Malvern Prep 2 La Salle 0

Pax Hoishik score one of his team’s goals and assisted on the other as Malvern Prep bested La Salle 2-0 Wednesday night in an APAC matchup at Ice Line.

The win lifted the Friars to 2-2-1 overall and 1-1 in the APAC. The Explorers fell to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in conference.

Hoishik opened the scoring 6:06 into the first period with assists from Jake Weingartner and William McCullough. The senior also provided the primary assist on Broderick Campbell’s power-play goal 10:34 into the middle period. The goal came while La Salle’s Roman Tkach was serving a roughing penalty.

Ryan Caterino got the shutout in goal, making 30 saves.

“Playing on Thanksgiving Eve is always a high emotion game with a lot of energy both from the crowd and the team,” said Malvern Prep coach Bill Keenan. “We stressed to the team that we needed a fast start, that we had to come out strong and settle into the game but more importantly controlling our emotions. We were able to get a goal in the first period which helped us set the tempo for the rest of the game.

“To LaSalle’s credit they came out strong after the ice cut and played a strong third period. It was nice to get our first APAC win of the season under our belt and get a win against LaSalle who for most of the guys on the team has not happened during their time at Malvern.”

La Salle 0 0 0—0

Malvern Prep 1 1 0—2

First-period goal: Paxton Hoishik (MP) from Jake Weingartner and William McCullough, 6:06

Second-period goal: Broderick Campell (MP) from Hoishik and Logan Love, 10:34 (pp)

Shots: La Salle 30, Malvern Prep 37; Saves: Anthony Foster (L) 35, Ryan Caterino (MP) 30

Blust Takes Over at Central Bucks West

Central Bucks West has a deep connection to the Suburban High School Hockey League. West first joined the league in 1975-76, the SHSHL’s third season. Along with William Tennent, West was one of the first two Bucks County public school teams to skate under the SHSHL umbrella.

According to SHSHL records, that team lasted just one season but in the 1977-78 season a team was formed that blended athletes from Central Bucks East and West for a number of years before the Bucks regained their autonomy.
Under longtime coach Dave Baun, the program had periods of success, notably in 2017 when it reached the semifinals of the Class AA Flyers Cup tournament.

The team has struggled in recent seasons however and Frank Blust has taken on the challenge of restoring the program’s luster.

An experienced club hockey coach, Blust was expected to take over the program at Pennridge this season after Jeff Montagna announced his retirement. But Montagna decided to stay on and when Baun decided to retire after 20 seasons, West needed a coach and Blust stepped up.

{Baun} gave a lot to the program,” he said. “I know a lot of kids that played under him and respect him so much.”

The seniors West roster gave won just eight games over the course of their careers. Blust has told his troops to take things one shift at a time.

“As a team, we have to take it shift by shift,” he said. “We’ve got to win the next shift.

“We’ve had strong periods, then we fall apart for a period. So, if maybe we can put a couple more shifts together in a row, we’ll see what happens.

Blust is enthusiastic about the talent he has in the pipeline.

“We have a nice middle-school program coming up,” he said, “with a lot of strong players. We just have to work on the guys we have with us now and build that culture so the young guys coming up will feel the same way.

Blust is committed to giving his players a positive experience, regardless of their experience level or the team’s record.

“We’re in the mindset of we’re a very young team,” he said. “We’ve got a bunch of freshmen. We’ve got a couple of pretty strong juniors and sophomores.

“The senior are great, but they’ll be gone next year. So, I think we need to make sure they build a strong culture with our young players.”

North Penn 5 Council Rock South 2

By Karen Sangillo

It was an early season matchup that could become a harbinger for the post-season.

Council Rock South hosted the defending National Division, Flyers Cup and state champion North Penn and fell to the Knights, 5-2, on Wednesday night at Grundy Ice Arena.

Both teams entered the game undefeated at 3-0.

CR South got on the board first with a goal by Jake Weiner, midway through the first period.

“Scoring first definitely gave us a lift, but we have to learn to keep our heads up and keep moving when the other team scores,” said CR South goaltender Trey Prozzillo, a senior.

Late in the first period the Golden Hawks (5-1 overall) got into some trouble when they were issued a bench minor, served by Xavier Prozorov. He joined Jordan Sarne, already in the penalty box for cross checking.

The five-on-three power play was too good of an opportunity for the Knights to miss, and they didn’t. Samuel Norton stuffed it in with an assist from goaltender Andrew Norton and the period ended tied, 1-1.

“We knew they were going to come out strong right away, so it wasn’t too surprising when they scored first, but we bounced back pretty fast,” said Norton, a junior forward. “We thought this was going to be one of the toughest games of the year for us and we came out of it pretty well.

“We did a good job of moving the puck into the neutral zone and we played pretty good defense. Our offense needs a little work but it’s still early in the season so I think we’ll get it down by the time the playoffs come around.”

North Penn’s Chris Silvotti IV made it 2-1 three minutes into the second period, but CR South tied it up on a goal by Keegan Spence.

North Penn (5-0 overall) took control in the third period, with Samuel Norton netting the game winner two minutes into play and Declan Leahy and Silvotti providing a pair of insurance goals.

“Being the defending state champions hasn’t changed anything for us,” said North Penn senior Danial Cabrales, a defenseman. “We aren’t doing anything different, but I do feel like we’re more of a target this year. Everyone knows we’re the defending state champion so everyone wants to beat us.

“But we pretty much have the same team back again so I feel like we definitely can do it again.”

There are quite a few new faces on the CR South squad, which graduated nine from last year.

“This was a good early test for us,” Prozzillo said. “Next time we see them we’re going to work harder and not take our foot off the gas.

“We hung in there for a while but we have kids who have to fill new roles and they’re still learning. We’re definitely going to go to practice on Monday and work on the things we need to work on.

“I think they’ll figure out their assignments and know what they need to do next game. This was the toughest game we’ve had all year against probably the toughest team we’ll see all year, and we’ve got to learn from it.”

North Penn 1 1 3—5

Council Rock South 1 1 0—2

First-period goals: Jake Weiner (CRS) from Allen Pronin, 8:44; Samuel Norton (NP) from Andrew Norton, 16:16 (pp)

Second-period goals: Christopher Silvotti IV (NP) from James Boyle and Declan Willison, 14:00; Keegan Spence (CRS) from Brendan Rooney, 14:24

Third-period goals: S. Norton (NP) from Danial Cabrales, 1:48; Declan Leahy (NP) from Luke Haftel and Chase Kelly Del Ricci, 10:29; Silvotti (NP) from Del Ricci, 12:47

Shots: North Penn 38, Council Rock South 24; Saves: A. Norton (NP) 22, Trey Prozzillo (CRS) 33

Holy Ghost Prep 4 Malvern Prep 1

Three different players scored goals Wednesday afternoon s Holy Ghost Prep bested Malvern Prep 4-1 in an APAC matchup at Grundy Arena. William Harmar scored twice for the Firebirds (2-1 overall) who have now won their first two conference starts. The Friars, who were kicking off their conference schedule, now stand at 1-2-1 overall.

Chase Logue opened the scoring for Holy Ghost Prep 3:40 into the opening period. Jake Samron extended the Firebirds’ lead 27 seconds into the second frame.

Pax Hoishik cut the Holy Ghost Prep lead in half when he found the back of the net with 2:47 remaining in the middle period.

Harmar extended his team’s lead with a goal 2:12 into the final period and then provided the defending Class AAA Flyers Cup champions with an insurance goal 26 seconds later.

Matt Salita got the win in goal, making 17 saves in the process.

Malvern Prep 0 1 0—1

Holy Ghost Prep 1 1 2—4

First-period goal: Chase Logue (HGP) from Nate Romer and Chris Marshall, 3:40

Second-period goal: Jake Smaron (HGP) from Anthony Cere and Lucas Helms, :27; Paxton Hoishik (MP) from Jake Weingartner, 14:13

Third-period goals: William Harmar (HGP) from Helms and Trace Levan, 2:12; Harmar (HGP) unassisted, 2:38

Shots: Malvern Prep 18, Holy Ghost Prep 35; Saves: Ryan Caterino (MP) 31, Matt Salita (HGP) 17

SHSHL Recap 11-18-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

Council Rock South (5-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

North Penn (4-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

Central Bucks South (3-1) 3 1 0 – – – 12

Central Bucks East (2-1) 2 1 0 – – – 8

Souderton (0-2) 1 1 0 – 1 – – 5

Pennridge (1-1) 1 2 0 – – – – 4

Neshaminy (1-3) 1 1 0 1 – – – 3

Pennsbury (2-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Central Bucks West (0-4) 0 4 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (4-0) 4 0 0 – – – – 16

Plym. Whitemarsh (3-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

Springfield (1-3) 1 3 0 – – – – 4

Wissahickon (1-3) 1 3 0 1 – – – 3

Abington (0-2) 0 1 0 – 1 – – 1

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 5 15 9 24

Jordan Sarne CRS 5 6 8 14

Landon Bishop Pr 3 9 2 11

Max Ryon Sou. 3 8 3 11

Julia Kaminsky Sou. 3 7 2 9

Shane Gleisner Pb 4 6 3 9

Jackson Kelly Sou. 2 3 6 9

Chris Silvotti NP 4 5 4 9

Nolan Shingle NP 4 5 4 9

Ryan Burke Pr 3 1 7 8

Shawn Mooney Nesh 4 3 4 7

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 3 2 5 7

American Division GP G A Pts

Nate Nemchinov HH 4 8 7 15

Vincent Graziani HH 4 6 9 15

Daniel Guller PW 3 3 10 13

Cooper Kanze PW 3 6 3 9

Blake Ambler PW 3 3 6 9

Reid Rochestie PW 4 2 7 9

SOUDERTON 12 C.B. WEST 0

Ryan Uchniat is having to do some juggling at Souderton this season. Two of the Big Red’s big guns, Drew Savarese and Matt Cross, have been lost for the season with injuries and Uchniat, who is back behind the Souderton bench after taking last season off, is working to fill the resultant holes in his lineup.

“They’re keep parts of our team,” he said. “They have been over the last couple years so it really hurts, not having them, but the team itself is trying to pick up. A lot of it comes down to doing everything by committee.

“We roll three defensemen for the most part. We’ve got so many players shifting in in different areas, and it helps. But, we certainly miss [Savarese and Cross}.”

The pieces of the puzzle all fit together for Souderton Thursday night in the course of a 12-0 win over Central Bucks West at Hatfield Ice, including Alex Archer in goal.

Archer had never played organized hockey at any level before trying out for the Big Red last season. But the junior plays football and lacrosse. Uchniat said his arrival was “A very pleasant surprise.

“I was away from the team, but I heard a lot of good things about him. He picked things up very quickly and he has a very strong will and a strong desire, a strong work ethic.”

Archer transferred his skills from the practice rink to games this season. He became interested in perhaps being a goaltender after watching NHL netminders on TV.

“I just picked it up,” said. “I started playing and I really enjoyed it and stuck with it.”

When Archer first stepped on the ice he was a blank canvas a with no ingrained bad habits, which he says are things a bit less difficult.

“I think so,” he said. “I still have some stuff I don’t really know but I keep practicing and pick things up a little bit.”

Archer’s favorite NHL goaltender to watch is Connor Hellebuyck.

“I think he’s a great role model,” Archer said.

• Souderton took control of Thursday’s game by scoring five times in the game’s first 5:38. Max Ryon was tops on the scoresheet with six goals and three assists. Julia Kaminsky scored five goals a contributed two assists.

The win was the first for the Big Red in three starts.

Isaac Mays stared in goal for the Bucks and made 34 saves before being lifted midway through the second period.

‘Isaac is the backbone of our team,” said West coach Frank Blust. “He was last year and {West} had a tough season as well.

“He’s our backbone and will continue to be,”

C.B. West 0 0—0

Souderton 8 4—12

First-period goals: Julia Kaminski (S) from Jackson Kelly and Max Ryon,:26; Kaminski (S) from Kelly and Evan Siegler, 2:04; Ryon (S) from Kaminski, 2:27; Kaminski (S from Kelly and Caden O’Neill; 330; Ryon (S) from Cameron Fairweather, 5:38 (pp); Kelly (S) from Kaminski and Ryon, 7:55; Ryon (S) unassisted, 8:15; Ryon (S) from Kaminski, 14:24

Second-period goals: Ryon (S) from O’Neill, 12:09; Kaminski (S) from Kelly and Ryon, 12:19; Ryon (S) from Kelly, 13:00; Kaminski (S) from Kelly, 17:00

Shots: C.B. West 8, Souderton 49: Saves: Isaac Mays (CBW) 34, Joseph Carter (CBW) 3; Alex Archer (S) 8

SHSHL Update 11-9-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

Central Bucks South (3-1) 3 0 0 – – – 6

Council Rock South (3-0) 2 0 0 – – – – 4

North Penn (2-0) 2 0 0 – – – – 4

Neshaminy (2-1) 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Pennridge (1-1) 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Central Bucks East 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Pennsbury (1-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Souderton (0-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Central Bucks West (0-3) 0 3 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (3-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 6

Plym. Whitemarsh (2-0 2 0 0 – – – – 4

Wissahickon (1-2) 1 2 0 1 – – – 3

Abington (0-1) 0 1 0 – 1 – – 1

Springfield (0-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 3 11 6 17

Landon Bishop Pr 3 10 3 13

Ryan Burke Pr 2 1 6 7

Jordan Sarne CRS 3 2 5 7

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 2 2 4 6

Dominic Gibson CBS 3 3 3 6

American Division GP G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 3 4 5 9

Daniel Guller PW 2 1 7 8

Joseph Mangin HH 3 5 2 7

Nate Nemchinov HH 3 4 3 7

Cooper Kamze PW 2 5 1 6

Reid Rochestie PW 3 1 5 6

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Central Bucks South 4 Pennridge 3

Two teams in transaction crossed paths at Hatfield Ice Thursday night. Pennridge is in the midst of defining the roles of characters in this season’s narrative while Central Bucks South took the ice with holes in its lineup.

In the end, it was the Titans who prevailed 4-3 over a Ram team that refused to go away, C.B. South improved to 3-1 on the season, 3-0 in SHSHL National; its only loss has been to La Salle.

Thursday’s win did not come easy. The Titans were without veterans Jamison Crouch and Damien Hauck who were serving suspensions in the wake of an altercation in Wednesday’s win over Neshaminy. Coach Josh Sklar shuffled his deck as a result.

{The player’ absence} definitely affected us,” he said. “We had a short bench. Everybody’s got to pick up the leash and everybody’s got to do their jobs.”

And so they did. Senior Joey Slobodrian led by example, assisting on the first goal of the night and scoring the second.

“It definitely affected our defense,” he said. “We were out a defenseman and out a forward. But, we got through it. We had two {defensive pairs) so we were kind of tired in the back end.”

Joshua Iyahen-Lucchesi have South a 1-0 lead with 1:55 left in the opening period after Ryan Montagna and Slobodrian sent him down the middle of the ice.

Slobodrian made it 2-0 9;18 into the second frame off a scramble in front during a power play that came about when the Rams’ Justin Dinsmore was flagged for roughing.

Down two goals, the Rams (1-1) did not buckle. Landon Bishop went end to end and solved Titan goaltender Nate Neapolitan to make it a 2-1 game with 6:42 left in the period but Owen Fry answered for the Titans 57 seconds later.

When Grant Boyne made it a 4-1 game 75 seconds into the final period the Tirana’s appeared to have things well in hand. But Bishop scored his second goal of the game 2:46 into the period and James Rush made 4-3 with 8:06 still left forcing the titans to battle hard to the finish.

“We kind of let up at the end of the game,” Slobodrian said. Hopefully we’ll do better next game.”

Sklar praised his troops for stepping up and filling holes when needed.

“Playing short, the guys and the girls on the team did good,” he said. “Everyone picked up the slack.”

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna left the rink feeling satisfied as well.

“I told them I’m really proud of them,” he said. “I have a lot of guys new to varsity hockey. When they got down 4-1 they could have rolled over {but} they just kept coming. They played a very smart, disciplined game.

“They’re going to get better and better.”

C.B. South 1 2 1—4

Pennridge 0 1 2—3

First-period goal: Joshua Iyahen-Lucchesi (CBS) from Ryan Montagna and Joey Slobodrian, 15:05

Second-period goals: Slobodrian (CBS) from Dominic Gibson and Ryan Frey, 9:18 (pp); Landon Bishop (P) from Justin Dinsmore and James Rush, 10:18; Owen Frey (CBS) from Gibson, 11:15

Third-period goals: Grant Boyne (CBS) unassisted, 1:15; Bishop (P) from Andrew Engle and Ryan Burke, 2:26; Rush (P) from Colby Booth, 8:54

Shots: C.B. South 36, Pennridge 26; Saves: Nate Neapolitan (CBS) 23, Andrew Slutsky (P) 32

Crosover Games Beginning

The idea of teams from the SHSHL and the ICSHL facing each other during the regular season is not new. But last season was the first during which officially scheduled crossover games were utilized by the Flyers Cup Committee and included in the formula that determined rankings and seedings for Flyers Cup participants and would be participants.

That practice will continue this season with 19 crossover games on the schedule. The first two of them are set for Thursday night with Pennsbury facing Perkiomen Valley (7:20 at Grundy Arena) and Lower Merion hosting Neshaminy (8:00 at Skatium).
on Friday, Father Judge will face Council Rock South (6:30 at Flyers Skate Zone Northeast).

Twelve of the 14 SHSHL teams will participate.

“We kind of dabbled with the crossovers last year,” said Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley. Everyone had one. This year we’re doing two which I think is really smart .

“It’s just good to see some new competition. Competition you could very likely see in the Flyers Cup.”

Council Rock South 6 Pennsbury 2

BRISTOL—It didn’t take Jake Weiner long to make an impact Wednesday night. Two minutes, 48 seconds, to be exact.

Weiner, who led the SHSHL in scoring last season, was in top form, giving his team the early lead and collecting three goals and two assists as Council Rock South bested Pennsbury 6 -2 in a SHSHL National matchup at Grundy Arena.

Jordan Sarne, Weiner’s linemate, didn’t do badly either, providing a goal and five assists as the Golden Hawks, the three-time defending division champions won their second straight to start the new season.

It was a tighter game than the final score indicates. South led just 2-1 after the second period before pulling away on the strength of four third-period goals in a span of 8:17.

“We persevered,” said South coach Joe Houk, “and we were good enough to win. Not a great game, not our best. But, we’ll bounce back.”

The Falcons (0-2) hung tough for two periods plus. Connor Gray lifted Pennsbury into a 1-1 tie with 5:22 left in the opening period with a shot from the top of the right circle that eluded South goaltender Troy Prozzillo.

The only goal of the middle period came from South’s Allen Pronin on a setup from Weiner and Sarne on a play that started on the deep right wing.

Starting the third frame the game was up for grabs but Sarne’s goal at 1:55 gave South some breathing room. Weiner, Nathaniel Grinberg, and Weiner again followed with additional goals to make it a 6-1 game with 6:48 left in regulation.

Shane Hicks added a consolation goal for Pennsbury with 4:46 left.

“They’re a good team over there,” Weiner said of the Falcons. “They have great coaches over there.

“We just worked. {Houk} always says ‘Work hard and we’ll find a way to win.’ That’s what we did tonight.”

Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley praised his team’s effort, which included 47 saves from goaltender Brendan Milliken.

“I’m really happy with the way we played,” he said. “It was very encouraging. They got that third goal on a broken play that we had a great chance to get out. Our guy gets tripped up a little, the play comes back the other way, they score.

“It was a little deflating. We kind of took our eye off the ball for a little it and they converted.”

Houk stresses that his two big guns do the little things well on a night-to-night basis, which sets an example for the rest of the lineup.

“It’s real important” Houk said, “because I preach to these guys about the little things you do in games that make a difference whether you win or lose. And, when they do all the right things all the time, they make mistakes, but the other guys feed off of that.”

Pennsbury 1 0 1–2

CR. South 1 1 4—6

First-period goals: Jake Weiner (CRS) from Jordan Sarne, 2:48; Connor Gray (P) unassisted, 11:38

Second-period goal: Allen Pronin (CRS) from Weiner and Sarne, 15:47

Third-period goals: Sarne (CRS) from Weiner, 1:55; Weiner (CRS) from Sarne, 7:54; Nathaniel Grinberg (CRS) from William Hollis and Chase Strattan, 8:22; Weiner (CRS) from Sarne, 10:12; Shane Hicks (P) unassisted, 12:14

Shots: Pennsbury 32, C.R. South 53; Saves: Brendan Milliken (P) 47, Troy Prozzillo (CRS) 30

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