FHL Charity Event Rosters and Schedule

GROUP A:
Red Team
(C) Mike Cullen
Brian Barca
Thomas Sheetz
John George
Adam Pander
Joe Rogers
Mike Perlaky
Nick Paoletti

Black Team
(C) Buddy Doyle
Matt Wierchowski
Bill Seaman
Dan Drane
Zak Campbell
Garett Gori
Steve Zeransky
Jake Laird

White Team
(C) Ben Bobick
Jeff Pingor
Jeff Rogers
Justin Gardner
Ryan Marino
Josh Edwards
Joe Sims
Ryan Tuttle
Brandon Welsh
Dylan Younkins


GROUP B:
Light Blue Team
(C) Shane Lucas
Tony Bonacorso
Andrew McDonald
Dave Gilson
Matt Gori
Jamie Zelena
Tom Cunningham
Ed Tomcik

Gold Team
(C) Tom Fetsko
Brian Grise
Jason Kortz
Mark Zelena
Josh McIntyre
Pat Farrell
Ryan Stottlemeyer
Ryan Tatrai

Green Team
(C) Adam Cristallini
Roy McDonald
Drew Hruska
Nick Siniawski
Dan Rojtas
Dave Kwolek
Drew Blasko
Ryan Fish
Jay Haddad


SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, JULY 31ST
(all games are 3-10 minute period games)

11:00- Black vs. White
11:45- Light Blue vs. Green
12:30- Black vs. Red
1:15- Light Blue vs. Gold
2:00- Red vs, White
2:45- Yellow vs. Green

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1ST
(all games are 3-15 minute period games)

11:00 - Group A #1 vs. Group B #2
12:00 - Group B #1 vs. Group A #2

1:00 - CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Second Annual Charity Tournament - Details

- Six Teams, Two Groups of 3
- Two Day Event, July 31st and August 1st
- All Games are 3 Periods, 10 minutes each.

July 31st
-Group Play ( Round Robin Play with Group)
[To determine top two seeds in each group, TIEBREAKER RULES: Wins, Goal Differential, Goals For, Coin Flip]

August 1st
- Game 1: Seed #1 from Group A vs. Seed #2 from Group B
- Game 2: Seed #1 from Group B vs. Seed #2 from Group A
- Championship: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2

Here are the 6 Captains and the two groups:

GROUP A
Buddy Doyle, Mike Cullen, Ben Bobick

GROUP B
Shane Lucas, Adam Cristallini, Tom Fetsko

They will draft only from the pool of players who participated in games this past
season. Draft will be held a couple weeks before the event.

$10 dollar entry fee this year for all players.

ALL MONEY FROM PLAYERS AND DONATIONS WILL BE SENT TO THE MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION.

FSN PRIZE PACK:

Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh has once again provided us with a phenomenal prize pack that includes the following:
- Certificate for Pittsburgh Penguins on FSN Commercial (Winning Captain)
- Autographed Pittsburgh Penguins hockey puck by Alex Goligoski, Evgeni Malkin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Pascal Dupuis, and Craig Adams (Tournament MVP)

FHL 2nd Annual Charity Event

FHL Awards Results

Congratulations to the winners of the FHL Awards.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Joe Sims [Kings]

NICE GUY AWARD

Shane Lucas [Jets]

BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tom Sheetz [Kings]

DEFENSIVE FORWARD OF THE YEAR
Zack Siniawski [Moose]

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tom Fetsko [Boyle]

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Brian Barca [Jets]

FHL Awards BBQ

Sunday, June 13th
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Adam Cristallini's House
4421 Cassabiil Drive

This is our 3rd annual BBQ where we reflect back on the past season and acknowledge those who made extraordinary efforts on Saturday. Some food will supplied but guests are encouraged to provide some sort of dish. The regular season awards will be announced and the 2010-2011 season draft order will be randomly chosen. Also the upcoming areas of Munhall Tourament rosters will be released by the respective captains.

These captains are:
Ben Bobick (East of Main street)
Buddy Doyle (West of Main stree/West Homestead)
Adam Pander (Munhall Gardens/Lower Munhall)
Joe Rogers (Gates)

2010 FHL Championship - Results

Bishop Boyle wins FHL Championship




Box Score

Championship MVP - Brian Grise

2010 FHL Championship Preview

by Bill Kostkas

Over the last few years, we as sports fans have come to expect things like this, although I did not just a few weeks ago. The Steelers did it as a sixth seed in 2005. The Giants did it just two years after as a five seed.

The National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs featured a seventh seed against an eight seed in the Eastern Conference Finals. My point is that parity is certainly not a surprise anymore in today’s sports scene.

We now have our own dose of that in the Franklin Hockey League with Bishop Boyle and their magical run. With captain Brian Grise, who has been silencing all of his critics this post season, Boyle took out the heavily favored Pirates in the opening round and advanced past the Moose last Saturday to secure a spot in the FHL Championship.

The run Boyle is on is truly a script that can only be written by the sappiest Hollywood producer. They have one player in the top five in any of the three top categories (Tom Fetsko 17 assists.)
Grise is tenth in the league in goals. When it comes to stats, Boyle isn’t represented very well. Nor were they represented in wins throughout the regular season.

Does it take away from where they are now? Certainly not. As my father told me before the 2001 AFC Championship with New England and Pittsburgh, you just don’t sneak into this game. If you’ve made it this far, you deserve to be there.

On the other side of the rink will be the heavily favored Jets, with the league leader in goals, Brian Barca (41) and in points (56.) Last week, Boyle went through the Moose who had the second and third-best point-getters in the FHl (Jeff Pingor and Jeff Rogers.) So, to say they couldn’t deal with the league leader is an over-estimation.

Both teams come into the title game playing extremely good defense. In two games, Boyle has only allowed two goals and theJets shut out the Kings in their only playoff action.
One thing the Jets definitely have on their side is the last two FHL Championships. They’ve been here before, and know what it takes. So, expect a good game from them at least.

My prediction? The Jets for a three-peat, as Pat Riley likes to say. Don’t take my word for it, because I’ve been wrong on most 0f my picks this post season.

Commissioner's Corner - Media Day

The 2 time defending champion Jets prepare to take on the red hot Bishop Boyle Lancers in the 2010 FHL championship. These two teams are both members of the original 4 from 2006-07. Boyle captain Brian Grise is playing in his first championship since 07. Last season the Jets ended Boyles FHL cup dreams in the 2nd round thanks to a game winning overtime goal by Brian Barca in game 4. As championship day approaches, here are some quotes from the guys who will be doing battle this Saturday.

Jets Captain Zak Campbell on playing Boyle in the championship- "Well ya know this team is chalk full of skill guys, they have a veteran captain who's been in the league every since I can remember, although he personally doesn't much playoff experience, he has a few guys who do and who have championship rings. We know these guys, we've played with these guys so the fact that they are in the final game doesn't surprise us. We know what they are capable of and we are going to be cognizant of that the entire series. Overall, I think if we remain stout at the blue line, they will have a hard time getting goals. Our skill's up front should have a little more time this series than last week. I'm looking forward to the task, it'll definitely be a great game."

Boyle Captain Brian Grise on how to beat the Jets- "One word. Physical"

Jet Shane Lucas on playing the team that traded him- "Ya know being traded for the second year in a row wasnt new to me but i got traded to a storied franchise and now have a chance to beat my former captain who traded me and hold the cup up in front of him. That would be a great ending to a great year"

Lancer Tom Fetsko on how to stop leading scorer Brian Barca- "Well man when it comes down to it im just gonna sacrifice every part of my body to block his shots or take the body"

Jet Brian Barca on how to beat Bishop Boyle- "You just have to want it more. Thats it. They want it and we know that. They are too good to come out flat so we'll just have to prepare how we have in the past and play our game.

Lancer Jared Spears on playing in his first FHL championship- "Maybe another time Ron, im busy sharpening my lance."

Lancer Mark Fetsko on playing against the team he won 2 FHL cups with- "Who wouldn't be proud to have been part of the Jets organization the past two seasons? Two seasons in a row with the besr regular season record, most goals forward and least goals against. Not to mention back to back FHL cups and a playoff MVP for myself to boot. I had a greta run with that team and some of the players I played with there will always hold a special place in my heart. But come high noon Saturday, when the shiny new FHL cup is on the line, the past won't matter and history will be made."

Week 2 Playoffs: 5/22/10 - Results

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