SHSHL Names All-League Team

The Suburban High School Hockey League All-League team for 2018-19 as selected by league coaches

Class AA

First Team

Forward Eric Slater Pennridge Sr.

Forward Tyler Greenstein North Penn Jr.

Forward Reis Braccio C.B. South Sr.

Defenseman Frankie Rota Pennridge Sr.

Defenseman Ryan Gingras C.B. South Jr.

Goaltender Luke Stranick Pennridge Sr.

Player of the Year: Eric Slater Pennridge

Second Team

Forward Michael Walker Pennridge Sr.

Forward Robert Seewagon Neshaminy So.

Forward Perry Carpenter Abington Sr.

Defenseman Matt Guinette Pennridge Sr.

Defenseman Luke Van Why North Penn So.

Goaltender Steven Glik Neshaminy Sr.

Honorable Mention

Central Bucks East: Sean Gorman, Chris McIntyre

Central Bucks South: Colin Abbonizio Oscar Levin

Central Bucks West: Jeremy Kennard, Jake Lang, Matt McCarthy, Chris Trefz,

Council Rock South: Logan Hurwitz

Neshaminy: Joey Buday, Joe DeMatteo

North Penn: Jared Albano, Thomas Boyle, Josh Kauffhold, Jake Nelson, Nate Oh,

Pennsbury: Jake Sieger

Truman: Steven Avellino

Souderton: Jonathan Pritchard

William Tennent: Bobby Markus

Class A

First Team

Forward Bryan Gary Wissahickon So.

Forward Sean Gary Wissahickon Sr.

Forward Dean Keller Plymouth Whitemarsh Jr.

Defenseman Coleman Peppelman Lower Moreland Sr.

Defenseman Ben Lerner Hatboro-Horsham So.

Goaltender Joe Gambino Hatboro-Horsham Jr.

Player of the Year: Coleman Peppelman Lower Moreland

Second Team

Forward Jake Weikel Plymouth Whitemarsh Jr.

Forward Adam Bostock Lower Moreland So.

Forward Ari Nordlinger Upper Dublin Sr.

Defenseman Ben Lubas Plymouth Whitemarsh Jr.

Defenseman Devin Green Lower Moreland So.

Goaltender Ben Yuter Plymouth Whitemarsh Jr.

Our Player of the Year awards are presented in memory of former Abington coach Steve Schorr, who recently passed away.

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Abington’s Steve Schorr Has Died

With great sadness, the Suburban High School Hockey League announces the sudden passing of longtime Abington coach Steve Schorr. Mr. Schorr was a true friend of the SHSHL and will be missed.

The funeral is scheduled for this Friday, April 12 at 1 p.m. at Goldstein’s 310 Second Street Pike, Southampton, PA

Another Look at Hockey History—The SHSHL

The 2019 Suburban High School Hockey League season is set to resume the day after New Year’s.

It was 46 years ago that high-school hockey was introduced to Eastern Montgomery County.

Sometime around the midway point of the 1972-73 season, hockey impresario Walter Jewell withdrew a team that he ran from a league that played at the original Grundy rink in Bristol and moved it to the Wintersport rink on York Road in Willow Grove, which had recently opened, and where a league for high-school age players had been organized.

Jewell’s team, which featured primarily, though not exclusively, Abington players, was actually called the Wintersports. The team won the league championship that first season, defeating a team called the Northeast Sabres 3-2 in the varsity championship game.

The following season, 1973-74, saw the league take a major step forward when most teams began playing under the names of various high schools. Research indicates there were eight teams in the league that year; Abington, Hatboro-Horsham, North Penn, Plymouth Whitemarsh, Lower Moreland, Upper Moreland/Willow Grove, Philmont, and Northeast (the section of Philadelphia, not necessarily the school).

High-school hockey has been a fixture in the area ever since.

Our thanks to Steve Schorr and the Abington hockey alumni for their help and providing much of the information contained in this post.