APAC Update 12-26-23

W L OTW OTL Pts GF GA

La Salle (10-1) 4 0 0 0 12 16 3

Malvern Prep (6-4) 2 2 1 1 6 9 11

St. Joseph’s Prep (5-2) 2 2 1 0 5 14 11

Holy Ghost Prep (3-9) 1 2 0 0 3 5 7

Hun School (2-4) 0 3 0 1 1 4 16

Scoring (All Games) GP G A Pts. PPG

Jeremy Jacobs (MP) 10 13 12 25 2.50

Alistair St. Hilaire (L) 5 6 2 8 1.60

Dan Carvalho (L) 11 7 6 13 1.18

Caiden Canale (MP) 10 6 5 11 1.11

Tristan Winata (SJP) 7 6 1 7 1.00

Julian Tarsi (L) 11 2 8 10 0.90

Patrick Brace (L) 11 4 5 9 0.82

William Carpenter (L) 11 1 8 9 0.82

Aidan Kelly (L) 10 3 5 8 0.80

Anthony Prete (HGP) 12 5 3 8 0.75

Will Gregorio (L) 10 3 4 7 0.70

Declan Kelly (L) 10 1 6 7 0.70

Scoring (Conference Games) GP G A Pts. PPG

Dan Carvalho (L) 4 3 3 6 1.50

Jeremy Jacobs (MP) 4 2 4 6 1.50

Declan Kelly (L) 4 1 4 5 1.25

Tristan Winata (SJP) 4 5 0 5 1.25

Will Carpenter (L) 4 1 3 4 1.00

Will Gregorio (L) 4 1 3 4 1.00

Jake Schultz (SJP) 3 2 1 3 1.00

Justin Laplante (HS) 3 1 2 3 1.00

Ryan Levesque (HS) 3 1 2 3 1.00

Patrick Brace (L) 4 2 1 3 0.75

Julian Tarsi (L) 4 2 1 3 0.75

Aidan Kelly (MP) 4 2 1 3. 0.75

Inaugural Flyers Cup Rankings

Hi Folks,

Hockey Happenings has been on an unscheduled hiatus the past week. We’re glad to mark our return with a belated set of Flyers Cup rankings. Kudos to the members of the Flyers Cup Committee for their efforts.

Flyers Cup Rankings as of 12-18-23

Class AAA

La Salle
St. Joseph’s Prep
Malvern Prep
Salesianum
Father Judge

Class AA

Pennridge
Council Rock South
Downingtown West
Boyertown
Central Bucks South

Class A

West Chester East
Penncrest
Garnet Valley
Marple Newrown
Lower Dauphin

Girls

Avon Grove
Downingtown West
West Chester Henderson
Kingsway
Conestoga

Rankings determined by the Flyers Cup Committee based on game results and observations by committee members. The Flyers Cup is an invitational tournament; there are no automatic bids.

APAC Recap for 12-13

Malvern Prep 3, Hun School 2 (Shootout)

Paxton Hoishik scored in the fourth round of a shootout to give host Malvern Prep a 3-2 win over Hun School Wednesday afternoon at Ice Line.

Brady Doyle tied the game for the Friars with 6:22 left in regulation. Jeremy Jacobs’s goal gave Malvern Prep (4-4, 2-2 in conference) a 1-0 lead in the first period.

Charles Etienne-Jett and Justin Laplante scored third-period goals for the Raiders (2-4, 0-3).

Hun School 0 0 2 0 0—2

Malvern Prep 1 0 1 0 1—3

First-period goal: Jeremy Jacobs (MP) unassisted, 3:08;

Third-period goals: Charles Etienne-Jett from Andrew Darst and Ryan Levesque, 3:48; Justin Laplante (HS) from Anders Van Raalte, 4:31; Brady Doyle (MP) from Jacobs and Aidan Kelly, 6:22

Bergen Catholic 5 Holy Ghost Prep 3

Matthew Cholaj and Andrew Morgan scored goals for the Firebirds in Wednesday’s non-league loss.

Levesque’s Role at Hun School Extends Beyond the Ice

At the start of what was to be his senior year of high school, Ryan Levesque made a big decision. Instead of completing his secondary education at Hunterdon Central High, the Reddington, New Jersey resident chose to enroll at The Hun School instead and repeat his junior year.

That was prior to the 2022-23 school year.

“I heard about [Hun School] through friends that had played hockey there,” Levesque recalls. “They’re older now, they’re in college. Then I heard about it from a friend at [Princeton Day School] which is actually surprising because he didn’t go to Hun, but his mother and my mother talked about it and she hard great things. We found that it was a good match for me.

“It’s been a great experience.”

Levesque (#15) takes his leadership role seriously

Now a senior at Hun School, Levesque acknowledged he had some adjustments to make when he first arrived on campus.

“I would say the first week or so was pretty tough,” he said, “trying to gauge the different education level, how they treated their students, how their classes were commenced.

“It was definitely a tough change at first, but once I got really settled in everything really just became a routine and it started to just come to me naturally.

“I never had a problem with meeting new people, but I would say breaking the ice was definitely the biggest part. I kind of had to get over that little hump, I would say. Because I didn’t know anyone going into the school so it was a definitely a big adjustment in that aspect, but now I have a lot of friends there. I keep in touch with them not only in school but out of school and I would say that was the biggest adjustment.”

Lavesque says his passion for hockey accelerated the transition process.

“I feel like the ice is a different home for me,” he said. “I’ve always felt it feels so natural to me. All my problems go away as soon as I hit the ice. It really doesn’t matter where I touch down but I feel as if I really jelled with the guys on the team last year and this year.

“For me personally, it was definitely a big step from transferring from a public to a private setting but I definitely felt as soon as I touched the ice I’d fit in right away.”

As a senior on a young team, Lavesque takes his leadership responsibilities seriously. He stresses the importance of being a positive influence for his teammates on the ice and elsewhere.

I definitely hope to produce my best for this team, on and off the ice,” he said. “I look to be a guy the younger kids on the team playing varsity for the first time, cam look up to, not only as a teammate but as a person on and off the ice.

“I’m definitely excited to take a leadership role just to be a guy people can turn to on and off the ice; if they need anything.”

St. Joseph’s Prep 7 Hun School 2

A six-goal explosion over portions of the second and third period periods propelled St. Joseph’s Prep to a 7-2 win over Hun School Tuesday afternoon in an APAC game at Ice Land.

Tristan Winata provided three goals as the Hawks overcame a 2-1 second-period deficit to improve to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the APAC. Jake Schultz added two goals and an assist. John Lynch and Calum Hartnell also scored goals.

Ryan Levesque and Jake Beck scored for the Raiders (2-3, 0-2).

Winata’s goal with 2:28 left in the first period have St. Joseph’s Prep a 1-0 lead. Levesque and Beck scored goals five minutes apart to put the Raiders up 2-1 with 7:33 left in the middle session.

Lynch tied the game for the Hawks with 1:02 left in the second frame and Shultz put his team ahead for good just 32 seconds later.

The Hawks broke the game open by scoring four goals in the third period over a span of 9 minutes, 23 seconds. Winata scored two of those goals and completed his hat trick with 4:22 remaining. The junior has scored four goals in three conference games.

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 2 4—7

Hun School 0 2 0—2

First-period goal: Tristan Winata (SP) from Shane O’Neill, 14:32

Second-period goals: Ryan Levesque (HS) from Justin Laplante and Jake Beck, 4:30 (sh); Beck (HS) from Levesque and Laplante, 9:27 (pp); John Lynch (SJP) from Jake Schultz, 15:58; Schultz (SJP) from Parker Tumelty, 16:30

Third-period goals: Calum Hartnell (SJP) from O’Neill, 3:15 (pp); Winata (SP) from Frankie Ely and Patrick Sweeny, 6:58; Schultz (SP) from Ely, 8:03; Winata (SJP) unassisted, 12:38

La Salle 3 Holy Ghost Prep 1

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—Heading down the stretch at Hatfield Ice Monday evening, La Salle found itself hanging on.

The Explorers had the better of the play most of the day against Holy Ghost Prep and held a 2-1 lead with 3:27 remaining in regulation when Michael Zarzycki drew a five-minute major penalty plus a game misconduct for cross checking.

La Salle would have to play the remainder of regulation plus the start of an overtime period shorthanded. It was time for goaltender Jake Rossi to stand tall.

He and the defense corps in front of him did just that, limiting the Firebirds to two shots on goal the rest of the way while Patrick Brace added an empty-net goal with 80 seconds remaining.
The 3-1 win that resulted kept the Explorers perfect in the APAC at 4-0 and improved them to 8-1 overall. Afterward, La Salle coach Wally Muhelbronner lauded his veteran netminder’s effort.

“He’s been solid for two years now,” Muehlbronner said. “It’s not surprising me with Jake. He has very, very good focus and he’d made big saves like that a lot for us.”

Declan Kelly gave La Salle a 1-0 lead 2:36 into the opening period with a shot along the ice from the right point that got past Firebird netminder Jack Bothoff.

Kelly later set up Dean Carvalho who scored a power-play goal 5:30 into the second period to give the Explorers a two-goal.

But the Firebirds (2-6, 0-2 in the APAC) kept working and were rewarded 10:48 into the middle period when Caine Bickel scored off a feed from fellow freshman Nathan Romer. The goal came off a La Salle turnover.

Following Zarzycki’s penalty, Kelly knew he and his teammates had to step things up a bit.

“A five-minute penalty like that, we just have to keep things simple and get the puck out of our zone,” he said. “Keep working all the way through to the end of the game. Those close games, it’s really important to play a full three periods.”

Kelly a junior is playing a more prominent role with the Explorers this season after skating on the third line a year ago.

“Last year we had all these seniors,” he said. “It’s more of a leadership role this year and just showing these underclassmen how to work hard and maybe [overcome] the talent that we lost last year.”

For Holy Ghost Prep, the afternoon was another step in the maturation of a young team, that has taken big strides since the start of the season.

“It’s kind of an ongoing thing,” said Firebird coach John Richie. “We have so many new guys, we graduated 10 seniors, so some of this just come down to chemistry and our coaching staff is together for the first time.

“So, they’re learning our style, we’re kind of still learning some of their tendencies. We’re better than we were a month ago.”

Ice chips— La Salle has beaten each of the other APAC schools once.

Holy Ghost Prep 0 1 0—1

La Salle 1 1 1—3

First-period goal: Declan Kelly (L) from Liam Donahue and Charlie Kennedy, 2:36

Second-period goal: Dean Carvalho (L) from Kelly and Grant LaGreca, 5:35 (pp); Caine Bickel (HGP) from Nathan Romer, 10:48

Third-period goal; Patrick Brace (L) unassisted, 15:40

Shots; Holy Ghost Prep 23, La Salle 32; Saves; Jack Bothoff (HGP) 29; Jake Rossi (L) 22

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APAC Oveview for 12-12-23

W L OTW OTL Pts GF GA

La Salle (8-1) 4 0 0 0 12 16 3

St. Joseph’s Prep (4-1) 2 1 1 0 5 12 8

Malvern Prep (3-4) 1 2 0 1 4 6 9

Holy Ghost Prep (2-6) 0 2 0 0 0 2 5

Hun School (2-3) 0 2 0 0 0 2 13

teams receive three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, and one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

* Scoring GP G A Pts PPG

Dean Carvalho (Ls) 3 2 3 5 1.67

Will Gregorio (Ls) 3 1 3 4 1.33

Will Carpenter (Ls) 3 1 3 4 1.33

Jeremy Jacobs (MP) 3 1 3 4 1.33

Julian Tarsi (Ls) 3 2 1 3 1.00

Declan Kelly (Ls) 3 0 3 3 1.00

Robert McGinn (SJP) 2 1 1 2 1.00

Anthony Prete (HGP) 1 1 0 1 1.00

Mike Holt (HGP) 1 0 1 0 1.00

(scoring through 12-10)

Hun School 8 Notre Dame 2

The Raiders scored the non-league won on Friday afternoon to even their record at 2-2.

APAC Recap for 12-7

St. Augustine 5 La Salle 1—The loss on Thursday was the Explorers’ first of the season after seven wins. Dean Carvalho scored the La Salle goal.
Jake Rossi stopped 46 shots in goal.

Christian Brothers Academy 4 Malvern Prep 3—Thomas Mantellino’s goal with 5:44 left in regulation was the difference as Christian Bothers Academy edged the Friars in a non-league game on Thursday.

Jeremy Jacobs scored twice for Malvern Prep, which also got a goal from Henry Tesoriero

La Salle 6 Hun School 0

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—The performance was not flamboyant or flashy. This season’s version of the La Salle Explorers don’t play hockey that way. But it was a textbook display of efficiency.

Six different players scored goals as the Explorers shut out Hun School 6-0 Wednesday afternoon in an APAC encounter at Hatfield Ice. The defending Class AAA Flyers Cup and state champions are a perfect 7-0 this season, 3-0 in conference play.

The Raiders are 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

Charlie Kennedy gave La Salle a lead 7:08 into the opening period and the Explorers built on their advantage from there, adding three goals in the second period and two more in the third.

Kennedy a senior, said he and his teammate were confident scoring opportunities would come, if they worked for them.

“It takes a lot of hard work,” he said. “And you’ve got to be consistent, get some shots on net. You’ve got to drive the net hard You’ve got to be there, you’ve got to communicate. And, if we do all that, that will end up in our favor. We’ve got to continue to be persistent in that way.”

Senior Dean Carvalho scored one goal and set up another.

“I think the third period was definitely our strongest,” he said. “We finished out strong. The first two there were lapses at points in our D-zone but we tightened it up and found a way to come out with a win.”

Ryan Wiley, Patrick Brace, Grant LaGreca, and Michael Zarzycki also added goals for the Explorers. Whatever shortcomings plagued them were not immediately noticeable, certainly not to Hun School coach Eric Szeker.

“That’s a good team on the other side,” he said. “Credit to them, they came out, they were ready to play. They were moving the puck well today and got some good goals.”

The hosts broke the game open with three goals in the second half of the second period from Ryan Wiley, Patrick Brace, and Grant LeGreca. Carvalho and Michael Zarzycki added goals in the third frame.

Lost amidst all this was the work of Raider goaltender Julian Arsenault, who faced 51 shots and stopped 45 of them.

“Julian’s an incredible kid,” Szeker said. “He battled today for us in a little bit of a one-sided game. He gave us a great opportunity but defensively, we kept up a little bit too much on the inside.”

“(Arsenault) was good tonight,” Carvalho said. “There were a lot of shots we put in his chest there were some really good saves that he made, point blank. He did a good job.”

Kennedy was pleased with the Explorers level of consistency for the full 51 minutes.

‘“It felt good,” he said. “We had a little bit of a slow start but eventually got it going, got the right mindset going, and then really came up in the third period with the quality of goals that they were.

“We ended on a good note.”

Hun School 0 0 0—0

La Salle 1 3 2—6

First-period goal: Charlie Kennedy (L) from Dean Carvalho and Alex Fusaro, 7:52

Second-period goals: Ryan Wiley (L) from Will Carpenter and Logan Dicus, 8:21; Patrick Brace (L) unassisted, 14:51; Grant LaGreca (L) from Will Gregorio and Michael Zarzycki, 15:47

Third-period goal; Dean Carvalho (L) from Julian Tarsi and Declan Kelly, 11:43; Zarzycki (L) from Will Carpenter and Jake Rossi, 16:25

Shots; Hun School 32, La Salle 51; Saves: Julia Arsenault (HS) 45, Jake Rossi (L) 32

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