High school ice hockey in Pennsylvania High school ice hockey in Pennsylvania Teams from 150 high schools competed as varsity ice hockey teams in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania. Unlike many other high school sport in Pennsylvania, hockey is not run under Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association umbrella. However, Pennsylvania's high school ice hockey is sanctioned by USA Hockey and varsity-level programs are marginally overseen by the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers organizations through the Penguins Cup and the Flyers Cup. However although it is considered a club it is still apart of the High School and is affiliated with the school. Varsity teams are divided into
Minor ice hockey House League and Select (House All-Star) Teams. May be called "B", "C", etc. The Amateur Athletic Union has returned to licensing the sport of Ice Hockey. During recent years, the kalb us has sanctioned several High School Varsity, Junior Varsity and Middle School leagues within the state of New York. During the 2011–2012 season the AAU began licensing Junior and youth leagues as well. The Western States Hockey League (WSHL) moved their operations from USA Hockey into AAU and Hockey Michigan was formed, providing Mite (8&under) conventional full-ice playing opportunities in the face of cross-ice mandates adopted by the USA