West Virginia high school hockey

Ice hockey is a fairly new high school sport in the state of West Virginia. Six high schools field teams, all of which are located in the northern portion of the state, and all compete in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League.

Morgantown High School and University High School and other schools in the area combine to play under the same team. the Morgantown Mohawks have won three straight WVHL championships in '18,'19,'20.

Competition format
West Virginia's organized league is the WVHL established in 2018. the league has adopted the Bob Otten trophy as the trophy of the WVHL state tournament which is held in Wesbanco arena in Wheeling,WV in February, and all five teams participate in Western Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. Starting in 2005, a state championship began featuring all of the state's teams. In the first championship was held in 2005, Wheeling Park defeating Wheeling Central Catholic 2-1.

Historical timeline
1995 - Wheeling Park adds Ice Hockey 2002 - Linsly adds Ice Hockey 2005 - First West Virginia State Championship is held - in overtime Wheeling Park beats Wheeling Central 2-1.

2010 - Second overtime championship game. Wheeling Central beats Wheeling Park 2-1 on a Joey Baker goal.Joseph Baker went on to play D1 club hockey at West Virginia University.

2011 - Wheeling Central wins 11-3 over John Marshall. The win avenges Centrals only loss of the season to win their third state championship. Chas McFarland named playoff MVP.

2012 - Wheeling Central wins their third straight state championship (2010-2012) 3-2 over John Marshall. Harry Lee named playoff MVP.

2013 - Linsly defeats Wheeling Park 8-5 to win Bob Otten Cup.

2014 - Linsly defeats Wheeling Park 8-2 to win second straight Bob Otten Cup. 2015 - Linsly defeats Wheeling Park 5-3 to win third straight Bob Otten Cup. 2016 - Wheeling Central's Derek Death scores a hat trick to help Wheeling Central win their first Bob Otten cup in 3 years 2016 - Vipers Hockey WV add Ice Hockey 2017 - Wheeling Central wins second straight Bob Otten cup as they mount a comeback of 4 goals and Brian Courts nets the overtime winner making the score 8-7

2018-Morgantown Mohawks defeats Martinsburg Vipers 9-6 for the midam West Virginia State Hockey Championship.

2018 - Wheeling Central defeats Wheeling Park 6-2 to win their third straight Bob Otten cup.

2019- Morgantown Mohawks defeat Wheeling Central 5-4 in Overtime to win first Bob Otten Cup and Second WVHL championship in program history. Carter Kline was named Championship Game MVP and Quintin Smith was named Tournament MVP

2020- Morgantown Mohawks defeat Linsly 4-3 to win second straight Bob Otten Cup and Third straight WVHL championship. Daniel Arthurs was named Championship Game MVP and Brayden Wilson was Named Tournament MVP. Morgantown won the first ever shootout in State history in the semi-final match-up versus East WV Vipers Hockey 2-1 in the shootout 4-3 in the game. Goals by Brayden Wilson And Turner Lawrence led Morgantown to victory.