Category: Scholastic Hockey News

Explorers, Firebirds Win at Spring Mountain

La Salle 3 Malvern Prep 0

Three different players scored goals as La Salle bested Malvern Prep 3-0 Wednesday night in the opening game of the Atlantic Prep Athletic conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The game was scoreless for almost two periods. Cameron Ross put the Explorers (8-5, 4-2 in the APAC) in front with 11 seconds left in the second period. Nole Donohue extended La Salle’s lead with 6:28 remaining in regulation and Grant LaGreca completed the scoring with 1:20 remaining.

Jake Rossi earned the shutout in goal with 13 saves. Matt Crawford stopped 23 shots for the Friars, who slipped to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0

La Salle 0 1 2—3

Second-period goals: Cameron Ross (L) from John Greenwalt 16:49

Third-period goals: Nole Donohue (L) from Alistair St. Hillaire, 10:32; Grant LaGreca (L) unassisted, 15:40

Shots: Malvern Prep 13, La Salle 26 Saves: Matt Crawford (MP) 23, Jake Rossi (L) 13

Holy Ghost Prep 5 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

Brady Logue scored three goals and assisted on another as Holy Ghost Prep downed St. Joseph’ Prep 5-1 Wednesday night in the second half of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The Firebirds improved to 10-3 on the season and 4-2 in the APAC while the Hawks dropped to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

Logue scored his first goal with one second remaining in the first period to give Holy Ghost Prep the lead. Patryk Oszer made it a 2-0 game 3:37 into the second period before Logue extended his team’s lead with a power-play goal with 43 seconds remaining.

Logue completed his hat trick 32 seconds into the third period and Joe Spadaccino made it a 5-0 game with 12:33 left in regulation.

Cole Gargon scored for St. Joseph’s Prep with 10:13 remaining.

Jack Unger earned the shutout in goal for Holy Ghost Prep by stopping 23 shots.

“It’s always difficult to judge the quality of a game when there are external factors like rink size and weather affecting the outcome,” said Holy Ghosy Prep coach John Ritchie, “but our guys had fun and it was good to get a win for eding decision down the road.

“The conditions were most difficult for the goalies. I was happy with how Unger handled the condtions.”

Holy Ghost Prep 1 2 2—5

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 0 1—1

First-period goal: Brady Logue (HGP) unassisted, 16:59

Second-period goals: Patryk Oszer (HGP) from Nathan Romer, 3:37; Logue (HGP) from Anthony Valeriote and Joe Spadaccino, 16:17

Third-period goals: Logue (HGP) from Joseph Kauffman, :32 (pp); Spadaccino (HGP) from Logue and Lucas Gonzalez, 4:27; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Frankie Ely, 6:47

Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 24, St. Joseph’s Prep 23; Saves: Jack Unger (HGP) 23, Bruno Mainardi (SJP) 19

Baskin at Home in Goal for Spartans

Two year ago, Springfield-Montco was eager to launch its hockey program and become part of the Suburban High School Hockey League. But the Spartans were without a goaltender. So, Liam Baskin, who was a sophomore at the time stepped up, to play arguably the most . demanding position to be found in any team sport.

“They asked if anyone was willing,” Baskin said. “I’d always wanted to play it so I said ‘You know what? I’ll give it a shot’ and that’s how I got here.”

Baskin is a senior now but still isn’t quite sure what appealed to him about being in goal.

“[His teammates] say I’m crazy,” he said. “When I started playing hockey I kind of got the interest in one day being a goaltender but the expense getting the equipment and what not wasn’t practical so I started as a skater and then this opportunity came and I was like ‘I’ll take a shot at it.’”

In years past some SHSHL teams have had to look outside their student bodies for goaltender and thus became ineligible for league and Flyers Cup play.  But Baskin’s presence in goal allowed the Spartans to remain pure; i.e. they could be full-fledged members of the SHSHL and play a complete league schedule. He takes pride in stepping up for his team in its time of need.

“It feels good,” he said. “It also put a lot of pressure on me the first year because I was the only goaltender. Last year another one of our skaters was that he was willing to take on the role too, so we now have two goaltenders. “The first year there was a lot of pressure on me and I think knowing now I can do better now that I know the position better. I can serve them better in net.”

Baskin picks up the finer points of his position by watching goaltenders at other levels of the sport.

“Like positioning around the crease,” he said. “I see they like to play at the top a lot. I also watch them when they move a little bit, they stay square to the puck. That’s what I’ve mainly picked up.”

Unlike many high-school players, Baskin does not play club hockey although at one time he skated with the Hatfield Ice Dogs.

“I like to focus on high school and improving myself here instead of going to games every weekend,” he said. “I try to make sure I’m ready for practice each week and ready for each game.”

Baskin enjoys the camaraderie he experiences playing high-school hockey, with his teammates and with other Springfield students as well.

“It’s just being able to play hockey with this group of guys,” he said, “and them also seeing them and talking about it in school and especially now; other people in our school are willing to come out to the games and what not That’s a really cool experience.”

SHSHL Recap. 1-6-25

National Division      W    L    T    PTS  OTW    OTL

C.R. South (10-1)       8    0    0     34      2        0

Pennridge (9-2)          8   2    0     33       0       1  

North Penn (9-2)        8    2   0      33       0     1

C.B. South (8-3)          8    2    0   29        3       0

Pennsbury (4-7)         4    6    0      18       0    2

C.B. East (4-6)             4    5   0      16        0    0

Souderton (3-7)          3    6    0      12       0    0

C.R. North (3-9)           3    9   0      12       0    0

Neshaminy (3-7)          2    7   0       9       0     1

C.B. West (0-10)          0    10    0   0         0    0

American Division              W    L    T   PTS    OTW    OTL

Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-0)   8     0   0   32   0      0

Hatboro-Horsham  (5-4)     5   4    0   20         1     1

Wissahickon (5-3)                 5    4    0  19       1     0

Springfield (2-5)                   2    5    0    9        0      1

Abington (0-9)                    0   8      0     0        0     0

National Division Scoring        G     A    Pts

Shane Dachwski    Pr                22   20  42

Jackson Accardi     CRN            21   14  35

James Rush         Pr                   17   18  35

Jeremy Rayher                        15    16     31

Cole Pluck NP                          11     20     31

Jake Weiner  CRS                     21    9      30

Samuel Norton NP                   10    19     29

Nolan Shingle  NP                    15    11    26

Ivan Bondra  CRN                     16    9     25

Jordan Sarne CRS                      8     16   24

Landon Bishop Pr                    9    14     23

Sean Cutter  CBS                     9    11     20

James Boyle NP                       8    12     20

Shane Hicks Pb                        8    12     20

Nick Smith Soud                      15   4      19

Jacob Sarver Pb                      10    9      19

Fewest Goals Allowed                                   GP      GA       GPG

Pennridge                                                       11       19         1.72

North Penn                                                    11        22        2.00

C.R. South                                                      11        28        2.55

C.B. South                                                      11       39         3.55

American Division Scoring           G    A    Pts

Vincent Graziani HH                       9    15  24  

Nathan Nemchinov HH               12    10   22

Dan Guller      PW                         9    13    22 

Darius Graziani   HH                    8    10     18

Ben Raebiger Wiss                       14   3     17

Victor Wilkins HH                         13    4     17

Cooper Kanze PW                         8     6     14

Owen Quinn Sp                             8     6     14

Logan Honeycutt                          10    3   13

Blake Ambler  PW                         7      6   13

Fewest Goals Allowed               GP    GA   GPG

Plymouth Whitemarsh              8       20    2.50

Springfield                                   7       26    3.71

Wissahickon                             9           39    4.33

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Springfield 7 Abington 0

WARWICK TOWNSHIP—Nether Springfield or Abington are in contention for the SHSHL American Division title but that did not diminish either side’s enthusiasm for the game of hockey.

When the Spartan and the Galloping Ghosts took the ice Friday night at the Bucks County Ice Sports Center, that enthusiasm was on display for all who cared to look.

It was the Spartans who prevailed by a count of 7-0 to record their second win of the year in seven starts, all in divisional play. Gavin McManus scored twice for Springfield while Owen Quinn, Christopher Cahill, Gavin McManus, and Grayson Quinn contributed one goal each.

“I think was our best team game so far,” said Springfield coach Don Quinn. “They really wanted to come out after the New Year and have a strong team effort. We’ve had some individual efforts. But we wanted to really kind of piece it together. We preach about five guys playing offense and five guys playing defense.”

Owen Quinn and Christopher Cahill scored goals in a span of just over three-and-a-half minutes to give the Spartans a two-goal lead with 7:18 left in the first period.

McManus added a goal early in the second period and another early in the third. The junior noted the Spartans’ cohesiveness on the ice.

“We just played as a team tonight,” he said.  “We’ve been practicing that a lot. Like passing the puck around a lot, trying to find an open guy.

“And then really improved it tonight by keeping the pressure in the offensive zone most of the game.

Grayson Quinn, Mathilde Boccella, and Kellen Warmen added third-period goals for Springfield. Liam Baskin and James Sarsfield split the shutout in goal.

The Spartans limited their foes to just five shots on goal. The Galloping Ghosts (0-9, 0-8 in divisional play) field perhaps the youngest lineup in the SHSHL. They’ve been shut out six times and 13 if their 16 skaters on Thursday night were underclassmen. But Abington coach Ken Brzozowski is seeing signs of progress.

“We’re getting there,” he said. “We’re going to keep working hard., both in practice and in games. We’ll get there.”

A strong case could be made that Abington goaltender Matt Evangelist, himself a sophomore, was one of the premier performers on the ice. He finished with 36 saves.

“He goes out every night and he plays hard,” Brzozowski said. “He’s seeing 40-50 shots a night.

“I really applaud him for keeping his head in the game and keeping his cool. We’re not giving him a whole lot of support on the scoreboard. We’re giving him encouragement in other ways.”

Springfield 2 1 4—7

Abington 0 0 0—0

First-period goals: Owen Quinn (S) from John Barr and Grayson Quinn, 6:03; Christopher Cahill (S) from Owen Quinn and Hunter Stock, 9:42

Second-period goal: Gavin McManus (S from John Barr, 2:57

Third-period goal: McManus (S) from Owen Quinn, 2:39; Grayson Quinn (S) from Keegan McClary, 9:10 Mathilde Boccella (S), 10:11; Kellen Warman (S) unassisted, 12:29

Shots: Springfield 43, Abington 5; Saves:  Liam Baskin (S) 1 and James Sarsfield (S) 4; Matthew Evangelist (S) 36

P-W 6 Wissahickon 2

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—Coaches in all sports talk a lot about remaining disciplined. Plymouth Whitemarsh was in a winner in that department Thursday night and eventually prevailed on the scoreboard.

Blake Ambler scored two goals and assisted on another as the Colonials prevailed over Wissahickon 6-2 in a SHSHL American Division matchup at Hatfield Ice Arena.

The win kept Plymouth Whitemarsh unbeaten at 8-0 overall and most importantly, head and shoulders above the rest of the division with a 7-0 mark.

The key moment of the game came with 4:49 left in the second period just  moments after Logan Discus scored a goal to left the Trojans (5-4, 5-3 in the division) into a 1-1 tie.

Discus and one of the Colonials exchanged pleasantries and what began as pushes and shoves evolved into a skirmish in front of the Plymouth Whitemarsh bench. When the dust had settled, the Trojans found themselves without Aiden Brooks and Joseph Gambino, two of their top four scorers. The Colonials were minus Charles Spause but also were granted a five-minute power play.

Ambler’s first goal of the night came with 49 seconds left in the second frame when he carefully put the puck to the right of Wissahickon netminder Fletcher Lynch to give his team a lead it would hold for the balance of the evening.

Ryan Jagher made it a 3-1 game 2:39 into the final period. Logan Honeycutt scored for the Trojans two minutes and change later to make it a one-goal game once more but the Colonials answered emphatically with three goals in a span of 4 minutes, 41 seconds and left their opponents in their wake.

“With the holiday break you could tell there was a little bit of rust, aid Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Vince Forti. “But, I think halfway through the second, we started picking it up and getting back to our game. And, I think it showed by the end result.

Forti credited his team for the way it moved the puck.

“I would say that’s been one of our strengths all season,” he said. “Our puck movement has been great. We try to work on it a lot at practice but {the players} deserve a lot of credit too because they’ve been really good about that.”

Wissahickon coach James Rumsey said the altercation impacted his team’s cohesion.

“We have too small a team to lose two people,” he said. “Especially key people. That hurt us a lot. But we felt good for the time we were playing. We had a close game the whole time up until then.”

Ambler noted the importance of the Colonials maintaining their composure following the altercation.

“If we started brawling and fighting everyone, then it would just turn into penalty after penalty, after penalty” he said. “You wouldn’t be able to do anything, you wouldn’t be playing hockey. You’ve just got to play hockey if you want to go out and win.”:

Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 1 4—6

Wissahickon 0 1 1—2

First-period goals Daniel Molony (PW) from Daniel Guller, 13:51

Second-period goals: Logan Discus (W) unassisted, 12:11; Blake Ambler (PW) from Luke Smith and Chris Londen, 16:11 (pp)

Third-period goals: Ryan Jagher (PW) from Londen, 2:39; Logan Honeycutt (W) unassisted, 4:54; Guller (PW) from Smith and Ambler, 9:16; Cooper Kanzee (PW) unassisted, 9:30; Ambler (PW) from Londen and Kanzee, 13:57

Shots: Plymouth-Whitemarsh 49, Wissahickon 26; Saves: Julian Lucks (PW) 24, Fletcher Lynch (W) 40

St. Ignatius 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 3

Purple Puck Tournament Final

Sam Elwell scored two goals and assisted on a third as St. Ignatius downed St. Joseph’s Prep 4-3 Sunday evening in the Prep Division championship game of the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Virginia.

Noel Ignacio and Kyle Rucinski also scored for St. Ignatius, which won all five of its tournament games over the course of the weekend.

Rucinski’s goal with 3:11 left in the second half was the game winner.

Cole Gargon scored twice for St. Joseph’s Prep, which went 2-3 over the weekend and was trying for its third straight division championship. Michael Washlick also scored for the Hawks, who now stand at 8-4 overall.

Elwell and Gargon traded goals in the first 25-minute half before Ignacio Have St. Ignatius a 2-1 lead with 6:11 remaining in the half.

Elwell extended his team’s lead 9:20 into the second half. Gargon’s power-play goal with 7:59 left in regulation drew the Hawks closer but Rucinski answered four-and-a-half minutes later.

St. Joseph’s Prep had a 34-24 edge in shots on goal. Dominic Filizetti got the win in goal with 31 saves

• Elwell and Ignacio led the tournament in scoring. Each finished with seven goals and three assists … St. Joseph’s Prep goaltender Declan Geary finished the tournament with a .902 save percentage and a 2.44 GAA.

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 2—3

St. Ignatius 2 2—4

First-half goals: Sam Elwell (SI) from Preston Forsythe and Cade Bradley, 5:11; Cole Gargon (SP) from Ben Kursen and Frankie Ely, 11:09; Noel Ignacio (SI) from Patrick Rose and Charlie Banaszak, 18:49

Second-half goals: Elwell (SI) unassisted, 15:40; Gargon (SJP) from Caden Kelly, 17:01 (pp); Kyle Rucinski (SI) from Elwell and Gavin Marziani, 21:49; Michael Washlick (SJP) from Jai Perry-Pereira, 22:01

Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 34, St. Ignatius 24 Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 20, Dominic Filizetti 31

St. John’s College High 3 Malvern Prep 0

St. John’s scored twice in the first period and went on to the shutout win Sunday afternoon at Ice Line. in a non-league matchup.

St. John’s College High 2 0 1

Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0

First-period goals: Calvin Johnson (SJ) unassisted, 2:57; Beaudy Hummer (S) unassisted, 4:44

Third-period goal: Colin Doherty (SJ) unassisted, 11:11

Shots: St. John’s College 30, Malvern Prep 28; Saves: Jack Faricy (SJ) 28, Matt Crawford (MP) 27