Central Region

Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships

2014 Penguins Cup AA Finals – Canevin 1 Cathedral Prep 0

Pennsylvania Championship History –Cathedral Prep won the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in 1984 at AAA and 1997 at AA. Canevin won the Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in 1983. 1984, 1989 and again in 2011 as the winningest Class AA program in Pennsylvania History.

Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh With 4 Schools left from Eastern Pa and Western, Canevin has established themselves as favorite to claim it’s 4th AA Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championship. Cathedral Prep had other ideas as the Ramblers where trying to atone for a loss in 2012 to West Allegheny. Both teams were pretty defensive and conservative from the start of this Penguins Cup final and when Thomas Krivak scored at 13:15 of the opening period, I am sure no one counted on that tally being the only goal of the game as Krivak fired an awkward shot high over the stick side of Grant Kennedy to give the Crusaders a 1-0 advantage.

The game settled into a defensive stanza of tight checking with 11 shots for Canevin and 12 for Prep thru two periods. The 3rd period was much the same for the opening half as Prep turned up the offense as Joe Kelly missed a golden opportunity at 8:52. The Crusader’s freshman Liam Walsh had a breakaway with 5:24 to play. Nikita Meskin made several key saves to lock down victory with 19 saves and send Canevin to the Pennsylvania State Finals for the 2nd time in four years.

 Pittsburgh Post Gazette – 2014 Penguins Cup AA Article

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hsother/2014/03/18/Bishop-Canevin-edges-Erie-Prep/stories/201403180120

Pittsburgh Tribune Review – 2014 Penguins Cup AA Article

http://triblive.com/sports/hssports/hockey/5771286-74/game-cathedral-erie#axzz2wNtyReds

Erie Times News - 2014 Penguins Cup A Article

Article http://www.goerie.com/article/20140318/VARSITY03/303179890/Cathedral-Prep-falls-to-Bishop-Canevin-in-PIHL-title-game