March 8, 2011
Three games, one in each classification, helped put a nice fancy bow on the opening round of the high school hockey playoffs. Here are recaps from all three games as we put the First Round to bed and quickly get ready for the one day Quarterfinals 24 hours later in the 2011 PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs.PIHL Penguin Cup Playoff Recaps for Monday, March 7th
March 7, 2011
The opening round of the high school hockey playoff began with a big on a bang Monday night in the PIHL. Most of the games played went down to the wire, and in the case of one Class AAA contest, beyond the end of regulation. Here are recaps from the three games heard here on the MSA Sports Network Monday night, one from each of the three classifications.PIHL High School Hockey News & Notes – 03/07/2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." The 2010-11 regular season is history, and the road to the Consol Energy Center begins Monday night with exclusive coverage right here on the MSA Sports Network.PIHL Penguin Cup Playoff Recap for Sunday, March 6th
March 6, 2011
The First Round of the 2011 PIHL Penguin Cup high school hockey playoffs take place Monday, March 7th and Tuesday, March 8th. However, before the pucks drops on the opening round, there was one Preliminary Round contest Sunday night to determine the final team in the Class AAA field. Here is the recap from that contest played at the Rostraver Ice Gardens.John Marshall Edges Kiski Area To Win 2011 PIHL Open Class Championship
A third seed and a fourth seed bucked the odds and captured Open Class titles. John Marshall won the Nailers Cup while Kiski Area captured a second straight Chiefs Cup in overtime. The Monarchs then went on to beat the Cavaliers in the Open Cup Title Game Sunday night.PIHL High School Hockey Standings
March 4, 2011
Here are the FINAL 2010-2011 standings for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, including the final playoff clinchings for the Penguins Cup...and the final postseason clinchings for both the Nailers Cup and Chiefs Cup playoffs. You can follow the PIHL high school hockey season with broadcasts, PIHL News and Notes every Monday and the PIHL Power Play Show on Wednesday nights atPIHL High School Hockey Postseason Picture
March 3, 2011
The PIHL high school hockey regular season is finally OVER for teams in Class AAA, Class AA and Class A. The PIHL Open Class Championship Game is Sunday on MSA Sports, so lets take a look at the final Penguins Cup Playoff Picture. PIHL CLASS AAA - 12 PLAYOFF TEAMS: Top four teams receive a First Round bye and host a Quarterfinals game.PIHL High School Hockey News and Notes – 02/27/2011
February 27, 2011
Welcome to a special Saturday edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." We still have until March 7 before the 2011 Penguins Cup Playoffs begin, but believe it or not, the Nailers and Chiefs Cup tournaments get started today.PIHL High School Hockey News & Notes – 02/21/2011
February 21, 2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." With less than two weeks of regular season games left in the major classifications, now seems an appropriate time to take one final snapshot of the current playoff field before all is decided.MSA Sports Top Ten – PIHL Hockey – 02/16/2011
February 16, 2011
Each Wednesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top eight teams in Class AAA, the top seven teams in both Class AA, Class A and finally, the top ten teams in the Open Class. Here are the rankings for the week of February 14th.PIHL High School Hockey News & Notes – 02/14/2011
February 14, 2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." Today might be Valentine's Day, but State College and Kittanning had no love for the perfect records of Fox Chapel and Mars based on the results of two thrilling contests recently, and we have full recaps in
