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Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference Previews

The Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference is set to kick off it’s inaugural season this week.

Here is a look at all four teams.

 

St. Joseph’s Prep

Head coach: David Giacomin (sixth season)

Last year: 26-4-1; Flyers Cup and Pennsylvania state Class 3A champions

Key players: Sr. Troy Stefano (GK); Sr. Dan McGill (GK); Sr. Nick Ciampitti (D); Sr. Nick Corrado (D); Jr. Mike Urbani (D); Sr. Evan Cassidy (F); Sr. Owen Kelly (F); Sr. Austin Amato (F)

Outlook: The Hawks lost their top two lines from last year to graduation so some retooling will likely be necessary. But this should still be a formidable group.

“We hope to be a speed driven team that will play hard in all three zones,” Giacomin says. “It probably will take time to see who we truly will be. Depth will play a big role this year.”

 

Holy Ghost Prep

Coach: Gump Whiteside (10th season)

Last year: 19-6

Key players: Jr. Sean Joyce (GK); Sr. Tom McNulty (D); Sr. Andrew Serafin (D); Sr. Alex D’Angelo (F); So. E.J. Pohl (F); So. Evan Murdick (F)

Outlook: The Firebirds feature a blend of senior leadership and young talent after reaching the Flyers Cup finals a year ago. Joyce, a first-year starter in goal, will be a key to this team’s success.

 

LaSalle

Coach: Wally Muehlbronner (21st season)

Last year: 14-10

Key players: Jr. Aidan McCabe (GK); Sr. Zach Baker (D)

Outlook: The Explorers will likely field the most experienced team in the league; 15 players return from what was a young team a year ago. Muehlbronner likes the balance in his lineup. Goaltender McCabe will be a lynchpin.

 

Malvern Prep

Coach: Dave Dorman (fifth season)

Last year: 13-7-1

Key players: Sr. Dan Dougherty (GK); So. Chris Blango (D); So. Jack Constabile (D); Sr. Charlie Andress (F); Sr. Nick Martino (F); So. Kenny Connors (F); Sr. Kyle Washkalavitch (F); So. Ryan Sambuco (F)

Outlook: A young Friars squad reached the Flyers Cup semifinals a year ago; nine freshmen saw varsity time last year; a number of those returnees are expected to fill key roles this season. Dougherty offers a veteran presence in goal.

 

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Counting Down to the Debut of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference

A new era is dawning in Philadelphia-area scholastic hockey as the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference prepares to open its 20-18-19 season.

The new league features four schools, St. Joseph’s Prep, Holy Ghost Prep, LaSalle, and Malvern Prep, all with rich hockey traditions. Collectively, they have won 23 Flyers Cups, 21 of them in Class 3A, including the last eight, 11 of the last 12, and 16 of the last 18.

The caliber of hockey in the new league promises to be superb.  David Giacomin, the head coach at St. Joseph’s Prep, the defending Flyers Cup champion, says the four schools were looking to go against good competition on a regular basis.

“I think the big thing for all four of the schools was, we wanted to play in league where it was very competitive for everybody,” he said. “We wanted to compete against a stronger schedule. We’ll play each other three times apiece plus the (non-league game), we formed an agreement with the schools in South Jersey to play them so we’re playing the same type of teams to make this a very even playing field, but it’s giving the best competition that we could possibly find in the area on a consistent basis.”

The foundation the APAC runs much deeper however. Hockey at each of the member schools is a full-fledged varsity sport and the administrations at all four institutions are committed to fitting their respective hockey programs into their school’s educational philosophy.

“it’s run through the school,’ Giacomin said. “Everything goes through them, we have the full support of the Prep community and the full backing of the entire school. So, it’s super important. It doesn’t really mean that much for hockey itself, but it means more for the kids, to be able to turn around and say ‘I play for my school’ and it is a sponsored school sport where you’re getting the full backing of your community. That means the most to them.”

The majority of the league schedule will be played in the afternoon, which Giacomin believes will stimulate student attendance at the games.

“Looking at the way we’re doing it now, if we’re able to bring kids right from the school, immediately after school and starting the game at four o’ clock, that frees them up to do all their studies in the evening,” he said. “So, we’re hoping this format is going to work to our advantage and to be able to bring a lot of the student body in.”
Holy Ghost Prep and LaSalle will play the first APAC league game in history, Friday, November 2 at 7:30 at Grundy Arena.

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Opening Night

Results from Wednesday

LaSalle 10, Pennridge 0

 

AHA Showcase

William Tennent 13, Archbishop Wood 6

Hatboro-Horsham 9, Souderton 7

 

Thursday

C.B. South 7, North Penn 4

 

Current AHA Showcase Standings

Father Judge              3-0

C.B. East.                     2-1

C.B. South                   2-1

Hatboro-Horsham   2-1

North Penn               1-2

Souderton                1-2

William Tennent 1-2

Archbishop Wood   0-3

 

New PA Prep Hockey League Forming

Some of the most prominent scholastic ice hockey programs in the Philadelphia area are aligning to form a new conference.

Holy Ghost Prep, LaSalle, St. Joseph’s Prep, and Malvern Prep will compete against one another this coming season.

The four schools are in different leagues in other sports. Holy Ghost Prep belongs to the Bicentennial Athletic League, St. Joseph’s Prep and LaSalle to the Philadelphia Catholic League, and Malvern Prep to the InterAc League.

The four schools will play each other three times each over the course of the season. A source told Hockey Happenings that plans call for each team to play six of its nine conference games in the afternoon, the other three at night. The regular season will be followed by a pair of one-game semifinals and a one-game final.

The idea behind the new league was to form a conference composed entirely of schools where ice hockey is considered a full-fledged varsity sport. Veteran Holy Ghost Prep coach Gump Whiteside notes that all four member schools fit hockey into their athletic and academic structures.

“I think that stems from the leadership at these schools,” he said.
All four schools involved in the alliance have longstanding hockey traditions. LaSalle has won 10 Flyers Cup titles, nine in Class 3A and one in Class 2A. Malvern Prep has won seven Cups, all in Class 3A. Holy Ghost Prep has won three Class 3A Flyers Cup titles to go with one in Class 2A while St. Joseph’s Prep claimed its first Flyers Cup title when it won the Class 3A title this past March.

The four schools will remain part of the Flyers Cup structure where will compete in Class 3A but will not be aligned with the Suburban High School Hockey League or the Intercounty Scholastic Hockey League. for scheduling purposes

Jim Britt, who has had a long association with amateur hockey, will serve as commissioner of what is expected to be known as the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference.

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.

 

 

St. Joseph’s Prep and LaSalle to Meet in Benefit Hockey Game

LaSalle High School and St. Joseph’s Prep will meet Monday afternoon, February 5 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 rink (3:30 start) to honor the memory of the late Salvatore Di Nubile.

The St. Joseph’s Prep student and hockey player was shot and killed in South Philadelphia this past October.

The school has established a scholarship in his name and all receipts from Monday’s game have been earmarked to fund that scholarship.

The day’s festivities will include music and a 50/50 drawing.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 students.

The rink is located at 3130 Walnut Street in Philadelphia

 

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Hockey Happenings for 1-29-18

 

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Firebirds Get Big Win

Holy Ghost Prep picked up its biggest win of the season last Friday with a 2-1 win over LaSalle in. Suburban High School Hockey League Class 3A encounter at Hatfield Ice. Luke Aquaro and Shane Stevens scored the goals for the defending Flyers Cup Class 3A champions.

I was just really happy with our team,” said Holy Ghost Prep coach Gump Whiteside. “I told them after the game, ‘That’s a total team effort. You’re playing a great team down the hallway there.’

“We needed everybody to step up and we did. We just worked for three periods and I can’t be more prouder for our guys.”

Last Friday’s game was a wonderful advertisement for high-school hockey. The goaltenders were superb. Tristan Devine made 28 saves for the Firebirds his LaSalle counterpart, Will Affel, made 24.

The two teams will have a rematch on February 7 at Grundy Arena.

 

 

Truman and Pennsbury Set to Meet in Cancer Benefit

Truman and Pennsbury will met in the annual Lois Daley benefit game on Friday, February 9 at Grundy Arena. The game is a benefits the WINK4PINK organization at Pennsbury High which provides support to cancer patients in Lower Bucks County, assisting them with issues that are not covered by insurance.

The game is played in honor of the late Lois Daley, a driving force behind the Pennsbury hockey program since its inception before she lost her battle with cancer. Her son Ryan is now part of the Pennsbury coaching staff.

A middle-school game between Truman and Neshaminy will kick off the evening at 6:00 before the puck drops for the varsity game at 7:30.

 

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.

 

 

 

SHSHL Class 2A Scoring               G   A   Pts

Eric Slater Pennridge                   22 16 38

Matt Stoll   C.B. South                  20 15 35

Joe DeLaurentis C.B. South          21 13 34

Zac Herman C.R. North                17 13 30

Michael Walker Pennridge           16 13 29

Andrew Galetta North Penn          15  8  23

Matt Meli C.R. South                     18  5  23

Nathan Oh North Penn                   8 14  22

Daniel Guest C.R. North                 11 9  20

 

 

SHSHL Class 1A Scoring                   G   A   Pts

Bryan Gary Wiss                              37 21 58

Ari Nordlinger UD                            34 11 45

Dean Keller  PW                                29 6  35

Jacob Mueller HH                             15 13 28

Oran Serafin UD                               18   9  27

 

 

SHSHL Class 2A Standings                  W L T Pts

*C.B. South                                         9 0 0 18

* Council Rock South                          6 2 1 13

Pennridge                                           5 1 1 11

North Penn                                          5 1 1 11

Central Bucks West                             5 3 0 10

Council Rock North                              4 3 1 9

Central Bucks East                               3 4 0 6

William Tennent                                  1 6 2 4

Souderton                                             2 4 0 4

Neshaminy                                            1 6 1 3

Truman                                                 0 4 1 1

Truman                                                 0 7 0 0

  • Clinched SHSHL playoff spot

 

 

Class A Standings                                 W L T Pts

Wissahickon                                         10 0 0 20

Hatboro-Horsham                                  7 3 0 14

Upper Dublin                                          7 5 0 14

Abington                                                 6 3 0 12

Lower Moreland                                     6 4 0 12

New Hope Solebury                                 2 7 0  4

Plymouth Whitemarsh                            2 9 0   4

Upper Moreland                                      0 9 0  0

 

Results include divisional games reported through Friday, January 27.

League season consists of 11 games in Class 2A, 14 in Class 1A

 

 

Ches-Mont League     W L T OTL Pts

WC Rustin                    6 0 1 2     15

Downingtown West     5 3 1 0      11

West Chester East       5 3 1 0      11

Avon Grove                  4 3 1 0      9

Downingtown East       4 2 0 0      8

Unionville                     4 6 0 0     8

WC Henderson             1 8 1 0     3

 

League Games Through 1-27-18

 

Central League North   W L T OTL  Pts

Conestoga                     7 2 0 0        14

Haverford                      6 1 0 2        14

Lower Merion               6 2 1 0         13

Radnor                          3 6 0 0          6

Harriton                        1 8 0 0 2       2

Marple Newtown          1 10 0 0       2

 

Central League South  W L T OTL     Pts

Springfield=Delco        12 0 0 0         24

Strath Haven                 7 2 0 1          15

Ridley                           6 2 1  2           15

Penncrest                     4 6 0 1            11

Garnet Valley              3 9 0 1             7

 

League games through 1-27

 

 

A Reminder

Seedings and pairings for the 39th Fyers Cup will be announced on Sunday, February 25.

 

 

 

 

Holy Ghost Prep 2, LaSalle 1

HATFIELD—Two of the area’s best hockey teams shared the ice in Hatfield Friday night, bringing with them arguably the area’s two best goaltenders who between them produced a masterpiece.
Holy Ghost Prep got goals from Luke Aquaro and Shane Stevens to post a 2-1 win over LaSalle in a Suburban High School Hockey League Class 3A matchup. But the brightest stars of the night were in goal.
The Firebirds’ Tristan Devine stopped 28 of the 29 shots he saw. The Explorers’ William Affel turned aside 24 of 26 shots.
Devine did his best work in the third period when he made 17 saves while protecting a one-goal lead. “He just battled,” Firebird coach Gump Whiteside said of his netminder, “and our players feed off of that. He works incredibly hard at practice and it carries over to the game.
“He does a great job. He stays focused; if he gets beat he doesn’t let it bother him.”
The Firebirds (12-4, 2-0 SHSHL Class 3A) took a 1-0 lead 3:39 into the first period when Luke Aquaro made a rush up the center of the ice, forced his way between two opponents, and beat Affel low and inside the right post. Stevens made it a 2-0 game 5:42 into the second period with a wrestler from midway between the two faceoff circles.
LaSalle answered back with a goal from freshman Jan Olenginski who scored a goal too commemorate his first LaSalle-Holy Ghost Prep game. He put in a a rebound of Sam Lipkin’s original shot.
The penalty box was crowded during the first two periods. There was plenty of hitting and the officials kept a tight rein on the goings on by calling 15 penalties in the first 32 minutes, eight to the Firebirds, seven to the Explorers. At the end of the second frame the officials huddled with Aquaro and LaSalle captain John McCuen and things simmered down after that; just one penalty was called each way in the final period.
A major portion of the third frame was played at the Firebirds’ end of the ice. Devine was often under duress but was equal to the challenge. “You’re under a lot of pressure,” he said. “But we stepped it up really big. We had a lot of heart at the end, blocking shorts left and right.”
Affel was just as good at the other end of the ice. “They had some great opportunities that Will made great saves on,” said LaSalle coach Wally Muehlbronner. “It could have been a lot worse early on.”
By evening’s end, LaSalle (12-6-1, 2-3) had a 29-26 edge in shots.
“We came out not quite with the energy they did,” Muelbronner said, “but I think we got it going in the second and third. It was a typical Ghost-LaSalle game toward the end there.”

Holy Ghost Prep 1 1 0—2
LaSalle 0 1 0—1
First-period goal: Luke Aquaro (HGP) from Max Massari, 3:39.
Second-period goals: Shane Stevens (HGP) from Colin Costello and Andrew Serafin, 5:42; Jan Olenginski (L) from Sam Lipkin and Daniel Sambuco, 7:00.
Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 26, LaSalle 29; Saves: Tristan Devine (H) 28, William Affel (L) 24.
Records: Holy Ghost Prep (12-4, 2-0 SHSHL Class 3A Division); LaSalle (12-6-1, 2-3).

 

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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 it is 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.

 

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The Hill School 2, LaSalle 0

HATFIELD— The Hill School generated an abundance of scoring chances Wednesday afternoon. La Salle did not. The result was a 2-0 win for the Blues in a Mid-Atlantic Prep League game at Hatfield Ice. C.J. Duval scored both goals, one into an empty net. as Hill School improved to 14-5-2 overall and 5-0 in the MAPL.
The Blues limited the Explorers (11-6-1, 3-2) to 14 shots in the 54-minute game and successfully killed off seven penalties.
‘At this point in the season we want to be a team that can win different ways,” said winning coach Chris Bala, “and tonight we were opportunistic when we needed to be.”
Duval gave Hill School a 1-0 lead when he scored off a feed from David Hill 9:40 into the opening period. The Blues had an 11-4 edge in shoots in the first frame but netminder William Affel kept the opposition at bay.
The key point in the game came late in the second period when back-to-back penalties left the Blues two men short for 1 minute, 47 seconds. LaSalle failed to generate a single shot on goal during the two-man advantage.
“(Killing penalties) has been a strength for us all year,” Bala said. “I think we’ve got some players who are really reliable, and rugged, and willing to do the dirty jobs. And our PK was really good.”
Bala noted that his goaltender, Dalton Jerzak, was sharp as well. It starts with any team with the goaltender,” he said. Dalton made the saves when he needed to.
Affel was sharp in the LaSalle net before Duval scored into an empty net with 29 seconds left in the third period. But the Explorers didn’t generate a lot of offense, a circumstance which frustrated their coach, Wally Muehlbronner.
“It was a tough game,” he said. “We’ve got to compete harder. It’s that simple. If you don’t compete hard you’re not going to get many opportunities.
LaSalle will face Holy Ghost Prep Friday night at 7:10 at Hatfield Ice.

Hill School 1 0 1—2
LaSalle 0 0 0—0
First-period goal: C.J. Duval (H) from David Hill and Alex Kiviniemi, 9:40.
Third-period goal: Duval (H) from Kiviniemi and Walpole, 17:31(en).
Shots: Hill School 27, LaSalle 14; Saves: Dalton Jerzak (H) 14, William Affel (L) 25.
Records: Hill School (14-5-2); LaSalle (11-6-1)

Our thanks to the administration and staff at Holy Ghost Prep for their support of this web site.

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 it is 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.