Wissahickon defeated Hatboro-Horsham in SHSHL action Friday. Check out the recaps.
By Ben Reese
HATFIELD -- Wissahickon's ice hockey team has become a family affair.
There are three Harringtons associated with the team. Father Ken is the coach and senior Noah and sophomore Matt are players.
Matt scored the first Trojan goal of three in the first period and Wissahickon rode that output to a 4-2 victory over Hatboro-Horsham in a Suburban High School Hockey League game at Hatfield Ice Friday night.
Having your father as your coach isn't that strange to Noah. In fact, it almost seems like it has been going on for a while.
"It's a lot of fun, for sure," Noah said. "He's tougher on me, which is good I think, helping me grow a little bit more. It definitely hits hard from my dad."
As for Ken, well, he's been doing it for a number of years.
"I've been coaching them in other sports for years," he said. "They're used to me."
Are you tougher on them than on the other players?
"I'm pretty even with them, I think," Ken said. "You'd have to ask them."
For Noah in his senior year, it has been, in his words, "cool."
"It's kind of cool because he played at all levels, played through college," Noah said of his father. "I kind of picked it up late, but it's nice to be under his rule."
How about playing with your younger brother?
"That's kind of cool, too," Noah said. "It's kind of a family thing. Playing on the same line as him sometimes is fun."
"I'm glad they're playing on the same team together," said Ken, displaying a fatherly pride.
One thing everyone agreed on was there were too many penalties. Wisshickon was called for 11 penalties and Hatboro-Horsham got seven; both side totaled 44 minutes in infractions.
"I think we had as many penalties in this game as we've had in all our other games," Ken said. "There were a lot of calls. It was a chippy game."
Hatter coach Gus Salfiti was not happy with his team’s march to the penalty box.
"We just kept on taking stupid penalties,” the Hatters’ coach said. "There are some good penalties to take and some stupid penalties to take. The stupid, lazy ones like slashing and tripping, that's what hurts. We were always killing penalties.
"Key guys were in the penalty box. Guys who would kill the penalty were in the box; guys who would score were in the box."
Key for Wissahickon were those three first-period goals, which got the Trojans off on the right foot.
"That was good," said coach Harrington. "I was hoping we'd get more, to be honest.
"We missed a lot of opportunities, a lot of good chances. For some reason, we love shooting into (the goalie's) glove hand."
As a player, Noah realized that the first period set the stage for the win.
"Both teams started slow," he said. "I think once we really got into it, started banging around, we started getting going.
"Adrenaline started running. We got one goal and just jumped on that and kept going with it."
The Hatters actually broke out of the gate first. Jacob Mueller beat Trojan goalie Jake Modelevsky at the 5:24 mark of the first period for a 1-0 lead.
But then Wissahickon woke up. The Trojans notched three goals in one minute and 53 seconds to get on top.
First was the goal by Matt Harrington at 11:59 on the power play. Then 43 seconds later, Matt Cade scored and 1:10 after that Sean Garry finished up, also on the power play.
The second period saw only one goal and that by Wissahickon's Nolan Piatkowski, but the period also saw seven penalties called.
Hatboro-Horsham scored the only goal in the third period. Jonathan Herbert scored at the 2:57 mark to cut the Trojan lead to 4-2, the final score.
But the third saw more penalties. This time eight infractions were called, six against Wissahickon.
Wissahickon 4, Hatboro-Horsham 2
Hatboro-Horsham 1 0 1 – 2
Wissahickon 3 1 0 – 4
First period: 1, Jacob Mueller HH (Dylan McClure, Ziyad Elsabbagh) 5:24; 2, Matt Harrington W (Sean Garry, Nolan Piatkowski) 11:59 PP; 3, Matt Cade W (Jake Flancer) 12:42; 4, Garry W (Matt Wilson) 13:52 PP.
Second period: 5, Wilson W (Flancer) 12:39.
Third period: 6, Jonathan Herbert HH (Elsabbagh) 2:57.
Shots: HH 19, W 38. Saves: Ryan Bell (HH) 34, Jake Modelevsky (W) 17.
PENNSBURY 4, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 1
August Dous turned away 24 of 25 shots he faced in goal, helping to lead the Falcons to an upset of the conference-leading Golden Hawks. The win was just the second of the season for Pennsbury, which led from wire to wire.
A power play goal by Jasper Millman with an assist from Jake Machlovitz accounted for all the scoring in the first period. In the second, the Falcons used goals by Jake Sieger (Cameron Polo assist) and Griffin Foll (Dawson Belmont/Machlovitz assists) to go on top 3-0 before Trey Elmer (Matthew Owens assist) put the Golden Hawks on the board in the final minute of the period.
Sieger’s power play goal with assists from John Bezilla and Jonathan MacBride gave the Falcons their final margin of victory.
Pennsbury 1-2-1 4
Council Rock South 0-1-0 1
Shots: Pennsbury 22, CRS 25.
Saves: August Dous (P) 24, Mason Procz (CRS) 18.
First Period
P: Jasper Millman (Jake Machlovitz)
Second Period
P: Jake Sieger (Cameron Polo)
P: Griffin Foll (Dawson Belmont/Jake Machlovitz)
CRS: Trey Elmer (Matthew Owens)
Third Period
P: Jake Sieger (John Bezilla/Jonathan MacBride)
Thursday, Jan. 19
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 9, NORTH PENN 3
Jake Boehm scored two goals and assisted on two others while Joey Rockovich (one goal, two assists) and Dalton Karl (two goals, one assist) both added three-point nights to lead the Bucks. Eleven West players contributed points in a consummate team effort.
The Bucks took command of this one early, opening up a 5-1 lead after one period and never looking back. Boehm (Jacob Janik assist) put the Bucks on the scoreboard 2:13 into the opening period, and then it was Karl finding the net with a Luke McCleerey assist. Another Boehm goal (Rockovich assist) put the Bucks on top 3-0 before North Penn’s George Boyle found the net. The Bucks closed out the period with goals from Rockovich (Evan Johnson assist) and Scotty Cappuccio (Boehm assist.
Tucker Forte and Cappuccio scored second-period goals to put the Bucks on top 7-1 before Nathan Oh found the net for the Knights. In the third period, Joe Anton and Carl scored for the Bucks before Joshua Kaufold scored a short-handed goal for the Knights.
Jonah Brous (15 saves) and Jeremy Kennard (16 saves) split time between the pipes and combined for 31 saves in the win. Caleb Floyd and Kate Winstanley combined for 26 saves for the Knights with Winstanley accounting for 17 of those.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 10, NESHAMINY 2
Matthew Owens’ five-point night (two goals, three assists) led a high-powered Golden Hawk offense. Jake Houk (two goals, two assists) and Logan Hurwitz (one goal, three assists) both had four-point games in the Hawks’ convincing win.
The Golden Hawks took care of business in the first quarter, exploding for six goals out of the gate. Houk got the ball rolling, using an assist from Hurwitz, and then Matthew Meli scored his first of two goals in the period, this one with assists from Dylan Feioli and Hurwitz. Hurwitz, Owens and Joe Marcella each added single goals as South opened up a 6-0 lead.
That lead grew to 9-0 after goals by Feoli, Jared Wagenmann and Houk before Aric Miller (Christian Tomes assist) put the ‘Skins on the board. Owens and Neshaminy’s Brett Nelson exchanged goals in the third period.
South’s Jeremy Sigel recorded 11 saves to earn the win while Steven Glik turned away 26 shots for the Redskins.
Neshaminy 0-1-1 2
Council Rock South 6-3-1 10
Shots: CRS 36, Neshaminy 13.
Saves: Steven Glik (N) 26, Jeremy Siegel (CRS) 11.
First Period
CRS: Jake Houk (Logan Hurwitz)
CRS: Matthew Meli (Dylan Feioli/Logan Hurwitz)
CRS: Logan Hurwitz (Matthew Owens)
CRS: Matthew Owens (Michael Kauffman)
CRS: Joe Marcella (Jake Houk/Jared Wagenmann)
CRS: Matthew Meli (Logan Hurwitz)
Second Period
CRS: Dylan Feoli (Trey Elmer/Jake Houk)
CRS: Jared Wagenmann (Matthew Owens/Joe Marcella)
CRS: Jake Houk (Matthew Owens)
N: Aric Miller (Christian Tomes)
Third Period
CRS: Matthew Owens (Michael Kauffman)
N: Brett Nelson (Christian Tomes, Antonio Alicea)
PENNRIDGE 2, LA SALLE II 2
In a non-league game, the Rams used goals by Patrick McGinley (Josh Finlayson/Eric Slater assists) and Luke Slater to eke out a tie against La Salle II.
McGinley’s goal came on a power play to knot the score 12:41 into the second period. Slater’s knotted the score with less than four minutes remaining in regulation.
Tyler Gilbert put on a strong showing in goal for the Rams, turning away 29 of 31 shots.
La Salle II 1-0-1 2
Pennridge 0-1-1 2
Shots: La Salle 31, Pennridge 27.
Saves: Tyler Gilbert (P) 29, Brendan Pearce (LS) 25.
First Period
LS: Ben Shelley (Kevin Keating)
Second Period
P: Patrick McGinley (Josh Finlayson/Eric Slater)
Third Period
LS: G Mazzarelli (Kevin Keating)
P: Luke Slater
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