Next year will see the unveiling of a new and (it’s hoped) improved Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League. A lot of teams will be on the move, but the restructuring will have little effect on the seven area teams.
The White Division will no longer be a 10-team single division. It’s splitting into two groups. [...]

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BROOKLYN — It sure was something you don’t see in every hockey game.
Elyria Catholic went into a power-play leading Strongsville 2-1. The Panthers went out of the one-man advantage trailing 3-2.
That was the wildest two minutes in a Brooklyn district game Thursday that Strongsville eventually won, 5-3. The third-seeded Mustangs (25-8) will play the winner [...]

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BROOKLYN — The brilliant high school career of Chad Murphy will continue for at least one more game, thanks to a little help from his friends.
Friends like Jesse Gross, who broke a 2-2 tie with the winning goal with 4:10 to play that lifted North Olmsted to a 3-2 victory over Padua in a Brooklyn [...]

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BROOKLYN — The Middies won the opening face-off against St. Edward on Monday night, but that was the only battle they were able to win.
It is tough enough to start tournament play against the defending state champion in any sport, but when it involves the St. Ed’s hockey team, the level of difficulty ramps up [...]

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BROOKLYN — Both teams have endured a season in which goals didn’t come in numbers many expected.
“I didn’t think one goal was going to do it,” Elyria Catholic coach Dave Phiel said.
But one goal did do it, and EC scored it. Chris Andrews banged in a rebound shot at 13:13 of the second period to [...]

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BROOKLYN — They call it the Last Chance Tournament. Perhaps it’s been misnamed.
The Last Chance Tournament actually gives the teams involved another chance to sharpen their games and right their ships before the district tournaments begin. Without it, many Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League (GCHSHL) teams that don’t get a berth in the Baron [...]

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BROOKLYN — With about 4:30 to play in the overtime period, Bay goalie Dan Scheufler made a beautiful stop on a breakaway by Aurora’s Aaron Jaskiewicz.
Schuefler could not do the same thing two minutes and 40 seconds later. Jaskiewicz made good on another clear shot at the goal, lofting the puck over Scheufler’s left shoulder [...]

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Brecksville swept the special honors as the Southwestern Conference announced its hockey all-star teams.
Senior goalie Dan Miller of the Bees was named player of the year, and Brecksville’s Dan Holden was named coach of the year.
Amherst’s Ryan Morris, Avon Lake’s Max Galati, North Olmsted’s Mike and Matt Konyesni and Olmsted Falls’ Pat Butterfield were all [...]

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The 31 young men who play varsity hockey for Avon Lake High School are, by coach Brent Figueira’s admission, sick of losing.
Fortunately, the Shoremen are not sick of playing hockey. That’s a positive, seeing that Avon Lake has very few seniors on its roster.
Only six 12th-graders are on the varsity roll. There are more freshmen [...]

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ELYRIA — Amherst outshot Elyria Catholic all night, except when it mattered most.
The Panthers defeated the Comets 2-1 Wednesday night at North Park with a strong showing in the third period. Heading into the final period, Amherst held a 16-10 edge in shots on goal, but didn’t register a shot from the 6:30 mark until [...]

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