Tag: Germantown Academy

More Flyers Cup History

The first Flyers Cup tournament was played in 1980. It featured just four teams.

All games were played at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 rink, which was less than a decade old at the time and was home to the university’s NCAA Division I hockey team.

 

Semifinals;

Archbishop Carroll def. Archbishop Ryan

Malvern Prep def. Germantown Academy in overtime

The winners advanced to a best-of-three final

Game 1 – Malvern 6, Carroll 5

Game 2 – Carroll 7, Malvern 3

Game 3 – Carroll 6, Malvern 2

Our thanks to Rob Bear of the Philadelphia Flyers for providing this information

 

MVP: Scott Chamness, Carroll (four hat tricks in four games)

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

IIHL Semifinals 2-13-18

GA 4, Springside-Chestnut Hill 0
By Rick Woelfel

OAKS—Germantown Academy’s approach on the ice might best be described as workmanlike rather than stylish. It’s an approach that has paid off all season, most notably on Tuesday afternoon.

The Patriots kept up the pressure all afternoon in the course of a 4-0 win over Springside-Chestnut Hill in an Independence Interscholastic Hockey League playoff semifinal at Oaks Center Ice. The win puts top-seeded GA (12-1) in Thursday’s championship game against Pennington (3:50 start) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Arena.

Tim Landmesser scored two goals and assisted on another as the Patriots won their 11th straight game, recorded their fourth straight shutout, and pressured their opponents for a full 45 minutes.

“That’s what we’ve been talking about,” said GA coach John Fields. “Just bring relentless on the puck. Just keep pressuring and pressuring.”

Fields’ team did just that in the opening period although it took the Patriots some time to find the back of the net. The fourth-seeded Blue Devils (3-5-3) got a stellar effort from sophomore goaltender Liam Peterson kept his team in the game by making 16 saves in the first frame. “Their goaltender was outstanding,” Fields said. “He’s amazing. Getting the puck past him is just so difficult.

It took GA 12 minutes, 44 seconds to score its first goal. Moseley Schwartz scored a power-play goal on a slapshot from the left point while the Blue Devils’ Matt Kestenbaum was in the box serving a tripping penalty.

Landmesser, who assisted on Schwartz’s goal, scored one of his own just 41 seconds later to give his team a 2-0 advantage. “I think we had good pressure on them,” he said. “We were pretty much all over them, we were moving the puck well.”

The Patriots extended their lead in the third period Parker Chisholm added a goal at the 4:59 mark before Landmesser scored into an empty net at the 6:09 mark during a Springside-Chestnut Hill power play. GA outshot the Blue Devils 37-26.

Landmesser, a junior, says that the experience the Patriots have playing together is a major component of their success. “I think it’s great,” he said. “The ability to build chemistry with another player, especially if you’ve been playing on the same line, really helps.”

* Fittingly enough, on a day when the U.S. Women’s Olympic team bested Olympic Athletes from Russia, there were five females on the ice, four Blue Devils and one Patriot.

 

Springside-Chestnut Hill 0 0 0—0
Germantown Academy 2 0 2
First-0period goals: Moseley Schwartz (GA) from Tyler Dolan and Tim Landmesser, 12:44 (pp); Landmesser (GA) from Andrew Miao and Tyler Dolan, 13:25.
Third-period goals: Parker Chisholm (GA) from Miao, 4:59; Landmesser (GA) unassisted, 6:09 (en).
Shots; Springside-CHA 26, Germantown Academy 37; Saves: Liam Peterson (SCHA) 32, William Gross (GA) 26.
Records: Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy (3-5-3) Germantown Academy (12-1)

 

SHSHL Update for 2-12-18

Two weeks remain in the SHSHL regular season.

Here are the Class 2A standings including divisional games only through Friday, February 10.

 

W-L-T Pts

CB South    10-0-0 20

CR South      7-1-1 15

Pennridge      7-1-1 15

North Penn     7-2-1 15

CR North          5-4-1 11

CB West            5-4-0 10

CB East              3-6-0   6

Souderton         3-6-0  6

Neshaminy       2-7-1  5

Tennent            1-6-2   4

Truman            1-6-1    3

Pennsbury      0-8-0    0

 

Eight teams will qualify for the Class 2A SHSHL playoffs. Historically, playoff qualifiers have received Flyers Cup invitations. The top six teams, C.B. South, C.R. South, Pennridge, North Penn, Council Rock North, and C.B. West are all assured of playoff spots. Central Bucks East and Souderton will clinch spots by earning two points (one win or two ties) in their two remaining games.

 

In Class A, Wisssahickon has clinched the top spot in a four-team playoff with a 12-0-0 record (24 points). Lower Moreland (9-4-0, 18 points) is also assured of a spot with one divisional game remaining. Abington (8-3-0, 16) and Hatboro-Horsham (7-4-0, 14) are favored claim the last two spots. Upper Dublin (7-6-0, 14) is also in contention.

 

Our thanks to the administration and staff at Holy Ghost Prep for their support.

Holy Ghost Prep is a private, Catholic, all-boys school located in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Located adjacent to the busy I-95 corridor in metropolitan Philadelphia, Holy Ghost Prep attracts students from more than 100 elementary feeder schools from throughout metropolitan Philadelphia counties and New Jersey

Today is a vibrant community of nearly 500 young men preparing for college and adult life through a challenging program which stresses the cultivation of students’ unique gifts and talents, academic excellence, and generous service to the poor. We continue to be mindful of our founding history as a seminary as we seek to form young men morally, intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.

 

Independence League Playoffs

Germantown Academy will face Springside Chestnut Hill on Tuesday instead of Pennington in the IISL semifinals. game time will be 4:00 at Oaks. The winner will face Episcopal or Pennington in Thursday’s championship game at Penn.

Hockey Happenings for 2-11-18

Team USA Women Winners at Olympics

The United States got off to a successful start Sunday morning in the Olympic tournament. The Americans overcame an early 1-0 deficit to post a 3-1 win over Finland.

Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Kendall Coyne scored goals in the second period to give the Americans the lead. Dani Cameranesi scored into an empty net to a count for the final margin.

In another Sunday game, Canada beat Russia 5-0.

The U.S. will play Russia Tuesday morning U.S. time (7:10 face-off). Their last group gam against Canada will be very early Thursday morning (2:40 a.m.

The mens’ tournament begins Wednesday. The U.S. will play Solvenia at 7:10 Eastern Time Wednesday morning.

GA Ready for IIHL Playoffs

Germantown Academy closed its regular season on Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Episcopal Academy. The Patriots (11-1) are the top seed in the Independence League playoffs which commence on Tuesday.

The lineup features balanced scoring. Mark Dobson leads the team with 13 goals and nine assists for 22 points. Tyler Dolan (10 goals, six assists), Andrew Miao (five goals, 11 assists), and Moseley Schwartz (five goals, 11 assists, are next).

GA will host a semifinal game Tuesday afternoon at Oaks (4 p.m. start) against Springside Chestnut Hill

Tuesday’s winner advances to the championship game on Thursday afternoon at 3:50 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Rink against either second-seeded Episcopal or third seed Springside-Pennington.

That game will conclude their season. IIHL teams do not participate in the Flyers Cup

 

Hockey Happenings for 2-7-18

 

For those of you who may not have been paying much attention to hockey the last few days, there have been some developments.

 

Ridley Out of Flyers Cup

Ridley will not be part of the Flyers Cup tournament this year or next. The Green Raiders were handed a two-year ban by the Flyers Cup Committee as a result of the much-discussed on-ice incident in their Class 3A quarterfinal game against Central Bucks West last March.

The game was called with 7:12 remaining in the third period. West was leading 7-1 at the time and was awarded a forfeit win. But several West players were injured in the incident and were unable to play in the Bucks’ semifinal loss to William Tennent four days later.

Five Ridley players, Brock Anderson, Jacob Cross, Nate Dunning, Ryan Gricco, and Thomas Plotts, all of whom were seniors at the time, are facing assault charges for their roles in the incident. No trial date has been set.

Of the 18 players who were in uniform for Ridley against Central Bucks West, 10 are on this year’s roster. Two of the 10 are freshman and theoretically will be eligible to play in the Flyers Cup in 2020.

 

LaSalle-HGP Rematch

LaSalle and Holy Ghost Prep will meet for the second time on Wednesday night. The Firebirds won their first encounter 2-1 on January 26.

Wednesday’s game (7:20 at Grundy Arena) will be special for reasons having little to do with hockey. The game will be streamed on wbcb1490.com and one of the most interested viewers will be half a world away.  U.S. Navy Commander Chris Serafin is serving overseas but will be able to watch his son Andrew, a junior at Holy Ghost Prep, in action.

Patriots Set for Postseason

Germantown Academy closed out its regular season in the Independence Interscholastic Hockey League with a 4-0 win over Episcopal Academy on Tuesday.
The Patriots (11-1) will host a playoff semifinal next Tuesday, February 13 at 4:00 at Oaks against an opponent to be named. If they’ll play in the championship game on Thursday the 15th at Penn’s Class of ’23 rink (3:50 start). The Patriots reached the title game last year before falling to the Haverford School.

 

Our thanks to the administration and staff at Holy Ghost Prep for their support.

Holy Ghost Prep is a private, Catholic, all-boys school located in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Located adjacent to the busy I-95 corridor in metropolitan Philadelphia, Holy Ghost Prep attracts students from more than 100 elementary feeder schools from throughout metropolitan Philadelphia counties and New Jersey

Today is a vibrant community of nearly 500 young men preparing for college and adult life through a challenging program which stresses the cultivation of students’ unique gifts and talents, academic excellence, and generous service to the poor. We continue to be mindful of our founding history as a seminary as we seek to form young men morally, intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.