CB West defeated North Penn in SHSHL action Thursday. Check out the results for recent SOL SHSHL action.
By Ben Reese
HATFIELD -- As always happens during the Suburban High School Hockey League season, players miss games.
It could be because of an injury or a previous engagement or a club hockey game. But all the teams in the league have gone through it.
Thursday night was North Penn's turn. The Knights were missing Alex Peterson, who leads the league in scoring, Spencer Silver, the second-leading scorer on the team, and Jared Barkley.
On the other side of the ice, Central Bucks West was a complete team for the first time this season, and it showed in a 3-1 victory at Hatfield Ice.
"This is the first game we've played all season with our full team," CB West coach Dave Baun said. "Eleven games into it and this is the first game we've played with everybody here.
"They had kids that we were preparing for, and when we saw that they weren't there, we still have to play our game. We weren't going to shadow them or anything like that. We were just going to play our game.
"I'm sure it hurt them on the scoreboard some too. You play with who you have."
Who the Bucks had was Dalton Karl. The sophomore scored the first and second goals for West to salt the contest away before Michael D'Argenio tallied the final goal for the Bucks.
"We had a full team today which really gave us some motivation to go out there and give our best effort," Karl said. "We're all men pretty much and we're going out and playing like men and being responsible for their shift, their player."
North Penn coach Kevin Vaitis acknowledged that missing the players hurt.
"Obviously missing Alex hurts, the leading scorer in the league," he said. "Silver's injured right now and Barkley's injured. We had a couple guys banged up and not feeling well which hurts, but there's 12 guys up front and we've got to have other guys step up."
Something else that hurt North Penn was penalties.
"We talked about it before the game," Vaitis said. "You've got to stay out of the box and you've got to stay disciplined.
"You're playing against a team like CB West which doesn't take a lot of penalties. (They're) obviously very solid on defense in their own zone and have good goaltending. You've got to capitalize on chances when you get them."
But the Knights didn't get many chances. The Bucks outshot them 38 to 13 and shut down just about all of the offensive chances that North Penn had.
"This was one of our best team games all season," said Baun. "I thought our structure in the game was really solid.
"We protected the area between the dots really well. We moved the puck well
"We like to move the puck D to D (defenseman to defenseman) and then get the quick up. I thought we did all that really well."
West assistant captain Shawn Phillips saw things the same way.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game so we knew we had to play well," he said. "I think everyone played well.
"It's what we work on in practice - moving the puck up, moving the puck quick. It helps us create offense from the back end."
That's exactly what the Bucks did. In the opening period, after many rushes up ice by both teams, West got on the scoreboard when Karl took a pass from Jake Janik and beat North Penn goalie Jake Snyder at the 6:29 mark.
It stayed that way until early in the second period. At that point, North Penn tied the game.
Derek Heckler started down the ice with the Knights holding a two-on-one advantage. He shot the puck from the circle, West goalie Jonah Brous made the save but couldn't control the rebound and Heckler banged it in.
Once again, both teams had numerous forays up ice with no scoring on either side. That lasted through the second period and into the third.
Then Karl struck again. At the 2:45 mark of the third period. With teammate Tucker Forte in the penalty box, Karl got assists from Phillips and Brandon Savona and beat Snyder with a backhand to the upper left corner of the goal in a short-handed situation for a 2-1 West lead.
D'Argenio finished off the scoring with 1:37 remaining in the game.
CB West 3, North Penn 1
CB West 1 0 2 – 3
North Penn 0 1 0 – 1
First period: 1. Dalton Karl CBW (Jake Janik) 6:29.
Second period: 2. Derek Heckler NP (unassisted) 15:39.
Third period: 3. Karl CBW (Shawn Phillips, Brandon Savona) 2:45 SH; 4. Michael D'Argenio CBW (Eric Schwass, Savona) 14:23.
Shots: CBW -- 38; NP -- 13. Saves: Jonah Brous (CBW) 12; Jake Snyder (NP) 35.
ARCHBISHOP WOOD 9, PENNSBURY 6
The Vikings found themselves staring at a 3-0 deficit after one period but exploded for eight goals in the second period to go on top 8-4 on their way to the big win.
Michael Carrelli led the way with a five-point night, contributing one goal and assisting on four others. Brendan Cullura added two goals and two assists. For the Falcons, Nathan Raccagno and Jack Kelly both contributed two goals and two assists.
The Falcons received first period goals from Raccagno (Kelly assist), Anthony Bench (Adam Shapiro/Ryan Michael assists) and Kelly (Jake Sieger/Raccagno assists).
Patrick Sheehan (Matthew Hensel assist) scored 43 seconds into the second period to spark an 8-1 second period for the Vikings that was capped when Carrelli score in the closing minute, using a Ryan McGettigan assist.
David Casper and Emmett Shanks combined for 28 saves in goal in a winning effort for the Vikings.
Pennsbury 3-1-2 6
Archbishop Wood 0-8-1 9
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 10, NESHAMINY 2
The Golden Hawks opened up a 6-2 lead after one period and never looked back on their way to the lopsided win.
Jay Jenkins put the Golden Hawks on the scoreboard two minutes into the opening period when he connected on a power play goal, using a Nicholas Meli assist. Dylan Varian’s goal with assists from Josh Vergules and Joe Marcella gave the Hawks a 2-0 lead before Jeremy Sheley (Ian Dixon assist) put the Redskins on the scoreboard.
Rock South answered with back-to-back goals from Darren Barder, and when Max Bergman found the net, the Indians led 5-1. Dixon broke the scoring run with an unassisted goal for the ‘Skins, but Justin Adams got that goal back, using a Varian assist.
Goals by Alexander Keck and Austin Price in the second period gave the Hawks an 8-2 advantage. They tacked on two more goals in the third period.
Rock South held a 49-10 advantage in shots on goal.
Neshaminy 2-0-0 2
Council Rock South 6-2-2 10
Wednesday, Jan. 20
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 9, LOWER MORELAND 5
The Colonials trailed 2-1 heading into the final period when their attack came to life, scoring eight goals to earn the come-from-behind win on Wednesday.
After a scoreless opening period, John Sciarrone (Adam Friedman assist) put PW on the scoreboard 5:49 into the second period. Lower Moreland’s Justin Smith (Coleman Peppelman assist) answered with the equalizer, and the Lions went on top when Sean Irving scored an unassisted goal.
Christopher Zawislak knotted the score with a goal 42 seconds into the third period, using assists from Joseph Eisenlohr and Nate Slowik. That opened the floodgates for goals by Will Jowett, Brandon Pham and Chris Rinaldi within a span of less than a minute to give the Colonials a 5-2 advantage. Peppelman scored for the Lions to make it a two-goal game, but Friedman got that right back. The Lions would get no closer than two the rest of the way.
The Colonials held a 44-23 advantage in shots on goal.
Lower Moreland 0-2-3 5
Plymouth Whitemarsh 0-1-8 9
WILLIAM TENNENT 9, ABINGTON 3
Alec Dugan scored three goals and assisted on another to lead the streaking Panthers to the convincing win.
Dugan put the Panthers on the scoreboard 4:26 into the opening period when he scored an unassisted goal, and his second goal – this time using assists from Charlie Feeney and Sean Ovington – gave the Panthers a 2-0 edge. Thomas Panella (Tommy Carroll assist) cut that lead in half with a goal late in the period.
Tennent reeled off three straight goals in the second period. Ovington, Tim McMonogale and Chris Kreider each scored single goals in a stretch that put Tennent on top 5-1. Nicholas Wacker’s power play goal made it a 5-2 game, but goals by McMonogale and Dugan to close out the period gave the Panthers an insurmountable lead.
William Tennent held a 42-18 advantage in shots. Eric Lineman was credited with 15 saves in the win.
Abington 1-1-1 3
William Tennent 2-5-2 9
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