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SHSHL Playoffs Wednesday 11-25

National Division Semifinals

1 North Penn vs. 4 Central Bucks South

6:30 at Hatfield Ice

  1. North Penn

    Coach:  Kevin Vaitis

    Record: 20-1

   Key Players: Samuel Norton 24 goals, 32 assists 56 points; Chris Silvotti 23-27-51; Nolan Shingle 26-20-46; James Boyle 13-18-31; G Andy Norton .930 save %, 1.44 GAA

4. Pennsbury

Coach: Ryan Daley

Record: 13-5-1

Key players: Shane Gleisner 45 goals, 22 assists, 67 points; Shane Hicks 22-24-46; Jacob Sarver 19-21-40; Brendan Milliken .885 save%, 3.64 GAA

This year:

12-3 North Penn 6, Pennsbury 2

1-28 North Penn 7 Pennsbury 3

2 Council Rock South vs 3 Central Bucks South

7:20 at Grundy Arena

Coach:  Joe Houk

Record: 15-4

      Key players: Jake Weiner 38 goals, 19 assists, 57 points; Jordan Sarne 17-17-34; Allen Pronin 12-16-28;  Wesley Mallon 1-10-11; Trey Prozzillo .899 save %, 2.55 GAA

   3. Central Bucks South

Coach: Josh Sklar

    Record: 14-5

Key players: Ryan Frey 19 goals, 28 assists, 47 points; Ryan Montagna 28-26-34; Joey Slobodrian 15-19-34; Dominic Gibson 18-11-29; Nathan Napolitano .889 save %, 3.23 GAA

This year:

11-12 CR South 3 C.B. South 0

2-11 C.B. South 5 C.R. South 2

Ice chips: The two National Division semifinal winners will face each other in Thursday’s championship game. the highest seeded finalist will have home ice.

Council Rock South is trying to win the National Division title for fourth consecutive year. That would match the Titans’ streak from 2015-18; they also won titles in 2012 and ‘13. The Golden Hawks also claimed titles  in 2010 and 2020.  North Penn won previous titles in 2002 and ’09. Pennsbury’s only league championship came in 2021.

American Division Semifinal

2 Hatboro-Horsham vs 3 Springfield

    2  Hatboro-Horsham

   Coach: Shane Smith

  Record:

  Key players: Vince Graziani 32 goals, 28 assists, 60 points; Nathan Nemchinov 23-21-44; Luca Staffieri 16-16-32; Eric Miller .873 save %, 2.63 GAA

   3. Springfield

       Coach: Don Quinn

      Record: 7-10

     Key players: Grayson Quinn 26 goals, 15 assists 41 points; Gavin McManus 14-13-27; Kellen Warman 7-15-22; Emmett Kline .827  save %, 5.44 GAA

   Ice chips: The winner of this game will face top-seeded Plymouth Whitemarsh for the Division title Wednesday at 8:30 at Hatfield Ice. The Hatters also won the American Division title in 2018. They are seeded sixth for the upcoming Class A Flyers Cup. Springfield, which has never won a SHSHL title, was not selected for the tournament

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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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