Wissahickon 6 Plymouth Whitemarsh 4

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP— Wissahickon charged out of the starting gate Thursday night and maintained its momentum all night long. The Trojans scored three times in the first period and went on to a 6-4 win over Plymouth Whitemrsh in a SHSHL American Division semifinal at Hatfield Ice.

Third-seeded Wissahickon (9-7) will face top-seeded Abington next Thursday at the same venue for the American Division title; the Trojans are the defending champions. The second-seeded Colonials dropped to 11-5.

Both teams are hoping to land bids in the Class A Flyers Cup tournament; the field will be revealed Sunday night.

Wednesday’s game wasn’t as close as the final score might have indicated. Ty Schiff, Will Hussa, and Nick Hussa scored the Trojans’ early goals and the Colonials spent the rest of the evening playing catchup.

“We’ve been turning it on lately,” said Wissahickon coach Ken Harrington,” and playing more as a team.”

The Trojans have won four of their last five games and Harrington says his players have enjoyed the emotions that that success has generated.

“They may not know it, but they know the feel of winning,” he said.

Luke Weikel scored consecutive goals for the Colonials, the first with nine seconds left in the first period, the next at the 3:01 mark of the second, to make it a one-goal game for a time. Hudson Honeycutt and Will Hussa responded for the Trojans however and while Plymouth Whitemarsh stayed close enough to force their opponent to stay focused, the Colonials never posed a serious threat.

That was due in part to the work of Michael Bonnani in the Wissahickon net, the senior made 32 saves. Bonnani was pressed into service as a goaltender two-and-a-half seasons ago. He says he’s grown as a player since then.

“I definitely have felt improvement,” he said. “I’ve come a long way from just flopping around in the net and getting hit in the face with pucks. I still get hit in the face but I’ve learned to deal with it better.”

Bonnani had a stout defense corps in front of him. “We played a defensive game,” said. “That’s how you beat these teams in this league. You have to play defense.

“We learned that throughout the season. We were getting scored on a lot and we had to switch it up and play team defense.”

Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Josh Aiello said the Trojans quick start proved too much to overcome but he was impressed with his players’ collective efforts.

“There’s no quit in the team,” he said. “(The game) didn’t start off favorably for us but we were dedicated and continued to nettle.

“We knew there would be a lot of back and forth especially with Wissahickon. They got the better of us tonight but I’m proud of our players.”

Wissahickon 3 2 1—6

Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 2 1—4

First-period goals: Ty Schiff from Nick Hussa, 6:22 (pp); Will Hussa from Schiff, 9:37; Nick Hussa unassisted, 15:48; Luke Weikel (PW) from Aidan Keogh, 16:51

Second-period goals: Weikel (PW) from Dylan Novitski, 3:01; (PW); Hudson Honeycutt from Griffin Lynch, 5:50 (pp); Will Hussa from Honeycutt, 12:09; Timothy Murphy (PW) from Weikel, 13:45

Third-period goals: Nick Hussa from A.J. Pounds, 4:34; Isaac Mishkin (PW) from Weikel, 16:46

Shots: Wissahickon 43, Plymouth Whitemarsh 36; Saves: Michael Bonnani 32; Kolton Galie (PW) 37

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SHSHL Update for 2-21-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (14-0-1) 9 0 1 0 19

Council Rock South (11-1-2) 9 0 1 0 19

Pennsbury (10-3-1) 8 2 0 0 16

Central Bucks South (6-7-1) 6 3 0 1 13

Neshaminy (8-5-1) 5 5 0 0 10

Council Rock North (7-7) 5 5 0 0 10

Central Bucks East (6-8) 5 5 0 0 10

Souderton (7-7) 4 6 0 0 8

Bensalem (3-11) 1 9 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (5-9) 2 8 0 0 2

North Penn (1-13) 0 10 0 0 0

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (13-1) 12 0 0 0 24

Plymouth Whitemarsh (11-4) 9 3 0 0 18

Wissahickon (8-7) 8 4 0 0 16

Quakertown (7-8) 7 5 0 0 14

William Tennent (3-12) 3 9 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-10-0-1) 2 8 0 1 5

Hatboro-Horsham (1-13) 0 11 0 0 0

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Karson Grainey (CRN) 26 16 42

Shane Siegmund (PB) 15 22 37

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 19 12 31

Kevin Pico (Pr) 16 13 29

Kevin Koles (CRS) 13 15 28

Nick Hahn (CRN) 10 18 28

Jackson Accardi (CRN) 16 9 25

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 13 10 23

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 15 7 22

Anthony Pagliei (Q) 13 8 21

Reece Millman (Pb) 10 11 21

Class A G A Pts

Aidan Keogh (PW) 18 40 58

Luke Weikel (PW) 36 19 55

Matt Kramer (Ab 28 16 44

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 18 21 39

Pat Stelacio (Ab) 22 12 34

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 18 16 34

Matthew Flynn (PW) 9 23 32

Jack Bocul (UD) 22 7 29

Will Hussa (Wiss) 16 15 31

Jack Bocul (UD) 22 7 29

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 21 8 29

SHSHL Updated Playoff Schedule

Wednesday, February 23

Class AA Quarterfinals

1 CR South vs. 8 Souderton 7:50 at Rev. Ice Gardens

4 C.B. South vs. 5 C.R. North 8:30 at Hatfield Ice

2 Pennridge vs. 7 C.B. East 7:20 at Hatfield Ice

3 Pennsbury vs. 6 Neshaminy 7:20 at Grundy Arena

Thursday, February 24

Class A Semifinals

1 Abington vs 4 Quakertown 7:10 at Hatfield

2 Plymouth Whitemarsh vs. 3 Wissahickon 8:50 at Hat. Ice

Wednesday 3-2

Class AA Semifinals at Hatfield

7:10 Top half of Bracket

7:50 Bottom half of Bracket

Thursday Match 3

Championship Night at Hatfield

7:10 Class AA Final

8:30 Class A Final

Council Rock South 3 Pennridge 3

Kevin Pico scored with 5:26 remaining in the third period to give Pennridge a 3-3 tie with Council Rock South Wednesday night at Grundy Arena. The result left the teams deadlocked at the top of the SHSHL Class AA standings with identical 9-0-1 divisional records.

Council Rock South will be seeded first for next week’s SHSHL playoffs on the basis of fewer goals allowed in divisional play (15 to 16).

Aeryk Lehraupt and Shane Dachowki also scored for the Rams. Julian Sarne, Kevin Koles and Julian Wagenmann all scored for the Golden Hawks.
Wagenmann’s goal with 5:06 remaining in the second period gave South a 3-2 lead before Pico’s goal tied the game.

Neither team scored during overtime and the SHSHL does not utilize shootouts.

Pennridge 1 1 1 0—3

C.R. South 2 1 0 0—3

First-period goals: Julian Sarne (CRS) from Kevin Koles, 7:01; Aeryk Lehrhaupt (P) from Shane Dachowski and Jack Lowery, 9:33; Koles (CRS) from David Vergules and Julian Wagenmann, 12:49;

Second-period goals: Wagenmann (CRS) unassisted, 11:54; Shane Dachowski (P) from Andrew David, 13:43

Third-period goal: Kevin Pico (P) from Tyler Manto, 11:34

Flyers Cup Rankings for 2-14

The latest set of Flyers Cup rankings have been released. The rankings are determined based on won-loss records, strength of schedule, and observations by members of the Flyers Cup Competition Committee.

AAA

Malvern Prep (APAC)
La Salle College High School (APAC)
St. Joes Prep (APAC)
Holy Ghost Prep (APAC)
Cardinal O’Hara (ICSHL PCL)

Pennridge (SHSHL Continental)
Haverford High (ICSHL Central)
Council Rock South (SHSHL National)
Avon Grove (ICSHL Ches-Mont)
Pennsbury (SHSHL National)

West Chester East (ICSHL Ches-Mont)
Springfield (ICSHL Central)
West Chester Rustin (ICSHL Ches-Mont)
Hershey (CPIHL)
Palmyra (CPIHL)

NJ/DE

Salesianum (ICSHL PCL)
Eastern (SJHSHL)
Shawnee (SJHSHL)
Moorestown (SJHSHL)
Kingsway (SJHSHL)
Cherokee (SJHSHL)

Girls

West Chester Henderson (ICSHL National)
Avon Grove (ICSHL National)
Downingtown West (ICSHL National)
Unionville (ICSHL American)
Kingsway (ICSHL American)

The tournament field will be announced on Sunday, February 27. There are no automatic bids.

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SHSHL Finalizes Playoff Sites/Times

The Suburban High School Hockey League has finalized its venues and game times for its upcoming playoffs. The postseason will begin on Wednesday, February 23 with four Class AA quarterfinal games. The Class A semifinals will be played the following night, Thursday February 24.

The Class AA semifinals are set for Wednesday, Match 2 and the championship games in both classes will be played for Thursday, March 3.

The Flyers Cup tournament will begin on Monday, March 7. The results of the Class AA quarterfinals and the Class A semifinals will be factored into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Wednesday 2-23

Class AA Quarterfinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 7:20 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 7:50 at Rev. Ice Gardens

Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 7:20 at Grundy

Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 8:30 at Hatfield

Thursday 2-24

Class A Semifinals

Seed 1 vs. Seed 4 7:10 at Hatfield

Seed 2 vs. Seed 3 8:50 at Hatfield

Wednesday 3-2

Class AA Semifinals

7:10 Seed 1 vs. Seed 4

7:50 Seed 2 vs. Seed 3

Thursday Match 3

Championship Night at Hatfield

7:10 Class AA Final

8:30 Class A Final

Pennridge 6 Neshaminy 1

HATFIELD—It was business as usual for Pennridge Wednesday night. The Rams scored three times in the first period and rolled to a 6-1 win over Neshaminy in a SHSHL Class AA matchup at Hatfield Ice.

Pennridge remains perfect with a 14-0 overall record (9-0 in divisional play) heading into its regular-season finale with Council Rock South next Wednesday. It’s last lost came to Haverford in the Flyers Cup semifinals last April.

The game was essentially decided in the first 13:55 of the opening period. Pierce McGinley, Andrew Savong, and Tyler Manto scored goals in that stretch, and Rams were never threatened thereafter.

“We got off to a rough start,” said Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo. “The one rebound came right out to (McGinley) who buried it. Then we had (a tip-in) and then we had the second or third goal the guy dangled through us and nobody stepped up to play physical. So, I feel like we kind of put ourselves in that hole. It’s tough to battle back against a really good team like that.”

Max Gallagher scored a power-play goal for Neshaminy (9-3-1, 5-4 in the division) 9:49 into the second period but Kevin Pico and Aeryk Lehrhaupt responded for the Rams (Lehrhaupt’s goal came while his team was shorthanded) before Shane Dachowski added a goal in the third period.

The final margin would doubtless have been wider had it not been for the work of Brian Nelson in the Neshaminy net. Nelson was credited with 46 saves while his Pennridge counterpart Ryan Pico was given credit for 41.

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna said his team got a big boost from its quick start. “Especially after our last game (a 5-3 win over Central Bucks South) where we didn’t,” he said. “We talked about it. I thought it was our best first period of the year. I thought we started the game better than we have all year and it set the tone for the rest of the night.”

After next week, the Rams will cross the threshold into the postseason. Expectations are high in light of last year’s Flyers Cup effort. So, in a very real sense, Wednesday night’s first period was about setting the tone for something beyond a regular-season game in February.

Neshaminy’s. A.J. Dougherty was injured in the second period when Pennridge’s Andrew David delivered a shoulder check while Dougherty was standing with his back to the boards in the Pennridge offensive left wing corner. No penalty was called on the play. Dougherty was helped off the ice. According to DeMatteo, he will enter concussion protocol.

•The regular season will conclude next week. The SHSHL playoffs will commence on February 23 and 24 so the results of the Class AA quarterfinals will factor into the Flyers Cup seedings.

Neshaminy 0 1 0

Pennridge 3 2 1—6

First-period goals: Pierce McGinley (P) from Josh Kelly, 2:59; Andrew Savong (P) unassisted, 9:09; Tyler Manto (P) from Ryan Schuler, 13:55

Second-period goals: Max Gallagher (N) from Dan McColgan and J.J. Hathaway, 9:49 (pp); Kevin Pico, from Manto and Boyle, 13:44; Aeryk Lehrhaupt (P) unassisted, 15:51 (sh)

Third-period goals: Shane Dachowski (P) from Aidan Boyle Jack Lowery, 9:58 (pp)

Shots: Neshaminy 42, Pennridge 52; Saves: Brian Nelson (N) 46, Ryan Pico P) 41

Council Rock North 6 Neshaminy 5

BRISTOL—Council Rock North and Neshaminy had a lot to play for Wednesday night. Both teams were trying to enhance their standing in the eyes of the Flyers Cup Competition Committee and the ‘Skins were trying to wipe away the memories of 6-1 loss to Council Rock South in their last start.

It was the Indians who prevailed, and in dramatic fashion, overcoming deficits of 4-0 and 5-1 to post a 6-5 win at Grundy Arena. Nick Hahn scored what proved to be the winning goal with 5:20 remaining in regulation.

Council Rock North improved to 5-6 overall and 4-5 in divisional play. The win is sure to make a lasting impression While North competes in the Class AA Division of the SHSHL, the Indians are a Class A team for Flyers Cup and are doing their best to make a case for inclusion in the field.

North coach Greg McDonald was asked if the win was his team’s biggest to date.

“I’d probably say so,” he said. “I think we had all but one player here tonight. It was the first time we had a full roster, so we were able to kind of manage the game differently. Certainly, by the boys’ reaction, I think it was the biggest win of the year.

At the end of the first period, the Indians were staring into the abyss. Goals from Jacob Adami, and Joey Hornung, and two from Max Gallagher, gave Neshaminy (8-3-1, 5-3 in the division) what seemed to be a commanding 4-0 lead.

Jackson Accardi got North on the board 1:13 into the second frame but David McColgan answered for Neshaminy with a power-play goal at the five-minute mark to seemingly restore the status quo.

The Indians kept at it however. Accardi scored his second goal of the game, a shorthanded effort, at 5:40, and Jackson Mosley followed with a goal of his own at 9:23 to make it a 5-3 game heading into the third period.

Neshaminy kept up the pressure as the final session began. Mosley scored his second goal of the night at 4:13 before Karson Grainey tied the game at 6:16.

But North found itself shorthanded going down the stretch. With 7:35 left in regulation, Mosley was called for slashing and drew a 10-minute misconduct along with it. That gave him four penalties on the night and an automatic game misconduct. With 3:39 still to play, Accardi drew a 10-minute misconduct penalty of his own.

But Neshaminy persevered and Hahn sent his teammates into celebratory mode with his game-winning goal. Hahn, a sophomore, said the Indians were poised to continue their comeback as the final period began.

’We had great (chemistry) going into the third,” he said. “We were pumped up and ready to go.”

The events of the last two periods left Neshaminy coach Matt DeMatteo perplexed and frustrated. His team was ranked fifth in the latest set of Class AA Flyers Cup rankings and the loss was a black eye, or perhaps a left hook to the jaw.

“You get a four-goal lead and you can’t keep it, that’s embarrassing,” he said. “We came out, we stuck to the game plan early on, we played a good first period, then the last two periods we just fell apart.

“We didn’t stick to the game plan. Top to bottom, we just abandoned it and I don’t know why. If something is working, why wouldn’t you stay with it?”

Council Rock North 0 3 3—6

Neshaminy 4 1 0—5

First-period goals: Jacob Adami (N) from J.J. Hathaway, 4:30; Joey Hornung (N) from D.J. Harris, 11:52; Max Gallagher (N) from Hathaway, 14:31; Gallagher (M) from Ryan DeMatteo, and Liam Mooney, 15:02

Second-period goals: Jackson Accardi (CRN) from Karson Grainey and Nick Hahn, 1:13; Dan McColgan (N) from Hathaway, 5:00 (pp); Accardi (CRN) from Grainey and Jackson Mosley, 5:40 (sh); Mosley (CRN) from Zach Weissman and Grainey, 9:23

Third-period goals: Mosley (CRN) from Weissman and Lucas Siomos, 4:1; Grainey (CRN) unassisted, 6:16; Hahn (CRN) from Weissman and Siomos,11:40

Shots: Council Rock North 32, Neshaminy 33

Saves: Ian Goldberg (CRN) 28 Cory Hemberger (N) 26

SHSHL Update for 2-2-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (12-0) 7 0 0 0 14

Council Rock South (9-1-1) 7 0 0 0 14

Neshaminy (8-2-1) 5 2 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (5-5-1) 5 2 0 0 10

Pennsbury (6-3-1) 4 2 0 0 8

Souderton (6-5) 4 4 0 0 8

Central Bucks East (4-7) 3 4 0 0 6

Council Rock North (4-6) 3 5 0 0 6

Bensalem (3-8) 1 6 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (3-8) 0 7 0 0 0

North Penn (1-10) 0 7 0 0 0

For Flyers Cup purposes, Council Rock North is a Class A team

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (8-1) 7 0 0 0 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-1) 7 1 0 0 14

Wissahickon (5-6) 5 3 0 0 10

Quakertown (5-7) 5 5 0 0 10

William Tennent (3-9) 3 6 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-7-0-1) 2 5 0 1 5

Hatboro-Horsham (1-9) 0 8 0 0 0

For Flyers Cup purposes Abington is a Class AA team

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Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Shane Siegmund (PB) 13 16 29

Karson Grainey (CRN) 16 8 24

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 15 7 22

Kevin Pico (Pr) 14 10 24

Kevin Koles (CRS) 9 12 21

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 10 10 20

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 13 6 19

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 12 7 19

Nick Hahn (CRN) 7 11 18

Julian Sarne (CRS) 13 4 17

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 26 15 41

Aidan Keogh (PW) 12 28 40

Matt Kramer (Ab 20 13 33

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 13 15 28

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

Will Hussa (Wiss) 13 13 26

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 18 7 25

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 12 11 23

Matthew Flynn (PW) 5 17 22

Frank Rosenberry (WT) 12 9 21

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SHSHL Update for 1-26-22

National/Continental-Class AA W L T OTL Pts

Pennridge (11-0) 6 0 0 0 12

Council Rock South (8-1-1) 6 0 0 0 12

Neshaminy (8-1-1) 5 1 0 0 10

Central Bucks South (4-5-1) 4 2 0 0 8

Pennsbury (5-3-1) 3 2 0 0 6

Council Rock North (4-5) 3 4 0 0 6

Souderton (5-5) 3 4 0 0 6

Central Bucks East (3-7) 2 4 0 0 4

Bensalem (3-6) 1 4 0 0 2

Central Bucks West (3-7) 0 6 0 0 0

North Penn (1-9) 0 6 0 0 0

American Division-Class A W L T OTL Pts

Abington (7-1) 6 0 0 0 12

Wissahickon (5-5) 5 2 0 0 10

Quakertown (5-6) 5 4 0 0 10

Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-1) 6 1 0 0 6

Upper Dublin (3-6-0-1) 2 4 0 0 4

Hatboro-Horsham (1-8) 0 7 0 0 0

William Tennent (1-9) 0 6 0 0 0

Scoring

Class AA G A Pts

Shane Siegmund (PB) 12 16 28

Karson Grainey (CRN) 16 8 24

Kevin Pico (Pr) 13 9 22

Brendan Macainsh (Pb) 14 7 21

Max Gallagher (Nesh) 10 10 20

Kevin Koles (CRS) 8 10 18

Aydin Thierolf (CBS) 11 6 17

Aeryk Lehrhaupt (Pr) 12 5 17

Nick Hahn (CRN) 6 11 17

Julian Sarne (CRS) 13 3 16

Alex Hood (Bens) 11 5 15

Class A G A Pts

Luke Weikel (PW) 24 14 38

Aidan Keogh (PW) 11 27 38

Matt Kramer (Ab 20 9 29

Jack Bocul (UD) 20 6 26

Will Hussa (Wiss) 13 13 26

Joe Stelacio (Ab) 10 14 24

Danny Hussa (Wiss) 17 6 23

A.J. Pounds (Wiss) 11 11 22

Matthew Flynn (PW) 5 15 20

Nick Hussa (Wiss) 6 12 18

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