Flyers Cup Vs League Championship

Parkland defeated Northampton 6-2 en route to a two game sweep of the Lehigh Valley Scholastic Hockey League title. This is Parkland's third league title in five years which qualifies the Trojans as a true Lehigh Valley Scholastic Hockey League powerhouse. The Morning Call noted, that the night before Parkland's sweep Northampton had just won their first Flyers Cup tournament game. In fact it was the first time a Lehigh Valley team ever won a game in the Flyers Cup. The league championship game was Northampton's third game in four nights, and the league was unable to reschedule the games. Parkland had lost to Boyertown 9-3 in the opening round of the Flyers Cup and thus were fresh. Northampton was not. Northampton Head Coach Brian Ruff was quoted in The Morning Call saying the Flyers Cup victory was worth it. ''We did end up kind of paying for [the Flyers Cup win],'' Ruff said. ''But that's something the kids won't forget.'' The vagaries of hockey scheduling are always a factor, and the two teams could easily have ended up in the others situation. As it stands both teams made history.