North Penn 3 C.B. East 1

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Cole Pluck scored two goals, including the game winner with 7:27 left in the third period, as North Penn bested Central Bucks East 3-1 Wednesday night in a SHSHL National Division skirmish at Hatfield Ice.

The win lifted the Knights (12-2, 11-2 in the division) into a tie for first place in the National Division standings with Council Rock South; the Golden Hawks have a game in hand.  North Penn was listed third in the latest set of Class AA Flyers Cup rankings that were released on Monday.
Pluck scored the first goal of the night during a power play when he beat Cole Breen in the East net with 1:20 left in the second period.

The Patriots (4-8, 4-7 in the division) got the equalizer from Jaden Young 37 seconds into the final period.

Pluck’s winning goal came just seconds after the Patriots’ Charlie Keiser was accessed a double-minor penalty for slashing and unsportsmanlike conduct.

Nolan Shingle added the last goal of the night for North Penn with 49 seconds remaining.

“We did a lot of good things offensively and played much better defensively than we did last Friday (in an 8-7 win over Souderton) said North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis. “Central Bucks East is very good defensive team and Breen in goal might be one of the best in the league. I was glad to see the boys continue to work hard offensively and cycle the puck and eventually led to some goals. We spent some time cleaning up our power play at practice and I think it showed with two goals tonight.

“Aidan Quigley stood strong in net for us when needed as well.”

North Penn 0 1 2—3

C.B. East 0 0 1—1

Second-period goal: Cole Pluck (NP) from Declan Leahy, 15:40

Third-period goal: Jaden Young (CBE) unassisted, :37; Pluck (NP) from Chase Kelly Del Ricci and Danial Cabrales; Nolan Shingle (NP) from Samuel Norton, 16:11

Shots: North Penn 36, C.B. East 13 Saves: Cole Breen (CBE) 33. Aidan Quigley (NP) 12

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Rick has worked in print and broadcast journalism for more than 35 years. He's covered golf in one medium or another for more than 30. He is the co-author of the book So You Want to Play Golf with PGA professional Kim Verrecchio and the host of the Women's Golf Report podcast. Most recently, Rick served as an associate editor for The Mulligan Magazine. He also served as an associate editor for Philadelphia Golf Magazine and New Jersey State Golf from 2004-07. Rick covered his first LPGA Tour event in 1986 and continues to cover women's golf for various media outlets. High on his bucket list is having the opportunity to one day play in an LPGA Tour pro am. Rick is also a longtime correspondent for two suburban Philadelphia daily newspapers, the Intelligencer and the Bucks County Courier Times in Doylestown, PA. Over the course of his career he has coverzed a wide variety of sporting events. He is also a veteran play by play and public address announcer, and handles the PA mic for the nationally ranked Delaware Valley University football program. Rick is also a longtime contributor to Referee, a magazine devoted to sports officiating. He called his first baseball game at age 13 and continues to umpire softball and baseball today.

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