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PIHL to host all-star game Jan. 26

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The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League will host its annual all-star games on Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center.

Action begins at noon with the Division 2 contest between the Gold and Blue squads and runs through the Class AAA clash between the Gold and Blue all-stars, where the puck is scheduled to drop at 7:20 p.m.

Bethel Park, Mt. Lebanon, Peters Township, South Fayette, and Upper St. Clair players headline the list of South Hills participants in the Class AAA contest.

Joe DePasquale and Ian Majernik represent Bethel Park while Xavier Bias, Vince Canella, Griffin Krupp, Liam Shinn and Nathan Tran are Mt. Lebanon’s selections.

South Fayette’s all stars include Robert Chiappetta, Trevor D’Alessandro, Nathan Keller and Eli Petter.

Chiaretta led Class AAA with 23 points while D’Alessandro ranked fourth with 19 points. Chiappetta had a league-high 14 assists to start the week of Jan. 13.

While Peters Township is represented by Cavan Fisher, Luca Marietta and Ethan Williams, USC’s distinguished players include: Ryan Buonomo, Owen Laurent, Owen Mucho and Eli Rankin.

The Class AA all-star game will be played at 3:40 p.m.

Canon-McMillan and Baldwin placed several players on the rosters.

Among the Big Macs are: Aiden Bobbs, Brenden Lomago, Rocco Musto, Casron O’Donoghue and Michael Trainer.

Keegan Berry, Logan Cramer, Mack Dempsey, Gabe Herrle represent the Highlanders.

Chartiers Valley players selected to participate in the Class A game, set for 1:50 p.m. include: Noah Callendar, Matthew Colberg, Tyler Held and Brady Nairn.

Ringgold’s Anthony Bonari and Caden Doran as well as Bishop Canevin’s Brian Kalanish, Jack Lyons, Aiden Malay were selected to compete in the Division 2 games.

The PIHL will resume action with second-half play after the all-star break as teams focus on gaining playoff spots.The PIHL postseason commences with first-round action from March 3-6. The Penguins Cup finals are scheduled for March 17-18 followed by the state championships on March 22 and the nationals finals set for March 26-30 in Irvine, Calf.

At the start of the week (Jan. 13), Mt. Lebanon led the Class AAA standings with a 9-1 record followed by Seneca Valley, which was 8-1-2.

Bias (9 goals, 8 assists for 17 points), Shinn (7 goals, 9 assists, 16 points) and Krupp (6 goals, 5 assists, 11 points) were among the team’s leading scorers along with Chayce Stasiowski, Ben Kurta and Brian Opferman.

Capella ranks as one of the league’s top net minders with a .920 save percentage and a 2.15 goals allowed average.

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