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Four TW boys teams to challenge for Central District titles

By Michael Trzinski, WiPH Staff, 03/13/18, 9:30PM CDT

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Two girls Tier II teams to compete at Ozaukee

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Four teams wearing the Team Wisconsin sweaters will compete this weekend in Chicago for a USA Hockey Nationals bid.

The U14 Bantam, U15 Midget, U16 Midget, and U18 Midget squads will play for a chance to advance to their respective natties.

The teams earned that right by moving on from the WAHA Tier I playoffs held last weekend at the Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center.

The U14 team—coached by Dan Francis, Paul Caufield, and Bob Schroeder—went 2-0 in their bracket, blanking the Jr. Admirals 2-0 and beating the Madison Capitols 5-2.

Mike Schwengler, Josh Engel, and Brent Whiteside led the U15 squad, who scored two shutouts in earning their bid: 6-0 over the Caps, and 1-0 over the Jr. Ads.

The U16 team is led by Brad Byce, Craig Johnson, and Marcus Johnson. The 16s creamed the Jr. Ads 11-5 and shut out the Caps 3-0.

The senior squad, U18s, are led by Tim Smith, Erik Larabell, and Brian Poshak. They lost to the Jr. Ads 3-2, but beat the Caps 3-0. All three teams had a 1-1 record, but TW had the best goal differential in the group (+2) and advanced on the basis of that in the tiebreaking rules.

The Central District games will be played at the MB Ice Arena in Chicago.

U14 schedule

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 1:15pm Illinois 5, TW 1
Sat, 3/17 1:15pm TW 3, Missouri 2
Sun, 3/18 10:15am TW 10, Midwest 2

u16 schedule

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 1:00pm TW 3, Illinois 2 (SO)
Sat, 3/17 1:00pm TW 4, Missouri 1
Sun, 3/18 10:00am TW 3, Midwest 0

u15 schedule

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 5:15pm TW 2, Illinois 1
Sat, 3/17 5:15pm Missouri 3, TW 2
Sun, 3/18 2:15pm TW 5, Midwest 1

u18 schedule

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 5:30pm Illinois 6, TW 3
Sat, 3/17 5:30pm Missouri 2, TW 1 (SO)
Sun, 3/18 2:30pm Midwest 8, TW 3

On the girls side, the Blackcats will represent Wisconsin in the Central Districts at the U16 Tier II level.

The 'Cats will compete at the Ozaukee Ice Center in Mequon for a trip to nationals. The Blackcats are coached by Mike DeLong and Bailey Erickson and will take on Team Illinois in a best two-of-three series for a national bid.

The Blackcats have players from west-central and northwest Wisconsin teams on their roster.

Last year in Troy, Michigan, the U14 Blackcats squad ended a great run by dropping a 2-0 heartbreaker to the Shoreline Sharks in the title game.

blackcats schedule, results

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 10:00am Illinois 3, Blackcats 0
Sat, 3/17 10:00am Illinois 4, Blackcats 1

The Wisconsin Selects U19 girls are also in the  central district Tier 2 play downs at Ozaukee.  Most of the team is back from last year's 3rd place finish at Nationals as U16’s. 

Coaches Sarah Krebs and Dave Fritz are joined this year by Coach Steve Kirley.

wisconsin selects schedule, results

Date Time Opponent
Fri, 3/16 2:00pm WI Selects 4, Midwest 1
Sat, 3/17 6:00pm WI Selects 4, Illinois 1
Sun, 3/18 12:00pm WI Selects 5, Missouri 1