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The Penguins Cup is a high school 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...

tournament of over 70 high school ice hockey teams from western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its...

. The tournament is run by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League with the finals administered by the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

's Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

franchise. Finals are held in three divisions: A, AA, AAA.

The tournament 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

Flyers Cup

The Flyers Cup is an annual high school ice hockey tournament held by the Philadelphia Flyers. 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,...

champions in the Pennsylvania State High School Ice Hockey Championship

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...

. Ice hockey is not administered by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. is one of the governing bodies of high school and junior high school sports for the state of Pennsylvania, United States....

as are other high school sports.

List of champions

The Penguins Cup champions have been very successful against 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 the A division was added in 1989.

In AAA, Meadville Area Senior High School

Meadville Area Senior High School

Meadville Area Senior High School is a public school located within the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Situated at 930 North Street Ext., the high school serves the city of Meadville, West Mead Township, Pennsylvania, Vernon Township, Pennsylvania and is part of the Crawford Central 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

Bishop Canevin High School

Bishop Canevin High School is a Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school is located in the Oakwood neighborhood of the city.-External links:* *...

has won six cups. In A, Bishop McCort High School

Bishop McCort High School

Bishop McCort High School is a private, Catholic high school located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in Cambria County. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.- History :...

of Johnstown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

has six Penguins Cups and five state championships, including four in a row from 1994 to 1997.

Some schools have won Penguins Cups and state championships in different divisions. Pine-Richland High School

Pine-Richland High School

Pine-Richland High School is a high school located in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. It is the only high school in the Pine-Richland School District and is located in Pine Township, Pennsylvania.-History:...

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 is 1992 and 1993 in A, and in 1994 and 1996 in AA.

Prior to 1981, 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.

AAA

1975: Baldwin
Baldwin High School (Baldwin, Pennsylvania)
Baldwin High School is in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the third largest public school in the Pittsburgh area. The district serves the communities of: Baldwin, Whitehall and Baldwin Township. Baldwin currently offers 15 Advanced placement courses....

*
1976: Mt. Lebanon*
1977: Churchill Area
Woodland Hills School District
Woodland Hills School District is a public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, serving twelve municipalities in the Pittsburgh area; Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Forest Hills, North Braddock, Rankin, Swissvale, Turtle Creek and...

* (defunct)
1978: Churchill Area* (defunct)
1979: Churchill Area* (defunct)
1980: Upper St. Clair
Upper St. Clair High School
Upper St. Clair High School is a public high school in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA, serving students in grades 9–12. The school is part of the Upper St. Clair School District. USCHS is one of three secondary schools in Pennsylvania to be recognized as a Blue Ribbon School three times...

*
1981: North Catholic High School
North Catholic High School
North Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located on Troy Hill on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school's mascot is the Trojan and its official colors are scarlet and gold....
1982: Baldwin
1983: Bethel Park
Bethel Park High School
Bethel Park High School, also called BPHS, is a four-year, comprehensive high school located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, with an enrollment of 1,937 students in grades 9–12. Set up much like a college campus, it consists of eight buildings on an campus. Its curriculum includes ten Advanced...
1984: Cathedral Prep
Cathedral Preparatory School
Cathedral Preparatory School is an all-male college prep school in Erie, Pennsylvania run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie and was established in 1921 by Archbishop John Mark Gannon. The school boasts a 97%-100% college acceptance rate among graduating classes...

*
1985: Mt. Lebanon
1986: Upper St. Clair
1987: Upper St. Clair*
1988: Baldwin*
1989: Meadville Area
Meadville Area Senior High School
Meadville Area Senior High School is a public school located within the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Situated at 930 North Street Ext., the high school serves the city of Meadville, West Mead Township, Pennsylvania, Vernon Township, Pennsylvania and is part of the Crawford Central School...

*
1990: Upper St. Clair
1991: Armstrong Central High School
Armstrong School District (Pennsylvania)
The Armstrong School District is a large, public school district which encompasses approximately 437 square miles. In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania the district covers the Boroughs of Applewold, Atwood, Dayton, Elderton, Ford City, Ford Cliff, Kittanning, Manorville, Rural Valley, West Kittanning...

(defunct)
1992: Meadville Area*
1993: Meadville Area*
1994: Meadville Area*
1995: Meadville Area*
1996: Meadville Area*
1997: Bethel Park*
1998: Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Central Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for boys in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is administrated and partially staffed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools....
1999: Meadville Area
2000: Bethel Park*
2001: Bethel Park*
2002: Bethel Park*
2003: Meadville Area*
2004: Mt. Lebanon
2005: Bethel Park*
2006: Mt. Lebanon*
2007: North Allegheny*
2008: Pine-Richland
Pine-Richland High School
Pine-Richland High School is a high school located in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. It is the only high school in the Pine-Richland School District and is located in Pine Township, Pennsylvania.-History:...
2009: Shaler Area
Shaler Area High School
Shaler Area High School serves ninth through twelfth graders in the Shaler Area School District as of September 13, 2008.-History:Shaler Area High School was established in 1971 from the court-ordered merger of Etna borough, Reserve Township, Millvale borough, and Shaler Township high schools...
2010: Canon McMillan
Canon-McMillan School District
The Canon-McMillan School District is a public school district covering the Borough of Canonsburg and Cecil Township and North Strabane Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania...
2011: Upper St. Clair*

AA

1976: Abington
Abington Heights School District
The Abington Heights School District covers the Boroughs of Clarks Green and Clarks Summit and Waverly Township, Glenburn Township, Newton Township, North Abington Township, Ransom Township and South Abington Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The district operates four elementary...

* (eastern Pennsylvania)
1977: Erie Fairview
Fairview High School (Pennsylvania)
Fairview High School is a public high school located in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and it is part of the Fairview School District.-Academics:-Notes and references:* Fairview School District. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.-External links:***...

*
1978:
1979: South Hills Catholic
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

* (defunct)
1980: no champion
1981: Erie Fairview*
1982: Erie Fairview*
1983: Bishop Canevin
Bishop Canevin High School
Bishop Canevin High School is a Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school is located in the Oakwood neighborhood of the city.-External links:* *...

*
1984: Bishop Canevin*
1985: Bishop Canevin
1986: Chartiers Valley
Chartiers Valley High School
Chartiers Valley High School is a public school in the Bridgeville borough of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. The school's on-site stadium is home to the professional soccer team the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The school has an indoor swimming pool which is open to the public three evenings a...

*
1987: Meadville
Meadville Area Senior High School
Meadville Area Senior High School is a public school located within the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Situated at 930 North Street Ext., the high school serves the city of Meadville, West Mead Township, Pennsylvania, Vernon Township, Pennsylvania and is part of the Crawford Central School...

*
1988: Taylor Allderdice
Taylor Allderdice High School
Taylor Allderdice High School, also referred to by the Pittsburgh Public Schools as “Pittsburgh Allderdice” or informally by students as "Dice", is a public high school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s East End. Allderdice is the "largest of the Pittsburgh Public Schools'...
1989: Bishop Canevin*
1990: Greater Johnstown
Greater Johnstown High School
Greater Johnstown High School is a high school located in between the neighborhoods of Moxham, 8th Ward and Hornerstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the senior high school for the Greater Johnstown School District. The current Superintendent is Barbara Parkins, herself a...
1991: Beaver Area
Beaver Area School District
The Beaver Area School District covers the Boroughs of Beaver and Bridgewater and Brighton Township and Vanport Township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania...

*
1992: Greater Johnstown
1993: Bishop Canevin
1994: Greensburg Central Catholic*
1995: North Catholic
1996: Greensburg Central Catholic*
1997: Cathedral Prep*
1998: Thomas Jefferson*
1999: Thomas Jefferson*
2000: Thomas Jefferson*
2001: Beaver Area*
2002: Peters Township
Peters Township High School
Peters Township High School is a public high school in McMurray, Pennsylvania, at 264 East McMurray Road. It was built in 1968 and renovated in 1981. In January 2001, a 16-month, $24 million renovation was completed. The high school includes students from grades 9 through 12...

*
2003: Peters Township*
2004: Peters Township
2005: Peters Township
2006: Pine-Richland*
2007: Pine-Richland*
2008: Greater Latrobe
Greater Latrobe School District
Greater Latrobe School District is a public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The city of Latrobe and the borough of Youngstown as well Unity Township are within district boundaries.-Elementary Schools :-Secondary schools:...

*
2009: Greater Latrobe*
2010: Greater Latrobe*
2011: Bishop Canevin*

A

1989: Plum
Plum High School
Plum High School is a public high school and the only high school in Plum Borough School District located at 900 Elicker Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. It has approximately 1,478 students enrolled for the 2007-2008 school year and serves grades nine through twelve. The current principal is Ryan...

*
1990: Ringgold
Ringgold High School (Pennsylvania)
Ringgold High School, part of the Ringgold School District, is in Carroll Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, which is about thirty miles south of Pittsburgh. The Ringgold School District was formed as a result of the merger of the Donora and Monongahela School Districts.-Graduation rate:In...
1991: State College
State College Area High School
State College Area High School is the only public high school in the State College Area School District. Located within walking distance of Penn State University, the school offers a wide and diverse selection of electives, and is known for its academic, athletic, and musical prominence.State High...
1992: Greensburg Central Catholic
1993: Greensburg Central Catholic*
1994: Bishop McCort
Bishop McCort High School
Bishop McCort High School is a private, Catholic high school located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in Cambria County. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.- History :...

*
1995: Bishop McCort*
1996: Bishop McCort*
1997: Bishop McCort*
1998: Seton-La Salle
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

*
1999: Bishop McCort*
2000: Serra Catholic
Serra Catholic High School
Serra Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.-Background:...

*
2001: Serra Catholic*
2002: Serra Catholic*
2003: Westmont Hilltop
Westmont Hilltop School District
The Westmont Hilltop School District is a public school district located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It geographically comprises Upper Yoder Township, Westmont Borough, and Southmont Borough in the western suburbs of Johnstown, Pennsylvania....
2004: Serra Catholic
2005: Bishop McCort
2006: Quaker Valley
Quaker Valley High School
Quaker Valley High School is a high school located in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. Quaker Valley High School is one of the four National Blue Ribbon Schools that comprise the Quaker Valley School District....

*
2007: Freeport Area
Freeport Area School District
Freeport Area School District is home of the Yellow Jackets and Buffalo Elementary, South Buffalo, Junior High School, and Senior High School. Buffalo Elementary School and the Senior High, along with the Administration building, are in Sarver, Butler County, and the Freeport Junior High School...
2008: Quaker Valley
2009: Mars Area
Mars Area High School
Mars Area High School is a high school located in Mars, Pennsylvania.Mars High offers a full program of courses that includes more than 120 selections plus a wide variety of extracurricular activities and interscholastic sports...
2010: Mars Area*
2011: Mars Area*

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