Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League

The Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League (NVSHL) is a non-affiliated high school

High school

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ice hockey

Ice hockey

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league

Sports league

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composed of teams

TEAMS

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from the Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...

Area including Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, Arlington County, Stafford County

Stafford County, Virginia

Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state, and just across the Rappahannock River from the City of Fredericksburg. As of the 2000 census, the population was 92,446, increasing to 128,961 in 2010.. Its county seat is Stafford. In 2006, and again in 2009,...

, and the Cities of Manassas and Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

. The NVSHL staff and Board of Directors

Board of directors

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includes a combination of coaches, parents, team representatives, referee, and rink

Hockey rink

An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a team sport. It is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall approximately 40 inches high called the boards.- Name origins :...

supervisors. There are also many members who are not affiliated with and particular team or organization. The current league Executive Director is Grey Bullen. Assistant Executive Director is Jeff Nygaard. Bullen joined the league after Bud Sterling served the same capacity for the previous two seasons. Prior to that, the league was headed by Nygaard who brought the league from being a part of the MSHL to its very own
distinction, the NVSHL. Teams play a ten game regular season followed by a multi-round single elimination playoff

Playoff

The playoffs, postseason, or finals of a sports league are a game or series of games played after the regular season by the top competitors, usually but not always with a single-elimination system, to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.In the U.S...

tournament

Tournament

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to determine the league champion

Champion

A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...

. In the end, the league winner will have played either 13 or 14 games, depending on whether they got a bye in the first round or not.

History

The NVSHL was created in response to a growing number of varsity-level teams in Northern Virginia. Until the inaugural 2001-2002 season, teams from Northern Virginia competed in the similar Maryland Scholastic Hockey League (MSHL).

The inaugural season consisted of two conferences of twelve varsity

Varsity team

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and provisional varsity (Tier-I) teams each, as well as a junior varsity

Junior varsity

Primarily in North America, junior varsity or JV players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition , usually at the high school and college levels in the United States and Canada. The main players comprise the varsity team...

(Tier-II) league. Since that season, the league has expanded to include twenty-two Varsity, five Provisional Varsity, and nine Junior Varsity teams in the 2005-2006 season. The 2005-2006 season saw the change of Tier-II to Junior Varsity to more closely reflect the standard of traditional high school sports. Additionally, the league attempts to structure the divisions within the Varsity classification to closely reflect the "Districts" used by the Virginia High School League.

NVSHL teams are not officially recognized as varsity school sports by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Only one team, Osbourn High School

Osbourn High School

Osbourn High School is a secondary school for grades 9–12 located in Manassas, Virginia, United States and the sole high school of the Manassas City Public Schools system.-History:...

, has been officially recognized by its local school board, Manassas City Public Schools

Manassas City Public Schools

Manassas City Public Schools is a school division that serves the city of Manassas, Virginia, United States.-Elementary schools :* Baldwin Elementary School* Jennie Dean Elementary School* Richard C. Haydon Elementary School...

Teams

Teams are divided into three levels: Varsity, Provisional Varsity, and Junior Varsity. Varsity teams are further divided into five divisions

Division (sport)

In sports, a division is a group of teams who compete against each other for a championship.-League system:In sports using a league system , a division consists a group of teams who play a sport at a similar competitive level...

. Four of these divisions include only varsity teams composed of players from a single school

School

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, and are divided by geographical area. These divisions are the Concorde (North) Division, Liberty (East) Division, Cardinal (South) Division, and the Dulles (West) Division. In addition, the fifth division is reserved for all provisional varsity teams (those consisting of players from more than one school). The Provisional Division includes teams from all geographical areas. Provisional teams may not qualify for season-ending playoffs, but do compete in regular season games versus other varsity teams. The games count towards each team's record equally with that of a game played between two varsity teams or two provisional teams. This is a matter of controversy, however, because a talented provisional team may spoil

Spoiler effect

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a
varsity team's chance to qualify for the league playoffs by defeating them or putting the varsity team at a statistical disadvantage for the purposes of tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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s.

Junior Varsity teams play in the Junior Varsity Division, a separate division from varsity and do not compete in regular games versus varsity or provisional varsity teams. There is no distinction between Junior Varsity teams composed of players from single or multiple schools. There currently aren't playoffs for junior varsity teams. The last time playoffs were held came in 2003-2004 when Forest Park defeated Paul VI. The champion is determined by season record. In years past, there have been playoffs for the Junior Varsity Division. This division was formerly known as the Nygaard Division, named after the first Executive Director of the NVSHL, Jeff Nygaard.

The teams are realigned each season through promotion and relegation

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

.

The teams participating are (note that the 2006-07 season has a significant realignment of teams and is divided among the North Conference, South Conference, West Conference, and Junior Varsity - some of these revisions are reflected below):

North Conference

Concorde Division

Centreville High School Wildcats

Chantilly High School

Chantilly High School

Chantilly High School is a high school located in the Chantilly CDP in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system.-Overview:...

Chargers

Oakton High School

Oakton High School

Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....

Cougars

Robinson High School

Robinson Secondary School

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

Rams

Westfield High School

Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP.It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools , serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in...

Ice Dogs

W. T. Woodson High School Cavaliers

Liberty Division

Hayfield Secondary School

Hayfield Secondary School is the oldest secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened its doors in 1968 and graduated its first seniors in 1971.-History:...

Hawks

Lake Braddock Secondary School

Lake Braddock Secondary School

Lake Braddock Secondary School is a combined junior-high and high school in Burke, Virginia, United States, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools . It is one of four secondary schools in Fairfax County; the other three are Hayfield, Robinson, and South County.Opened in 1973, Lake Braddock...

Bruins

Langley High School Saxons

McLean High School

McLean High School

McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....

Highlanders

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

Bulldogs

West Springfield High School Spartans

James Madison High School

James Madison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

James Madison High School is a high school located in an unincorporated area of Fairfax County, Virginia, adjacent to the town limits of Vienna, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Oakton High School is James Madison High School's main rival, although other rivals include Langley High...

Warhawks

Cardinal Division

Forest Park High School

Forest Park High School (Prince William County, Virginia)

Forest Park Senior High School is a high school in Woodbridge, unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, United States. It is part of Prince William County Public Schools and is located on 15721 Forest Park Drive...

Bruins

C. D. Hylton High School

C. D. Hylton High School

C.D. Hylton Senior High School is a public high school located in Woodbridge in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, and part of the Prince William County Public Schools division....

Bulldogs

Woodbridge High School Vikings

Osbourn High School

Osbourn High School

Osbourn High School is a secondary school for grades 9–12 located in Manassas, Virginia, United States and the sole high school of the Manassas City Public Schools system.-History:...

Eagles

Osbourn Park High School

Osbourn Park High School

Osbourn Park Senior High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia.Osbourn Park serves the mid-part of the county and is located between the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. The community consists of business, professional, U.S. Government and...

Yellow Jackets

Mountain View High School

Mountain View High School (Virginia)

Mountain View High School is a public high school in Stafford, Virginia, United States, for students in grades nine through twelve in the western area of Stafford County.-History:...

Wildcats

Dulles Division

Broad Run High School

Broad Run High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, and is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system ....

Spartans

Heritage High School

Heritage High School (Leesburg, Virginia)

Heritage High School is a public secondary school located in Leesburg, Virginia, and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. The principal is Margaret Huckaby...

Pride

Loudoun County High School

Loudoun County High School

Loudoun County High School is a public secondary school in Leesburg, Virginia. It is located on 415 Dry Mill Road SW in the Town of Leesburg and is part of Loudoun County Public Schools. It currently serves students who live in western and southern Leesburg, Middleburg, and Lucketts.-History:The...

Raiders

Potomac Falls High School

Potomac Falls High School

Potomac Falls High School is a public secondary school in Sterling, Virginia unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school is part of the Loudoun County Public Schools system and is located on 46400 Algonkian Parkway...

Panthers

Junior Varsity

Osbourn Park High School

JV Yellow Jackets

Bishop Ireton High School

Bishop Ireton High School

Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic High School located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, an order of Catholic priests sometimes called Salesians, and originally admitted only male students...

Cardinals

Freedom/South Lakes High School Patriots

Forest Park/Potomac High School Bruins

Langley High School JV Saxons

Stonewall Jackson/Battlefield High School Raiders

T. C. Williams High School

T. C. Williams High School

T. C. Williams High School is a public high school in Alexandria, Virginia, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s...

Titans

Paul VI High School

Paul VI High School

Paul VI High School is a private Catholic high school located in Haddon Township, New Jersey. As there is no post office in Haddon Township, the mailing address is Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States. The school is named in honor of Pope Paul VI, and was founded in 1966. The Paul VI sports and...

JV Panthers

Fairfax High School Rebels

Loudoun Vally High School/ Heritage High School Vikings/Pride, respectively

NVSHL Varsity (Tier-I) Champions

2010-2011 - Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

2009-2010 - Woodbridge High School - Vikings

2008-2009 - Bishop O'Connell High School

Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School

Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School was founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was operated by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, but has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974. The school is named for Bishop Denis J...

2007-2008 - Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

2006-2007 - Osbourn Park High School

Osbourn Park High School

2005-2006 - Woodbridge High School

2004-2005 - North Stafford High School

North Stafford High School

North Stafford High School is a public high school in northern Stafford County, Virginia. It is one of five public high schools in the and instructs students in grades 9 through 12.-History:...

/Robinson High School

Robinson Secondary School

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

(Co-Champions)

2003-2004 - North Stafford High School

North Stafford High School

North Stafford High School is a public high school in northern Stafford County, Virginia. It is one of five public high schools in the and instructs students in grades 9 through 12.-History:...

2002-2003 - Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

2001-2002 - Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School

Stone Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Ashburn, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.The school is part of Loudoun County Public Schools and is located on 43100 Hay Road...

Career

Goals

Goal (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

: (73) Bill Day - 2004-06 - Madison/Marshall

Assists: (61) Jeremy Schliebaum - 2002-05 - Robinson

Points

Point (ice hockey)

Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

: (121) Bill Day - 2004-06 - Madison/Marshall

Hat Tricks: (15) Bill Day - 2004-06 - Madison/Marshall

Penalty Minutes

Penalty (ice hockey)

A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...

: (178) Kyle Ward-Dahl - 2002-05 - Oakton

Goals Against Average

Goals against average

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: (1.50) Robbie Kunka - 2002-05 - Langley

Saves: (713) Nick Botoroff - 2002-05 - Centreville

Save Percentage: (.937) Chris Felinski - 2003 - Loudoun County

Shutouts: (3) Robert Kunka - 2002-05 - Langley

Wins: (15) Daryl Anthony - 2002-04 - Robinson

Record: (14-2) Bryan Lynch - 2002-04 - Stone Bridge

Single Season

Goals:

Assists: (27) Jeremy Schliebaum - 2004-05 - Robinson

Points: (49) Ryan Dove - 2005-06 - Hylton

Penalty Minutes: (60) Kelsey Cloutier - 2002-03 - Centreville

Goals Against Average: (.80) Chris Wingo - 2006-07 - Langley

Saves: (438) Nick Botoroff - 2004-05 - Centreville

Save Pct.: (.952) Chris Wingo - 2006-07 - Langley

Shutouts: (5) Chris Wingo - 2006-07 - Langley

Wins: (10) Dominic Mezappesa - 2001-02 - Broad Run

Single Game

Goals: (8) Brad Surdham - vs. Oakton - West Springfield - Jan 18, 2006

Assists: (7) Steven Csutoros - vs. Osbourn - Osbourn Park

Points: (11) Brad Surdham - vs. Oakton - West Springfield - Jan 18, 2006

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