Wissahickon defeated PW in a SHSHL battle Friday between the archrivals. Check out the results for SOL SHSHL teams in action Thursday and Friday.
By Ben Reese
WARMINSTER -- A power play is almost like a gift in high school ice hockey, a golden opportunity to score a goal.
Wissahickon took advantage of its power play opportunities on Friday night at Bucks County Ice, scoring three power-play goals en route to a 10-4 win over Plymouth Whitemarsh.
In the middle of the scoring for the Trojans was Brandon Rosoff. Rosoff scored four goals, including a hat trick in the second period when Wissahickon put the game away.
With the Trojans leading 2-1 after one period, Rosoff clicked with Ed Burkart only 2:58 into the second period for his first goal of the night, on the power play.
Two and a half minutes later, at 5:28, Jake Flancer hit Rosoff with a pass, and he netted his second goal. After Plymouth Whitemarsh got one back off the stick of Steve Fandozzi, Rosoff completed his three-goal period, this time scoring with an assist from Tyler Thompson.
"Brandon always does that," Wissahickon coach Mike Wolf said. "He's a guy who can make things happen out of nothing.
"He knows where to go to score goals. It's a knack and he's got it. He scores a ton of goals for us and he's always been one of our better players."
Rosoff gave most of the credit for his four goals to his teammates.
"It's all due to my teammates and their passing and getting it out of the zone and setting up plays," he said. "(The hat trick was) due to the passing and the rebounds and getting in front of the net."
As for the power-play goals, Rosoff once again gave the credit to his teammates.
"We had some nice opportunities," he said, "just the fast breaks and breaking out of the zone. That's where it all starts."
Wolf was pleased with the number of power plays his team had and the play of his power-play units.
"I don't know what happened," he said with a wide smile. "We got some power plays.
"We put a power play unit out and they scored immediately. I think that changed the tempo.
"Then we had a 5-on-3 (two PW players in the penalty box at the same time) and we put them out and we definitely scored one and we may have gotten two goals. That changed the perspective of the game."
Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Josh Aiello appreciated what Wissahickon did even though it cost his team a chance at a win.
"You've got to hand it to Wissahickon," the Colonials’ coach said. "They came out and they were ready to play.
"It's always a battle between PW and Wissahickon. They came out, they had momentum, and they had the energy carried over from the last game.
"We kind of came out a little bit flat-footed and we never really could catch up to them. We had a small lift where we buried one, and I thought we may be able to crawl back but they turned the knife."
Wissahickon opened the game with the first goal of the night at the 7:45 mark of the first period. Burkart got the goal with an assist from Kyle Wolf.
The Colonials came right back less than four minutes later to tie the score. John Sciarrone put the tying goal past Trojan goalie Noah Katz off an assist from Chris Ward.
Twenty seconds later, the game was no longer tied. Noah Harrington batted one past PW goalie Cole Shula off the rebound of a shot by Nolan Piatkowski.
That was pretty much the end of the tightly contested game. Wissahickon scored three goals in the second period and added five in the third to win going away.
In that second period, Rosoff collected his hat trick. The lone PW marker came from Christopher Zawiaslak.
Wissahickon turned on the offense in the third. The Trojans' first three goals came in the span of 3:27 with two of them coming on the power play and the third, Rosoff's fourth tally, coming just after a Colonial had come out of the box.
Scoring in the third period for the Trojans were Burkart on the power play, Rosoff, Jagger Doll on the power play, Calle Kuffner and Wolf. The Plymouth Whitemarsh goals were scored by Ward (short-handed) and Skyler Goldstein.
All in all, the Trojans dominated the Colonials. Wissahickon held a 39-19 edge in shots.
But Aiello was unbowed by the loss.
"We'll be back and we'll be ready for them next time," he said.
Wissahickon 10, Plymouth Whitemarsh 4
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 1 2 – 4
Wissahickon 2 3 5 – 10
First period: 1. Ed Burkart W (Kyle Wolf) 2:45; 2. John Sciarrone PW (Chris Ward) 11:35; 3. Noah Harrington W (Nolan Piatkowski) 11:55.
Second period: 4. Brandon Rosoff W (Burkart) 2:58 PP; 5. Rosoff W (Jake Flancer) 5:28; 6. Christopher Zawislak PW (Chris Rinaldi) 6:46; 7. Rosoff W (Tyler Thompson) 10:58.
Third period: 8. Burkart W (Wolf) 1:26 PP; 9. Rosoff W (Matt Wilson) 2:06; 10. Jagger Doll W (Wolf, Calle Kuffner) 3:27 PP; 11. Kuffner W (Wolf) 7:17; 12. Wolf W (unassisted) 8:01; 13. Ward PW (Steve Fandozzi, Zawislak) 13:58 SH; 14. Skyler Goldstein PW (Sciarrone, Ward) 15:46.
Shots: PW -- 19; W -- 39. Saves: Cole Shula (PW) 9; Noah Katz (W) 35.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 4, SOUDERTON 2
The Bucks scored three goals in the third period to take control of a tightly contested Continental Conference battle.
West took a 1-0 lead when Dalton Karl scored a power play goal 6:41 into the opening period, using a Shawn Philipps assist. Souderton evened the scored late in the second period when Lukas Chesla connected on an unassisted goal.
Ryan Trefz turned a Luke McCleerey pass into a goal 5:25 into the third period to put the Bucks on top 2-1, but Tyler Johnson answered for Souderton with a goal 22 seconds later to knot the score. The two teams headed into the final period deadlocked 1-1.
Eric Schwass found the net on a power play goal 11:34 into the third period with assists from John McCreadie and Brandon Savona. A goal by McCreadie in the closing seconds gave the Bucks their final margin of victory.
West held a lopsided 28-15 advantage in shots, but keeping the Indians in the game was goalie Joshua Smith, who turned away 34 of 38 shots he faced. Patrick Ventresca turned away 13 of 15 shots to earn the win in goal for West.
Souderton 0-1-1 2
Central Bucks West 1-0-3 4
Thursday, Dec. 17
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 8, ARCHBISHOP WOOD 1
The Golden Hawks led by a just a 1-0 score at the end of one period but exploded for four unanswered goals in the second period to seize control of Thursday’s National Conference game.
A goal by Darren Barder (Anthony DeRose/Jake Houk assists) spotted the Golden Hawks a 1-0 lead after one period. In the second period, Barder (Austin Price assist) scored a power play goal 2:28 into the period, and 19 seconds later, Michael Kauffman scored, using a Max Bergman assist to put the Hawks on top 3-0. Back-to-back goals by Joe Marcelle – the first with a Trey Elmer assist and the second with an assist from Alexander Keck – sent the Golden Hawks into the final period with a 5-0 lead.
That lead grew to 7-0 after Matt Owens scored back-to-back goals, using assists from Barder and Justin Arnold, before Timothy Cordero scored a power play goal (Brendan Cullura/Michael Carreli assist) to put Wood on the scoreboard. A Bergman goal closed out the scoring for the Hawks, using a Justin Adams assist.
Mason Procz turned away 11 of 12 shots he faced to earn the win in goal for the Golden Hawks.
Archbishop Wood 0-0-1 1
Council Rock South 1-4-3 8
NORTH PENN 10, ABINGTON 0
Alex Peterson continued his torrid offensive production, scoring six goals and assisting on two more. Spencer Silver (six goals, two assists) also had huge offensive game for the high-flying Knights, who took the suspense out of this one early.
Silver put North Penn on the board less than two minutes into the game, using a Peterson assist, and then Silver returned the favor, assisting on a goal by Peterson. Mason Mette also was credited with an assist. A pair of goals by Spencer, both with Peterson assists, made it a 4-0 game after one period. Jamie Green was credited with assist on the second Silver goal.
It was more of the same in the second period with Silver and Peterson each scoring a pair to put the Knights on top 8-0. Goals by Silver and Green closed out the scoring in the third period.
Caleb Floyd earned the shutout in goal for the Knights, turning away nine shots.
North Penn 4-4-2 10
Abington 0-0-0 0
HARRY S TRUMAN 10, HATBORO-HORSHAM 0
Five-point nights by Michael Roarty (three goals, two assists) and Kyle Bennett (two goals, three assists) propelled the Tigers to the no-doubt-about-it win over the Hatters.
Codey Gordon (Bennett assist) scored 34 seconds into the game, and the Tigers were off and running. Roarty followed with a power play goal, using assists from Bennett and Steven Avellino, and when Avellino turned a Colin Roberts pass into a goal, the Tigers led 3-0 after one period.
A power play goal by Bennett 42 seconds into the second period (Roarty assist) was followed by a goal from William Findlay (John Saxton/Ross Koenig assists), and another Findley goal (Saxton/Koenig assists) made it a 6-0 game after two periods.
In the third period, the Tigers tacked on four unanswered goals to win going away.
Kyle Huth was forced to make just nine saves in the shutout win.
Hatboro-Horsham 0-0-0 0
Harry A Truman 3-3-4 10
WILLIAM TENNENT 11, NESHAMINY 2
Alec Dugan erupted for four goals and three assists to lead the Panthers to a convincing win over the Redskins.
A goal by Jeremy Sheley (Ian Dixon assist) put the Redskins on the scoreboard four minutes into the game, but the rest of the period belonged to the Panthers. Sean Ovington’s power play goal (empty net) knotted the score. Assisting on the goal were Dugan and Liam Ovington. Back-to-back goals by Brendan Sherwood put the Panthers on top 3-1, and Dugan and Chris Kreider scored in the period’s closing minutes to put the Panthers on top 5-1.
The Panthers reeled off four straight goals to open the second period – which included back-to-back goals by Dugan and single goals by Jack McKeever and Charlie Feeney. A goal by Anthony Sabatini made it a 9-2 game heading into the final period that saw the Panthers receive goals from Gavin George and Dugan.
Bryan Davis earned the win in goal, turning away 11 of 13 shots he faced.
Neshaminy 1-1-0 2
William Tennent 5-4-2 11
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