West Chester Rustin Knights

    DLN ALL-AREA: Boys Hockey First Team, Second Team, Honorable Mention & Coaches of the Year

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    In addition to Player of the Year Jason Grande, the rest of the DLN All-Area Boys Hockey team: FIRST TEAM FORWARDS Joey Impagliazzo, Jr., Unionville One of the most underrated players in the ICSHL, Impagliazzo led the Ches-Mont in points (44), tied for first in assists (23) and second in goals with 21. The junior helped the Indians’ offense to a third-place ranking in the league. Unionville...


    CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT 2017 USA HOCKEY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    Pure Division Recap: In the Pure Division championship game, Bayard Rustin survived a late charge from California's Santa Margarita Catholic High School to earn a 4-3 victory. Four different goal-scorers help pace the Knights, including Penney Cade, who also added two assists. Goaltender Jason Grande made 37 saves to earn his fourth victory of the tournament. Bayard Rustin’s victory av...


    A 2017 Philly area Hockey team wins National championship

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    ongrats to the Rustin Bayard Knights who just won the 2017 Pure division USA Hockey High School national championship, taking the final 4-3 over a tough California team, the Santa Margarita Catholic Eagles. Santa Margarita, who plays in the Orange County league, is coached by ex-NHL player Craig Johnson, and featured leading scorer Leevi Selane, son of NHL legend Teemu. The Eagles previously...


    DLN ALL-AREA: Rustin goalie Grande caps brilliant career with triple-trophy season

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    When informed that his goalie Jason Grande was going to be named the Player of the Year, West Chester Rustin coach Nick Russo put it very bluntly. “If it was anybody other than Jason,” Russo said, “that would be a travesty.” The wrath of Russo will be spared as Grande was head and shoulders above the pack and has certainly earned the right to be named the Daily Local News...


    West Chester Rustin wins USA Hockey national championship

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    In USA Hockey’s Pure Division title game, the West Chester Rustin Golden Knights survived a late charge from California’s Santa Margarita Catholic High School to earn a 4-3 victory in the national championship game of the USA Hockey High School Nationals, held in Cleveland, Ohio. Four different goal-scorers help pace Rustin, including Penney Cade, who also added two assists. Goaltende...


    Rustin's run to a National Title one to remember for Russo & Co.

    Date:04/19/2017  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    The West Chester Rustin hockey team didn’t visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during its trip to Cleveland last week, but it did come home with a record and a little bit of history. The Golden Knights competed in the USA Hockey National High School championships, along with Downingtown East. After a three-game round-robin and a quarterfinal and a semifinal, Rustin played Santa Margarita o...


    Girls Varsity v. Dtown East

    Date:10/19/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    Re: Rustin Girls vs Downingtown East, IceLine, Friday, Oct. 14   The Rustin Girls played their 2nd League game against perennial powerhouse Dtown East Friday night at IceLine. The Team showed off their offensive skills, outshooting Dtown 47 to 21 in a losing effort. Jess Ciarrocchi scored her first Hat Trick of the season, beating an outstanding Dtown goalie 4 times. Alexandria Rodney a...


    Girls Varsity Wins Over Avon Grove

    Date:10/04/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    RUSTIN GIRLS VARSITY EXCEL IN PRE-SEASON TUNE-UP WITH 12-5 WIN!!!         Congratulations to the Rustin Girls Varsity for their 12-5 pre-season win    over Avon Grove at the Pond in Newark, Delaware.           The Rustin Girls looked terrific in this tune up for the regular season.         Rory Essick led Rustin’s sco...


    Rustin shows off it's Red White and Blue

    Date:09/11/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    Rustin Ice Hockey showed off its red, white and blue this summer in the Thronbury Township 4th of July Parade. Players rode in the back of pickup truck while Coach Russo and his VIP guest, the PA  State Championship Cup, rode in style. ...


    Summer Clinic

    Date:09/11/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    20 players participated in six on ice session, six cross training sessions at Power Train and three team building sessions including miniature golf, Ninja Worrier training at I Core and obstacle course work at Paradise Farm. The boys had a blast! ...


    Rustin captures third straight state title

    Date:09/09/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    STATE COLLEGE – Freshman Matt Owens posted a hat trick and junior Jason Grande notched the shutout with 22 saves as West Chester Rusting secured its third straight state ice hockey championship with a 6-0 blanking of Franklin Regional at Pegula Ice Arena on the campus of Penn State Saturday. Senior Brett Christie found the back of the net twice and fellow senior Hayden Karnick also lit the ...


    Rustin Ice Springfield for Title in Flyers Cup 'A'

    Date:09/05/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

    West Goshen Twp. >> West Chester Rustin’s revelry broke the silence seeping from Springfield’s locker room. The Knights, 4-1 winners over the Cougars in the Flyers Cup A Final, congregated in the narrow hallway from both sides, each player punctuating his entrance with a shout. They’ve been through this routine before. This was Rustin’s third consecutive title an...


    W.C. Rustin looks to three-peat at states

    Date:09/05/2016  Source:West Chester Rustin Knights 

      STATE COLLEGE >> After two successful seasons coming to Penn State’s Pegula Ice Arena, West Chester Rustin finds itself returning to Happy Valley to go for three. Three consecutive Pennsylvania High School Hockey A Championships, that is. Rustin won the title in 2014 over Quaker Valley, in 2015 over Mars and now, the Golden Knights will look to go for a three-peat Saturd...