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Flyers Cup Class AA Semifinals Preview

  1. North Penn vs. 5. Downingtown West 8:45 at Hatfield Ice
  1. North Penn

Coach: Kevin Vaitis

Record: 24-1

Key players: So. Andy Norton .927 save %; Sr. James Boyle 2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points in tournament; Jr. Samuel Norton 3-4-7; Sr. Nolan Shingle (F), 3-5-8

In this tournament: Def. Shawnee 9-2 in first round; def. Owen J. Roberts 6-3 in quarterfinals

5. Downingtown West

    Coach: Brett Mackell

    Record: 13-8-1

    Key players: Sr. Justin Adams .926 save %; So. Peter Budaj 0 goals, 8 assists, 8 points; Jr. Braiden Maya 3-1-4; Jr. Brady Cusa 2-2-4; Logan Brown 2-2-4; Nate Ochranek 2-2-4

    In this tournament: Def. Pennridge 6-2 in first round; def.      C.B. East 6-2 in quarterfinals

2. Boyertown vs. 3 Council Rock South   8:30 at Ice Line

2. Boyertown

Coach: Joe Slowik

Record: 16-5

Key players: Lucas Yancey .915 save % Brayden Kotzen 5 goals, 2 assists, 7 points; Declan Black 0-4-4;

In this tournament: Def. Souderton 12-2 in first round: def. Pennsbury 5-3 in quarterfinals

3. Council Rock South   

Coach: Joe Houk                                                    

Record: 17-5

Key players: Trey Prozzillo .922 save %; Jake Weiner 6 goals, 1 assist, 7 points; Jordan Sarne 2-1-3; Connor Holland 1-1-2

    In this tournament: Def. Spring-Ford 6-3 in first round; def. C.B. South 3-1 in quarterfinals:

Ice chips: North Penn is attempting to become the first Class AA champion to successfully defend since Downingtown East in 2019.  Last year’s title was its first. Council Rock South won championships in 2009, ’11, and ’12. Downingtown West and Boyertown are each seeking their first Flyers Cup.

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Flyers Cup Class AAA Semifinals Preview

Thursday, March 12

  1. Holy Ghost Prep vs. 4 Malvern Prep 8:45 at Hatfield Ice
  1. Holy Ghost Prep

Coach: John Ritchie

Record: 18-4

Key players: Matt Salita .956 save %; Chase Logue 27 goals, 6 assists, 33 points; Lucas Gonzalez 11-12-23; Anthony Valeriote 7-16-23

In this tournament: Had a bye in the quarterfinals

4. Malvern Prep

    Coach: Bill  Keenan

    Record: 6-11-2

    Key players: Ryan Corrado .908 save % Jake Weingartner 7 goals, 13 assists, 20 points, Pax Hoishik 7-10-17; Logan Love 4-3-7

    In this tournament: Def. Devon Prep 6-4 in quarterfinals

2. St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 3. La Salle 6:30 at Ice Line

2. St. Joseph’s Prep

Coach:  Charlie Van Kula

      Record:17-7

       Key players: Declan Geary .929 save %; Cole Gargon 16oals, 13 assists, 29 points; Bradan Fisher 11-14-25; Michael Washlick 9-11-20

       In this tournament:  Def. Salesianum 8-0 in quarterfinals

  • La Salle

    Coach: Wally Muehlbronner                                                     

    Record: 7-13

    Key players: Anthony Foster .918 save %; Thomas Leonards 13 goals, 2 assists, 15 points; Patrick Lunsford 6-8-14; Andrew Frantz 4-8-12

    In this tournament; Def. Father Judge 6-2 in quarterfinals

    Ice  chips: The four APAC schools in this year’s semifinals have won 14 consecutive Class AAA Flyers Cup titles and 17 of the last 18. All told, La Salle has win 13 Flyers Cups (including one in Class AA), Malvern Prep 10, Holy Ghost Prep 5 (one in Class AA) and St. Joseph’s Prep 1.

Malvern Prep won a record five straight Cups from 2001-05.

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Class A Flyers Cup Semifinals

Hershey 7 West Chester East 1

 The top-seeded Trojans scored four goals in the first period and went on to a 7-1 win over the fourth-seeded Vikings in a Class A Flyers Cup semifinal Tuesday night at Ice Line. Blake Umberger and Callan Peterson scored twice each for Hershey. Bryce Erwin, Cameron Kertulis, and Brady Cox also scored for Hershey, which won this tournament two years ago.

Cole Pariseault scored the only goal for the fourth-seeded Vikings in the third period.

West Chester East 0 0 1—1

Hershey 4 1 2—7

Penncrest 5 Kennett 2

Trailing 1-0 in the first period, the second-seeded Lions reeled off five straight goals to post a Class A semifinal win at Ice Line Tuesday night.

Keane Naugle, Nash Grant, and Benett Sullivan scored goals before the first period ended. Christian Vernacchio and Sebouh Flett added goals in the second.

Luke Ganly  and Lucas Mott scored goals for the third-seeded Blue Demons

Kennett 1 0 1—2

Penncrest 3 2 0—5

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What Lies Ahead/Flyers Cup Schedule

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the 47th Flyers Cup

Fifteen of the top 16 seeds (four in each classification) have reached the semifinals.

Tuesday March 10

Class A Semifinals

Hershey 7 West Chester East 1

Penncrest 5 Kennett 2

Wednesday, March 11

Girls Semifinals

Avon Grove 9 West Chester East 1

Lower Merion 3 Downingtown West 2

Thursday, March 12

Class AAA Semifinals

  1. Holy Ghost Prep vs 4. Malvern Prep        8:45 at Hatfield Ice
  2. St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 3. La Salle                6:30 at Ice Line

Class AA Semifinals

  1. North Penn vs 5. Downingtown West      6:30 at Hatfield Ice
  2. Boyertown vs 3. Council Rock South        8:30 at Ice Line

Monday, Match 16

Class A Final                  6:30 at Ice Line

Tuesday, March 17

Class AA Final       TBD at Hatfield

Class AAA Final     TBD at Hatfield

Thursday, March 19

Girls Final            7:00 at PNY

North Penn 6 Owen J. Roberts 3

Over the course of his four-year career at North Penn, James Boyle has made it a point to step up when his team needed him most. He came up big Thursday night.

Boyle set the tone by scoring his team’s first two goals in the second period as the Knights bested Owen J. Roberts 6-3 at Hatfield Ice Arena to advance to the Class AA Flyers Cup semifinals. The top-seeded and defending-champion Knights (24-1) will face fourth seed Downingtown West next Thursday in the semifinal at the same venue (6:30 start).

Boyle, who is regarded as one of the area’s premier defensemen, missed Tuesday’s first-round win over Shawnee due to illness.

“It was good to get back,” he said, and get a couple right away.”

North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis cited Boyle’s contributions to the Knights’ success over the past two seasons.

“I said at one point that {North Penn’s Samuel Norton} is probably the best player in the league,” Vaitis said, “but James is right up there. He’s honestly, the energy of this team.

“We won on Tuesday but it wasn’t our best game. We were missing something; were missing James.”

The evening’s opening goal was set up when Norton made a dash down the left wing and made a cross-ice pass to Boyle who collected the puck between the circles and beat Wildcat goaltender Page Faith on the netminder’s glove/left side 6:55 into the frame. It was his 16th goal of the season.

His 17th came five-and-a-half minutes later when Vaitis used his timeout with the Knights in the midst of an extended power play; the Wildcats’ Maximillian Connell was serving a double minor for boarding and unsportsmanlike conduct. One minute, 37 seconds later, Quinn Rafter was sent off for slashing Vaitis took advantage of the situation to give his power-play unit a breather.

“I think that was huge,” Boyle said, “to settle down and just gather ourselves to capitalize on the five-on-three. I think we needed it, just to settle ourselves down.”

North Penn’s two-man advantage was extended when the Wildcats’ Jaxton Rafter drew a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct followed by a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct

By the time things had quieted down, Nolan Shingle and Chris Silvotti had added power play goals and North Penn had a 4-0 lead.

“We had a full five-on-three for two minutes,” Vaitis said. “It was a 1-0 game at the time. Our power play unit was out there at the beginning of {the four-minute power play}. We called a timeout to draw a couple things up, but also to give them a breather.

“It was a big moment for us, and the boys did a great job on that power play.”

Declan Leahy extended North Penn’s lead 5:38 into the third period before Brody Majcher got Owen J. Roberts (13-8) on the scoreboard with 9:42 left in regulation. Shingle added a sixth goal for the Knights before Richie Pupek and Tyler Moyer added goals for the Wildcats.

Emotions were on edge throughout the final period. By evening’s end, each team had been called for 10 penalties.

Now the Knights will prepare for Downingtown West.

“It’s going to be a tough game,” Vaitis said. “They’re a good team down there in the Intercounty League. We have some time off here to go rest up, practice Monday, watch some film on Monday, and get ready for therm.”

Owen J. Roberts 0 0 3—3

North Penn 0 4 2—6

Second-period goals: James Boyle (NP) from Samuel Norton and Nolan Shingle, 6:55; Boyle (NP) from Norton, 12:18: Shingle (MP) from Ismael Cabrales and Norton, 13:21; Chris Silvotti (NP) from Shingle, 14:21

Third-period goals: Declan Leahy from Silvotti and Gavin Lombardi, 4:38; Brody Majcher (OJR) from Colin Daugherty, 7:18; Norton (MP) from Shingle, 9:44; Richie Pupek (OJR) from Daugherty, 14:14; Tyler Moyer (OJR) from Majcher and Tanner Nau, 15:21

Shots:  OJR 41, North Penn 50; Saves: Page Faith (OJR) 44, Andy Norton (NP) 38

Council Rock South 3 Central Bucks South 1

By Karen Sangillo

It’s one of the great truths in sports.

It’s difficult to beat the same team three times in a season. 

Council Rock South showed just how true it is, beating Central Bucks South, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of the Flyers Cup Class 2A tournament on Thursday night at Hatfield Ice Arena. 

It was the fourth meeting of the season between the two SHSHL rivals. They split in the regular season, but CB South shut out the Golden Hawks, 2-0, in the league semifinals. 

“We were definitely thinking about that,” CR South captain Jake Weiner said. “This is bigger and I think we did a good job. They’re a great team. They’ve got some of the best players over there. 

“We just worked hard and played our game the right way and we won. It’s always great to beat a rival. It’s hard to beat the same team three times in a row, but also we knew how they were going to play. They like to bring the guy low and shoot up high with the pass, so we played that perfect.”

The second period made up for an uneventful first period. 

Connor Holland netted his first goal of the tournament to put the third-seeded Golden Hawks on the board first, seven minutes into the second frame. 

With 2:24 remaining Weiner received a two-minute roughing penalty, and that was the opening the Titans needed. Eleven seconds into the power play, Ryan Montagna scored his fourth goal of the tourney for sixth seed CB South to tie the game.

“I was so proud of them,” said CB South coach Josh Sklar. “They battled their way back. They faced that adversity. They didn’t give up. They kept pushing and made good things happen.

“When you see a team as many times as we’ve seen each other, they know what we have and we know what they have. There’s no more surprises. It’s hard to beat a team three times in a row.”

Thirty seconds into the third period, Jordan Sarne scored what would prove to be the game winner. Weiner capped the evening with an insurance goal.  

“It was a good game,” said CR South coach Joe Houk. “We had a game plan. We had to shut them down in the neutral zone because that’s where they beat us the last two games. If you control the neutral zone, that’s where you win or lose games.

“Our game plan was a good one and we stuck to it. Our kids battled hard and persevered. We got that early goal in the third period and that helped.”  

Weiner capped the evening with an insurance goal.  

“When they tied it up, that’s when the killer instinct kicked in for us,” Weiner said. “We started working really hard, doing what we needed to do. It was beautiful.”

The Golden Hawks will face second seed Boyertown, a 5-3 winner over No. 10 Pennsbury, in the semifinals on Thursday at Hatfield. 

“It’s a must-win game,” Weiner said. “We have a lot of seniors here, we’ve all lost the last three years in a row and we’ll do everything we can to try to beat them.”

CB South had a young roster this season and can expect continued growth next year. 

“We lost I think eight seniors so we had a lot of people coming in,” Sklar said. “Lot of people stepping into roles but they grew into them as the year went on. We gave them the tools and they took it and ran. They did everything we could ask for. This was a very good learning experience and next year we’ll hit the ground running again.”

CB South 0 1 0—1

CR South  0 1 2—3

Second period goals: Connor Holland (CRS) from Aidan Judge and Jordan Sarne, 6:57; Ryan Montagna (CBS) from Dominic Gibson, 14:47;

Third period goals: Sarne (CRS) from Jake Weiner, 0:30; Weiner (CRS) from Chase Stratton and Allen Pronin, 6:18

Shots: CB South 25, CR South 27; Saves: Nathan Napolitano (CBS) 20

Flyers Cup Results Thursday, March 5

Class AA Quarterfinals

Boyertown 5 Pennsbury 3—The 10th-seeded Falcons held leads of 2-0 and 3-2 but fell to the second-seeded Bears at Ice Line. Shane Gleisener, Connor Gray, and Francis DeLucia scored for Pennsbury

Council Rock South 3 vs. Central Bucks South 1

Downingtown West 6 Central Bucks East 2—Alex Wilson and Ethan Cenci scored for the 13th Patriots in the loss to the fifth-seeded Whippets at Ice Line. Graziani scored twice for the Hatters. Joey Magnin also scored.

North Penn 6 Owen J. Roberts 3

Class A Quarterfinals

Penncrest 9 Garnet Valley 0

Kennett 8 Hatboro-Horsham 3— Thord-seeded Kennett built a 6-0 lead over the sixth-seeded Hatters at Ice Line.

Hershey 4 West Chester Henderson 3

West Chester East 6 Marple Newtown 2

Wednesday March 4

Girls Quarterfinals

West Chester East 10 Conestoga 3

Lower Merion 10 Radnor 0

Downingtown West 10 Radnor 0

Tuesday, March 3

Class AAA Quarterfinals

La Salle 6 Father Judge 2 see story for details

Malvern Prep 6 Devon Prep 4—Ryan Jacobs scored two goals as the fourth-seeded Frairs bested the fifth-seeded Tide at Ice Line to earn a spot in the semifinals against top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep. James Young, Cole Scarbinsky, Pax Hoishik, and William McCullough all scored for Malvern Prep. Ryan Caterino made 25 saves in goal.

St. Joseph’s Prep 8 Salesianum 0—Cole Gargon scored twice and six other players added one goal each as the second-seeded Hawks shut out the seventh-seeded Sallies at the Skatium. Aiden Quinn, Connor Martin, Frankie Ely, Cole Sullivan, Bradan Fisher, and Vincent Burnett all scored for the Prep, which will face La Salle in next Thursday’s semifinals. Declan Geary earned the shutout in goal.

“I thought we played with incredible speed and that really opened up our offense,” said St. Joseph’s Prep coach Charlie van Kula. We knew Salesianum was going to be a good test. In the past we may have let our foot off the gas a bit, but I am proud of how our guys stayed dialed in, stayed positive, and played for one another.”

Class AA First Round

Owen J, Roberts 7 Avon Grove 5

Central Bucks South 4 Downingtown East 3—Ryan Montagna’s goal with 11:03 left in regulation proved to be the game winner as the sixth-seeded Titans outlasted 11th seed Downingtown East at Hatfield Ice. It was Montagna’s third goal of the game. He also added three assists.

Pennsbury 8 Haverford 5—Jacob Sarver scored three goals an added an assist an Shane Gleisner provided two goals and three assists as the 10th-seeded Falcons bested seventh seed Haverford at the Skatium to advance to the quarterfinals.

Council Rock South 6 Spring-Ford 3—Jake Weiner scored five goals for the third-seeded Hawks, two in the third period

Boyertown 12 Souderton 2—Maxwell Ryon and Matthew Ceoss scored for the 15th-seeded Indians in the loss to the second-seeded Bears at Ice Line.

North Penn 9 Shawnee 2—the top-seeded and defending champion Knights scored four goals in the first period and went on to the win over the 16th-seeded Renegades. Samuel Norton, Gabriel Dunn, Nolan Shingle, and Chris Silvotti each scored twice. Derek Lugara also scored for North Penn which will face Owen J. Roberts in the quarterfinals.

Monday, March 2

Class AA  First Round

Central Bucks East 6 Conestoga 3—Trailing 3-2 after two periods, the 13th-seeded Patriots scored four goals in the third and stunned the fourth-seeded Pioneers Monday night at Ice Line. Evan Asimmakopoulos scored what proved to be the winning goal with 13:44 left in regulation. Ethan Cenci extended the lead with a power-play goal with 12:18 left and added an empty-net goal with 21 seconds remaining.

Cole Kleindienst, Morris Ostrobrod and Samuel Gottesman also scored for East whih will face North Penn or Shawnee in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Downingtown West 6 vs. Pennridge 2—Fifth-seed Downingtown West broke  the game open Monday night with three second-period goals and built a 5-0 third-period lead before Ryan Burke and Lanndon Bishop scored for the 12th-seeded Rams, who closed the season at 6-12-1.
 

Class A First Round

Garnet Valley 2 Palmyra 1

West Chester Henderson 6 Plymouth Whitemarsh 3 see story for details

Marple Newtown 5 West Chester Rustin 1

Hatboro-Horsham 10, Radnor 0 see story for details

Flyers Cup Results

Tuesday, March 3

Class AAA Quarterfinals

La Salle 6 Father Judge 2 see story for details

Malvern Prep 6 Devon Prep 4—Ryan Jacobs scored two goals as the fourth-seeded Frairs bested the fifth-seeded Tide at Ice Line to earn a spot in the semifinals against top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep. James Young, Cole Scarbinsky, Pax Hoishik, and William McCullough all scored for Malvern Prep. Ryan Caterino made 25 saves in goal.

St. Joseph’s Prep 8 Salesianum 0—Cole Gargon scored twice and six other players added one goal each as the second-seeded Hawks shut out the seventh-seeded Sallies at the Skatium. Aiden Quinn, Connor Martin, Frankie Ely, Cole Sullivan, Bradan Fisher, and Vincent Burnett all scored for the Prep, which will face La Salle in next Thursday’s semifinals. Declan Geary earned the shutout in goal.

“I thought we played with incredible speed and that really opened up our offense,” said St. Joseph’s Prep coach Charlie van Kula. We knew Salesianum was going to be a good test. In the past we may have let our foot off the gas a bit, but I am proud of how our guys stayed dialed in, stayed positive, and played for one another.”

Class AA First Round

Owen J, Roberts 7 Avon Grove 5

Central Bucks South 4 Downingtown East 3—Ryan Montagna’s goal with 11:03 left in regulation proved to be the game winner as the sixth-seeded Titans outlasted 11th seed Downingtown East at Hatfield Ice. It was Montagna’s third goal of the game. He also added three assists.

Pennsbury 8 Haverford 5—Jacob Sarver scored three goals an added an assist an Shane Gleisner provided two goals and three assists as the 10th-seeded Falcons bested seventh seed Haverford at the Skatium to advance to the quarterfinals.

Council Rock South 6 Spring-Ford 3—Jake Weiner scored five goals, two of them in the third period, a the third-seeded Golden Hawks held off the 14th-seeded Rams at Hatfield Ice.

Boyertown 12 Souderton 2—Maxwell Ryon and Matthew Ceoss scored for the 15th-seeded Indians in the loss to the second-seeded Bears at Ice Line.

North Penn 9 Shawnee 2—the top-seeded and defending champion Knights scored four goals in the first period and went on to the win over the 16th-seeded Renegades. Samuel Norton, Gabriel Dunn, Nolan Shingle, and Chris Silvotti each scored twice. Derek Lugara also scored for North Penn which will face Owen J. Roberts in the quarterfinals.

C.B. South 4, Downingtown East 3—See story for details

Wednesday March 4

Girls Quarterfinals

4. Conestoga vs 5. West Chester East 5:00 at PNY

2. Downingtown West vs. 7 Pennridge 8:45 at PNY

3. Lower Merion Maroon v. 6 Radnor 6:45 at PNY

Monday, March 2

Class AA  First Round

Central Bucks East 6 Conestoga 3—Trailing 3-2 after two periods, the 13th-seeded Patriots scored four goals in the third and stunned the fourth-seeded Pioneers Monday night at Ice Line. Evan Asimmakopoulos scored what proved to be the winning goal with 13:44 left in regulation. Ethan Cenci extended the lead with a power-play goal with 12:18 left and added an empty-net goal with 21 seconds remaining.

Cole Kleindienst, Morris Ostrobrod and Samuel Gottesman also scored for East whih will face North Penn or Shawnee in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Downingtown West 6 vs. Pennridge 2—Fifth-seed Downingtown West broke  the game open Monday night with three second-period goals and built a 5-0 third-period lead before Ryan Burke and Lanndon Bishop scored for the 12th-seeded Rams, who closed the season at 6-12-1.
 

Class A First Round

Garnet Valley 2 Palmyra 1

West Chester Henderson 6 Plymouth Whitemarsh 3 see story for details

Marple Newtown 5 West Chester Rustin 1

Hatboro-Horsham 10, Radnor 0 see story for details