Category: Scholastic Hockey News

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

APAC Update 12-27-24

                                            W     L     OTW     OTL     Pts

St Joseph’s Prep (6-2)       3       1       0         0           9

Holy Ghost Prep (9-3)       3      2        0          0        9

La Salle (5-5)                     3       2        0         0         9

Malvern Prep (2-5)          1       3        0         0         3

Hun School (1-6-1)          0       2         0         0         0

 

Scoring—APAC Games Only      GP G   A   Pts  PPG

Brady Logue     HGP                        5    5    7   12    2.40

Cole Gargon     SJP                          4   5     1    6     1.67

Grant LaGreca La Salle                  5    7     1   8     1.60

Michael Zarzycki  La Salle             5    4     3   7     1.40

Frank Ely  SJP                                  4      1    4   5     1.25

Chase Logue HGP                          5     3     3   6    1.20

Anthony Valeriote HGP                5     3     2   5    1.00

Teague Murray  MP                      4     3    1   4     1.00

Goals Against                                Min.  GA    GAA

Declan Geary   SJP                       204     9       2.25

Jake Rossi La Salle                       253     12     2.42

John Botthoff HGP                      102     5       2.50

Matt Crawford MP                      153     9      3.00

Save Percentage                          Shots   GA   Save Pct.

Jake Rossi   La Salle                      157     12      .924

John Botthoff  HGP                        64      5        .922

Matt Crawford MP                          94       9         .904

Declan Geary SJP                             93       9         .903                        

C.R. South 9 C.B. East 2

Jeremy Rayher scored four goals and Jake Weiner added two more as Council Rock South downed Central Bucks East 7-2 Friday night at the Bucks County Ice Sports Center.

The win moved the Golden Hawks to the top of the National Division standings as the SHSHL schedule hots the halfway mark heading into the Christmas break. South stands at 9-1 overall and 8-0 in divisional play for 30 points, one point clear of North Penn and Pennridge. The Golden Hawks also have a game in hand on the Knights and the Rams.

Jake Maurer, Brendan Rooney, and Jagger Smith also scored for the Golden Hawks.

Joseph Walter and David Brown scored goals for the Patriots, who slipped to 3-6 overall and 3-5 in divisional play.

C.R. South 2 3 4—7

C.B. East 0 2 0—2

SHSHL Update as of 12-21-24

National Division      W    L    T    PTS  OTW    OTL

C.R. South (9-1)                  8    0    0     30       2     0

Pennridge (8-1)                 7   2    0       29        0    1 

North Penn (8-2)              7    2    0      29       0     1

Cent. Bucks South (7-4)    7    2    0     25       3     0

Pennsbury (4-6)                 4    5    0      18       0    2

Souderton (3-6)                3    5    0      12       0    0

Neshaminy (3-6)               2    6   0       8         0     0

C.B. East (2-4)                      2    3   0      8        0    0

C.R. North (2-4)                  3    8   0      12       0    0

C.B. West (0-9)                  0    9    0      0         0    0

American Division               W    L    T   PTS    OTW    OTL

Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-0)   6     0   0    24   0      0

Hatboro-Horsham  (5-4)     5   3    0         20       1     1

Wissahickon (5-3)                 5    2    0       19       1     0

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

Abington (0-8)                    0   7     0            0      0       0

National Division Scoring        G     A    Pts

Shane Dachwski    Pr                20    19  39

Jackson Accardi     CRN            10    13  33

James Rush         Pr                   15    17  32

Ivan Bondra  CRN                     16    9     25

Jake Weiner  CRS                    16     8      24

Jeremy Rayher                        11    13     24

Cole Pluck NP                          7     17     24

Landon Bishop Pr                    9    14     23

Nolan Shingle(NP)                   13      8    21

Samuel Norton NP                   8     13     21

American Division Scoring           G    A    Pts

Vincent Graziani HH                    9    15  24  

Nathan Nemchinov HH               12    10   22

Dan Guller      PW                         8    12    20

Darius Graziani   HH                    8    10     18

Ben Raebiger Wiss                       14   3     17

Victor Wilkins HH                         13    4     17

Logan Honeycutt                          9      3     12

Cooper Kanze PW                         7     5     12

Owen Quinn Sp                             7     4     11

Brandon Wooldridge PW            4     7     11

North Penn 5 Pennridge 0

It took North Penn most of two periods to solve the puzzle. But once the Knights did, the goals came in rapid-fire succession.

Three goals in the final three minute of the second period propelled North Penn to a 5-0 win over Pennridge Thursday night ay Hatfield Ice in a battle of SHSHL National Division heavyweights.

Daniel Cabrales scored two goals and Aidan Quigley was perfect between the pipes as the Knights improved to 8-2 overall and 7-2 in divisional play. The Rams boast an identical record at the season’s halfway mark.

The Rams were ranked third and the Knights fourth in the season’s first set of Class AA Flyers Cup rankings

“That probably was the best game we’ve played all year from a 51-minute perspective,” said North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis. “We knew [Pennridge] was a good hockey team. They weren’t going to give it to us, we had to come out and earn it.”

North Penn took control at the start, outshooting Pennridge 22-6 in the first period. That trend continued in the middle period as the Knights launched shots at James Winton from all angles.

It took them until the waning minutes of the period however to get the better of him.

Nolan Shingle scored the first goal of the night, a power-play effort with 2:51 left in the period. Cabrales made it a 2-0 game with 1:05 remaining when he poked in a rebound that Winton couldn’t control. Half a minute later Samuel Norton stole the puck and center ice and launched a shot from long range that beat Winton on his glove side. It was North Penn’s third goal in a span of 2:25.

Vaitis credited his troops for the way they moved the puck.

“The big thing we focus on is puck movement,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of skill players [and we tell them] don’t try to do anything on their own. When we move the puck well, good thigs happen for us.”

By this point, the Rams were operating on auxiliary power offensively, having lost catalyst Shane Dachowski in the second period to a shoulder injury. No one in the lineup was able to fill the gap created by his absence.

“These guys need to learn how to do things for themselves,” said Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna.  ”Without waiting for someone else to do it. We’re not going to make excuses about it. We have a bunch of guys that have to learn how to go through this.”

Luke Haftel and Carbrales provided goals for North Penn in the third period. Meanwhile, Quigley was stopping all 17 shots he saw.

“I didn’t face a whole lot of shots,” he said. “It’s hard, trying to stay with it when you’re not getting a ton of shots. But, the team played strong and helped me out.”

Quigley credited his defense for minimalizing potential rebounds.

“My defense helped me out,” he said. “Any rebounds they got out. No bad turnovers.”

• With 13:02 remaining in the third period, Winton left the ice because of asthma issues. He returned after approximately. five minutes North Penn utilized its time out after the Rams had used theirs to allow Winton extra time to recover.

Pennridge 0 0 0—0

North Penn 0 3 2—5

Second-period goals: Nolan Shingle (NP) from James Boyle and Daniel Cabrales, 2:51 (pp); Cabrales (MP) from Samuel Norton and Cole Pluck, 1:05; Norton (NP) unassisted, :21

 Third-period goals: Luke Haftel (NP) from Christopher Silvotti, 7:27, Cabrales (NP) from Norton, 1:36

Shots: Pennridge 17, North Penn 51; Saves: James Winton (P) 46, Aidan Quigley (NP) 17