Tag: high-school hockey

Upcoming Flyers Cup Schedule

Thursday, March 8

Class A Quarterfinals

Springfield Delco vs. West Chester Rustin 6:30 at Ice Line

West Chester East 7 Penncrest 3

Hershey 4 Council Rock North 3 OT

Lower Dauphin 4 Marple Newtown 2

Class AA Quarterfinals

Council Rock South 4 Boyertown 0

Owen J. Roberts 3 Avon Grove 1

Pennsbury 4 Conestoga 3 OT—Andrew Falkenstein scored the winning goal 11:10 into overtime

Pennridge 4 Neshaminy 2

Girls Quarterfinals

West Chester East vs. Downingtown East 5:00 at PNY

West Chester Henderson vs. Unionville 6:45 at PNY

 

Monday, March 13

Class AA Semifinals

Council Rock South vs. Pennsbury

Pennridge vs. Owen J Roberts

Tuesday, March 14

Class AAA Semifinals

St. Joseph’s Prep vs. Holy Ghost 6:15 at Hatfield Ice

Malvern Prep vs. La Salle 8:45 at Hatfield Ice

Thursday. Match 16

NJ/Delaware Semifinals

6:00 Eastern vs. Cherokee at Flyers Training Center

8:00 Washington Township vs. Salesianum at FTC

Girls Semifinals

Flyers Cup Matchups Unveiled

A total of 50 teams have been selected to compete in the 44th annual Flyers Cup tournament. Competition is scheduled to get underway on Monday and Tuesday, March 6 and 7. Over the course of 16 days champions will be crowned in five different brackets.

The teams in each bracket, 16 in Class AA. 15 in Class A, 7 in Class AAA, 4 in the South Jersey/Delaware bracket and 8 in the Girls division were selected and seeded by the Flyers Cup Competition Committee based on regular-season results and observations by members of the committee.

Flyers Cup Committee President Eric Tye emphasized that the seeding were based exclusively on regular-season performances.

“No playoff games were taken into account,” he said. “ At any level, any league, anything. Once your regular season is done, that’s what the competition committee looks at.

“The playoff games happened between the end of the regular season and the selection show. That’s not fair for teams that maybe didn’t make their league playoffs and didn’t get another chance to play another game.

Tye noted the final score of a game was irrelevant to the seeding process. “If a team wins 7-1 or a team wins 2-1 it doesn’t matter in the competition committee’s eyes,” he said.”

 Here are the first-round matchups

Class A Monday, March 6

  1. West Chester East has a bye

    8 Penncrest vs. 9 Plymouth Whitemarsh 7:00 at   Skatium

    5 Lower Dauphin vs. 12 Unionville       6:30 at   Klick Lewis

    4 Marple Newtown vs. 13 Henderson   6:30 at PNY

    3 Hershey vs. 14 Strath Haven             8:30 at Klick Lewis

    6 Radnor vs. 11 Council Rock North    6:30 at Ice Line

   10 Garnet Valley vs. 10 Springfield-Delco 9:00 at Skatium 

    2 WC Rustin vs. 15 Wissahickon    8:30 at Ice Line

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9

Semifinals Monday, Match 13

Championship Monday, March 20

Class AA Monday-Tuesday March 6-7

  1. Council Rock South vs. 16 Spring Ford  8:15 at Grundy

    8 Boyertown vs. 9 Downingttown East 6:15 at  Hatfield

  • Pennsbury vs. 12 Abington 6:15  Grundy at   Ice Line

     4 Connestoga vs. 13 Downingtown West 6:45 at Ice Line on 3-6

  • Avon Grove vs. 14 Central Bucks East 6:30 at Ice Line
  • O.J. Roberts vs. 11 Central Bucks South 8:30 at Ice Line

     7 Haverford vs. 10 Neshaminy 7:00 at Skatium

  • Pennridge vs. 15 Lower Merion 8:15 at Hatfield

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9

Semifinals Tuesday, Match 14

Championship Tuesday, March 21

Class AAA Monday-Tuesday Match 6 and 7

  1. La Salle has a bye
  2.  Malvern Prep vs. 5 Father Judge 8:30 at Ice Line on 3-6

3 St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 6 Perk. Valley 9:00 at Skatium on 3-7

  • Holy Ghost Prep vs 7 Cardinal O’Hara 8:30 at Grundy on 3-6

Semifinals Tuesday, March 14

Championship Tuesday March 21

South Jersey/Delaware Thursday, March 16

1 Salesianum vs. 4 Washington Township 8:00 at Vorhees

2 Cherokee vs. 3 Eastern 6:00 at Vorhees

       Championship Game Monday, March 20

 Girls  Tuesday and Thursday March 7 and 9

  1. Avon Grove vs. 8 Pennridge 7:45 at PNY on 3-7

4 Rustin vs. 5 Kingsway 9:30 at PNY on 3-7

  • Unionville vs 6 Henderson  6:45 at PNY   on 3-9
  • Downibgtown West vs. West Chester East 5:00 at PNY on 3-9

    Championship Game Wednesday 3-22

   Game dates, times, and sites are subject to change

  Class A, AA, and AAA champions advance to state championship games on 3-26

SHSHL Playoff Pairings Announced

Pairings and game times have been finalized for the first leg of the Suburban High School Hockey League playoffs.

Two first-round National-round National Division games are set for Wednesday, February 22 along with the single American Division semifinal.

 Wednesday 2-22

National Division

 (3) Pennsbury vs (6) C.B. East 7:20 at Grundy

 (4) Neshaminy vs. (5) C.B. South 9:00 at Grundy

(1) Council Rock South and (2) Pennridge have first-round byes
Semifinals March 1

Championship game March 2

American Division

(2) Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. (3) Quakertown 8:45 at Hatfield Ice

(1) Abington has a first-round bye

Championship game March 1

Trainer Sal Raffa Doing His Part to Make Hockey a Safer Game

By Rick Woelfel

He is one of hockey’s unsung heroes. Whether he is working for the Philadelphia Flyers or covering an Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference game for La Salle, Sal Raffa is always on alert when he’s at an ice rink. 

After more than two decades as an athletic trainer, Raffa is well aware of the risks that accompany the game of hockey, and cognizant of his responsibility to minimize those risks. When he’s on duty, very little happens on or around the ice that escapes his detection.

“You look for body language for one,” he said. “Whether it be a puck to the foot or hand, or writs, or elbow.

“You’re looking for body language. Typically, it’s body reaction. If you get hit in the throat, your hands automatically go to your throat.

“A lot of times, you look for the environmental stuff, meaning external, like the boards and things like that.  A lot of times, if you’re not paying attention and I’ve seen it in my career, athletes will leave a door open for instance to the bench; you can impale a vital organ.”

Just as athletes must (or should) understand basic fundamentals of their sport, so it is for trainers. Raffa never takes that fundamental knowledge for granted.

“Every night, before I cover an event, I go through a process in my head even on the bench I remember the ABCs, (airways, breathing, circulation)” he said. “On the bench I’m looking and watching everything. You don’t know really what’s going to happen but the ABCs, just know that, and kind of practice that when you’re out of this environment, when you’re at home, and just practice, practice, practice.”

Raffa’s vigilance, and that of his colleagues, is particularly important at the high-school level.

“Myself and the other trainers, we’re the only medical professionals here,” Raffa points out.  “Typically for a professional hockey game, you have physicians, you have an emergency room physician, you have paramedics, you have surgeons, you have everybody. “For (a high-school game) you’re going on your instincts, you’re looking for something that’s going on. The best thing you can do is rely on what you learn and what you know.”

‘What you know’ in Raffa’s case encompasses a broad knowledge base acquired through his years in the profession. When he staffs an event, his medical kit will contain everything from an AED to tourniquets to QuikClot® so he’s prepared in the event of an emergency.

“I have a whole bunch of stuff like that,” Raffa said. “You’re relying on your instincts, you’re holding pressure, calling 9-11.”

One of trainer’s most important attributes is the ability to control his or her emotions in an emergency.

“You gave to remain calm if a kid is choking,” Raffa says. “The worst thing you want to do is freak out. Calm cool collected. 

“Same thing on the ice. You see blood, Okay. It’s blood. Control the situation as best as you can. The environment is not a controlled situation because you’re (in a rink) but you can control it as best as you can.”

Raffa stresses the importance of knowing the emergency action plan of each rink he works in, whether be Hatfield Ice Arena, the Wells Fargo Center, or elsewhere. something he says all trainers should do.

“Before you work any events know what you’re dealing with,” he said. “Know where you’re going, and know the surroundings. Know 911, the paramedic’s number, know the closest hospital know all that stuff. You should know that before you cover any event.”

SHSHL Recap 1-25-23

National Division         W      L      T   OTL  Pts

C.R. South (9-1-0-1)   4       0      0      1       9

Pennridge (9-3)            4      1      0       0      8

C.B. South (7-5-0-1)    4       2      0      0      8

Pennsbury (8-4)           4      2      0      0       8

Neshaminy (8-3-1)       3       1      1      0     7

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

C.R. North (3-8-1-1)    2       3      1     1       6

C.B. West (4-9)             2      4      0      0      4

Souderton (4-8-0-1)     2       5     0      0      4

Bensalem (2-9)             1       3      0      0      2

North Penn (3-7-1-1)    0      4      1      1      1

American Division                  W      L      T   OTL    Pts

Abington (11-0-1-0)                    8       0     1     0      17

Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-5) 5        4     0         0       10

Wissahickon (6-6)                    4       5     0        0     8

Quakertown (7-4-1-0)             5        4    1        0       11

Springfield (0-8-0-1)               0        8     0       1      1

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Scoring

National Division                G           A          Pts

Brendan Macainsh (Pb)    22          11        33

Andrew Savona (Pr)           14         18        32

Seth Grossman (Soud)      17          11        28

Kevin Pico (Pr)                    13          15        28

Aydin Thierolf (CBS)          13          12        25

Alex Hood (Ben)                 20          5         25

Max Gallagher (Nesh)       16          8         24

Shane Dachowski (Pr)       15          9         24

Corey Kosick (CBE)            14          8          22

Blaise Pepe (CRS)              11          10        21

American Division        G            A            Pts

Matthew Flynn (PW)    15        16           31

Branden McNally (Q)   16         11          27

Ian Heydt (Ab)               11         16          27

Will Hussa (Wiss)           21         5            26

Matt Kramer (Ab)         17           9           26

Seth Abramson (Ab)      12         13           25

Pat Stelacio (Ab)          14         10            24

Dylan Novitski (PW)       13       11           24

David Branigan (PW)     9          15           24

Jordan Heydt (Ab)         16          6            22

SHSHL Update 1-1-23

National Division         W      L      T  OTL Pts

Pennsbury (7-2)           3      0      0      0      6

C.R. North (2-6-0-1)    2       2      0     1      5

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

C.R. South (6-1)           1       0      0      0       2

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

Bensalem (2-5)            1       0      0      0      2

Neshaminy (6-2)         1       1      0      0      2

Pennridge (4-2)            1      1      0       0     2

Souderton (3-6-0-1)     1       3     0      0      2

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

North Penn (3-6)         0       3      0      0      0

American Division                  W      L      T      OTL    Pts

Abington (8-0-1)                      7       0     1        0        15

Quakertown (5-3-1)                4        3    1        0        9

Plymouth Whitemarsh (5-3) 4       2     0        0        8

Wissahickon (4-4)                   4       3     0        0        8

Springfield (0-7)                      0        7     0        0       0

Scoring

National Division                G           A          Pts

Brendan Macainsh (Pb)     15          8          23

Seth Grossman (Soud)       13          10        23

Aydin Thierolf (CBS)          11        10         21

Alex Hood (Ben)                 14          3         17

Andrew Savona (Pr)            7          10         17

Blaise Pepe (CRS)               8           7          15

Corey Kosick (CBE)           10           5         15

Jake McCaw (Pb)                5            9          14

Kevin Pico (Pr)                    7          6            13

Nick Smith (Soud)              9           4            13

American Division        G            A            Pts

Pat Stelacio (Ab)          14         10            24

Branden McNally (Q)    13         9            22

Matthew Flynn (PW)     12         9            21

Ian Heydt (Ab)                9           12          21

David Branigan (PW)     9          12           21

Matt Kramer (Ab)         12          7            19

Danny Hussa (Wiss)      12          6           18

Will Hussa (Wiss)           13          4           17

Jordan Heydt (Ab)          11        6             17

Seth Abramson (Ab)       8          9             17

Holy Ghost Prep 7, Pennridge 3

Kieran Mulholland and Zach Pers each scored twice as Holy Ghost Prep built a 5-0 lead en route to a 7-3 win over Pennridge Wednesday night in a non-league game at Grundy Arena. Shaun Moore Brady Baehser and John Seravalli also scored for Holy Ghost Prep, which advanced to 9-2 on the season.

Kevin Pico, Andrew Savona, and Shane Dachowski scored for Pennridge (4-3).

Two goals from Pers and goals from Mulholland, Baehser, and Moore put the Firebirds up 5-0 seven minutes into the second period.

Pico and Savona scored for the Rams before the period ended and Dachowski’s goal made it a 5-3 game with 10:51 left in regulation, before Mulholland gave the Firebirds some insurance with 1:42 remaining. Seravalli added an empty-net goal with one minute left in regulation.

Six of the game’s 10 goals came on power plays. The game featured 16 penalties for 72 penalty minutes.

Pennridge 0 2 1—3

Holy Ghost Prep 4 1 2—7

SHSHL Update 12-20-22

Standings

National Division         W      L      T      OTL Pts

C.R. North (2-6)           2       2      0       0      4

C.R. South (6-1)           1       0      0      0       2

Pennsbury (5-2)           1      0      0      0        2

C.B. South (3-3-0-1)    1       0      0      0      2

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

Bensalem (2-5)            1       0      0      0      2

Pennridge (4-2)            1      1      0       0      2

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

Neshaminy (5-2)         0       1      0      0      0

North Penn (3-5)         0       2      0      0      0

Souderton (2-5-0-1)    0       2      0      0      0

American Division                  W      L      T  OTL    Pts

Abington (6-0-0)                      5       0     0        0      10

Wissahickon (4-3)                   4       2     0        0       8

Plymouth Whitemarsh (5-3) 4       2     0        0        8

Quakertown (4-3)                   3        3    0        0       6

Springfield (0-5)                      0        5     0        0     0

Scoring

National Division                G           A      Pts

Brendan Macainsh (Pb)     13           8        21

Seth Grossman (Soud)      12           8         20

Alex Hood (Ben)                 14        3        17

Andrew Savona (Pr)           7          10       17

Aydin Thierolf (CBS)           8         7        15

Blaise Pepe (CRS)               8           7        15

Corey Kosick (CBE)            9          5         14

Kevin Pico (Pr)                    7          6          13

John Stinson (NP)               9           2         11

Max Gallagher (Nes)        8           3          11

Kevin Koles (CRS)              3           8         11

American Division        G         A            Pts

Matthew Flynn (PW)     12         9            21

Pat Steleacio (Ab)          12         9             21

Matt Kramer (Ab)         12          7            19

David Branigan (PW)     7          12           19

Will Hussa (Wiss)           12          4          16

Danny Hussa (Wiss)      11          5            16

Branden McNally (Q)    10          5          15

Ian Heydt (Ab)                5           10         15

Dylan Novitski (PW)       7          7           14

William Shaw (Q)           7          7            14

SHSHL Udate for 12-5-22

Standings as of 12-5-22

National Division         W      L      T      OTL Pts

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

Bensalem (1-4)            1       0      0      0      2

C.R. North (1-5)           1       1     0       0      2

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

C.R. South (5-0)           0       0      0      0      0

Neshaminy (4-1)         0       0      0      0      0

C.B. South (2-2-0-1)   0       0      0      0      0

North Penn (3-3)         0       0      0      0      0

Pennsbury (3-2)           0       0      0      0      0

Pennridge (2-2)            0      1      0       0      0

Souderton (1-4-0-1)    0       1      0      0      0

American Division                  W      L      T      OTL    Pts

Abington (4-0-0)                      4       0     0        0        8

Wissahickon (3-1)                   3       1     0        0        6

Quakertown (3-1)                   2        1    0        0        4

Plymouth Whitemarsh (3-2) 2       1     0        0         4

Springfield (0-4)                      0        4     0        0     0

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Scoring

National Division                G           A          Pts

Seth Grossman (Soud)       5           8           13

Blaise Pepe (CRS)               6           6            12

Brendan Macainsh (Pb)     8           4            12

Kevin Koles (CRS)              3           8            11

Aydin Thierolf (CBS)         5           6            11

Corey Kosick (CBE)           6           4            10

Andrew Savona (Pr)          4           6          10

Nick Smith (Soud)             8           2           10       

John Stinson (NP)            7           2             9

Jake Weiner (CRS)          7            1             8

American Division        G            A            Pts

Matt Kramer (Ab)         11          5            16

Matthew Flynn (PW)     9          6             15

David Branigan (PW)     5          9             14

Branden McNally (Q)    9           4            13

Will Hussa (Wiss)           9           3            12

Ian Heydt (Ab)                3           8            11

Pat Steleacio (Ab)          7           4            11

Danny Hussa (Wiss)       8          2             10

Dylan Novitski (PW)       6          4             10

Jordan Heydt (Ab)           7         3              10

                    

National Division

Goals Against Min.Played    GA                 GAA

Carson Lopez (CRS)                238               6            1.29

Cory Hemberger (Nesh)         255              11            2.20

Matt Mangiacapre (CBE)       153               8           2.67

Nick Crist (NP)                          286              16         2.86

Aaron McDaniel (Pb)               255             16         3.20

Ian Goldberg (CRN)                 306              23         3.83

Save Percentage                  Shots        Saves    GA            Save Pct.

Carson Lopez (CRS)              114             108       6           .947

Cory Hemberger (Nesh)      149            138        11         .926

Matt Mangiacapre (CBE)     94             86          8            .915

Ian Goldberg                          237          214        23           .903

Liam Rogers (CBW)              120           108        12           .900 

American Division

 Goals Against                   Min. Played     GA            GAA 

Matt Krem (Q)                        204              9              2.25

Chris Majlij (PW)                    204              8              2.00

Sam Nemec (Ab)                    187              18            4.91

Save Percentage               Shots         Saves     GA            Save Pct.

Matt Krem (Q)                   105              96          9                 .914

Chris Majlij (PW)                90               82           8                 .911

Sam Nemec (Ab)                100             82          15                .820