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C.B. West 8, North Penn 7

By Rick Woelfel

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—If you’re the type of hockey fan who favors an abundance of offense, you would have felt right at home at Hatfield Ice Thursday night. Central Bucks West and North Penn took turns finding the back of the net before Chris Trefz’s power-play goal with 1:30 left in the third period gave the Bucks an 8-7 win to bring the curtain down on the Suburban High School Hockey League’s regular season.

The winning goal came on a shot from the top of the right circle that beat North Penn goaltender Andrew Zanoni. The Knights’ Jared Albano was serving a slashing penalty at the time.

“I saw an open look,” Trefz said. “Our game plan was to put pucks on net the whole game. I just put it on and it went in,”

Trefz’s third goal of the game capped a comeback by the Bucks (9-7, 7-4 in SHSHL Class AA), who trailed 4-1 late in the first period before rallying to pick up their seventh win in their last nine games.

“Guys decided to come together,” Trefz said. “Our seniors did a great job of leading us; our goalie, Jeremy Kennard, our captain, Matt McCarthy, and a few other juniors did a great job of getting everybody motivated.

‘We’re doing a great job of buying into (Coach Dave Baun’s) system and we’re looking forward to the playoffs.”

The Knights (10-3-3, 7-2-2) built their early lead on goals from Nathan Oh, Tyler Greenstein, Tony Tuozzo, and Albano.

Joey DeYoung cut into the deficit when he scored for West with 2:40 left in the opening session and Owen Shields followed up with a goal just 12 seconds into the second frame.

Trefz’s first goal of the game 6:32 into the middle period not only tied the game but sent Nick Ebbinghaus, North Penn’s starting goaltender, to the bench.

The teams traded goals the rest of the way.

All told, 10 Bucks and 11 Knights got onto the scoresheet. Trefz had two assists to go with his hat trick. Lang provided three assists along with his goal. Nelson scored twice for North Penn and added an assist, while Oh contributed two assists along with his goal.

The Knights enjoyed a 46-29 shot advantage but Kennard withstood the barrage and finished with 39 saves.

North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis was pleased with much of what he saw. “We’re doing a lot of good things,” he said. “We’ve got to keep building on that. There are things we’ve got to clean up a little bit. We’ll talk about them Monday and be ready to go.

Notes: The SHSHL quarterfinals are set for Monday. North Penn will be seeded third in the field of eight, the Bucks will be seeded fourth.

 

North Penn 4 2 1—7

C.B. West 2 3 3—8

First-period goals: Nathan Oh (MP) unassisted, 2:54; Jake Lang (CBW) from Pavel Serhiayenka and Chris Trefz, 7:15; Tyler Greenstein (NP) from Josh Kaufhold and Jake Nelson, 8:58; Tony Tuozzo (NP) from Jared Albano and Ryan Cunningham, 11:13 (pp); Albano (NP) from Oh and Eric Sarbacker, 12:51; Joey DeYoung (CBW) from Ben Morris, 13:20.

Second-period goals: Owen Shields (CBW) from DeYoung, :12; Trefz (CBW) from Lang and Serhiayenka, 6:32; Trefz (CBW) from Kyle Burton and Lang, 7:04; Jake Nelson (NP) from Albano and Oh, 10:01; Thomas Boyle (MP) from Albano, 12:42.

Third-period goals: Kyle Burton (CBW) from Evan Hee and Trefz, 4:02; Nelson (NP) from Greenstein and Chase Mueller, 9:33; Dan Poliak (CBW) from Keith Orlando, 10:21; Trefz (CBW) from Lang, 14:30 (pp).

Shots: North Penn 46, C.B. West 29; Saves: Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 8 and Andrew Zanoni (NP) 13; Jeremy Kennard (CBW) 39.

 

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SHSHL Standings as of 2-21-19

Up to the minute as of 8:55 AM 2-21-19

 

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-19-19

Class AA                                                  W     L     T      Its

Central Bucks South (11-3-2)             9      0      2      20

*Pennridge (11-2-2)                              8      1      1      17

North Penn (10-2-3)                              7      1      2      16

*Neshaminy (7-4-4)                              5      3       3      13

Central Bucks West (8-7)                      6      4      0      12

*Pennsbury (6-7-3)                                  5      5      1      11

Central Bucks East (9-5-2)                    5     5      1       11

Abington (4-7-4)                                       3     5      3      9

Council Rock South (6-7-2)                   3      5      2      8

Truman (3-10-3)                                     2       7      2     6

William Tennent (3-10-2)                     1       7     2     4

Souderton (2-13-1)                               0        10     1     1

*   Pennridge has the tiebreaker over North Penn

* Neshaminy has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks West

• Pennsbury has the tiebreaker over Central Bucks East

 

 

Class A                                                       W     L   T       Pts

Lower Moreland (10-2-3)                     7      2     3       17

Wissahickon (11-3-2)                             7      3     2       16

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1)             6      4     1    13

Hatboro-Horsham (9-5-2)                    5      5     2       12

Upper Dublin (3-12-0)                            0     11    0        0

 

 Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Central Bucks West vs. North Penn 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South   7:20 at Grundy

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Malvern Prep Wins APAC Finale

Malvern Prep defeated St. Joseph’s Prep 3-2 on Tuesday in an Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference game at Ice Line.

The Friars closed the regular season at 12-4 and 5-3-1-0 in conference play. The Hawks concluded the season at 6-16 overall and 1-7-1-0 in the APAC.

 

Here are the final regular season standings

 

 

Won      Lost      OTW      OTL      Pts

LaSalle  (18-6)                  8            0           1            0           26

Malvern Prep (12-4)       5            3           1            0           17

Holy Ghost Prep (7-12)   1           5            0            3           6

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-16)  1          7            1            0            5

The APAC semifinals are scheduled for Monday with top-seeded LaSalle hosting St. Joseph’s Prep and second-seeded Malvern Prep hosting Holy Ghost Prep.

The championship game is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHSHL Playoff Ponderings

Next week, the Suburban High School Hockey League will begin its 46th postseason.  The league has been able to account for 43 of its past 45 Class AA champions; we are still working to determine the champions for the 1995-96 and 2006-07 seasons. Class A champions have been accounted for from 2004-05 to the present with efforts ongoing to identify champions from 2003-04 and earlier, if available.

That said, here are some historical notes to pass along as the postseason nears.

Most Class AA Titles

11—Germantown Academy: 1980-83, 1993-95, 1998-2001

8—Central Bucks South: 2005, 2010, 2012, ’13, 2015-18

6—Abington: 1974-76, 1978, 2003, ‘04

Council Rock: 1984, 1987-89, 1991, 1997

 

* Abington also won the championship of the league that played out of Wintersport Arena during the 72-73 season. What was then called the Suburban Collegiate High School Hockey League played its first season in 1973-74.

The Suburban High School Hockey League filed for non-profit status on August 22, 1975.

* Council Rock played for the championship in 1990. The result of that game has not been documented.

 

 

 

Most consecutive Class AA titles

4—Central Bucks South 2015-18

Germantown Academy 1980-83 and 1998-2001

 

Most Class A Titles

2—Wissahickon: 2010, 2015

Archbishop Wood 2013, 2017,

Upper Moreland 2012, 2014

 

Note: The championships of 2003, 2004, and 2007 are still being documented

SHSHL Statistical Overview

Suburban High School Statistics through 2-17-19

 Scoring                                          GP      G        A      Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM                14      40      25       65

Sean Garry Wiss                              13       32      28     60

Bryan Garry Wiss                           13       38      22      60

Adam Bostock LM                          15      24      28       52

Vincenzo DeMaio LM                    15       30      18      48

Dean Keller PW                              15      25      21      46

Eric Slater Pr                                   13      27     15      42

Jake Weikel PW                              15      19      22     41

Ari Nordlinger UD                          14      26      14     40

Tyler Greenstein NP                        15      19       19     38

Aidan Keogh PW                              14      26      12      38

Reis Braccio CBS                               15      21      15      36

Perry Carpenter Ab                           15      23       12    35

Chris Trefz CBW                               10      8        26       34

Nathan Oh NP                                  15      12      21      33

Steven Avellino Tr                           13      25       7        32

Robert Seewagen Nesh                  14      19      12      31

Colin Franzoni PW                           15     17      13       30

John Gray Soud                                14      16      13     29

Devin Green LM                               12       11    16     27

Jared Albano NP                               15       9      19     28

Josh Kaufhold NP                             14       10    18     28

 

Goals Against Average                  Min    GAA

Luke Stranik Pr                               556      1.99

Andrew Zanoni NP                       288       2.33

Oscar Levin CBS                            466       2.47

Chris McIntyre CBE                      382       2.51

Nick Ebbinghaus NP                     432       2.78

Joe Gambino HH                           526       3.19

Matt Oganowski CBE                   384       3.25

Jeremy Kennard CBW                  441       3.38

Steve Glik Nesh                             549      3.50

Michel Henderson Wiss              624       4.33

(Min. 240 minutes played)

 

Save Percentage                          Min.    GA     Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE                     336      20       .914

Luke Stranik Pr                            556     23       .913

Steve Glik Nesh                            549     40       .902

Jeremy Kennard CBW                 440      31       .898

Joe Gambino HH                          526     35       .884

Oscar Levin CBS                           466      24       .882

Jonathan Pritchard Soud            629      86       .880

Jeremy Wedul Tr                          624      65       .872

Brett Magloff CRS                         304      23       .872

Andrew Zanoni                              288      14       .865

(Min. 240 minutes played

SHSHL and Hockey Happenings Working to Compile a List of Past Champions

Greetings,

As part of the ingoing effort to document the history of the Suburban High School Hockey League, SHSHL President Kenny Haas has compiled an extensive list of past SHSHL champions going back to 1973-74, the league’s inaugural season.
He is still looking for a few pieces of the puzzle, specifically:

Class AA champions for 2001-02,

2000-2001,

1996-97

1995-96

 

Class A Champions for 2012-13

2011-12

2003-04 or any season prior to that in which the league had a separate Class A champion

 

If anyone has any information on who has won these championships, please contact Kenny or contact us here at Hockey Happenings. We are looking to identify playoff champions, not regular season champions.

 

Thank you all for your interest in scholastic hockey.

 

Rick Woelfel

Editor/Publisher

Hockey Happenings

 

 

 

LaSalle 6, Holy Ghost Prep 3

By Rick Woelfel

BRISTOL— On the surface, there wasn’t a lot at stake when LaSalle and Holy Ghost Prep took the ice at Grundy Arena Monday afternoon. The Explorers had already clinched the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference’s regular-season title.

But no meeting on the ice between the two longtime rivals can ever be classified as routine. The intensity level was as high as ever over the course of LaSalle’s 6-3 win.

“It’s a great rivalry game,” said LaSalle coach Wally Meuhlbronner. “It has been for years.”

Special teams played a significant role in this occasion, particularly in the early going. Referee Laura White tolerated no nonsense and called six penalties in the first period. Three of them led to power-play goals.

Colin Costello got things started when he scored for the Firebirds (7-12, 1-8 in the APAC with three losses in overtime or a shootout) off a left-wing faceoff. Michael Casey tied the game for LaSalle (18-6, 9-0 with one win in overtime) at 10:05 but Richard Spore put Holy Ghost Prep back in front at 11:46 when he beat Explorer netminder Aidan McCabe off a nifty feed from Alex D’Angelo.

Fabrizzio Mazzarelli tied the game for a second time when he scored for LaSalle on yet another power-play situation 3:01 into the second period.

Some three minutes later McCabe denied the Firebirds’ Byron Hartley on a two-on-none breakaway and momentum began to shift in LaSalle’s direction, David Brunner scored on a breakaway of his own off a turnover at 11:54 to give his team the lead.

The Firebirds battled through a stretch that found then playing two men short for 89 seconds and it was still a one-goal game after 32 minutes.

But Casey (on a power play) and Bryan Evans scored to make it a 5-2 game 3:57 into the third period to put the Explorers firmly in command. The Firebirds’ Evan Mudrick and LaSalle’s Daniel Sambuco traded goals to complete the scoring.

The temperature of the game cooled off a bit after the frenzied start; there were six penalties called over the last two periods.

“We were a little frustrated in the beginning,” said LaSalle captain Zach Baker, a senior defenseman. “Coach had to calm us down. Everyone was contained in the locker room in between (after the second period). In the first we were a little rattled, off our game, but ever since the end of the first we kind of stuck to our normal game plan and got things going.”

If you’re counting, five of the nine goals in the game came on power plays, including three of LaSalle’s six.

“I thought we did some good things early on,” said Holy Ghost Prep coach Gump Whiteside, “but you’ve just got to be disciplined and stay out of the box. We told them what was going to happen but unfortunately, we just couldn’t get it done today.”

 

 

LaSalle (18-8, 9-0, 1 in OT)

HGP 7-12, 1-8, 3 losses in OT)

 

 

LaSalle 1 2 3—6

Holy Ghost Prep 2 0 1—3

First-period goals: Colin Costello (HGP) from Alex D’Angelo and Andrew Serafin, 7:38 (pp); Michael Casey (L) from Daniel Sambuco and Sam Lipkin, 10:05 (pp); Richard Spohr (HGP) from D’Angelo, 11:46 (pp).

Second-period goals: Fabrizzio Mazzarelli (L) from Lipkin and Jan Olenginski, 11:54; David Brunner (L) unassisted, 11:54.

Third-period goals: Casey (L) from Lipkin, 2:10 (pp); Bryan Evans (L) from Sean Keaveny, 3:57; Evan Mudrick (HGP) unassisted, 6:47; Daniel Sambuco (L) from Lipkin, 11:49.

Shots: LaSalle 28, Holy Ghost Prep 27; Saves: Aidan McCabe (L) 24, Sean Joyce (HGP) 22

 

 

 

SHSHL Statistical Update

Suburban High School Hockey League statistics as of 2-5-19

Scoring                                          GP      G        A      Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM                11      31      19      50

Vincenzo DeMaio LM                   11      26      17      43

Sean Gary Wiss                             10      24      17      41

Dean Keller PW                             11      21      20      41

Bryan Gary Wiss                           10      25       15     40

Adam Bostock LM                         11      13       24     37

Tyler Greenstein NP                      12      16       16    32

Steven Avellino Tr                          10      24       6      30

Jake Weikel PW                              11      16      13     29

Chris Trefz CBW                             10      6        22     28

Eric Slater Pr                                   9        22       6       28

Colin Franzoni PW                         11     16      11      27

Reis Braccio CBW                            12      15      11     26

Nathan Oh NP                                  12      10      16     26

Ari Nordlinger UD                            10      14      11     25

Robert Seewagen Nesh                  10      15        9     24

Matt Cade Wiss                               10      11       13    24

Perry Carpenter Ab                         10      16       8      24

Josh Kaufhold   NP                           11       8       15    23

Jake Nelson NP                                 11       14     9      23

Aidan Keogh PW                              10       17     6      23

Devin Green LM                               10       10    13    23

Bobby Markus WT                           11       13     8     21

 

 

 

 

Goals Against Average                  Min    GAA

Luke Stranik Pr                               521      2.12

Oscar Levin CBS                            466      2.47

Chris McIntyre CBE                      240       2.60

Nick Ebbinghaus NP                    432       2.78

Andrew Zanoni NP                       240       2.80

Brett Magloff CRS                         256       3.00

Matt Oganowski CBE                   384       3.25

Joe Gambino HH                          478       3.41

Steve Glik Nesh                             501      3.64

Ben Yuter PW                                502      4.11

(Min. 240 minutes played)

 

Save Percentage                          Min.    GA     Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE                     240      13       .912

Luke Stranik Pr                             521     23       .907

Steve Glik Nesh                            501     38       .895

Jeremy Kennard CBW                 361      31       .888

Oscar Levin CBS                           466      24       .882

Joe Gambino HH                          478     34       .876

Jonathan Pritchard Soud            581     87       .874

Jeremy Wedul Tr                         528      55       .870

Brett Magloff CRS                       256      16        .870

Jimmy Sweeney CRS                   304      27       .859

(Min. 240 minutes played)

 

 

Lower Moreland 14, Upper Dublin 2

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—They may be few in numbers, but the Lower Moreland Lions Lower Moreland are making an impact in the Suburban High School Hockey League’s American Division. The Lions have just 12 players on their roster and had just seven skaters in uniform Monday night but their offense was as potent as ever in a 14-2, two- period win over Upper Dublin at Hatfield Ice.

Coleman Peppelman and Vincenzo DeMaio scored four goals each to lead the way for Lower Moreland, which moved into first place in the division with a 4-1-3 divisional mark (6-1-3 overall). The Lions, despite their lack of numbers, are unbeaten in their last eight games and are averaging nine goals a game.

The result was determined within moments of the opening puck drop. Much of the opening period was played in the Flying Cardinals’ defensive zone.

Lower Moreland scored 12 goals in the opening frame. Upper Dublin (3-7, 0-7 in league play) was outgunned but Flying Cardinal netminder Liam Nixon did some good work between the pipes, making 25 saves in the opening period. He added five more in the second frame.

The Flying Cardinals got on the scoreboard when Ari Nordlinger found the back of the net 71 seconds into the second session and the teams traded goals until the contest was halted at the period’s conclusion via the 10-goal mercy rule.

The Lions backed off the throttle in the second frame but Peppleman noted that having a sizable lead allowed he and his teammates to work on some of the game’s finer points. “We try to build up our defense,” he said, “from giving up a lot of goals and offensively I think we’re pretty solid.”

Peppelman, one of just two seniors in the lineup on Wednesday, stressed the importance of staying focused in a one-sided game to avoid developing bad habits.

“That’s when you try to get the kids who don’t get the puck as much, get it to them,” he said, “and have them build up from there, just set them up and get them ready for the next game.”

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Coleman Peppelman scored four goals for Lower Moreland in Thursday’s won over Upper Dublin (Photo by Keith Clemens)

Lower Moreland coach Gus Salfitti was focused on puck possession. “We have about four or five guys that can protect the puck,” he said. “They keep possession. Their passes are nice and crisp and they’re to a target …They use a big chunk of the ice.”

In addition to Peppelmans’s and DeMaio’s four-goal efforts, Adam Bostock scored twice while collecting an incredible seven assists for a nine-point night. Peppelman added three assists to finish with seven points while DeMaio’s two assists gave him six points on the evening.

By Rick Woelfel

Lower Moreland 12 2—14
Upper Dublin 0 2—2
First-period goals: Vincenzo DeMaio (LM) from Adam Bostock, 1:37; Coleman Peppelman (LM) unassisted, 2:01; Bostock (LM) from DeMaio, 5:04; Devin Green (LM) from Peppelman, 5:44; Peppelman (LM) from DeMaio, 7:07; DeMaio (LM) from Bostock, 7:23; Peppelman (LM) from Bostock, 9:33 (pp); DeMaio (LM) from Bostock, 11:35; Green (LM) from Bostock, 13:03; Arthur Rubinstein (LM) from Peppelman, 13:33; Peppelman (LM) unassisted, 14:02; DeMaio (LM) from Bostock and Peppelman, 15:51 (pp).
Second-period goals: Ari Nordlinger (UD) from Chris Barbera and Andrew Kearney, 1;11; Bostock (LM) unassisted, 2:35; Noah Gazzara (LM) from Bostock and Green, 7:35; Oren Serafin (UD) unassisted, 10:08.
Shots: Lower Moreland 44, Upper Dublin 17; Saves: Jacob Lungrin (LM) 15, Liam Nixon (UD) 30.
Records: Lower Moreland (6-1-3, 4-1-3 SHSHL American Division); Upper Dublin (3-7, 1-7)