C.B. West 8, North Penn 7

By Rick Woelfel

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—If you’re the type of hockey fan who favors an abundance of offense, you would have felt right at home at Hatfield Ice Thursday night. Central Bucks West and North Penn took turns finding the back of the net before Chris Trefz’s power-play goal with 1:30 left in the third period gave the Bucks an 8-7 win to bring the curtain down on the Suburban High School Hockey League’s regular season.

The winning goal came on a shot from the top of the right circle that beat North Penn goaltender Andrew Zanoni. The Knights’ Jared Albano was serving a slashing penalty at the time.

“I saw an open look,” Trefz said. “Our game plan was to put pucks on net the whole game. I just put it on and it went in,”

Trefz’s third goal of the game capped a comeback by the Bucks (9-7, 7-4 in SHSHL Class AA), who trailed 4-1 late in the first period before rallying to pick up their seventh win in their last nine games.

“Guys decided to come together,” Trefz said. “Our seniors did a great job of leading us; our goalie, Jeremy Kennard, our captain, Matt McCarthy, and a few other juniors did a great job of getting everybody motivated.

‘We’re doing a great job of buying into (Coach Dave Baun’s) system and we’re looking forward to the playoffs.”

The Knights (10-3-3, 7-2-2) built their early lead on goals from Nathan Oh, Tyler Greenstein, Tony Tuozzo, and Albano.

Joey DeYoung cut into the deficit when he scored for West with 2:40 left in the opening session and Owen Shields followed up with a goal just 12 seconds into the second frame.

Trefz’s first goal of the game 6:32 into the middle period not only tied the game but sent Nick Ebbinghaus, North Penn’s starting goaltender, to the bench.

The teams traded goals the rest of the way.

All told, 10 Bucks and 11 Knights got onto the scoresheet. Trefz had two assists to go with his hat trick. Lang provided three assists along with his goal. Nelson scored twice for North Penn and added an assist, while Oh contributed two assists along with his goal.

The Knights enjoyed a 46-29 shot advantage but Kennard withstood the barrage and finished with 39 saves.

North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis was pleased with much of what he saw. “We’re doing a lot of good things,” he said. “We’ve got to keep building on that. There are things we’ve got to clean up a little bit. We’ll talk about them Monday and be ready to go.

Notes: The SHSHL quarterfinals are set for Monday. North Penn will be seeded third in the field of eight, the Bucks will be seeded fourth.

North Penn 4 2 1—7

C.B. West 2 3 3—8

First-period goals: Nathan Oh (MP) unassisted, 2:54; Jake Lang (CBW) from Pavel Serhiayenka and Chris Trefz, 7:15; Tyler Greenstein (NP) from Josh Kaufhold and Jake Nelson, 8:58; Tony Tuozzo (NP) from Jared Albano and Ryan Cunningham, 11:13 (pp); Albano (NP) from Oh and Eric Sarbacker, 12:51; Joey DeYoung (CBW) from Ben Morris, 13:20.

Second-period goals: Owen Shields (CBW) from DeYoung, :12; Trefz (CBW) from Lang and Serhiayenka, 6:32; Trefz (CBW) from Kyle Burton and Lang, 7:04; Jake Nelson (NP) from Albano and Oh, 10:01; Thomas Boyle (MP) from Albano, 12:42.

Third-period goals: Kyle Burton (CBW) from Evan Hee and Trefz, 4:02; Nelson (NP) from Greenstein and Chase Mueller, 9:33; Dan Poliak (CBW) from Keith Orlando, 10:21; Trefz (CBW) from Lang, 14:30 (pp).

Shots: North Penn 46, C.B. West 29; Saves: Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 8 and Andrew Zanoni (NP) 13; Jeremy Kennard (CBW) 39.

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SHSHL Standings as of 2-21-19

Up to the minute as of 8:55 AM 2-21-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-19-19

Class AA W L T Its

Central Bucks South (11-3-2) 9 0 2 20

*Pennridge (11-2-2) 8 1 1 17

North Penn (10-2-3) 7 1 2 16

*Neshaminy (7-4-4) 5 3 3 13

Central Bucks West (8-7) 6 4 0 12

*Pennsbury (6-7-3) 5 5 1 11

Central Bucks East (9-5-2) 5 5 1 11

Abington (4-7-4) 3 5 3 9

Council Rock South (6-7-2) 3 5 2 8

Truman (3-10-3) 2 7 2 6

William Tennent (3-10-2) 1 7 2 4

Souderton (2-13-1) 0 10 1 1

* Pennridge has the tiebreaker over North Penn

* Neshaminy has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks West

• Pennsbury has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks East

Class A W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (10-2-3) 7 2 3 17

Wissahickon (11-3-2) 7 3 2 16

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1) 6 4 1 13

Hatboro-Horsham (9-5-2) 5 5 2 12

Upper Dublin (3-12-0) 0 11 0 0

Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Central Bucks West vs. North Penn 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 7:20 at Grundy

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APAC Update 2-20-18

Final Regular Season Standings

W L OTW OTL Pts

LaSalle (18-6) 8 0 1 0 26

Malvern Prep (12-4) 5 3 1 0 17

Holy Ghost Prep (7-12) 1 5 0 3 6

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-16) 1 7 1 0 5

The Founders Cup playoff semifinals are scheduled for Monday, February 25 with top-seeded LaSalle hosting St. Joseph’s Prep ( 4 p.m. at Hatfield Ice) and second-seeded Malvern Prep hosting Holy Ghost Prep at 4:40 at Ice Line.

The Founders Cup championship game will be played on Wednesday, February 27 and will be hosted by the highest seeded finalist.

Scoring Leaders Goals Assists Points

Sam Lipkin La 11 19 30

Daniel Sambuco La 14 15 29

Michael Casey La 9 16 25

Byron Hartley HGP 14 16 20

Nick Martino MP 9 8 17

Alex D’Angelo HGP 4 11 15

Andrew Serafin HGP 7 7 14

Jan Olenginski Ls 4 10 14

Colin Costello HGP 8 4 12

Vincent Borgessi SJP 5 5 10

Daniel Behr HGP 2 7 9

Evan Mudrick HGP 6 3 9

Kyle Washkalavitch MP 4 5 9

Fabrizio Mazzarelli 4 5 9

C.B. South and Pennridge Tie 3-3

Colin Abbonizio scored with 2:47 left in the third period to give Central Bucks South a 3-3 tie with Pennridge Thursday night in a Suburban High School Hockey League game at Hatfield Ice.

The win assured the Titans (11-3-2, 9-0-2 in league play) of the SHSHL Class AA regular-season title and the top seed in next week’s playoffs.

Pennridge now stands at 11-2-2 overall and 8-1-1 in the league heading into its scheduled regular-season finale against Council Rock South Thursday night.

Abbonizio’s goal concluded a four-goal flurry in the third period, that saw each team score twice.

Dominic Liberta opened the scoring for the Titans when he scored with 5:58 left in the opening period.

The score stayed unchanged deep into the second session when the Rams killed off a 1 minute, 15-second two-man disadvantage as a prelude to Eric Slater’s goal with 4:59 left in the period. It came just two seconds after the second penalty expired.

Pennridge took the lead for the first time when Matt Guinette scored 51 seconds into the final period. Harry McLaughlin answered back for the Titans at 9:12 to set up what turned out to be a frantic finish.

Slater scored his second goal of the game with 3:54 remaining before Abbonizio responded just 67 seconds later.

“It was a really good game,” said Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna. “They made then last play.”

The Titans had a 23-20 edge in shots. South coach Shaun McGinty was concerned about his power play, which failed to score in five opportunities. “It was a good game,” he said, “a good defensive game. They blocked a lot of shots. We’ve got to do better on special teams.”

Notes: The Rams beat the Titans 3-2 in a non-league game on January 9 … Montagna praised defenseman Frankie Rota for his shot-blocking efforts. “He’s going to be sore tomorrow,” Montagna said. The result means that Pennridge will be seeded second on third for the playoffs depending on their result Thursday and the result of the game between North Penn and Central Bucks West, which was postponed to Thursday.

Pennridge 0 1 2—3

C.B. South 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Dominic Liberta (CBS) from David Kvcher and Harry McLaughlin, 10:02.

Second-period goal: Eric Slater (P) from Michael Walker, 11:01.

Third-period goals: Matt Guinette (P) from Slater and Walker, :51; McLaughlin (CBS) unassisted, 9:12; Slater (P) from Frankie Rota, 12:06; Colin Abbonizio (CBS) from D.J. Loverdi, 13:13.

Shots: Pennridge 20, Central Bucks South 23; Saves: Luke Stranik (P) 20, Oscar Levin (CBS) 17.

Malvern Prep Wins APAC Finale

Malvern Prep defeated St. Joseph’s Prep 3-2 on Tuesday in an Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference game at Ice Line.

The Friars closed the regular season at 12-4 and 5-3-1-0 in conference play. The Hawks concluded the season at 6-16 overall and 1-7-1-0 in the APAC.

Here are the final regular season standings

Won Lost OTW OTL Pts

LaSalle (18-6) 8 0 1 0 26

Malvern Prep (12-4) 5 3 1 0 17

Holy Ghost Prep (7-12) 1 5 0 3 6

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-16) 1 7 1 0 5

The APAC semifinals are scheduled for Monday with top-seeded LaSalle hosting St. Joseph’s Prep and second-seeded Malvern Prep hosting Holy Ghost Prep.

The championship game is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 27.

SHSHL Playoff Ponderings

Next week, the Suburban High School Hockey League will begin its 46^th postseason. The league has been able to account for 43 of its past 45 Class AA champions; we are still working to determine the champions for the 1995-96 and 2006-07 seasons. Class A champions have been accounted for from 2004-05 to the present with efforts ongoing to identify champions from 2003-04 and earlier, if available.

That said, here are some historical notes to pass along as the postseason nears.

Most Class AA Titles

11—Germantown Academy: 1980-83, 1993-95, 1998-2001

8—Central Bucks South: 2005, 2010, 2012, ’13, 2015-18

6—Abington: 1974-76, 1978, 2003, ‘04

Council Rock: 1984, 1987-89, 1991, 1997

* Abington also won the championship of the league that played out of Wintersport Arena during the 72-73 season. What was then called the Suburban Collegiate High School Hockey League played its first season in 1973-74.

The Suburban High School Hockey League filed for non-profit status on August 22, 1975.

* Council Rock played for the championship in 1990. The result of that game has not been documented.

Most consecutive Class AA titles

4—Central Bucks South 2015-18

Germantown Academy 1980-83 and 1998-2001

Most Class A Titles

2—Wissahickon: 2010, 2015

Archbishop Wood 2013, 2017,

Upper Moreland 2012, 2014

Note: The championships of 2003, 2004, and 2007 are still being documented

SHSHL Standings 2-19-18 (Corrected)

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-19-19

Class AA W L T Its

Central Bucks South (11-3-2) 9 0 2 20

*Pennridge (11-2-2) 8 1 1 17

North Penn (10-2-3) 7 1 2 16

*Neshaminy (7-4-4) 5 3 3 13

Central Bucks West (8-7) 6 4 0 12

*Pennsbury (6-7-3) 5 5 1 11

Central Bucks East (9-5-2) 5 5 1 11

Abington (4-7-4) 3 5 3 9

Council Rock South (6-7-2) 3 5 2 8

Truman (3-10-3) 2 7 2 6

William Tennent (3-10-2) 1 7 2 4

Souderton (2-13-1) 0 10 1 1

* Pennridge has the tiebreaker over North Penn

* Neshaminy has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks West

• Pennsbury has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks East

Class A W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (10-2-3) 7 2 3 17

Wissahickon (10-3-2) 6 3 2 14

Hatboro-Horsham (9-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1) 6 4 1 11

Upper Dublin (3-12-0) 0 11 0 0

Wedenesday

North Penn vs C.B. West 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. C.B. South 7:20 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Truman vs Neshaminy 7:20 at Grundy

Hatboro-Horsham vs. Wissahickon 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennsbury vs. William Tennent 9:00 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 7:20 at Grundy

SHSHL Statistical Overview

Suburban High School Statistics through 2-17-19

Scoring GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM 14 40 25 65

Sean Garry Wiss 13 32 28 60

Bryan Garry Wiss 13 38 22 60

Adam Bostock LM 15 24 28 52

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 15 30 18 48

Dean Keller PW 15 25 21 46

Eric Slater Pr 13 27 15 42

Jake Weikel PW 15 19 22 41

Ari Nordlinger UD 14 26 14 40

Tyler Greenstein NP 15 19 19 38

Aidan Keogh PW 14 26 12 38

Reis Braccio CBS 15 21 15 36

Perry Carpenter Ab 15 23 12 35

Chris Trefz CBW 10 8 26 34

Nathan Oh NP 15 12 21 33

Steven Avellino Tr 13 25 7 32

Robert Seewagen Nesh 14 19 12 31

Colin Franzoni PW 15 17 13 30

John Gray Soud 14 16 13 29

Devin Green LM 12 11 16 27

Jared Albano NP 15 9 19 28

Josh Kaufhold NP 14 10 18 28

Goals Against Average Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 556 1.99

Andrew Zanoni NP 288 2.33

Oscar Levin CBS 466 2.47

Chris McIntyre CBE 382 2.51

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 432 2.78

Joe Gambino HH 526 3.19

Matt Oganowski CBE 384 3.25

Jeremy Kennard CBW 441 3.38

Steve Glik Nesh 549 3.50

Michel Henderson Wiss 624 4.33

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Save Percentage Min. GA Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 336 20 .914

Luke Stranik Pr 556 23 .913

Steve Glik Nesh 549 40 .902

Jeremy Kennard CBW 440 31 .898

Joe Gambino HH 526 35 .884

Oscar Levin CBS 466 24 .882

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 629 86 .880

Jeremy Wedul Tr 624 65 .872

Brett Magloff CRS 304 23 .872

Andrew Zanoni 288 14 .865

(Min. 240 minutes played

SHSHL Update 2-18-19

Here are the latest Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-18-19

Class AA W L T Its

Central Bucks South (11-3-1) 9 0 1 19

*Pennridge (11-2-1) 8 1 0 16

North Penn (10-2-3) 7 1 2 16

*Neshaminy (7-4-3) 5 3 2 12

Central Bucks West (8-7) 6 4 0 12

Central Bucks East (9-5-2) 5 5 1 11

*Abington (4-7-4) 3 5 3 9

Pennsbury (6-7-3) 4 5 1 9

Council Rock South (6-7-2) 3 5 2 8

Truman (3-10-2) 2 7 1 5

William Tennent (3-10-2) 1 7 2 4

Souderton (2-13-1) 0 10 1 1

• Pennridge has the tiebreaker over North Penn

Neshaminy has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks West

Abington has the tiebreaker over Pennsbury

Class A W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (10-2-3) 7 2 3 17

Wissahickon (10-3-2) 6 3 2 14

Hatboro-Horsham (9-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1) 6 4 1 11

Upper Dublin (3-12-0) 0 11 0 0

Wedenesday

North Penn vs C.B. West 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. C.B. South 7:20 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Truman vs Neshaminy 7:20 at Grundy

Hatboro-Horsham vs. Wissahickon 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennsbury vs. William Tennent 9:00 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 7:20 at Grundy

Neshaminy 4, C.B. West 2

By Rick Woelfel

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—Neshaminy picked up a big win Thursday night, and made a statement in the process. Rob Seewagen scored two goals and added an assist as Neshaminy bested Central Bucks West 4-2 in a Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA encounter at Hatfield Ice.

The win lifted Neshaminy to 5-3-2 in the SHSHL’s Class AA standings (7-4-3 overall) and tied it for fourth place in the standings with one league game remaining for both teams, Neshaminy would own the tiebreaker over the Bucks (8-7, 6-4) if the teams end the season tied.

‘”It’s good to get a win against a quality team like this heading right into the playoffs,” said Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo.

Neshaminy made it clear from the opening faceoff that it meant business. Seewagen set up Joey DeMatteo for the evening’s first goal 7:25. Seewagen made a move down the middle of the ice and circled behind the Bucks’ net before sending a pass out front to DeMatteo, who beat Jeremy Kennard with a backhander. Seewagen made it 2-0 at the 12:40 mark when he scored on a shot from the left wing.

“We needed to send a message right away,” Seewagen said. “We needed them to realize this wasn’t going to be a cakewalk for them.”

Jake Lang got West on the board just 15 seconds into the second period before tying the game on a power play at the 6:01 mark while Brian McGrady was in the box serving a tripping minor.

In the midst of it it all, Neshaminy goaltender Steve Glik was holding his ground; after two periods he had made 31 saves. He finished with 44.

Thomas Gallagher scored what proved to be the winning goal on a shot from the deep right wing 2:12 into the third period. Seewagen extended his team’s lead with a power-play goal at the 10:50 mark. Lang was in the box for holding at the time, one of four penalties West took in the final period. Reese Dalzell and Joey DeYoung drew simultaneous penalties with 3:21 left, leaving West two men short for two minutes and thwarting its comeback effort.

“I thought we played a good game,” said West coach Dave Baun. “A few of our youthful mistakes were obvious early on; we gave the puck away a few times and they scored because they have good finishers on that team. But when the game settled down, five on five, I was very happy with the way that we played.”

Seewagen, who transferred to Neshaminy from Holy Ghost Prep, feels he and his teammates are primed for postseason success. “I wasn’t here last year,” he said, “but they made a big step and got in the playoffs. Now, were not just going to the playoffs because we’re going to the playoffs. We’re going to the playoffs to win. It feels good when you’re playing with your brothers and having a good time out there.”

Notes: Neshaminy will finish the regular season against Truman next Wednesday while the Bucks close against North Penn the same evening …West finished with a 48-26 advantage in shots.
Neshaminy 2 0 2—4
C.B. West 0 2 0—2
First-period goals: Joey DeMatteo (N) from Rob Seewagen, 7:25; Seewagen (N) from BRian McGrady, 12:40.
Second-period goals: Jake Lang (CBW) from Chris Trefz, :15; Lang (CBW) from Pavel Serhiayenka, 6:01 (pp).
Third-period goals: Thomas Gallagher (N) from Phillip Oseredzuk and Joey Buddy, 2:12; Seewagen (N) unassisted, 10:50.
Shots: Neshaminy 28, C.B. West 46; Saves Steve Glik (N) 44, Jeremy Kennard (CBW) 24