Neshaminy 5, Pennsbury 2

BRISTOL— The atmosphere resembled that of a Flyers Cup game, Which was not surprising; any contest between Pennsbury and Neshaminy, whatever the sport, is sure to be crackling with intensity.

It was Neshaminy that had the better of things Thursday night, 5-2 in a SHSHL Class AA Division game before a large and energetic audience at Grundy Arena. Joey DeMatteo scored three goals to help the Skins (9-3, 7-2 in divisional play) avenge a Thanksgiving Eve loss to the Falcons (8-4-1, 4-4-1)

The game was tight for 32 minutes before Neshaminy scored three goals in the third frame.

Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo said his team responded to the emotions of the evening without being overwhelmed by those emotions.

“We’re still a bit of a younger team,” he said. “We only have three seniors and part of learning how to win is learning how to play mature, and learning how to play the way the game dictates.”

The first period was played on even terms with the ‘Skins looking for open ice while the Falcons employed a dump-and-chase strategy. Neshaminy’s Robert Seewagen scored the period’s only goal with 40 seconds remaining off a Pennsbury turnover, It was one of a series of miscues that hurt the Falcons’ cause and undermined a solid performance by Topher Seiler, their goaltender.

“Our goalie stood on top of his head,” said Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley. “He couldn’t have played any better.”

Thomas Gallagher extended Neshaminy’s lead 1:40 into the second period when he found open space in the right circle and put the puck in the top right corner of the net. Erik Eisler answered back at 11:46 to make it a one-goal game heading into the third period.

Joey DeMatteo took over from there, scoring twice in a seven-minute span to put his team up 4-1 with 6:44 left in regulation. Eisler scored his second goal of the game on a power play with 4:57 left but DeMatteo fired the puck into an empty net with 37 seconds remaining.

The senior said his team took a different approach to the rematch with the Falcons. “We focused on emotion way too much in that game,” he said, “and we just kind of put all that aside and just played the game and focused on the game.”

Neshaminy came into the game ranked sixth in the Class AA Flyers Cup power rankings. The Falcons were ranked 10th this week.

Pennsbury 0 1 1—2
Neshaminy 1 1 3—5
First-period goal: Robert Seewagen (N) unassisted, 15:20.
Second-period goals: Thomas Gallagher (N) from Trevor Kuhn, 1:40; Erik Eisler (P) from Beau Bruslius and Ben Dous, 11:46.
Third-period goals: Joey DeMatteo (N) unassisted, 2:15; DeMatteo (N) from J.J. Hathaway and Matt Buchinski, 9:16; Eisler (P) unassisted, 11:03 (pp); DeMatteo (N) from Michael Knipple, 15:23 (en).
Shots: Pennsbury 21, Neshaminy 38; Saves: Topher Seiler (P) 33, Brian Nelson (N) 19

Central Bucks East 5, Central Bucks West 0

HATFIELD— Central Bucks East did a lot of things well on Wednesday night. The Patriots strengthened their case for a place in the Class AA Flyers Cup field with a 5-0 win over Central Bucks West at Hatfield Ice in a SHSHL matchup. Sean Gorman scored twice for East, which is now 9-2-1-1 overall and 6-2-1-1 in divisional play. They were ranked 10th in the Flyers Cup power rankings at the start of the week.

Sean Gorman scored twice for the Patriots, but the evening will be remembered for what happened at the other end of the ice, where Chris McIntyre was perfect. He saw 55 shots and turned aside every one of them.

“I don’s think in all my years of coaching I ever saw a team get (55) shots and not win,” said West coach Dave Baun, “let alone lose 5-0.”

The Bucks (6-4-2-1, 3-4-2-0 in the division) didn’t make it easy on McIntyre. Many of their shots were dangerous and several we’re from point-blank range. But the junior was more than equal to the task.

“He was technically superb,” Baun said.

It was Senior Night for both schools but McIntyre didn’t prepare any differently than usual. “I try to be sharp for every game,” he said, “prepare the same for every game, even if I’m not playing. Every game is the same.”

Connor Keiser and Phil McIntyre scored first-period goals to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead. Chris McIntyre signaled what was to come when he denied Jake Lang on a breakaway with just over five minutes left in the period. Lang is the leading scorer in the SHSHL’s Class AA division.

The Bucks had a chance to get back in the game six-and-a-half minutes into the middle period when back-to back penalties to Max Ermigiotti and Marc Green gave them a two-man advantage for 1 minute, 39 seconds. West failed to score however and Keiser added his second goal of the night nine seconds after the second penalty expired to make it a 3-0 game.

Gorman added two goals in the third period. The final shot totals were 55-33. In the Bucks’ favor. West failed to score despite having six power-play chances.

That statistic was a concern to East coach Ken Latchum. “Your goalkeeper makes up for your mistakes,” he said, “and he made up for every one of them.””

With Flyers Cup selection Sunday now three-and-a-half weeks out, Latchum senses his team is getting more focused. “We’re starting to hit a good stride,” he said, “a very good stride. “Tonight they were hyped, they were playing as a team.

“I thought our first period was probably our best period. (Then) we started taking penalties.”
C.B. East 2 1 2—5
C.B. West 0 0 0—0
First-period goals: Connor Keiser (CBE) from Ian Treger, 5:24; Phil McIntyre (CBE) from Sean Gorman, 8:22.
Second-period goals: Conner Keiser (CBE) unassisted, 8:31.
Third-period goals: Sean Gorman (CBE) from Max Ermigiotti, 12:21; Gorman (CBE) unassisted,14:06.
Shots: C.B. East 33, C.B. West 55; Saves: Chris McIntyre (CBE) 55, Jake Coddington (CBW) 28

Flyers Cup Power Rankings 1-27-20

The latest edition of the Flyers Cup power rankings include some changes in Class AAA. La Salle, the defending Flyers Cup and state champion, has moved to the top of the rankings thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over St. Joseph’s Prep last Friday.

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Class AAA

LaSalle (6-2-0-1)
St. Joseph’s Prep (6-0-0-4)
Holy Ghost Prep (6-3-0-0)
Malvern Prep (6-4-0-0)
Father Judge (11-5-0-0)

Class AA

Central Bucks South (10-0-0-1)
Haverford (14-1-0-0)
Perkiomen Valley (10-2-0-1)
North Penn (7-2-0-0)
Downingtown West (8-5-0-1)
Neshaminy (8-3-0-0-0)
Council Rock South (6-3-0-0)
Boyertown (9-5-1-0)
Central Bucks East (8-2-1-1)
Pennsbury (8-3-1-0)

Class A

West Chester East(12-3-0-0)
Springfield Delco (10-2-0-2)
West Chester Bayard Rustin (8-4-0-2)
Unionville (8-5-0-0)
Palmyra (15-1-0-1)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (11-1-0-0)
Strath Haven (9-3-0-1)
Hershey (11-2-1-2)
West Chester Henderson (5-6-1-1)
Lower Dauphin (10-5-0-0)

NJ/Delaware

Eastern (11-2-3-0)
Salesianum (7-6-1-1)
Moorsetown (8-4-5-0)
Appoquinimimk (11-1-0-2)
Cherokee (7-5-4-0)

The girls’ rankings were be updated this week due to a scarcity of games.

Last week’s rankings were as follows:

Girls

Bux-Mont Catholic (10-1-0-0)
Unionville (8-2-0-2)
Avon Grove (8-3-0-1)
West Chester East (3-7-0-0)

SHSHL Update

Includes results reported through game of 1-24-2020

Class AA W L T OTL Pts

C.B. South (10-0-0-1) 8 0 0 0 16

North Penn (7-2-0-0) 6 0 0 0 12

C.R. South (6-4-0-0) 6 1 0 0 12

Neshaminy (8-3-0-0) 6 2 0 0 12

C.B. East (8-2-1-1) 5 2 1 1 12

Pennsbury (8-3-1-0) 4 3 1 0 9

Pennridge (7-5-0-0) 4 4 0 0 8

C.B. West (6-3-2-1)) 3 3 2 0 8

Souderton (3-8-1-1) 3 4 1 1 8

William Tennent (4-7-0-1) 2 5 0 1 5

Abington (2-9-0-0) 1 6 0 0 2

Quakertown (1-9-1-0) 0 6 1 0 1

Council Rock North (1-12-0-0) 0 9 0 0 0

Class A W L T OTL Pts

Plymouth Whitemarsh (11-1-0-0) 8 0 0 0 16

Wissahickon (8-6-0-0) 6 4 0 0 12

Hatboro-Horsham (10-3-0-1) 5 2 0 1 11

Lower Moreland (1-11-0-0) 1 6 0 0 2

Truman (0-12-0-0) 0 7 0 0 0

Standings are calculated as follows

2 points for a win whether in regulation or OT

1 point for a tie or overtime loss

If a game is tied at the end of regulation there will be five minutes of three-on-three overtime. If the game is still tied it will be recorded as a tie game.

The shootout will not be used

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Jake Lang (CBW) 24 17 41

Robert Seewagen(Nesh) 20 13 33

Chris Trefz (CBW) 10 22 32

Michael Roby (CRS) 20 11 31

Beau Brusius-Yedman (Pb) 12 15 27

Antii Autere (CRS) 9 18 27

Tyler Greenstein (NP) 9 17 26

Sean Gorman (CBE) 22 3 25

Dominic Patrone (CBS) 11 13 24

Justin Carrelli (WT) 17 7 24

Colin Abbonizio (CBS) 14 10 24

Phil McIntyre (CBE) 10 14 24

Reece Millman (Pb) 14 9 23

Class A G A Pts

Aidan Keogh (PW) 15 24 39

Jake Weikel (PW) 21 14 35

Alex Howieson (HH) 20 15 35

Nicholas Hussa 24 6 30

Dean Keller (PW) 17 13 30

Seth Lerner (HH) 17 12 29

Luke Weikel (PW) 14 14 28

Bryan Gary 17 12 27

Aidan Esack (HH) 11 14 25

Tarek Elsabbagh (HH) 11 10 21

Goals Against

Class AA MP GA GAA

Mason Moyer (CBS) 513 16 1.50

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS) 361 12 1.60

Brian Nelson (Nesh) 428 20 2.24

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 582 28 2.31

Ryan Pico (Pr) 528 31 2.82

Class A MP GA GAA

Ben Yuter (PW 410 24 2.81

Joe Gambimo (HH). 388 39 4.82

Save Percentage

Class AA

MP Shots Svs. SvPct.

Mason Moyer (CBS) 480 237 221 .932

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS)361 151 139 .921

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 582 349 321 .920

Ryan Pico (Pr) 528 291 260 .893

Austin Stoudt (Q)) 475 522 461 .883

Class A MP Shots Saves Sv. Pct

Joe Gambino (HH) 403 306 267 .872

Ben Yuter (PW) 410 182 158 .868

Rams Reach out to a Family in Need

The hockey community is renowned for rallying around those in need of support. So it was on Wednesday night when Pennridge and Quakertown came together for a hockey game that was about much more than what happened on the rink.

In conjunction with their regularly scheduled SHSHL matchup at Hatfield Ice, the Rams, with help from the Panthers, held a fundraiser for two Pennridge students. Lexi and Abigail Boleski, who were involved in an automobile accident last Friday. Both were hospitalized and Abigail required surgery.

The sisters are acquainted with members of the Pennridge hockey team.

Pennridge junior Blake Stewart helped organize the effort. “All of us felt really bad,” he said, “but my buddy (and teammate) Conrad Frisch wanted to do something to help this girl out and I was totally on board. We brought the idea of having a 50-50 raffle to the board and promoting it to get a good amount of kids from Pennridge and some from Quakertown to come out to the game.”

The plan came together on Wednesday night. The proceeds from the evening, nearly $1,600, were donated to a Go Fund Me page that was set up in support of the Boleski family.

The two officials who worked the game, Kevin Vena and Christian Haas, donated their game fees to support the effort.

As of early Friday afternoon, over $25,000 had been donated through the site with a goal of $30,000.

Glenn Stewart, Blake’s father, sits on the board of the Pennridge Ice Hockey Club. “We are so proud of the boys pulling this together in two days, not only Blake and Connor but the entire Pennridge team did this all on their own. We have a great group of kids and community.”

North Penn 5, Central Bucks West 1

HATFIELD— It was not a flashy performance. But it was a very efficient one to be sure. Five different players scored goals as North Penn got the better of Central Bucks West 5-1 Thursday night in a Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA game on the Blue Rink at Hatfield Ice.

The Knights (7-2 overall) stayed a perfect 6-0 in divisional play. The Bucks dropped to 6-3-2-1 overall and 3-3–2-0 in the division. They are ranked fourth in this week’s Flyers Cup Class AA power rankings.

The two teams skated on even terms through most of the first period with the Knights’ Ryan Cunningham scoring the only goal at 4:53 when he launched a wrister from in between the two circles and beat Bucks’ goaltender Jake Coddington along the ice inside the right post. Zachary Cline added a goal 5:03 into the second session just as a West penalty was about got expire. It was the Knights’ only power play of the game (there were just three penalties called).

Tyler Greenstein added a goal at 11:04 while the Knights had their goaltender out in anticipation of a delayed penalty and Quinn Holt scored with 47 seconds left in the period to stretch North Penn’s lead to 4-0.

“We haven’t played in two weeks,” said North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis. “We came out a little slow I think to start, but then we kind of got things going a little bit there in the second period.

“We had some opportunities there on the power play and one on the delayed penalty, Our power play is the key for us this year.”

Greenstein’s goal was his only point of the evening but the senior’s abilities at reading the play and creating opportunities for teammates were as impactful as ever. “We were a little bit rusty coming out,” he said. “The game plan was to get pucks deep and try to cycle and get quality shots on net just to try to get the flow back.”

Greenstein noted that moving the puck well is critical to the Knights’ success. “We lost all bunch of seniors (to graduation),” he said, “some offensive threats up top. So this year I’ve tried to be more of a playmaker.”

To their credit the Bucks, who are winless in their last five games, didn’t back off and made North Penn goaltender Nick Ebbinghaus earn his 24 saves. Jake Lang finally got his team on the scoreboard at 12:11 of the third period. That was all that West could muster but coach Dave Baun was pleased with what his young team gave him.

“I’m very proud of them,” he said. “I’m very encouraged by the way they played. North Penn is a fast team, they’ve got a lot of skill.

“We focused on making sure we stacked our (defense), we covered the middle lane much better and we didn’t give up chances on the transition.”

North Penn 1 3 1—5
C.B. West 0 0 1—1
First-period goals: Ryan Cunningham (NP), 4:53
Second-period goals: Zachary Cline (NP) from Jeremy Porubski, 5:01 (pp); Tyler Greenstein (NP) from Tony Tuozzo and. Porubski 11:04; Quinn Holt (NP) unassisted, 15:13.
Third-period goals: Jake Lang (CBW) from Chris Trefz and Billy Loughnane, 12:11; Josh Kaufhold (NP) from Tuozzo, 13:44.
Shots: North Penn 32, C.B. West 25; Saves; Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 24, Jake Coddington (CBW) 27

Wissahickon 14, Truman 4

The Evening was About Much More than the Result

HATFIELD—The outcome of Wednesday’s Suburban High School Hockey League American Division game between Truman and Wissahickon was never in doubt. The Trojans scored eight goals in the first period and went on to a 14-4 win at Hatfield Ice in a game that was halted with 6:09 left in the third period via the 10-goal mercy rule.

There was a much deeper meaning to the evening however than the final result. What mattered most is that the young men wearing the Truman colors of old gold and back were getting the opportunity to play hockey and to do so representing their school.

The Tigers are winless in 12 starts this season. But their passion for the game of hockey remains, harkening back to a time when today’s players’ parents may not have been born, a time when players seized every opportunity they could to satisfy their craving for the sport.

The Truman roster includes 12 players and a goaltender, six of whom have experience playing travel hockey. Only one of the 13 rostered players is a senior.

On Wednesday night goaltender Connor Pilla was on hand, supported by just eight skaters. But the Tigers battled on, as they have all season.

Truman is coached by Bill Keyser, who takes a back seat to no one when it comes to having a passion for hockey. Now, he concentrates on helping his players nurture their own passion for the sport and is proud of fact that his players have bonded despite being overmatched on most nights.

“They all come together,” he said. “They like each other. They come out and they play for me and I’m not going to be a coach that’s going to be on them. I want to make sure they come and have fun, and I try to make it fun for them every game, Even though we lose, I try to make it their team.”

To that end, Keyser allows his team considerable input into the decision-making process. ‘I think by allowing them to feel like it’s their team they have more responsibility,” he said. “They want to become something.”

Pilla is in a unique situation. A freshman, he played B Division middle school hockey last year. Now he is facing shots from players who may be three or four years older than himself; on Wednesday he faced 45 of them in just under 42 minutes of playing time.

Had Pilla not accepted the challenge of stepping into the varsity nets Truman would not have been eligible to compete in the SHSHL this season. League rules require purity, i.e. that all players attend the school they represent. In fact, Keyser readily admits that without Pilla the Tigers would not be able to field a team at all.

“We’re putting him in an environment that really, he shouldn’t be in,” Keyser said. “But he’s able to take the challenge he steps himself up, an d gave us a chance to put a team in and still be a varsity team. Without him, we wouldn’t have been able to make this possible.”

Ice Chips—Bryan Gary scored eight goals and added five assists for the Trojans, who improved to 8-6 overall and 6-4 in divisional play … Wissahickon goaltender Chris Shea, a junior, is a lacrosse goalkeeper who was persuaded to give hockey a try. Without him, the Trojans likely would also have had difficulty fielding a pure team this season.
Truman 3 1 0—4
Wissahickon 8 3 3—14
First-period goals: Bryan Gary unassisted, :13; Gary from Will Hussa,1:04; Nicholas Hussa from Gary, 2:51; Jeremy McCartney (T) unassisted, 3:00; Gary unassisted, 3:38; Samuel Junker from Gary, 8:01 (pp); Aidan Kinniry (T) from Robert DiCrosta and McCartney, 8:58; Gary unassisted, 9:31; Gary unassisted, 12:37; McCartney (T) unassisted, 13:49; N. Hussa from Gary, 14:00 (sh).
Second-period goals: N. Hussa unassisted, 7:47; Gary from N. Hussa, 10:34; N. Hussa W) from Gary, 11:50 (sh); James Gallagher (T) unassisted, 13:54.
Third-period goals: N. Hussa from Gary, 4:08; Gallagher (T) from McCartney, 5:47; Gary unassisted, 6:07; N. Hussa from Alex Carrozza, 4:48; Gary from N. Hussa, 8:51.
Game Called at 8:51 of the third period.
Shots; Truman 28, Wissahickon 45; Saves: Connor Pilla (T) 31, Chris Shea 24

Flyers Cup Power Rankings for 1-20-20

The ratings below were computed by the Flyers Cup Committee and were determined by a combination of game results, strength of schedule, and committee observations through games on January 17. In the case of Class AAA only games against other Flyers Cup eligible teams are included. For more information go to the Flyers Cup Tournament site HERE

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Class AAA (Maximum # of teams in field: 8)

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-0-0-3)
La Salle (5-2-0-1)
Holy Ghost Prep (6-3-0-0)
Malvern Prep (6-3-0-0)
Father Judge (10-5-0-0)

In a fairly quiet week across the AAA division, St. Joseph’s Prep (APAC) remains as the #1 team – still with an undefeated regulation record. Holy Ghost Prep (APAC) defeated Malvern Prep (APAC) (5-1) in this week’s only APAC game, sliding Malvern down in the rankings and pulling up HGP. La Salle (APAC) did not play and holds steady at second. Father Judge (ICSHL) remains at five after defeating DMA (ICSHL) in a non-division game.

Class AA (Maximum # of teams in field: 16)

Central Bucks South (9-0-0-1)
Haverford (13-1-0-0)
Perkiomen Valley (9-2-0-1)
North Penn (6-2-0-0)
Downingtown West (7-5-0-1)
Pennsbury (8-2-1-0)
Neshaminy (8-3—0-1)
Council Rock South (5-3-0-0)
Boyertown (8-5-1-0)
Central Bucks East (7-2-1-1)

Central Bucks South (SHSHL) took care of business against SHSHL rival Council Rock South to remain in the top sport and Haverford (ICSHL) remains as number two after having the week off. Perkiomen Valley (ICSHL) added two nice ICSHL wins (Downingtown West and Springford) to leapfrog North Penn (SHSHL) who did not play this week. Downingtown West (ICSHL) remains in fifth and both Pennsbury (SHSHL) and Neshaminy (SHSHL) jump CR South (SHSHL) after their respective wins and CRS’s loss. Boyertown’s (ICSHL) impressive 6-0 victory over Delaware power Salesianum brings Boyertown up one spot and number nine as Central Bucks East (SHSHL) rounds out the Top 10.

Class A (Maximum # of teams in field: 16)

West Chester East (10-3-0-0)
Springfield Delco (9-2-0-2)
Unionville (8-5-0-0)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-1-0-0)
West Chester Rustin (7-4-0-2)
Palmyra (13-1-0-1)
Strath Haven (8-3-0-1)
Hershey (10-2-1-2)
Lower Dauphin (10-4-0-0)
West Chester Henderson (5-6-1-0)

West Chester East (ICSHL), Springfield (ICSHL), Unionville (ICSHL) had impressive wins and are the new top three in the A level classification. Plymouth Whitemarsh (SHSHL) earned another league W as they round out the top four. West Chester Bayard Rustin’s (ICSHL) win over cross-town rival West Chester Henderson (ICSHL) causes a flip-flop between Rustin and Palmyra (CPIHL). Palmyra, although earning a win, drop one spot to number six for this week. Strath Haven (ICSHL) has hung around the same general spot in our rankings all year and continue to be there at number seven. Hershey (CPIHL) moves up to number eight and fellow league member Lower Dauphin (CPIHL) enter the polls for the first time at number nine. WC Henderson drops to number ten after of dropping two games to equally dominant opponents (WC East and WC Bayard Rustin).

N.J./Del (Maximum # of teams in field: 8)

Eastern (11-2-2-0)
Salesianum (7-4-1-1)
Moorsetown (8-4-3-0)
Cherokee (7-4-4-0)
Appoquinimink (11-1-0-2)

Eastern (SJHSHL) remains as the top seed after adding one victory to their belt. Salesianum (ICSHL) still sits in second, but their non-division loss to Boyertown (6-0) has everything tightening up for later rankings, especially with Moorestown (SJHSHL) having a solid 1-0-1 week. Cherokee (SJHSHL) jumps to fourth after battling to a tie with Moorestown and then beating Shawnee (SJHSHL) in an emotional dual-senior night battle. Appoquinimink (ICSHL) rounds out the top five.

Girls (Maximum # of teams in field: 5)

Bux-Mont Catholic (10-1-0-0)
Unionville (8-2-0-2)
Avon Grove (8-3-0-1)
West Chester East (3-7-0-0)

Bux-Mont (ICSHL) sits at the top of the Girls division power Rranking for a second week in a row. It was a very quiet week of games, but previous #4 WC Henderson (ICSHL) suffered a large loss, moving WC East (ICSHL) back in to the polls as the new #4. Unionville (ICSHL) and Avon Grove (ICSHL) remain at #2 and #3.

SHSHL Update

Class AA W L T OTL Pts

C.B. South 9-0-0-1) 7 0 0 0 14

Neshaminy (8-3-0-0) 6 2 0 0 12

North Penn (6-2-0-0) 5 0 0 0 10

C.R. South (5-4-0-0) 5 1 0 0 10

C.B. East (7-2-1-1) 4 2 1 1 10

Pennsbury (8-2-1-0) 4 2 1 0 9

C.B. West (6-2-2-1)) 3 2 2 0 8

Souderton (3-8-1-1) 3 4 1 1 8

William Tennent (4-6-0-1) 2 5 1 0 5

Pennridge (5-5-0-0) 2 4 0 0 4

Abington (2-8-0-0) 1 5 0 0 2

Quakertown (1-8-1-0) 0 5 1 0 1

Council Rock North (1-10-0-0) 0 7 0 0 0

Class A W L T OTL Pts

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

Wissahickon (7-6-0-0) 5 4 0 0 10

Hatboro-Horsham (9-2-0-1) 4 1 0 1 9

Lower Moreland (1-9-0-0) 1 4 0 0 2

Truman (0-11-0-0) 0 6 0 0 0

Standings are calculated as follows

2 points for a win whether in regulation or OT

1 point for a tie or overtime loss

If a game is tied at the end of regulation there will be five minutes of three-on-three overtime. If the game is still tied it will be recorded as a tie game. The shootout will not be used

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Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Jake Lang (CBW) 23 17 40

Robert Seewagon(Nesh) 20 13 33

Chris Trefz (CBW) 10 21 31

Michael Roby (CRS) 18 8 26

Tyler Greenstein (NP) 8 17 25

Antii Autere (CRS) 7 18 25

Beau Brusius-Yedman (Pb) 11 13 24

Dominic Patrone (CBS) 11 13 24

Reece Millman (Pb) 14 9 23

Josh Kaufhold (NP) 11 11 22

Sean Gorman (CBE) 20 1 21

Erik Eisler (Pb) 8 13 21

Justin Carrelli (WT) 14 7 21

Colin Abbonizio (CBS) 13 8 21

Class A G A Pts

Aidan Keogh (PW) 15 24 39

Jake Weikel (PW) 21 14 35

Alex Howieson (HH) 19 14 33

Dean Keller (PW) 17 13 30

Luke Weikel (PW) 14 14 28

Seth Lerner (HH) 15 11 26

Aidan Esack (HH) 10 13 23

Nichols Hussa 17 5 22

Tarek Elsabbagh (HH) 10 10 20

Goals Against

Class AA MP GA GAA

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS)36112 1.60

Mason Moyer (CBS) 48016 1.60

Brian Nelson (Nesh) 42820 2.24

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 53425 2.25

Ryan Pico (Pr) 43231 3.44

Class A MP GA GAA

Ben Yuter (PW 41024 2.81

Joe Gambimo (HH)388 32 3.96

Save Percentage

Class AA MP Shots Saves Sv Pct.

Mason Moyer (CBS) 480 230 214 .930

Chris McIntyre (CBE) 534 339 314 .926

Jimmy Sweeney (CRS) 361 151 139 .921

Ryan Pico (Pr) 432 271 240 .886

Brian Nelson (Nesh) 428 168 148 .881

Class A MP Shots Saves Save Pct

Joe Gambino (HH) 388 291 259 .890

Ben Yuter (PW) 410 182 158 .868

Central Bucks South 6, Council Rock South 3

HATFIELD—The atmosphere inside the building was a reasonable facsimile of that at a late-round Flyers Cup game. And with good reason, for both central Bucks South and Council Rock South have presented their credentials as legitimate contenders for the Class AA Flyers Cup title.

On this night, it was the Titans who prevailed, 6-3. Matt Milanesi and Colin Abbonizio each scored twice as C.B. South (9-0-0-1 overall, 7-0 in league play) remained atop the SHSHL’s Class AA Division.

In the sometimes-rambunctious atmosphere at Revolution Ice Gardens the Titans’ experience proved to be an asset. They had 12 seniors in their lineup to the Golden Hawks’ four.

“I’ve been playing South hockey for four years,” Milanesi said. “I knew what to do. (Coach Sean McGinty) tells us to do the same stuff every game, ‘Come out, move the puck, get shots on net’ and that’s what I keep telling our underclassmen. That’s what we need to do each game.”

The Golden Hawks (5-4, 5-1) had the better of the play in the opening minutes but Mason Moyer in the C.B. South net kept them at bay before Dominic Patrone and David Kiecher scored goals om a span of 1:41 to give the Titans a 2-0 lead 7:54 into the period.

Jeremy Purcell cut the lead in half when he scored for the Golden Hawks at 9:54 but matters ground to a halt after the first period when play was delayed for several minutes while a number of spectators were removed.

The Titans, who started the second stanza with a full two-minute power play, immediately seized the momentum when Milanesi scored after just 55 seconds. Douglas Lopez answered for the Hawks at 1:43 but Milanesi scored his second goal of the game at 7:49 to make it a 4-2 game and the scored stayed that way to period’s end.

The Titans got off to another fast start in the third frame when Abbonizio scored at the 1:02 mark.

By this point, the game had gotten more physical and gradually became a parade to the penalty box; there were 13 penalties called in the final period after three were whistled in the first period and one at the end of the second. The game’s last 14 penalties were evenly divided.

The Golden Hawks suffered the biggest loss when, with 7:12 left in the game, Jimmy Sweeney, their goaltender, received a five-minute major penalty for high sticking plus a game misconduct for taking a poke at the Titans’ Nathan Fiveitz.

Michael Tobey scored a shorthanded goal for the Golden Hawks when put in a rebound of a Derek Steudler slapshot at 11:59 to make it a 5-3 game but Abbonizio finished the evening by scoring into an empty net with 1:10 remaining.

The start-and-stop nature of the third period left Joe Houk, the Golden Hawks’ veteran coach, perplexed.

“You’ve got two good teams,” he said. “Go out there and let them play …. You come down to the last 10 minutes of the game and you’ve got your two top players sitting in the box … “But they’re a good team. They beat us tonight, we weren’t on our A game.”

C.B. South 2 2 2—6

C.R. South 1 1 1—3

First-period goals: Dominic Patrone (CBS) from Aydin Thierolf and Connor Gaffney, 6:13; David Kucher (CBS) from Matt Milaesi, 7:54 (pp); Jeremy Purcell (CRS) from Brennan Wright, 9:54.

Second-period goals: Milanesi (CBS) from Patrone, :55 (pp); Douglas Lopez (CRS) from Antii Autere and Michael Roby, 1:43; Milanesi (CBS) from Patrone and Nathan Fiveitz, 7:49.

Third-period goals: Colin Abbonizio (CBS) from Kuecher and Gingras, 1:02; Toby (CRS) from Lopez and Wright, 11:59 (sh); Abbonizio (CBS) from Fiveitz and Brian Keilman, 14:50 (en).

Ahots: C.B. South 37, Council Rock South 30; Saves: Mason Moyer (CBS) 27, Jimmy Sweeney (CRS) 28 and Carson Lopez (CRS) 4.