APAC Update 2-2-20

Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference Standings

Includes games played and reported through 1-31

W L OW OL Pts GF GA

Holy Ghost Prep (11-4-1) 4 3 1 0 14 27 22

St. Joseph’s Prep (11-10) 3 0 0 4 13 25 24

LaSalle (10-14) 1 3 2 1 8 29 29

Malvern Prep (6-8) 2 4 2 0 10 36 42

Teams receive:

3 points for a regulation win

2 points for an overtime or shootout win

1 point for an overtime or shootout loss

0 points for a regulation loss

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Scoring Leaders Games G A Pts

Byron Hartley (HGP) 15 17 11 28

Matt Harris (MP) 13 17 8 25

Jack Constabile (MP) 13 6 15 21

Evan Mudrick (HGP) 13 10 9 19

Ryan Sambuco (MP) 13 6 12 18

Anthony Sparo (HGP) 14 6 10 16

Jimmy Craig (SJP) 15 5 11 16

Jeffrey Hammond (SJP) 14 8 6 14

Andrew Centrella (SJP) 15 2 12 14

Nolan Woudenberg (La) 17 10 3 13

David Kimmel (La) 18 8 5 13

Nathan Benner (La) 18 8 5 13

Braedon Barsher (HGP) 16 11 1 12

Keenan Schneider (La) 18 2 10 12

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Holy Ghost Prep 2, La Salle 1

BRISTOL—If familiarity doesn’t breed contempt it certainly breeds a certain amount of hostility. Friday’s game between La Salle and Holy Ghost Prep was the third of the season between the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference rivals and Grundy Arena was filled to the brim with emotional energy.

Anthony Sparo’s goal with 8:28 left in regulation was the difference in the Firebirds’ 2-1 win. The win moved Holy Ghost Prep into first place in the APAC with a 4-3-1-0 league mark for 14 points, one point in front of St. Joseph’s Prep, which has a game in hand.

La Salle dropped to 9-14 overall and 1-3-2-1 in conference play.

“There was a lot of emotion,” said Holy Ghost Prep coach Gump Whiteside. “Two very good hockey teams, great energy in the building tonight. Just happy to get out of here with a win.”

The Explorers’ Chris Wnek opened the scoring 3:15 into the first periods off a feed from David Kimmel.

Early in the second frame the Firebirds found themselves with an opportunity to draw even when they were presented with an 83-second two-man advantage. EJ. Pohl thought he had tied the game at the 2:11 mark with a shot from the right wing but the referee ruled the puck hit the post and did not cross the goal line and the Explorers killed off the remainder of both penalties. A few minutes later, Sean Joyce made a pair of big saves seconds apart to keep it a one-goal game,

The Firebirds did tie the game with a minute left in the period when Brady Baehser scored on an effort that got through a pile of players in front of the net and past La Salle netminder Matthew Bant.

The two teams started the third period on fresh ice and if anything, the pace of play picked up.

Sparo’s game-winning goal came off a left-circle faceoff in the offensive zone.

With 1:29 left in the game the emotions of the evening boiled over when La Salle’s Andrew Budzynski was called for cross checking. Moments later it appeared the Explorers’ Max Maddalo was knocked into the boards but no additional penalties were called and La Salle skated a man short until the Explorers’ Nathan Benner and the Firebirds’ Dan Behr got into a scuffle with eight seconds to go that led to five additional penalties.

La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner was unavailable for comment following the game.

Notes—Brant stopped 39 shots in the La Salle net … La Salle will close its conference campaign at Malvern Prep Monday night … Holy Ghost Prep will host St. Joseph’s Prep Wednesday afternoon. A regulation win would give the Firebirds the APAC regular-season title.

La Sallle 1 0 0—1
Holy Ghost Prep 0 1 1—2
First-period goal: Chris Wnek (L) from David Kimmel, 3:15;
Second-period goal: Brady Baehser (HGP) from Aidan Mulholland, 15:00 (pp)
Third-period goal: Anthony Sparo (HGP) unassisted, 7:32
Shots: La Salle 16, Holy Ghost Prep 41; Saves: Matthew Brant (L) 39, Sean Joyce (HGP) 15

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Volunteers Needed for Learn to Skate Program

The Andrew L. Hicks Jr. Foundation is seeking volunteers for its 10^thannual Learn to Skate event, which will be held on Sunday, March 29 from 4:00-7:00 at the Ice Line rink on Lawrence Road in West Chester. It is an opportunity for youngers from Chester in grades 3-5 to learn what ice skating is all about.

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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

Founders Cup Playoff Dates Set

The Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference has finalized the dates for its Founders Cup playoffs. All four teams will participate in the semifinals on Monday, February 24^thwith the top seed hosting the fourth-place finisher and the second seed hosting the third seed.

The championship game will be played on Wednesday, February 26 and will be hosted by the highest seeded finalist.

La Salle is the defending Founders Cup champion.

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

APAC Update

Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference Standings

Includes games played and reported through 1-28

W L OW OL Pts GF GA

St. Joseph’s Prep (11-10) 3 0 0 4 13 25 23

Holy Ghost Prep (10-4-1) 3 3 1 0 11 25 21

Malvern Prep (6-7) 2 4 2 0 10 33 36

LaSalle (9-13) 1 2 2 1 8 28 19

Teams receive:

3 points for a regulation win

2 points for an overtime or shootout win

1 point for an overtime or shootout loss

0 points for a regulation loss

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Scoring Leaders Games G A Pts

Byron Hartley (HGP) 14 17 11 28

Matt Harris (MP) 12 17 8 25

Jack Constabile (MP) 8 5 15 20

Evan Mudrick (HGP) 12 10 9 19

Ryan Sambuco (MP) 12 5 11 16

Anthony Sparo (HGP) 12 4 10 14

Nathan Benner (La) 15 8 5 13

Jimmy Craig (SJP) 13 4 8 12

Braedon Barsher (HGP) 11 10 1 11

Keenan Schneider (La) 15 2 9 11

Andrew Centrella (SJP) 12 1 10 11

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.”

St. Joseph’s Prep Wins Title in Florida

St. Joseph’s Prep will return home from Clearwater, Florida with the championship of the Clearwater Beach Martin Luther King Day Tournament. The Hawks won four consecutive games against a field of scholastic and club teams.

The Hawks bested the Palm Beach Hawks 5-0 in Monday’s championship game after wins over the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes 5-3, the Nova Ice Dogs 3-0 and St. John Ravencourt 5-0 the previous two days.

The Hawks are now 10-9 in all competitions and 3-0-0-3 in the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference. They will return to action on Friday when they face La Salle in an APAC matchup at Hatfield Ice (6:50 start).

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.