Malvern Prep 4 Hun School 0

Four different player scored goal as Malvern Prep shut out Hun School 4-0 Wednesday afternoon in an APAC game at Ice Line.

The win broke the Friars’ seven-game losing streak and lifted them to 3-8 overall and 2-4 in conference play. The Raiders fell to 3-9-2 and 0-4 in the APAC.

Gabe Bdwell gave his team the lead with a shorthanded goal 8:19 into the first period.

The hosts broke the game open in the third period when Jake Weingartner, Teague Murray, and Finn Gatta scored goals in a span of 7 minutes, 26 seconds.

Matt Crawford earned the shutout in goal with 28 saves.

Hun School 0 0 0—0

Malvern Prep 1 0 3—4

First-period goal: Gabe Bedwell (MP) unassisted, 8:19 (sh) Teague Murray (MP) from Matt Barbacanem 7:41 (pp); Finn Gatta (MP) from James Young, 11:29

Third-period goals: Jake Weingartner (MP) unassisted, 4:03;

Shots: Hun School 28, Malvern Prep 40; Saves: Elliot Wong (HS) 36, Matt Crawford (MP) 28

SHSHL Update 1-20-25

National Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

C.R. South (14-1) 12 0 0 45 3 0

North Penn (12-2) 11 2 0 45 0 1

Pennridge (10-3) 9 3 0 38 0 2

C.B. South (9-4) 9 2 0 33 3 0

Pennsbury (5-8) 5 7 0 22 0 2

C.B. East (4-8) 4 7 0 16 0 0

Neshaminy (4-7) 3 8 0 13 0 1

Souderton (3-9) 3 8 0 12 0 0

C.R. North (3-10) 3 10 0 12 0 0

C.B. West (0-12) 0 12 0 0 0 0

American Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

Plymouth Whitemarsh (11-0) 10 0 0 40 0 0

Hatboro-Horsham (6-5) 6 4 0 24 1 1

Wissahickon (6-4) 6 3 0 23 1 0

Springfield (2-8) 2 8 0 9 0 1

Abington (0-10) 0 9 0 0 0 0

National Division Scoring G A Pts

Shane Dachwski Pr 28 20 48

Jeremy Rayher 23 22 45

Cole Pluck NP 17 25 42

James Rush Pr 19 20 39

Jackson Accardi CRN 23 15 38

Samuel Norton NP 16 22 38

Jake Weiner CRS 25 11 36

Jordan Sarne CRS 11 19 30

Nolan Shingle NP 17 12 29

Ivan Bondra CRN 16 10 26

Matthew Cross Soud 17 8 25

Landon Bishop Pr 9 16 25

Chris Sarver Pb 10 14 24

American Division Scoring G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 14 17 31

Dan Guller PW 10 20 30

Nathan Nemchinov HH 15 12 27

Darius Graziani HH 9 13 22

Ben Raebiger Wiss 16 4 20

Victor Wilkins HH 15 5 20

Cooper Kanze PW 10 9 19

Luke Smith PW 6 12 18

Blake Ambler PW 9 7 16

Flyers Cup Rankings #2

Class AAA

Holy Ghost Prep
La Salle
St. Joseph’s Prep
Malvern Prep
Salesianum

Class AA

Council Rock South
Haverford High
North Penn
Downingtown West
Pennridge

Class A
1. West Chester Henderson

2. Garnet Valley

3. Kennett

4. Penncrest

5. Hershey

Girls

Avon Grove
Downingtown West
Conestoga
Kingsway
West Chester Henderson

This is the second of four sets of rankings that will be released prior to the Flyers Cup Selection Show on Sunday, February 23.

St. Joseph’s Prep Hoping for a 3-Peat at Purple Puck Tournament

The Purple Puck Tournament has been a fixture on the St. Joseph’s Prep schedule for well over a decade. This year, the Hawks will make the trip to Washington D.C. as the two-time defending champion of the Prep Division.

They’ll open tournament play on Friday against Loyola High School from Montreal, On Saturday, they’ll face Archbishop Spalding from Annapolis, Md. and St. Ignatius.

The tournament field also includes Paul VI from Ashburn, Va. from and Gonzaga College High School, the tournament host.

St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin says the trip offers his team a number of benefits.

“It’s a time to get away from [the Philadelphia area],” he said. “and play some different teams. They get to stay and room together. So, it’s more of a bonding issue for us. Usually the tighter a team is going own the home stretch, the better you’re going to play.”

Giacomin says the Hawks will be tested against elite competition.

“I think this year is going to be a lot stronger than it was last year and the year before,” he said. “This year they have Loyola in Quebec, which we played probably seen or eight years ago and it was a very tough game. they also have St. Ignatius out of Cleveland who has won the state championship there something like 12 years in a row.

So, it’s going to be more of a challenge for is on the ice but one that we look forward to.”

Giacomin said one purpose of the trip is to build team chemistry that will been something to build on come the postseason.

“Hopefully, down the stretch the kids are fresh and enjoy being around each other a little bit more,” he said, “and play their best hockey come the end of the season.”

Pennsbury 9 Souderton 7

It was an evening Dylan Nink is likely to remember for some time.

Nink, a senior and a first-year varsity player scored his first varsity goal for Pennsbury Thursday night. His shot from the left point with 4:54 remaining the third period turned out to be the winning goal as the Falcons bested Souderton 9-7 in a SHSHL National Division shootout at Grundy Arena.

The win was just the second for the Falcons in seven divisional games (2-6 overall). The teams combined for 13 goal in the last two periods including four in the last 7:02 of the third period. Nink said he and his teammates had one thought in mind.

“All we wanted to do was get pucks on net,” he said, “drive the middle and just score. We were in a little bit of a stretch where we’ve been losing [Pennsbury had lost four straight prior to Thursday night], we really needed this.”

Shane Gleisner put the Falcons on his back in the early going, scoring their first four goals. His fourth goal of the night gave his team a 4-3 lead just 1:20 into the second period.

By the time the period ended, the game was tied 5-5. Patrick Callahan had scored twice for Souderton (3-5, 3-4 in the division) and three other players had one goal each.

The game’ defining sequence commenced four-and-a-half minutes into the third period and the game tied 6-6 when the Big Red was presented with a seven-minute power play. The chain of events began when a referee raised his arm to signal a delayed penalty against Gleisner for cross checking. Before the whistle blew, Gleisner delivered a forearm blow to the head of a Souderton player and was given a five-minute major penalty for head contact.

Gleisner’s penalty time started with 12:27 left in regulation; for 25 seconds the Big Red had a five skater-to-three advantage. But more importantly, by rule, he served the major penalty first, so when Matthew Cross scored his second goal of the game for Souderton to give it the lead with 7:08 remaining, the power play concluded.

By that point however, the Big Red who had just 12 skaters available, were running out of energy and the Falcons, first Chris Saver, then Nink, then Sarver once more into an empty net, scored the game’s last three goals.

“We took too many penalties as a team” said Souderton coach Scott Ryon. “That put us down quite a bit in the second period, and ultimately caught up to our legs in the third.”

Ryon lamented not having gotten more out of the extended power play.

“We wanted to put a lot more in the net,” he said. “But, with a short bench plus the penalties, we were gassed even during the seven-minute power play.

Souderton 1 4 2—7

Pennsbury 2 3 4—9

First-period goals: Shane Gleisner (P) from Kevin DeRosa, :20; Patrick Callahan (S) from Cameron Fairweather and Jackson Kelly, 7:13 (pp); Gleisner (P) from Chris Sarver and Jason Fowler, 7:54

Second-period goals: Nick Smith (S) from Fairweather, :52; Gleisner (P) from DeRosa, 1:20; Fairweather (S) from Smith, 1:37; Gleisner (P). from Logan Weed and Shane Hicks, 2:31; Matt Cross (S) from Fairweather and Caden O’Neill, 10:35 (pp); Jacob. Sarver (P) from Chris Sarver and Connor Gray, 16:45; Callahan (S) from Fairweather and Cross, 16:52

Third-period goals: Hicks (P)) from Chris Sarver, :28; Fairweather (S) from Smith, 2:05; Cross (S) from Luca Ferretti, 9:58; Chris Sarver (P) from Brendan Milliken, 10:28; Dylan Nink (P) from Fowler and Jacob Sarver, 12:06; Chriss Sarver (P) from DeRosa and Jacob Sarver, 16:55 (en)

Holy Ghost Prep 4 Malvern Prep 1

Looking to pick up its second Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference win in two days, Holy Ghost Prep didn’t miss a beat. Chase Logue scored two goals as the Firebirds downed Malvern Prep 4-1 Thursday night at Ice Line.

The win was the Firebirds’ fourth straight and lifted them to 8-3 overall and 3-2 in the APAC.

Logue opened the scoring 6:28 into the first period with an assist from his brother Brady. John Gavaghan made it a 2-0 game with a shorthanded goal just 28 seconds into the second frame while his teammate Logan Barnes was in the box serving a tripping penalty.

Andrew Starck answered for the Friars (2-4, 1-2 APAC) with a power-play goal 46 seconds later.

Chase Logue scored his second goal 1:13 into the final period, again with his brother’s assistance and again while his team was shorthanded; Anthony Valeriote was in the box at the time.

The Firebirds enjoyed a 40-19 edge in shots. Jack Unger got the win in goal. Losing goaltender Matt Crawford kept his team in the game by making 36 saves.

The evening served as fundraiser in support of families dealing with Rubnenstein Taybi Syndrome, a genetic disorder. Connor Keenan, the son of Malvern Prep coach Bill Keenan, is afflicted with the disorder.

Holy Ghost Prep coach John Ritchie said he and his players were homoted to e part of the occasion.

“Holy Ghost Prep was very grateful to be asked to be part of such a great event,” he said. “The event’s success is a testament to our league and to our school communities as they support Bill and his family and it’s an event that I hope continues for many years.”

Holy Ghost Prep 1 1 2 —4

Malvern Prep 0 1 0—1

First-period goal: Chase Logue (HGP) from Brady Logue, 6:28

Second-period goals: John Gavaghan (HGP) unassisted, :28 (sh); Andrew Starck (MP) from James Young, 1:14 (pp);

Third-period goals: Chase Logue (HGP) from Brady Logue, 1:13 (sh); Brady Logue (HGP) from Lucas Gonzalez, 11:33

Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 40, Malvern Prep 19; Saves: Jack Unger (HGP) 18, Matt Crawford (MP) 36

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Holy Ghost Prep at National Scholastic Invitational

Holy Ghost Prep 2 St. Joseph’s 0

Lucas Gonzalez and Brian Kinniry scored goals in the first period and Jack Botthof was percet on goal as the Firebirds recorded their second consecutive Saturday shoutout.

Holy Ghost Prep 3 Lake Forest 0

John Gavaghan. Nate Romer, and Patryk Oser all scored goals as the Firebirds bested the Scouts Saturday afternoon at the National Scholastic Invitational. Jack Unger earned the shutout in goal.

Pine Richland 5 Holy Ghost Prep 3

Alexander Verszyla and Carson Parkhill scored goals 71 second apart late in the third period to give Pine Richland, the reigning Pennsylvania Class AAA state champions a 5-3 win over Holy Ghost Prep Friday night in the opening round of the National Scholastic Invitational in Jamestown, New York.

Verszyla put his team ahead for good when he scored his second goal of the game with 2:22 remaining in the final period after Lucas Gonzalez scored two second-period goals that enable the Firebirds to overcome a 3-1 deficit.

Brian Kinniry scored for Holy Ghost Prep to give his team a 1-0 lead in the first period.

The Firebirds will face Lake Forest Illinois at noon on Saturday and St. Joseph’s Collegiate Prep from Buffalo at 6:00.

C.B. East 10 C.R. North 6

Central Bucks East and Council Rock North had quite a shootout Wednesday night. The two teams combined for seven goals in the first period and 16 in the game before the Patriots left Grundy Arena with a 10-6 in the SHSHL National Division matchup.

Alex Wilson scored two goals for the Patriots, (3-4 overall, 3-3 in the division) who have won three of their last four divisional starts and moved into the top half of the National Division standings with the win. Eight other players scored one goal each while Cole Kleindienst contributed three assists.

Jackson Accardi scored three goals for the Indians who dropped to 2-5 overall and in divisional play. Accardi leads the entire SHSHL in scoring; through Wednesday night he had scored 16 goals and added nine assists for 25 points. Ivan Bondra added two goals and two assists. Bondra is tied for fourth in the league in scoring through Wednesday with 12 goals and six assists for 18 points.

The shootout started 2:38 into the first period when North’s Danial Maglathlin scored the game’s first goal. Wilson tied the game at the 4:19 mark before Accardi have North the lead for the second time at the 7:26 mark.

Before the first period ended, both Accardi and Wilson had recorded additional goals and North had a 4-3 lead.

The Patriots broke the game open in the second period by scoring five unanswered goals in a span of 12 minutes, 54 seconds. Samuel Gottesman, Jack Kochan, Morris Ostrobrood, Jaden Young, and Joseph Walter all scored in that span.

“This game was a great display of our team’s depth and resilience,” said Easy coach Jeff Mitchell. “We knew Council Rock North would come out strong, and they did. We saw a lot of back-and-forth action. Each period was a battle, . The second period was where we really took control. Our offense was firing on all cylinders.”

The teams traded two goals apiece in a third period that was highlighted by Accardi’s completing his bid for a hat trick when he scored 71 seconds in, giving him 100 points for gis high-school career.

“it’s really great to see Jackson get his 100th high school point,” said North coach Shawn Dorsey. “It’s a great milestone that not alot of people get to accomplish. Jackson is an excellent talent, and he’s also an excellent leader and teammate.

The Patriots outshot the Indians 29-20. Cameron Young got the win in goal in his varsity debut.

C.B. East 3 5 2—10

C.R. North 4 0 2—6

First-period goals: Danial Maglathlin (CRN) unassisted, 2:38; Alex Wilson (CBE) unassisted, 4:19; Jackson Accardi (CRN) unassisted, 7:26; Benjamin Dempsey (CBE) from Evan Asimakopoulos, 8:28; Accardi (CRN) from Maglathlin and Ryan Bondra,13:25; Bondra (CRN) from Accardi and Sean Davies, 13:51; Wilson (CBE) from Charlie Keiser, 16:44

Second-period goals Samuel Gottesman (CBE) from Cole Kleindienst, 4:01; Jack Kochan (CBE) from Kleindienst, 7:25; Morris Ostrobrood (CBE) from Kleindienst and Kochan, 14:12; Jaden Young (CBE) unassisted, 16:43; Joseph Walter (CBE) from Keiser, 16:55

Third-period goals: Accardi (CRN) from Bondra, 1:11; David Brown (CBE) unassisted, 2:29 (sh); Bondra (CRN) unassisted, 4:35; Colton Dreyfus (CBE) unassisted, 14:25 (pp)

Shots: C.B. East 29, C.R. North 20; Saves: Cameron Young (CBE) 14, Michael Jacoby (CRN) 19

SHSHL Update 11-26-24

National Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

C.R. South (5-1) 4 0 0 15 2 0

Cent. Bucks South (4-2) 4 1 0 14 2 0

North Penn (4-1) 3 1 0 12 0 0

Pennridge (3-1) 2 1 0 9 0 1

Souderton (2-2) 2 1 0 8 0 0

C.R. North (2-3) 2 3 0 8 0 0

Pennsbury (1-4) 1 3 0 6 0 2

Neshaminy (2-2) 1 2 0 4 0 0

C.B. East (1-4) 1 3 0 4 0 0

C.B. West (0-5) 0 3 0 0 0 0

American Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

Plymouth Whitemarsh (3-0) 2 0 0 8 0 0

Wissahickon (2-2) 2 1 0 8 0 0

Hatboro-Horsham (2-2) 2 1 0 7 1 0

Springfield (1-2) 1 2 0 5 0 1

Abington (0-3 ) 0 3 0 0 0 0

National Division Scoring G A Pts

Shane Dachwski Pr 11 9 20

Jackson Accardi CRN 12 8 20

Ivan Bondra CRN 10 4 14

James Rush Pr 7 7 14

Cole Pluck NP 3 10 13

Anthony Dowd CBW 7 5 12

Samuel Norton NP 5 7 12

Jake Weiner CRS 9 2 11

Nolan Shingle(NP) 8 3 11

James Boyle NP 6 5 11

American Division Scoring G A Pts

Dan Guller PW 1 8 9

Cooper Kanze PW 7 1 8

Ben Raebiger Wiss 6 2 8

Victor Wilkins HH 6 2 8

Blake Ambler PW 4 3 7

Vincent Graziani HH 4 3 7

Nathan Nemchinov HH 4 3 7

Father Judge 6 Haverford School 1

PHILADELPHIA—One team was embarking on a new journey. The other was continuing an existing one. So, it was when Father Judge and The Haverford School crossed paths Monday night at the Flyers Skate Zone Northeast.
It was the Crusaders who prevailed, scoring three goals in the third period to pull away to a 6-1 win as both teams opened their ICSHL/Prep-Catholic campaigns.

Owen Myers had a major impact on the evening’s events, scoring the game’s first goal and later assisting on three others to help Judge improve its record to 5-1-1 overall.

“I thought we played really good,” the senior said. “I thought we did all the little stuff right.”

Myers says it’s important for he and his teammates to maintain good playing habits regardless of the score or opponent.

“Last year, we had a little bit of a problem with that,” he said. “We would play some teams, and then we would go into games where we were facing good teams and it would translate. I think recently, with this team, we’ve been doing things pretty good and I think it’s going to translate well.”

Myers’s goal with 3:21 left in the opening period was the only goal of the first frame thanks the efforts of Ike Matoney in the Haverford School (0-2) net. Fifteen of the freshman’s 36 saves came in the first period.

Myers picked up the primary assist on Jaden Golden’s goal 5:07 into the second period but Harry Neilly answered for the Fords just 20 seconds later.

Judge got control of the game when Gold scored off a shorthanded breakaway 8:26 into the middle period while his teammate Joseph Mullen was serving a cross-checking penalty. Myers went in alone on Matoney, who denied him, but Gold scored off the ensuing rebound.

The Crusaders added three additional goals in the third period; one each from Mullen, Jake Pound, and Matt McFadyen.

Judge coach Steve Meade encouraged his team to stay patient.

“If you have a goalie that’s made a lot of big saves,” that means you have a lot of big chances,” he said. “[Matoney] had to make the saves. You can’t get frustrated. Just continue to do what you’re doing and they’ll fall. You’ve just got to get the goalie to move side to side and the puck will go in.”

Meade has been impressed with the way his team has started the season.

“We weren’t too sure how we were going to be looking this year,” he said. “We had a lot of young guys coming on the team. So, to start off the way did, I’m proud of them. I’m proud of the way they’ve done it.”

Haverford School, which is making its ICSHL debut this season, Monday’s game was a step in the maturation of a young hockey team. Ten of the 15 players who dressed for coach Thomas Lindberg were underclassmen.

“I think the biggest piece of this group is they’re young,” Lindberg said. “This is our first year at this level and they’ve got to learn, night in and night out, what it takes to compete and be relevant. And, that’s all part of the learning process.”

Haverford School 0 1 0—1

Father Judge 1 2 3—6

First-period goal: Owen Myers (FJ) from Jake Ruppert, 13:39

Second-period goals: Jaiden Golden (FJ) from Myers and Joseph Mullen, 5:07; Harry Neilly (HS) from Henry Cagiusio, 5:25; Golden (FJ) from Myers, 8:26 (sh)

Third-period goals: Mullen (FJ) from Golden and Myers, 4:11; Jake Proud (FJ) from Chris Ferrero and Gavin Culver, 11:07; Matt McFadyen (FJ) from Nolan Rauch, 11:37

Shots: Hav. School 20, Father Judge 42; Saves: Ike Matoney (HS) 36, Jonathan Dilliplane (FJ) 19

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