Author: Rick Woelfel

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.

Playoff Updates

Here is the updated playoff schedule for the week of February 24 and beyond

Monday, February 24

APAC Founders Cup Semifinals

4:00 (1) Holy Ghost Prep vs. (4) Malvern Prep at Grundy Arena

4:00 (2) La Salle vs. (3) St. Joseph’s Prep 4:00 at Hatfield Ice

SHSHL Class AA Quarterfinals

Game 1 (1) Central Bucks South vs. (8) Central Bucks West 7:20 at Hatfield ice

Game 2 (4) Neshaminy vs. (5) Central Bucks East 7:20 at Grundy Arena

Game 3 (3) Council Rock South vs. (6) Pennridge 7:20 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Game 4 (2) North Penn vs. (7) Pennsbury 9:00 at Hatfield ice

Wednesday, February 26

APAC Founders Cup Championship Game

Time TBD at home rink of highest-seeded finalist

SHSHL Class AA Semifinals

Semifinals Wednesday, February 26

Winners of Games 1 and 2 6:30 at Hatfield

Winners of Games 3 and 4 8:30 at Hatfield

SHSHL Class A Semifinals

Game 1 (1) Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. (4) Truman 7:20 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Game 2 (2) Hatboro-Horsham vs. 3. Wissahickon 9:00 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Thursday, February 27

SHSHL Championship Games

6:30 Class AA Final at Hatfield Ice

8:30 Class A at Hatfield Ice

The 2020 Flyers Cup selection show will air Sunday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on You Tube

Flyers Cup Schedule

Monday, March 2 Class A First round

Tuesday, March 3 Class AA First round

Wednesday, March 4 Class A Quarterfinals; possible NJ/Del QF

Thursday, March 5 Class AA and Class AAA Quarerfinals

Monday, March 9 Class A Semifinals and Girls Play-in

Tuesday, March 10 Possible NJ/Del Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 11 Class AA and Class AAA Semifinals

Thursday, March 12 Class AA and Class AAA Semifinals

Monday, March 16 NJ/Del and Girls Seemifinals

Tuesday, March 17 Class A Final and Possible Class AA Final

Wednesday, March 18 Class AAA Final and Possible Class AA Final

Thursday, March 19 NJ/Del Final

Friday, March 20. Girls Final

Saturday, March 21 Pa. State Finals at Ice Line

La Salle’s Nathan Benner Skates for His Brother

Nathan Benner’s days as a La Salle College High School hockey player are dwindling to a precious few. The APAC playoffs are ahead followed by the Flyers Cup tournament and perhaps a trip to the state championship. But, at most a month from now, the senior forward will take off his La Salle jersey for the last time.

Benner, who is one of the Explorers’ captains, says his time at La Salle has shaped him as person as well as a hockey player. “It really challenges you,” he said. “Mentally and physically with the hockey, mentally with school. Every week you have tests, you have homework when you get home from school, when you play club hockey (Bennner is skating for the Philadelphia Quakers this year after spending his club career with the Valley Forge Minutemen) you have hockey five days a week, every day on the weekend, balanced with La Sale hockey. Just the values that they stress here, the leadership, the hard work ethic, good character, all in all has definitely made me who I am today.”

Perhaps what Benner treasures most from skating for the Explorers is having his younger brother Jacob in the stands watching his every move.

Jacob Benner is 14 years old and deals with the challenges of Downs Syndrome and Hirschsprung Disease.

Since Nathan started playing hockey the year he turned six, Jacob has been a fixture in the stands whether at a club game or a high-school game.

“He’s been coming to every one of my games from the time I was five years old until now,” Nathan said, “and he memorized everybody’s’ name on the team, everyone’s number, even though we don’t have names on the back of our jerseys.

“When we’re about to leave for a game he’ll go ‘Who do we play today?’ as if he’s on the team, His happiest time is when he comes to watch me play and when he gets to be at the rink.”

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Jacob Benner flanked by brother Nathan (right) and father Walter. Photo furnished by La Salle College High School.

On more occasions than not, Jacob Benner is the most enthusiastic La Salle supporter in the building. “He’s the loudest one in the stands,” Nathan says. “He’s always yelling everyone’s name, yelling at the refs, yelling ‘Get into the game.’ Telling us to work harder; he’s always encouraging everyone. Everyone can hear him from the bench and everyone kind of smiles and builds off of what he does from the stands.”

Jacob’s support never wavers, regardless of the numbers on the scoreboard. “Just seeing him cheer me on and watching the games is one of the best things,” Nathan said. “Whether we win or lose, he’s always telling me ‘Good game.’ He loves watching me play no matter how I play and it’s always great to have that.”

Two years ago, Jacob decided he wanted to get on skates himself and began taking lessons at Hatfield Ice. Kati Link was his first instructor. He’s still at it and hopes to play hockey himself one day Nathan drives his brother to his skating lessons, swimming lessons, and other activities.

“At first it was very hard,” Nathan said of his brother’s first efforts on skates, “but he’s able to stand up now, he’s able to move around, and the smile on his face when he skates is one of the best thigs to look at. He always wears my hockey jersey when he goes on the ice and he loves it.”

Nathan Benner says spending time with his only sibling has altered his outlook on and off the ice. “For me, it’s kind of just helped me all around in life with maturing, leadership qualities, about being a good role model,” he said, “because I know my brother wants to model himself off of what I do. I have to be a good role model for him. Even if I do bad things, or say bad words, he models off that so I really have to be watching and be mindful of how I’m acting, because he’s always watching me and acting as if I would act.”

The 2020 Flyers Cup selection show will air Sunday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on You Tube

La Salle 6, St. Joseph’s Prep 3

By Rick Woelfel

PHILADELPHIA—La Salle took the ice Friday night as if it had something to prove. Namely, that despite an up-and-down season against a rugged schedule that it was still a dangerous hockey team. The message was delivered emphatically.

The Explorers scored three times in the game’s first six minutes and went on to a 6-3 win over St. Joseph’s Pre in the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference regular season finale at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Arena.

The win lifted the Explorers (13-13 overall) into second place in the APAC standings with a 3-3-2-1 conference mark, giving them home-ice advantage for a playoff semifinal against the Hawks (11-12, 3-2-0-4) on Monday.

“We came out with good focus,” said La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner. “We jumped on them right away. Which is what we always try to do, but we did it tonight. We played well. We just needed to focus on playing a good game tonight and not on anything that’s going on the weeks ahead.”

Senior defenseman Collin Keiser got LaSalle started with a shot from the deep left wing 1:58 into the game before adding a second goal at the 3:21 mark. Chris Wnek made it 3-0 at 5:39.

Keiser spoke to the importance of the occasion. “We came in knowing what we were up against,” he said, “It was like a playoff game for us, to get home-ice advantage. We came out just like any other game. Probably a little harder, knowing what was on the other side of a win.”

David Kimmel ‘s shorthanded goal 9:18 into the middle period gave the Explorers a 4-0 lead. Jeffrey Hammond got the Hawks on the board at the 10:48 mark but Chase Hannon’s shot from the left point with 1:59 left in the period made it a 5-1 game.

Andrew Centrella scored for the Hawks 3:04 into the thirsted frame but Kimmel answered back with a power-play goal at 4:53 before Centrella finished the scoring.

“The start was a tough one,” said St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin, “Giving up that goal on one shot from bad angle … When you lay a rivalry school and give up one like that it really tough to come back from. Bur we battled back. It wasn’t a bad effort.”

With Friday’s result, Monday’s APAC semifinals are now set in stone. The second-seeded Explorers and third-seeded Hawks will square of at 4:10 at Hatfield Ice. Top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep will face fourth seed Malvern Prep at 4:00. The Founders Cup championship game will be played Wednesday’s at the home rink of the highest seeded finalist.
La Salle 3 2 1—6
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 1 2—3
First-period goals: Collin Keiser (L) from Max Maddalo, 1:58; Keiser (L) from Jake Hannon and Keenan Schneider, 4:21; Chris Wnek (L) from Ryan Ferry, 5:39.
Second-period goals: David Kimmel (L) from Schneider, 9:18 (sh); Jeffrey Hammond (SJP) from Michael Urbani, 10:49; Chase Hannon (L) from Daniel Whitlock, 14:01
Third-period goals: Andrew Centrella (SJP) from Matthew Moresco, 3:04; David Kimmel (L) from Keenan Schneider, 4:53 (sh); Centrella (SJP) from Joseph Samango, 8:44.
Shots: La Salle 35, St. Joseph’s Prep 17; Saves; Aidan McCabe (L) 14, Rocco Bruno (SJP) 17 and Andrew Custer (SJP) 12

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The 2020 Flyers Cup selection show will air Sunday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on You Tube

SHSHL Playoff Pairings

The game sites and times for Monday’s Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA quarterfinals have been set.

Quarterfinals Monday, February 24

Game 1 (1) Central Bucks South vs. (8) Central Bucks West 7:20 at Hatfield

Game 2 (4) Neshaminy vs. (5) Central Bucks East 7:20 at Grundy

Game 3 (3) Council Rock South vs. (6) Pennridge 7:20 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Game 4 (2) North Penn vs. (7) Pennsbury 9:00 at Hatfield

Semifinals Wednesday, February 26

Winners of Games 1 and 2 6:30 at Hatfield

Winners of Games 3 and 4 8:30 at Hatfield

Finals Thursday, February 27

6:30 at Hatfield

The Class A semifinals will be played as a doubleheader at Revolution Ice Gardens on Wednesday, February 26

Game 1 (1) Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. (4) Truman 6:30

Game 2 Wissahickon vs. Hatboro-Horsham 8:20

(This game matches the second and third seeds. As of Friday morning the deedings had not been finalized)

Finals Thursday, February 27

8:30 at Hatfield

Central Bucks South 3, North Penn 2 OT

HATFIELD—The evening was a fitting conclusion to the regular season. Daniel Kvecher scored 72 seconds into overtime to give Central Bucks South a 3-2 win over North Penn Thursday night in a SHSHL Class AA game at Hatfield Ice.

With the win the Titans (14-0-0-1 overall) completed a 12-0 run through the Class AA division, claimed the regular-season division title and the top seed for next week’s SHSHL playoffs, and enhanced their claim on the top seed for the Flyers Cup tournament next month. That’s a lot to accomplish in one evening of work.

The Titans controlled play in the overtime. The game-winning sequence started when Colin Abbonizio made a move down the left wing and the puck didn’t leave the North Penn defensive zone thereafter. Kvecher beat Knight goaltender Nick Ebbinghaus on a shot from the right circle.

“Something we stress as a team is just getting it in the zone,” Abbonizio said. “Get it on net and once you get it in the zone, keep it there.”

The Titans we’re playing their second game in 24 hours but Abbonizio, the Titans’ captain, said he and his teammates found the energy they needed late in the game. “We were exhausted,” he said, but you know in a game like that you’ve got to push through, you’ve got to give it your all. Something that I personally look at is you just go hard for those last couple minutes. You’ve got a couple days to rest and you’ve got to give it your all.”

North Penn had tied the game with 10:06 left in the third period when Tony Trozzi scored after corralling a lose puck in his offensive right-wing corner, darting in front of the net and putting in a rebound after South netminder Mason Moyer stopped his original shot.

Both teams worked hard at both ends of the ice and scoring chances were minimal. Ryan Gingras gave the Titans a 1-0 lead 2;53 into the first period off as turnover and a bounce. Abbonizio made it 2-0 40 seconds into the second frame when he put in a rebound off his own initial shot but Josh Kaufhold got North Penn (12-3, 11-1) on the scoreboard at the 4:59 mark on shot from the right faceoff circle.

Both teams gave the impression they’d like to play hockey for a while longer, say, another month.

“It’s a great way to end the season,” said South coach Shaun McGinty. “Obviousy, going to (overtime) is a lot of fun for the kids. It’s great for high-school hockey as well and we. We’re fortunate to come out on top.”

The Knights aren’t planning on going away anytime soon either.”It was a great hockey game,” said North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis. “A well-played game by both teams, coming down to the end of the season, first place on the line. It’s everything you want in a hickey game and I think everybody got to see that tonight.”

Ice Chips: The win was the Titans’ 14th straight. Their only loss has been to La Salle in overtime in their season opener. North Penn’s three losses include two to the Titans and one to Hioly Ghost Prep. The Titans won a no-league game from the Knights 5-1 on November 27.

North Penn 0 1 1 0—2
C.B. South 1 1 0 1—3
First-period goals: Ryan Gingras (CBS) unassisted, 2:53
Second-period goals: Colin Abbonizio (CBS) unassisted, :40; Josh Kaufhold (NP) from Tyler Greenstein, 4:59 (pp)
Third-period goals: Tony Tuozzo (NP) unassisted, 5:54
Overtime goal: David Kvecher (CBS) from Abbonizio and Gingras, 1:12
Shots: North Penn 23, C.B. South 31; Saves: Nick Ebbinghaus (NP), Mason Moyer (CBS) 21

APAC Playoff Semifinals Set

The Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference playoffs will get underway on Monday with a pair of semifinal games.

Top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep will host fourth seed Malvern Prep in a 4:00 game at Grundy Arena. The other Monday semifinal will match St. Joseph’s Prep and La Salle. The site and time of that game will depend on the result of Friday’s regular season finale between the Hawks and the Explorers. The winner will be the second seed and the loser third.

If La Salle wins, the semifinal will be played at Hatfield Ice with a 4:10 scheduled start. If the Hawks prevail, the semifinal will be played at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Arena with a 4 p.m. start (LATE UPDATE)

The Founders Cup championship game will be played Wednesday, February 26 with the site and time to be determined.

The results of the Founders Cup playoffs will not impact the seedings for the Class AAA Flyers Cup tournament, which will be announced Sunday night.

Neshaniny 11, Abington 1

WARWICK—Neshaminy had things pretty much its own way Wednesday night. The ‘Skins scored four goals in just under six minutes and went on to an 11-1 win over Abington in a Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA game at Revolution Ice Gardens that was halted following the second period via the 10-goal mercy rule.

The result was not unexpected. Neshaminy (11-3, 9-2 in divisional play) is assured of a top-four seed at worst in next week’s SHSHL playoffs and is seemingly in line for a high seed in the upcoming Flyers Cup tournament. The Galloping Ghosts, who have 15 underclassmen on their roster, slipped to 3-13 overall and 2-9 in the division; each team has one regular-season game remaining.

Thursday’s meeting was something of a bridge between two eras of SHSHL history. Neshaminy knew its share of sorrows before taking giant strides forward this season and last. And while Abington has struggled in recent seasons, the Galloping Ghosts have a rich historical legacy that is tied to the origins of the league. Abington won the championship in the SHSHL’s inaugural reason in 1974 and went on to win the first three league titles and four of the first five. There was no Flyers Cup tournament in those days but the Galloping Ghosts claimed two state titles as well.

All told, Abington has won six SHSHL titles of one sort or another, the last of them the second of back-to-back Class AA crowns in 2004. That trails only Germantown Academy (11), Central Bucks South (8) and possibly Council Rock (six documented titles and a possible seventh) on the all-time list.

That a history that Abington coach Ken Brzozowski wants his team to embrace. “I shared that with the tonight,” he said, “and hopefully that will mean something to them.

“For us, we’ve got little goals. Next year, to improve our record, compete for a playoff spot. And then from there, maybe try to restore some of that glory that Abington had in the past.

“We’ve got a few kids that have some talent, we mix in some hard work, and maybe we can get back to that point.”

Jacob Helms scored two goals for Neshaminy while nine other players scored one goal each.

Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo urged his team to maintain its focus. “You start to get into a lack of team play,” he said, “where everybody wants to skate up and try and get on the scoresheet. That leads to bad habits, which (Thursday) night against Council Rock South could come back to hurt us.”

Griffin Carpenter scored the Abington goal with 1:12 left in the second period.

The ‘Skins outshot the Galloping Ghosts 35-3. Abington didn’t record its first shot on goal until 2:05 remained in what turned out to be the final period.

Neshaminy, which has won four straight and five of its last six, closes the regular season against Council Rock South on Thursday while Abington finishes against Quakertown on Friday.

Neshaminy 7 4 x—11

Abington 0 1 x—11

First-period goals: J.J. Hathaway (N) unassisted, 1:21; Joseph Hornung (N) from Joey DeMatteo, 2:25; Michael Knipple (N) from Nolan Geria, 5:14; Jacob Helms (N) from Hathaway, 5:59; DeMatteo (N) from Noah Seawagen, 8:23; Geria (N) from Hathaway, 12:32 (pp); Helms (N) from DeMatteo and Knipple, 14:15.

Second-period goals: Thomas Gallagher (N) from Ryan McColgan, 4:09; Matt Buchinski (N) from Gallagher, 4:50; Noah Seawagen (N unassisted, 7:38; Horning (N) unassisted, 7:38; Griffin Carpenter (A) from Joe Stelacio and Tom Rourke, 14:18.

Shots: Neshaminy 35, Abington 3; Saves; Brian Nelson (N) 0 and Andy Nau (N) 2; Sam Nemec (A) 24

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SHSHL Update for 2-17-20

Game results through 2-19

Standings

Class AA W L T OTL Pts

C.B. South (13-0-0-1) 12 0 0 0 24

North Penn (12-3-0-0) 11 1 0 0 22

C.R. South (10-6-0-0) 10 1 0 1 21

Neshaminy (11-4-0-0) 9 3 0 0 18

C.B. East (9-4-1-1) 6 4 1 1 14

Pennridge (10-6-0-0) 7 5 0 0 14

Pennsbury (10-5-1-0) 6 5 1 0 13

C.B. West (7-6-2-1)) 4 6 2 0 10

Souderton (3-11-1-1) 3 7 1 1 8

William Tennent (5-10-0-1) 3 8 0 1 7

Abington (4-13-0-0) 3 9 0 0 6

Quakertown (2-13-1-0) 1 9 1 0 2

Council Rock North (1-15-0-0) 0 12 0 0 0

Class A W L T OTL Pts

Plymouth Whitemarsh (16-1-0-0) 12 0 0 0 22

Hatboro-Horsham (11-5-0-1) 6 5 0 1 13

Wissahickon (9-8-0-0) 6 6 0 0 12

Truman (3-13-0-0) 3 9 0 0 6

Lower Moreland (3-14-0-0) 3 9 0 0 6

Standings are calculated as follows

2 points for a win whether in regulation or OT

1 point for a tie or overtime loss

If a game is tied at the end of regulation there will be five minutes of three-on-three overtime. If the game is still tied it will be recorded as a tie game.

The shootout will not be used

Scoring Through 2-17

Class AA G A Pts

Michael Roby (CRS) 26 15 41

Jake Lang (CBW) 24 17 41

Chris Trefz (CBW) 12 29 41

Tyler Greenstein (NP) 18 22 40

Antii Autere (CRS) 14 22 36

Josh Kaufhold (NP) 17 19 36

Robert Seewagen(Nesh) 21 14 35

Beau Brusius-Yedman (Pb) 13 20 33

Dominic Patrone (CBS) 14 18 32

Sean Gorman (CBE) 26 4 30

Colin Abbonizio (CBS) 15 14 29

Justin Carrelli (WT) 21 7 28

Class A G A Pts

Aidan Keogh (PW) 23 31 54

Jake Weikel (PW) 33 20 53

Dean Keller (PW) 20 22 42

Alex Howieson (HH) 20 18 38

Luke Weikel (PW) 17 20 37

Bryan Gary 21 15 36

Nicholas Hussa 26 8 34

Seth Lerner (HH) 19 12 31

Robert DiCostra (Tr) 16 14 30

Colin Franzoni (PW) 14 13 27

Aidan Esack (HH) 11 15 26

Goals Against MP GA GAA

Mason Moyer (CBS) 608 17 1.34

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS) 554 21 1.82

Brian Nelson (Nesh) 524 28 2.56

Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 628 34 2.60

Ryan Pico (Pr) 720 40 2.67

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 726 41 2.71

Save Percentage MP Sh Svs Sv Pct.

Mason Moyer (CBS) 608 259 242 .934

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 726 448 407 .908

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS)554 216 195 .903

Ryan Pico (Pr) 720 400 360 .900

Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 628 302 268 .887

Topher Seiler (Pb) 519 359 318 .886

SHSHL Playoff Ponderings

The Suburban High School Hockey League has officially confirmed its playoff schedule. Four Class AA quarterfinal games will be played on Monday, February 24 with the top four seeds hosting games at their traditional home rinks.

The semifinals will be played on Wednesday, February 26 long with two Class A semifinal games.

The championship games in both classes will be played on Thursday, February 27.

Pennridge (Class AA) and Wissahickon (Class A) are the defending league champions. The SHSHL crowned its first champion, Abington, in 1973-74. Germantown Academy has the all-time record of 11 league titles, all of which occurred before the league began crowning separate Class AA and Class A champions c. 2002-03. Since then, Wisshkckon has won a confirmed five Class A titles.

Note: The SHSHL is still looking to fill in some blanks in its Roll Call of Champions. The league is still working to confirm who won the Class AA title during the 2006-07 season and the Class A title in 2003-04 and possibly 2002-03. Anyone with information about those two seasons is encouraged to contact Hockey Happenings here.

Plymouth Whitemarsh 14, Wissahickon 12

HATFIELD—An abundance of fireworks were discharged at Hatfield Ice Thursday night. Wissahickon and Plymouth Whitemarsh celebrated a joint senior night by combining to score 26 goals in the scheduled 48-minute game with the Colonials prevailing 14-12.

The win kept Plymouth Whitemarsh unbeaten in SHSHL American Division play at 11-0 (15-1 overall). It was also the Colonials’ 12th straight win. The Trojans slipped to 8-7 overall and 6-5 in the division.

The contest was terminated with 6.9 seconds remaining in the third period after an altercation near the Plymouth Whitemarsh net that resulted in a total of 13 penalties being accessed to six players. Wissahickon’s Daniel Glazier was accessed a double game misconduct while his teammate Nicholas Hussa received a single game misconduct. Three Colonials, Devin Reilly, Thomas Corcoran, and Logan Westerfer received game misconducts.

Prior to the truncated finish, the evening featured an abundance of racehorse hockey. Plymouth Whitemarsh jumped to a 3-0 lead by the 4:35 mark of the first period before Wissahickon scored four straight goals to take the lead with 6:33 left in the period; it would turn out to be the Trojans’ only lead of the night and at period’s end the teams were deadlocked at 5-5.

The Colonials pulled away from their foes by scoring the first five goals of the second period before the Trojans scored the last two before adding two more at the start of the third frame to move within a goal at 10-9 with 12;54 still left in regulation. Jack Mishkin and Colin Franzoni added goals for the Colonials at that point and the lead was never less than two the rest of the way.

“Both teams came out with a lot of energy,” said Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Josh Aiello. Both teams have offensive power and I think people were on the edge of their seats, it being Senior Night and really trying t get going offensively.”

Jake Weikel scored five goals for the Colonials and added an assist. Luke Weikel added three goals. Brian Gary paced Wissahickon with four goals and five assists, A.J. Pounds scored three goals for the Trojans and added four assists.

“It was kind of a run-and-gun game,” said Wissahickon coach Ken Harrington. “Some games, they kick off like that and they remain that way the whole game and defense sort of goes to the side sometimes a little bit.”

Ice Chips—The two teams combined for 84 shots.

Plymouth Whitemarsh 5 5 4—14
Wissahickon 5 2 5—12
First-period goals: Jake Weikel (PW) from Dean Keller and Luke Weikel, 3:25; Aidan Keogh (PW) from Luke Weikel, 3:53; Jake Weikel (PW) from Luke Weikel, 4:35; Bryan Gary from A.J. Pounds, 5:30 (pp); Gary from Nicholas Hussa, 8:56 (pp); Alex Carrozza unassisted, 9:08; Pounds from Gary, 9:27; Jake Weikel (PW) from Colin Franzoni, 11:05; Ben Lukas (PW) from Keller, 13:45; Pounds from Gary, 14:40.
Second-period goals: Luke Weikel (PW) from Keogh and Jack Mishkin, 1:39 (sh); Luke Weikel (PW) from Jake Weikel, 4:55 (pp): Mishkin (PW) from Logan Westerfer, 5:49; Jake Weikel (PW) from Lucas, 7:55; Luke Weikel (PW) from THomas Corcoran and Keogh; Gary unassisted, 12:13; Pounds from Gary, 12:55.
Third-period goals: Hussa from Matt Winkowski and Pounds, 1:09; Gary from Pounds, 3:06; Mishkin (PW) from Franzoni, 4:17; Franzoni (PW) from Spencer Reilly, 6:41; Hussa from Pounds and Gary, 7:04; Jake Weikel (PW) from Keller, 9:06; Keller (PW) unassisted, 9:41; Daniel Glazer from Carrozza, 13:14; Carrozza from Hussa and Gary, 14:00.
Shots: Plymouth Whitemarsh 41, Wissahickon 43; Saves: Ben Yuter (PW) 31, Chris Shea 27.