SHSHL Finalizes Playoff Sites/Times

The Suburban High School Hockey League has finalized its venues and game times for its upcoming playoffs. The postseason will begin on Wednesday, February 23 with four Class AA quarterfinal games. The Class A semifinals will be played the following night, Thursday February 24.

The Class AA semifinals are set for Wednesday, Match 2 and the championship games in both classes will be played for Thursday, March 3.

The Flyers Cup tournament will begin on Monday, March 7. The results of the Class AA quarterfinals and the Class A semifinals will be factored into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Wednesday 2-23

Class AA Quarterfinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 7:20 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 7:50 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 7:20 at Grundy

Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 8:30 at Hatfield

Thursday 2-24

Class A Semifinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 7:10 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 8:50 at Hatfield

Wednesday 3-2

Class AA Semifinals

7:10 Seed 1 vs. Seed 4

7:50 Seed 2 vs. Seed 3

Thursday Match 3

Championship Night at Hatfield

7:10 Class AA Final

8:30 Class A Final

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Pennridge 6 Neshaminy 1

HATFIELD—It was business as usual for Pennridge Wednesday night. The Rams scored three times in the first period and rolled to a 6-1 win over Neshaminy in a SHSHL Class AA matchup at Hatfield Ice.

Pennridge remains perfect with a 14-0 overall record (9-0 in divisional play) heading into its regular-season finale with Council Rock South next Wednesday. It’s last lost came to Haverford in the Flyers Cup semifinals last April.

The game was essentially decided in the first 13:55 of the opening period. Pierce McGinley, Andrew Savong, and Tyler Manto scored goals in that stretch, and Rams were never threatened thereafter.

“We got off to a rough start,” said Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo. “The one rebound came right out to (McGinley) who buried it. Then we had (a tip-in) and then we had the second or third goal the guy dangled through us and nobody stepped up to play physical. So, I feel like we kind of put ourselves in that hole. It’s tough to battle back against a really good team like that.”

Max Gallagher scored a power-play goal for Neshaminy (9-3-1, 5-4 in the division) 9:49 into the second period but Kevin Pico and Aeryk Lehrhaupt responded for the Rams (Lehrhaupt’s goal came while his team was shorthanded) before Shane Dachowski added a goal in the third period.

The final margin would doubtless have been wider had it not been for the work of Brian Nelson in the Neshaminy net. Nelson was credited with 46 saves while his Pennridge counterpart Ryan Pico was given credit for 41.

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna said his team got a big boost from its quick start. “Especially after our last game (a 5-3 win over Central Bucks South) where we didn’t,” he said. “We talked about it. I thought it was our best first period of the year. I thought we started the game better than we have all year and it set the tone for the rest of the night.”

After next week, the Rams will cross the threshold into the postseason. Expectations are high in light of last year’s Flyers Cup effort. So, in a very real sense, Wednesday night’s first period was about setting the tone for something beyond a regular-season game in February.

Neshaminy’s. A.J. Dougherty was injured in the second period when Pennridge’s Andrew David delivered a shoulder check while Dougherty was standing with his back to the boards in the Pennridge offensive left wing corner. No penalty was called on the play. Dougherty was helped off the ice. According to DeMatteo, he will enter concussion protocol.

•The regular season will conclude next week. The SHSHL playoffs will commence on February 23 and 24 so the results of the Class AA quarterfinals will factor into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Neshaminy 0 1 0

Pennridge 3 2 1—6

First-period goals: Pierce McGinley (P) from Josh Kelly, 2:59; Andrew Savong (P) unassisted, 9:09; Tyler Manto (P) from Ryan Schuler, 13:55

Second-period goals: Max Gallagher (N) from Dan McColgan and J.J. Hathaway, 9:49 (pp); Kevin Pico, from Manto and Boyle, 13:44; Aeryk Lehrhaupt (P) unassisted, 15:51 (sh)

Third-period goals: Shane Dachowski (P) from Aidan Boyle Jack Lowery, 9:58 (pp)

Shots: Neshaminy 42, Pennridge 52; Saves: Brian Nelson (N) 46, Ryan Pico P) 41

St. Augustine 3 Holy Ghost Prep 2

Jackson Vaites’s goal with 2:42 remaining in the third period proved decisive as host St. Augustine edged Holt Ghost Prep 3-2 Wednesday afternoon in a non-league game. Four of the game’s five goals came in the third period.

Vaites’s goal gave the hosts a 3-1 lead. Michael Holt scored for the Firebirds with 1:10 remaining in regulation but it wasn’t enough.

Kieran Mulholland also scored for Holy Ghost Prep, which dropped to 9-9 overall

Holy Ghost Prep 0 0 2—2

St. Augustine 0 1 2—3

Malvern Prep 4 The Hun School 1

Matt Harris scored two goals to lead Malvern Prep to a 4-1 win over The Hun School Wednesday afternoon at Iceland. The win officially clinched the APAC regular-championship for the Friars (12-3 overall, 5-1-2-0 in conference).

Jimmy Jacobs and Jeremy Jacobs also scored goals for Malvern Prep, which will be the top seed for next week’ Founders Cup playoffs and is favored to be the top seed for the upcoming Class AAA Flyers Cup tournament.

Brendan Marino scored for Hun School which dropped to 7-8 overall and 2-4-1 in conference.

Harris scored the only goal of the first period, a shorthanded effort at the 6:26 mark. He added his second goal 27 seconds into the second period to give his team a 2-0 lead before Marino cut the lead in half at the 6:26 mark

Jimmy Jacobs extended the Malvern Prep lead with a power-play 10:26 into the third period; Jeremy Jacobs completed the scoring into an empty net.

Brandon Novabilski earned the win in goal with 30 saves.

Malvern Prep 1 1 2—4

Hun School 0 1 0—1

First-period goal: Matt Harris (MP) from Quinn Dougherty, 6:26 (sh)

Second-period goals: Harris (MP) from Jimmy Jacobs and Aidan Kelly, :27; Brendan Marino (HS) from Elian Estulin and Nick Dimatos, 6:35

Third-period goals: Jimmy Jacobs (MP) from Pierre Larocque and Dougherty, 10:26; Jeremy Jacobs (MP) from Jimmy Jacobs, 13:54 (en)

Shots: Malvern Prep 34, Hun School 31; Saves: Brandon Novabilski (MP) 30, Jack Borek (MP) 31

La Salle 3 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

HATFIELD— The supporting cast stepped into feature roles for La Salle on Wednesday afternoon. With several players sidelined because of suspensions and injury, the Explorers had to juggle the lineup. The revisions proved fruitful. La Salle scored three times in the third period to post a 3-1 win over St. Joseph’s Prep at Hatfield Ice.

The Explorers concluded the regular season at 7-7-1 and the APAC campaign in second place at 4-3-0-1. The Hawks will head to the post season at 8-7-1 and 3-3-0-2 in the APAC; they’re slotted third in the conference at present.

La Salle senior Gavin O’Connell said it was a game when some of LaSalle’s less-heralded performers needed to step up and they did. “Especially since we were missing some of our key players,” he said. “We needed the guys that don’t get as many minutes to step up and everyone was chipping in. Everyone was getting minutes they don’t usually get.”

The only goal of the first two periods was the ultimate bad goal. The Hawks’ Tristan Winata moved through center ice, moved to his left and sent a puck in the direction of the La Salle net from the left face-off circle’ it ended up in the back of the net, behind Explorer netminder Aries Carangi.

The Hawks had the better of the opening period, outshooting their foes 15-6. Momentum started shifting La Salle’s way in second period but the Hawks still led 1-0 as the teams headed to their dressing rooms at period’s end.

“I thought we played really well in the second,” said La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner. “We just couldn’t score any goals. But we had good opportunities, we were playing the way we’ve been playing of late down low, working hard and creating some opportunities.”

Keenan Schneider broke the La Salle scoring drought 70 seconds into the third period off a Hawk turnover. Jackson Lindmar poked in a loose puck at 8:41 to put La Salle in front for good. Patrick Brace finished the scoring at 12:19.

St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin felt the Explorers had more energy in the third period. “Whether our kids did not have their legs, or whether they didn’t feel the need to compete, obviously, La Salle wanted it more,” he said. “Those kids really busted their butts, they played great.”

O’Connell says the Explorers have been getting contributions from a variety of sources in recent weeks. “I think we’ve seen guys who we haven’t seen much of before,” he said. “Maybe they’ve been playing a lot more and we’ve been seeing what they can truly do. “So we’ve definitely had more depth than we thought and we can do a lot more things.”

Tristan Winata scores the game’s first goal

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 0 0—1

La Salle 0 0 3—3

First-period goal: Tristan Winata (SJP) unassisted, 7:16

Third-period goals: Keenan Schneider (L) from Evan Golato, 1:10; Jackson Lindmar (L) from Gavin O’Connell, 8:41; Patrick Brace (L) from Schneider, 12:19

Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 29, La Salle 37; Saves: Rocco Bruno (SJP) 34, Aries Carangi (L) 28

Video provided by Erin Schneider

SHSHL Update for 2-9-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (13-0) 8 0 0 0 16

Council Rock South (10-1-1) 8 0 0 0 16

Pennsbury (8-3-1) 6 2 0 0 12

Neshaminy (8-3-1) 5 3 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (5-6-1) 5 3 0 0 10

Council Rock North (6-6) 4 5 0 0 8

Souderton (6-6) 4 5 0 0 8

Central Bucks East (4-8) 3 5 0 0 6

Bensalem (3-9) 1 7 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (4-8) 1 7 0 0 0

North Penn (1-11) 0 8 0 0 0

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (10-1) 9 0 0 0 18

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-2) 7 1 0 0 14

Wissahickon (6-6) 6 3 0 0 12

Quakertown (6-7) 6 5 0 0 12

William Tennent (3-10) 3 7 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-9-0-1) 2 7 0 1 5

Hatboro-Horsham (1-11) 0 10 0 0 0

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Karson Grainey (CRN) 22 13 35

Shane Siegmund (PB) 14 21 35

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 18 11 29

Kevin Pico (Pr) 14 13 27

Nick Hahn (CRN) 8 17 25

Kevin Koles (CRS) 11 13 24

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 12 10 22

Reece Millman (Pb) 10 11 21

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 13 6 19

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 12 7 19

Julian Sarne (CRS) 14 4 18

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 30 17 47

Aidan Keogh (PW) 13 33 46

Matt Kramer (Ab 22 13 35

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 16 17 33

Matthew Flynn (PW) 8 21 29

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 20 8 28

Will Hussa (Wiss) 14 14 28

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 14 12 26

Matt Cholaj (Ab) 10 12 22

Frank Rosenberry (WT) 12 9 21

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St. Joseph’s Prep 5 Cardinal O’Hara 1

St. Joseph’s Prep 5, Cardinal O’Hara 1

Five different players scored goals as the Hawks downed the Lions 5-1 Wednesday night in a none-league matchup under the lights at the Spring Mountain ski area.

Michael Ahearn, Jeffrey Hammond, Joey Samango, Gareth McDonald, and Shane O’Neill all scored for Sr. Joseph’s Prep, which improved to 8-6-1 overall.
Patrick Toney scored for Cardinal O’Hara.

Cardinal O’Hara 0 1 0—1

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 2 2—5

The Hawks and the Lions played under the lights Wednesday night

Hawks and the Lions battle (video courtesy of St. Joseph’s Prep)

La Salle 1 Princeton Day 1

Max Maddalo scored in the second period to as La Salle played to a 1-1 tie at Princeton Day School on Tuesday in a Mid-Atlantic Hockey League game. No overtime period was played.

La Salle 0 1 0—1

Princeton Day 0 0 1—1

APAC Update for 2-12-22

Won Lost OTW OTL Pts GF GA

Malvern Prep (13-3) 5 1 2 0 19 33 20

La Salle (8-7-1) 4 3 0 1 13 19 16

@ St. Joseph’s Prep (8-8-1) 3 3 0 2 11 23 21

Hun School (8-9) 3 4 1 0 11 16 20

Holy Ghost Prep (10-111) 1 5 1 1 6 16 30

@ St. Joseph’s Prep finishes third via tiebreak (goal differential)

End Regular Season

Playoff Schedule

Monday, February 14 Play In

Holy Ghost Prep 9 Hun School 4

Wednesday, February 16

Malvern Prep 4, Holy Ghost Prep 1

La Salle 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

Founders Cup final will be played February 23 or 24 and hosted by the highest-seeded finalist.

Scoring GP G A Pts PPG

Matt Harris (MP) 8 9 8 17 2.13

Jim Jacobs (MP) 8 8 9 17 2.13

Jeremy Jacobs (MP) 8 6 7 13 1.63

Joey Samango (SJP) 8 8 2 10 1.25

Pierre Larocque (MP) 7 4 6 10 1.25

Jeffrey Hammond (SJP) 8 3 5 8 1.00

Quinn Dougherty (MP) 8 2 6 8 1.00

Dante Passio (SJP) 8 1 7 8 1.00

Shaun Marshall (HGP) 8 4 3 7 0.88

Elian Estulin (HS) 8 2 5 7 0.88

Brady Baehser (HGP) 7 3 3 6 0.75

Nick Storti (SJP 8 3 3 6 0.75

Keenan Schneider (L) 8 5 1 6 0.75

Chris Wnek (L) 8 2 4 6 0.75

conference games only Shootout goals not included

St. Joseph’s Prep 3 Hun School 1

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP—With just eight days remaining in the APAC regular season, teams are striving to climb over each other and gain a foothold that strengthens their position not only in the conference standings but also in the minds of the members of the committee that will seed the Class AAA portion of the upcoming Flyers Cup tournament.

St. Joseph’s Prep took a step up on Friday night, climbing over The Hun School 3-1 on Senior Night at the Skatium.

Cathal Dowd, Liam Mooney, and Joey Samango all scored goals for the Hawks (7-6 overall) who moved into second place in the APAC standings with a 3-2-0-2 conference mark, one point ahead of La Salle. The Hawks and Explorers will meet on Wednesday to conclude their respective league schedules.

Hun School (7-7 overall) stands at 2-3-1-0 in the conference with games remaining against Malvern Prep on Wednesday and Holy Ghost Prep next Friday.

The first meeting between the two teams (a 1-0 Hun School win) was decided on the last shot of a shootout and Friday’s game was closely contested as well, despite the Hawks’ margin of victory.

“They played hard,” Mooney said of the Raiders. “They’re hard to play against. They had a couple good lines; they were a couple guys short (due to suspensions) but I thought we played them pretty tough, played them pretty well.”

Hun School Coach Ian McNally noted that Friday’s game featured a rematch between the goaltenders who hooked up in the teams’ first meeting; the Hawks Ajay White and the Raiders Stephen Chen. He was impressed with White’s winning performance.

“We scored one (regulation) goal; in two games against this kid. He was in our kitchen.”

Mooney noted Friday’s game had a different flow than the first meeting and the Hawks generated more opportunities.

“(Chen) played really good last time,” he said. “Today, we just got more shots on him. That was the key to winning today.”

Cathal Dowd gave St. Joseph’s Prep a 1-0 lead 10:34 into the first period when he scored off a turnover just to the right of Chen in front of the Raider’s net. The fast-paced first sessions saw the teams generate 30 shots between them.

Play slowed a bit in the second frame and it was still a 1-0 game early in the third period before Mooney’s goal extended his team’s lead.

Elian Estulin cut that lead in half when he scored off a Hawk turnover but Nick Storti cemented the victory for the hosts when he scored a power-play goal with 1:52 remaining in regulation.

”In our league, every team battles to the end,” said Hawk coach David Giacomin. “It was basically a one-goal game up until the power play.”

In two meetings against each other, Chen and White combined to stop 131 of 135 shots in regulation and overtime. Chen made 66 saves and White 65

Hun School 0 0 1—1

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Cathal Dowd (HGO) from Dante Passio, 10:34

Third-period goals: Liam Mooney (SJP) from Charles Maratea, 3:52; Elian Estulin (HS) from Seth Kaplan, 7:54; Nick Storti (SJP) from Jeffrey Hammond, 15:08 (pp)

Shots: Hun School 34, St. Joseph’s Prep 35; Saves; Stephen Chen (HS) 32, Ajay White (SJP) 32

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