Check out all the results for all the SOL SHSHL ice hockey teams in action Wednesday.
By Ben Reese
WARMINSTER -- Momentum is a force that can't be seen but certainly can be felt.
Both the Hatboro-Horsham and Wissahickon ice hockey teams had momentum and then lost it Wednesday night at Bucks County Ice in a 5-5 Suburban High School Hockey League American Division game.
In the first period, the Trojans dominated. They had so much momentum going in their favor that the Hatters rarely got out of their own end.
But then that momentum swung to the Hatters’ side of the ledger. The big lead that Wissahickon had built up got whittled down and then evaporated before the Trojans came back to tie the score in the game’s waning minutes.
"We came out on fire," Wissahickon coach Mike Wolf said. "We were all over them, outshooting them, outplaying them.
"Then they had one shift of sustained pressure in our zone. They were beating us to the puck and winning the battles and they took the momentum. The momentum changed."
That change was just what Hatboro-Horsham coach Gus Salfiti had in mind.
"Momentum -- it's a big important word," the Hatters’ coach said. "We gained it back by starting the contact game.
"Up to that point, they were skating around us, and the only way to slow down speed are speed bumps. That's the contact, and as soon as we started that, the finesse players don't like the contact. The contact stopped them from being so finesse. That's a chance to get turnovers and put pressure on them. That's where the momentum started."
By just looking at the first period, it might that the Trojans would have owned the game. The Hatters were outshot 21-4 in the first period but outscored by just a 3-1 margin.
"All we would do was poke check and they just skated around us," Salfiti said. "They had the speed and the skill to do so.
"We had to stop that. We finally responded and slowly we made it back."
Wolf was understandably pleased with the first period.
"That's when we were skating and playing our game," he said. "Then they came out and started hitting.
"We had all the momentum in the world and then they came down on one shift. Then it was like we were giving them life."
And that life for the Hatters couldn't have come at a better time. They rebounded in the second period to get within one goal at 4-3.
In the third, Hatboro-Horsham scored the first two goals to take a short-lived 5-4 lead. But Wissahickon's Brandon Rosoff got the tying goal with 1:16 left in the third period.
Hatters' goalie Ryan McElroy played an outstanding game. In all, he faced 48 shots, stopping 43 of them, many of them in close to the crease.
"He played a great game," Salfiti said. "We gave him the player of the game. He was solid all the way through."
Wolf lauded McElroy’s performance but had some reservations.
"Their goalie played great but we kept shooting high, high, high," the Trojans’ coach said. "I told them that every time you shoot high, it's easy for him to save it.
"If you shoot low, you're going to get goals. He was kicking out rebounds, but we weren't shooting low."
The Trojans got off to a strong start. Jacob Segelbaum tallied the first goal and Dylan Alioto notched the second.
The Hatters came back with only 49 seconds remaining in the period to score their first goal of the game off the stick of Max Thalheimer, but Rosoff got that right back 37 seconds later to give the Trojans a 3-1 lead after one period.
Then momentum shifted to the Hatters. They got goals from Thalheimer and Jacob Mueller to make it a one-goal game (4-3) after Kevin Schaeffer’s goal put the Trojans on top to go on top 4-1.
In the third period, Ryan Sharp got the Hatters into a 4-4 tie with his goal after only 43 seconds had elapsed. Mueller put Hatboro on top for the first time with his goal with 8:25 left in the game.
Rosoff finished off the scoring. He took a pass from Ed Burkart to beat McElroy with 1:16 left to finish off the tie.
"It was big," Wolf said. "He (Rosoff) probably got a lucky bounce but (he) just has a knack of making big plays at the right time.
"He made a nice move and came in. It was nothing pretty but it counts.”
Hatboro-Horsham 1 2 2 – 5
Wissahickon 2 2 1 – 5
First Period
Jacob Segelbaum W (Unassisted) 7:31; 2. Dylan Alioto W (Ed Burkart) 6:36; 3. Max Thalheimer HH (Nathan Reilly) 0:49; 4. Brandon Rosoff W (Unassisted) 0:12.
Second Period:
5. Kevin Schaeffer W (Jake Flancer, Jacob Dalsemer) 9:22; 6. Thalheimer HH (Unassisted); 7. Jacob Mueller HH (Zach Aubry) 2:03.
Third Period
8. Ryan Sharp HH (Thaheimer, Aubry) 15:17; 9. Mueller HH (Thalheimer) 8:25; 10. Rosoff W (Burkart) 1:16.
Shots: HH -- 16; W -- 48. Saves: Ryan McElroy (HH) 43; Noah Katz (W) 11.
William Tennent 5, Neshaminy 2
Tennent goalie CJ Lineman turned away 30 of 32 shots he faced while teammates Andrew Bean (two goals, two assists) and Alec Dugan (one goal, two assists) propelled the offense.
Tennent got on the scoreboard five minutes into the game when Tim McMonogale connected, using an Andrew Bean assist. The Panthers went on top 3-0 after second period goals by Dugan (Bean/Charlie Feeney assists) and Dan Brady (Anthony Anzideo assist).
The Redskins made things interesting with back-to-back goals by Nick Foster to close out the second period – the first with an Ian Dixon assist and the second with assists from Dixon and Nick Ruggero.
Tennent iced the win with a pair of goals by Bean in the third period. Mike Padgeon and Dugan assisted on the first, and Dugan also had an assist on the second.
The Panthers held a 36-32 edge in shots.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING 
William Tennent 1 2 2 5
Neshaminy 0 2 0 2
SHOTS
William Tennent 1 2 33 36
Neshaminy 0 2 30 32
POWERPLAYS
William Tennent 0 for 9 : Neshaminy 0 for 7
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
William Tennent - Tim McMonogale (Andrew Bean) 5:06
Period 2
William Tennent - Alec Dugan (Andrew Bean, Charlie Feeney) 3:57
William Tennent - Dan Brady (Anthony Anzideo) 10:44
Neshaminy - Nick Foster (Ian Dixon) 10:57
Neshaminy - Nick Foster (Ian Dixon, Nick Ruggero) 11:19
Period 3
William Tennent - Andrew Bean (Mike Padgeon, Alec Dugan) 12:20
William Tennent - Andrew Bean (Alec Dugan) 13:00
GOALIES
43 C.J. Lineman WIN 48:00 32 30
30 Matt Sheley LOSS 48:00 36 31
PENALTY TOTALS
William Tennent 16 minutes on 8 infraction(s) Neshaminy 26 minutes on 9 infraction(s)
North Penn 7, Souderton 0
Derek Heckler scored four goals – three in the opening period – while teammates Alex Peterson (one goal, five assists) and Jake Heckenberger (one goal, four assists) also had big nightd, contributing six and five points respectively.
Heckler had a hat trick before the end of the first period, scoring three straight goals to open the game. All three came with assists from Peterson and Heckenberger. The Knights lead grew to 4-0 when Heckberger connected on North Penn’s lone goal of the second period, using a Peterson assist. North Penn closed out a big night with single goals from Andrew Galetta (power play), Peterson and Heckler.
North Penn goalie Jake Snyder turned away all 17 shots he faced in the shutout. The Knights held a 36-17 advantage in shots.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
North Penn 3 1 3 7
Souderton 0 0 0 0
SHOTS
North Penn 15 5 16 36
Souderton 5 7 5 17
POWERPLAYS
North Penn 2 for 5 : Souderton 0 for 6
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
North Penn - Derek Heckler (Alex Peterson, Jake Heckenberger) 0:37
North Penn - Derek Heckler (powerplay) (Jake Heckenberger, Alex Peterson) 8:24
North Penn - Derek Heckler (Jake Heckenberger, Alex Peterson) 12:51
Period 2
North Penn - Jake Heckenberger (Alex Peterson) 2:15
Period 3
North Penn - Andrew Galetta (powerplay) (Jared Barkley, Matthew Fox) 7:44
North Penn - Alex Peterson (unassisted) 11:53
North Penn - Derek Heckler (Alex Peterson, Jake Heckenberger) 15:48
GOALIES
35 Jake Snyder WIN 48:00 17 17
29 John Roberts (b)
30 Joshua Smith LOSS 48:00 36 29
38 Dawson Anders (b)
PENALTY TOTALS
North Penn 18 minutes on 9 infraction(s) Souderton 20 minutes on 6 infraction(s)
Central Bucks South 4, Central Bucks West 1
The Titans used a balanced attack and the hot hand of goalie Aaron King – who turned away 32 of 33 shots he faced – to hand the streaking Bucks their first loss of the league season.
The Titans took a 1-0 lead when Damon Delaurentis (Leo Flick assist) scored late in the opening period. They upped that lead to 2-0 when Brendan Clements (Connor Matsinger assist) scored early in the second period.
The Bucks cut that lead in half when Eddie Shields scored an unassisted power play goal to make it a 2-1 game. The Titans sealed the win with goals by Matt Stoll (Anthony Rubas/Leo Flick assists) and Tyler Dunn (Matsinger/Anthony Rubas assists).
The Titans held a 52-33 advantage in shots, but West goalie Quinn Poirier kept his team in it, turning away 48 of 52 shots.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Central Bucks West 0 1 0 1
Central Bucks South 1 1 2 4
SHOTS
Central Bucks West 8 13 12 33
Central Bucks South 18 13 21 52
POWERPLAYS
Central Bucks West 1 for 6 : Central Bucks South 0 for 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Central Bucks South - Damon Delaurentis (Leo Flick) 13:31
Period 2
Central Bucks South - Brendan Clements (Connor Matsinger) 3:15
Central Bucks West - Eddie Shields (powerplay) (unassisted) 5:09
Period 3
Central Bucks South - Matt Stoll (Anthony Rubas, Leo Flick) 15:25
Central Bucks South - Tyler Dunn (Connor Matsinger, Anthony Rubas) 15:57
GOALIES
30 Quinn Poirier LOSS 48:00 52 48
31 Jonah Brous (b)
30 Aaron King WIN 48:00 33 32
32 Tim White (b)
PENALTY TOTALS
Central Bucks West 2 minutes on 1 infraction(s) Central Bucks South 22 minutes on 7
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