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CLASS AA Penguin Cup
Preview ~ 2015-2016 |
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PA HOCKEY
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2016 PA HOCKEY CLASS 'AA'
PLAYOFF PREVIEW |
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The Penguins Cup AA
Field has just about everything one could want to provide drama in the Spring
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If you look at the
number of teams that could have a hand in determining a new champion, it
makes one think and ponder who |
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will eventually emerge
from this group. Mars and Moon are both very good teams, one with history and
one with limited success |
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and Armstrong and
Latrobe are very similar and will need goaltending to put them over the top.
Add in Canevin, QV and possibly |
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a school like Plum or
Hampton, well this is just too close to pick a winner. I like teams in the
playoffs who have been to the |
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dance so Armstrong,
Mars, Latrobe, Canevin and QV are in the mix, but as I said a new champion
will be crowned, so look out for |
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Moon. |
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WHO WILL BE THE TOP
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MOON TIGERS |
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HEAD COACH: SCOTT KUBATKA |
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TOP PLAYERS: RYAN DURKIN - LUKE JAMES - NICK HART - JARED MAXIM |
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OUTLOOK: Moon has been developing this team for a
few years and behind the goaltending of Durkin has as good a chance of any
team in the Penguins Cup AA Field |
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ARMSTRONG RIVERHAWKS |
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HEAD COACH: DOUG ANTHONY |
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TOP PLAYERS: JAKE GROSS - ZACK KUTCH - NICK LONG - JACE REARIC |
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OUTLOOK: Armstrong has the deepest lineup in the Penguins Cup AA Field
and the only thing holding them back from glory may be goaltending |
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LATROBE WILDCATS |
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HEAD COACH: JAKE WERNER |
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TOP PLAYERS: BRENDAN JOHNS - DANNY JOHNSON - JACK SHULTHEIS - ALEX SINGLEY |
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OUTLOOK: Latrobe has won four Pa State AA Titles and this group is the
deepest lineup for the Wildcats in a few years and will need to play defense
and get goaltending |
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in the playoffs to
advance |
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MARS PLANETS |
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HEAD COACH: STEVEN MYERS |
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TOP PLAYERS: BEAU HEAKINS - TYLER SPRENG - KEATON HANNA - NOAH RAYMUNDO |
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OUTLOOK: Nobody has dominated the Class A scene much like Mars, which
yielded State Championships in 2010 amd 2011.
The Planets have adjusted to Class AA |
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and appear to be a
frontrunner to claim a AA title |
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PLUM MUSTANGS |
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HEAD COACH: VINNIE SOMMA |
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TOP PLAYERS RETURNING: NATHAN 'the FLOWER' PUHALA - ANTHONY BORRIELLO - DILLON JOYCE |
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OUTLOOK: The Mustangs have beaten
some top AA Teams in the regular season and will need some magic in the
playoffs to make a run |
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CANEVIN CRUSADERS |
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HEAD COACH: KEVIN PAWLOS |
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TOP PLAYERS: JAKE KUZMA - THOMAS
KRIVAK - ALEC BOSNIC - LUCAS KRIVKOSKI |
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OUTLOOK: Canevin won the 2011 Pa Title with a very deep team some top
end talent and timely goaltending and to happen in 2016, they will need to
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history and secure the
title |
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HAMPTON TALBOTS |
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HEAD COACH: MATT RANALLO |
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TOP PLAYERS: JUSTIN WINEBRENNER - JUSTIN ADAMSKI - DANNY WHITE - ALEX
MICHEL |
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OUTLOOK: Hampton looked like a team destined for Penguins Cup greatness
early in the season and has fallen off over the final two months of the
regukar season |
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QUAKER VALLEY QUAKERS |
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HEAD COACH: KEVIN QUINN |
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TOP PLAYERS: CONNOR QUINN - BEAU TOMCZAK - RYAN QUINN - NOAH SHULTZ |
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OUTLOOK: Kevin Quinn knows how to
compete for the Penguins Cup and this young team has jelled in the 2nd
half of the season and could be a darkhorse to advance |
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FOX CHAPEL FOXES |
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HEAD COACH: RICK VILLANI |
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TOP PLAYERS:BEN FRIEDLAND - JASPER URRICHIO - JONATHON RICE - CHAD VELTRI |
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OUTLOOK: Fox Chapel has five players who can match up with any team in
Class AA and the problem becomes when their depth is tested and to put
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will fall into the hands
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BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS |
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HEAD COACH: CRAIG ALBERT |
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TOP PLAYERS RETURNING: PAUL KNERR - MAX MILAN - KENNY DEE |
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OUTLOOK: Baldwin has had an up
and down season in Class AA and will have to prove a lot against a very deep
AA field in 2016 |
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