Check out Friday’s SOL SHSHL ice hockey action.
Upper Moreland 5, WilliamTennent 4
By Rick Woelfel
There was an abundance of energy in the air Friday night at the Bucks County Sports Center. Both Upper Moreland and William Tennnet were out to settle the question of which was the team to beat in the SHSHL’s American Division.
The result was a high-intensity hockey game that saw the Golden Bears score four goals in the third period to emerge as 5-4 winners.
Matt Iehle scored the winning goal with 2:03 left in the game to lift his team to 5-2 in the division and 9-3 overall. Upper Moreland trails first-place Wissahickon by two points in the American Division standings, but the Golden Bears have two games in hand. The Panthers slipped to 9-4-2 overall and 4-4 in the division.
“When you get a fast game like this, you’ve got to step it up,” Iehle said. “You’ve got to rev it up, you’ve got to take it to the next level, and that’s what we did today.”
The first period was a scoreless goaltending dual; Upper Moreland’s Patrick Beissel and Tennent’s C.J.Lineman made 27 saves between them.
Colton Arizini put Upper Moreland up 1-0 with a power-play goal 2:44 into the middle period before Sean Ovington answered back for Tennent two minutes later.
Alec Dugan put the Panthers in front for the first time when he scored with 4:52 left in the period.
A short while later, he was at the center of a game-changing sequence of events.
As the final seconds of the period ticked away, Arizini appeared to take Dugan into the boards from behind, but there was no call on the play. Dugan responded by going after Upper Moreland’s Sean Lloyd and drew a minor penalty for head contact plus an automatic 10-minute misconduct.
All but three seconds of the minor penalty carried over into the third period, and Upper Moreland took advantage. Lloyd scored a power-play goal exactly one minute into the final session, and Andy Iehle added an even-strength goal 40 seconds later to put Upper Moreland in front, for good as it turned out.
“Going a man down on these guys is really difficult,” said Tennent assistant coach Jim Fox (head coach Nick D’Auruzio was away at a tournament). “They have some guys that can really skate and some guys that can really shoot. A man disadvantage is definitely not what you want to do against a team like this.”
Matt Iehle extended Upper Moreland’s lead to 4-2 with 6:48 left in the game but Andrew Bean wouldn’t let the Panthers buckle. He weaved his way up the ice and through the Golden Bears to make it a one-goal game with 6:08 still left.
Bean tied the game with 2:40 remaining when he put in a rebound of Jeff Mitchell’s slapshot from the left point.
Just 38 seconds later Iehle scored the game winner seemingly out of nowhere when he converted a feed from Jordin Holmes.
“Jordin made a great play coming down the (left) wing and gave me a pass,” Iehle said. “It hit it off the post, and it went off the goalie’s back and went in.”
Even after the goal, Upper Moreland kept the pressure on; the Panthers weren’t able to get Lineman out of the net until there were just 27 seconds remaining.
Upper Moreland coach Michael Angelo noted the two teams raised each other’s level of play.
“You’ve got to sharpen your pencil and come out with your best game,” he said. “You’ve got the best players in the best situation. You’ve got to watch what you’re doing and adjust your game accordingly.”
Upper Moreland 0 1 4—5
William Tennent 0 2 2—4
Second-period goals: ColtonArizini (UM) from Sean Lloyd and Andy Iehlem 2:44 (pp); Sean Ovington (WT) fromBlake Bagdon, 4:40; Alec Dugan (WT) from Bagdon, 11:08.
Third-period goals: Lloyd(UM) from Andy Iehle and Matt Iehle, 1:00 (pp); Andy Iehle (UM) from Jake Parkand Jordin Holmes, 1:40; Matt Iehle (UM) from Lloyd, 9:12; Andrew Bean (WT)from Mike Padgreen, 9:52; Bean (WT) from Jeff Mirchell and Alec Dugaan, 13:20;Matt Iehle (UM) from Arizini and Holmes, 13:58.
shots: Upper Moreland 33, William Tennent 31; Saves: Patrick Beissel (UM) 27;C.J. Lineman (WT) 28.
Records: Upper Moreland (9-3, 5-2 SHSHL American Division); William Tennent(9-4-2, 4-4)
Upper Moreland 5 William Tennent 4
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Upper Moreland 0 1 4 5
William Tennent 0 2 2 4
SHOTS
Upper Moreland 11 12 10 33
William Tennent 16 11 4 31
POWERPLAYS
Upper Moreland 2 for 6 : William Tennent 0 for 3
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
(no scoring)
Period 2
Upper Moreland - Colton Arizini (powerplay) (Sean Lloyd, Andy Iehle) 2:44
William Tennent - Sean Ovington (Blake Bagdon) 4:40
William Tennent - Alec Dugan (Blake Bagdon) 11:08
Period 3
Upper Moreland - Sean Lloyd (powerplay) (Andy Iehle, Matthew Iehle) 1:00
Upper Moreland - Andy Iehle (Jake Park, Jordin Holmes) 1:40
Upper Moreland - Matthew Iehle (Sean Lloyd) 9:12
William Tennent - Andrew Bean (Mike Padgeon) 9:52
William Tennent - Andrew Bean (Jeff Mitchell, Alec Dugan) 13:20
Upper Moreland - Matthew Iehle (Colton Arizini, Jordin Holmes) 13:58
GOALIES
31 Patrick Beissel (UMO) WIN 48:00 31 27
43 C.J. Lineman (WT) LOSS 48:00 33 28
Central Bucks South 12, Harry S Truman 0
Mike Pilla (three goals, two assists), Leo Flick (two goals, two assists) and Kevin Casey (four assists) led a potent Titan attack.
The Titans all but put the game away with a four-goal scoring burst in the first period. Pilla, Thomas Liberta, Flick and Alex Stoll each scored single goals. South brought an end to the game with an eight-goal explosion in the second period.
The Titans held a 38-11 advantage in shots. South’s Nick Madson turned away all 11 shots he faced to earn the shutout.GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Truman 0 0 0 0
Central Bucks South 4 8 0 12
SHOTS
Truman 5 6 0 11
Central Bucks South 18 20 0 38
POWERPLAYS
Truman 0 for 2 : Central Bucks South 1 for 2
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Central Bucks South - Mike Pilla (Kevin Casey, Thomas Liberta) 1:04
Central Bucks South - Thomas Liberta (shorthanded) (unassisted) 7:46
Central Bucks South - Leo Flick (powerplay) (Mike Pilla, Thomas Liberta) 12:02
Central Bucks South - Alex Stoll (Mike Lucas, Brenden Clements) 14:32
Period 2
Central Bucks South - Leo Flick (Mike Pilla, Damon Delaurentis) 0:07
Central Bucks South - Connor Matsinger (Jared Conroy, Alex Stoll) 0:58
Central Bucks South - Dominic Bova (Jake Bauer, Kevin Casey) 3:12
Central Bucks South - Dominic Bova (shorthanded) (unassisted) 6:45
Central Bucks South - Mike Pilla (Leo Flick, Damon Delaurentis) 9:20
Central Bucks South - Jared Conroy (David Cochran, Kevin Casey) 11:52
Central Bucks South - Dominic Bova (Kevin Casey, Connor Matsinger) 13:59
Central Bucks South - Mike Pilla (Leo Flick, Brandon Spognardi) 14:55
Period 3
(no scoring)
GOALIES
21 Christian Morlando (TRU) LOSS 48:00 38 26
27 Nick Madson (CBS) WIN 48:00 11 11
North Penn 10, Central Bucks West 1
Nick Capasso had three goals and three assists to lead the Knights with a six-point game. Christian Ahn (one goal, three assists) had a four-point night, and both Michael Raimo (two goals, one assist) and Alex Peterson (one goal, two assists) had three-point games.
Neither team scored in the opening period, but the Knights won it with a five-goal outburst in the second period that saw them outshoot the Bucks 37-7. Jake Heckenberger got things started, and then it was Raimo connecting for a goal before Capasso scored back-to-back goals. A goal by Matthew Stella put the Knights on top 5-0. They opened the third period with four more goals to go on top 9-0 before Danny Wilson scored to break up North Penn’s shutout bid.
The Knights held a 71-22 advantage in shots. West’s Jonah Brous turned away 39 of 44 shots he faced while Kenny Doak stopped 22 of 27. North Penn’s Jake Snyder turned away 21 of 22 shots.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Central Bucks West 0 0 1 1
North Penn 0 5 5 10
SHOTS
Central Bucks West 7 7 8 22
North Penn 14 37 20 71
POWERPLAYS
Central Bucks West 0 for 1 : North Penn 0 for 2
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
(no scoring)
Period 2
North Penn - Jake Heckenberger (Alex Peterson, Matthew Stella) 4:33
North Penn - Michael Raimo (Jeremy Snyder, Nick Capasso) 10:20
North Penn - Nick Capasso (Christian Ahn, Michael Raimo) 10:45
North Penn - Nick Capasso (Christian Ahn, Jeremy Snyder) 12:53
North Penn - Matthew Stella (Jake Heckenberger) 14:13
Period 3
North Penn - Christian Ahn (Nick Capasso) 0:29
North Penn - Derek Heckler (Jaime Green, Kevin Saylor) 6:31
North Penn - Michael Raimo (Christian Ahn, Nick Capasso) 7:50
North Penn - Alex Peterson (RJ Chandler) 14:50
Central Bucks West - Danny Wilson (Patrick Smith, Eddie Shields) 15:02
North Penn - Nick Capasso (Kevin Saylor, Alex Peterson) 15:16
GOALIES
31 Jonah Brous (CBW) LOSS 30:13 44 39
16 Kenny Doak (CBW) 17:47 27 22
35 Jake Snyder (NP) WIN 48:00 22 21
Lower Moreland 7, Lansdale Catholic 4
The Lions opened up a 3-0 lead after one period, and although LC used a pair of John Volpe goals to make it a 3-2 game early in the second period, the Lions responded with two goals of their own to go back on top 5-2. Michael Longhitano scored a power play goal for LC early in the third period to trim Lower Moreland’s lead to 5-3, but the Crusaders would get no closer.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Lower Moreland 3 2 2 7
Lansdale Catholic 0 2 2 4
SHOTS
Lower Moreland 15 10 7 32
Lansdale Catholic 9 6 8 23
POWERPLAYS
Lower Moreland 0 for 0 : Lansdale Catholic 0 for 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Lower Moreland - Stass Khokhlov (Tyler Kraft) 4:35
Lower Moreland - Stass Khokhlov (Tyler Kraft) 9:24
Lower Moreland - Corey Blumenthal (Sam Sauls) 15:02
Period 2
Lansdale Catholic - John Volpe (unassisted) 4:15
Lansdale Catholic - John Volpe (James Knack) 8:32
Lower Moreland - Tyler Kraft (Sam Sauls) 14:48
Lower Moreland - Sam Sauls (Stass Khokhlov, Tyler Kraft) 15:07
Period 3
Lansdale Catholic - Michael Longhitano (powerplay) (John Volpe) 2:26
Lower Moreland - Tyler Kraft (Stass Khokhlov) 7:56
Lower Moreland - Tyler Kraft (Stass Khokhlov) 9:16
Lansdale Catholic - New Player (John Volpe) 15:40
GOALIES
27 Eric Spahr (LMO) 47:40 0 0
35 Helen Cooney (LC) 47:40 0 0
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