The Flyers Cup is an annual high school ice hockey tournament held by the Philadelphia Flyers . The first Flyers Cup was organized by the Flyers' Hockey Central organization in 1980, sponsored by the Pepsi Cola Bottlers of the Delaware Valley. It was held at the University of Pennsylvania's Class of '23 Rink until relocating to the Haverford Skatium in 1984.
19-583: The Flyers Cup was the idea of Ed Golden, then Public Relations Director for The Spectrum, who suggested the concept of a regional high school hockey championship in the fall of 1979 to Aaron Siegel and Andy Abramson, who is considered the father of the Flyers Cup. The Flyers Cup logo was designed by Sal Panasci, husband of the Flyers Marketing Director at the time, Linda Panasci, and donated by his design firm. The founding organizers of
38-418: A row from 1994 to 1997. Bethel Park High School has won 7 AAA Penguins Cups 1983 and 2012 including 5 AAA Pennsylvania State Titles in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Churchill High School won 9 WPIHL [Western Pa] AAA League Championships in 11 years including 2 prior to the inaugural Penguins Cup [1975] in 1973 & 1974 and won it in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1983 and four consecutive trips to
57-618: A tournament open to teams from across the state was held to determine a state champion. In 1981 the Western and Eastern system was adopted. The A division began in 1989. An asterisk (*) denotes that the team was also the state champion. Bishop Canevin High School Bishop Canevin High School is a Jesuit -inspired high school in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States. The school
76-594: Is located in the East Carnegie neighborhood of the city. In 1958, Bishop John Dearden , Bishop of Pittsburgh, announced plans for a brand new co-institutional diocesan high school to serve the Chartiers Valley on Morange Road, next to St. Paul Orphanage, which is now St. Paul Seminary . The school was to be named Chartiers Catholic High School. The name was changed soon after to recognize former Bishop of Pittsburgh Regis Canevin . Father Leo G. Henry
95-479: The 1962 school year, Fr. Gervase became headmaster and oversaw the first Middle States Accreditation of Canevin in 1965. The 70s saw several headmasters. In 1969, Fr. Gervase left Canevin and was replaced by Fr. Canice Connors O.F.M. Conv. Under his guidance, Canevin became fully coeducational, and boys and girls began to have classes together. After Fr. Canice, Fr. Julian Zambanini O.F.M. Conv. became headmaster; followed by Fr. Robert Sochor, O.F.M Conv. After Fr. Robert,
114-529: The A division was added in 1989. In AAA, Meadville Area Senior High School has won the most cups, with eight. The team also won one cup in AA. From 1992 to 1996, Meadville won five consecutive Penguins Cup and Pennsylvania state championships. In AA, Bishop Canevin High School has won six cups. In A, Bishop McCort High School of Johnstown has six Penguins Cups and five state championships, including four in
133-858: The AAA Level Flyers Cup: The following teams have won the AA Level Flyers Cup: The following teams have won the A Level Flyers Cup: Penguins Cup The Penguins Cup is a high school ice hockey tournament of over 80 high school ice hockey teams from western Pennsylvania . The tournament is run by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League with the finals administered by the National Hockey League 's Pittsburgh Penguins franchise. Finals are held in three divisions: A, AA, AAA. The tournament
152-476: The Diocese of Pittsburgh assumed responsibility for the administration of the school from the friars. At that time, Fr. Donald Sotak became headmaster. After the 1978–79 school year, Mr. John Maurer became headmaster, the first lay headmaster of any Pittsburgh Diocesan high School. Mr. Maurer guided the school through its 25th anniversary in 1984. However, in 1980, he was given the difficult task of saying goodbye to
171-498: The Flyers Cup included Aaron Siegel, President of The Spectrum, Andy Abramson, Executive Director/Flyers Hockey Central, Kenneth R. Gesner, Atlantic District President and USA Hockey Director, Jack Hunt, President, InterCounty Scholastic Hockey League, Andy Richards, President, Suburban High School Hockey League, Paul Saylor, Commissioner, Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League and Jim Cunningham, President, Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League. Archbishop Carroll's Scott Chamness
190-508: The Flyers Cup winners in the state championship Pennsylvania Cup which began in 1981. Between 1993 and 2003, the Penguins Cup champions won 28 of 33 Pennsylvania Cups, including nine consecutive class A titles from 1993 to 2002, and eight consecutive in AA, 1996 to 2003. Penguins Cup champions went on to win all three Pennsylvania Cups in 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2011; and in both AA and AAA in 1984 and 1987 before
209-630: The Flyers/Hockey Central's Andy Abramson, with support from Flyers President Bob Butera and then Penguins CEO Paul Martha. The first Pennsylvania Cup was held in 1981 in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania's Class of '23 Ice Rink and hosted by The Philadelphia Flyers. The game featured the winner of the Flyers Cup vs. the winner of the Penguins Cup, a tournament that was inaugurated in 1981. The following teams have won
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#1732797638790228-565: The Pennsylvania State AAA Final in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1979, winning in 1977 and 1979. Some schools have won Penguins Cups and state championships in different divisions. Pine-Richland High School won back-to-back state championships in 2006 and 2007 in AA before moving to AAA, where they won the 2008 Penguins Cup but lost the state championship. Greensburg Central Catholic High School won Penguins Cups in 1993 in A, and in 1992, 1994 and 1996 in AA. Prior to 1981,
247-447: The boys and girls. However, there was one administration and the boys and girls were free to mix in a few locations, such as the science labs and the library; Latin 3-4 and one of the advanced math classes were coeducational due to the small class sizes. The band/orchestra was also coed. Remnants of this system can be found in the numbering patterns for the rooms (G101 for first floor Girls' wing and B101 for first floor Boy's wing). Tuition
266-1083: The following leagues: the Eastern High School Hockey League, the Inter-County Scholastic Hockey League, the Lehigh Valley Scholastic Hockey League, the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League, the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League, the Suburban High School Hockey League, and the Central Pennsylvania Ice Hockey League. Teams are invited to participate based on their skill level as demonstrated by
285-649: The strength of their overall schedule and season performance. The winner of the Flyers Cup at each tier level plays the respective western champion as determined by the Penguins Cup , held by the Pittsburgh Penguins , for the Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship . The Pennsylvania Cup came about through the collaboration of USA Hockey Director for Mid-America, Frank Black and
304-678: Was free to the students, as long as they were a member of the 21 parishes which made up the Canevin district. In 1961, the diocese signed a contract with the Immaculate Conception Province of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual to take over the administration and boy's faculty. Sent to Canevin were an original group of 8 friars, led by Fr. Gervase M. Beyer, O.F.M. Conv. They were soon supplanted with more friars from Trenton Catholic High School, which had recently closed. After
323-765: Was held at the Civic/Mellon Arena until it closed in 2010. The tournament determines the regional champions from western Pennsylvania. The winners in each division play the eastern Pennsylvania Flyers Cup champions in the Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship . Ice hockey is not administered by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association as are other high school sports. The Penguins Cup champions have been very successful against
342-571: Was named the first recipient of the Bobby Clarke Award as the 1980s Flyers Cup's Most Valuable Player. The invitational tournament is the scholastic hockey championship for eastern Pennsylvania high schools and is conducted through three tiers of play, AAA, AA, and A with AAA representing private schools, AA large public schools and A small public schools based on male student enrollment. There are 53 participating teams consisting of 13 AAA, 20 AA, and 20 A chosen from teams participating in
361-480: Was then named the first headmaster. Canevin High School opened to 435 boys and girls on September 10, 1959; in June 1963, 303 students graduated. Construction on the building was not yet finished, and would not for at least another six months. The faculty was made up of priests, five communities of nuns, and a small number of laypeople. Since it was a co-institutional school, there were different faculties and facilities for
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