Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey Rankings

Last Updated February 17, 2007

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  Teams listed W-L-T record reflects only games whose score  is listed on the Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey Scores page.   Scores from the PA Hockey site.   The program starts all teams with an equal arbitrary value and then  adjusts them all recursively based on game scores until the lowest cumulative  error between expected goal differentials and actual goal differentials is  reached (convergence).      The Total column is in goal units and the difference in this value between  any two teams is the predicted goal differential for a game played at a  neutral site between those two teams.  It should be noted that due to goal differential limits set in the ranking program these predicted goal differentials are only accurate when comparing teams ranked within three goals of each other. The differential between teams ranked farther apart becomes more and more understated as the chosen teams become farther apart in the rankings. A teams Total value only has meaning in relation to other teams in the same list. The Last 5 column is a simple average performance of that team in the last five games based on current opponent Total values and goal differential (up to max allowed). Obviously, the fewer games a team's ranking is based upon the less likely that ranking is to be accurate. Links to other ratings: High School Rankings for 25 States  High School National Rankings  New England Prep  Midget Minor AAA  Midget Major AAA  Men's NCAA D1  USHL  NAHL  ACHA College Club Back to US HS Hockey Online main page. More information about how the ratings are calculated and their past accuracy can be found here . Receive email when this page changes Note: Teams Totals can only be compared relative to others in their own class. KEY: WPAA=AAA WPAB=AA WPAC=A WPAO=Open

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The four rankings below are, in order AAA, AA, A, Open March 9, 2006 - 2005-2006 National High School Hockey Rankings released (over 1650 teams ranked). Note: Only teams with 3 or more reported scores are currently ranked All rankings dated after 12/23/06 do not consider games between teams ranked more than 4 goals apart. Western PA Class AAA RANK TEAM W L T GAMES GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Bethel Park,WPAA,___________________ 39 6 2, 34 2.0, 9.0, 10.97, 10.64 2,Meadville,WPAA,_____________________ 28 11 3, 36 1.2, 8.8, 10.00, 9.42 3,Mount Lebanon,WPAA,_________________ 20 13 1, 34 0.9, 8.1, 8.97, 9.87 4,North Allegheny,WPAA,_______________ 21 9 1, 31 1.4, 7.5, 8.94, 10.36 5,McDowell,WPAA,______________________ 20 10 3, 30 1.0, 7.7, 8.70, 8.94 6,Upper Saint Clair,WPAA,_____________ 17 5 2, 24 1.7, 7.0, 8.69, 9.22 7,Central Catholic,WPAA,______________ 19 10 0, 29 1.0, 7.7, 8.64, 7.68 8,Seneca Valley,WPAA,_________________ 13 8 0, 21 0.4, 7.2, 7.59, 7.29 9,Plum,WPAA,__________________________ 12 12 3, 27 0.1, 6.7, 6.80, 5.57 10,Penn Trafford,WPAA,_________________ 9 17 2, 27 -0.9, 7.1, 6.26, 5.86 11,Fox Chapel,WPAA,____________________ 7 16 1, 23 -1.0, 6.9, 5.87, 5.89 12,North Hills,WPAA,___________________ 5 16 2, 22 -1.6, 7.3, 5.75, 5.82 13,Canon McMillan,WPAA,________________ 5 11 1, 15 -1.0, 6.7, 5.69, 6.41 14,Shaler,WPAA,________________________ 6 14 2, 21 -1.4, 6.6, 5.23, 5.41 15,Gateway,WPAA,_______________________ 4 17 0, 18 -1.3, 6.5, 5.19, 3.30 16,Baldwin,WPAA,_______________________ 5 15 0, 17 -1.4, 6.5, 5.14, 5.33 17,Norwin,WPAA,________________________ 5 12 1, 16 -1.7, 6.7, 5.04, 5.93 18,Butler,WPAA,________________________ 4 17 1, 19 -1.5, 6.5, 4.94, 5.34 Western PA Class AA RANK TEAM W L T GAMES GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Pine Richland,WPAB,_________________ 21 2 3, 22 2.4, 6.7, 9.15, 8.18 2,Greater Latrobe,WPAB,_______________ 21 6 3, 29 1.3, 6.3, 7.55, 7.54 3,Thomas Jefferson,WPAB,______________ 17 7 3, 26 1.0, 6.5, 7.42, 8.11 4,Moon,WPAB,__________________________ 13 5 2, 19 1.3, 6.0, 7.29, 7.87 5,Franklin Regional,WPAB,_____________ 17 11 3, 30 0.6, 6.5, 7.12, 6.91 6,Hampton,WPAB,_______________________ 11 8 2, 19 0.3, 6.6, 6.88, 6.59 7,Montour,WPAB,_______________________ 12 16 4, 32 -0.3, 6.9, 6.60, 7.92 8,Greensburg Salem,WPAB,______________ 13 7 3, 23 0.3, 6.1, 6.34, 5.64 9,West Allegheny,WPAB,________________ 9 11 2, 22 -0.3, 6.4, 6.13, 6.30 10,Kittanning,WPAB,____________________ 10 17 0, 26 -0.4, 6.5, 6.11, 5.13 11,Elizabeth Forward,WPAB,_____________ 8 9 2, 19 -0.1, 6.2, 6.11, 6.52 12,Greensburg CC,WPAB,_________________ 7 15 4, 26 -0.5, 6.4, 5.93, 5.89 13,South Park,WPAB,____________________ 8 13 1, 22 -0.7, 6.4, 5.71, 4.84 14,Indiana,WPAB,_______________________ 8 13 0, 21 -0.9, 6.4, 5.45, 5.83 15,Peters Township,WPAB,_______________ 6 18 1, 24 -1.4, 6.7, 5.30, 4.30 16,Cathedral Prep,WPAB,________________ 6 11 0, 17 -1.0, 6.2, 5.21, 5.12 17,Bishop Canevin,WPAB,________________ 4 13 0, 16 -1.4, 6.1, 4.70, 3.63 18,Mercyhurst Prep,WPAB,_______________ 4 5 0, 8 0.0, 4.3, 4.33 19,Somerset,WPAB,______________________ 10 4 0, 12 1.2, 2.9, 4.15, 5.00 20,Harbor Creek,WPAB,__________________ 5 5 0, 10 0.2, 3.9, 4.11, 3.36 21,Fort LeBoeuf,WPAB,__________________ 5 3 1, 9 -0.2, 4.1, 3.90 22,Ambridge,WPAB,______________________ 6 14 0, 18 -1.4, 5.2, 3.81, 3.55 23,Fairview,WPAB,______________________ 3 5 2, 9 -0.7, 3.8, 3.11 24,McDowell "B",WPAB,__________________ 0 10 2, 12 -2.0, 4.6, 2.60, 2.71 25,Knoch,WPAB,_________________________ 0 19 0, 11 -3.5, 5.6, 2.19, 1.92 Western PA Class A RANK TEAM W L T GAMES GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Quaker Valley,WPAC,_________________ 19 1 2, 16 2.2, 7.4, 9.60, 10.62 2,Mars,WPAC,__________________________ 13 5 1, 16 1.1, 7.5, 8.65, 7.90 3,Bishop McCort,WPAC,_________________ 12 4 1, 15 1.6, 6.9, 8.50, 8.98 4,Freeport,WPAC,______________________ 12 3 2, 14 1.6, 6.6, 8.22, 8.38 5,Serra Catholic,WPAC,________________ 11 5 2, 16 0.5, 6.8, 7.25, 7.47 6,Westmont Hilltop,WPAC,______________ 10 7 0, 16 0.7, 6.2, 6.93, 5.75 7,Beaver,WPAC,________________________ 10 7 0, 14 0.0, 6.9, 6.89, 7.58 8,Conemaugh Valley,WPAC,______________ 5 11 1, 17 -1.4, 6.8, 5.41, 5.98 9,Sewickley Academy,WPAC,_____________ 3 12 2, 16 -1.3, 6.1, 4.80, 3.63 10,Richland Cambria,WPAC,______________ 3 11 0, 12 -1.8, 5.7, 3.88, 3.60 11,Deer Lakes,WPAC,____________________ 2 15 0, 11 -2.3, 5.6, 3.37, 3.28 12,Center,WPAC,________________________ 0 16 1, 7 -3.4, 4.5, 1.02 Western PA Open RANK TEAM W L T GAMES GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,State College,WPAO,_________________ 21 2 0, 17 2.2, 4.5, 6.68, 7.14 2,Hempfield,WPAO,_____________________ 12 2 0, 11 2.5, 3.9, 6.40, 7.18 - ,Somerset,WPAO,______________________ 2 0 0, 1 2.0, 3.3, 5.34 4,Quigley,WPAO,_______________________ 14 1 1, 12 2.5, 2.5, 5.02, 5.65 5,Kiski Area,WPAO,____________________ 11 7 0, 16 0.7, 3.8, 4.45, 2.71 6,Woodland Hills,WPAO,________________ 12 7 0, 16 0.0, 4.3, 4.28, 4.11 7,Holidaysburg,WPAO,__________________ 11 5 1, 16 0.7, 2.8, 3.45, 1.68 8,Altoona,WPAO,_______________________ 7 9 1, 17 0.2, 3.2, 3.34, 3.42 9,Carrick,WPAO,_______________________ 10 5 0, 15 1.0, 1.9, 2.95, 2.91 10,Allderdice,WPAO,____________________ 10 6 1, 17 0.7, 1.8, 2.53, 2.28 11,Greater Johnstown,WPAO,_____________ 6 9 0, 15 -0.5, 2.9, 2.46, 4.02 12,Valley,WPAO,________________________ 5 11 1, 17 -1.1, 3.0, 1.97, 1.36 13,Chartiers Valley,WPAO,______________ 7 9 1, 17 -0.4, 2.2, 1.74, 1.48 14,Derry,WPAO,_________________________ 4 11 0, 11 -0.5, 2.1, 1.63, 2.89 15,Connellsville,WPAO,_________________ 4 10 1, 15 -0.9, 2.3, 1.33, 1.08 16,Steel Valley,WPAO,__________________ 4 11 2, 17 -1.5, 2.4, 0.86, 1.16 17,Central Penn,WPAO,__________________ 3 14 1, 16 -1.9, 2.4, 0.57, 0.80 18,Ringgold,WPAO,______________________ 4 13 0, 16 -1.9, 2.4, 0.51, 1.46 19,Forest Hills,WPAO,__________________ 0 15 0, 9 -3.7, 2.3, -1.35 20,Ferndale,WPAO,______________________ 1 14 0, 9 -3.4, 2.1, -1.37 21,Trinity,WPAO,_______________________ 1 14 0, 11 -3.1, 1.6, -1.49, -1.68 West Virginia RANK TEAM W L T GAMES GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Wheeling Park,WV,___________________ 14 2 2, 15 2.1, 2.7, 4.77, 4.78 2,Morgantown,WV,______________________ 15 3 0, 15 1.7, 2.6, 4.27, 4.97 3,Wheeling CC,WV,_____________________ 10 6 1, 17 1.4, 2.3, 3.72, 2.94 4,Linsley,WV,_________________________ 10 7 0, 17 0.6, 2.2, 2.78, 2.92 5,John Marshall,WV,___________________ 1 15 2, 13 -2.2, 1.8, -0.40, 0.26 Notes: * indicates teams with only two games against teams ranked within 4 goals of them. - indicates teams with only one game against teams ranked within 4 goals of them. Since some "mismatch" games are not used in determining the rankings, the Sched column can be somewhat misleading as it only reflects the average opponent strength of only the opponents ranked within 4 goals of each team. The GAMES Column indicates how many games each team's rating is based upon (i.e. how many of their games were against teams rated within 4 goals of themselves).

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