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St. Joseph’s Prep 3 Hun School 1

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP—With just eight days remaining in the APAC regular season, teams are striving to climb over each other and gain a foothold that strengthens their position not only in the conference standings but also in the minds of the members of the committee that will seed the Class AAA portion of the upcoming Flyers Cup tournament. 

St. Joseph’s Prep took a step up on Friday night, climbing over The Hun School 3-1 on Senior Night at the Skatium.

Cathal Dowd, Liam Mooney, and Joey Samango all scored goals for the Hawks (7-6 overall) who moved into second place in the APAC standings with a 3-2-0-2 conference mark, one point ahead of La Salle. The Hawks and Explorers will meet on Wednesday to conclude their respective league schedules.

Hun School (7-7 overall) stands at 2-3-1-0 in the conference with games remaining against Malvern Prep on Wednesday and Holy Ghost Prep next Friday.

The first meeting between the two teams (a 1-0 Hun School win) was decided on the last shot of a shootout and Friday’s game was closely contested as well, despite the Hawks’ margin of victory.

“They played hard,” Mooney said of the Raiders. “They’re hard to play against. They had a couple good lines; they were a couple guys short (due to suspensions) but I thought we played them pretty tough, played them pretty well.”

Hun School Coach Ian McNally noted that Friday’s game featured a rematch between the goaltenders who hooked up in the teams’ first meeting; the Hawks Ajay White and the Raiders Stephen Chen. He was impressed with White’s winning performance.

“We scored one (regulation) goal; in two games against this kid. He was in our kitchen.”

Mooney noted Friday’s game had a different flow than the first meeting and the Hawks generated more opportunities.

“(Chen) played really good last time,” he said. “Today, we just got more shots on him. That was the key to winning today.”

Cathal Dowd gave St. Joseph’s Prep a 1-0 lead 10:34 into the first period when he scored off a turnover just to the right of Chen in front of the Raider’s net. The fast-paced first sessions saw the teams generate 30 shots between them.

Play slowed a bit in the second frame and it was still a 1-0 game early in the third period before Mooney’s goal extended his team’s lead.

Elian Estulin cut that lead in half when he scored off a Hawk turnover but Nick Storti cemented the victory for the hosts when he scored a power-play goal with 1:52 remaining in regulation.

”In our league, every team battles to the end,” said Hawk coach David Giacomin. “It was basically a one-goal game up until the power play.”

In two meetings against each other, Chen and White combined to stop 131 of 135 shots in regulation and overtime. Chen made 66 saves and White 65

Hun School 0 0 1—1

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Cathal Dowd (HGO) from Dante Passio, 10:34

Third-period goals: Liam Mooney (SJP) from Charles Maratea, 3:52; Elian Estulin (HS) from Seth Kaplan, 7:54; Nick Storti (SJP) from Jeffrey Hammond, 15:08 (pp)

Shots: Hun School 34, St. Joseph’s Prep 35; Saves; Stephen Chen (HS) 32, Ajay White (SJP) 32

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APAC Results for 1-26

Hill School 4 Hun School 1

Jesse Corser-James scored two goals as the Blues bested the Raiders Wednesday in a Mid Atlantic Hockey League game.

Brandon Marino scored for the Raiders, who were outshot 41-17.

Jack Borek made 37 saves while taking the loss in goal.

Hill School 1 2 1—4

Hun School 0 0 1—1

Lawrenceville 6 La Salle 0

A.J. Maner delivered a hat trick as the Big Red shut out the shorthanded Explorers in a Mid Atlantic Hockey League game Wednesday afternoon at Hatfield Ice.

La Salle was without several veterans due to injury and a class retreat.

Lawrenceville 1 2 3—6

La Salle 0 0 0—0

APAC Update for 1-23-22

                                                               Won     Lost     OTW     OTL     Pts

Malvern Prep (10-3)                               5            1          1            0       17

St. Joseph’s Prep (4-5-1)                      2            2          0            2       8

La Salle (5-6)                                          2            2          0            1        7

Holy Ghost Prep (9-7)                          1            3          1            1        6

Hun School (6-6)                                   1            2          1            0      5

This Week

Monday:      Malvern Prep 5 La Salle 4 OT

Wednesday: Hill School 4 Hun School 1

                        Lawrenceville 6 La Salle 0

 Thursday:      Pingry School at Hun School  4:00

                       St. Joseph’s Prep 4 Malvern Prep 2

Scoring                                    GP     G     A     Pts.    PPG

Jeremy Jacobs (MP)               5       5      6      11     2.20

Matt Harris (MP)                     5       4      6      10      2.00

Joey Samango (SJP)                5       7     2        9      1.80

Jim Jacobs (MP)                      5       5      4       9      1.80

Pierre Larocque (MP)             5      3       3      6       1.20

Sean Marshall (HGP)              6       4      3       7      1.17

Brady Baehser (HGP)             6       3      3       6       1.00

Jeffrey Hammond (SJP)         5       2      3       5       1.00

Elian Estulin (HS)                    4    2         2      4         1.00

Josh Ovelette (HS)                  4    1         3     4         1.00

Conference ganes only

La Salle 3 Hun School 1

HATFIELD— Aries Carangi stepped up when his team needed him. The La Salle netminder made 38 saves Wednesday afternoon as the Explorers bested Hun School 3-1 at Hatfield Ice in a APAC/Mid-Atlantic Prep League joust.

Carangi, a junior, did his best work in the third period when he stopped 15 shots to lead his team to its third straight win (3-4 overall, 1-2 APAC, 3-0 MAPL). Five of those saves came during a Hun School (4-3, 0-1-1-0 in the APAC, 0-2 MAPL) power play when the Explorers’ Chase Hannon drew a roughing penalty with 5:01 left in regulation.

“Coming into the third, I got real focused up,” Carangi said. “Just took it one shot at a time and I went on from there.”

Carangi pointed out the Explorers are  figuring out how to blend their collective abilities after a slow start to the season.

“I think the guys have just all bought into ‘defense first,’ he said. “Move into the neutral zone, then go to the offensive zone.”

La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner celebrated the fact his team embraced the ‘back to basics’ mindset.

“We seem to be playing a pretty simple game but we’re playing hard,” he said. “It was a tough game. A tough, physical game.”

Gavin O’ Connell gave La Salle a 1-0 lead when he put in a rebound 9:55 into the first period, beating the Raiders’ Jack Borek. Chris Wnek made it 2-0 just 38 seconds into the second frame. Scott Richmond’s shorthanded goal off a La Salle turnover at the 10:55 mark cut the Explorer lead in half.

The Explorers’ Ryan Desmond scored the only goal of the third period at the 5:37 mark on a one-timer from the left faceoff circle after a dash up the wing. 

The Raiders outshot their foes 15-5 in the final period but their coach, Ian McNally was quick to point out many of those shots did not come from prime locations.

“We had (38) shots and pretty limited action from our chances,” he said. We’re trying the same things over and over again, unfortunately.”

McNally says he’s addressing the issue with his players in practice. “How can we cover the zone differently? How can we staring passes together. Hope can we create separation between you and the (defense) so we’re not just walking in and taking a wrist shot. Either (the defense block it or the goalie blocks it.

“There’s no secondary chance. There’s no puck movement that makes everybody move left to right. We keep talking about it and we keep not doing it. So, we deserved to lose 3-1.”

Hun School 0 1 0—1

La Salle 1 1 1—3

First-period goals: Gavin O’ Connell (L) from Chris Wnek and Tim Whitock, 9:55

Second-period  goals: Chris Wnek (L) from Jackson Lindmar, :38 Scott Richmond (Hun) from Josh Ovellette, 10:55 (sh)

Third-period goals: Ryan Desmond (L) from Dean Carvalho 5:37

Shots: Hun School 38; La Salle 23 Saves: Jack Borek (M) 20, Aries Carangi (L) 37

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APAC Standings 12-11-21

APAC Standings   As of 9 p.m. on Wednesday 12-15

                                              W     L     OTW OTL     Pts

Malvern Prep (7-2)             4      0       0       0          12

Hun School (5-5)                  1     2       1       0          5

Holy Ghost Prep (9-2)         1     2       1       0          5

La Salle (3-4)                         1      2       0      0         3

St. Joseph’s Prep (2-4-1)     0     1       0       2        2

This Week

Tuesday: Lawrenceville 5, Hun School 4

Wednesday: Malvern Prep 7, Hun School 2

Hun School 1 St Joseph’s Prep 0 (sh)

Hamilton Township, N.J.—High-school hockey doesn’t any better than this, from a goaltending point of view. Stephen Chen (Hun School) and Ajay White (St. Joseph’s Prep) were letter perfect in their Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference matchup Thursday afternoon at Ice Land. For 51 minutes of regulation and five minutes of overtime the two were impregnable. Chen, a junior, stopped 34 shots while White, a sophomore, turned aside 32.

The Raiders’ Riley Frost was able to put a puck over White’s left shoulder in the bottom of the third round of a shootout to give his team a 1-0 in its first APAC game in school history.

For his part, Chen tried to focus on the task at hand. “It was an awesome experience for sure,” he said, “but I think the focus was just to win the game, focus on the next shot, and enjoy the moment.”

White was the losing goaltender on the scoresheet, simply because there had to be a winner. But their were no flaws to be found in his performance. “That was fun to watch,” he said. “I have a lot of respect for (Chen). He stole the game for them. He made a lot of big saves. It’s a fun atmosphere to play in.”

Despite the scoreline, it was not an easy afternoon for either netminder. Both were challenged often but came up big repeatedly.

As the game wore on, Chen focused on maintaining his concentration. “There are moments when thoughts pop into your mind,” he said, “but as a goaltender, the most important thing is to have a free mind and just stay in the zone and concentrate on the next shot.”

White embraced the challenge of matching his opponent’s performance at the other end of the ice. “I like competition,” he said. “It’s always fun. I think it definitely helps.”

St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin noted his team had quality chances but Chen took them away. “We were preaching to the kids just to keep putting pressure on him,” he said, “and keep getting shots to the net. We had some wide open shots where his leg came out of nowhere or a glove came out of nowhere.

‘I think it was probably about eight of them that we counted that the puck should have been in the net, but he found a way to get to that spot and stole it from us. He played a phenomenal hockey game and so did our guy.”

Hun School’s Ryan Croddick battles opponents for the puck in Thursday’s game (Robert Barnes)

For Hun School coach Ian McNally, Thursday’s encounter was a new experience. “I’ve never been part of a 0-0 game at this level,” he said. “That was stressful. And frustrating, because you go through a period without scoring, and then you try to talk about what you can do to score and then you go through another period with scoring.

“You try a different strategy, different lines and nothing’s working. It was exciting and stressful all at the same time.”

Ice Chips—With the win, Hun School improves to 4-2 overall. The Hawks now stand at 2-3-1 (0-2 in the APAC). The game featured six minor penalties, three against each team.

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 0 0 0 (0)

Hun School 0 0 0 0 (1)—1

Shootout goal: Riley Frost (HS)

Shots: SJP 34, Hun School 32; Saves: A.J. White (SJP) 32, Stephen Chen (HS) 34

A New Era is Unfolding at The Hun School

A new day is dawning at The Hun School. Come Thursday afternoon at the stroke of 4, at the Ice Land Skating Center in Hamilton Township, N.J, the Raiders will embark on their first season of conference play in the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference. St. Joseph’s Prep will provide the opposition.

The Raiders started their season this past weekend in Western Pennsylvania at the Shady Side Academy tournament where they won three of four games.

Hun School is no stranger to the schools in the APAC, it has competed regularly against conference members in non-league games in seasons past. They are also members, along with La Salle, in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League.

Ian McNally, Hun School’s veteran coach, is familiar with the APAC’s history. “When they started this league, I kind of knew what it was,” he said, “but I caught up last year with (La Salle coach Wally Muhelbronner) more about it.”

McNally, who played college hockey at Princeton, says that membership in the APAC makes the regular season more meaningful.

“Previous to the Mid-Atlantic League, we were just playing a selection of games,” he said. “Just schedule 20 games and you play them. It’s great, but it’s hard to get up for everything for the kids. Sometimes there wasn’t the same amount of emphasis put on playing well and getting the win each time.

“I think that was the goal, to try to have our schedule be all meaningful games. We’d go play Malvern on a Wednesday afternoon but for either team, it wasn’t necessarily the biggest game of the year. So, we’ll have those same games and they’ll all be more meaningful and impactful.  I think for the kids, it’s a big benefit to feel like there’s (three) points on the line each game.”

The Hun School is unique among the APAC membership. It is the first coeducational school in the conference and has boarding students. Also, the school starts its hockey season later than the other conference members to avoid having it overlap with fall sports. But it is committed to putting a quality hockey team on the ice while remaining committed to academic excellence.

“We’re not looking to be a hockey factory,” McNally said, “but we do have strong hockey kids and have a competitive hockey team, so having likeminded schools to play against, it means something. It was a pretty easy ‘Yes’ for us (to joining the APAC) and I hope it was an easy ‘Yes’ for them to want us in the league as well.”

A number of Hun School players are presently playing club hockey but some played other sports for their school this fall.

“Half our team has been here but not been playing hockey,” McNally said. Some of them played football or soccer for Hun or ran cross country.

So, not only are we catching up that way but there’s kids that haven’t played since whenever they last played at their home. Maybe when they left in August or whatever so we’ll see.

“I think we’ll be fine and the difference I think for us is once we start, we skate every day so we’ll probably catch up, in terms of hours on the ice, pretty quick.”

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Hun School 6, St. Joseph’s Prep 0

 

 

Hun School defeated St. Joseph’s Prep 6-0 Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the Purple Puck Tournament in Washington, D.C. The Hawks outshot their opponent 28-14 but couldn’t find the back of the net.

The Hawks started their Sunday with a 4-0 win over  Archbishop Spalding in a game that saw them outshoot their foes 58-6.

They were also scheduled to face St. John’s from Washington, D.C. in a 2:15 start.  The tournament semifinals and finals are scheduled for Monday.