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Holiday Hockey 12-27 – 12-28

Sunday, December 28

Friars Faceoff

Holy Ghost Prep 3 Deon Prep 1 (Championship)—Chase Logue scored two goals Sunday night as Holy Ghost Prep bested Devon Prep at Ice Line. The Firebirds were declared champions of the inaugural Friars Faceoff after winning all three of their round robin games.

All the scoring came in the first period., Logue opened the scoring with s shorthanded goal 1:31 into the period. Ethan Hillanbrand tied the game for Devon Prep at the 5:20 mark. Chris Marshall delivered the game winner at the 8:17; Logue scored his second goal if the game 60 seconds later.

The Firebirds (11-2) have won five straight.

“It’s always nice to play for something and win trophies,” said Holy Ghost Prep coach John Ritchie. “I think this team is starting to hit its stride abd we’re getting contributions from lots of different players.

“We have a long way to go to get back to where we were last year, but this was a great way to cap off 2025 and gives us a little momentum going into the new year,

Holy Ghost Prep 3 0 0—3

Devon Prep 1 0 0—1

First-period goals: Chase Logue (HGP) unassisted, 1:31 (sh); Ethan Hillanbrand (DP) from Braydon Russo and Danny Pucci. 5:20; Chris Marshall (HGP) from Owen Leary and John Gavaghan, 8:17; Logue (HGP) from Anthony Valeriote, 9:17

Shots: HGP 39, Devon Prep 22; Saves: John Botthof (HGP) 21, Brady Wright (DP) 36

Earlier on Sunday

Holy Ghost Prep 9, Malvern Prep 1—Chase Logue scored three goals as the Firebirds recorded their second straight tournament win Sunday morning. William Harmar scored twice. Lucas Gonzalez contributed a goal and three assists.

Devon Prep 6 Calvert Hall 1—Braydon Russo and Jan Bach each scored twice for the Tide Sunday morning.

Calvert Hall 6 Malvern Prep 2

Calvert Hall took leads of 2-0 and 4-1 and went on to the win Sunday afternoon. Cooper  Donelson scored two goals for the winners and assisted on a third.

Luke Johnson scored both goals for the Friars (7-3).

Malvern Prep 0 1 1—1

Calvert Hall 2 2 2—6

Purple Puck Tournament

Hun School 4 Gonzaga 1-The Raiders scored four goals in the second half to remain unbeaten in the Purple Puck Tournament.

Anders Van Raalte scored twice for the Raiders (7-3). Devin Espana and Luca Jean also scored.

Gonzaga 1 0—1

Hun School 0 4—4

St. Joseph’s Prep 2 Jesuit Dallas 1—Cole Gargon and Adam Charaffi scored first-half goals as the Hawks (9-4) prevailed over Jesuit Dallas Sunday night at the Purple Puck Tournament. Michael Garr made 18 saves in goal.

The Prep Division semifinals are set for Monday morning

9:50   Paul VI vs. Hun School

10:05 Jesuit Dallas  vs. St. Joseph’s Prep

3:30 Championship Game

Earlier on Sunday

Hun School 5 Archbishop Spalding 3—Five different players scored goals as the Raiders started their Sunday with a win. Nathaniel Trawinski, Zachary Vallee, Luca Jean, Jacob Kelly-LePage, and Andrew Darst were the goal scorers

 St. Joseph’s Prep 7    Paul VI 1—The Hawks scored four goals in the first half and rolled to their second consecutive win at the National Capital Tournament.

Braeden Fisher delivered three goals and an assist. Cole Sullivan, Tommy Ely, Michael Castelli, and Cole Gargon also scored.

Christian Brothers Academy 5 La Salle 1—The Explorers dropped the Sunday afternoon decision in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Saturday, Decemeber 27

Purple Puck Tournament-Prep Division

Hun School 5 Jesuit Dallas 2—Three goals in the final 9:39 of regulation gave the Raiders the win in the opening round of the National Capital Tournament in suburban Washington, D.C. Saturday evening.

Zachary Vallee broke a 2-2 tie with 9:39 left in the 25-minute second half. Dylan Kochenour followed with a goal with 2:47 left and Andrew Darst added an empty-net goal.

Justin Bibeau and Anders Van Raalte scored for the Raiders (5-3) in the first half.

St. Joseph’s Prep 6 Archbishop Spalding 0—Cole Gargon scored twice in the second half as the Hawks opened play at the National Capital tournament Saturday afternoon.

Vincent Burnett, Michael Catelli, Aiden Quinn, and Ben Kersun also scored for the Hawks. Declan Geary got the shutout in goal.

St. Joseph’s Prep 3 3—6

Archbishop Spalding 0 0—0

Friars Faceoff

Devon Prep 3 Malvern Prep 3—The Tide and the Friars played to a tie Saturday afternoon at Ice Line. Braydon Russo scored twice for Devon Prep before Bennett tied the game for Malvern Prep with 4:14 left in regulation.

Devon Prep  0 1 2—3

Malvern Prep 1 1 1—3

First-period goal: William McCullough (MP) from Jake Weingartner and Ryan Jacobs, 14:51

Second-period goals: Braydon Russo (DP) from Jan Bach, 11:41; Chase Mitchell (MP) from Charles Ingersoll and McCullough, 14:17

Third-period goals: Bach (DP) from Danny Dowling, 6:39 (pp); Russo (DP) from Ben Raebiger, 9:14; Bennett Stanton (MP) from Ryan Corrado, 12:46

Shots; Devon Prep 30, Malvern Prep 33; Saves: Aiden Wright (DP) 30, Ryan Caterino (MP) 27

Holy Ghost Prep 7 Calvert Hall 0— Chase Logue delivered a hat trick and Anthony Valeriote scored twice as the Firebirds opened play in the Friars Faceoff Saturday night at Ice Line.

Calvert Hall 0 0 0‑0

Holy Ghost Prep 3 4 0—7

First-period goals: Chase Logue (HGP) from Lucas Gonzalez and Brady Flynn, :54; Anthony Valeriote (HGP) from Logue and Owen Leary, 12:32; Logue (HGP) from Matt Salita, 16:21 (pp)

Second-period goals: Logue (HGP) from Valeriote, :54 (pp); Valeriote (HGP) from Gonzalez and Nate Romer, 1:43 (pp); Jackson Foster (HGP) from James Esposito, 2:24; Esposito (HGP) from Jake Smaron and Sean Devine, 12:11;

Shots: Calvert Hall 16, Holy Ghost Prep 28 Saves: Brayden Jones and Mason Nowosielski (CH) 21. Matt Salita (HGP) 16

8:20 La Salle 5 St. John’s College 1—Lliam Greenwalt scored twice and William Pudulka, Patrick Lunsford, and Tyler Welsh additional goals as the Explorers prevailed over St. John’s College Saturday night in Foxboro, Mass.

Danny Trainer got the win in goal.

 La Salle 2 3 0—0

St. John’s College 0 0 1—1

Malvern Prep 4 Hun School 3 OT

WEST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP—The drama ended amidst a frenzied atmosphere. House Young’s goal with 1:32 remaining in what turned into five-on-four overtime gave Malvern Prep a 5-4 win over The Hun School Wednesday afternoon at Ice Line.

Young’s shot was a blast from the right point that caught part of the left post on its way to the back of the net, passing Hun School goaltender Chase Kishler en route. Pax Hoishik set up the goal with a cross-ice pass.

“We had a time out {prior to the final sequence} and we talked about it,” Young said. “My friend Pax set me up. We work on it all the time in practice.”

The win lifted the Friars to 4-3-1 overall and 2-2 in the APAC.

Young called the win huge.

“It sends us {into the holiday break} on a good note,” he said. “And that’s what we need to go into the APAC playoffs and the Flyers Cup.”

The final stages of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference affair were anything but routine. Hun School (3-3, 1-1 in the APAC) rallied to tie the game at 3-3 with 4:16 left in regulation after Zachary Valle and Youhe Tong scored goals 66 seconds apart.

But the Raiders, who took four penalties in the third period, carried that habit into overtime.

Hun School started the session with a four-skaters-to-three advantage after the Friars’ Logan Love was whistled for his fourth penalty of the game with 15 seconds left in regulation.  But the advantage evaporated when Jacob Kelly-LePage was called for tripping 1:21 into the extra period, and when Andrew Darst was flagged for a trip at the 2:42 mark the Raiders found themselves shorthanded, leaving the door open for Young’s game winner.

“It was good to battle back in the third period,” said Hun School coach Nathaniel Welsh, “They gave up two breakaways; we scored on two breakaways, which is what we had to do. Then we went into overtime up by a guy and didn’t capitalize and went down by two guys.”

Vallee gave the Raiders an early lead 1:03 into the opening period. Jake Weingartner answered for Malvern Prep at 2:57.

Weingartner and Lyndon MacClay scored goals 72 seconds apart to put Malvern Prep up 3-1 with 14:44 left in the middle period. At that point, Welsh used his timeout and Kishler took over in the Raider net, replacing starter Blake Echternacht.  Kishler was impregnable through the balance of regulation and into overtime.

Hun School rallied when Vallee scored his second goal of the afternoon with 5:50 left in regulation. Tong picked off an errant pass in the neutral zone for his game tying goal with 4:44 remaining to set up a finish that will be long remembered.

Weingartner said Hun School’s physical style combined with its speed made it a difficult foe to deal with.

“I think Hun School’s physicality is what made their team good today,” he said. “I think we outplayed them, but I think they were a physical team and think they used that to their advantage today.”

Winning goaltender Ryan Caterino made 28 saves

Hun School 1 0 2 0—3

Malvern Prep 1 2 0 1—4

First-period goals: Zachary Vallee (HS) unassisted, 15:57; Jake Weingartner (MP) from Ryan Jacobs and Pax Hoishik, 2:57

Second-period goals: Weingartner (MP) from Hoishik and Jacobs, 1:04; Lyon MacClay (MP) from Luke Johnson and Andrew Starck, 2:16

Third-period goals: Vallee (HS) from Eli Broomer, 11:10; Yoube Tong (HS) unassited, 12:16

Overtime goal: House Young (MP) from Hoishik, 3:28

Shots: Hun School 31, Malvern Prep 39

North Penn Hockey Gears Up to Fight Cancer


Join the North Penn Ice Hockey Association as they take the ice to fight cancer.

North Penn will play four (4) games in January to support the American Cancer Society and Hockey Fights Cancer.

  • Varsity will suit up on Wednesday, January 7th vs Souderton at 7:20 PM 
  • Junior Varsity will take on Father Judge on Friday, January 9th at 8:50 PM
  • Middle School AAA will battle the CB West Bucks on Sunday, January 11th at 7:50 PM 
  • Middle School A will face off against Quakertown, also on Sunday, January 11th at 6:25PM
  • All games will be at Hatfield Ice

Donations can be made directly to the American Cancer Society at: https://raiseyourway.donordrive.com/Northpennhockey

This is a great opportunity for North Penn to give back to the community.  Hockey Fights Cancer is an initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for cancer research and support of those affected by cancer.   North Penn looks to make this an annual event. 

“As an organization, we always strive to be one of the premier high school ice hockey programs, not only with our performance on the ice but some of the things we do within the community,” said North Penn head coach Kevin Vaitis. “So far this year, we have support our local veterans, we have organized a leaf pick up for some of the elderly in our community, and next week 12/15 we are delivering toys to those less fortunate at the North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club. We are excited in January for these Cancer Awareness Games.”

Assistant Coach and Treasurer Frank Stumpo adds “I have been involved with North Penn Ice Hockey for over 25 years from my kids playing to now serving as a coach and a volunteer within the organization. We always look to teach these players some life lessons that are more important than the game of hockey at times. Cancer has most likely impacted all of us at some point in our life and I hope that we are able to raise some money for research and awareness through this game on January 7th.”