ISHL Opens Season This Week

The Intercounty Scholastic Hockey League will is kickoff its new season. A total of 36 boys teams and 14 girls teams will skate under the Intercounty League umbrella this season.

The boys’ alignment will include the Ches-Mont, Central, and Philadelphia Catholic Leagues. Some teams, including several from the aforementioned leagues, will compete in the Liberty North and Liberty South divisions, which will include teams from an assortment of existing leagues as well the state of Delaware.

The boys’ season officially begins on Thursday. Defending Class 2A Flyers Cup champion Downingtown East will open its season against Unionville on Friday, November 2 at Ice Line.

The girls’ teams, which in some cases have already begun their seasons, are divided into two seven-team divisions.

The Intercounty League is the oldest scholastic hockey league in the area. It is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season. The league was launched in 1969 as a six-team organization that included Cardinal O’Hara, Conestoga, Haverford High, Marple Newtown, St. Joseph’s Prep, and Swarthmore

 

The league alignments will be as follows

Boys

Ches-Mont League

Avon Grove

Downingtown East

Downingtown West

Unionville

West Chester Bayard Rustin

West Chester East

West Chester Henderson

Central League

Conestoga

Garnet valley

Haverford

Lower Merion

Penncrest

Radnor

Ridley

Springfield (Delco)

Strath Haven

Catholic League

Archbishop Ryan

Cardinal O’Hara

Delaware Military Academy

Father Judge

Roman Catholic

Salesianum

Liberty North

Boyertown

Owen J. Roberts

Perkiomen Valley

Spring Ford

Archbishop Carroll

Monsignor Bonner

Bishop Shanahan

Liberty South

Harriton

Interboro

Marple Newtown

Appoquinmink

Kennett

St. Mark’s

Girls

National Division

OJR/Boyertown

Unionville

West Chester Bayard Rustin

Garnet Valley

Downingtown West

Lower Merion

West Chester East

 

American Division

Avon Grove

Bishop Shanahan

Lansdale Catholic

Conestoga

Penncrest-Strath Haven

Radnor

West Chester East 2

 

Two of the girls’ teams will be co-op teams

 

 

2018 Flyers Cup Day 2

The Class 2A Flyers Cup tournament begins this evening with eight first-round games

Tuesday Class 2A Round One

CB South 10, Boyertown 0

North Penn 6, Avon Grove 4

Pennridge 6, Central Bucks East 1

Council Rock South 8 Haverford 2

Conestoga 5, Spring Ford 3

Parkland 5, Central Bucks West 1

Downingtown West 10, Council Rock North 0

Downingtown East 11, Perkiomen Valley 1

Updates available at www.flyerscup.org

Quarterfinal games will be played on Thursday, weather permitting.

CB South vs. North Penn 6:45 at Warwick

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 8:50 at Hatfield

Conesotoga vs. Parkland, 6:45 at ice Line

Downingtown East vs. Downingtown West, 8:50 at Ice Line
Schedule subject to change due to weather….

 

Note: the last team to successfully defend a Flyers Cup Class 2A title was Council Rock South in 2011 and ’12.

 

Wednesday Class A Quarterfinals All POSTPONED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 8

1 Bayard Rustin vs 9 Palmyra,

4 Springfield vs 5 Hershey

3 Lower Dauphin vs 6 Strath Haven

2 West Chester East vs 10 Unionville

 

Class 3A Quarterfinals THURSDAY, MARCH 8

4 LaSalle vs. 5 Cardinal O’Hara, 7:10 at Hatfield

3 Malvern Prep vs. 6 Archbishop Ryan 8:15 at Ice Line

2 St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 7 Father Judge. 8:00 at Skatium

Semifinals  Monday

 

Our thanks to the administration and staff at Holy Ghost Prep for their support.

Holy Ghost Prep is a private, Catholic, all-boys school located in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Located adjacent to the busy I-95 corridor in metropolitan Philadelphia, Holy Ghost Prep attracts students from more than 100 elementary feeder schools from throughout metropolitan Philadelphia counties and New Jersey

Today is a vibrant community of nearly 500 young men preparing for college and adult life through a challenging program which stresses the cultivation of students’ unique gifts and talents, academic excellence, and generous service to the poor. We continue to be mindful of our founding history as a seminary as we seek to form young men morally, intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.

 

Note: Tuesday’s Class 2A game between #6 Parkland and  #11 C.B. West is now an 8:15 start at Hatfield Ice

Tuesday Class 2A Round One

1 CB South vs 16 Boyertown 7:15 at Warwick

8 Avon Grove vs 9 North Penn 7:00 at Ice Line

4 Pennridge vs 13 Central Bucks East, 7:10 at Hatfield

5 Council Rock South vs 12 Haverford, 9:00 at Warwick

3 Conestoga vs 14 Spring Ford 6:45 at Ice Line, 8:45 at Ice Line

6 Parkland vs 11 Central Bucks West, 8:15 at Hatfield (NOTE NEW START TIME)

7 Downingtown West vs 10 Council Rock North, 8:45 at Ice Line

2 Downingtown East vs 15 Perkiomnen Valley, 8:30 at Ice Line