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Welcome to the Ice Prowlers Hockey Club web site. The Ice Prowler Hockey Club is a high school club hockey team participating in the Greater Columbus High School Club Hockey League (GCHSCHL). It's players reside in the Pickerington, Reynoldsburg, Pataskala, Canal Winchester and Groveport areas.
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PROWLERS WIN 4th REGULAR SEASON TITLE
...BOW OUT IN CBJ CUP PLAYOFFS
...REPRESENT GCHSCHL IN BUCKEYE CUP STATE PLAYOFFS
 After leading the league for most of their 10th anniversary season, the Prowlers won their 4th GCHSCHL regular season title (in the last 5 years) and earned the number one seed for both the GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup and Buckeye Cup State Championship Tournaments.
The team came out of the holiday break on a roll. After ties at Newark (2-2 on 1/4) and at Athens (4-4 on 1/6) to start the new year, they stepped outside of the league to defeat the West London Winterhawks of the Greater London Hockey League (GLHL - London, Ontario Canada) (3-1 on 1/12) before rounding out their six league series. The Prowlers clinched the season series against Westerville (5-1 on 1/13) at 3-1-0, then swept the Olentangy Braves (8-5 on 1/25) at 4-games-to-none, before clinching the season series against Hilliard/Southwest (3-2 on 2/1) at 2-0-2. They rounded out their season series with Newark by shutting out the Generals (3-0 on 2/3) to clinch that season series at 2-1-1, then clinched their 1st place finish with a 3-1 win (2/8) over Athens to give them a 2-1-1 edge in that series. They ended the regular season with an 8-1 win over the Northeast Storm (2/15) to sweep that series 4-games-to-none.
 After a first round bye, the Prowlers opened the second round of the GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup Playoffs on Friday (2/22), dropping a hard fought 3-1 decision to the eventual Cup Champion Olentangy Braves (#4, 12-11-1). After falling into the loser's bracket, the team then suffered a tough 7-5 loss to the Hilliard/SW Wildcats (#6, 5-15-4) on Saturday (2/23), eliminating them from the tournament. This marks the first time in six seasons that the Prowlers will not be playing in the GCHSCHL Blue Jacket Cup Finals. Congratulations to the Olentangy Braves on their program's first GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup Championship.
 The Prowlers where honored to represent the GCHSCHL for the forth consecutive time in the 4th Annual Buckeye Cup Ohio High School Club Hockey State Championship hosted this year in Cleveland by the North Coast High School Hockey League (NCHSHL). The team opened the preliminary round short manned with a hard fought 3-1 loss to Cleveland's number 4 seed and 2007 NCHSHL Playoff Champions, the Rocky River Buccaneers on Friday (3/17). Then on Saturday (3/8) they secured a 6-4 victory over Cincinnati's number 2 seed Anderson Chiefs before losing to Cleveland's number 3 seed Riverside Beavers 3-1 that same evening. With a 1-2 record the Prowlers came up just short of qualifying for the Final Four. Congratulations to the GCHSCHL's Newark Generals who advanced to the Final Four for the first time, and to the Buckeye Cup Ohio High School Club Hockey State Champion Athens Bobcats who bring the Cup to the GCHSCHL for the first time in the tournament's four year history.
Read the 2007-2008 Ice Prowler Season Recap
2008 Buckeye Cup info on GCHSCHL.com
2008 GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup Bracket
Full 2007-2008 Varsity Game Schedule
Read the 2007-2008 Ice Prowler Preview
Full 2007-2008 JV Game Schedule
McGRATH MOVES UP RECORD BOOKS...
BECOMES ALL-TIME CAREER GOAL LEADER
 With a goal against the Riverside Beavers in the Buckeye Cup State Tournament (3/8), alternate captain and Pickerington North junior Adam McGrath surpassed 2007 Pickerington North graduate Cody Berkebile (90 G & 167 PTS in 113 GP) as the All-Time career leader in goals scored with 91 goals in 98 games played. He also currently sits at second All-Time in career assists and points, finishing the season at 91 goals and 82 assists for 173 points in 98 games played. The current All-Time career assist and points leader is T.J. Hess (81 G & 106 A for 187 PTS in 145 GP).
8 PROWLERS IN GCHSCHL ALL-STAR GAME
Prowler Hockey had 7 players joining head coach Jay C. Catherine in the third GCHSCHL All-Star Game on Sunday, March 16th at the Dispatch Ice Haus. The Prowlers selected to the All-Star team were three time all-stars, juniors Adam McGrath (Pickerington North) and Brad Noskowiak (Reynoldsburg), along with first time selections, senior captain Zach Wiard (Watkins Memorial), senior alternate captain Ryan Straker (Licking Heights), senior Austin Zurbriggen (Canal Winchester), freshman Jake Miller (Canal Winchester), and sophomore goaltender Jeramiah Holland (Reynoldsburg). Senior Taylor Markell (Pickerington Central), junior Tyler Cole (Pickerington North) and freshman Sean Straker (Licking Heights) replaced Wiard, Straker and Miller in the game due to injury and schedule conflicts. Congratulations Prowlers as they joined players from the Olentangy Braves, Hilliard/Southwest Wildcats and Northeast Storm on the GCHSCHL White All-Star Team. For more information on the GCHSCHL All-Star Game visit the GCHSCHL website.
SOUTHEAST WINS 2nd VARSITY/JV GAME
Prowler Hockey held it's second Varsity/JV game Wednesday (3/19). This year's game pit a combined team of varsity and JV players from Pickerington (North and Central) against a team of players from Southeast (Reynoldsburg, Pataskala, Canal Winchester, and Groveport). This year the Southeast team dominated winning 11-4 behind freshman Jake Miller's (Watkins Memorial - Varsity) 4 goals and senior Austin Zurbriggen's (Canal Winchester - Varsity) hat trick. Sophomore Josh Katz (Pickerington North - JV) led the Pickerington squad with 2 goals. The binaural game ended in a 7-7 tie.
PROWLER JV TEAM WINS 1ST CHC-JV TITLE
Congratulations to the Prowler JV team as they bring home the club's first ever Capital Hockey Conference JV (CHC-JV) regular season title. After posting a 14-1-3 record in league play, the JV Prowlers will go into the CHC-JV Blue Jackets Cup Tournament as the number 1 seed and recieve a bye in the first round. After advancing to the Blue Jackets Cup Finals last season, the JV Prowlers look forward to another succesful run in the post season tournament. Congratulations and good luck to our JV team as they continue to have success this season.
2008 CHC-JV Blue Jackets Cup Info (Microsoft Excel)
2008 CHC-JV Blue Jackets Cup Bracket (Adobe Acrobat)
PROWLER JV WINS CHAMPIONSHIP AT
9TH ANNUAL MIDWEST THANKSGIVING CLASSIC
The Prowler JV team brought home its first Tournament Championship at the 9th Annual Midwest Thanksgiving High School Hockey Classic sponsored by the Chiller. This is Prowler JV team's 3rd consecutive season participating in the tournament. Last season the Prowler's finished in the tournament finals. This year, the JV squad went through the Sycamore JV Aves (Cincinnati, OH) and the Anthony Wayne JV Generals (Whitehouse, OH) on Friday (11/23) before defeating league rival Dublin Green JV 4-2 on Saturday (11/24) to earn a spot in the JV Red East Division championship game. Congratulations to the Prowler JV team as they go a perfect 4-0 in the tournament and bring home the program's first ever JV Championship.
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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF PROWLER HOCKEY
Prowler Hockey is proud to be celebrating it's 10th Anniversary in 2007-2008. Started in 1998, Prowler Hockey has had a successful history winning three (3) GCHSCHL Regular Season Championships, five (5) consecutive GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup Final appearances, three (3) GCHSCHL Blue Jackets Cup Championships, three (3) Buckeye Cup State Championship appearances and one (1) Buckeye Cup State Championship Final Four appearance. All in it's first 9 seasons. Prowler Hockey would like to thank all of the dedicated coaches, players, parents, volunteers, alumni, sponsors and fans for helping develop Prowler Hockey over the first decade and establishing a "Tradition of Excellence".
TEAM AND LEAGUE HISTORY
LOGO AND JERSEY HISTORY
ALUMNI NEWS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
ICE PROWLERS SEASON PREVIEWS/RECAPS
ProwlerHockey.com is your source for news about Ice Prowler Hockey, but we have also provided access to articles from the local media to see what is being said about Prowler Hockey this season in the community.
- Area players helped Prowlers stay on top
by Kurt Snyder, as seen in Pataskala Standard 3/13/2008
- PRPC set to lose eight seniors
by Anders Larson, as seen in ThisWeek News 3/13/2008
- Surprising Olentangy wins Blue Jackets Cup championship
:PRPC struggles, loses both games in tournament
by Cory Steger, as seen in ThisWeek News 2/28/2008
- Upstart teams aiming for perennial favorite PRPC
by Cory Steger, as seen in ThisWeek News 2/21/2008
- Straker keeping PRPC on prowl
by Kurtis Adams, as seen in ThisWeek News 1/13/2008
- Straker is fire on ice for P.R.P.C. Prowlers
by Josh Hachat, as seen in Pataskala Standard 1/9/2008
- 'Sigh of relief': Late goal lets slumping Generals salvage tie
by Josh Hachat, as seen in Pataskala Standard 1/4/2008
- McGrath helps keep PRPC in first
by Anders Larson, as seen in ThisWeek News 12/27/2007
- Mid West Thanksgiving High School Hockey Classic
by Molly Truex, as seen in Pataskala Post 12/01/2007
- PRPC hopes to duplicate last season's success
by Jeremy Stewart, as seen in ThisWeek News 11/15/2007
- Area hockey players hot on central Ohio ice
by Kurt Snyder, as seen in Pataskala Standard 11/15/2007
- Hockey player crosses 'Finnish' line
by Scott Rawdon, as seen in Buckeye Lake Beacon 8/7/2007
- Final pick of the draft was a first for the area
by Bob Hunter, as seen in Columbus Dispatch 6/24/2007
- Medina gains revenge by beating PRPC in state semifinal
by Anders Larson, as seen in ThisWeek News 03/08/2007
- PRPC dominates in Blue Jackets Cup
Defeats Newark to capture Blue Jackets Cup
by Jarrod Ulrey, as seen in ThisWeek News 02/22/2007
- For past articles, check out Prowlers In The News
Prowler Hockey is proud of the program's accomplishments. We are equally as proud as where our players go when they move on from Prowler Hockey. Follow the careers of PRPC Prowler Alumni as they continue to move up the hockey ranks.
PROWLERS ALUMNI GAME:
The Ice Prowlers started a new tradition in the 2006-2007 season with the Chris Miller Prowler Alumni Game. The first two games had great turnouts with the current varsity team defeating the alumni team 6-4 in 2006-2007, and the alumni winning 7-5 in 2007-2008. Any former Ice Prowler players who are interested in playing in next year's game in December 2008, must register with coach Jay C. with your contact information so that you can be included as we try and bring the alumni of Prowler Hockey together again. ALUMNI WHO DO NOT PRE-REGISTER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THIS EVENT!
ICE PROWLERS LOOKING FOR SPONSORS
The Prowlers have concluded the 2007-2008 season as the GCHSCHL Regular Season Champions for the 4th time in five years. They look to continue the success that they have experienced in recent years in 2008-2009. What better way to be a part of Prowler Hockey than by having your business be a sponsor. If you are, or know anyone who may be interested in sponsoring the Prowler hockey club, please read our sponsorship letter.
Download the printable version of our sponsorship letter.
USA HOCKEY NEW STANDARD OF PLAY
Prowler Hockey is in full support of the USA Hockey New Standard of Play and Rules Emphasis adopted in 2006 and continued for the 2007-2008 season. All Prowler players are required to watch the New Standard of Play Video and read the Standard of Play Rules Emphasis on USAHockey.com.
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2007-2008 PRPC Prowlers
2007-2008 GCHSHL Regular Season Champions
2007-2008 Buckeye Cup Ohio High School Club Hockey State Playoff Qualifiers
Top Row:
J.Miller(44),A.Daniels(19),B.Castricone(74),A.McKenzie(11),S.Straker(4),D.Smith(33)
Middle Row:
A.Painter(31),T.Markell(14),J.Klinger(5),D.Johnson(77),A.Zurbriggen(21),T.Cole(82),
T.Kantor(88),T.Newhard(66),B.Noskowiak(9),K.Baughman(26)
Bottom Row:
E.Heinmiller(39),M.Dorsey(Asst. Coach),R.Straker(18),Z.Wiard(45),T.Anetts(49),A.McGrath(3),
J.Catherine(Head Coach),J.Holland(37)
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