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Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference All-Conference Team 2023

The 2023 All-APAC team as selected by the conference coaches.

First Team

F Brady Baehser Holy Ghost Prep Sr.

F Chase Hannon La Salle Sr.

F Joey Samango St. Joseph’s Prep Sr.

D Matt Giordano La Salle Sr.

D Ryan Lippy Holy Ghost Prep So.

G Stephen Chen Hun School Sr.

G Aries Carangi La Salle Sr.

@ The vote for goaltender ended in a tie

Second Team

F Jeremy Jacobs Malvern Prep Jr.

F Jeffrey Hammond St. Joseph’s Prep Sr.

F Justin LaPlante Hun School Jr.

D Brady Doyle Malvern Prep Jr.

D John Lynch St. Joseph’s Prep Jr.

G Rocco Bruno St. Joseph’s Prep Sr.

Honorable Mention

F Jim Jacobs Malvern Prep Sr.

F Elian Estulin Hun School Sr.

F Kieran Mulholland Holy Ghost Prep Sr.

F John Seravalli Holy Ghost Prep Sr.

F Ryan Desmond La Salle Sr.

F TimWhittock La Salle Sr.

D Scott Richmond Hun School Sr.

D Michael Holt Holy Ghost Prep Jr.

D Jack Sharer Malvern Prep Sr.

D RyanWarner La Salle Sr.

D Shane O’Neill St. Joseph’s Prep Jr.

G Brandon Novabilski Malvern Prep Sr.

G Colin Mudrick Holy Ghost Prep Sr.

Gloucester Catholic 7 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

Billy Sheridan delivered three goals to lead Gloucester Catholic to a 7-1 non-league win over St. Joseph’s Prep Wednesday afternoon at the Class of 1923 Rink at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Hammond scored the Hawks’ only goal in the closing seconds of the third period.

The Hawks now stand at 13-4-2 on the season.

Gloucester Catholic 2 1 4—7

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 0 1—1

APAC Standings as of 2-8-23

Won Lost OTW OTL Pts GF GA

La Salle (10-8-2) 5 2 0 0 15 27 18

Holy Ghost Prep (15-5) 4 1 1 1 15 34 27

St. Joseph’s Prep (14-5-2) 3 4 1 0 11 24 28

Hun School (9-12) 3 5 0 0 9 24 30

Malvern Prep (8-6) 2 5 0 1 4 24 25

Game Results

Wednesday, February 8

Hun School 2, Malvern Prep 1

La Salle 4 Council Rick South 0

Holy Ghost Prep 7 Pennsbury 5

St. Joseph’s Prep 4 St. Augustine Prep 3

Jeffrey Hammond scored two goals, including the game winner with 2:08 left in the third period proved to be the game winner as St. Joseph’s Prep downed St. Augustine Prep on Monday at Holly dell Ice Arena.
John Lynch and Patrick Sweeney also scored for St. Joseph’s Prep (14-3-2).

Kai Ackerman scored twice for the Hermits.

The Hawks built a 3-0 lead on first-period goals from Lynch, Sweeney, and Hammond.

Ackerman scored with 2:21 left in the middle period to get St. Augustine Prep on the scoreboard, then added his second goal with 11:55 left in the third period.

Hammond’s second goal have his team a two-goal advantage before Enzo Fanelli scored for the Hermits to make it a one-goal game with 1:48 left in the final period. got the win in goal, making 32 saves.

Ajay White earned the win in goal with 32 saves.

St. Joseph’s Prep 3 0 1—4
St. Augustine Prep 0 1 2—3

First-period goals: John Lynch (SJP) from Joe Samango, 6:45; Patrick Seeeney (SJP) from Dante Passio and Samango, 12:28; Jeffrey Hammond (SJP) from Eric Seo and Lynch, 12:49

Second-period goal: Kai Ackerman (SAP) from Enzo Fanelli and Dale Curtis,14:39

Third-period goals: Ackerman (SAP) from Curtis and Fanelli, 5:05; Hammond (SJP) from Tristan Winata and Matthew Giuliani, 14:52; Fanelli (SAP)) from Ty Simonet and Robert Romarino, 15:12.
Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 18, St. Augustine Prep 35

St. Joseph’s Prep at Purple Puck Tournament

St. Joseph’s Prep recorded two victories Thursday at the Purple Puck Tournament in Washington, D.C.

They opened Thursday morning with a 3-2 win over Loyola Academy from Chicago. Jeffrey Hammond scored two of his team’s goals, Gareth McDonald the other.

Thursday afternoon the Hawks shut out Archbishop Spaulding 3-0. Hammond, Joey Samango, and Dante Passio scored goals Rocco Bruno earned the shutout with 15 saves.

The Hawks will face O’ Connell at 8 a.m. on Friday. if they qualify for the championship game they will take the ice at 3 p.m. Friday.

Tristan Winata scored two goals and Jeffrey Hammond and Shane O’Neil scored one goal each as St. Joseph’s Prep and Gonzaga skated to a 4-4 tie on Wednesday in the opening round of the 28th Purple Puck Tournament in Washington, D.C.

Rocco Bruno made 34 saves in goal.

The Hawks (7-2-2) are scheduled to play twice on Thursday; they’ll face Loyola at 9 a.m. and Archbishop Spaulding at 4 p.m. before the tournament concludes on Friday.