Upper Moreland defeated Wissahickon in an American Conference battle. Check all of Wednesday’s SOL ice hockey results.
By Ben Reese
WARRINGTON – Nearly everyone got what they were expecting on Wednesday night at the Bucks County Ice Sports Center.
Upper Moreland got a victory, a 9-5 decision over Wissahickon. The win keeps the Golden Bears unbeaten in league play at 4-0.
Upper Moreland forward Sean Lloyd got what he expected, a lot of goals. Three of them came off Lloyd's stick.
Wissahickon coach Mike Wolf got what he expected - a very difficult game. And Bear coach Mike Angelo got the battle he anticipated.
“I thought it was going to be a very high scoring game,” Lloyd said. “We knew they had a couple of good scoring guys out there so we covered them as best we could.”
Lloyd notched goals in the first and third periods, scoring twice in the final stanza. Bear teammate Nick Park also had a hat trick.
“We knew it was going to be a tough one before the game started,” said Wolf. “They're the best team in the league. They're the No. 1 team in the league for a reason.”
One of the big reasons is that Upper Moreland can score goals. So far this season, the Golden Bears have netted 44 goals in league play and 79 goals overall.
Angelo had a different slant on things.
“I didn't expect it to be high scoring,” the Upper Moreland coach said. “I did expect a dog fight.
“I knew they score a lot of goals. We just had to combat them with what we had.”
What the Bears had was a lot of goals of their own. And the play of goalie Patrick Beissel.
Beissel is in his first season as the starting goalie for Upper Moreland after playing three seasons with the jayvee squad. Jared Burch, who graduated last spring, manned the pipes for the Bears last year.
“Patrick played head over heels tonight,” Angelo said. “He really kept us in the game. I told him that I think he won us the game tonight.”
Beissel had some other help from his own goalie coach. Burch has volunteered to help as an unofficial goalie coach for Beissel.
“We've got Burchy coaching him in practice,” Angelo explained. “Burchy is really working with him in practice.”
Whatever Burch is doing with Beissel, he should continue it. The Bear net-minder stopped 26 Wissahickon shots and staved off a Trojan rally in the second period.
“I thought their goalie played tremendous,” Wolf said of Beissel, “because we had chances to score. Usually, the puck is going into the net but tonight it didn't.”
Wolf also had some praise for his goalie, Noah Katz. This is Katz's first year playing ice hockey.
“Noah did play well,” Wolf said. “He made some saves I didn't think he was going to make.”
But, in the end, it was the scoring strength of Upper Moreland that made the difference in the game. The Bears got three goals from Lloyd and Park but also got scores from Colton Arizini, Jordin Holmes and Andy Iehle.
“Some of the players who usually don't get a lot of goals stepped up,” Lloyd said. “They really helped us out today.
“You never know when a kid's going to have an off night. When someone else picks up, it really shows our faith in our team.”
Upper Moreland got off to a fast start, scoring four goals in the first period. Arizini got things going at the 6:14 mark with an unassisted goal.
Park got his first goal of the game 1:42 later off an assist from Lloyd. Wissahickon came back with its own goal in the first period, an unassisted marker by Edward Burkart.
But then Lloyd and Holmes tallied their goals. Lloyd picked up another assist on Holmes' goal.
The Trojans came roaring back in the second period. They outscored the Bears 3-1, tying the game at 4-4 before Park scored his second goal of the game in a short-handed situation.
The third period was very similar to the first. Upper Moreland again scored four goals to only one for Wissahickon.
Park got his third goal to start the period and Lloyd notched his final two and Iehle added the ninth goal for the Golden Bears. Luke Honorowski scored the only goal of the period for the Trojans.
“We're fortunate,” Angelo said. “We have a bunch of guys who we can spread (the scoring) out with whether it be Lloyd, the Parks, Iehle, Arizini. We spread it out pretty well.”
They certainly do that.
Upper Moreland 4 1 4 – 9
Wissahickon 1 3 1 – 5
First Period
1. Colton Arizini UM (unassisted) 6:14. 2. Nick Park UM (Sean Lloyd) 7:56; 3. Edward Burkart W (unassisted) 11:19; 4. Lloyd UM (Matthew Shilling, Jordin Holmes) 15:19; 5. Holmes UM (Lloyd) 15:56. Penalties: None.
Second Period
6. Dustin Rabinowitz W (Burkart, Luke Honorowski) 0:36; 7. Matt Vervlied W (Rabinowitz, Honorowski) 4:31 PP; 8. Brandon Rosoff W (Rabinowitz, Kyle Wolf) 10:24; 9. Park UM (Matthew Iehle) 12:32 SH. Penalties: Arizini (UM) cross checking 3:23; Arizini (UM) high sticking 10:24; Park (UM) interference 14:30; Shilling (UM) slashing 15:44.
Third Period
10. Park UM (M Iehle) 3:26; 11. Honorowski W (Vervlied, Rabinowitz) 5:35; 12. Lloyd UM (M Iehle, Andy Iehle) 6:35; 13. Lloyd UM (unassisted) 13:36; 14. A Iehle UM (unassisted) 15:07 PP. Penalties: M Iehle (UM) hooking 4:49; Rabinowitz (W) holding 6:47; Lloyd (UM) hooking 11:05; Kevin Schaeffer (W) charging 14:30; Schaeffer (W) charging misconduct 14:30.
Shots: UM – 34; W – 31. Saves: Patrick Beissel (UM) 26; Noah Katz (W) 25.
HARRY S TRUMAN 6, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 4
Zach Bennett contributed five assists while teammates Mike Roarty and Kyle Bennett both had three-points nights for the Tigers, finishing the game with two goals and one assist.
The two teams went into the final period deadlocked 3-3, but back-to-back goals by Justin Vickery (power play) and Roarty gave put the Tigers on top 5-3. PW’s Ryan Reed made it a 5-4 game with a goal 13:24 into the period, but a minute later, Kyle Bennett, using assists from Zach Bennett and Billy Keyser, scored an insurance goal for the 6-4 final.
The Tigers held a 35-32 advantage in shots. Goalie Christian Morlando turned away 28 of 32 shots while Jacob Magill had 29 saves for the Colonials.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 1 2 1-4
HARRY S TRUMAN1 2 3-6
Scoring Summary
Period 1
HST-Kyle Bennett (Justin Vickery) 7:04
PW-Brad Keller (Jacob Laudenbach, Joe Jordan) 14:45
Period 2
HST-Aaron Liebel (Zach Bennett, Justin Vickery) 6:37
PW-Jared Aiello (unassisted) 9:01
PW-Christopher Zawislak (Bo Flint, Adam Brock) 10:05
HST-Mike Roarty (Kyle Bennett, Zach Bennett) 10:57
Period 3
HST-Justin Vickery (power play) (Zach Bennett, Mike Roarty) 8:03
HST-Mike Roarty (Billy Keyser, Zach Bennett) 12:44
PW-Ryan Reed (Jonathan Isely) 13:24
HST-Kyle Bennett (Zach Bennett, Billy Keyser) 14:23
Shots
Plymouth Whitemarsh 12 7 13-32
Harry S Truman 10 11 14-35
Goalie saves
Jacob Magill (PW) 29; Christian Morlando (HST) 28.
ARCHBISHOP WOOD 5, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3
Ryan Meinke contributed one goal and four assists to lead the Vikings with a five-point night. Wood took a 3-1 lead in the first, and although the Bucks pulled to within one after two periods, they never recuperated from that early deficit.
Patrick Cavanaugh scored an unassisted goal 1:25 into the first period only to watch Scotty Cappuccio knot the score two minutes later. Goals by Cavanaugh and Matt Mandes sent Wood into the second period with a 3-1 lead. A power play goal by Patrick Smith made it a 3-2 game heading into the final period
Meinke answered with a goal to open the third period, giving the Vikings a 4-2 advantage. West’s John McCreadie scored 10 minutes into the period. Troy Potts scored an empty net goal in the game’s closing seconds for the 5-3 final.
Wood held a 36-24 advantage in shots, but the 31-save effort of West’s Jonah Brous kept the Bucks within striking distance.
ARCHBISHOP WOOD 3 0 2-5
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 1 1 1-3
Scoring Summary
Period 1
AW-Patrick Cavanaugh (unassisted) 1:25
CBW-Scotty Cappuccio (Patrick Smith, John McCreadie) 3:36
AW-Patrick Cavanaugh (Nick Patton, Ryan Meinke) 5:47
AW-Matt Mandes (shorthanded) (Ryan Meinke) 8:21
Period 2
CBW-Patrick Smith (power play) (Scotty Cappuccio, Shawn Philipps) 13:03
Period 3
AW-Ryan Meinke (Nick Patton) 2:24
CBW-John McCreadie (Patrick Smith, Scotty Cappuccio) 10:02
AW-Troy Potts (empty net) (Ryan Meinke, Tim Cordero) 15:40
Shots
Archbishop Wood 9 18 9-36
Central Bucks West 5 8 11-24
Goalie saves
Nick DeRosa (AW) 21; Jonah Brous (CBW) 31.
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