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A Penguin Cup Preview ~ 2015-2016 |
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PA HOCKEY
www.pahockey.net |
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2016 PA HOCKEY CLASS 'AA'
PLAYOFF PREVIEW |
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Quaker Valley and Mars
are no longer dominating the Class A Penguins Cup scene and there will be a
new champion to crown in 2016 |
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A quartet of schools
have stepped forward to stake claim in the regular season and appear to be on
their way to the |
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semi - finals including
West A, McCort, Montour and Freeport. Of those four All four teams have very
good goaltending and |
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seem to be ready to
scrap for the Penguins Cup. After watching all four schools, Freeport has top
flight scoring but lacks depth and McCort |
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has stingy defense and
has some nice top end scoring but lacks depth. Montour and West Allegheny
have the depth and can |
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score goals to go with
it and his match up won twice by West Allegheny could spell a 3rd match up
for all the marbles. |
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| 1 |
WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS |
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HEAD COACH: JAKE LUTHL |
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TOP PLAYERS: JESS LIGAS - SEAN WEBER - NICK SKOWRON - ANTHONY
DOMINICK |
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OUTLOOK: West Allegheny
has a ton of seniors and some snipers to make a run a the Penguins Cup which
will get interesting in the semis |
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| 1 |
BISHOP MCCORT CRIMSON
CRUSHERS |
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HEAD COACH: JOHN BRADLEY |
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TOP PLAYERS: BOSTON BRADLEY - CHRIS MILLER - CONNOR BUNN - BRETT SEITZ |
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OUTLOOK: The Crushers
own 5 State Titles and this is a team poised to make a run if goaltending and
defense hold up under playoff pressure |
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MONTOUR SPARTANS |
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HEAD COACH: DUSTIN KERR |
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TOP PLAYERS: BRANDON EISEL - ANTHONY HARTWICK - HAYDEN CHIEFFO - CAMRON
SMITH |
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OUTLOOK: The Spartans are big they are physical and can skate three
lines which is quite an advantage in Class A and is a very good choice for
the crown |
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| 2 |
FREEPORT YELLOW JACKETS |
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HEAD COACH: MEL REICHENBAUGH |
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TOP PLAYERS: MATT HOUSTON - ROBBIE REICHENBAUGH - STONE HABERSTROH -
MICHAEL FRAZETTA |
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OUTLOOK: Freeport has
beaten all of the top teams in Class A with the exception of Montour who they
would not have to face until the finals |
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FRANKLIN REGIONAL
PANTHERS |
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HEAD COACH: BRIAN KURTZ |
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TOP PLAYERS: KOLDEN COOK - NICK CARRETTA - JAMIE MAURO - DAKOTA MCINTYRE |
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OUTLOOK: Franklin
Regional looked good in the first few months but inability to beat top teams
makes them not an apetizing choice to advance |
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| 3 |
SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS |
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HEAD COACH: FRANK CERTO |
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TOP PLAYERS: JOHN LIPOVICH - SPENCER BARBER - JORDAN TIMMONS - JACOB
STACK |
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OUTLOOK: South Fayette has an interesting team when they all assemble
but must show up and play defense in the playoffs do it on the road |
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| 4 |
SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES |
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HEAD COACH: BOB GERGERICH |
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TOP PLAYERS: TYREK BARKLEY - JUSTIN HUMMERT - ROMAN KRAEMER - MICHAEL
ULISHNEY |
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OUTLOOK: Serra has had a long tradition of Penguins Cup History and
Kraemer wont go down in these playoffs without a fight |
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| 4 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS |
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HEAD COACH: BILL CROUSEY |
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TOP PLAYERS: DAN HARROLD - MATT KREIGER - DOMINIC TAMBURI |
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OUTLOOK: TJ has some top flight players who could make an interesting
quaerter final match up in round two |
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| 5 |
WESTMONT HILLTOP
HILTOPPERS |
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HEAD COACH: DON LAMISON |
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TOP PLAYERS: MICHAEL LAMISON - AUSTIN DEGRANGE - NICK MCQUILLAN |
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OUTLOOK: The Mighty Hilltoppers
are a young squad and maybe a year away from making noise again in Class A |
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KISKI CAVALIERS |
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HEAD COACH: CHUCK STITES |
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TOP PLAYERS: NICK WALLACE - NICK HURLEY - ALEX FERRARO |
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OUTLOOK: For Kiski to
make the playoffs with a short bench is a pretty big accomplishment |
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SOUTH PARK EAGLES |
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HEAD COACH: DEREK PODALAK |
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TOP PLAYERS: JUSTIN HICKEY - TANNER ORR - JAKOB HICKEY |
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OUTLOOK: South Park has
hung tough in Class A this season and lacks the depth to advance very
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