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Stars Win Krolak Cup

By Glenview Stars Staff, 04/20/09, 10:37AM CDT

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Defeat Sweden's Huddinge White Team 3-1 in Finals

The Glenview Stars played in the Krolak Cup tournament and have emerged victorious. In a hard fought game, the Glenview Stars defeated the Huddinge White team by a score of 3-1. After getting beaten by the same team 6-2, Glenview pulled together and shut down the Huddinge White team.

It has been about nine years since a Stars team has won this tournament. The Krolak Cup is sponsored by Northbrook Bluehawks and Glenview Stars and gives Bantam-age kids a chance to interact with players and their families from Sweden for the week-long event.

The Stars team is coached by Glenview Stars PeeWee coach Jim Philbin, who also won the state championship for the Glenbrook South hockey team in 2006. He was helped by Loyola Academy coach Joe Townsend, who also works at the Glenview Ice Center.

The team was comprised of mainly current and former Stars who will be attending Glenbrook South or Loyola Academy in the coming years. This years champs:

  • Michael Blasucci
  • Trey Buckingham
  • Matt Caldwell
  • Andrew Cole
  • Michael Dillion
  • Michael Donato
  • Connor Dunham
  • Creigton Helms
  • Aiden Lombard
  • Kevin Morrisson
  • Kyle Pauly
  • Joseph Rodriguez
  • Zachary Scholl
  • Josh Searles
  • Jack Washburn

View larger photos from the tournament.