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Lutheran South Heading to Scottrade for Cup Championship
Top-seeded Lancers are on the verge of their first hockey state title ever, will face league rival Whitfield High Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.
MID-STATES HOCKEY ASSOCIATION – WICKENHEISER CUP PREVIEW
Whitfield Warriors (19-8-1) vs. Lutheran South Lancers (19-8-1)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 – 5:30 p.m. – Scottrade Center -- Downtown St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — When the 2011-2012 Mid-States Hockey Association season began last November, Lutheran South head coach Dan Bertarelli was just hoping to have enough players to reasonably field a team this year.
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Playing for a state title never really crossed his mind. But after earning the No. 1 seed in the Wickenheiser Cup Championship Tournament this year, and staging a brilliant run through the playoffs, the Lancers now find themselves just one win away from winning the first hockey state title in school history.
But it won't be easy, as Lutheran South will have to take on league rival Whitfield High in the Wickenheiser Cup championship game tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
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The game will be televised live on FOX Sports Midwest Plus on Wednesday, and will be re-run several times throughout the month on FOX Sports Midwest.
South, which just missed out on a berth in the top-level Challenge Cup playoffs, has made the most of its No. 1 ranking in the Wick Cup tournament by bowling over its first three playoff opponents Parkway North, Wentville Holt, and Seckman.
In fact,the Lancers have lost just one game through the first three playoff rounds and could finish the year with the program's best record ever with a win on Wednesday.
Here's a quick look at both combatants in Wednesday night's Wick Cup Championship Game at Scottrade Center in St. Louis:
Lutheran South Lancers (19-8-1)
Coach: Daniel Bertarelli
Seed Entering Playoffs: No. 1 seed
How They Got Here: defeated Parkway North 2-0 in first round; defeated Wentzville Holt 1-0-1 in quarterfinals; defeated Seckman 2-1 in semifinals.
Top Performers: Chris Hill - D - Sr., (28 G, 27 A); Cameron Durham - F - Jr., (24 G, 19 A); Zack Beining - F - Sr., (16 G, 23 A); Joey Sparks - F - Jr., (17 G, 20 A); Jacob Scholte - F - Sr., (13 G, 24 A); Nick Bonastia - G - Jr., (11-2-1 record, 2.8 GAA).
State Titles: First title game appearance
No.
NAME
Height
Weight
Year
Position
1
Taylor Rhodes .
5'9
145
2015
G
2
Jacob Budrovich .
5'11
170
2015
F
3
Zack Beining .
6'0
165
2012
F
5
Joey Sparks .
5'10
170
2013
F
8
Jacob Schlote .
5'10
150
2012
F
9
Cameron Durham .
5'11
170
2013
F
10
Zach Mantei .
5'7
135
2012
F
11
Matthew Pirtle .
5'8
150
2014
F
12
Ryan Stanko .
6'0
160
2012
D
14
Drew Frederick .
5'5
150
2015
F
15
Cameron Mash .
5'7
160
2014
F
16
Sara Sabo .
5'10
170
2014
D
17
Chris Hill .
6'0
185
2012
D
18
Jacob Kaufman .
6'0
165
2013
F
19
Dylan Purcell .
5'9
200
2012
D
21
Kaelen Komlos .
5'10
170
2015
F
26
Jared Schneider
5'10
140
2015
D
Whitfield Warriors (19-8-1)
Coach: Jim Campbell
Seed Entering Playoffs: No. 7
How They Got Here: defeated Parkway South 1-0-1 in first round; defeated Ft. Zumwalt West 2-0-0 in quarterfinals; defeated Francis Howell Central 2-1 in semifinals.
Top Performers: Hunt Lucas - F - Sr., (38 G, 26 A); Luke Andrews - F - Sr., (22 G, 23 A); Martin Rubin - D - Sr., (11 G, 20 A); Ryan MacInnis - F/D - Soph., (14 G, 7 A); Alan Eidelman - G - Jr., (92 GA, 3.4 GAA).
State Titles: Wick Cup (2008), Founder's Cup (2011) Full Roster:
NAME
Height
Weight
Year
Position
2
Martin Rubin .
5-11
165
2013
D
3
Carter Desloge .
5-10
160
2012
F
4
Elliot Williams .
6-0
170
2012
F
5
Mathieu Kozicz .
5-11
190
2015
D
6
Daniel Temmen .
5-7
140
2015
D
7
Zachary Parker .
5-10
140
2014
F
8
Jake Andrews .
6-2
182
2012
F
12
Maria Colarelli .
5-2
125
2012
F
13
Peter Boldt .
5-7
130
2012
F
15
Timothy Londoff .
5-6
140
2014
D
16
Eric Van de Riet .
5-11
165
2012
F
17
Nick Kunin .
5-10
155
2014
F
18
James Kurten .
6-0
210
2014
F
21
Ian Williams .
6-2
150
2014
F
23
Jonathan Esrock .
5-10
145
2014
F
36
Alan Eidelman .
5-6
130
2013
G
61
Hunt Lucas .
5-5
165
2012
F
72
Ryan MacInnis .
6-3
175
2014
F
Scott Warmann will call the play-by-play alongside former St. Louis Blues forward and FOX Sports Midwest studio analyst Tony Twist. Andy Strickland of truehockey.com and KFNS will serve as rinkside reporter.
FOX Sports Midwest, the home of Blues hockey, is televising the Mid-States championships for the fourth straight year and seventh overall (2001-2003, 2009-2011).
Mid-States High School Hockey Championships on FOX Sports Midwest Plus
Live Wednesday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m.: Wickenheiser Cup – Lutheran South vs. Whitfield
Live Wednesday, March 7 at 8 p.m.: Challenge Cup – SLUH vs. CBC
FOX Sports Midwest Plus channel numbers
AT&T U-verse 691
Cable America-Maryland Heights and Republic 12
Cable America-St. Robert 7
Charter-St. Louis 3, 8, 21 or 125
Consolidated 181
DirecTV 680
Dish 445
Fidelity-Sullivan 95
HomeTel 3
Madison 26
Mediacom-Columbia-Jefferson City and Springfield, Mo. 126
New Wave 16
Poplar Bluff 2
FOX Sports Midwest Plus is a channel used by FOX Sports Midwest to simultaneously show multiple events on two channels.
Additional airings on FOX Sports Midwest
Monday, March 12 at 7 p.m.: Challenge Cup -- CBC v. SLUH
Wednesday, March 14 at midnight: Wickenheiser Cup -- Whitfield v. Lutheran South
Friday, March 16 at noon: Challenge Cup -- CBC v. SLUH
Friday, March 23 at 9:30 p.m.: Wickenheiser Cup -- Whitfield v. Lutheran South