Ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 is a fairly new high school sport in the state of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

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High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

s field teams, all of which are located in the northern portion of the state, and all compete in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League

Pennsylvania high school hockey

Ice hockey is a popular and growing sport in the state of Pennsylvania. Teams from 150 high schools competed as varsity ice hockey teams in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania . Unlike every other high school sport in Pennsylvania, hockey is not run under Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic...

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Morgantown High School and University High School combine during the regular season to form one team, but for playoffs they are forced to separate into their respective schools.

Competition format

West Virginia has no organized league, and all five teams participate in Western Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. Starting in 2005, a state championship began featuring all of the state's teams. In the first championship was held in 2005, Wheeling Park defeating Wheeling Central Catholic 2-1.

Historical timeline

1995 - Wheeling Park adds Ice Hockey

2002 - Linsly adds Ice Hockey

2005 - First West Virginia State Championship is held - in overtime Wheeling Park beats Wheeling Central 2-1.

2010 - Second overtime championship game. Wheeling Central beats Wheeling Park 2-1 on a Joey Baker goal.

2011 - Wheeling Central wins 11-3 over John Marshall. The win avenges Centrals only loss of the season to win their third state championship. Chas McFarland named playoff MVP.

West Virginia teams

School	Location	Nickname	Colors	Established	League	State championships
Linsly Military Institute	Wheeling Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...	Cadets	Orange and Black	2002	PIHL
Morgantown High School	Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...	Mohigans	Blue, Gold, White, and Red		PIHL
University High School University High School (Morgantown) University High School is a high school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that houses just over 1,250 students. The school mascot is the hawk and the school colors are scarlet red, old gold, and black.-History:...	Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...	Hawks	Blue, Gold, White, and Red		PIHL
Wheeling Central Catholic High School Wheeling Central Catholic High School Wheeling Central Catholic High School is a parochial, Roman Catholic high school in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.-Graduation Requirements:*English - 4 credits*Social Science - 4 credits...	Wheeling Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...	Maroon Knights	Maroon and White		PIHL	2007, 2010, 2011
Wheeling Park High School Wheeling Park High School Wheeling Park High School is a high school in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, and is the only public high school serving Ohio County, West Virginia. Park, as it is sometimes called, is home to roughly 2,000 students in grades 9-12....	Wheeling Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...	Patriots	Red and Blue	1995	PIHL	2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
John Marshall High School John Marshall High School (West Virginia) John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Glen Dale, West Virginia, USA. It is operated by Marshall County Schools, which is administrated by an elected, five-member Board of Education.-Background:...	Glendale Glen Dale, West Virginia Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,552 at the 2000 census...	Monarchs	Brown and Gold		PIHL

External links

• PA Hockey
• PA Hockey History
• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League