SHSHL Update 12-17-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

Council Rock South (10-1) 8 1 0 – – – – 32

North Penn (8-0) 6 0 0 – – – – 24

Central Bucks South (6-3) 5 2 0 – – – – 20

Pennsbury (6-3) 4 3 0 – – – – 16

Central Bucks East (4-5) 4 5 0 1 – – – 15

Souderton (3-3) 3 3 0 1 1 – – 12

Pennridge (2-4-1) 2 4 0 – – 2 – – 10

Neshaminy (2-6) 2 5 0 1 – – – 7

Central Bucks West (0-7) 0 8 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (9-1) 8 1 0 – – – – 32

Plym. Whitemarsh (5-1) 6 1 0 – – – – 24

Springfield (2-6) 2 5 0 – – – 8

Wissahickon (3-4) 3 4 0 1 – – – 11

Abington (0-8) 0 7 0 – 1 – – 1

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 10 29 12 41

Shane Gleisner Pb 9 22 10 32

Max Ryon Sou. 5 11 9 20

Shane Hicks Pb 8 7 11 18

Jordan Sarne CRS 9 7 11 18

Chris Silvotti NP 8 9 9 18

Landon Bishop Pr 6 9 7 18

James Rush Pr 8 12 4 16

Dominic Gibson 8 9 6 15

Samuel Norton NP 7 7 8 15

American Division GP G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 10 19 17 36

Daniel Guller PW 7 7 18 25

Nate Nemchinov HH 8 11 13 24

Bill Moffa HH 10 8 13 21

Luca Staffieri HH 9 10 9 19

Blake Ambler PW 6 7 11 18

Grayson Quinn Spr. 8 13 3 16

SHSHL Update 12-8-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

North Penn (7-0) 6 0 0 – – – – 24

Council Rock South (8-1) 5 1 0 – – – – 20

Central Bucks South (5-3) 4 2 0 – – – – 16

Souderton (3-2) 3 2 0 1 1 – – 12

Central Bucks East (3-3) 3 2 0 – – – – 12

Pennridge (2-4) 2 4 0 – – 1 – – 9

Pennsbury (4-3) 2 2 0 – – – – 8

Neshaminy (2-5) 2 4 0 1 – – – 7

Central Bucks West (0-7) 0 7 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (7-1) 7 1 0 – – – – 28

Plym. Whitemarsh (5-1) 5 1 0 – – – – 20

Springfield (2-5) 2 4 0 – – – 8

Wissahickon (2-4) 2 4 0 1 – – – 7

Abington (0-5) 0 4 0 – 1 – – 1

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 8 23 11 34

Shane Gleisner Pb 7 14 8 22

Max Ryon Sou. 5 11 8 19

Chris Silvotti NP 7 9 7 16

Jordan Sarne CRS 7 6 10 16

Landon Bishop Pr 5 9 6 15

James Rush Pr 7 11 3 14

Samuel Norton NP 6 7 7 14

Julia Kaminsky Soud 6 9 4 13

Jackson Kelly Soud 5 6 7 13

Nolan Shingle NP 7 6 7 13

Ryan Burke Pr 5 4 7 11

Shane Hicks Pb 5 4 7 11

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 5 3 8 11

James Boyle NP 6 2 9 11

Shawn Mooney Nesh 4 3 4 7

American Division GP G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 8 13 13 26

Nate Nemchinov HH 8 11 13 24

Daniel Guller PW 6 5 16 21

Bill Moffa HH 8 8 8 16

Grayson Quinn Spr. 7 13 2 15

Cooper Kanze PW 5 10 5 15

Goaltenders-Min. 153 minutes

National Division GP MP Shots GA Save % GAA

Aidan Quigley NP 3 153 70 4 .943 1.33

Andrew Norton NP 4 204 63 5 .921 1.25

Trey Prozzillo CRS 7 357 189 15 .921 2.14

Cameron Yoing CBE 3 153 132 12 .909 4.00

Brendan Milliken Pb 7 .356 255 26 .898 3.72

American Division GP MP Shots GA Save % GAA

Max Yoder PW 3 153 99 8 .919 2.67

Nathan Napolitano HH 8 408 267 35 .869 4.38

Eric Miller HH 5 255 112 15 .866 3.00

Emmett Kline Sp 7 357 222 33 .851 4.71

Fletcher Lynch Wiss 4 208 153 23 .850 5.64

Pennridge 3 Neshaminy 0

BRISTOL—For a hockey team finding its way, it was a step forward. Pennridge took things one shift at a time Thursday night and left Grundy Arena with a 3-0 win over Neshaminy in a SHSHL National matchup.

What the Rams (2-5-1, 2-5 in the division) wasn’t flashy or spectacular to watch. But when you have only 13 skaters in uniform, efficiency trumps style. And that efficiency included rotating just three defensemen over the course of the 51 minutes.

“Tonight was probably the best defensive game we’ve played,” said winning coach Jeff Montagna. “We’re running three {defensemen} every game and they’re starting to figure out how to play with three Ds, and get through an entire game. They’re rally coming along.”

Having a quality goaltender helps as well Junior Andrew Slutsky stopped all 23 shots he saw in support of his teammates.

“Playing for a team with nine {veterans} is like motivation,” he said. You keep it up for them.”

Neshaminy goaltender Thomas Fox was perhaps even more impressive at the other end of the ice. Looking like Anything but the freshman he is, Fox registered 36 saves.

“The future is bright for him,” said Neshaminy coach Bill Mooney. He played real well. He’s very aggressive, he attacks the pick.

“He makes the first save and that’s all you can ever ask of a goalie.”

The second period was more than half gone before Ryan Burke delivered the evening’s first goal on a shot from the high slot James Rush made it a 2-0 game with 4:13 left the middle period.

Neshaminy (2-5 overall and in the division) had an opening when Landon Bishop and Dean Venner drew penalties in the final half minute of the second frame. As a result, Neshaminy had a two-man advantage for 93 seconds. But the ‘Skins couldn’t capitalize.

“We were hoping to a little momentum turn there,” Mooney said. “We had opportunities {but} their goalie made the saves.

“They have some seasoned guys out there that have been around for a bit so they know how to play.”

Rush sealed the verdict with an empty-net goal with 1:17 remaining.

Montagna stresses the importance of hi team knowing its limitations, specifically the size of its roster.

“They know there’s a certain way they have to play” he said, “and you have to stick to that. You can’t try and be someone you’re not out there with the roster we’re running.

“That has been the biggest thing for us so far. These guys understand it. You saw tonight in a 2-0 game {until the finish} it was defense first, second, and third.”

Pennridge 0 2 1—3

Neshaminy 0 0 0—0

Second-period goals: Ryan Burke (P) from Kaden Gunning, 8:57 James Rush (P) from Georgios Siokos and Landon Bishop, 12:47

Third-period goal: Rush (P) unassisted, 15:43 (en)

Shots: Pennridge 39, Neshaminy 23; Saves: Andrew Slutsky (P) 23, Thomas Fox (N) 36

Flyers Cup Eligibles Announced

The Flyers Cup Committee has released a lost of 50 teams from Pennsylvania , New Jersey, and Delaware, that are eligible for invitations to the 2026 Flyers Cup tournament. The Flyers Cup is an invitational tournament; they are no automatic bids.

Class AAA (8)

Devon Prep

Father Judge

Haverford School

Holy Ghost Prep

La Salle

Malvern Prep

Salesianum

St. Joseph’s Prep

Class AA (21)

Abington

Avon Grove

Boyertown

Central Bucks East

Central Bucks South

Central Bucks West

Conestoga

Council Rock South

Downingtown East

Downingtown West

Haverford High

Kingsway

Lower Merion

Neshaminy

North Penn

Owen J. Roberts

Pennridge

Pennsbury

Shawnee

Souderton

Spring-Ford

Class A (15)

Garnet Valley

Hatboro-Horsham

Hershey

Kennett

Marple Newtown

Palmyra

Pernncrest

Plymouth Whitemarsh

Radnor

Springfield-Delco

Springfield-Montco

West Chester East

West Chester Henderon

West Chester Rustin

Wissahickon

Girls (6)

Avon Grove

Conestoga

Downingtown West

Pennridge

Radnor

West Chester East

Thanksgiving Eve Hockey Schedule

The night before Thanksgiving is customarily a busy night for high-school hockey and this year is no exception.

There are nine games on the card.

North Penn 8 Central Bucks South 1 —See story

St. Joseph’s Prep 5, Devon Prep 1—Five different players score goals as the Hawks won their fifth straight without defeat Wednesday at Ice Line. Michael Castelli, Braydon Russo, Adam Charrafi, Thomas Ely, and Joseph McGonigal all scored for the Prep which is now 5-0 on the season.

Central Bucks East vs. Central Bucks West 6:00 at RIG

Souderton 4 Pennrige 3 OT—Even Siegler’s goal with 1:53 left in overtime gave the Big Red the win Wednesday night at Hatfield Ice. Kaden Gunning had tied the game for Pennridge with 1:15 left in regulation.

Malvern Prep 2 La Salle 0—See story on this blog

Pennsbury 9 Neshaminy 2—Shane Gleisner scored three goals for the Falconds and added three assists

Holy Ghost Prep 6 Father Judge 2—Lucas Gonzalez delivered a hat trick and Chris Marshall scored twice as the Firebirds bested the Crusaders at Grundy Arena.

Council Rock South 10 Council Rock North 0

Hatboro-Horsham 5 Springfield 4—Five different Hatters scored in the win at Hatfield Ice. Bill Moffa had two assists to go with his goal.

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

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

The Joys of High-School Hockey

One in an occasional series

One of the unique and endearing qualities of high-school hockey is the opportunity players have to play with the student-athletes they see in school and in class every day to play in front of friends and classmates the stands.

Council Rock South forward Jordan Sarne says those circumstances make for an atmosphere that’s much different from club hockey. Sarne is part of a South team that was won three consecutive SHSHL National Division titles.

“High school hockey is fun,” he said. “It’s a chance to get out there with your boys and have a good time. I feel like it’s way different than club.

“I love playing with all these boys. They’re close to me. I love it for sure. It’s way better.”