Sunday's Board meeting is at the North Shore Ice Arena, not the Northbrook Sports Center.

Congratulations to all players who not only excelled on the ice, but who also succeeded in the classroom. All players selected have achieved a minimum unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 on a 4 point grading scale, or 4.25 on a 5 point scale. Click on the link below for a complete listing.

2011-2012 All-Academic Team

Deerfield beat Wheaton/Warrenville South 5-4 in a trilling overtime game to capture the Varsity White Division State Championship. This was the Warriors second staright State Championship. Congratulations Deerfield!

The Glenbrook North Spartans Jr. Varsity team capped off an incredible season on Tuesday night with a resounding victory over Barrington 7-0 to become State Champions. They finshed their season with an overall record of  65-5-0, scoring 321 goals and allowing only 58. They were first in the Metro North regular season, Metro Scholastic Cup Playoffs and the HIT Tournament, and also won three tournaments during the seaon. This is GBN's 2nd Jr. Varsity State Championship in five years. Congratualtions to the Spartans!!

Congratulations to St. Viator for making it to the Varsity Red Division State Championship game! The Lions beat Loyola 4-2 in their semi-final game to advance. The championship is being played at the United Center at 6:30 on Friday, March 23rd. Tickets are now on sale (see article below). Don't miss what promises to be a great game.

AHAI released the brackets and ice schedule for the High School State Tournament. Tournament Day at the United Center is March 23rd. Click on the picture to purchase tickets or the links below for more information.

Tournament Brackets

Tournament Ice Schedule

The Metro Scholastic and Founders Cup Championships were held Sunday and Metro North came away with 3 of the 4 boys championships! Congratulations to all the winners.

Varsity Scholastic Cup-Stevenson
Varsity Founders Cup-Warren
JV Scholastic Cup-Glenbrook North
JV Founders Cup-OPRF
Girls Scholastic Cup-Loyola
Girls Founders Cup-Andrew

Congratulations to the following Metro North players who have been selected from tryouts to be on the 2012 Illinois Showcase team participating in America's Showcase, April 11-15, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

GOALIE
Mike Gordon Sr Highland Park

DEFENSEMEN
Michael W Decker Jr St Viator
Ryan A Santorsola Sr St Viator
Zachary A Kalter Sr Highland Park

FORWARDS
Lynden L Fields Sr Stevenson
Jeremy W Linzing Sr St Viator
James C Philbin Sr Glenbrook South
Garrison J Sanipass Jr Glenbrook North

Full Roster

On Friday February 17, to kick off Hockey Weekend Across America in Illinois, eight AHAI High School All State players were invited to participate in a “Shootout” event at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates hosted by the ECHL Express Hockey Junior team. The event took place during the first intermission of the game. Representing Girls High School Hockey were: Alenna Serviss of Latin (SR-goalie), Morgan Crane of New Trier (FR), Madelyn Hartman of Barrington (FR) and Shannah Schumacher of Warren (JR). Representing Boys High School Hockey were Marty Napleton of St Rita (JR-goalie), Garrison Sanipass of Glenbrook North (JR), Joe Salvi of Carmel Catholic (SR) and Jimmy Philbin of Glenbrook South (SR). The winners of the event were Morgan Crane and Garrison Sanipass. The players, their families and friends enjoyed the game and the event.

Pictured above from left to right are: Hartman, Serviss, Sanipass, Crane, Philbin, Salvi, Schumacher and Napleton.

AHAI reported that there has been a rash of thefts from locker rooms recently.

We urge all teams to make sure all doors to locker rooms are locked at all times (games and practices) to avoid any future problems. If you notice any suspicious activity please contact rink personnel immediately.

Congratulations to the following Metro North players who were named to the 2012 AHAI High School All-State Team:

Bob Biedron                   Stevenson
Michael Decker              St. Viator
Zach Kalter                    Highland Park
Jeremy Linzing               St. Viator
Jimmy Philbin                 Glenbrook South
Garrison Sanipass         Glenbrook North
Billy Savino                    Glenbrook South
Robert Schmidt              St. Viator
Grady Suerth                 Stevenson

Click HERE for the complete team lists.

There were no capes or Clark Kent glasses in sight, but the players in Sunday’s Metro North All-Star Games were Supermen nonetheless. A sellout crowd witnessed excellent hockey by the league’s top players. The scores were secondary to the great play on the ice. Special mention goes to the night's MVP’s:

Jr. Varsity:    
Zack Meier, Glenbrook North junior forward
Brandon Hilliard, Evanston freshman forward

Varsity: 
Garrison Sanipass, Glenbrook North junior forward
Michael Gordon, HIghland Park senior goalie

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the players and coaches.

Congratulations to the Glenbrook North Spartans for their regular season first place finish at both the Varsity and Jr. Varsity levels. The Varsity team went 19-0-3, scoring 104 goals and giving up only 30. The Jr. Varsity team was even stingier, allowing only 10 goals while scoring 121, en route to compiling a 19-1-0 record.

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