Brunswick Hockey Club

The Buckeye Cup High School Club Hockey State Championship is back in Cleveland this year and will be hosted by the North Coast High School Hockey League. The event will be held from March 7-9, 2008, at Ice Land USA in Strongsville, Ohio. Competing will be the top four high school club hockey teams from the North Coast High School Hockey League, the Greater Columbus High School Club Hockey League, and the Cincinnati Amateur Hockey Association.

This will be the Fourth Annual Buckeye Cup. The Buckeye Cup was started by John Mummert, head coach of North Royalton, based on the idea that high school club hockey teams should be able to participate in a state championship beyond their individual league championship on a local level. From its institution, teams from Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati have participated. The First Annual Buckeye Cup was held in the Cleveland/Northeast Ohio area at Center Ice in North Canton, Ohio and at Alice Noble in Wooster, Ohio. Subsequent years were in Columbus and Cincinnati, respectively. And here we are...back in Cleveland.

Good luck to the teams in Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus, and Cincinnati with the remainder of your season! We'll see the top 12 high school club hockey teams up here in Cleveland in March!