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La Salle 6, St. Joseph’s Prep 3

By Rick Woelfel

PHILADELPHIA—La Salle took the ice Friday night as if it had something to prove. Namely, that despite an up-and-down season against a rugged schedule that it was still a dangerous hockey team. The message was delivered emphatically.

The Explorers scored three times in the game’s first six minutes and went on to a 6-3 win over St. Joseph’s Pre in the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference regular season finale at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Arena.

The win lifted the Explorers (13-13 overall) into second place in the APAC standings with a 3-3-2-1 conference mark, giving them home-ice advantage for a playoff semifinal against the Hawks (11-12, 3-2-0-4) on Monday.

“We came out with good focus,” said La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner. “We jumped on them right away. Which is what we always try to do, but we did it tonight. We played well. We just needed to focus on playing a good game tonight and not on anything that’s going on the weeks ahead.”

Senior defenseman Collin Keiser got LaSalle started with a shot from the deep left wing 1:58 into the game before adding a second goal at the 3:21 mark. Chris Wnek made it 3-0 at 5:39.

Keiser spoke to the importance of the occasion. “We came in knowing what we were up against,” he said, “It was like a playoff game for us, to get home-ice advantage. We came out just like any other game. Probably a little harder, knowing what was on the other side of a win.”

David Kimmel ‘s shorthanded goal 9:18 into the middle period gave the Explorers a 4-0 lead. Jeffrey Hammond got the Hawks on the board at the 10:48 mark but Chase Hannon’s shot from the left point with 1:59 left in the period made it a 5-1 game.

Andrew Centrella scored for the Hawks 3:04 into the thirsted frame but Kimmel answered back with a power-play goal at 4:53 before Centrella finished the scoring.

“The start was a tough one,” said St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin, “Giving up that goal on one shot from bad angle … When you lay a rivalry school and give up one like that it really tough to come back from. Bur we battled back. It wasn’t a bad effort.”

With Friday’s result, Monday’s APAC semifinals are now set in stone. The second-seeded Explorers and third-seeded Hawks will square of at 4:10 at Hatfield Ice. Top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep will face fourth seed Malvern Prep at 4:00. The Founders Cup championship game will be played Wednesday’s at the home rink of the highest seeded finalist.
La Salle 3 2 1—6
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 1 2—3
First-period goals: Collin Keiser (L) from Max Maddalo, 1:58; Keiser (L) from Jake Hannon and Keenan Schneider, 4:21; Chris Wnek (L) from Ryan Ferry, 5:39.
Second-period goals: David Kimmel (L) from Schneider, 9:18 (sh); Jeffrey Hammond (SJP) from Michael Urbani, 10:49; Chase Hannon (L) from Daniel Whitlock, 14:01
Third-period goals: Andrew Centrella (SJP) from Matthew Moresco, 3:04; David Kimmel (L) from Keenan Schneider, 4:53 (sh); Centrella (SJP) from Joseph Samango, 8:44.
Shots: La Salle 35, St. Joseph’s Prep 17; Saves; Aidan McCabe (L) 14, Rocco Bruno (SJP) 17 and Andrew Custer (SJP) 12

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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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Malvern Prep 5, La Salle 4 OT

HATFIELD— The finish would have made a wonderful ending to a movie. Pierre Larocque scored a goal 1:54 into overtime to give Malvern Prep a 5-4 win over La Salle Wednesday’s evening in an APAC matchup at Hatfield Ice.

Moments earlier, Larocque assisted on Ryan Sambuco’s goal that tied the game with 20 seconds left in regulation.

“We were really aggravated with the way we were playing at the time,” Larocque said. “So we had to stay positive in order to play better.”

Malvern Prep (5-4 overall, 3-2-1-0 in the APAC) was playing its first game since December 11 but they got off to a fast start against the Explorers (7-9, 0-2-1-1) who played a game this past Monday. Harrison Campbell and Jack Constabile scored goals 67 seconds apart to put the Friars up 2-0 with 3:18 left in the first period.

But goals from David Kimmel and Collin Keiser drew the Explorers even at 3:35 of the second frame. Jimmy Kirk put the Friars in front once more at the 5:05 mark but Jake Harmon and David Bruner scored 48 seconds apart to put La Salle back in front with 1:17 left in the period,

The third period was scoreless until Sambuco and Larocque provided their heroics. The Friars prevailed despite being outshot 26-16.

“It was nice to see them battle back there at the end,” said Malvern Prep coach Bill Keenan, and pop one in late and keep possession and get a heck of a shoot by Pierre Larocque.

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Malvern Prep’s Pierre Larocque (dark jersey) carries the puck against La Salle. Number 26 in white is La Salle’s David Kimmel (photo by Gracie Cleveland).

 

 

Larocque was idled much of last season by an ankle injury. this year he’s spent time both up front and on the blue line.

“He battles every time he’s out there,” Keenan said. “For him to get going there and get that goal, it means a lot to us, it means a lot to our team.”
Larocque is enjoying simply being back on the ice. “I missed it a lot,” he said,” he said. “I watched (hockey) a lot, it was really tough.”

Keenan is hoping that Wednesday’s win will energize the Friars for the second half of the season. “We had a couple good practices right before this,” he said, carried it into today, and we’re forward to what’s ahead.”

Malvern Prep 2 1 1 1—5
La Salle 0 4 0 0—4
First-period goals: Harrison Campbell (MP) unassisted, 11:35; Jack Constabile (MP) from Matt Harris and Ryan Sambuco, 12:42.
Second-period goals: David Kimmel (L) from Andrew Budyzski and Keenan Schneider, 2:40; Collin Keiser (L) unassisted, 3:35; Jimmy Kirk (MP) from Matt Donatucci, 5:05; Jake Harmon (L) from Budzynski and Schneider, 13:55; David Bruner (L) from Daniel Whitlock and Max Maddalo, 14:43.
Third-period goal: Sambuco (MP) from Harris and Pierre Larocque, 15:40.
Overtime goal: Larocque (MP) from Harris and Quinn Dougherty, 1:54.
Shots: Malvern Prep 16, La Salle 26; Saves: Anthony Perti (M) 22, Liam Gross (L) 11.

APAC Update

Standings include games played through 1-16-20

W        L       OW         OL      Pts            GF       GA

St. Joseph’s Prep (6-8)                       3          0       0           3           12              21       19

Holy Ghost Prep (9-4-1)                        3         3        1      0               11            25      21

Malvern Prep (6-5)                            2         4         2        0             10             33       36

LaSalle (8-11)                                      1          2     1           1            6                 24        15

Games of Friday, January 10

La Salle 6, Holy Ghost Prep 1

Malvern Prep 5, St. Joseph’s Prep 4 OT

 

Scoring Leaders                        Games     G     A     Pts

Byron Hartley (HGP)                  11           16   10    26

Matt Harris (MP)                         8             15    4     19

Jack Constabile (MP)                   8             3     13    16

Evan Mudrick (HGP)                  10           7      7     14

Anthony Sparo (HGP)                  9             4      9   13

Ryan Sambuco (MP)                    8             4      9    13

Nathan Benner (La)                     11           6      5    11

Andrew Centrella (SJP)               12           1     10    11

Jimmy Craig (SJP)                         12           3      7     10

Braedon Barsher (HGP)              11           8      1      9

Nolan Woudenberg (La)             10           7      2      9

Jeffrey Hammond (SJP)               11           7     2      9

 

Class AAA Flyers Cup Power Rankings

1 St. Joseph’s Prep

2. Holy Ghost Prep

3. Malvern Prep

4. La Salle

5. Father Judge

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First Set of Flyers Cup Power Rankings Announced

The Flyers Cup Committee has released its first set of power rankings for the 2019-20 season. The committee established the rankings system in an effort to enhance the tournament’s competitive balance.

The rankings include scholastic hockey teams in Eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and Delaware. They are based in part on results prior to the holiday break, as well as schedule strength and the input of a five-member competition committee,whose members, all of whom have extensive hockey backgrounds, attend and observe games throughout the area.

Longtime coach Eric Tye overseeing the Flyers Cup Committee. He stresses the importance of the competition committee observing games.

“I think it’s very important,” he said. There is a formula that were using, but eye tests are a factor here and the only way to get eye tests is to watch games. They’re paying attention and they’re watching.”

The rankings will be updated weekly until the tournament field is selected in February; the selections are scheduled to be announced on February 23.

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Class A

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

 

Class AA

  1. Central Bucks South (7-0-0-1)
  2. Haverford High (11-1-0-0)
  3. Perkiomen Valley (6-1-0-1)
  4. North Penn (5-2-0-0)
  5. Neshaminy (7-2-0-0)
  6. Central Bucks West (6-0-1-1)
  7. Downingtown West (5-3-0-1)
  8. Pennsbury (5-2-1-0)
  9. Ridley (7-3-0-0)
  10. Central Bucks East (5-1-1-1)

 

Class AAA (records through 12-29)

  1. St. Joseph’s Prep (6-7)
  2. Holy Ghost Prep (8-3)
  3. Malvern Prep (3-4)
  4. La Salle (7-7)
  5. Father Judge (6-5)

 

N.J./Delaware

  1. Cherokee (6-2-3-0)
  2. Shawnee (7-3-2-0)
  3. Eastern (6-3-2-0)
  4. Salesianum (5-3-1-1)
  5. Moorestown (6-3-2-0)

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