SHSHL Finalizes Playoff Sites/Times

The Suburban High School Hockey League has finalized its venues and game times for its upcoming playoffs. The postseason will begin on Wednesday, February 23 with four Class AA quarterfinal games. The Class A semifinals will be played the following night, Thursday February 24.

The Class AA semifinals are set for Wednesday, Match 2 and the championship games in both classes will be played for Thursday, March 3.

The Flyers Cup tournament will begin on Monday, March 7. The results of the Class AA quarterfinals and the Class A semifinals will be factored into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Wednesday 2-23

Class AA Quarterfinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 7:20 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 7:50 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 7:20 at Grundy

Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 8:30 at Hatfield

Thursday 2-24

Class A Semifinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 7:10 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 8:50 at Hatfield

Wednesday 3-2

Class AA Semifinals

7:10 Seed 1 vs. Seed 4

7:50 Seed 2 vs. Seed 3

Thursday Match 3

Championship Night at Hatfield

7:10 Class AA Final

8:30 Class A Final

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Pennridge 6 Neshaminy 1

HATFIELD—It was business as usual for Pennridge Wednesday night. The Rams scored three times in the first period and rolled to a 6-1 win over Neshaminy in a SHSHL Class AA matchup at Hatfield Ice.

Pennridge remains perfect with a 14-0 overall record (9-0 in divisional play) heading into its regular-season finale with Council Rock South next Wednesday. It’s last lost came to Haverford in the Flyers Cup semifinals last April.

The game was essentially decided in the first 13:55 of the opening period. Pierce McGinley, Andrew Savong, and Tyler Manto scored goals in that stretch, and Rams were never threatened thereafter.

“We got off to a rough start,” said Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo. “The one rebound came right out to (McGinley) who buried it. Then we had (a tip-in) and then we had the second or third goal the guy dangled through us and nobody stepped up to play physical. So, I feel like we kind of put ourselves in that hole. It’s tough to battle back against a really good team like that.”

Max Gallagher scored a power-play goal for Neshaminy (9-3-1, 5-4 in the division) 9:49 into the second period but Kevin Pico and Aeryk Lehrhaupt responded for the Rams (Lehrhaupt’s goal came while his team was shorthanded) before Shane Dachowski added a goal in the third period.

The final margin would doubtless have been wider had it not been for the work of Brian Nelson in the Neshaminy net. Nelson was credited with 46 saves while his Pennridge counterpart Ryan Pico was given credit for 41.

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna said his team got a big boost from its quick start. “Especially after our last game (a 5-3 win over Central Bucks South) where we didn’t,” he said. “We talked about it. I thought it was our best first period of the year. I thought we started the game better than we have all year and it set the tone for the rest of the night.”

After next week, the Rams will cross the threshold into the postseason. Expectations are high in light of last year’s Flyers Cup effort. So, in a very real sense, Wednesday night’s first period was about setting the tone for something beyond a regular-season game in February.

Neshaminy’s. A.J. Dougherty was injured in the second period when Pennridge’s Andrew David delivered a shoulder check while Dougherty was standing with his back to the boards in the Pennridge offensive left wing corner. No penalty was called on the play. Dougherty was helped off the ice. According to DeMatteo, he will enter concussion protocol.

•The regular season will conclude next week. The SHSHL playoffs will commence on February 23 and 24 so the results of the Class AA quarterfinals will factor into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Neshaminy 0 1 0

Pennridge 3 2 1—6

First-period goals: Pierce McGinley (P) from Josh Kelly, 2:59; Andrew Savong (P) unassisted, 9:09; Tyler Manto (P) from Ryan Schuler, 13:55

Second-period goals: Max Gallagher (N) from Dan McColgan and J.J. Hathaway, 9:49 (pp); Kevin Pico, from Manto and Boyle, 13:44; Aeryk Lehrhaupt (P) unassisted, 15:51 (sh)

Third-period goals: Shane Dachowski (P) from Aidan Boyle Jack Lowery, 9:58 (pp)

Shots: Neshaminy 42, Pennridge 52; Saves: Brian Nelson (N) 46, Ryan Pico P) 41

SHSHL Update for 2-9-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (13-0) 8 0 0 0 16

Council Rock South (10-1-1) 8 0 0 0 16

Pennsbury (8-3-1) 6 2 0 0 12

Neshaminy (8-3-1) 5 3 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (5-6-1) 5 3 0 0 10

Council Rock North (6-6) 4 5 0 0 8

Souderton (6-6) 4 5 0 0 8

Central Bucks East (4-8) 3 5 0 0 6

Bensalem (3-9) 1 7 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (4-8) 1 7 0 0 0

North Penn (1-11) 0 8 0 0 0

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (10-1) 9 0 0 0 18

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-2) 7 1 0 0 14

Wissahickon (6-6) 6 3 0 0 12

Quakertown (6-7) 6 5 0 0 12

William Tennent (3-10) 3 7 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-9-0-1) 2 7 0 1 5

Hatboro-Horsham (1-11) 0 10 0 0 0

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Karson Grainey (CRN) 22 13 35

Shane Siegmund (PB) 14 21 35

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 18 11 29

Kevin Pico (Pr) 14 13 27

Nick Hahn (CRN) 8 17 25

Kevin Koles (CRS) 11 13 24

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 12 10 22

Reece Millman (Pb) 10 11 21

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 13 6 19

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 12 7 19

Julian Sarne (CRS) 14 4 18

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 30 17 47

Aidan Keogh (PW) 13 33 46

Matt Kramer (Ab 22 13 35

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 16 17 33

Matthew Flynn (PW) 8 21 29

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 20 8 28

Will Hussa (Wiss) 14 14 28

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 14 12 26

Matt Cholaj (Ab) 10 12 22

Frank Rosenberry (WT) 12 9 21

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Council Rock North 6 Neshaminy 5

BRISTOL—Council Rock North and Neshaminy had a lot to play for Wednesday night. Both teams were trying to enhance their standing in the eyes of the Flyers Cup Competition Committee and the ‘Skins were trying to wipe away the memories of 6-1 loss to Council Rock South in their last start.

It was the Indians who prevailed, and in dramatic fashion, overcoming deficits of 4-0 and 5-1 to post a 6-5 win at Grundy Arena. Nick Hahn scored what proved to be the winning goal with 5:20 remaining in regulation.

Council Rock North improved to 5-6 overall and 4-5 in divisional play. The win is sure to make a lasting impression While North competes in the Class AA Division of the SHSHL, the Indians are a Class A team for Flyers Cup and are doing their best to make a case for inclusion in the field.

North coach Greg McDonald was asked if the win was his team’s biggest to date.

“I’d probably say so,” he said. “I think we had all but one player here tonight. It was the first time we had a full roster, so we were able to kind of manage the game differently. Certainly, by the boys’ reaction, I think it was the biggest win of the year.

At the end of the first period, the Indians were staring into the abyss. Goals from Jacob Adami, and Joey Hornung, and two from Max Gallagher, gave Neshaminy (8-3-1, 5-3 in the division) what seemed to be a commanding 4-0 lead.

Jackson Accardi got North on the board 1:13 into the second frame but David McColgan answered for Neshaminy with a power-play goal at the five-minute mark to seemingly restore the status quo.

The Indians kept at it however. Accardi scored his second goal of the game, a shorthanded effort, at 5:40, and Jackson Mosley followed with a goal of his own at 9:23 to make it a 5-3 game heading into the third period.

Neshaminy kept up the pressure as the final session began. Mosley scored his second goal of the night at 4:13 before Karson Grainey tied the game at 6:16.

But North found itself shorthanded going down the stretch. With 7:35 left in regulation, Mosley was called for slashing and drew a 10-minute misconduct along with it. That gave him four penalties on the night and an automatic game misconduct. With 3:39 still to play, Accardi drew a 10-minute misconduct penalty of his own.

But Neshaminy persevered and Hahn sent his teammates into celebratory mode with his game-winning goal. Hahn, a sophomore, said the Indians were poised to continue their comeback as the final period began.

’We had great (chemistry) going into the third,” he said. “We were pumped up and ready to go.”

The events of the last two periods left Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo perplexed and frustrated. His team was ranked fifth in the latest set of Class AA Flyers Cup rankings and the loss was a black eye, or perhaps a left hook to the jaw.

“You get a four-goal lead and you can’t keep it, that’s embarrassing,” he said. “We came out, we stuck to the game plan early on, we played a good first period, then the last two periods we just fell apart.

“We didn’t stick to the game plan. Top to bottom, we just abandoned it and I don’t know why. If something is working, why wouldn’t you stay with it?”

Council Rock North 0 3 3—6

Neshaminy 4 1 0—5

First-period goals: Jacob Adami (N) from J.J. Hathaway, 4:30; Joey Hornung (N) from D.J. Harris, 11:52; Max Gallagher (N) from Hathaway, 14:31; Gallagher (M) from Ryan DeMatteo, and Liam Mooney, 15:02

Second-period goals: Jackson Accardi (CRN) from Karson Grainey and Nick Hahn, 1:13; Dan McColgan (N) from Hathaway, 5:00 (pp); Accardi (CRN) from Grainey and Jackson Mosley, 5:40 (sh); Mosley (CRN) from Zach Weissman and Grainey, 9:23

Third-period goals: Mosley (CRN) from Weissman and Lucas Siomos, 4:1; Grainey (CRN) unassisted, 6:16; Hahn (CRN) from Weissman and Siomos,11:40

Shots: Council Rock North 32, Neshaminy 33

Saves: Ian Goldberg (CRN) 28 Cory Hemberger (N) 26

SHSHL Update for 2-2-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (12-0) 7 0 0 0 14

Council Rock South (9-1-1) 7 0 0 0 14

Neshaminy (8-2-1) 5 2 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (5-5-1) 5 2 0 0 10

Pennsbury (6-3-1) 4 2 0 0 8

Souderton (6-5) 4 4 0 0 8

Central Bucks East (4-7) 3 4 0 0 6

Council Rock North (4-6) 3 5 0 0 6

Bensalem (3-8) 1 6 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (3-8) 0 7 0 0 0

North Penn (1-10) 0 7 0 0 0

For Flyers Cup purposes, Council Rock North is a Class A team

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (8-1) 7 0 0 0 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-1) 7 1 0 0 14

Wissahickon (5-6) 5 3 0 0 10

Quakertown (5-7) 5 5 0 0 10

William Tennent (3-9) 3 6 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-7-0-1) 2 5 0 1 5

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

For Flyers Cup purposes Abington is a Class AA team

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Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Shane Siegmund (PB) 13 16 29

Karson Grainey (CRN) 16 8 24

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 15 7 22

Kevin Pico (Pr) 14 10 24

Kevin Koles (CRS) 9 12 21

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 10 10 20

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 13 6 19

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 12 7 19

Nick Hahn (CRN) 7 11 18

Julian Sarne (CRS) 13 4 17

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 26 15 41

Aidan Keogh (PW) 12 28 40

Matt Kramer (Ab 20 13 33

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 13 15 28

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

Will Hussa (Wiss) 13 13 26

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 18 7 25

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 12 11 23

Matthew Flynn (PW) 5 17 22

Frank Rosenberry (WT) 12 9 21

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SHSHL Sets Playoff Dates

The Suburban High School Hockey League’s postseason is just three weeks away.

The SHSHL playoffs will commence on Wednesday, February 23 and Thursday the 24^th with four first-round Class AA games and two Class A semifinal games.

The Class AA semifinals are set for Wednesday, March 2 and the finals in both classes will be contested the following evening, Thursday, March 3.

The Flyers Cup tournament field will be announced on Sunday, February 27, which allows for the results of the Class AA quarterfinals to be considered by the Flyers Cup Committee when it is determining the makeup of the tournament field.

Flyers Cup Rankings for 1-31-22

Class AAA

Malvern Prep
Sr. Joseph’s Prep
La Salle
Holy Ghost Prep
Cardinal O’Hara

Class AA

Pennridge
Haverford
Council Rock South
Avon Grove
Neshaminy

Class A

West Chester East
Springfield-Delco
West Chester Rustin
Hershey
Plymouth Whitemarsh

NJ/Del

Salesianum
Eastern
Shawnee
Moorsetown
Kingsway
Cherokee

Girls

West Chester Henderson
Avon Grove
Downingtown West
Unionville
Kingsway

Rankings determined by the Flyers Cup Competition Committee based on game results and personal observations. The field for the 43rd Flyers Cup tournament will be announced on Sunday, February 27.

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Council Rock South 6 Neshaminy 1

BRISTOL— It’s something that occurs around this time in every hockey season. Council Rock South finds another gear.

The Golden Hawks played one of their best games of the season Thursday night a 6-1 SHSHL Class AA win over Neshaminy at Grundy Arena.

Evan Mostoller scored two goals and four other players scored one goal each as South improved to 9-1-1 overall and stayed unbeaten in divisional play with a 7-0 mark.

The margin of victory might have been greater had it not been for the play of Neshaminy goaltender Brian Nelson who made 41 saves. From the opening faceoff to the final buzzer, the Golden Hawks dominated.

Sophomore Kevin Koles contributed a goal and two assists.

“We’ve got playoffs soon,” he said. “We’re trying to (play) more like a team. We got the job done.”

South is one of the most balanced teams offensively in the SHSHL. Entering play Thursday night, four different players had scored 11 points or more this season.

Veteran coach Joe Houk says that balance is one of the keys to his team’s success this season.

“I think it’s most important,” he said. “We’ve always talked over the years about how your top guys always (contribute). “I think the second and third liners are the guys that are the most important. And now I have a couple D-men this year that are putting points up on the board also.

“So, at any given time during the game, I don’t have to rely on one or two guys. I can rely on a lot of other people too.”

Thanks in part to Nelson’s 18 saves, the Golden Hawks led just 1-0 after one period; Blaise Pepe put his team in front at the 1:38 mark.

Julian Wagenmann made it a 2-0 game 1:14 into the second frame before South broke the game open late in the period. Jeremy Rahyer, Koles, and Mostoller scored in a span of five-and-a-half minutes to build a 5-0 lead by period’s end.

It marked the first time this year Neshaminy (8-2-1, 5-2 in the division) had surrendered more than three goals in a game this season.

Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo was disappointed in his team’s effort.

“(South) is a very good team,” he said. “They played a very disciplined game. They clearly had a game plan and they executed it. We did not. That’s what it looks like when two good teams play and one doesn’t show up.”

Emotions boiled over at the 3:35 mark of the third period. South’ Matt Constantini and Neshaminy’s Nolan Geria were the antagonists. Constantini drew a minor for cross checking plus a 10-minute misconduct. Geria, who had been flagged three times to that point, was called for a minor penalty for a check from behind, and the automatic misconduct penalty that went with it, plus a double game misconduct.

J.J. Hathaway scored for Neshaminy 8:27 into the final period before Mostoller completed the scoring at 13:20.

Council Rock South 1 4 1—6

Neshaminy 0 0 1—1

First-period goals: Blaise Pepe (CRS) from Alec Pepe and Chase Trovsky, 1:38

Second-period goals: Julian Wagenmann (CRS) from Matt Constantini and Nolan O’Brien, 1:14; Jeremy Rayher (CRS) from Julian Sarne and Kyle Boss, 11:11; Kevin Koles (CRS) unassisted, 12:44; Evan Mostoller (CRS) from Koles and David Vergules, 16:41

Third-period goals: J.J. Hathaway (N) unassisted, 8:27; Mostoller (CRS) from Trovsky and Koles, 13:20

Shots: Council Rock South 47, Neshaminy 19; Saves: Carson Lopez (CRS) 18, Brian Nelson (N) 41

SHSHL Update for 1-26-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (11-0) 6 0 0 0 12

Council Rock South (8-1-1) 6 0 0 0 12

Neshaminy (8-1-1) 5 1 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (4-5-1) 4 2 0 0 8

Pennsbury (5-3-1) 3 2 0 0 6

Council Rock North (4-5) 3 4 0 0 6

Souderton (5-5) 3 4 0 0 6

Central Bucks East (3-7) 2 4 0 0 4

Bensalem (3-6) 1 4 0 0 2

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

North Penn (1-9) 0 6 0 0 0

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (7-1) 6 0 0 0 12

Wissahickon (5-5) 5 2 0 0 10

Quakertown (5-6) 5 4 0 0 10

Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-1) 6 1 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-6-0-1) 2 4 0 0 4

Hatboro-Horsham (1-8) 0 7 0 0 0

William Tennent (1-9) 0 6 0 0 0

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Shane Siegmund (PB) 12 16 28

Karson Grainey (CRN) 16 8 24

Kevin Pico (Pr) 13 9 22

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 14 7 21

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 10 10 20

Kevin Koles (CRS) 8 10 18

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 11 6 17

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 12 5 17

Nick Hahn (CRN) 6 11 17

Julian Sarne (CRS) 13 3 16

Alex Hood (Bens) 11 5 15

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 24 14 38

Aidan Keogh (PW) 11 27 38

Matt Kramer (Ab 20 9 29

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

Will Hussa (Wiss) 13 13 26

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 10 14 24

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 17 6 23

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 11 11 22

Matthew Flynn (PW) 5 15 20

Nick Hussa (Wiss) 6 12 18

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Pennridge 5 C.B. East 0

WARWICK—For Pennridge it was all in an evening’s work. The Rams remained unbeaten Wednesday night with a 5-0 win over Central Bucks East in a SHSHL Class AA matchup at Revolution Ice Gardens.

Pennridge is now a perfect 10-0 on the season, 6-0 in divisional play, and sits atop the Flyers Cup Class AA rankings to boot.

Adam Boyle scored two goals and assisted on another. Aerek Lehrhaupt also scored twice as the Rams bested the Patriots for the second time this season; they prevailed 5-1 on December 8.

“We talked before the game,” said Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna. It was a point of emphasis the way we played against them last time. We did not play well and they outworked us last game.

“We stressed that in the locker room all week, about getting off to a better start against this team and not being outworked.”

The Rams dominated the first period although they scored just once. Boyle collected a loose puck in front of the East net and tucked it inside the left post with 4:16 left in the opening session.
As is often case in such circumstances, it was a case of a goaltender keeping his team in the game. In this case was the netminder was Matt Magiacapre who was credited with no few 26 saves in the opening 17 minutes and gave the Patriots (3-7, 2-4 in the division) reason to hope.

But East’s hopes were dashed 5:10 into the second frame when Shane Dachowski scored for the Rams on a breakaway while his team was skating two men short.

Boyle added his second goal of the night at the 14:14 mark before Lehrhaupt added two goals in the third period.

Emotions boiled over with 9:21 left in regulation when the Rams’ Pierce McGinley took the Patriots’ Kyle McIntyre into the wall on the Pennridge’s offensive right wing just beyond the faceoff circle. No penalty was called on the play. Phil McIntyre stepped up in defense of his brother and teammate and wound up drawing nine minutes in penalties; minor penalties for elbowing and roughing, plus a major. As a result, the Patriots were shorthanded virtually all of the rest of the game. but they kept battling.

“I loved how we stayed in the game the whole team,” said Central Bucks East coach Jeff Mitchell. “They put a lot of shots up on us in the first period so I was starting to get a little worried that we were sitting on our heels. But, the boys kept fighting back, it just wasn’t going I for us tonight.”

Montagna works to keep his team focused on the task at hand while also acknowledging what is possible. He’s counting on his seniors to show the way.

“The seniors that we have have been through this,” he said. “They know there’s a bigger goal than just getting through the regular season and they’ve been real good about teaching the other guys that and telling them that. They know what we’re fighting for.”

Ice Chips—Ryan Pico pitched a shutout in goal, making 24 saves while Mangiacapre was credited with 44 … The Rams will make up a game with Pennsbury Monday night at Hatfield Ice (6:20 start).

Pennridge 1 2 2—5

C.B. East 0 0 0—0

First-period goals: Adam Boyle (P) unassisted, 12:44

Second-period goals: Shane Dachowski (P) from Boyle and Colin Dachowski, 5:10 (sh); Boyle (P) unassisted, 14:14

Third-period goals: Aerek Lehrhaupt (P) from Colin Dachowski, 6:43; Lehhaupt (P) unassisted, 12:40

Shots: Pennridge 49, C.B. East 24; Saves: Ryan Pico (P) 24, Matt Mangiacapre (CBE) 44

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