Pennridge 3 Neshaminy 0

BRISTOL—For a hockey team finding its way, it was a step forward. Pennridge took things one shift at a time Thursday night and left Grundy Arena with a 3-0 win over Neshaminy in a SHSHL National matchup.

What the Rams (2-5-1, 2-5 in the division) wasn’t flashy or spectacular to watch. But when you have only 13 skaters in uniform, efficiency trumps style. And that efficiency included rotating just three defensemen over the course of the 51 minutes.

“Tonight was probably the best defensive game we’ve played,” said winning coach Jeff Montagna. “We’re running three {defensemen} every game and they’re starting to figure out how to play with three Ds, and get through an entire game. They’re rally coming along.”

Having a quality goaltender helps as well Junior Andrew Slutsky stopped all 23 shots he saw in support of his teammates.

“Playing for a team with nine {veterans} is like motivation,” he said. You keep it up for them.”

Neshaminy goaltender Thomas Fox was perhaps even more impressive at the other end of the ice. Looking like Anything but the freshman he is, Fox registered 36 saves.

“The future is bright for him,” said Neshaminy coach Bill Mooney. He played real well. He’s very aggressive, he attacks the pick.

“He makes the first save and that’s all you can ever ask of a goalie.”

The second period was more than half gone before Ryan Burke delivered the evening’s first goal on a shot from the high slot James Rush made it a 2-0 game with 4:13 left the middle period.

Neshaminy (2-5 overall and in the division) had an opening when Landon Bishop and Dean Venner drew penalties in the final half minute of the second frame. As a result, Neshaminy had a two-man advantage for 93 seconds. But the ‘Skins couldn’t capitalize.

“We were hoping to a little momentum turn there,” Mooney said. “We had opportunities {but} their goalie made the saves.

“They have some seasoned guys out there that have been around for a bit so they know how to play.”

Rush sealed the verdict with an empty-net goal with 1:17 remaining.

Montagna stresses the importance of hi team knowing its limitations, specifically the size of its roster.

“They know there’s a certain way they have to play” he said, “and you have to stick to that. You can’t try and be someone you’re not out there with the roster we’re running.

“That has been the biggest thing for us so far. These guys understand it. You saw tonight in a 2-0 game {until the finish} it was defense first, second, and third.”

Pennridge 0 2 1—3

Neshaminy 0 0 0—0

Second-period goals: Ryan Burke (P) from Kaden Gunning, 8:57 James Rush (P) from Georgios Siokos and Landon Bishop, 12:47

Third-period goal: Rush (P) unassisted, 15:43 (en)

Shots: Pennridge 39, Neshaminy 23; Saves: Andrew Slutsky (P) 23, Thomas Fox (N) 36

SHSHL Update 12-2-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

North Penn (6-0) 5 0 0 – – – – 20

Council Rock South (6-1) 3 1 0 – – – – 12

Central Bucks East (3-1) 3 1 0 – – – – 12

Souderton (3-2) 3 2 0 1 1 – – 12

Central Bucks South (4-3) 3 2 0 – – – 12

Pennsbury (4-2) 2 2 0 – – – – 8

Neshaminy (2-4) 1 3 0 1 – – – 7

Pennridge (1-4) 1 4 0 – 1 – – 5

Central Bucks West (0-6) 0 6 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (6-0) 6 0 0 – – – – 24

Plym. Whitemarsh (4-0) 4 0 0 – – – – 16

Springfield (2-4) 2 4 0 – – – 4

Wissahickon (1-3) 1 4 0 1 – – – 3

Abington (0-2) 0 4 0 – 1 – – 1

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 7 19 9 28

Shane Gleisner Pb 6 13 8 21

Max Ryon Sou. 4 9 7 16

Jordan Sarne CRS 7 6 10 16

Chris Silvotti NP 6 8 5 13

Jackson Kelly Soud 4 6 7 13

Jukia Kaminsky Soud 5 9 3 12

Landon Bishop Pr 3 9 2 11

Ryan Burke Pr 5 4 7 11

Shane Hicks Pb 5 4 7 11

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 5 3 8 11

James Boyle NP 6 2 9 11

American Division GP G A Pts

Nate Nemchinov HH 7 10 12 22

Vincent Graziani HH 6 9 12 21

Daniel Guller PW 4 4 18 18

Bill Moffa HH 6 8 6 14

Grayson Quinn Spr. 6 11 2 13

Reid Rochestie HH 6 3 10 13

Thanksgiving Eve Hockey Schedule

The night before Thanksgiving is customarily a busy night for high-school hockey and this year is no exception.

There are nine games on the card.

North Penn 8 Central Bucks South 1 —See story

St. Joseph’s Prep 5, Devon Prep 1—Five different players score goals as the Hawks won their fifth straight without defeat Wednesday at Ice Line. Michael Castelli, Braydon Russo, Adam Charrafi, Thomas Ely, and Joseph McGonigal all scored for the Prep which is now 5-0 on the season.

Central Bucks East vs. Central Bucks West 6:00 at RIG

Souderton 4 Pennrige 3 OT—Even Siegler’s goal with 1:53 left in overtime gave the Big Red the win Wednesday night at Hatfield Ice. Kaden Gunning had tied the game for Pennridge with 1:15 left in regulation.

Malvern Prep 2 La Salle 0—See story on this blog

Pennsbury 9 Neshaminy 2—Shane Gleisner scored three goals for the Falconds and added three assists

Holy Ghost Prep 6 Father Judge 2—Lucas Gonzalez delivered a hat trick and Chris Marshall scored twice as the Firebirds bested the Crusaders at Grundy Arena.

Council Rock South 10 Council Rock North 0

Hatboro-Horsham 5 Springfield 4—Five different Hatters scored in the win at Hatfield Ice. Bill Moffa had two assists to go with his goal.

SHSHL Recap 11-18-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

Council Rock South (5-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

North Penn (4-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

Central Bucks South (3-1) 3 1 0 – – – 12

Central Bucks East (2-1) 2 1 0 – – – 8

Souderton (0-2) 1 1 0 – 1 – – 5

Pennridge (1-1) 1 2 0 – – – – 4

Neshaminy (1-3) 1 1 0 1 – – – 3

Pennsbury (2-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Central Bucks West (0-4) 0 4 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (4-0) 4 0 0 – – – – 16

Plym. Whitemarsh (3-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 12

Springfield (1-3) 1 3 0 – – – – 4

Wissahickon (1-3) 1 3 0 1 – – – 3

Abington (0-2) 0 1 0 – 1 – – 1

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 5 15 9 24

Jordan Sarne CRS 5 6 8 14

Landon Bishop Pr 3 9 2 11

Max Ryon Sou. 3 8 3 11

Julia Kaminsky Sou. 3 7 2 9

Shane Gleisner Pb 4 6 3 9

Jackson Kelly Sou. 2 3 6 9

Chris Silvotti NP 4 5 4 9

Nolan Shingle NP 4 5 4 9

Ryan Burke Pr 3 1 7 8

Shawn Mooney Nesh 4 3 4 7

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 3 2 5 7

American Division GP G A Pts

Nate Nemchinov HH 4 8 7 15

Vincent Graziani HH 4 6 9 15

Daniel Guller PW 3 3 10 13

Cooper Kanze PW 3 6 3 9

Blake Ambler PW 3 3 6 9

Reid Rochestie PW 4 2 7 9

SOUDERTON 12 C.B. WEST 0

Ryan Uchniat is having to do some juggling at Souderton this season. Two of the Big Red’s big guns, Drew Savarese and Matt Cross, have been lost for the season with injuries and Uchniat, who is back behind the Souderton bench after taking last season off, is working to fill the resultant holes in his lineup.

“They’re keep parts of our team,” he said. “They have been over the last couple years so it really hurts, not having them, but the team itself is trying to pick up. A lot of it comes down to doing everything by committee.

“We roll three defensemen for the most part. We’ve got so many players shifting in in different areas, and it helps. But, we certainly miss [Savarese and Cross}.”

The pieces of the puzzle all fit together for Souderton Thursday night in the course of a 12-0 win over Central Bucks West at Hatfield Ice, including Alex Archer in goal.

Archer had never played organized hockey at any level before trying out for the Big Red last season. But the junior plays football and lacrosse. Uchniat said his arrival was “A very pleasant surprise.

“I was away from the team, but I heard a lot of good things about him. He picked things up very quickly and he has a very strong will and a strong desire, a strong work ethic.”

Archer transferred his skills from the practice rink to games this season. He became interested in perhaps being a goaltender after watching NHL netminders on TV.

“I just picked it up,” said. “I started playing and I really enjoyed it and stuck with it.”

When Archer first stepped on the ice he was a blank canvas a with no ingrained bad habits, which he says are things a bit less difficult.

“I think so,” he said. “I still have some stuff I don’t really know but I keep practicing and pick things up a little bit.”

Archer’s favorite NHL goaltender to watch is Connor Hellebuyck.

“I think he’s a great role model,” Archer said.

• Souderton took control of Thursday’s game by scoring five times in the game’s first 5:38. Max Ryon was tops on the scoresheet with six goals and three assists. Julia Kaminsky scored five goals a contributed two assists.

The win was the first for the Big Red in three starts.

Isaac Mays stared in goal for the Bucks and made 34 saves before being lifted midway through the second period.

‘Isaac is the backbone of our team,” said West coach Frank Blust. “He was last year and {West} had a tough season as well.

“He’s our backbone and will continue to be,”

C.B. West 0 0—0

Souderton 8 4—12

First-period goals: Julia Kaminski (S) from Jackson Kelly and Max Ryon,:26; Kaminski (S) from Kelly and Evan Siegler, 2:04; Ryon (S) from Kaminski, 2:27; Kaminski (S from Kelly and Caden O’Neill; 330; Ryon (S) from Cameron Fairweather, 5:38 (pp); Kelly (S) from Kaminski and Ryon, 7:55; Ryon (S) unassisted, 8:15; Ryon (S) from Kaminski, 14:24

Second-period goals: Ryon (S) from O’Neill, 12:09; Kaminski (S) from Kelly and Ryon, 12:19; Ryon (S) from Kelly, 13:00; Kaminski (S) from Kelly, 17:00

Shots: C.B. West 8, Souderton 49: Saves: Isaac Mays (CBW) 34, Joseph Carter (CBW) 3; Alex Archer (S) 8

SHSHL Update 11-9-25

National Division W L T OTW OTL SOW SOL Pts

Central Bucks South (3-1) 3 0 0 – – – 6

Council Rock South (3-0) 2 0 0 – – – – 4

North Penn (2-0) 2 0 0 – – – – 4

Neshaminy (2-1) 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Pennridge (1-1) 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Central Bucks East 1 1 0 – – – – 2

Pennsbury (1-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Souderton (0-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Central Bucks West (0-3) 0 3 0 – – – – 0

American Division W L T OTW OTL SHW SOL PTS

Hatboro-Horsham (3-0) 3 0 0 – – – – 6

Plym. Whitemarsh (2-0 2 0 0 – – – – 4

Wissahickon (1-2) 1 2 0 1 – – – 3

Abington (0-1) 0 1 0 – 1 – – 1

Springfield (0-2) 0 2 0 – – – – 0

Scoring

National Division GP G A Pts

Jake Weiner CRS 3 11 6 17

Landon Bishop Pr 3 10 3 13

Ryan Burke Pr 2 1 6 7

Jordan Sarne CRS 3 2 5 7

Cameron Fairweather Sou. 2 2 4 6

Dominic Gibson CBS 3 3 3 6

American Division GP G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 3 4 5 9

Daniel Guller PW 2 1 7 8

Joseph Mangin HH 3 5 2 7

Nate Nemchinov HH 3 4 3 7

Cooper Kamze PW 2 5 1 6

Reid Rochestie PW 3 1 5 6

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SHSHL-ICSHL Challenge

Friday 11-7

Council Rock South 7 Father Judge 6 OT

Jake Weiner’s goal 17 seconds into overtime gave the Golden Hawks the win over the Crusaders Friday night at Flyers Skate Zone Northeast. South overcame deficits of 3-0 and 4-2 to take a 5-4 lead in the third period before Nolan Rauch and Jake Ruppert scored goals 35 seconds apart to put Father Judge in front 5-4 with 4:01 left in regulation.

Aidan Guinter tied the game for South with 38 seconds left in regulation on a feed from Weiner to force overtime.

Thursday, 11-6

Lower Merion 6 Neshaminy 2

Brody Navrodnick score two goals in each of the last two periods as Lower Merion overcame an early 1-0 deficit to beat Neshaminy Thursday night in the opening game of the second annual SHSHL-ICSHL Challenge.

Jacob Topoleski scored both Neshaminy goals.

Pennsbury 2 Perkiomen Valley 0

Central Bucks South 4 Pennridge 3

Two teams in transaction crossed paths at Hatfield Ice Thursday night. Pennridge is in the midst of defining the roles of characters in this season’s narrative while Central Bucks South took the ice with holes in its lineup.

In the end, it was the Titans who prevailed 4-3 over a Ram team that refused to go away, C.B. South improved to 3-1 on the season, 3-0 in SHSHL National; its only loss has been to La Salle.

Thursday’s win did not come easy. The Titans were without veterans Jamison Crouch and Damien Hauck who were serving suspensions in the wake of an altercation in Wednesday’s win over Neshaminy. Coach Josh Sklar shuffled his deck as a result.

{The player’ absence} definitely affected us,” he said. “We had a short bench. Everybody’s got to pick up the leash and everybody’s got to do their jobs.”

And so they did. Senior Joey Slobodrian led by example, assisting on the first goal of the night and scoring the second.

“It definitely affected our defense,” he said. “We were out a defenseman and out a forward. But, we got through it. We had two {defensive pairs) so we were kind of tired in the back end.”

Joshua Iyahen-Lucchesi have South a 1-0 lead with 1:55 left in the opening period after Ryan Montagna and Slobodrian sent him down the middle of the ice.

Slobodrian made it 2-0 9;18 into the second frame off a scramble in front during a power play that came about when the Rams’ Justin Dinsmore was flagged for roughing.

Down two goals, the Rams (1-1) did not buckle. Landon Bishop went end to end and solved Titan goaltender Nate Neapolitan to make it a 2-1 game with 6:42 left in the period but Owen Fry answered for the Titans 57 seconds later.

When Grant Boyne made it a 4-1 game 75 seconds into the final period the Tirana’s appeared to have things well in hand. But Bishop scored his second goal of the game 2:46 into the period and James Rush made 4-3 with 8:06 still left forcing the titans to battle hard to the finish.

“We kind of let up at the end of the game,” Slobodrian said. Hopefully we’ll do better next game.”

Sklar praised his troops for stepping up and filling holes when needed.

“Playing short, the guys and the girls on the team did good,” he said. “Everyone picked up the slack.”

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna left the rink feeling satisfied as well.

“I told them I’m really proud of them,” he said. “I have a lot of guys new to varsity hockey. When they got down 4-1 they could have rolled over {but} they just kept coming. They played a very smart, disciplined game.

“They’re going to get better and better.”

C.B. South 1 2 1—4

Pennridge 0 1 2—3

First-period goal: Joshua Iyahen-Lucchesi (CBS) from Ryan Montagna and Joey Slobodrian, 15:05

Second-period goals: Slobodrian (CBS) from Dominic Gibson and Ryan Frey, 9:18 (pp); Landon Bishop (P) from Justin Dinsmore and James Rush, 10:18; Owen Frey (CBS) from Gibson, 11:15

Third-period goals: Grant Boyne (CBS) unassisted, 1:15; Bishop (P) from Andrew Engle and Ryan Burke, 2:26; Rush (P) from Colby Booth, 8:54

Shots: C.B. South 36, Pennridge 26; Saves: Nate Neapolitan (CBS) 23, Andrew Slutsky (P) 32

Crosover Games Beginning

The idea of teams from the SHSHL and the ICSHL facing each other during the regular season is not new. But last season was the first during which officially scheduled crossover games were utilized by the Flyers Cup Committee and included in the formula that determined rankings and seedings for Flyers Cup participants and would be participants.

That practice will continue this season with 19 crossover games on the schedule. The first two of them are set for Thursday night with Pennsbury facing Perkiomen Valley (7:20 at Grundy Arena) and Lower Merion hosting Neshaminy (8:00 at Skatium).
on Friday, Father Judge will face Council Rock South (6:30 at Flyers Skate Zone Northeast).

Twelve of the 14 SHSHL teams will participate.

“We kind of dabbled with the crossovers last year,” said Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley. Everyone had one. This year we’re doing two which I think is really smart .

“It’s just good to see some new competition. Competition you could very likely see in the Flyers Cup.”

Council Rock South 6 Pennsbury 2

BRISTOL—It didn’t take Jake Weiner long to make an impact Wednesday night. Two minutes, 48 seconds, to be exact.

Weiner, who led the SHSHL in scoring last season, was in top form, giving his team the early lead and collecting three goals and two assists as Council Rock South bested Pennsbury 6 -2 in a SHSHL National matchup at Grundy Arena.

Jordan Sarne, Weiner’s linemate, didn’t do badly either, providing a goal and five assists as the Golden Hawks, the three-time defending division champions won their second straight to start the new season.

It was a tighter game than the final score indicates. South led just 2-1 after the second period before pulling away on the strength of four third-period goals in a span of 8:17.

“We persevered,” said South coach Joe Houk, “and we were good enough to win. Not a great game, not our best. But, we’ll bounce back.”

The Falcons (0-2) hung tough for two periods plus. Connor Gray lifted Pennsbury into a 1-1 tie with 5:22 left in the opening period with a shot from the top of the right circle that eluded South goaltender Troy Prozzillo.

The only goal of the middle period came from South’s Allen Pronin on a setup from Weiner and Sarne on a play that started on the deep right wing.

Starting the third frame the game was up for grabs but Sarne’s goal at 1:55 gave South some breathing room. Weiner, Nathaniel Grinberg, and Weiner again followed with additional goals to make it a 6-1 game with 6:48 left in regulation.

Shane Hicks added a consolation goal for Pennsbury with 4:46 left.

“They’re a good team over there,” Weiner said of the Falcons. “They have great coaches over there.

“We just worked. {Houk} always says ‘Work hard and we’ll find a way to win.’ That’s what we did tonight.”

Pennsbury coach Ryan Daley praised his team’s effort, which included 47 saves from goaltender Brendan Milliken.

“I’m really happy with the way we played,” he said. “It was very encouraging. They got that third goal on a broken play that we had a great chance to get out. Our guy gets tripped up a little, the play comes back the other way, they score.

“It was a little deflating. We kind of took our eye off the ball for a little it and they converted.”

Houk stresses that his two big guns do the little things well on a night-to-night basis, which sets an example for the rest of the lineup.

“It’s real important” Houk said, “because I preach to these guys about the little things you do in games that make a difference whether you win or lose. And, when they do all the right things all the time, they make mistakes, but the other guys feed off of that.”

Pennsbury 1 0 1–2

CR. South 1 1 4—6

First-period goals: Jake Weiner (CRS) from Jordan Sarne, 2:48; Connor Gray (P) unassisted, 11:38

Second-period goal: Allen Pronin (CRS) from Weiner and Sarne, 15:47

Third-period goals: Sarne (CRS) from Weiner, 1:55; Weiner (CRS) from Sarne, 7:54; Nathaniel Grinberg (CRS) from William Hollis and Chase Strattan, 8:22; Weiner (CRS) from Sarne, 10:12; Shane Hicks (P) unassisted, 12:14

Shots: Pennsbury 32, C.R. South 53; Saves: Brendan Milliken (P) 47, Troy Prozzillo (CRS) 30

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