C.B. South and Pennridge Tie 3-3

Colin Abbonizio scored with 2:47 left in the third period to give Central Bucks South a 3-3 tie with Pennridge Thursday night in a Suburban High School Hockey League game at Hatfield Ice.

The win assured the Titans (11-3-2, 9-0-2 in league play) of the SHSHL Class AA regular-season title and the top seed in next week’s playoffs.

Pennridge now stands at 11-2-2 overall and 8-1-1 in the league heading into its scheduled regular-season finale against Council Rock South Thursday night.

Abbonizio’s goal concluded a four-goal flurry in the third period, that saw each team score twice.

Dominic Liberta opened the scoring for the Titans when he scored with 5:58 left in the opening period.

The score stayed unchanged deep into the second session when the Rams killed off a 1 minute, 15-second two-man disadvantage as a prelude to Eric Slater’s goal with 4:59 left in the period. It came just two seconds after the second penalty expired.

Pennridge took the lead for the first time when Matt Guinette scored 51 seconds into the final period. Harry McLaughlin answered back for the Titans at 9:12 to set up what turned out to be a frantic finish.

Slater scored his second goal of the game with 3:54 remaining before Abbonizio responded just 67 seconds later.

“It was a really good game,” said Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna. “They made then last play.”

The Titans had a 23-20 edge in shots. South coach Shaun McGinty was concerned about his power play, which failed to score in five opportunities. “It was a good game,” he said, “a good defensive game. They blocked a lot of shots. We’ve got to do better on special teams.”

Notes: The Rams beat the Titans 3-2 in a non-league game on January 9 … Montagna praised defenseman Frankie Rota for his shot-blocking efforts. “He’s going to be sore tomorrow,” Montagna said. The result means that Pennridge will be seeded second on third for the playoffs depending on their result Thursday and the result of the game between North Penn and Central Bucks West, which was postponed to Thursday.

Pennridge 0 1 2—3

C.B. South 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Dominic Liberta (CBS) from David Kvcher and Harry McLaughlin, 10:02.

Second-period goal: Eric Slater (P) from Michael Walker, 11:01.

Third-period goals: Matt Guinette (P) from Slater and Walker, :51; McLaughlin (CBS) unassisted, 9:12; Slater (P) from Frankie Rota, 12:06; Colin Abbonizio (CBS) from D.J. Loverdi, 13:13.

Shots: Pennridge 20, Central Bucks South 23; Saves: Luke Stranik (P) 20, Oscar Levin (CBS) 17.

SHSHL Playoff Ponderings

Next week, the Suburban High School Hockey League will begin its 46^th 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 Standings 2-19-18 (Corrected)

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 (10-3-2) 6 3 2 14

Hatboro-Horsham (9-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1) 6 4 1 11

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

Wedenesday

North Penn vs C.B. West 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. C.B. South 7:20 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Truman vs Neshaminy 7:20 at Grundy

Hatboro-Horsham vs. Wissahickon 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennsbury vs. William Tennent 9:00 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 7:20 at Grundy

SHSHL Update 2-18-19

Here are the latest Suburban High School Hockey League Standings as of 2-18-19

Class AA W L T Its

Central Bucks South (11-3-1) 9 0 1 19

*Pennridge (11-2-1) 8 1 0 16

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

*Neshaminy (7-4-3) 5 3 2 12

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

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

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

Pennsbury (6-7-3) 4 5 1 9

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

Truman (3-10-2) 2 7 1 5

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

Abington has the tiebreaker over Pennsbury

Class A W L T Pts

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

Wissahickon (10-3-2) 6 3 2 14

Hatboro-Horsham (9-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (10-4-1) 6 4 1 11

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

Wedenesday

North Penn vs C.B. West 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. C.B. South 7:20 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Truman vs Neshaminy 7:20 at Grundy

Hatboro-Horsham vs. Wissahickon 8:50 at Hatfield

Pennsbury vs. William Tennent 9:00 at Revolution Ice Gardens

Thursday

Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. Upper Dublin 7:10 at Hatfield

Pennridge vs. Council Rock South 7:20 at Grundy

SHSHL Standings Update

Here are the updated Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA standings through Thursday, February 14

Class AA

Central Bucks South (11-3-1) 9 0 1 19

*Pennridge (11-2-1) 8 1 0 16

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

*Neshaminy (7-4-3) 5 3 2 12

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

Central Bucks East (9-4-2) 5 4 1 11

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

Pennsbury (6-7-3) 4 5 1 9

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

Truman (3-10-2) 2 7 1 5

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

Souderton (2-12-1) 0 9 1 1

Pennridge owns the tiebreaker over North Penn

Neshaminy owns the tiebreaker over Central Bucks West

Abington owns the tiebreaker over Pennsbury

The tiebreaker is the regular season result between the tied teams

Central Bucks South 7, Council Rock South 2

By Rick Woelfel

WARWICK—It took a while for Central Bucks South to get into the flow of things Wednesday night. Thirty-two minutes of playing time to be exact.

After skating through two sluggish periods at Revolution Ice Gardens Wednesday night, the Titans found themselves locked in a 2-2 tie with Council Rock South. The four-time defending Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA champions erupted for five goals in the final stanza and went on to a 7-2 win that was more taxing than satisfying.

Reis Braccio, Colin Abbonizio, D.J. Loverdi, Harry McLaughin, and Dominic Patrone all scored third-period goals for the Titans, who improved to 11-3-1 overall and 9-0-1 in league play.

The win was their fifth straight, but C.B. South coach Shaun McGinty was not in a celebratory mood.

“I’m not happy at all,” he said. “(C.R. South) did a great job, Joe (Houk) did a great job coaching. I’m sure they stuck to their game plan … We weren’t ready.”

The Titans outshot the Golden Hawks (6-7-2, 3-5-2) 54-10. Brett Magloff, Council Rock South’s junior goaltender, was stellar for two periods and then some, he finished the evening with 50 saves.

“We kind of had a game plan coming in,” Houk said. “We wanted to make sure that as long as he was seeing everything, we were good.
The Golden Hawks took a 1-0 when Matt Constantini scored the only goal of the first period at 12:46, a period that saw the Titans outshoot their foes 17-6.

“We were getting the shots on net,” Abbonizio said, “But we couldn’t bury them. We’ve got to finish those shots.”

Nick Klein tied the game for the Titans 25 seconds into the second period, but Bill Harrelson put the Golden Hawks back in front at 2:38 with a shot from the left wing that caromed off the near post and somehow found its way across the goal line.

When Matt Milanesi scored for the Titans at 5:46 the two teams were even once more and stayed that way until the third-period barrage that saw the Titans score five times in a span of 11:24. The last two came when they were shorthanded.

“I thought we stuck to it,” Houk said, “with us getting the puck deep and taking their lanes away. They were getting a little bit frustrated but then they scored those two shorthanded to put the nail in the coffin.”

McGinty stated aloud what was obvious to onlookers, the Titans need to step up their game with the postseason now less than two weeks away.

“They need to do better,” he said. “We’ve got Pennridge next week (in a game that could decide the regular-season championship) and then we’ve got SHSHL (playoffs) and then we’ve got the Flyers Cup and it’s just not going to work. We got lucky tonight to finally turn it on at the end.”

C.B. South 1 1 5—7å

C.R. South 0 2 0—2

First-period goal: Matt Constantini (CRS) unassisted, 12:46

Second-period goals: Nick Klein (CBS) from Ryan Gingras and Dominic Patrone, :25; Billy Harrelson (CRS) from Andrew Darling, 2:38; Matt Milanesi (CBS) from Dominic Liberta and Parone, 5:46.

Third-period goals: Reis Braccio (CBS) from Colin Abbonizio, 3:10; Abbonizio (CBS) from Braccio, 7:35; D.J. Loverdi (CBS) from Braccio and Abbonizio, 10:24; Harry McLaughlin (CBS) unassisted, 10:53 (sh); Patrone (CBS) from McLaughlin, 14:34 (sh).

Shots: C.B. South 57, C.R. South 10; Saves: Mason Moyer (CBS) 8, Brett Magloff (CRS) 50.

SHSHL Update Through 2-10-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings

Class AA W L T Pts

Central Bucks South (10-3-1) 8 0 1 17

North Penn (9-2-3) 7 1 2 16

Pennridge (10-2-1) 7 1 0 14

Central Bucks West (8-6) 6 3 0 12

Central Bucks East (9-4-2) 5 4 1 11

Neshaminy (6-4-3) 4 3 2 10

Council Rock South (6-6-2) 3 4 2 8

*Abington (3-7-4) 2 5 3 7

Pennsbury (5-7-3) 3 5 1 7

Truman (3-9-2) 2 6 1 5

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

Souderton (2-12-1) 0 9 1 1

The top eight teams will qualify for the SHSHL playoffs

• Abington defeated Pennsbury and would have the edge in a tiebreaker

Class A W L T Its

Lower Moreland (9-2-3) 6 2 3 15

Wissahickon (9-2-2) 6 2 2 14

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-4-1) 5 4 1 11

Hatboro-Horsham (8-4-2) 5 4 2 12

Upper Dublin (3-11-0) 0 10 0 0

Top four teams qualify for SHSHL playoffs

Scoring GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM 13 35 22 57

Bryan Gary Wiss 11 31 18 49

Sean Gary Wiss 11 27 21 48

Adam Bostock LM 14 21 27 48

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 14 29 18 47

Dean Keller PW 14 23 21 44

Eric Slater Pr 12 26 13 39

Jake Weikel PW 14 19 20 39

Ari Nordlinger UD 13 22 14 36

Tyler Greenstein NP 14 18 17 35

Aidan Keogh PW 13 22 12 34

Reis Braccio CBS 14 20 13 33

Chris Trefz CBW 10 8 25 33

Perry Carpenter Ab 11 21 11 32

Steven Avellino Tr 12 24 6 30

Nathan Oh NP 14 11 18 29

Robert Seewagen Nesh 13 17 11 28

John Gray Soud 13 16 12 28

Colin Franzoni PW 14 17 11 28

Devin Green LM 12 11 16 27

Goals Against Average Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 537 2.05

Chris McIntyre CBE 336 2.29

Oscar Levin CBS 466 2.47

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 432 2.78

Andrew Zanoni NP 240 2.80

Brett Magloff CRS 256 3.00

Joe Gambino HH 526 3.19

Matt Oganowski CBE 384 3.25

Steve Glik Nesh 501 3.64

Jeremy Kennard CBW 393 3.79

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Save Percentage Min. GA Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 336 16 .920

Luke Stranik Pr 537 23 .909

Steve Glik Nesh 501 38 .895

Jeremy Kennard CBW 393 31 .888

Joe Gambino HH 526 35 .884

Oscar Levin CBS 466 24 .882

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 629 92 .876

Jeremy Wedul Tr 576 60 .871

Brett Magloff CRS 256 16 .870

Jimmy Sweeney CRS 304 27 .859

(Min. 240 minutes played)

SHSHL Standings

SHSHL Standings Through games of 1-18-19

Class 2A W L T Pts

North Penn (7-2-3) 6 1 2 14

C.B. South (8-3-1) 6 0 1 13

Pennridge (7-2-1) 4 1 0 8

C.B. East (7-3-1) 4 3 0 8

C.B. West (6-5) 4 3 0 8

Neshaminy (4-4-2) 3 3 1 7

C.R. South (5-4-2) 2 2 2 6

Abington (3-5-2) 2 3 1 5

Truman (3-6-2) 2 4 1 5

Pennsbury (3-6-2) 2 4 0 4

William Tennent (3-8-1) 1 5 1 3

Souderton (1-10-1) 0 7 1 1

Class A

American Division W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (7-1-3) 5 1 3 13

Wissahickon (8-1-2) 5 1 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-3) 5 3 0 10

Hatboro-Horsham (6-4-1) 3 4 1 7

Upper Dublin (3-8) 0 8 0 4

The top eight teams in Class 2A will qualify for the playoffs irregardless of division.

The top four teams in Class A will qualify for the playoffs.

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SHSHL Standings and Statistics Through 1-11-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings

Class 2A

National Division W L T Pts

C.R. South (5-3-2) 2 3 2 6

Abington (3-4-2) 2 2 1 5

Neshaminy (3-4-2) 2 3 1 5

Truman (3-5-2) 2 3 1 5

Pennsbury (3-5-2) 2 4 0 4

William Tennent (3-7) 1 4 0 2

Continental Division W L T Pts

North Penn (6-2-3) 5 1 2 12

C.B. South (6-3-1) 5 0 1 11

Pennridge (6-2-1) 4 1 0 8

C.B. East (7-2-1) 4 2 0 8

C.B. West (5-5) 3 3 0 6

Souderton (1-10) 0 7 0 0

Class A

American Division W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (6-1-3) 4 1 3 11

Wissahickon (6-1-2) 4 1 2 10

Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-3) 4 2 0 8

Hatboro-Horsham (6-3-1) 3 3 1 7

Upper Dublin (3-7) 0 7 0 4

Playoff qualifiers will include the top four finishers

Scoring

GP Goals Assists Points

Coleman Peppelman LM 10 28 17 45

Sean Gary Wiss 9 23 17 40

Bryan Gary Wiss 8 24 14 38

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 10 22 16 38

Dean Keller PW 10 15 19 34

Adam Bostock LM 10 11 22 33

Steven Avellino Tr 9 24 6 30

Tyler Greenstein NP 11 15 13 28

Nathan Oh NP 11 10 16 26

Colin Franzoni PW 10 15 9 24

Eric Slater Pr 8 19 4 23

Devin Green LM 10 10 13 23

Perry Carpenter Ab 9 15 8 23

Jake Weikel PW 10 15 7 22

Ari Nordlinger UD 9 13 9 22

Reis Bracio CBS 10 11 10 21

Chris Trefz CBW 9 5 16 21

Matt Cade Wiss 9 10 11 21

Jake Nelson NP 10 13 8 21

Josh Kaufhold NP 10 6 14 20

John Gray Soud 10 12 8 20

Logan Hurwitz CRS 10 8 12 20

Bobby Matkus WT 10 13 7 20

Goals Against Ave.(Min. 240 minutes played) GP Min. GAA

Luke Stranick Pr 8 377 2.54

Chris McIntyre CBE 8 240 2.60

Andrew Zanoni MP 9 240 2.80

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 10 288 2.83

Joe Gamibino HH 9 384 2.88

Matt Ogonowski CBE 9 240 3.00

Oscar Levin CBS 9 360 3.20

Steve Glik Nesh 9 384 3.75

Michael Henderson Wiss 9 432 3.89

Jacob Snellenberg Ab 9 240 4.20

Save Percentage (Min 240 minutes played) GP Min Sv Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 8 240 .912

Steven Glik Nesh 9 384 .903

Luke Stranik Pr 8 377 .901

Joe Gambino HH 9 384 .901

Jonathan Pritchard 10 432 .880

Oscar Levin CBS 9 360 .872

Jeremy Kennard CBW 9 265 .872

Jeremy Wedul Tr 9 384 .869

Jacob Snellenberg Ab 9 240 .863

Matt Ogonowski CBE 9 240 .856

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SHSHL Standings Through Games of 1-4-19

Here is how the standings shape up in the Suburban High School Hockey League going into the week.

Class 2A

National Division W L T Pts

C.R. South (5-2-2) 2 1 2 5

Abington (3-3-2) 2 1 1 4

Neshaminy (3-4-1) 2 3 0 4

Pennsbury (3-4-2) 2 3 0 4

Truman (2-5-2) 1 3 1 3

William Tennent (3-6) 1 4 0 2

Continental Division W L T Pts

C.B. South (6-2-1) 5 0 1 11

North Penn (6-2-2) 5 1 1 11

Pennridge (5-1-1) 4 1 0 8

C.B. East (5-2-1) 2 2 0 4

C.B. West (3-5) 1 3 0 2

Souderton (1-9) 0 6 0 0

Class A

American Division W L T Pts

Wissahickon (6-0-2) 4 0 2 10

Hatboro-Horsham (5-3-1) 3 3 1 7

Lower Moreland (5-1-3) 3 1 1 7

Plymouth Whitemarsh (6-3) 3 3 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-6) 0 6 0 0

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