Historical Timeline
- 1969 - Inter-County Scholastic Hockey League forms
- 1970-1971 - Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey League forms in April at the Alpine Ice Chalet. Teams include Shaler, Churchill, Mt Lebanon, Penn Hills, Upper St Clair, and West Mifflin North
- 1971-1972 - Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey League completes first season of play at the Alpine Ice Chalet as Churchill, Mt Lebanon, Penn Hills, Shaler, Upper St Clair and West Mifflin North. Mt Lebanon defeats Penn Hills, 5-4 in overtime, to capture the first WPHSHL Championship.
- 1972-73 - Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey League expands to 19 schools as Richland, Chartiers Valley, Central Catholic, Bethel Park, Peabody, Fox Chapel, Lawrenceville Catholic, General Braddock, Armstrong, Gateway and Canevin participate. Churchill wins the WPHSHL crown over Richland in 4-3 in overtime.
- 1972-73 - Ohio Valley League forms out of the Sewickley Ice Arena and South Penn High School Hockey League forms out of the Rostraver Ice Garden
- 1975 - WPHSHL becomes Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League
- 1975 - Lake Shore Hockey League forms
- 1975 - Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League forms
- 1975 - Inaugural Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships in Erie, Pa at the Glenwood Ice Arena
- 1980 - First Flyers Cup tournament Archbishop Carroll finds a way past Haverford's star goalie Christopher Cifone and defeats Haverford High School
- 1981 - First Pennsylvania Cup, State High School Ice Hockey Championship
- 1991 - Lehigh Valley Scholastic Hockey League forms
- 1994 - CPIHL forms
- 1996 - PA Hockey Scholastic Showcase begins play
- 1999 - WPIHL, LKSHL and SHIHL merge to form PIHL
- 2000 - Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League forms
- 2004 - Eastern High School Hockey League forms
- 2005 - AAA League forms for Flyers Cup
- 2007 - Inter County Scholastic Hockey League splits into three divisions, ICSHL Central, ICSHL Chester County and ICSHL Independents, to copy the divisions PIAA uses to organize schools in other sports
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