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St. John’s scored twice in the first period and went on to the shutout win Sunday afternoon at Ice Line. in a non-league matchup.
St. John’s College High 2 0 1
Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0
First-period goals: Calvin Johnson (SJ) unassisted, 2:57; Beaudy Hummer (S) unassisted, 4:44
Third-period goal: Colin Doherty (SJ) unassisted, 11:11
Shots: St. John’s College 30, Malvern Prep 28; Saves: Jack Faricy (SJ) 28, Matt Crawford (MP) 27
Five different players scored goals as La Salle concluded its holiday trip with a 5-2 win over Fairfield Academy Sunday afternoon in New Haven, Connecticut.
Alistair St. HIlaire, Michael Esmond, Grant LaGreca, Nole Donohue and Julian Tarisi all scored goals for La Salle (7-5 overall). Jake Rossi got the win in goal.
The Explorers continued their holiday trip with the win Saturday afternoon in Providence. Julian Tarsi scored twice. Alistair St. Hilaire and Will Gregorio also scored goals. Jake Rossi recorded his second consecutive shutout, making 24 saves.
St. Joseph’s Prep 2 Gonzaga 1
St. Joseph’s Prep has advanced to the Prep Division championship game at the Purple Pucj tournament. Jai Perry-Pereira’s goal 6:28 into the second half gave the Hawks the semifinal win over Gonzaga Sunday morning in Springfield, Va.
St. Joseph’s Prep will face St. Ignatius from Cleveland in the championship game later this afternoon.
Gonzaga Prep 1 0—1
St. Joseph’s Prep 1 1—2
First-half goals: Bradan Fisher (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, 4:20; Matt Shay (G) from William Veneri, 21:53
Second-half goals: Jai Perry-Pareira (SJP) from Adam Charafi, 6:28
Shots: Gonzaga 27, St. Joseph’s Prep 23; Saves: Claude Engle-Kes 21, Declan Geary (SJP) 22
St. Ignatius 3 St. Joseph’s Prep 2
St. Ignatius built a 2-0 first-half lead and went on to a 3-2 win over St. Joseph’s Prep Saturday afternoon at the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Va.
Nolan Ignacio scored twice for St. Ignatius, including the game winner 4:45 into the second half. Frankie Ely and Bradan Fisher scored goals for the Hawks.
St. Ignatius 2 1—3
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 2—2
First-half goals: Kyle Rucinski (SI) from Aiden White and Patrick Rose, 10:54 (pp); Nolan Ignacio (SI) from Adam Ruyf and Gavin Marziani, 12:33 (pp)
Second-half goals: Frankie Ely (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, :16 (pp) Ignacio (SI) from Sam Elwell and Cade Bradley, 4:45; Bradan Fisher (SJP) from Ben Kursen, 16:11
Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 27, St. Ignatius 20; Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 17, Dominic Filizetti (SI) 25
St. Joseph’s Prep 4 Archbishop Spalding 0
Four different players scored goals as St. Joseph’s Prep bested Archbishop Spalding Saturday morning at the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Va.
Frankie Ely and Michael Washlick scored goals in the opening 25-miute half while Cole Gargon and Caden Kelly found the back of the net after intermission. Declan Geary stopped 19 shots in the shutout win.
St. Joseph’s Prep 2 2–4
Archbishop Spalding 0 0—0
First-half goals: Frankie Ely (SJP) from Michael Castelli, 1:57; Michael Washlick (SJP) from Jai Perry-Pereira and Aiden Quinn, 19:12
Second-half goals: Cole Gargon (SJP) from Ely and Caden Kelly, 10:34 (pp); Kelly (SJP) from Adam Charaffi, 15;48
Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 28, Archbishop Spalding 19; Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 19, Liam Brennan (AS) 24
Loyola 6 St. Joseph’s Prep 3
Ronan Marilley’s goal with 6:03 remaining in the second half was the game winner as Loyola from Montreal bested St. Joseph’s Prep 6-3 Friday afternoon in the opening round of the Purple Puck tournament in Springfield, Va.
The loss was the first for the Hawks in seven games, since a season-opening loss to La Salle.
Gino Giordani scored two empty-net goals in the final half minute to extend Loyola’s lead. Cole Sullivan, Cole Gargon, and Caden Kelly scored for the Hawks.
Alessio Servello gave Loyola the lead 6:18 into the first of two 25-miniute halves. Sullivan tied the game for the Hawks less than a minute later. Evan Harding put Loyola in front once more with 10:33 left in the half before Gorgon tied the game with 8:33 remaining.
Ryan Ghoche gave Loyola a 3-2 advantage with a power-play goal 5;28 into the second half. Kelly tied the game for the last time with 15:17 remaining but the Hawks could not score again.
The Hawks will be back in action Saturday, facing Archbishop Spalding from Annapolis, MD. and St. Ignatius from Cleveland. The tournament concludes on Sunday.
Loyola 2-4—6
St. Joseph’s Prep 2 1—3
First-half goals: Alessio Servello (L) from Ryan Ghoche and Jacob Bachour, 6:18; Cole Sullivan (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, 7:07; Evan Harding (L) from Gino Giardani and Mario Mignacca, 14:27; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Adam Charaffi and John Wagner, 16:03
Second-half goals: Ghoche (L) from Alex Gervaso, 5:28 (pp); Caden Kelly (HGP) from Aiden Quinn and Stuhl, 9:43; Ronan Marilley (L) from Servello, 18:57; Giordani (L) unassisted, 24:25 (en); Giordani (L) from Luca Duchesne, 24:34 (en)
Shots: Loyola 32, St. Joseph’s Prep 31; Saves: Vincent Parillo (L) 28, Declan Geary (SJP) 26
The Intercounty Scholastic Hockey League has announced selections for its annual all-star games.
The New Year’s Day tradition will renew next Thursday at Ice Line.
The six-game card will see more than 250 players taking the ice representing their teams and leagues.
The six-game card begins at 11 AM
11:00 Girls’ All-Star Game
Noon JV American
1:00 D2
2:00 JV National
3:00 Ches-Mont League vs. Central League
5:00 PCL/Prep Division vs. Pioneer Athletic Conference
The schedule is highlighted by the 3:00 matchup between the Central League and the Ches-Mont League, the Hunger Game. Proceeds from this game will be donated to food banks in Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester Counties. Ice Line is donating this ice for this game and the on-ice officials are donating their services.
Rosters for each game are available HERE
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National Division W L T PTS OTW OTL
C.R. South (9-1) 8 0 0 30 2 0
Pennridge (8-1) 7 2 0 29 0 1
North Penn (8-2) 7 2 0 29 0 1
Cent. Bucks South (7-4) 7 2 0 25 3 0
Pennsbury (4-6) 4 5 0 18 0 2
Souderton (3-6) 3 5 0 12 0 0
Neshaminy (3-6) 2 6 0 8 0 0
C.B. East (2-4) 2 3 0 8 0 0
C.R. North (2-4) 3 8 0 12 0 0
C.B. West (0-9) 0 9 0 0 0 0
American Division W L T PTS OTW OTL
Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-0) 6 0 0 24 0 0
Hatboro-Horsham (5-4) 5 3 0 20 1 1
Wissahickon (5-3) 5 2 0 19 1 0
Springfield (1-5) 1 5 0 5 0 1
Abington (0-8) 0 7 0 0 0 0
National Division Scoring G A Pts
Shane Dachwski Pr 20 19 39
Jackson Accardi CRN 10 13 33
James Rush Pr 15 17 32
Ivan Bondra CRN 16 9 25
Jake Weiner CRS 16 8 24
Jeremy Rayher 11 13 24
Cole Pluck NP 7 17 24
Landon Bishop Pr 9 14 23
Nolan Shingle(NP) 13 8 21
Samuel Norton NP 8 13 21
American Division Scoring G A Pts
Vincent Graziani HH 9 15 24
Nathan Nemchinov HH 12 10 22
Dan Guller PW 8 12 20
Darius Graziani HH 8 10 18
Ben Raebiger Wiss 14 3 17
Victor Wilkins HH 13 4 17
Logan Honeycutt 9 3 12
Cooper Kanze PW 7 5 12
Owen Quinn Sp 7 4 11
Brandon Wooldridge PW 4 7 11
By Amanda Graham
Hatboro-Horsham and Wissahickon got their second look of the season at each other on Thursday night and while the game held the same excitement and back-and-forth action it was the Hatters that walked away with the victory this time around, 8-7 Thursday night at Hatfield Ice.
Nathan Nemchinov’s goal with 45 seconds left in regulation was the game winner.
With the win, the Hatters improved to 5-3 in SHSHL American Division play and 5-4 overall. The Trojans dropped to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in the division.
Looking to avenge their overtime loss the last time the two teams met, Hatboro-Horsham came out of the gate hot and dominated the offense with the only shots in the first two minutes.
The tides quickly turned in favor of Wissahickon when Jack Raebiger took the puck up ice for the unassisted goal, 1-0. Hatboro-Horsham continued to dominate the offense over the course of the next three minutes tallying eight more shots, but the Trojans’ Benjamin Raebiger collected the puck from Logan Honeycutt converting their second shot of the game for the 2-0 lead.
Penalty trouble hit Wissahickon hard doing down by two players but the team’s grit prevailed when Benjamin Raebiger found the back of the net for his second goal of the game to put the Trojans in a three-goal advantage.
The Hatters took advantage of the power play and began mounting their comeback scoring three goals in the final five minutes of the first period to even the score. Darius Graziani started the resurgence with a goal off the assist of Victor Wilkins before going on to help Nathan Nemchinov, the Hatters top scorer of the night, with one of his two goals over a 45- second span.
“I knew the team was better than what they were playing. We called a timeout to help settle it in and we kept chipping away to get us back to even again,” said Hatboro-Horsham coach Shane Smith.
Penalty trouble continued to plague the Trojans, a holding call in the final 18 seconds of the first period to begin the second a player short. Benjamin Raebiger broke the tie in favor of the Trojans with his third goal of the night just under four minutes into the second period. A slashing call on Wissahickon gave the Hatters a chance to even the score with Victor Wilkins answering the call for the power-play goal.
With 6:19 left to play in the second, Benjamin Raebiger collected the loose puck off a blocked shot and found the back of the net for his fourth goal to break the tie and put the Trojans back on top, 5-4. Logan Honeycutt followed up two minutes later with the unassisted shot creating the first two-goal advantage for Wissahickon for the first time since early in the first period, 6-4.
The scoring didn’t slow in the final period. Vincent Graziani and Nathan Nemchinov found the stick of Darius Graziani (6-5) just a minute and a half in to start what would become a four-goal comeback for the Hatters. Offense slowed over the ensuing two minutes, but Graziani and Nemchinov converted their shots within 45 seconds of one another to push Hatboro-Horsham into the lead, 7-6. Scoring machine Raebiger capitalized on the power play a minute later to keep Wissahickon in reach evening the score at seven apiece.
Just 15 seconds later and down a player, Vincent Graziani and Darius Graziani worked together to get the puck to the stick of Nemchinov for the Hatters game-winning goal, 8-7. The goal marked the fourth of the game for Nemchinov.
“The game winning goal, we needed it. It was a clutch goal. Three minutes left in the game, we needed to burry one and luckily we got it and capped off the game,” Nemchinov said.
Coming back from an overtime let down the last time these teams faced one another, Hatboro-Horsham knew a victory was key for them tonight.
“They knew that this was a big game for them,” Smith said. “They knew that this was an important game for them. It was exciting to see my captains and upperclassmen take the lead. I didn’t have to do much cheering on for the boys. They really cheered each other on and pumping each other up.”
“I thought we played great,” said Wissahickon head coach James Rumsey. “We were down a lot of people and played late last night, but I think they all played extremely well and tried their hardest. [Goaltender] Fletcher did great and he kept us in there a lot.”
Lynch finished the game with 39 saves.
Hatboro-Horsham 3 1 4 – 8
Wissahickon 3 3 1 7 – 7
First Period Goals: Jack Raebiger 
unassisted, 13:39; Benjamin Raebiger from Logan Honeycutt, 10:08; Benjamin Raebiger unassisted, 05:58 (sh); Darius Graziani (HH) from Victor Wilkins, 05:01(pp); Nathan Nemchinov (HH) unassisted, 01:30; Nathan Nemchinov (HH) from Vincent Graziani, 00:45.
Second Period Goals: Benjamin Raebiger unassisted, 13:31; Victor Wilkins (HH) unassisted, 11:17 (pp); Benjamin Raebiger unassisted, 06:19; Logan Honeycutt unassisted, 04:12.
Third Period Goals: Darius Graziani (HH) from Vincent Graziani and Nathan Nemchinov, 15:24; Vincent Graziani (HH) from Darius Graziani and Nathan Nemchinov, 04:54; Nathan Nemchinov (HH) from Vincent Graziani, 04:09; Bejamin Raebiger from Joseph Gambino IV, 03:19 (pp); Nathan Nemchinov (HH) from Vincent Graziani and Darius Graziani, 03:04 (sh).
Shots: Hatboro-Horsham 47, Wissahickon 17; Saves: Eric Miller (HH) 10, Fletcher Lynch 39
PHILADELPHIA—Cole Gargon stepped up for St. Joseph’s Prep in a big way for Sr. Joseph’s Prep Wednesday afternoon. The sophomore scored three of his team’s goals as the Hawks bested Malvern Prep 4-1 in an APAC encounter at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Arena.
The win lifted St. Joseph’s Prep (5-1, 3-1 in the APAC) into a three-way tie for the top spot in the conference standings but the Hawks have a game in hand over Holy Ghost Prep and La Salle, the teams they are tied with.
The hosts had to play from behind. After a scoreless first frame Gabe Bedwell gave the Friars (2-5, 1-3) the lead 6:50 into the second people when he put in a rebound of Matt Barbacane’s shot.
Gargon tied the game with a power-play goal at the 7:56 mark and put his team ahead for good 86 seconds later when he weaved his way through traffic front of the net and beat Malvern Prep goaltender Riley Doyle.
Gargon completed his hat trick six minutes into the third period before Frank Ely, who missed some time after being helped off the ice with an injury early in the first period finished the scoring with 2:08 left in the game.
Afterwards, Gawk coach David Giacomin credited Gargon and his linemates for their effort.
“Their line played well,” he said. “It was tough being without Frankie Ely for a while because of the injury but once he came back it was nice to be able to get that line back.”
Giacomin noted his team had some ups and downs over the course of the afternoon.
“The first 10 minutes of the game we played really well,” he said. “Then they took it to us a bit and won the board battle and all that stuff and it took us a little while to get back into it.”
Giacomin said the break for an ice cut between the second and third periods helped the Hawks regain their focus.
“Today it was well needed,” he said. The second period was not a pretty period to watch. There were a lot of scrums, there wasn’t much up-and-down skating. We had to get them back to doing what we were supposed to do.”
The Friars were limited to just 15 shots on goal.
“We’ve been stressing moving through the ice, good zone entry, and getting shots on net,” aid Malvern Prep coach Bill Keenan. “We weren’t able to get much traffic today.
“Overall, I thought our effort was there for a period-and-a-half and then it tailed off.”
Malvern Prep 0 1 0—1
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 2 2—4
Second-period goals: Gabe Bedwell (MP) from Matt Barbcane and Paton Hoishak, 3:50 (pp); Cole Gargon (SJP) from Frank Ely, 9:04; Gargon (SJP) unassisted, 10:30 (pp)
Third-period goals: Gargon (SJP) from Michael Castelli and Ely, 6:00; Ely (SJP) unassisted, 14:52
Shots: Malvern Prep 15, St. Joseph’s Prep 25; Saves: Riley Doyle (MP) 21, Declan Geary (SJP) 14
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The Flyers Cup Committee has released its first set of rankings for the 2024-25 season., It’s the first major step toward the selection of the field for the Flyers Cup tournament at season’s end. The rankings were determined through a blend of ranking points and observations by committee members.
Class AAA
Class AA
Class A
1 West Chester Henderson
2 Garnett Valley
3 Kennett
4 Hershey
5 West Chester East
Girls
1 Avon Grove
2 Downingtown West
3 Conestoga
4 Kingsway
5 West Chester Hendersom
The La Salle Explorers went about their business one step at a time Wednesday afternoon. The results were impressive, a 6-0 win over The Hun School in an APAC matchup at Hatfield Ice Arena.
Grant LaGreca and Michael Zarzycki scored two goals each as La Salle improved to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 at the midway point in its APAC campaign.
LaGreca, a senior, cited the Explorers’ stick-to-basics approach.
“We’re just trying to focus on playing the right way,” he said. “Focusing on the D-zone, not cheating the game. Just kind of letting the hockey gods reward us with goals and playing good.”
It was LaGreca who got things started when he beat Raider netminder Patrick Donoghue just 45 seconds into the opening period. Zarzycki provided the setup before initiating a three-goal blitz with a shorthanded effort 69 seconds into the second frame. LaGreca followed up with a power-play effort at 4:57 before Zarzycki scored his second goal the game with 1:35 left in the middle period.
Hun School coach Eric Szeker the Raiders (0-2-1, 0-1 in the APAC) was hurt by a slow start.
“We were kind of running in quicksand for a bit there,” he said. “It was only 1-0 after the first. We just couldn’t find our game.
“It is what it is. We’re three games onto the season, we’ve got a young team [there were five underclassmen in the Hun School lineup) so, a lot to learn. We get to play again Friday, so we’re going to reset and look forward to that one.”
Because of school policy and NJSIAA regulations the Raiders start their season later than the other four APAC schools. But Szeker refused to cite scheduling issues as contributing to Wednesday’s result.
“We’ve been on the ice a couple weeks,” he said, “so, we should have a pretty good idea of what we want to do.
“I think of lot of credit goes to La Salle and [Coach Wally Muehlbronner] and what they have going on over there. They’ve got several lined that can play, they have a lot of good defensemen and a good goalie. We just ran into a good team today.”
Muehlbronner himself gave his team high marks.
“I thought we played well,” he said. “We came out hard, moved the puck well, all four lines played well, the D played well.”
LaGreca said efforts like Wednesday’s allow the veterans on the roster to set a standard for their teammates to emulate.
“All the returning seniors just want to show the younger guys and the new guy how to play the game and how to play the right way,” he said. “Because we’ve been there before.
• Jake Rossi earned the shutout in goal with 20 saves.
Hun School 0 0 0—0
La Salle 1 4 1—6
First-period goals: Grant LaGreca (L) from Michael Zarzycki, :45
Second-period goals: Zarzycki (L) unassisted, 1:09 (sh); LaGreca (L) from Zarzycki, 4:57 (pp); Zarzycki (L) from Tristan Mitchell and Declan Kelly, 15:25; Alastair St. Hilaire (L) from Noel Donohue and Luca Staffieri 16:58
Third-period goal: Julian Tarsi (L) from Staffieri and Donohue 10:50
Shots: Hun School 20, La Salle 54; Saves: Patrick Donoghue (HS) 48, Jake Rossi (L) 20
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