2008 Pennsylvania HIgh School Hockey Championships
Pennsylvania High School Hockey Chmpionship Previews are Here!
The Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships will be held on Saturday March 29 at the Cambria County War Memorial in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This is the 34th year of the Pa Hockey title, which was first held in Erie, Pa in 1975 and now has champions crowned at the Class AAA, AA and A levels. Meadville with 8 Pennsylvania State Championships has the most and Bishop McCort and Bethel Park have 5 State Championships each. Western Pennsylvania has captured 59 titles and Eastern Pennsylvania has 25 of the 84 Champions crowned.
Pa Hockey's the Pennsylvania State Championship PREVIEWS are here:
Originally posted by Pondhockey11: I'm guessing the player your referring to is Brandon Saad. He's the one on the west online forum that everyone keeps talking about.
Yea, thats him.
A guy I worked with at McKeens was telling me hes the real deal. He covers alot of midwest midget games. He didnt cover the NTDP camp though. Would be nice if states were in the east this year, Id like to see the kid play.
Brandon Saad is one of the top 93's in the country and destined for the National Developmental Program. He reminds me of RJ Umberger, but is actually bigger at this age than RJ was and more skilled. People were talking about him two years ago. If Pine Richland beats LaSalle, it will be a coming out party for him....might be worth the drive to see this game. I have seen both teams play several times and it will be as good of a State Final that you'll see in a long time.
I was just reading the Western PA board. Many of the posters are saying Brandon Saad will be the best player on the ice. Is he really better then 2 big, fast 90's Berkle and Schmidt on Lasalle, or their 91's Tyson and Denczi? I would imagine the kid is something else, but Im surprised a freshman 92 is going to be better then a senior 90 or a junior 90.
La Salle has already seen Saad (and a couple of his teammates who play for the Hornets out west) in the Showcase they played in as VFMM out in Ann Arbor.
Originally posted by hgp fan: I was just reading the Western PA board. Many of the posters are saying Brandon Saad will be the best player on the ice. Is he really better then 2 big, fast 90's Berkle and Schmidt on Lasalle, or their 91's Tyson and Denczi? I would imagine the kid is something else, but Im surprised a freshman 92 is going to be better then a senior 90 or a junior 90.
I wouldnt be that suprised if hes the real deal. When Kolarik was on the ice for Lasalle he was tiny and was deff the best player on the ice even when they played teams like Malvern who had a few kids on it that went DI that year.
