SHSHL Statistics as of 1-29-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Leaders

Scoring Leaders GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelman LM 11 31 19 50

Bryan Gary Wiss 10 31 18 49

Sean Gary Wiss 11 27 21 48

Dean Keller PW 12 23 21 46

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 12 26 18 44

Adam Bostock LM 12 16 25 41

Tyler Greenstein NP 13 16 17 33

Ari Nordlinger UD 11 18 14 32

Jake Weikel PW 12 16 15 31

Steven Avellino Tr 10 24 6 30

Chris Trefz CBW 11 7 23 30

Perry Carpenter Ab 12 19 11 30

Reis Bracio CBS 13 18 11 29

Eric Slater Pr 9 22 6 28

Aidan Keogh PW 11 20 8 28

Nathan Oh NP 13 10 17 27

Colin Franzoni PW 12 16 11 27

Devin Green LM 11 11 15 26

Robert Seewagen Nesh 11 16 9 25

Jake Nelson NP 12 15 9 24

Matt Cade Wiss 11 11 13 24

Sean Gorman CBE 10 18 5 23

Jared Albano NP 13 7 16 23

Josh Kaufhold NP 12 8 15 23

Bobby Markus WT 12 13 9 22

Goals Against GP Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 9 425 2.37

Oscar Levin CBS 11 456 2.53

Chris McIntyre CBE 8 240 2.60

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 8 384 3.00

Brett Magloff CRS 6 256 3.00

Andrew Zanoni NP 5 240 2.80

Matt Ogonowski CBE 7 336 3.14

Joe Gambino HH 11 478 3.41

Steve Glik Nesh 11 453 3.50

Ben Yuter PW 11 483 3.88

Save Percentage GP Min Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 8 240 .912

Steve Glik Nesh 11 453 .900

Luke Stranik Pr 9 425 .900

Oscar Levin CBS 11 456 .880

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 12 533 .879

Jeremy Kennard 7 313 .879

Jimmy Sweeney CRS 6 256 .879

Joe Gambino HH 11 478 .876

Jeremy Wedul Tr 10 480 .873

Brett Magloff CRS 6 256 .870

SHSHL Standings as of 1-29-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Standings

Class AA Continental and National Divisions

Won Lost Tied Pts

C.B. South (9-3-1) 7 0 1 15

North Penn (8-2-3) 6 1 2 14

Neshaminy (5-4-2) 4 3 1 9

Pennridge (7-2-1) 4 1 0 8

C.B. East (8-3-1) 4 3 0 8

C.B. West (6-6) 4 3 0 8

Pennsbury (4-5-2) 3 4 0 6

Council Rock South (5-5-2) 2 3 2 6

Abington (3-6-3) 2 4 2 6

Truman (3-6-2) 2 4 1 5

William Tennent (3-8-2) 1 6 2 4

Souderton (1-11-1) 0 8 1 1

Class A American Division Won Lost Tied Pts

Wissahickon (8-1-2) 6 1 2 14

Lower Moreland (7-2-3) 4 2 3 11

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-3) 5 3 0 10

Hatboro-Horsham (7-4-1) 4 4 1 9

Upper Dublin (3-9) 0 9 0 0

Walter Jewell and How Wintersport Came to Be—A Historical Account

A lot of people have devoted considerable time and energy over the last four-and-a-half decades to make the Suburban High School Hockey League what it is today.

But if any one individual was particularly instrumental in getting the league off the ground, it likely would be Walter Jewell. He was present at the creation.

A native of Kent, England, Jewell emigrated to Canada with his family in 1956 and settled in Orangeville, Ontario, about an hour’s drive northwest of Toronto, and started coaching youth hockey there.

Three years later, the family moved to the United States, to Haddonfield, New Jersey and Jewell got involved with hockey at the old Cherry Hill Arena. He also began sponsoring exchange trips, taking teams from New Jersey north to Orangeville while a Canadian squad came to New Jersey in alternate years.
Those trips continued after Jewell settled his family in Glenside in 1966, began coaching hockey at the Wissahickon Skating Club, and launched an exchange with the Merrition Athletic Association in St. Catherines, Ont.

In October of 1971, Jewell put together a team, actually, two of them, to play in the Penn Jersey Hockey League, which operated at the original Grundy Rink in Bristol. By this time he and his wife Iris owned a skate shop, which operated in the old Willow Grove Park Lanes bowling center, which was located near where the Willow Grove Mall is today. One team skated under the name of the Wintersport-Abington Hockey Club and the other as Willow Grove. The Wintersport Skate Shop sponsored one team and the Willow Grove Rotary Club the other. Jewell himself coached both teams, which were comprised primarily of Abington High School players.

The Wintersport team finished second in the Penn Jersey League’s regular season that year, 1971-72, but instead of participating in the league playoffs, Jewell took his teams to Conwall, Ontario on an exchange trip instead.

By this time, Jewell got the idea of building rink of his own, at least in part because ice time at Grundy was scarce. Eventually, he and his attorney Ray Reinl, formed the Willow Grove Ice Rink Corporation with the goal of constructing a rink on York Road in Willow Grove. Their plan was to have the rink up and running by July of 1972. Jewell and Reinl didn’t meet that target date but Wintersport Skating Arena, as it was called, opened its doors somewhere around November 11, 1972 and the skate shop, naturally enough, moved into the facility.

Once Wintersport was up and running, Jewell launched a league for high-school aged players, including his own two teams, which he removed from the Penn Jersey League. Abington won the league title, defeating a team called the Northeast Sabres 3-2 in the championship game.

The following season, 1973-74, Wintersport became the home of was then called the Suburban Collegiate High School Hockey League. Anecdotal evidence suggests the league consisted of eight teams: North Penn, Abington, Hatboro-Horsham, Lower Moreland, Upper Moreland Philmont (or Willow Grove), Northeast, and Plymouth Whitemarsh.

The 1973-74 season of course was the most memorable in the history of hockey in the Philadelphia area; it concluded with the Flyers winning their first Stanley Cup. The team’s success on ice, combined with the organization’s commitment to not just growing the game but educating the public about it, sparked the growth of high-school hockey throughout the region.

Walter Jewell continued to be involved in hockey for many years. He passed away in Salisbury, Maryland in July of 2007 at age 83.

Hockey Happenings is engaged in an ongoing effort to document the history of the Suburban High School Hockey League. We encourage those who played or coached in the league in its early years to contact us.

We thank the Upper Moreland Historical Association for their assistance in researching this account.

Hatboro-Horsham 6, Lower Moreland 5

WARWICK— Hatboro-Horsham and Lower Moreland kicked into overdrive Friday night. The Hatters and the Lions played run-and-gun hockey most of the evening before the Hatters emerged with a 6-5 win in a Suburban High School Hockey League American Division matchup at Revolution Ice Gardens.

Ben Lerner scored two goals for the Hatters who improved to 7-4-1 overall and squared their divisional record at 4-4-1. Marcus Soucy provided a goal and two assists.

Hatboro-Horsham coach Gianni Lafratta praised Soucy’s work with the puck. “He put the pressure on,” Lafratta said, “he created opportunities for his teammates. It was everything we preach; put pressure on the puck carrier, make them make mistakes, and we go the other way.”

Five different Hatboro-Horsham players scored goals and 10 Hatters got onto the scoresheet.

Adam Bostock delivered a hat trick for the Lions (7-2-3, 4-2-3) who were without Coleman Peppelman, the SHSHL’s leading scorer, who was away on club duty.

The first period was, to say the least, up tempo. It was Bostock who got the scoring started, 3:25 into the period. It was the first of five goals in the first frame, which ended with the Hatboro-Horsham holding a one-goal advantage. Seth Lerner, Aidan Esack and Ben Lerner scored for the Hatters before Bostock added a second goal for the Lions.

Bostock tied the game 2:08 into the second period on a brilliant move up the middle of the ice through the Hatter defense before beat netminder Joe Gambino.

But with Peppleman absent and only eight skaters available, Lower Moreland coach Gus Scalfitti had to make some adjustments. “I rotated the guys,” he said, “but we definitely were missing a big, big chunk of our offense.”

Ben Lerner scored his second goal of the game to put the Hatters up 4-3 just 25 seconds after Bostock completed his hat trick. By period’s end the Hatters held a 6-4 lead.

The key stretch of the third period came early on when the Hatters were able to kill consecutive penalties. Gambino made three big saves in a stretch of half a minute to kill off the first one.

The junior said he was able to refocus while his team was shorthanded. “You can’t worry about it,” he said. “You’ve just got to fight and keep playing.”

Tyler Scolnick scored for Lower Moreland with 4:51 left in the game to set up a wild finish. The Lions swarmed the net in the waning seconds before the final buzzer came to the Hatters’ rescue.

“I think for most of the game, we had control,” Lafratta said. “(At the finish) We got out of hand in our own defensive zone, scrambled, not doing the things we needed to do to support our goaltender.”

By Rick Woelfel

Hatboro-Horsham 3 3 0—6

Lower Moreland 2 2 1—5

First-period goals: Adam Bostock (LM) from Vincenzo DeMaio and Simon Pezalla, 3:25; Seth Lerner (HH) from Marcus Soucy, 5:17; Aidan Esack (HH) unassisted, 5:53; Ben Lerner (HH) from Seth Lerner and Alex Howieson, 7:58; Bostock (LM) from Devin Green, 12:10.

Second-period goals: Bostock (LM) unassisted, 2:08; Ben Lerner (HH) from Kyle Mullen, 2:33; Green (LM) from Alex Silverman, 5:51; Howieson (HH) from Vince Tarsi and Sayvion Jones, 7:08; Tarek Elsabash (HH) unassisted, 7:43.

Third-period goal: Tyler Scolnick (HH) from Bostock and Green, 11:09.

Shots: Hatboro-Horsham 31, Lower Moreland 23; saves: Joe Gambino (HH) 18, Jacob Lungin (LM) 25

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North Penn 5, Central Bucks West 3

It took the North Penn Knights a while to get going Wednesday night. But once they got their engines going it was full speed ahead.

Jake Nelson, Tony Tuozzo and Jake Albano scored third-period goals to propel North Penn to a 5-3 non-league win over Central Bucks West at Hatfield Ice. The win extended North Penn’s winning streak to five games and improved its record to 8-2-3 overall. The result will not count in the Suburban High School Hockey League Class AA standings but will factor into the seedings for the Flyers Cup tournament in March. The Knights and the Bucks (6-6) will play their league game against each other on February 20 to conclude the regular season.

The first three goals of Wednesday’s affair were of the shorthanded variety. Chris Trefz started things off for West at 5:54 of the first period when he scored off a two-on-one situation following a turnover at the West blue line. The goal came while the Bucks’ Matt McCarthy was in the box serving a hooking penalty.

Pavel Serhiayenka, who assisted on Trefz’s goal, scored one himself with 2:17 left in the opening period on another shorthanded situation, one that arose when the Bucks drew a bench minor for too many men on the ice. Serhiayenka put in a rebound of Jake Lang’s original shot off a two-one-one situation; North Penn goaltender Andrew Zanoni could not be faulted on either goal.

The Knights got on the board exactly two minutes into the second frame on Ryan Cunningham’s shorthanded effort.
Roughly three minutes after that the pace of the game picked up, which worked to North Penn’s advantage. Jared Albano tied the game at the 12:47 mark of the middle period, the first even-strength goal of the game.

Jake Nelson put the Knights in front with a power-play goal just 21 seconds into the final period. Lang responded for the Bucks with a power-play goal of his own at 4:12, but the Knights had the upper hand from there.

“I thought (North Penn) played hard,” said West coach Dave Baun. “They played well, they played hard, they skate hard. But, the game that they play isn’t our game.

“Puck movement is our game. And when our team can move the puck well and skate hard without it, like we did in the first period and half of the second, then we’re a good team. But, as the guys get tired, they sort of lose it a little bit and they default into some other game that isn’t our game.”

Tuozzo, a freshman, scored what proved to be the winning goal for the Knights 9:06 into the third period during a scramble that developed at the doorstep of West goaltender Anthony Kennard. The goal came while Lang was in the box for the Bucks serving a double minor (tripping/unsportsmanlike conduct).

“(Tuozzo) has played well all season for us,” said North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis. “He’s sort of moved up, playing with Albano and (Nathan) Oh the last couple games and he’s contributed, gone out there and worked hard, done the things that we’re asking him to do, and he got rewarded with the game winner tonight.”

Tuozzo said he’s making the adjustment to varsity hockey. “After a couple games I kind of got used to it,” he said. “I know where I should be, know where not to go and stuff like that. It’s very different.”

Albano scored his second goal of the evening for the Knights with 3:57 left in the game to provide insurance.

North Penn had a 47-21 edge in shots. West goaltender Jeremy Kennard made 42 saves. the loss snapped a four-game West winning streak.

C.B. West 2 0 1—3

North Penn 0 2 3—5

First-period goals: Chris Trefz (CBW) from Pavel Serhiayenka, 5:54 (sh); Serhiayenka (CBW) from Jake Lang, 14:43 (sh).

Second-period goals: Ryan Cunningham (NP) from Nathan Oh, 2:00 (sh); Jared Albano (NP) from Tony Tuozzo, 12:07.

Third-period goals: Jake Nelson (NP) from Tyler Greenstein, :21 (pp); Lang (CBW) from Serhiayenka and Trefz, 4:12 (pp); Tuozzo, from Albano, 4:06; Albano (NP) unassisted, 12:53.

Shots: C.B. West 21, North Penn 47; Saves: Jeremy Kennard (CBW) 42, Andrew Zanoni (NP) 18.

Records: Central Buck West (6-6), North Penn (8-2-3)

SHSHL Alters Class AA Playoff Criteria

The Suburban High School Hockey League has altered its Class AA playoff-selection criteria. This season, the eight playoff teams will be selected based on points/regular-season record. In recent years, the top three finishers in each division qualified for the playoffs, along with two wild card selections.

The change means that in essence, the 12 Class AA teams are playing in one division, which they’ve been doing since last year in terms of scheduling, since each team plays one league game against each of the other Class AA teams.

The current Class AA standings are as follows (League Games Only)

Won Lost Tied Points League Games Remaining

North Penn 6 1 2 14 2

Central Bucks South 6 0 1 13 4

Pennridge 4 1 0 8 6

Central Bucks West 4 3 0 8 4

Neshaminy 3 3 1 7 4

Council Rock South 2 2 2 6 5

Abington 2 3 1 5 5

Truman 2 4 1 5 4

Pennsbury 2 4 0 4 5

William Tennent 1 6 1 3 3

Souderton 0 7 1 1 2

Suburban High School Hockey League By the Numbers As of 1-22-19

Suburban High School Hockey League Update

Scoring GP G A Pts

Coleman Peppelmn LM 11 31 19 50

Vincenzo DeMaio LM 11 26 17 43

Sean Gary Wiss 10 24 17 41

Dean Keller PW 11 21 20 41

Bryan Gary Wiss 10 25 15 40

Adam Bostock LM 11 13 24 37

Tyler Greenstein NP 12 16 16 32

Steven Avellino Tr 10 24 6 30

Jake Weikel PW 11 16 13 29

Chris Trefz CBW 10 6 22 28

Eric Slater Pr 9 22 6 28

Colin Franzoni PW 11 16 11 27

Reis Braccio CBS 12 15 11 26

Nathan Oh NP 12 10 16 26

Ari Nordlinger UD 10 14 11 25

Robert Seewagen Nesh 10 15 9 24

Matt Cade Wiss 10 11 13 24

Perry Carpenter Ab 10 16 8 24

Josh Kaufhold NP 11 8 15 23

Jake Nelson NP 11 14 9 23

Aidan Keogh PW 10 17 6 23

Devin Green LM 10 10 13 23

Bobby Markus WT 11 13 8 21

Goals Against Average Min GAA

Luke Stranik Pr 425 2.37

Oscar Levin CBS 456 2.53

Chris McIntyre CBE 240 2.60
Andrew Zanoni CBW 240 2.80

Nick Ebbinghaus NP 336 3.00

Joe Gambino HH 430 3.23

Matt Oganowski CBE 288 3.33

Steve Glik Nesh 432 3.56

Jacob Snellenberg Ab 335 3.87

Michael Henderson Wiss 480 3.90

(Min. 240 minutes played)

Save Percentage Min. GA Save Pct.

Chris McIntyre CBE 240 13 .912

Steve Glik Nesh 432 32 .902

Luke Stranik Pr 425 21 .900

Joe Gambino HH 430 29 .885

Jonathan Pritchard Soud 432 68 .880

Oscar Levin CBS 456 24 .880

Jimmy Sweeney CRS 256 21 .879

Jeremy Kennard CBW 265 25 .873

Jeremy Wedul Tr 480 48 .873

Andrew Zanoni NP 240 14 .854

(Min. 240 minutes played)

SHSHL Standings

SHSHL Standings Through games of 1-18-19

Class 2A W L T Pts

North Penn (7-2-3) 6 1 2 14

C.B. South (8-3-1) 6 0 1 13

Pennridge (7-2-1) 4 1 0 8

C.B. East (7-3-1) 4 3 0 8

C.B. West (6-5) 4 3 0 8

Neshaminy (4-4-2) 3 3 1 7

C.R. South (5-4-2) 2 2 2 6

Abington (3-5-2) 2 3 1 5

Truman (3-6-2) 2 4 1 5

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

William Tennent (3-8-1) 1 5 1 3

Souderton (1-10-1) 0 7 1 1

Class A

American Division W L T Pts

Lower Moreland (7-1-3) 5 1 3 13

Wissahickon (8-1-2) 5 1 2 12

Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-3) 5 3 0 10

Hatboro-Horsham (6-4-1) 3 4 1 7

Upper Dublin (3-8) 0 8 0 4

The top eight teams in Class 2A will qualify for the playoffs irregardless of division.

The top four teams in Class A will qualify for the playoffs.

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Neshaminy 6, Abington 2

BRISTOL‑ The point has come in the Suburban High School Hockey League season, when points are becoming precious. Neshaminy picked up two important points in the standings Thursday night.

Rob Seewagen scored three goals and added a pair of assists to propel his team to a 6-2 win over shorthanded Abington at Grundy Arena that was last seen heading for the exit at the final buzzer to beat the approaching snow.

The win lifted Neshaminy to 4-4-2 overall and 3-3-1 in league play. Seewagen himself leads his team in scoring with 15 goals and nine assists for 24 points.

The sophomore got things started by scoring the game’s first goal 1:57 into the first and assisting on Jacob Helms’s effort 62 seconds later.

“A lot of these kids I’ve grown up with,” Seewagen said. “Not only on the ice are we clicking, but in the locker room we’re really tight, we have a really good bond.”

Seewagen said the size of the squad lends to and increases the significance of the closeness of the group. “We don’t have a lot of guys,” he said. “On any given night, we only 13-14 guys, including the goalie. It’s definitely difficult when you’re out there every other shift, but when we’re that close like that, every shift you’re out there you’re playing for each other.”

The Galloping Ghosts (3-5-2, 2-3-1) got back in the game for a time when consecutive penalties to Joey DeMatteo (cross checking) and Joey Buday (tripping) gave them a two-man advantage for 56 seconds.

Neshaminy was able to kill one penalty buy not the second; Tommy Rourke scored the power-play goal at the 6:12 mark of the period, only to see DeMatteo answer back at 8:53.

Abington took the ice down four skaters and one backup goaltender for various reasons. Coach Ken Brzozowski said he team is still evolving. “We work hard in practice,” he said. “We’re missing a little bit of that translation from what we do I practice to the games. I think one we can get that to click we’ll continue to be competitive at the (Class AA level).”

Seewagen and Helms scored second-period goals for Neshaminy in a span of just 50 seconds.

Perry Carpenter, Abington’s top sniper, scored to make it a 5-2 with 4:07 left in the middle period before Seewagen completed his hat trick 6:44 into the third.

Abington 1 1 0—2

Neshaminy 3 2 1—6

First-period goals: Rob Seewagen (N) from Joey DeMatteo, 1:57; Jacob Helms (N) from Seewagen, 2:59; Tommy Rourke (A) from Joe Stelacio and Elijah Coston, 6:24 (pp); DeMatteo (N) from Joseph Hornung, 8:53.
Second-period goals: Seewagen, from Charles Potash, 7:15; Helms (N) from Potash and Seewagen, 8:05; Perry Carpenter (A) from Elijah Coston, 11:53.

Third-period goal: Seewagen (N) unassisted, 6:44

North Penn 5, C.B. East 4

WARWICK—It was a game that gave both coaches reason to smile. Jake Nelson’s goal with 6:21 left in the game gave North Penn a 5-4 win over Central Bucks East Wednesday night in a first-rate Suburban High School Hockey League matchup at Revolution Ice Gardens.

Nelson scored the game winner in the midst of a goal-mouth scramble, pushing the puck inside the right post past East netminder Matt Oganowski. The Patriots contended that the net became dislodged before the puck crossed the goal line, but referee Kevin Emore was in an ideal position and signaled immediately that it was a good goal.

With the win, the Knights (7-2-3, 6- 1-2 in league play) extended their unbeaten streak to four. The 14 points they’ve accumulated are the most of any Class AA team in the SHSHL.

Tyler Greenstein scored a goal for the Knights and assisted on three others, including the game winner. “Coach (Kevin Vaitis) just told us we had to be physical right off the bat,” he said, “and we were, and that helped us get right into the flow of the game and helped us with the speed and getting the pucks in deep.”

That aggressive approach helped North Penn take a quick 2-0 lead, Greenstein started things off 4:04 into the first frame after scooting down the right wing and beating Oganowski from just inside the right circle. Josh Kaufhold extended the lead with Greenstein getting the primary assist just 21 seconds later.

Sean Gorman got East (7-3-1, 4-3) on the scoreboard at the 11:42 before the Knights Luke van Why answered with a power-play goal at 13:34.

In the second period, it was the Patriots’ turn to step up. Connor Kelser and Gorman scored goals 80 seconds apart to make it a 3-3 game just 2:02 into the period. Kaufhold put North Penn back in front at 10:22 but Phil McIntyre re-tied the game for East at 12:18 mark.
Both goaltenders stepped up in the second period as well. North Penn’s Nick Ebbinghaus denied Nick LoCastro on a breakaway at the midway point of the session while Oganowski turned aside Nathan Oh with just over five minutes remaining.

Nelson’s effort was the only goal in the third period.

“I’m definitely pleased with getting two points coming out of tonight’s game,” Vaitis said. “I thought we did a number of things well.

“(East) is a good hockey team and I think they’ve proved it with some of the games they’ve played this year and some of the teams they’ve beaten.”
Despite the loss, East coach Ken Latchum believes his team is headed in the right direction. “I take (the loss) over a couple of the lousy wins we have,” he said. “We played a great game.

“I like the way they battled. From the top line all the way down.”

North Penn 3 1 1—5

C.B. East 1 3 0—4

First-period goals: Tyler Greenstein (NP from Jake Nelson, 4:04; Josh Kaufhold (NP) from Greenstein and Luke van Why, 4:25; Sean Gorman (CBE) from Rob Kern, 11:42; van Why (NP from Greenstein, 13:34 (pp).

Second-period goals: Connor Kelser (CBE) from Dan Tori and Max Ermigiotti, :42; Gorman (CBE) from Kern and Matt Cipriano, 2:02; Kaufhold (NP) unassisted, 10:42; Phil McIntyre (CBE) from Tyler Godown and Kelser, 12:18.

Third-period goals: Jake Nelson (NP) from Kaufold and Greenstein, 9:39.
Shots: North Penn 31, C. B. East 21; Saves: Nick Ebbinghaus (NP) 17, Matt Oganowski (CBE) 26