Central Bucks South 7, Council Rock South 2

By Rick Woelfel

WARWICK—It took a while for Central Bucks South to get into the flow of things Wednesday night. Thirty-two minutes of playing time to be exact.

After skating through two sluggish periods at Revolution Ice Gardens Wednesday night, the Titans found themselves locked in a 2-2 tie with Council Rock South. The four-time defending Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA champions erupted for five goals in the final stanza and went on to a 7-2 win that was more taxing than satisfying.

Reis Braccio, Colin Abbonizio, D.J. Loverdi, Harry McLaughin, and Dominic Patrone all scored third-period goals for the Titans, who improved to 11-3-1 overall and 9-0-1 in league play.

The win was their fifth straight, but C.B. South coach Shaun McGinty was not in a celebratory mood.

“I’m not happy at all,” he said. “(C.R. South) did a great job, Joe (Houk) did a great job coaching. I’m sure they stuck to their game plan … We weren’t ready.”

The Titans outshot the Golden Hawks (6-7-2, 3-5-2) 54-10. Brett Magloff, Council Rock South’s junior goaltender, was stellar for two periods and then some, he finished the evening with 50 saves.

“We kind of had a game plan coming in,” Houk said. “We wanted to make sure that as long as he was seeing everything, we were good.
The Golden Hawks took a 1-0 when Matt Constantini scored the only goal of the first period at 12:46, a period that saw the Titans outshoot their foes 17-6.

“We were getting the shots on net,” Abbonizio said, “But we couldn’t bury them. We’ve got to finish those shots.”

Nick Klein tied the game for the Titans 25 seconds into the second period, but Bill Harrelson put the Golden Hawks back in front at 2:38 with a shot from the left wing that caromed off the near post and somehow found its way across the goal line.

When Matt Milanesi scored for the Titans at 5:46 the two teams were even once more and stayed that way until the third-period barrage that saw the Titans score five times in a span of 11:24. The last two came when they were shorthanded.

“I thought we stuck to it,” Houk said, “with us getting the puck deep and taking their lanes away. They were getting a little bit frustrated but then they scored those two shorthanded to put the nail in the coffin.”

McGinty stated aloud what was obvious to onlookers, the Titans need to step up their game with the postseason now less than two weeks away.

“They need to do better,” he said. “We’ve got Pennridge next week (in a game that could decide the regular-season championship) and then we’ve got SHSHL (playoffs) and then we’ve got the Flyers Cup and it’s just not going to work. We got lucky tonight to finally turn it on at the end.”

C.B. South 1 1 5—7å

C.R. South 0 2 0—2

First-period goal: Matt Constantini (CRS) unassisted, 12:46

Second-period goals: Nick Klein (CBS) from Ryan Gingras and Dominic Patrone, :25; Billy Harrelson (CRS) from Andrew Darling, 2:38; Matt Milanesi (CBS) from Dominic Liberta and Parone, 5:46.

Third-period goals: Reis Braccio (CBS) from Colin Abbonizio, 3:10; Abbonizio (CBS) from Braccio, 7:35; D.J. Loverdi (CBS) from Braccio and Abbonizio, 10:24; Harry McLaughlin (CBS) unassisted, 10:53 (sh); Patrone (CBS) from McLaughlin, 14:34 (sh).

Shots: C.B. South 57, C.R. South 10; Saves: Mason Moyer (CBS) 8, Brett Magloff (CRS) 50.

SHSHL Update Through 2-10-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings

Class AA W L T Pts

Central Bucks South (10-3-1) 8 0 1 17

North Penn (9-2-3) 7 1 2 16

Pennridge (10-2-1) 7 1 0 14

Central Bucks West (8-6) 6 3 0 12

Central Bucks East (9-4-2) 5 4 1 11

Neshaminy (6-4-3) 4 3 2 10

Council Rock South (6-6-2) 3 4 2 8

*Abington (3-7-4) 2 5 3 7

Pennsbury (5-7-3) 3 5 1 7

Truman (3-9-2) 2 6 1 5

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

Souderton (2-12-1) 0 9 1 1

The top eight teams will qualify for the SHSHL playoffs

• Abington defeated Pennsbury and would have the edge in a tiebreaker

Class A W L T Its

Lower Moreland (9-2-3) 6 2 3 15

Wissahickon (9-2-2) 6 2 2 14

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-4-1) 5 4 1 11

Hatboro-Horsham (8-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Upper Dublin (3-11-0) 0 10 0 0

Top four teams qualify for SHSHL playoffs

Scoring GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM 13 35 22 57

Bryan Gary Wiss 11 31 18 49

Sean Gary Wiss 11 27 21 48

Adam Bostock LM 14 21 27 48

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 14 29 18 47

Dean Keller PW 14 23 21 44

Eric Slater Pr 12 26 13 39

Jake Weikel PW 14 19 20 39

Ari Nordlinger UD 13 22 14 36

Tyler Greenstein NP 14 18 17 35

Aidan Keogh PW 13 22 12 34

Reis Braccio CBS 14 20 13 33

Chris Trefz CBW 10 8 25 33

Perry Carpenter Ab 11 21 11 32

Steven Avellino Tr 12 24 6 30

Nathan Oh NP 14 11 18 29

Robert Seewagen Nesh 13 17 11 28

John Gray Soud 13 16 12 28

Colin Franzoni PW 14 17 11 28

Devin Green LM 12 11 16 27

Goals Against Average Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 537 2.05

Chris McIntyre CBE 336 2.29

Oscar Levin CBS 466 2.47

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 432 2.78

Andrew Zanoni NP 240 2.80

Brett Magloff CRS 256 3.00

Joe Gambino HH 526 3.19

Matt Oganowski CBE 384 3.25

Steve Glik Nesh 501 3.64

Jeremy Kennard CBW 393 3.79

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Save Percentage Min. GA Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 336 16 .920

Luke Stranik Pr 537 23 .909

Steve Glik Nesh 501 38 .895

Jeremy Kennard CBW 393 31 .888

Joe Gambino HH 526 35 .884

Oscar Levin CBS 466 24 .882

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 629 92 .876

Jeremy Wedul Tr 576 60 .871

Brett Magloff CRS 256 16 .870

Jimmy Sweeney CRS 304 27 .859

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Central Bucks East 2, Abington 2

WILLOW GROVE—As is the case with most high-school hockey games, there were moments of brilliance mixed with a miscalculation or two. When the final buzzer sounded, Central Bucks East and Abington had skated to a 2-2 draw Thursday night at Wintersport Arena in front of an audience that had turned out in large part to celebrate the Galloping Ghosts’ Senior Night festivities.

Perry Carpenter, playing in his final true home game, tied the game for Abington with 7:14 left in the third period when he scored off a left-wing faceoff that he himself took. His laser-like shot beat East goaltender Chris McIntyre in a matchup of the two players who, it could be argued, were the best on the ice for their respective sides.

“Our defenseman shot it,” Carpenter said, “and it got tipped. One of my wingers shot it with his backhand and I just shot it, hoping to get a scoring opportunity.”

Jeff Carp had given the Patriots a 2-1 led when he beat Mason Large in the Abington net on a shot from the right circle at the 5:03 mark of the third frame.

Carpenter’s goal, his 17^th of the season, kept Abington’s Suburban High School Hockey League playoff hopes alive. The Galloping Ghosts now stand at 3-7-4 overall and 2-5-3 in the Class AA standings for seven points with one league game remaining.

The tie allowed the Patriots to pick up a point; they now carry a mark of 9-4-2 overall and 5-4-1 in league play and have what would appear to be a firm hold on a playoff spot.

The player with the biggest smile at the end of the night was likely McIntyre. The sophomore netminder hadn’t played in a game since before Christmas for medical reasons but returned to action Wednesday in a 5-1 won over Truman. He came into the week with a goals-against average of 2.60 and a league-best save percentage of .912 before recording 25 saves Thursday night.

“It feels great to be back on the ice,” he said. “I was on the ice all week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and today. It feels great. I enjoy it a lot.”

McIntyre said he only had to deal with a minimal amount of rust as he prepared for a return to game competition. “A little bit on Monday,” he said, “but that was it, and I kind of got back into it.”

Sean Gorman put East up 1-0 7:50 in to a first period that saw McIntyre make three superb saves. Ryan Gosselin tied the game for Abington 5:13 into the second frame.

The Galloping Ghosts lost senior defenseman Elijah Coston at the 8:53 mark of the second period after a tussle with East’s Max Ermigliotti earned him a double minor plus a misconduct and a game misconduct.

Large, who, along with Carpenter and Coston, was part of an eight-member senior class that was honored before the game, was as sharp as McIntyre, and finished with 26 saves.

Central Bucks East 1 0 1—2

Abington 0 1 1—2

First-period goal: Sean Gorman (CBE) from Rob Kern and Shane West, 7:50.

Second-period goal: Ryan Gosselin (A) unassisted, 5:13 (pp).

Third-period goals: Jeff Carp (CBE) from Nick Locastro, 3:33; Perry Carpenter (A) unassisted, 8:46.

Shots: C.B. East 28, Abington 27; Saves: Chris McIntyre (CBE) 25, Mason Large (A) 26.

SHSHL Sets Playoff Dates

The Suburban High School Hockey League has announced its 2019 playoff schedule.

Eight Class AA varsity teams, four Class A varsity teams, and four junior varsity teams will begin postseason play on Monday, February 25. All three tournaments will be conducted on a single-elimination basis.

SHSHL Varsity Playoff Schedule

Monday, February 25

Class AA Quarterfinals

7:00 at Hatfield Ice

8:40 at Hatfield Ice

7:00 at Revolution Ice Gardens

8:40 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Wednesday, February 27

7:10 Class AA semifinal at Hatfield Ice

8:50 Class A semifinal at Hatfield Ice

7:00 Class AA semifinal at Revolution Ice Gardens

8:40 Class A semifinal at Revolution Ice Gardens

Thursday, February 28

7:10 Class AA Final at Hatfield Ice

8:50 Class A Final at Hatfield Ice

Junior Varsity Class AAA Playoffs

Wednesday, February 27

7:20 Semifinal at Grundy Arena

9:00 Semifinal at Grundy Arena

Thursday, February 28

8:45 Championship game at Grundy Arena

Teams will be assigned to specific ice slots following the conclusion of the regular season/once playoff pistons are finalized. Dates and sites are subject to change due to weather and similar circumstances.

SHSHL playoff results will not impact seeding for the Flyers Cup tournament. Those seedings and pairings will be announced on Sunday, February 24.

Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference Update 2-10-19

Standings through 2-11-19

Won Lost OTW OTL Pts

LaSalle (18-6) 8 0 1 0 26

Malvern Prep (11-4) 4 3 1 0 14

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

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-15) 1 6 1 0 5

Teams receive 3 points for a regulation win

2 points for a win in OT or SO

1 point for a loss in OT or SO

0 points for a loss in regulation

Remaining League Game

Tuesday 2-12 St. Joseph’s Prep at Malvern Prep, 3:55 at Ice Line

Playoff Semifinals

Monday, 2-25 Seed 4 at LaSalle 4:00 at Hatfield Ice

Seed 3 at Malvern Prep TBA at Ice Line

Championship Game

Wednesday 2-27 hosted by highest seeded finalist

Scoring Leaders (conference games only through 2-7 )

Scoring Games Goals Assists Points

Sam Lipkin La 8 9 13 22

Daniel Sambuco La 8 8 12 20

Michael Casey La 8 5 12 17

Nick Martino MP 6 6 7 13

Byron Hartley HGP 7 7 2 9

Kyle Washkalavitch La 7 4 5 9

Jan Olenginski LaSalle 7 3 5 8

Alex D’Angelo HGP 6 2 3 5

Eric Pohl HGP 8 2 3 5

Andrew Serafin 8 2 3 5

Kenny Connors 5 2 3 5

Brandon Leer La 8 4 1 5

Holy Ghost Prep 5, St. Joseph’s Prep 3

PHILADELPHIA—Byron Hartley scored the winning goal 1:13 into the third period and Holy Ghost Prep went on to defeat St. Joseph’s Prep 5-3 Monday night in an Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference game at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Rink.

The win was the first for the Firebirds in eight conference starts and moved them into third place in the standings; they improved to 7-11 overall and 1-7 in the APAC with three of those conference losses coming in overtime or a shootout.

The Hawks dropped to 6-16 overall and 2-6 in league play with one of those wins coming in a shootout (over Holy Ghost Prep). They sit in fourth place in the standings with five points.

Michael Urbani and Mark Stahl gave St. Joseph’s Prep a 2-0 lead 6:46 into the first period when they scored goals 99 seconds apart. Urbani’s goal came on a power play.

Colin Costello got the Firebirds on the scoreboard just six seconds after Stahl’s goal before goals from Alex D’Angelo and Aidan Mulholland put them up 3-2 with 3:49 left in the opening session.

Stahl tied the game for the Hawks with his second goal of the game 5:40 into the second stanza and the game remained deadlocked until Hartley put Holy Ghost Prep in front 1:15 into the third period. The power-play goal cane while the Hawks were two men short. Harley scored into an empty net with 26 seconds left in regulation.

Holy Ghost Prep 3 0 2—5

St. Joseph’s Prep 2 1 0

First-period goals: Michael Urbani (SJP) from Evan Cassidy and Vincent Borgesi, 5:07 (pp); Mark Stahl (SJP) from Urbani and Nick Corrado, 6:46; Colin Costello (HGP) from Byron Hartley and Andrew Serafin, 6:52; Alex D’Angelo (HGP) unassisted, 8:13; Aidan Mulholland (HGP) unassisted, 12:11.

Second-period goal: Stahl (SJP) from Matt Moresco and Brody Piourde, 5:40.

Third-period goals: Hartley (HGP) from Jake Marek, 1:15 (pp); Hartley (HGP) from Evan Mudrick

Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 29, St. Joseph’s Prep 25

LaSalle 5, Malvern Prep 1

By Rick Woelfel

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—The LaSalle Explorers made it official Wednesday afternoon. Daniel Sambuco scored two goals and assisted on a third to give his team a 5-1 win over Malvern Prep in an Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference game at Hatfield Ice.

The win officially gives LaSalle (16-6 overall) the APAC regular-season title. The Explorers are a perfect 8-0 in conference play (with one win coming in overtime) and one league game left, on Monday against Holy Ghost Prep.

The Explorers and the Friars (11-4, 5-3 in conference with one win in overtime) will be seeded one-two in the APAC playoffs and will host semifinal games on February 25th. Both will move on to the Flyers Cup tournament from there.

Sambuco got the day off to a good start for the Explorers by scoring on a shot from the left circle with 2:56 left in the first frame. LaSalle extended its lead with 10 seconds left in the period when Nathan Benner scored a deflected goal on a play that originated behind the Malvern Prep net and appeared to catch goaltender Dan Dougherty unawares.

Sambuco and Andrew Budzynski scored goals 73 seconds apart to put LaSalle up 4-0 les than two minutes into the second period but the Friars, who were without their sniper, Nick Martino, due to a lower body injury, but they didn’t back off or back down.

“In the second period they had some really good pressure on us I thought” said LaSalle coach Wally Meuhlbronner. “I don’t know that our puck movement was so strong, but Malvern played a really good game. We’ve got to be prepared for every game from here on out.”

The Explorers didn’t buckle however until the 8:04 mark of the period when Jack Constabile scored a power-play goal for the Friars off a scramble in front of LaSalle goaltender Aidan McCabe. It was just the eighth goal surrendered by the Explorers in eight conference games.

“We’ve got a solid defense in the back,” said LaSalle senior defenseman Bryan Evans. “We love to play a hard, physical game and I think teams A. can’t keep up with our physicality and B. can’t keep up with our speed.”

Malvern Prep coach Dave Dorman presided his team’s tenacity. “There was no quit in the game,” he said, “which was the most important thing for us. I thought the bench stuck together, the kids kept competing, and I was happy for that.”

Brandon Leer completed the scoring for LaSalle with 3:04 left in the third period. The Explorers enjoyed a 40-22 edge in shots.

Notes: The four LaSalle seniors, Evans, Leer, Zach Baker, and Sean Keaveney were recognized before the game.
Malvern Prep 0 1 0—1
LaSalle 2 2 1—5
First-period goals: Daniel Sambuco (L) from Sam Lipkin, 13:04; Nathan Brennan (L) from Ryan Ferry, 15:50.
Second-period goals: Sambuco (L) from Lipkin, :25; Andrew Budzynski (L) from Benner, 1:38; Jack Constabile (MP) from Kyle Washalavitch, 8:04 (pp).
Third-period goal: Brandon Leer (L) from Sambuco and David Kimmel, 12:56.
Shots: Malvern Prep 22, LaSalle 40; Saves: Dan Dougherty (MP) 35, Aidan McCabe (L) 19.

APAC Sets Playoff Dates

By Rick Woelfel

The Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference has announced its playoff format for its inaugural season. All four teams will square off in the semifinal round on Monday, February 25 with the top two seeds, LaSalle and Malvern Prep, likely in that order, serving as hosts against either St. Joseph’s Prep or Holy Ghost Prep.

The championship game will be played on Wednesday, February 27 at the home rink of the highest-seeded finalist.

The league champion will be presented with the APAC Founders Trophy.

APAC Founders Trophy

The APAC tournament will serve as a prelude to the 40^th Flyers Cup tournament, which is expected to start on March 4 and conclude on March 17.

SHSHL Statistical Update

Suburban High School Hockey League statistics as of 2-5-19

Scoring GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM 11 31 19 50

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 11 26 17 43

Sean Gary Wiss 10 24 17 41

Dean Keller PW 11 21 20 41

Bryan Gary Wiss 10 25 15 40

Adam Bostock LM 11 13 24 37

Tyler Greenstein NP 12 16 16 32

Steven Avellino Tr 10 24 6 30

Jake Weikel PW 11 16 13 29

Chris Trefz CBW 10 6 22 28

Eric Slater Pr 9 22 6 28

Colin Franzoni PW 11 16 11 27

Reis Braccio CBW 12 15 11 26

Nathan Oh NP 12 10 16 26

Ari Nordlinger UD 10 14 11 25

Robert Seewagen Nesh 10 15 9 24

Matt Cade Wiss 10 11 13 24

Perry Carpenter Ab 10 16 8 24

Josh Kaufhold NP 11 8 15 23

Jake Nelson NP 11 14 9 23

Aidan Keogh PW 10 17 6 23

Devin Green LM 10 10 13 23

Bobby Markus WT 11 13 8 21

Goals Against Average Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 521 2.12

Oscar Levin CBS 466 2.47

Chris McIntyre CBE 240 2.60

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 432 2.78

Andrew Zanoni NP 240 2.80

Brett Magloff CRS 256 3.00

Matt Oganowski CBE 384 3.25

Joe Gambino HH 478 3.41

Steve Glik Nesh 501 3.64

Ben Yuter PW 502 4.11

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Save Percentage Min. GA Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 240 13 .912

Luke Stranik Pr 521 23 .907

Steve Glik Nesh 501 38 .895

Jeremy Kennard CBW 361 31 .888

Oscar Levin CBS 466 24 .882

Joe Gambino HH 478 34 .876

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 581 87 .874

Jeremy Wedul Tr 528 55 .870

Brett Magloff CRS 256 16 .870

Jimmy Sweeney CRS 304 27 .859

(Min. 240 minutes played)

SHSHL Standings

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-5-19

Class AA (National and Continental Divisions)

W L T Pts

Central Bucks South (10-3-1) 8 0 1 17

North Penn (9-2-3) 7 1 2 16

Pennridge (9-2-1) 6 1 0 12

Central Bucks West (7-6) 5 3 0 10

Neshaminy (5-4-3) 4 3 2 10

Central Bucks East (8-4-1) 4 4 0 8

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

Council Rock South (5-6-2) 2 4 2 6

Abington (3-7-3) 2 5 2 6

Truman (3-8-2) 2 5 1 5

William Tennent (3-9-2) 1 7 2 4

Souderton (2-11-1) 0 8 1 1

Class A (American Division) W L T Its

Wissahickon (8-2-2) 6 2 2 14

Lower Moreland (8-2-3) 5 2 3 13

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-3-1) 5 3 1 11

Hatboro-Horsham (7-4-2) 4 4 2 10

Upper Dublin (3-9-0) 0 9 0 0