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SHSHL Playoff Schedule

The Suburban High School Hockey League playoff schedule for 2026 is now set. Pairings and game times are listed below.

Monday, February  23

National Division First  Round

  1. Central Bucks South vs 6. Central Bucks East 7:00 at Hatfield
  2. Pennsbury vs. 5 Pennridge 7:10 at Grundy

Wednesday, February 25

National Division Semifinals

  1. North Penn vs. Pennsbury or Pennridge 6:30 at Hatfield
  2. Council Rock South vs. Central Bucks South or Central Bucks East 7:20 at Grundy

American Division Semifinal

  1. Hatboro-Horsham vs. 3. Springfield 8:30 at Hatfield

Thursday, February 26

National Division Final

@ 6:10 at Hatfield

American Division Final

8:20 at Hatfield

@ If Council Rock South is the highest seeded finalist this game will be played at Grundy

Vallee Making a Big Impact at The Hun School

Zachary Vallee has experienced some changes in his life of late. Vallee enrolled at The Hun School as a junior this past fall and is making a big impact for the Raiders on the ice.

In eight APAC games, he’s scored eight goals and added two assists; his 10 points tied him for the conference lead in scoring. His contributions have helped his team to a 13-12 overall record; its best since Hun School joined the APAC for the 2021-22 season.

The Raiders will face St. Joseph’s Prep in a Founders Cup playoff semifinal Wednesday afternoon at Ice Line (3:30 start).

Hun School coach N.G. Welsh has rotated Vallee through the lineup.

“I think he’s adaptable,” Welsh said. We’ve had him on lines with probably six or seven guys this year. We haven’t had him out there with the same two all year.

“He’s very adaptable to whoever he plays with. He picks up off those guys and he works with them well and then I think he’s just been a good fit for the team. He’s got a great work ethic and He wants to win just as bad as anybody else, which are two things we always look for.

Vallee says the formula to this season’s success has revolved around he and his teammates doing the little things well.

“We’re doing the little things that we work in practice,” he said. “Working the little things out makes the team win.”

A native of Pont-Rouge, Quebec, a town of roughly 10,000 located some 25 miles southwest of Quebec City, Vallee learned about Hun School via a hockey showcase.

“I got recruited through a showcase in Montreal,” he said. “I already had some interest in going to a prep school. {Hun School} reached out to me and I just decided to go there.”

Once he arrived on the Hun School campus, Vallee adapted to the English-speaking/American culture with little difficulty.

“It took me about two weeks to really switch up in English and everything,” he said. That was my only concern. Making friends has always been easy for me so it was just language-wise.”

This year’s Hun School roster includes five players from Quebec. Welsh says the school provides support to help them with their transition.

“We’ve got two or three kids every year that come down,” he said, “and it’s a lot on them that first semester. We try to help them out as much as we can that first semester even though we’re not in hockey season to get them set up for success, learn how the school works.”

Welsh points out that Vallee had to adjust to doing his academic work in English.

“He’s got to put extra time into it, just because English is not his first language,” he said, “and its challenging to do homework in your second language.

“And so, time management is important for all of those {players from Quebec}, it takes them a little bit longer to do the work than the standard player here.”

Vallee makes it a point to hit the books whenever time allows.

“When we go to away, games, I usually study on the bus back and forth,” he said. “Trying to find time to study when you go away, after practices.  During free blocks, we go to the library and study.”

SHSHL Update 2-16-26

National Division                W    L   T  OTW OTL Pts

@North Penn (19-1)               15    0   0   –       –          –            –       60

#Council Rock South (15-3)  12     3   0    –        –         –           –     48

#Central Bucks South (12-4)      11      3    0      –         –          –       44

#Pennsbury (11-5-1)               9     5   1   –    –            –            –       38

Central Bucks East (6-9-1)   6    8     1      1    –            –            –  25 

Souderton (6-11)                   6    9   0   1    1          –           –        24

Pennridge   (5-10-1)               5    10  0      –      2           –          –  22

Neshaminy (2-14)                  2  13   0    1    –           –            –       7

Central Bucks West (0-16)  0   15   0    –     –           –           –        0                                 

American Division          W    L    T  OTW     OTL    PTS  

#Plym. Whitemarsh (13-2)   13    2     0     –           –         52

#Hatboro-Horsham (14-3)  12    3     0     –              1       49

Springfield (6-10)               6    9     0           1                     23

Wissahickon (5-9-1)          5   8      1          2       –            20

Abington (1-14-1)                0    14  1   –                2          4

@ clinched regular-season title

Scoring   All League Scheduled Games                        

 National Division                      GP    G     A      Pts

Shane Gleisner   Pb                   17    42   21     63

Jake Weiner CRS                        15    38  18      56

Samuel Norton NP                     17   24  29      53

Chris Silvotti NP                          20   23  26      49

Max Ryon Sou.                            11   29   16     45

Nolan Shingle                              19    23   20    43

Ismael Cabrales   NP                   18   14   27     41

Ryan Frey     C.B. South              16    17  21    38

Shane Hicks Pb                            16     16   21   37

Jordan Sarne   CRS                      15    17   17    34

Landan  Bishop Pr                      13     20   13    33

 American Division         GP      G     A    Pts

 Vincent Graziani HH      17      32   26   58

 Daniel Guller       PW      14     17    31   48

Nate Nemchinov HH      15     23    20    43

Grayson Quinn Spr.       16      24    14   38

Cooper Kanze   PW         11     17    18    35

Luca Staffieri HH            14      15    16    31

Mack Risnychok Wiss    14       19   11    30

Bill Moffa   HH                14      11   16      27

Blake Ambler PW            12     10    17    27

Logan Dicus  Wiss           14     12    13    25

Malvern Prep 2 La Salle 0

The pieces all fit for Malvern Prep Wednesday afternoon. And once connected, they formed a route to a very big win.

House Young scored a power-play goal midway through the second period and Andrew Starck added an empty-netter in the final minute as the Friars bested La Salle 2-0 in the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference play-in game at Hatfield Ice.

Fifth-seeded Malvern Prep (5-10-2), which had lost eight straight games, will advance to next Wednesday’ APAC semifinals where it will face top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep (5:30 at Ice Line). Fourth seed La Salle (6-13) will now sit until the Class AAA Flyers Cup Tournament begins in approximately three weeks.

Senior defenseman Logan Love said he and his Friar teammates came into Wednesday’s game in need of a lift.

“We’ve been really down in the dumps the past couple games,” he said. “We had a good practice Monday and that really helped going into this game.”

Senior forward Pax Hoishik, who assisted on Starck’s goal, said the key to the win was he and his teammates working hard for a full 51 minutes.

“Especially in the games we lost, we always played on or two periods,” he said, “and obviously, it showed that that’s not enough.

“We came out tonight and everyone was ready before the game which was another thing we needed to work on; we got it done and played a full three.

Young’s goal came off large scrum in front of La Salle goaltender Anthony Foster. Young delivered his shot from the inside edge of the left circle and put the puck in the left side of the net. Foster was hampered by the traffic in front and had little if any chance to deny him.

“A big thing for our team is getting one,’ Hoishik said, “and then hemming them in. Obviously, that’s what we did. We were able to keep them in their zone for a majority of the game.”

At the other end of the ice, Ike Matoney was perfect, making 26 saves in the Friar net. The sophomore has played sparingly this but came up big on this occasion.

“He hasn’t had many games this year,” Hoishik said, “but we wanted to give him a test and he performed the way we were hoping. It was good to see that.”

For La Salle, it was another blow in what has been a disappointing season.

“We were outplayed for the first two periods,” said Explorer head coach Wally Muehlbronner. “We didn’t have a whole lot of jump. It certainly wasn’t the way we’ve been playing of late. We’ve been playing a lot better with a lot more tempo and a lot more consistency throughout the lineup.

“We just didn’t have any sustained pressure, not a lot of great opportunities.”

• The win was Malvern Prep’s first since December 17…Next Wednesday’s other semifinal will match second seed Hun School and third seed St. Joseph’s Prep at 3:30 at Ice Line.

 Malvern Prep. 0 1 1—2

La Salle 0 0 0—0

Second-period goal: House Young (MP) from Jake Weingartner, 9:38 (pp)

Third period goal: Andrew Starck (MP) from Pax Hoishik, 16:11

Shots; Malvern Prep 30, La Salle 26; Saves: Ike Matoney (MP) 26, Anthony Foster (L) 28

SHSHL Update 2-10-26

National Division                W    L   T  OTW OTL    SOW    SOL    Pts

North Penn (18-1)               14    0   0   –       –          –            –       56

Council Rock South (15-2)  12     2   0    –        –         –           –     48

Central Bucks South (11-4)      10      3    0      –         –          –         40

Pennsbury (10-5-1)               8     5   1   –    –            –            –        34

Central Bucks East (6-8-1)   6    7   1      1    –            –            –      25

 Pennridge   (5-9-1)               5     9  0      –      2           –          –       22

Souderton (3-11)                   4    9   0   1    1          –           –           16

Neshaminy (2-13)                  2  12   0    1    –           –            –          7

Central Bucks West (0-15)  0   14   0    –     –           –           –           0                                 

American Division         
W    L    T    OTW     OTL   SHW   SOL PTS  

Hatboro-Horsham (14-2)  12    2     0     –       1         –          –   49

Plym. Whitemarsh (12-2)   12    2     0     –           –         –          48

Wissahickon (5-9-1)            5   8      1  2          –        –          –       20

Springfield (5-10)               5    8     0     1      –           –                 19

Abington (0-13-1)                0    13  1   –         2       –          –          4

Scoring   All League Scheduled Games                        

 National Division                      GP    G     A      Pts

Shane Gleisner   Pb                   16    40   20     60

Jake Weiner CRS                        16    37  17      54

Samuel Norton NP                     17   24  29      53

Chris Silvotti NP                          19   21  25      46

Nolan Shingle                              18   21   20     41

Ismael Cabrales   NP                   17   14   23     37

Ryan Frey     C.B. South              15     16  20    36

Max Ryon Sou.                            9      20    15    35

  American Division         GP      G     A    Pts

 Vincent Graziani HH      16      30   25   55

 Daniel Guller       PW      13     13    31   44

Nate Nemchinov HH      14     21    20    41

Grayson Quinn Sp.         15      21     15   34

Cooper Kanze   PW         10     17    14    31

Mack Risnychok Wiss    14       19   11    30

Luca Staffieri HH            13      15    15    30

Bill Moffa   HH                14      11   16      27

Blake Ambler PW            12     10    17    27

Logan Dicus  Wiss           14     12    13    25

H-H 5 PW 4

 Hatboro-Horsham needed to pick up the pace. Two periods into Thursday’s matchup with Plymouth Whitemarsh, the Hatters found themselves trailing 2-0 in a game featuring the two top teams in the SHSHL’s American Division.

The Hatters responded to the challenge by scoring five times in the third period to slip past the Colonials 5-4, a result with significant American Division ramifications.

Luca Staffieri scored the winning goal with 58 seconds remaining in regulation. The result heightened an already tight division race; both teams stand 12-2 in the division standings with a rematch to come next Wednesday.   The Hatters lead the season series two victories to one.

“We came in knowing it was a must-win game said Hatboro-Horsham coach Shane Smith. “Every game from here on out is a must-win game if you want to secure the bye {that sends the regular-season champion to the division championship game}.

The Hatters made a statement at the start of the third period. Staffieri, Reid Rochestie, and Vincent Graziani  all scored goals in a span of 2 minutes, 49 seconds to give Hatboro-Horsham a 3-2 lead with 13:18 left in regulation.

The balance of the period saw the teams trading goals: Dan Guller and Jarrett Olenginski for Plymouth Whitemarsh, Nate Nemchinov for the Hatters.

Olenginski tied the game at 4-4 with 1:59 remaining before Staffari dashed the Colonials’ hopes 61 seconds later.

Staffari contributed two assists along with his two goals, but the contributions of Hatter goaltender Patrick Murphy were a significant factor as well. Murphy, who transferred to Hatboro-Horsham from La Salle at midseason, stopped 46 of the 50 shots he saw. His best work came midway through the second period when he made three big saves in a game that was scoreless at the time. He stopped 16 of 18 shots in the third frame.

“I knew I had to come up big,” he said. “We had a lot of shots going into the third period so I knew I had to keep them in the game. Then, they found a way to come back.”

Murphy’s transfer to Hatboro-Horsham marked a return to familiar surroundings. He was a student in the Hatboro-Horsham School District through the eighth grade before pending two-and-a-half years at La Salle.

“In the classroom, it hasn’t been too hard to switch,” he said. “On the ice, I know a lot of kids on the team so it was an easy switch for me.”

Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Vince Forti took some positives away from the loss.

“You’re never really happy with a loss, but I think there were a lot of positive takeaways,” he said. “Fifty shots on goal; their goalie played really well. A couple rebound chances we couldn’t bury here and there.”

• An altercation following a pileup at the Hatboro-Horsham net with 12 seconds left in the game led to 53 minutes in penalties being handed out. The Hatters’ Reid Rochestie received a major penalty for slew footing. He’ll serve a two-game suspension….The Hatters now stand at 14-2 overall. The Colonials are 12-2 overall and in the division.

Hatboro-Horsham 0 0 5—5

P-W 0 2 2—4

Second-period goals: Cooper Kanzee (PW) from Liam Kelly and Daniel Guller, 11:06; Dan Moloney (PW) from Luke Smith and Guller, 14:41 (pp)

Third-period goals: Luca Staffieri (HH) from Kyle Roesing, :56: Reid Rochestie (HH) from Vincent Graziani, 1:31; Graziani (HH) from Staffieri, 3:42; Guller (PW) from Kanzee and Moloney 8:43; Nate Nemchinov (HH) from Staffieri and Roesing, 12:51; Jarrett Olenginski (PW) from Ryan Jagher, 15:01; Staffieri (HH) from  Vincent Graziani, 16:02

Shots: Hatboro-Horsham 28, Plymouth Whitemarsh 50; Saves: Patrick Murphy (HH) 46 Lucas Bennett (PW) 23

SHSHL Update 2-2-26

National Division                W    L   T  OTW OTL    SOW SOL Pts

North Penn (16-1)              13    0   0   –       –          –            –       52

Council Rock South (14-2) 11     2   0    –        –         –           –     44

Central Bucks South (10-4)    9      3    0      –         –          –     36

Pennsbury (10-4-1)               8     4   1   –    –             –            –   34

Pennridge   (5-8-1)               5     8  –     –       2           –            –      22

Central Bucks East (5-8-1)   5    7   1   1                –            –      21`

Souderton (3-10)                   3    9   0   1    1          –           –        12

Neshaminy (2-11)                  2  10   0    1    –           –            –      7

Central Bucks West (0-14)  0   13   0    –     –           –           –       0                                 

American Division          W    L    T    OTW     OTL   SHW  SOL PTS  

Hatboro-Horsham (13-2)  11    2     0       1         –          –      45

Plym. Whitemarsh (11-1)   11    1     0     –           –         –          44

Wissahickon (5-8)            5   7      0    2          –        –          –       18  

Springfield (4-9)               4    8     0     1      –           –                 15

Abington (0-13)                0    13    0      –         2       –          –       1

Scoring   All League Scheduled Games                        

 National Division                      GP    G     A      Pts

Shane Gleisner   Pb                    15    39   19     58

Jake Weiner CRS                        13     34  17      51

Samuel Norton NP                     15     19  25     44

Chris Silvotti NP                          17     20  20     40

Nolan Shingle                              16     19    14   33

Jordan Sarne   CRS                      13    17   15    32

Ryan Frey     C.B. South              14      13    19   32

Ismael Cabrales   NP                   15     10    22   32

 

American Division         GP      G     A    Pts

  Vincent Graziani HH      15      29   23   52

 Daniel Guller       PW       12    12    29    41

 Nate Nemchinov HH      13     20    20    40

 Bill Moffa   HH                14      11   16    27

Mack Risnychok Wiss    12      18     8     26

Luca Staffieri HH            12      13    13   26

Blake Ambler PW            10     10     16   26

Cooper Kanze   PW         8       13     11   24

Grayson Quinn Sp.         13      16     7    23

Reid Rochestie     HH     14       7     15   22

Wissahickon’s Dicus Has Picked Up a Whistle

When Logan Dicus isn’t on the ice with a stick in his hands he might be found on the ice blowing a whistle. The Wissahickon senior is a USA Hockey referee and spends his Saturday and Sunday mornings officiating youth games.

Dicus started thinking about officiating last summer.

“I didn’t really have much going on so I thought I’d just look into it. A couple of my friends did it so I thought ‘Why not?’ So, I signed up and have been doing the early morning games and slowly making my way up.

I have a lot of fun doing it as well. And it’s a good time.”

As a Level 1 official, Dicus is certified to work games including players as old as age 10. But hockey, like all sports, is dealing with a shortage of officials and it’s theoretically possible he could be assigned at a high level.

USA Hockey’s requirements for new referees include paying an application fee ($55), completing on-line and classroom training sessions, a rules test, and a background check. Those 18 and older (birth year 2008, as Dicus is, or prior) must also complete a SafeSport training protocol.

Dicus says officiating has him seeing the game differently than he does as a player.

“When you’re reffing, you see a different perspective from when you’re playing the game,” he said. “You’re not even paying attention to the score, honestly.

“You’re staring at the puck. You’re staring at the players around the puck. You’re barely paying attention to the game, honestly. You’re just kind of watching in areas. It’s definitely a different perspective than playing the game.”

Dicus has gotten an abundance of support from his more experienced officiating partners.

“All the refs that I have {officiated} with have been very nice,” he said, “very respectful, and that makes it an easier environment to learn in.”

Dicus will head to college next fall but plans to take his striped shirt and whistle with him. He says being on the ice as a referee brings back memories of when he was getting started in the game himself.

“Watching younger kids playing the game and knowing that I was once on that position,” he said. “I didn’t really understand hockey at that point and how much it was going to have to do with my life. And I just get to see my life all over again.”

Pennsbury 4 Pennridge 3

Elite players have a way of taking over a game. Shane Gleisner did just that Thursday night.

The Pennsbury senior delivered three goals, including the game winner, as the Falcons bested Pennridge 4-3 in a SHSHL National matchup at Hatfield Ice.

Gleisner took the ice Thursday night as the National Division’s leading scorer. He now has 34 goals and 16 assists for 50 points in divisional games; 39-19-58 overall, which puts atop him both scoring lists for both goals and points

Being his team’s primary offensive force is a role Gleisner has grown into over the course of his four varsity seasons.

“When I was a freshman, sophomore, and junior, I was working my way up to be the guy,” he said. “It feels good to be relied on. Now that I’m a senior, I’d say I’ve worked out all the mistakes I used to make, so I’m finally ready to be the goal-scoring guy.”

Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley cited Gleisner’s impact.

“He’s had a phenomenal year so far,” Daley said. He was a big role player the year we won the Flyers Cup (2023) and we could tell the best was yet to come with him.

“He just filled into that body, got big, got fast, with one of the hardest shots you’ll see in this league.”

Gleisner’s talents allow the Falcon to employ the up-tempo style Daley prefers.

“That’s kind of been what we’ve tried to have as our calling card the last few years,” Daley said. “This year, we’ve finally got kind of the right pieces again to have that explosive offense, stretch the ice a little bit, get those odd-man rushes.”

Pennsbury (10-4-1, 8-4-1 in the division) had to play from behind early on. The Rams (5-8-1, 5-8), who had just 10 skaters dressed, took a 1-0 lead on Landon Bishop’s goal 3:32 into the opening period. Gleisner tied the game 2:04 into the second frame and after Shane Hicks put the Falcons in front at 9:18 they never trailed again.

Gleisner extended his team’s lead with 5:03 remaining in the period but Pennridge, which had just 10 skaters dressed, refused to go away.

James Rush made it a one-goal game 18 seconds into the final period but Gleisner responded when he finished a solo breakaway 25 seconds later. Even then the Rams refused to yield. Dinsmore made it a 4-3 game with 13:36 still remaining and Pennsbury goaltender Brendan Milliken made some big saves down the stretch to keep his team in front.

“We lost to the best goal scorer in the league this year,” said Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna. “And that’s the way it goes sometimes. He did a great job, he finished the chances he had to. We kept fighting back and came up a little bit short tonight.”

Pennsbury 0 3 1—4

Pennridge 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Landon Bishop (Pr) from Justin Dinsmore, 3:32

Second-period goals: Shane Gleisner (Pb) from Francis DeLucia,  2:04; Shane Hicks (Pb) from Jake Sarver, 9:18; Gleisner (Pb) from  Connor Gray, 11:57

Third-period goals: James Rush (Pr) from  Ryan Burke, 2:42; Gleisner (Pb) unassisted, 3:07; Dinsmore (Pr) from Rush, 3:24

Shots: Pennsbury 25, Pennridge 27: Saves: Brendan Milliken(Pb) 24, Andrew Slutsky (Pr) 21