D/FW HS Hockey League Silver Tier Championship

#1 Garland ISD Stampede VS. #6 Plano East Panthers

Time & Location: 6:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

After both Garland ISD & Plano East were able to pull away to comfy wins in Monday's Semifinals. The Stampede and Panthers are proving to the best of the very strong East Division as the Stampede with players like Tyler Dean and Collin Steinmetz look to use their strong offense attack that was able to help the Stampede score an impressive 126 goals scored while only giving up 59 on the season.

Plano East is one of the few teams that can keep up with the scoring as the Panthers scored 133 goals during the regular season. Even though the Panthers had a bit of a weaker defense.

Goalie Adam Rose has been able to raise his game over the playoffs as the Panthers haven't given up more then 3 goals in any game during the playoffs, his strongest performance came in the Quarterfinal against FM Marcus as the Panthers won in a SO 3-2 to advance.

Garland has had a strong secondary scoring crew all year as 11 players have scored at least a point with Tyler Dean scoring 8 points (4G 4A) in the 2 playoff games which included a 5 point night against Grapevine during the Quarterfinals. A few others like Joey Thomas and Tyler Mayotte having been able to score the empty netter goal to put the Semifinal against Richardson away on Monday night.

Garland has been lucky as they had the 1st Round Bye then not having to play somebody like Rockwall or FM Marcus in the playoffs this year as the few teams that have given the teams strong games this season. However, Plano East did beat the Stampede 5-3 back on 1/14 in the only head-to-head matchup against each other this season. The Stampede is looking for revenge in this game as the Top Seed in the playoffs.

One of the big differences in this game as Marcus Ortiz is not in the playoffs while he was injured and Collin Steinmetz who was also out for that game won't be in this as well. However, the Stampede still has players like Steven Guillen who has scored a goal in both of the playoff games against Grapevine and Richardson ISD so far.

Plano East has 4 players in double digit goals from the regular season including Matt Robinson who lead the entire area in scoring with 30 goals also added 20 assists during the regular season. So far in the playoffs he's been able to continue with goals against Arlington Martin and FM Marcus in the playoffs. He's looking for a great night to beat the Stampede again and win the Silver Tier Championship tonight.

Supporting him will be the Cotton Brothers Jason & Ryan who have 8 & 6 points respectively as the Panthers have scored the most goals in the Silver Tier Playoffs with 18 (7 against Arlington Martin, 3 against FM Marcus and 8 against Richardson ISD). The Panthers have the talent and the firepower to take down the Stampede in the Championship.

The big question is that can the Panthers find the magic touch that took down a very tough Stampede team where they played the best game of the season. If they can, I think the Panthers could be able to win. If not, the Stampede will skate the cup tonight.

Plano East Goaltender Adam Rose has been great in the playoffs so far with an impressive 2.57 GAA & a .919 SV% as he has taken up his game since having a less then strong 3.74 GAA and a .847 SV% in 13 games during the regular season.

So far he hasn't been able to be beaten very well, including in OT where the game against FM Marcus where he was able to go perfect in the SO by stopping some of the team's top players including Justin George who lead the team with 24 goals.

Bottom Line: Like the Gold Tier Final, goaltending will be a big key in this game. However, they should be more offense flowing in this one as a big surge could be a big difference. Garland might have lost the only head-to-head matchup, but the Stampede are just a bit deeper and faster then the Panthers and will out speed the Panthers in tonight's Final.

Game Prediction: Garland ISD 5 Plano East 3


Here's how the Teams got to tonight's Championship.

Garland ISD Regular Season: 20-3-0 40 PTS, 126 GF 59 GA

Garland ISD Playoff Run: 1st Round Bye, QFS VS. Grapevine 7-2, SFS VS. Richardson ISD 5-2


Plano East Regular Season: 16-8-0 32 PTS, 133 GF 86 GA

Plano East Playoff Run: 1st Round VS. Arlington Martin 7-3, QFS VS. FM Marcus 3-2 (SO), SFS VS. Rockwall 8-3

Head-to-Head Matchups

1/14: Plano East 5 Garland ISD 3

3/9 D/FW Playoffs Game Summaries

Here's a quick look at how the opening night of HS Hockey Playoff Action from the D/FW Area last night across the D/FW Area.

Gold Tier Quarterfinals Game 1

It was mostly one sided affairs last night as 3 of the games saw some blowouts as basically all the higher seeds won pretty easily last night.

#8 Frisco ISD 1 #1 Southlake Carroll 8 (3-1, 4-0, 1-0)

Southlake Carroll Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is at Farmers Branch at 6:30 PM

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239178

For Southlake Carroll, it was pretty much over by the 2nd intermission as the Dragons were leading 7-1 at the 2nd intermission. It was the work of Dragons leading scorers Marcel Toure lead the way with a hat trick and Connor Morrow with 2 goals, got the game going by scoring the opening goal just 13 seconds into the game. Later in the 1st period. It was Marcel Toure who scored his 2nd of the game while Drew Cossu scored just 26 seconds later to make it 3-0.

Dominic Girard who was the hero for Frisco ISD by putting the regular season finale against Jesuit last week, while he was easily the best player in the game by scoring the only goal. He was looking to keep Frisco ISD in the game, but it was another Southlake brigade as Conner Gildenblatt and Chris Mochulsky scored 50 seconds apart to put the Dragons up 5-1 early in the 2nd period.

That pretty much put the game away as Toure scored his 3rd while Connor Morrow scored late in the 2nd and early in the 3rd to put the game at 8-1 where the Dragons was eventually put away.

It was the goal brigades midway through the 1st and early in the 2nd period that shocked Frisco ISD and puts the top seeded Dragons in a great spot to advance to the Semifinals tomorrow night.

Andrew Campbell despite his best efforts stopped 25 of 33 shots and was shocked by getting scored on the PP 4 times in the game.

Southlake Carroll Goalie Will Talkington had a realitivy easy night by stopping 14 of 15 shots in the game.

#7 Dallas Jesuit 0 #2 Allen 5 (0-0, 0-2, 0-3)

Allen Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is at the Farmers Branch Starcenter at 8:15 PM

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239179

After a realitivy slow 1st half of the game, the Allen Eagles used goals by Collen Daniels and Chris Boswell late in the 2nd period to help the Eagles pull away from the Jesuit Rangers as Drew Baney helped keep the Rangers in the game for the first half of the season. In all, the 5 goals were scored by 5 different players as Daniels and Boswell scored late in the 2nd period.

Then in the 3rd period, the Eagles began to pull away Mike Allen and Alex Garrison scored just under a minute apart to go up 4-0 5 and a half minutes into the 3rd period.

Eagles Goalie Spencer Harris had a shutout by stopping all 32 shots as the Jesuit Rangers outshot the Allen Eagles 32-24 for the game, but couldn't get anything past Harris who had a solid 17-6-2 record and a 2.17 GAA that ranked 2nd behind Coppell's Derek Wilms during the regular season.


#6 Flower Mound 3 #3 Plano Senior 7 (0-3, 3-2, 2-0)

Plano Senior Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is at the Plano Starcenter at 7:00 PM

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239181

3 goals in just under 3 minutes plus 4 goals by Jake Thompson helped crushed the defending Champion Flower Mound Jaguars to cool down Flower Mound's strong 2nd half of the season that could end tomorrow night.

Goals by Matt Fulcoly, Will Collins and Billy Ranker are scored midway through the 1st period to put the Wildcats up 3-0 and keep Flower Mound at bay as the Jaguars outshot the Wildcats 42-28 for the game. After another goal by Jonathan Thompson that began his first of his 4 goals helped made it 4-0, the Jaguars got 2 back on Special Teams with goals by Sean O'Connor (SH) and Jake Newton (PP) to make it 4-2 and could have made it even closer if they were able to convert on a Holding Stick Penalty 5 and a half minutes into the game.

Unfortunaly for the Jaguars, the PP wasn't great and that helped gave the Wildcats a 5-2 lead with Thompson's 2nd goal of the game just 36 seconds after the Jags. made it 4-2. Plano Senior Goalie Cody Smith had to stop 39 of 42 shots to help support the Jonathan Thompson show in the 2nd and 3rd periods. With 6 minutes, Flower Mound's Leading Score Jake Newton who scored 17 goals during the regular season made it 5-3 to keep the Jaguars hopes of a comeback alive.

After Thompson scored the hat trick to make it 6-3 early in the 3rd period. The Jaguars got in penalty trouble as they suffered 5 straight penatlies which included a Roughing Minor by Sean O'Connor turned into an Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty that caused a 10 minute miscoundt that got him thrown out of the game. After that, Jonathan Thompson scored his 4th to make it a 7-3 game.

If it weren't for the penalties, Flower Mound might have had a shot of at least getting this to OT after the fast start by the Wildcats. The Defending Champions find themselves just one loss away from getting elinmated and throwing away a fantasitic 2nd half of the season.


#5 Plano West 2 #4 Coppell 3 (SO) (0-2, 0-0, 2-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Coppell Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is @ Plano Starcenter at 8:45 PM

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239180

In what was easily the best game of the night. The Coppell Cowboys cooled off the Wolves winning ways as the Wolves ended the regular season by winning 4 straight. Coppell used 2 goals by Aaron Wright to use in a very tight back and fourth game. After Coppell made it 2-0, the Cowboys tried to sit on the lead to protect the lead as a realitivy clean game produced few chances on Special Teams through the 1st 2 periods.

Late in the 2nd period, Plano West started to pick up the pressure as a couple of close calls late in the 2nd period. The Wolves were able to head into the 3rd as Drew Gannon used a goal from a great pass from Timothy Holt to get into the game at 2-1 just 47 seconds into the 3rd period. Then midway through the 3rd period, Timothy Holt took things into his own hands after getting a pass from Will Baker to breakaway to score midway through the 3rd period to make it 2-2.

Then it got very physical late in the 3rd period and in the OT as both teams were looking to get the edge in the series. After the OT ended as the SOG were 36-33 in favor of Coppell to get to the SO. Then in the SO, Brandon Harley scored the only goal in the SO to give the Cowboys the 3-2 win and get the game 1 victory.


Silver Tier 1st Round

#12 Mansfield ISD 3 #5 Midlothian 4 (2-1, 1-2, 0-1)

Midlothain will advance to play #4 Rockwall in the Quarterfinals @ Richardson Ice Training Center on Thursday at 8:15 .

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239224

It looked like it would have been an easy game, but Mansfield gave Midlothain the biggest scare of the night. It started just 4 minutes when Bradley Corcoran used an unassisted goal to go up 1-0. But just 36 seconds later, Midlothain Forward Matt Bassett to tie the game at 1-1. After the fast start, both teams took a more cautios approach until Tyler Hervey made it 2-1 with just over a minute left in the 1st period.

Midlothian was looking for more and they got it with Joseph Dancy with assists by Bassett and Jones just 3 minutes into the 2nd period to make it 3-1 and it was looking that Midlothian was looking to blow the doors off. Mansfield had enough when the #12 Seeded team pulled Aaron Peart and switched goalies and put Kevin Scheer.

In addidition, Mansfield took a more defenseive apparoch to contain the Panthers and looking to get back in the game. That stragety payed off midway through the game when Garrett Weitzel who scored just 2 goals all year scored a big goal to put confidence back in the Tigers bench to make it 3-2. With still half a game left to play, Mansfield was still looking to pull off the biggest upset of the night, and it looked like it was going to happen when Mike Mills tied the game in the final minute of the 2nd period to tie it at 3-3.

With Mansfield having all the momentum, Mansfield had Midlothain on the run. Midlothian put those fears to bed when Trent Newman made it 4-3 nearly 4 minutes into the 3rd period. After that, Goalie Jimmy Case shutout Mansfield in the 3rd period to win a close game and to advance to the Quarterfinals where they will get the #4 Seeded Rockwall Yellow Jackets tomorrow night.


#11 Arlington Martin 3 #6 Plano East 7 (1-0, 0-6, 1-2)

#6 Plano East will advance to the Quarterfinals against FM Marcus on Thrusday @ Plano Starcenter at 8:45 PM.

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239225

A 6 goal 2nd period gave the Plano East Panthers a 7-3 win as Andrew Durham and Jason Cotton each scored twice. They were joined in the scoring brigrade by John Demuth and Matt Robinson to help out the scoring in the opening and final minutes of the 2nd period.

For the most part, it was Plano East's night in the 1st Round with the excption of Blane Key who was involved on all 3 goals with 2 goals and an assist in the game was the only things to get exicting for Arlington Martin. For the Martin Warriors who were the Silver Tier Runner Ups last year where they upset by Bishop Lynch Friars when the Bishop Lynch Goalie stopped 40 shots in that game.

In addiditoin to Jason Cotton's 2 goals in the 2nd period, he completed a hat trick in the final seconds of the game to make it 7-3.

Also the Panthers outshoot the Warriors 31-19 in the game.


#10 Southlake Carroll 1 #7 Richardson ISD 2 (SO) (1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

#7 Richardson ISD has advanced to the Quarterfinals to play #2 Keller ISD on Thursday @ Euless Starcenter at 7:00 PM.

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239223

Despite getting outshoot 40-18 for the game, Southlake Carroll showed it's depth as the only team to have both their Gold and Silver Teams to make the playoffs this year. It was mostly a defenseive showdown as both teams didn't wanted to give up the first goal of the game.

Despite an early power play, Richardson ISD couldn't get much on goalie AJ Smith to keep it scoreless. Then 3 straight Richardson Penalties throughout the period gave Southlake chances and it finally paid off for the Dragons as Taylor Bedoff scored on an unassisted PP Goal with 2 minutes left to make it 1-0. Southlake was looking to fight off Richardson peppering Smith which eventually tied the game at 1-1 3 minutes into the 2nd period.


#9 Grapevine 5 #8 Denton County Spartans 4 (0-0, 2-2, 3-2)

Grapevine Advances to the Quarterfinals to play #1 Garland ISD on Thrusday @ Richardson Ice Training Center at 6:30 PM

Game Summary: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-boxscore.html?gameid=1239226

A great back and foruth game saw a scoreless game turned into a fast and furious game as it turned into a 2-1 game in favor of Grapevine as Jayson Fisher and Dalton Foster for the Mustangs with a Spartans goal by Brandon Smith in between in the 1st 5 and a half minutes of the 2nd period.

As the SOG and a ton of penalties, it had the makings for a very high scoring game took place in Farmers Branch as the Mustangs were looking to turn around what was a bad ending of the regular season as losses to both Southlake Carroll. And a win that was to close for comfort against Colleyville Heritage, the Mustangs were up 2-1 until Spartans Forward Brady Ferguson who had a great year by scoring 16 goals during the regular season to make it 2-2.

Late in the 2nd and early in the 3rd period, things were not looking good for Denton County as Grapevine's Quinn Hardtke scored on the PP from Michael James and Jayson Fisher who scored his 2nd point of the night.

Then just seconds later, another penalty by Danny Schmidt put the Spartans in trouble again. This time though, Denton County was able to kill off the penalty and Patrick Thane who had 2 penalties in the game already, made up for the penalites with a goal just 30 seconds after killing off the penalty to make it 3-3 early in the 3rd.

Then just 3 minutes later on the PP, Brandon Smith gave Denton County the first lead of the night by going up 4-3 on a great pass and one timer by Brady Ferguson

time before AJ Smith would break and would give Richardson ISD the lead. But Smith kept the Dragons tied the game as the Southlake offense lead by players like Ryan Rogers and Matthew Shrout looking to get the Dragons the lead. But neither side could buge as the sides went to a SO.

With 5 minutes left, Grapevine was still very much in the game with a 4-3 lead for Denton County when Alex Rife and Dalton Foster who scored his 2nd of the night just 21 seconds apart to give Grapevine a 5-4 lead and it would eventually be the game winner.

Both teams were looking to get one last shot as Denton County pulled goalie Dylan Gumbert for one last shot, but it wasn't to be as the Mustangs advanced to the Quarterfinals in a wild affair between the Central Division Rivals.

It was expected to be a great game as the Denton County Spartans won all 3 games during the regular season, including one of the best games of the season when the two teams played in one of the best games of the season as Denton County won 12-11 back in early December.

Texas HS Update: 12/1

As we get closer to the Christmas break, we are nearing the midway point of the HS Season in the Dallas area as most teams have played 10 of the 24 games during the season. Currently, the Allen Eagles still hold on to the lead in the Gold Tier, however the Southlake Carroll Dragons are starting to pull within striking distance of the league leading Eagles.

This week, the Dragons and Allen Eagles will play each other at the Euless Starcenter where a Dragons win would pull them within 1 point of the Gold Tier lead. Elsewhere, Plano West (7-3-0), Coppell (7-3-0) and Plano Senior (6-2-2) are tied for 3rd with 14 points as they contuine to look up to Southlake Carroll and Allen as we close in the leagues Holiday break which begins on December 19.



After the Coppell Cowboys, they is a huge dropoff as Flower Mound, Dallas Jesuit and Frisco ISD are all tied with 8 points while Mckinney ISD and Highland Park are in 9th and 10th place and would be out of the playoffs right now.

Only the top 8 make the playoffs in the Gold Tier, so it could turn out to be Southlake Carroll and Allen be fighting it out for home ice throughout the post season. For Flower Mound, Dallas Jesuit and Frisco ISD, it's will be a case of holding off Mckinney ISD and Highland Park to get into the last playoffs spots this season.



In the Silver Tier, November turned out to be a great month for FM Marcus as they now lead the Silver Central Division with a great offense with 39 goals in the last 4 games. Which includes 12 against Grapevine last week in a 12-7 win where they used a 4 game homestand to good use. Denton County has been on a 4 game losing streak where they only point came in a 5-4 OT Loss to the Richardson ISD Stampede

Out west, Keller ISD contuines to keep it's slim margin over Midlothain despite having a 7-1-1 record and just being 3 points back of the Division Lead. After a slow start, HEB-Birdville is starting to find their grove with them winning 5 of their last 6 games.

Garland ISD contuines to dominate the East with a perfect 10-0-0 record. So far this season, the biggest threat to the perfect season came on November 5 when FM Marcus used a goal by Jake Consolver with just 5 seconds left force the game to OT. Then in the extra frame, Marcus Ortiz scored early in OT to keep the perfect season alive.

Last week against Rockwall where they fell 3-0 to Rockwall midway through the game, a goal early in the 2nd and 2 in the 3rd got the game tied at 3-3 before Joey Thomas scored on the PP to win 4-3. An impressive feat that the 3 goals in regulation came shorthanded. After Garland ISD, it's going to be a tight battle for 2nd place as Richardson ISD, Rockwall, and Plano East are all within 3 points of 2nd place.

Up to date Standings and this weeks Schedule

Gold Tier

1. Allen 10 GP 9-0-1 19 PTS 50-22

2. S.L. Carroll 10 GP 7-1-2 16 PTS 54-24

3. Plano West 10 GP 7-3-0 14 PTS 47-25

4. Plano Senior 10 GP 6-2-2 14 PTS 36-23

5. Coppell 10 GP 3-5-2 8 PTS 36-30

6. Flower Mound 10 GP 4-6-0 8 PTS 28-36

7. Dallas Jesuit 10 GP 4-6-0 8 PTS 18-28

8. Frisco ISD 10 GP 4-6-0 8 PTS 28-42

9. Mckinney ISD 10 GP 2-7-1 5 PTS 24-58

10. Highland Park 10 GP 1-8-1 3 PTS 12-45


Silver Tier

West Division

1. Keller ISD 10 GP 9-1-0 18 PTS 59-21

2. Midlothian 9 GP 7-1-1 15 PTS 44-28

3. HEB-Birdville 10 GP 5-4-1 11 PTS 31-43

4. Arlington Martin 11 GP 5-6-0 10 PTS 41-39

5. Mansfield ISD 10 GP 4-6-0 8 PTS 23-34

Central Division

1. FM Marcus 10 GP 6-3-1 13 PTS 63-43

2. Denton Co. Spartans 11 GP 6-4-1 13 PTS 50-43

3. Colleyville Heritage 10 GP 4-2-4 12 PTS 39-40

4. S.L. Carroll 10 GP 4-3-3 11 PTS 23-32

5. Grapevine 11 GP 4-7-0 8 PTS 48-61

East Division

1. Garland ISD 10 GP 10-0-0 20 PTS 59-20

2. Richardson ISD 10 GP 6-3-1 13 PTS 42-41

3. Rockwall 9 GP 5-3-1 11 PTS 47-44

4. Plano East 10 GP 5-5-0 10 PTS 54-44

5. Bishop Lynch 10 GP 2-7-1 5 PTS 20-48

6. Plano West 9 GP 2-7-0 4 PTS 16-56

7. Plano Senior 10 GP 1-9-0 2 PTS 16-56


This Weeks Schedule

Gold Tier

Flower Mound VS. Coppell 5:30 PM Farmers Branch Starcenter

Mckinney ISD VS. Frisco ISD 6:45 PM Frisco Starcenter

Highland Park VS. Dallas Jesuit 8:15 PM Richardson Ice Training Center

Allen VS. Southlake Carroll 8:45 PM Euless Starcenter

Plano West VS. Plano Senior 8:45 PM Plano Starcenter


Silver Tier

HEB-Birdville VS. Rockwall 6:30 PM Richardson Ice Training Center

Keller ISD VS. Plano West 7:00 PM Plano Starcenter

FM Marcus VS. Southlake Carroll 7:00 PM Euless Starcenter

Colleyville Heritage VS. Richardson ISD 7:15 PM Mckinney Starcenter

Denton Co. Spartans VS. Grapevine 7:15 PM Farmers Branch Starcenter

Midlothian VS. Plano Senior 8:30 PM Frisco Starcenter

Arlington Martin VS. Bishop Lynch 9:00 PM Mckinney Starcenter

Plano East VS. Mansfield ISD 9:00 PM Farmers Branch Starcenter


Interscholastic Hockey League (ISHL)

In Hoston, neither the South or North Divisions have had anyone had a chance to start pulling away. Right now, Fair/Creek is currently leading the North Division by 2 points over the Woodlands whos currently tied with Klein for 2nd in the North Division with 8 points through 6 games played. Down South, Katy Cinco Ranch has a one point over the Clear Brook/Creek Springs as the Tigers are tied for 1st in goal scoring with 27 with Klein.

On the scoring front, Tyler Reith of Clear Brook/Creek Spring are leading the scoring lead with 14 points (8G 6A) who's not far off the goals lead with Ross Miller of Cy-Woods with 9 goals in the early portion of the season.

On leading the way for goalies is Dan Smiley and Michael Mealey with Smiley leading the way in GAA with a 1.00 GAA and a strong .933 SV%. For Mealey he's leading the way on SV% with a .956 SV% with a 1.25 GAA by only giving up 3 and 5 goals allowed this season.

Up to date Standings and this weeks Schedule

North Division

1. Fair/Creek 6 GP 4-0-2 10 PTS 23-12

2. Woodlands 5 GP 4-1-0 8 PTS 16-8

3. Klein 6 GP 3-1-2 8 PTS 27-13

4. Cy-Woods 5 GP 2-3-0 4 PTS 18-22

5. College Park 6 GP 1-4-1 3 PTS 13-21

6. Brazons Valley Bucks 6 GP 0-4-2 2 PTS 4-24

7. Memorial West 6 GP 1-5-0 2 PTS 10-27


South Division

1. Cinco Ranch 6 GP 4-1-1 9 PTS 27-15

2. Clear Brook/Creek Springs 6 GP 4-2-0 8 PTS 23-11

3. Taylor 5 GP 3-1-1 7 PTS 19-14

4. Seven Lakes 5 GP 3-2-0 6 PTS 24-13

5. Clear Lake 5 GP 3-2-0 6 PTS 20-12

6. Pearland/Friendswood 5 GP 2-2-1 5 PTS 10-18

7. FB Clements 5 GP 1-4-0 2 PTS 6-24

8. FB Austin 5 GP 1-4-0 2 PTS 24-30


This Weeks Schedule

December 4

College Park VS. Taylor 6:45 PM Sugar Land Ice Center

CY-Woods VS. The Woodlands 7:00 PM Willowbrook Aero Dome

Clear Brook/Creek Springs VS. Pearland/Friendswood 7:10 PM Space City Ice Station

Fair/Creek VS. Austin 8:15 PM Sugar Land Ice Center

F.B. Clements VS. Clearlake 8:35 PM Space City Ice Station

December 6

Clearlake VS. F.B. Austin 6:30 PM Sugar land Ice Center

Sevel Lakes VS. College Park 7:15 PM Willowbrook Aerodome

Taylor VS. Brazos Valley Bucks 7:15 PM Artic Wolf Ice Center

Memorial West VS. Cinco Ranch 8:00 PM Sugar land Ice Center

Clear Brook/Creek Springs VS. Klein 8:40 PM Willowbrook Aerodome

Texas HS Action

A quarter of the season has come and gone and the Allen Eagles are currently with a perfect 6-0 record with an impressive and league leading 30 goals in the gold tier. Leading the way for Allen is Tyler Steen with 8 goals so far with his Bryce Steen with 6 assists and their goaltending has been great with Spencer Harris with a very impressive 2.67 GAA.

Else where in the Gold Tier, as Plano Senior is currently in 2nd with a 5-1-0 record with Coppell and Southlake Carroll just a couple of points behind. In the middle of the pack, Frisco ISD, Dallas Jesuit and Plano West all at 3-3-0. In the bottom of the Gold Tier is Flower Mound with their only win coming against Highland Park whose tied for last with Mckinney ISD.

In the Silver Tier, the Denton Co. Spartans are looking strong in the Central Division, however Colleyville Heritage has won 3 of it's last 4 as the Panthers are starting to creep up on the Division leading Spartans which included a 5-4 win in OT over Southlake who their looking to fight off to focus on catching the Spartans for the Central Divison Title this season.

The East is being dominiated by Garland ISD who is the only unbeaten team in the Silver Tier and has a +23 goal differental through 6 games this season. Richardson has their only blemish was an OT Loss to Midlothain whos battling with Keller ISD for the West Division Lead.

Out West, the battle between Keller ISD and Midlothain is starting to heat up as the top 2 is starting to run away from the rest of the division is strugling to find their footing and get a hold on the Division.

Tonight's big games include Dallas Jesuit and Plano at both 3-3-0 looking to the Division Leaders in the Gold Tier, also a big rivalry game tonight as the Coppell Cowboys and Southlake Carroll Dragons colide in Euless tonight.

In the Silver Tier, prehaps the best teams in the Silver Tier faceoff tonight as the Garland ISD Stampede will take on the unbeaten Denton Co. Spartans in Frisco tonight. Also, the first HS Game at the NYTEX Sports Center takes place in the Silver Tier as the Southlake Carroll Dragons will take on Keller ISD.

Tonights Gold Tier Games

Coppell VS. Southlake Carroll 7:00 PM @ Euless Starcenter

Highland Park VS. Allen 7:15 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter

Flower Mound VS. Frisco ISD 8:30 PM @ Frisco Starcenter

Dallas Jesuit VS. Plano West 8:45 PM @ Plano Starcenter

Plano Senior VS. Mckinney ISD 9:00 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter


Gold Tier Standings

1. Allen 6 GP 6-0-0 12 PTS 30-16

2. Plano Senior 6 GP 5-1-0 10 PTS 22-8

3. Coppell 6 GP 4-1-1 9 PTS 22-16

4. SL Carroll 6 GP 3-1-2 8 PTS 30-18

5. Frisco ISD 6 GP 3-3-0 6 PTS 21-26

6. Dallas Jesuit 6 GP 3-3-0 6 PTS 9-15

7. Plano West 6 GP 3-3-0 6 PTS 25-20

8. Flower Mound 6 GP 1-3-2 4 PTS 14-23

9. Highland Park 6 GP 1-4-1 3 PTS 7-17

10. Mckinney ISD 6 GP 1-4-1 3 PTS 14-35


Tonight's Silver Tier Games

Plano East VS. FM Marcus 6:30 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

Denton Co. Spartans VS. Garland ISD 6:45 PM @ Frisco Starcenter

HEB-Birdville VS. Plano West 7:00 PM @ Plano Starcenter

Rockwall VS. Arlington Martin 7:15 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

Colleyville Heritage VS. Bishop Lynch 8:15 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

Southlake Carroll VS. Keller ISD 8:30 PM @ NYTEX Sports Center

Grapevine VS. Midlothian 8:45 PM @ Euless Starcenter

Richardson ISD VS. Mansfield ISD 9:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

11/15: Plano Senior VS. Midlothian 7:45 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


Silver Tier Standings

East Division

1. Garland ISD 6 GP 6-0-0 12 PTS 36-13

2. Richardson ISD 6 GP 4-1-1 9 PTS 27-22

3. Plano East 6 GP 3-3-0 6 PTS 33-23

4. Rockwall 5 GP 3-2-0 6 PTS 32-30

5. Bishop Lynch 6 GP 2-3-1 5 PTS 13-26

6. Plano West 6 GP 1-5-0 2 PTS 18-36

7. Plano Senior 6 GP 1-5-0 2 PTS 10-27


Central Division

1. Denton Co. Spartans 7 GP 6-1-0 12 PTS 40-16

2. Colleyville Heritage 6 GP 3-1-2 8 PTS 22-21

3. Southlake Carroll 6 GP 3-1-2 8 PTS 16-14

4. FM Marcus 6 GP 2-3-1 5 PTS 24-26

5. Grapevine 7 GP 2-5-0 4 PTS 24-39


West Division

1. Keller ISD 6 GP 5-1-0 10 PTS 35-15

2. Midlothian 5 GP 4-1-0 8 PTS 24-15

3. Mansfield ISD 7 GP 3-4-0 6 PTS 19-27

4. Arlington Martin 7 GP 2-5-0 4 PTS 25-31

5. HEB-Birdville 6 GP 2-4-0 4 PTS 15-32

Junior Showcase Schedules and DFW High School Divisions

Here's the schedule for the N.A.H.L. Blane Showcase which gets underway tomorrow. You can follow stats and scores on http://www.pointstreak.com/ . In addition, live game video and game highlights on the video website http://www.b2tv.com/ This showcase will open the season for most of the teams in the league except for the West Division which has already played a couple of games last weekend to start the season.

Unlike my usual weekly posting of scores. I will post scores each day because of the number of games played each day starting tomorrow through Saturday. It's going to be done the same way that I did for the opening of the QMJHL Season last week.

For Stories throughout the Showcase, log on to http://www.nahl.com/

All Games will be at the Schwan Super Rink in Blane, Minnesota

September 16

Alaska Avalanche VS. Traverse City North Stars 10:30 AM

Owatonna Express VS. Janesville Jets 12:45 PM

Alpena Ice Diggers VS. Kenai River Brown Bears 1:15 PM

Springfield Jr. Blues VS. Fairbanks Ice Dogs 1:45 PM

Wenatchee Wild VS. Alexandria Blizzard 4:00 PM

Motor City Metal Jackets VS. Topeka Roadrunners 4:30 PM

Marquette Rangers VS. Texas Tornado 5:00 PM

North Iowa Outlaws VS. Wichita Falls Wildcats 7:15 PM

USNTDP VS. Bismarck Bobcats 7:45 PM

St. Louis Bandits VS. Albert Lea Thunder 8:15 PM


September 17

Marquette Rangers VS. Wenatchee Wild 10:30 AM

Alexandria Blizzard VS. Kenai River Brown Bears 12:45 PM

Springfield Jr. Blues VS. Alaska Avalanche 1:15 PM

Wichita Falls Wildcats VS. Alpena Ice Diggers 1:45 PM

Owatonna Express VS. St. Louis Bandits 4:00 PM

Bismarck Bobcats VS. Texas Tornado 4:30 PM

Motor City Metal Jackets VS. North Iowa Outlaws 5:00 PM

Topeka Roadrunners VS. Janesville Jets 7:15 PM

USNTDP VS. Traverse City North Stars 7:45 PM

Fairbanks Ice Dogs VS. Albert Lea Thunder 8:15 PM


September 18

Kenai River Brown Bears VS. Motor City Metal Jackets 10:30 AM

Traverse City North Stars VS. Springfield Jr. Blues 12:45 PM

Alpena Ice Diggers VS. North Iowa Outlaws 1:15 PM

Wichita Falls Wildcats VS. Marquette Rangers 1:45 PM

Fairbanks Ice Dogs VS. Topeka Roadrunners 4:00 PM

Bismarck Bobcats VS. St. Louis Bandits 4:30 PM

Janesville Jets VS. Alexandria Blizzard 5:00 PM

Texas Tornado VS. Owatonna Express 7:15 PM

Wenatchee Wild VS. USNTDP 7:45 PM

Albert Lea Thunder VS. Alaska Avalanche 8:15 PM


September 19

Kenai River Brown Bears VS. Marquette Rangers 9:00 AM

Traverse City North Stars VS. Bismarck Bobcats 9:45 AM

Albert Lea Thunder VS. Motor City Metal Jackets 10:15 AM

Topeka Roadrunners VS. Wenatchee Wild 12:15 PM

Texas Tornado VS. Alpena Ice Diggers 1:00 PM

Alexandria Blizzard VS. Springfield Jr. Blues 1:30 PM

Janesville Jets VS. Wichita Falls Wildcats 3:30 PM

North Iowa Outlaws VS. Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4:15 PM

St. Louis Bandits VS. USNTDP 4:45 PM

Alaska Avalanche VS. Owatonna Express 6:45 PM



U.S.H.L. Preseason Schedule

Prior to the U.S.H.L. Fall Classic in Sioux City, Iowa, the rest of the preseason schedule is now underway which got underway last week. The preseason will go on through September 22 before the U.S.H.L. Fall Classic will get underway on September 24.

One of the big events is the Battle of Iowa which will be hosted the Cedar Rapids Roughriders. Also one U.S.H.L. VS. N.A.H.L. game will be taking place as the Green Bay Gamblers will be taking on the N.A.H.L.'s Marquette Rangers on September 22.

September 15

Sioux City Musketeers VS. Sioux Falls Stampade (Larson Ice Center Brookings, SD)

September 16

Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. Waterloo Blackhawks

September 18

Omaha Lancers VS. Tri-City Storm

Indiana Ice VS. Chicago Steel

Sioux Falls Stampade VS. Fargo Force

September 19

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Indiana Ice (The Edge Ice Arena Bensenville, Illinois)

September 20

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Chicago Steel

Tri-City Storm VS. Lincoln Stars

Fargo Force VS. Sioux Falls Stampade (Larson Ice Center Brookings, SD)

September 22

Marquette Rangers (NAHL) VS. Green Bay Gamblers (Cornerstone Ice Arena Depere, WI)

Battle of Iowa In Cedar Rapids, Iowa

September 19

Sioux City Musketeers VS. Des Moines Buccaneers 3:00 PM

Waterloo Blackhawks VS. Cedar Rapids Roughriders 7:00 PM

September 20

Sioux City Musketeers/Des Moines VS. Waterloo 1:00 PM

Sioux City Musketeers/Des Moines VS. Cedar Rapids 5:00 PM

USHL Fall Classic: http://www.ushlfallclassic.com/

USHL Fall Classic Schedule

September 24

Chicago Steel VS. Sioux Falls Stampade 9:30 AM @ IBP

Indiana Ice VS. Lincoln Stars 10:00 AM @ TEC

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Des Moines Buccaneers 1:00 PM @ TEC

Youngstown Phantoms VS. Omaha Lancers 1:30 PM @ IBP

USNTDP VS. Tri-City Storm 4:00 PM @ TEC

Waterloo Blackhawks VS. Fargo Force 5:30 PM @ IBP

Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. Sioux City Musketeers 7:00 PM @ TEC

September 25

Youngstown Phantoms VS. Des Moines Buccaneers 9:30 AM @ IBP

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Lincoln Stars 10:00 AM @ TEC

Waterloo Blackhawks VS. Sioux Falls Stampade 1:00 PM @ TEC

Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. Tri-City Storm 1:30 PM @ IBP

Indiana Ice VS. Fargo Force 4:00 PM @ TEC

Chicago Steel VS. Omaha Lancers 5:30 PM @ IBP

USNTDP VS. Sioux City Musketeers 7:00 PM @ TEC

September 26

Green Bay Gamblers VS. Fargo Force 9:30 AM @ IBP

Youngstown Phantoms VS. Tri-City Storm 10:00 AM @ TEC

Indiana Ice VS. Sioux Falls Stampade 1:00 PM @ TEC

USNTDP VS. Des Moines Buccaneers 1:30 PM @ IBP

Chicago Steel VS. Waterloo Blackhawks 4:00 PM @ TEC

Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. Lincoln Stars 5:30 PM @ IBP

Omaha Lancers VS. Sioux City Musketeers 7:00 PM @ TEC

AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Divisions

The Divisions for the AT&T Metroplex High School Hockey League are expected to come out sometime either today or tomorrow. Again this year, they will be Gold and Silver Tiers for both the Varsity and JV teams for HS teams are over the D/FW Area.

Over the weekend, each team played 3 games in a preseason showcase to see which division different teams should be playing in this season. Depending on the number of teams that could change divisions, it's going to very when everything is going to finalized.

If you go to the Dr. Pepper Starscenter website and find the league logo, you can find more info on this and other changes including reducing the number of teams that make the playoffs for both the Varsity Gold and Silver Divisions this year, unlike in recent years were every team in the varsity was allowed at least on playoff game.

Regarding playoffs this season, the state tournament has been brought up all the way to the end of March as the addition of the first ever HS Hockey National Championship which will be from April 14-18. The State Champion will automatically qualify for the National Tournament. This will give us an idea of Texas Teams stack up nationally, twice before teams from the Lone Star State have won the Rocky Mountain Regional Championship with the Allen Eagles winning it last season and the Coppell Cowboys won the Regional Championship back in 2004.

The Regular season for the Varsity will begin on October 1 and October 4 for JV teams across the area.

Here's the links to find info for the league.


2009-2010 Season Info: www.drpepperstarcenter.com/Hockey.asp?strHockeyType=highschool&strNews=hshgn

League Schedule and Stats: www.pointstreak.com/players/players-leagues.html?leagueid=341&seasonid=4714