Flyers Cup Field Set

A total of 44 teams have been named to compete in the 43rd edition of the Flyers Cup tournament. The scholastic hockey showcase will get underway on Monday, March 7 and continue through Tuesday, March 22

Virtually the entire tournament will be contested at either Ice Line in West Goshen Township near West Chester, or at Hatfield Ice in Hatfield Township.

Class AAA

1. Malvern Prep

2. LaSalle

3. St Joe’s Pep

4. Holy Ghost Prep

5. Father Judge

6. Cardinal O’Hara

 Class AA

1. Pennridge

2. Haverford

3. CR South

4. Pennsbury

5  Avon Grove

6 Downingtown West

7 Conestoga

8 Downingtown East

9 Cumberland Valley

10 Neshaminy

11 CB South

12 CB East

13 OJ Roberts

14 Abington

15 Souderton

16 Ridley

Class A

1 West Chester East

2 Springfield

3 West Chester Bayard Rustin

4 Hershey

5 CR North

6 Palmyra

7 West Chester Henderson

8 Plymouth Whitemarsh

9 Radnor

10 Wissahickon

11 Strath Haven

12 Penncrest

South Jersey/Delaware

1 Salesianum

2 Eastern

3 Shawnee

4 Moorestown

Girls

1 Avon Grove

2 West Chester Henderson

3 Downingtown West

4 Unionville

5 Pennridge

6 Conestoga

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What follows is the schedule for each bracket. Locations for games past the first round are not finalized and will be determined based on the results of the previous round. The Class AAA, AA, and A champions will move on to state championship games against the Penguins Cup champions in their respective classes. Those games are scheduled for Saturday, March 26 at Ice Line.

Class A

Monday, March 7

First Round

8 Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. 9 Radnor 7:30 at Hatfield Gray

5 Council Rock North vs. 12 Pennncrest 8:30 at Hatfield Blue

6 Palmyra vs. 11 Strath Haven 8:45 at Ice Line 1

7 West Chester Henderson vs. 10 Wissahickon 6:45 at Ice Line 1

Thursday, March 10

Quarterfinals

1 West Chester East vs. Wissahickon/Radnor 6:45 at Ice Line 1

4 Hershey vs. CR North or Penncrest 8:30 at Ice Line 3

3 WC. Bayard Rustin vs Palmyra/Strath Haven 8:45 at PNY

2 Springfield Delco vs. WC Henderson/Wissahickon 6:30 at Ice Line 3

Tuesday, Match 15

Semifinals

Monday, March 21

Finals

Class AA

Tuesday, March 8

First Round

1 Pennridge vs. 16 Ridley 6:30 at Hatfield

8 Downingtown East vs. 9 Cumberland Valley 6:45 at Ice Line 3

4 Pennsbury vs. 13 O.J. Roberts 6:00 at Hatfield Blue

5 Avon Grove vs. 12 C.B. East 6:30 at Ice Line 1

3 Council Rock South vs. 14 Abington 8:10 at Hatfield Blue

6 Downingtown West vs.11 C.B. South 8:30 at Ice Line 1

7 Conestoga vs. 10 Neshaminy 9:15 at Skatium

2 Haverford vs. 15 Souderton 7:30 at Skatium

Thursday, March 10

Quarterfinals

Pr/Ridley vs. D-town East/Cum. Valley

Pennsbury/OJR vs. Avon Grove/CBE

CR South/Ab vs. D-town West/CB South

Conestoga/Nesh. Vs. Haverford or Soud.

Thursday, March 17

Semifinals

Tuesday, March 22

Finals

Class AAA

Thursday, Match 10

First Round

4 Holy Ghost Prep vs 5 Father Judge 6:00 at Hatfield Gray

3 St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 6 Cardinal O’Hara 6:45 at PNY

Wednesday, March 16

Semifinal

HGP/Father Judge vs. Malvern Prep 6:45 Ice Line

Thursday, March 17

Semifinal

SJP/O’Hara vs. La Salle 6:30 at Hatfield Gray

Tuesday, March 22

Finals

Girls

Tuesday, March 16

First Round

4 Unionville vs. 5 Pennridge 6:00 at Ice Line

3 Downingtown West vs Conestoga 6:00 at Ice Line

Friday, March 25

Finals 8:00 at Ice Line 

New Jersey/Delaware

Friday, March 18 

Semifinals

1 Salesianum vs. 4 Moorsetown 6:00 at Voorhees Coliseum

2 Eastern vs. 3 Shawnee 8:00 at Voorhees Coliseum

Thursday, March 24

Finals 7:30 at Voorhees Coliseum

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The Flyers Cup Selection Show is available HERE

Host Mike Samsel chats with Flyers Cup Committee President Eric Tye, with representatives of each of the top-seeded teams, and myself.

ED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY FOUNDATION AND FLYERS CHARITIES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO BUILD OUTDOOR STREET HOCKEY RINK AT SCANLON REC CENTER IN KENSINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD

FLYERS CHARITIES DONATES $400,000 TO SNIDER HOCKEY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT

RENOVATIONS TO INCLUDE REFURBISHED PLAYGROUND AND NEW ALL-PURPOSE SPORTS WALL

PHILADELPHIA (February 26, 2022) – The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and Flyers Charities announced today plans to build a multi-purpose outdoor street hockey rink at the Joseph Scanlon Recreation Center (1099 E. Venango Street) in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Once completed, this facility will allow Snider Hockey to expand their programming in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation Department. As part of the project, Snider Hockey, the Flyers, and the Parks & Recreation Department will also refurbish the existing playground and construct a new, dedicated all-purpose sports wall at Scanlon Recreation Center.

This morning, Snider Hockey and Flyers Charities unveiled their plans for the new street hockey facility during a special, pre-game event at Well Fargo Center prior to the club’s Flyers Charities Game. During the event, Flyers Charities presented Snider Hockey with a $400,000 check in support of this groundbreaking project. The $400,000 donation marks one of Flyers Charities’ most-significant contributions for a single initiative and advances the organization’s ongoing commitment to growing the game of hockey throughout the diverse Philadelphia region.

“This project is aimed at deepening our collective commitment to the children, youth, and families in this community,” said Scott Tharp, President, Snider Hockey. “By partnering with the Flyers, Philadelphia Parks & Rec, and the office of Councilwoman Sanchez, we’re expanding the year-round structured recreational, academic, and life-enrichment services that Snider Hockey provides on a daily basis during the out-of-school-time hours when kids are most vulnerable to undesirable influences. But, more importantly, we’re able to put more smiles on more faces while helping to create equitable opportunities for our youth to chase and achieve their dreams. By working together, we can truly make a world of difference in the City of Philadelphia.”

“This project is a perfect example of the Flyers’ commitment to the city of Philadelphia and our incredible partnership with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation,” said Valerie Camillo, President of Business Operations for the Philadelphia Flyers. “This is one of the largest individual charitable contributions our organization has ever made, and it’s fitting that it’s a partnership with Snider Hockey to help ensure families in the Kensington neighborhood are able to enjoy the game of hockey right in their community. The Flyers belong to the entire city of Philadelphia, and this project will send a lasting, clear message that hockey and the Flyers are for everyone—honoring the legacy of Ed Snider.”

“Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is so grateful to Flyers Charities for this investment in the Scanlon Recreation Center and the youth it serves,” said Kathryn Ott Lovell, Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. “The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation is an outstanding partner to Parks & Rec, providing youth development and empowerment programs that extend far beyond the ice. The investment we are celebrating today will expand access to safe, fun youth recreation in Kensington.” 

“I am thrilled that with the Flyers and Snider Foundation we can bring more programming and improved facilities to Kensington,” said Philadelphia City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez. “Our public-private partnerships are essential to making the community investments every neighborhood deserves.”

In partnership with the City of Philadelphia, Snider Hockey operates programs at the Scanlon Rink and four other city-owned rinks in Philadelphia. In addition, Snider Hockey provides FREE after-school hockey, education, and life skills programming at locations across Philadelphia. All students can also engage in Snider Hockey’s educational programs, including homework help, career development, and high school and college scholarships.

Since Snider Hockey partnered with the City of Philadelphia to enclose the rinks in 2020, Scanlon Rink has flourished, averaging 325 program participants annually. Snider Hockey’s academic support sessions have helped these students achieve a 99-percent grade-to-grade matriculation rate. This year, Snider Hockey is awarding 17 full scholarships to Scanlon students at high-performing private or parochial high schools and 44 scholarships to Scanlon alumni at partnering universities. In addition, during the height of the pandemic, Snider Hockey distributed over 28,000 meals, more than 6,000 books, and provided access to vaccinations to neighbors in Kensington.

About Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation

The late Philadelphia Flyers founder Ed Snider created the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation with the ultimate goal to build lives and unite communities. He wanted to assure that Philadelphia’s inner-city young men and women had an opportunity to succeed in the game of life. With hockey as the hook to lure kids into the program, the emphasis was and continues to be education. Snider Hockey offers after-school educational assistance helping guide its participants from crayons to careers, ultimately affording those student-athletes that graduate through the program a free, four-year college tuition to one of several area colleges.  

About Flyers Charities

Flyers Charities is the nonprofit of the Philadelphia Flyers. Flyers Charities supports local nonprofits that grow the sport of hockey to be inclusive of new and diverse audiences, support families impacted by cancer, and improve sustainability and environmental responsibility. Flyers Charities’ commitment to community, service, inclusion, and legacy guides its work and through fundraising provides opportunities to engage fans, visitors, employees, and neighbors in the impact. 

Flyers Cup Facts

• The field for the 43rd Flyers Cup tournament will be revealed Sunday night, February 27. The Flyers Cup selection show will air on the Flyers Cup You Tube Channel

• The field will be selected by the Flyers Cup Competition Committee which will also determine the number of teams in each bracket.

• There are NO automatic bids and no league is assured of a certain number of bids. This is an invitational tournament.

Wissahickon 6 Plymouth Whitemarsh 4

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP— Wissahickon charged out of the starting gate Thursday night and maintained its momentum all night long. The Trojans scored three times in the first period and went on to a 6-4 win over Plymouth Whitemrsh in a SHSHL American Division semifinal at Hatfield Ice.

Third-seeded Wissahickon (9-7) will face top-seeded Abington next Thursday at the same venue for the American Division title; the Trojans are the defending champions. The second-seeded Colonials dropped to 11-5.

Both teams are hoping to land bids in the Class A Flyers Cup tournament; the field will be revealed Sunday night.

Wednesday’s game wasn’t as close as the final score might have indicated. Ty Schiff, Will Hussa, and Nick Hussa scored the Trojans’ early goals and the Colonials spent the rest of the evening playing catchup.

“We’ve been turning it on lately,” said Wissahickon coach Ken Harrington,” and playing more as a team.”

The Trojans have won four of their last five games and Harrington says his players have enjoyed the emotions that that success has generated.

“They may not know it, but they know the feel of winning,” he said.

Luke Weikel scored consecutive goals for the Colonials, the first with nine seconds left in the first period, the next at the 3:01 mark of the second, to make it a one-goal game for a time. Hudson Honeycutt and Will Hussa responded for the Trojans however and while Plymouth Whitemarsh stayed close enough to force their opponent to stay focused, the Colonials never posed a serious threat.

That was due in part to the work of Michael Bonnani in the Wissahickon net, the senior made 32 saves. Bonnani was pressed into service as a goaltender two-and-a-half seasons ago. He says he’s grown as a player since then.

“I definitely have felt improvement,” he said. “I’ve come a long way from just flopping around in the net and getting hit in the face with pucks.  I still get hit in the face but I’ve learned to deal with it better.”

Bonnani had a stout defense corps in front of him. “We played a defensive game,” said. “That’s how you beat these teams in this league. You have to play defense.

“We learned that throughout the season. We were getting scored on a lot and we had to switch it up and play team defense.”

Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Josh Aiello said the Trojans quick start proved too much to overcome but he was impressed with his players’ collective efforts.

“There’s no quit in the team,” he said. “(The game) didn’t start off favorably for us but we were dedicated and continued to nettle.

“We knew there would be a lot of back and forth especially with Wissahickon. They got the better of us tonight but I’m proud of our players.”

Wissahickon 3 2 1—6

Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 2 1—4

First-period goals: Ty Schiff (W) from Nick Hussa, 6:22 (pp); Will Hussa (W) from Schiff, 9:37; Nick Hussa (W) unassisted, 15:48; Luke Weikel (PW) from Aidan Keogh, 16:51

Second-period goals: Weikel (PW) from Dylan Novitski, 3:01; (PW); Hudson Honeycutt (W) from Griffin Lynch, 5:50 (pp); Will Hussa (W) from Honeycutt, 12:09; Timothy Murphy (PW) from Weikel, 13:45

Third-period goals: Nick Hussa (W) from A.J. Pounds, 4:34; Isaac Mishkin (PW) from Weikel, 16:46

Shots: Wissahickon 43, Plymouth Whitemarsh 36; Saves: Michael Bonnani (W) 32; Kolton Galie (PW) 37

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Abington 6 Quakertown 2

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP— Abington took its first steps on its postseason journey Thursday night. Matt Kramer and Jordan Heydt scored two goals each as the Galloping Ghosts downed Quakertown 6-2 in a SHSHL American Division semifinal at Hatfield Ice.

Top-seeded Abington (14-1) will learn Sunday if it qualifies for the Class AA Flyers Cup field before taking the ice against Wissahickon for the American Division title Thursday.

Fourth-seeded Quakertown, playing its first playoff game in its three-year tenure in the SHSHL, finishes at 7-9.

Abington coach Ken Brzozowski noted his team turned in a workmanlike effort. “It’s kind of what we’ve been doing all year,” he said, “working hard. Our philosophy is ‘Carry the puck wide, get it deep, and and then go to work. We’ve got got some skilled guy that have got some pretty good hands and can find a little hole there through open space.”

Kramer and Heydt scored first-period goals to stake their team to a 2-0 lead.

Heydt extended his team’s lead with a backhander from the low slot midway through the second session. Ryan Porter made it a 4-0 game with 56 seconds left in the period.

The Panthers however did not back down. Anthony Pagliei and Lucas Cunnane scored goals 45 seconds apart to make it a 3-2 game 3:01 into the third period.

But Quakertown couldn’t get closer. Kramer scored his second goal of the game midway through the period before Sam Paulik added a goal of his own down the stretch.

“We couldn’t be prouder of the boys,” said Quakertown coach Keith Krem. “They came out and they played hard. It didn’t go where we want it to go but we were happy to be in a playoff game and taking our season to a new step.”

Quakertown 0 0 2—2

Abington 2 2 2—6

First—period goals: Matt Kramer (A) from Joe Stelacio, 9:48; Jordan Heydt (A) unassisted, 13:33

Second-period goals: Heydt (A) 8:13; Ryan Portner (A) from Stelacio, 16:04

Third-period goals: Anthony Pagliei (Q) unassisted, 2:16; Lucas (Q) from Wilham Shaw, 3:01; Kramer (A) from Heydt and Brian Murdoch, 8:32; Sam Paulik from Pat Stelacio,15:50

Shots: Abington 29, Quakertown 20;

SHSHL Class AA Quarterfinals

Council Rock South 9 Souderton 0—Samuel Cherkassky, Bobby Gilbert, and Chase Trovsky scored two goals each as the top-seeded Golden Hawks downed the eighth-seeded Big Red Wednesday night at Revolution Ice Gardens. Three other players scored goals and Blaize Pepe contributed four assists as South advanced to the semifinals.

Council Rock North 4 Central Bucks South 3 OT—Zach Weissman scored in overtime as the fifth-seeded Indians edged the fourth-seeded Titans.

Pennridge 5 Central Bucks East 1—Jake Lowery and Shane Dachowswki each scored twice as the second-seeded Rams topped the seventh-seeded Patriots at Hatfield Ice. Aeryk Lehrhaupt also scored for Pennridge. Phil McIntyre scored for the Patriots.

Pennsbury 5 Neshaminy 2—Shane Siegmund scored two goals to help the third-seeded Falcon to the win over sixth-seeded Neshaminy at Grundy Arena. Chris Sarver, Reese Picker, and Brendan Macainsh also scored for Pennsbury. Noah Seewagen and Max Gallagher scored for Neshaminy

Semifinals Wednesday, March 2

Council Rock South vs. Council Rock North

Pennridge vs. Pennsbury

Malvern Prep 4 La Salle 1

WEST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP—Their opportunity was delayed 12 long months. Which made their accomplishment all the more satisfying.

Malvern Prep scored twice in the first period and went on to a 4-1 win over La Salle Wednesday night to claim the Founders Cup, symbolic of the championship of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference, at Ice Line.

An enthusiastic audience was on hand to see the Friars (14-3) claim the championship they did not have the opportunity to play for last season because of Covid issues; the scheduled conference final between the Friars and the Explorers was never contested.

Even after Malvern Prep went on to win the Class AAA Flyers Cup and state titles, there was something missing from a glittering resume. Wednesday’s result perhaps helped fill that void.

“It’s super satisfying,” said Friars captain Matt Harris. “We don’t have to share that trophy any more and we can bring it back to Warren Avenue and not have to split it between two teams.

“It’s good to have a full season and get what we deserve. We put in the work on Mondays in practice and brought it back to Warren Ave.

The Friars jumped in front 2:47 into the first period. Brady Doyle launched a knuckleball from just inside the blue line that caught the top right corner of the net.  According to LaSalle coach Wally Muehlbronner, goaltender Aries Carangi was screened on the play and never saw the puck.

Teague Murray hit the same corner of the net on Carangi’s glove side to make it a 2-0 game at the 13:47.From that moment on, La Salle (8-8-1) was trying to climb a very steep hill.

“They had a lot of jump,” Muehlbronner said of the Friars. “They scored some really nice goals on some really good shots. We did not have a whole lot of jump tonight. We did not give them the game that I was hoping we were going to.”

Muehlbronner said his team needed to respond of Larocque’s early goal, but didn’t. “We needed a spark after we went down 1-zip,” said,. We didn’t get it.We had a couple opportunities around the net, but nothing that was really a strong opportunity.”

At period’s end, Muehlbronner made a goaltender change, with Will Braun replacing Carangi.

Harris, the APAC’s scoring champion, extended the Friars’ lead 12:10 into the second period on what was most certainly one of the most picturesque goals of the season. The senior made a move down the right wing, cut to his left and split two defenders before beating Braun.

La Salle got on the scoreboard  on a goal from Patrick Brace 9:12 into the final period before Harris scored into an imply net with 1:47 remaining.

Brace’s goal was the only blemish on Anthony Perti’s record, the Malvern Prep netminder stopped 37 shots.

“We wanted to come in and win (the Founders Cup) for ourselves,” he said. “Keep it for ourselves and ourselves only.”

Perti said Wednesday’s game was reminiscent of last year’s Flyers Cup final, which saw the Friars top the Explorers. “Same type of game, same type of atmosphere,” he said. “Honestly I was pretty calm, didn’t think too much of it. Just another game.”

La Salle 0 0 1—1

Malvern Prep 2 1 1—4

First-period goals: Brady Doyle (MP) unassisted, 2:47; Teague Murray (MP) from Gavin Wilson, 13:47

Second-period goal: Matt Harris (MP) from Jack Shaver, 12:10

Third-period goals: Patrick Brace (L) from Ryan Desmond, 9:12; Harris (MP) from Quinn Dougherty, 15:13 (en)

Shots: La Salle 38, Malvern Prep 40; Saves: Aries Carangi (L) 12 and Will Braun (L) 24;  Anthony Perti (MP) 37

The game’s first goal

Matt Harris extended Malvern Prep’s lead in the second period.

Patrick Brace scores for La Salle

Video courtesy of Erin Schneider

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Explorers, Friars Set to Play for Founders Cup

Last year’s championship matchup never happened because of Covid issues. But La Salle and Malvern Prep are letting nothing stand in their way this season. The Explorers and the Friars will meet Wednesday night at Ice Line for the Founders Cup and the championship of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference. Game time will be 8:00.

The two teams were scheduled to meet for the Cup last season but that game was cancelled and the APAC title declared vacant. due to Covid Malvern Prep went on to defeat La Salle in the Class AAA Flyers Cup final and later won the state championship.

La Salle won the first two Founder Cup titles in 2019 and ‘20

La Salle

Coach: Wally Muehlbronner

Record: 8-7-1/4-3-0-1 in the APAC seed 2

Semifinals: def. St. Joseph’s Prep 4-1

Top scorers (APAC games only)

Keenan Schneider 5 goals, 2 assists 7 points

Max Maddalo 3 goals 3 assists 6 points

Chris Wnek 2 goals 4 assists 6 points

Malvern Prep

Coach: Bill Keenan

Record: 13-3/5-1-2-0 in APAC seeed 1

Semifinals: def. Holy Ghost Prep 4-1

Top scorers (APAC games only)

Matt Harris 11 goals, 9 assists, 20 points

 Jim Jacobs    8 goals, 9 assists, 17 points

  Jeremy Jacobs  7 goals, 7 assists, 14 points

  Pierre Larocque 5 goals, 7 assists, 12 points

Earlier this season:

November 5

Malvern Prep 2 La Salle 0—Pierre Larocque scored the winning goal with 5:55 remaining in regulation in the APAC season opener at Hatfield Ice. Matt Harris added an empty net goal.

January 24

Malvern Prep 5 La Salle 4 OT—Matt Harris scored with 1:08 remaining in overtime to give the Friars the win at Ice Line. LaSalle forced overtime. Harris and Jimmy Jacobs scored two goals each.

La Sale forced overtime with goals from Keenan Schneider and Chris Wnek in the final 87 seconds of regulation.

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Pasch Leads CR North Into Postseason

The success of Council Rock North is arguably one of the biggest surprises, if not the biggest surprise, of the Suburban High School Hockey League season.
The Indians have overcome a 1-4 start to win seven of their last nine games and post an 8-6 overall record (5-5 on Class AA divisional play) heading into this week’s SHSHL playoffs. They’re seeded fifth heading into a quarterfinal game against Central Bucks South Wednesday night.

While the Indians are a Class AA team in the SHSHL, they are listed as a Class A team for Flyers Cup purposes. They will learn Sunday if they have made the tournament field.

Will Pasch has a lot to do with all this Pasch is the Indians’ captain. As the only senior on a team with a first-year head coach (Greg McDonald), Pasch was positioned to lead his team forward, or into the abyss. That he chose the former is a testament to his leadership skills.

“I think from the very first practice, the boys wanted him to be the captain,” McDonald said, “and he wanted it, honestly. I think it hurt him that last year (when North could not field a pure team) was what it was. It’s his senior year he’s super excited to play.”

Pasch says he and his teammates jelled as the season progressed. “We started off the season pretty rocky, I think we can all agree on that,” he said, ‘but as the season went through, off the ice we just kind of bonded together as a team. We promoted the team at school and stuff and brought everybody together. We saw each other outside of school and just kind of formed a camaraderie and a friendship that I just hadn’t seen before in my four years playing here so it really says something special.”

As the postseason begins, Pasch says he and his teammates have something to prove, particularly to any naysayers that are paying attention.

“A very small amount of people expected us to be where we are right now,” he said. “That’s just something special that I’m going to cherish forever. I’m just happy that we’re able to be in the playoffs and be in the position that we’re at. Just to prove everybody wrong.”

Three Indians are among the Class AA Division’s top scorers.

Karson Grainey has accumulated 26 goals and 16 assists for 42 points; he leads the division in scoring. Nick Hahn has scored 10 goals and added 18 assists for 28 points, he’s tied for fifth on the scoring list. Jackson Accari is seventh with 16 goals and nine assists for 25 points.

Pasch does his best to see to it his teammates are focused on the task at hand. 

“Just trying to make sure everyone’s got their head in the game,” he said. I’m trying to make sure we’re focused on game day at practices. Thankfully, the boys have done a great job dealing with adversity throughout the season and ups and downs. I’m just happy that it all came together when it mattered.”

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SHSHL Update for 2-21-22

 National/Continental-Class AA     W     L     T    OTL     Pts

Pennridge (14-0-1)                             9     0     1       0       19 

Council Rock South (11-1-2)            9    0       1       0       19

Pennsbury (10-3-1)                            8      2     0      0       16

Central Bucks South (6-7-1)             6     3     0      1         13

Neshaminy (8-5-1)                             5     5     0      0         10

Council Rock North (7-7)                  5      5     0      0        10

Central Bucks East (6-8)                    5     5     0      0        10

Souderton (7-7)                                  4      6     0      0         8

Bensalem (3-11)                                 1      9     0      0          2

Central Bucks West (5-9)                   2      8     0      0        2

North Penn (1-13)                               0      10   0       0        0

American Division-Class A                   W    L   T    OTL      Pts

Abington (13-1)                                      12  0  0     0         24

Plymouth Whitemarsh (11-4)               9     3    0   0        18

Wissahickon (8-7)                                    8     4  0     0        16

Quakertown (7-8)                                    7     5  0     0        14

William Tennent (3-12)                          3      9  0    0         6

Upper Dublin (3-10-0-1)                          2    8   0     1        5

Hatboro-Horsham (1-13)                       0    11     0   0       0 

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Scoring

Class AA                                                  G      A      Pts

Karson Grainey (CRN)                         26      16     42

Shane Siegmund (PB)                        15     22       37

Brendan Macainsh (Pb)                     19      12      31

Kevin Pico (Pr)                                     16     13       29

Kevin Koles (CRS)                                13      15     28

Nick Hahn (CRN)                                 10     18       28

Jackson Accardi (CRN)                       16        9     25

Max Gallagher (Nesh)                        13       10     23

Aydin Thierolf (CBS)                           15      7        22

Anthony Pagliei (Q)                            13        8      21

Reece Millman (Pb)                           10       11     21

Class A                                                     G       A      Pts

Aidan Keogh (PW)                                 18      40     58

Luke Weikel (PW)                                  36      19     55

Matt Kramer (Ab                                   28      16     44

Joe Stelacio (Ab)                                    18      21    39

Pat Stelacio (Ab)                                    22      12     34

A.J. Pounds (Wiss)                                 18      16     34

Matthew Flynn (PW)                              9       23     32

Jack Bocul (UD)                                      22      7      29       

Will Hussa (Wiss)                                   16      15     31

Jack Bocul (UD)                                       22       7    29

Danny Hussa (Wiss)                              21       8      29