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By Jeff Dobbin
(Provided courtesy of SHSHL)
HATFIELD – While the score of 4-4 may not seem like much, the importance of the one point difference between Souderton and Central Bucks West can make a huge difference on whether either team makes the playoffs or not.
Souderton (5-2-2) came out hard and strong, taking 13 shots in the first period, hoping to find the net early, but the Bucks strong defense and not to mention the 48 saves from Kenny Doak, allowed CB West (3-4-1) to stay in contention.
With a power play in their favor, the Bucks managed to light up the scoreboard at 13:27 of the first period when Danny Wilson buried the puck off a rebound that ricocheted off the pipe from Eric Schwass’s shot for the first goal of the game.
The scoring spree didn’t end there as the Bucks got another goal as Shawn German carried the puck up the ice on the rush and passed it off to Scotty Cappuccio, who then fed it to John McCreadie to chip it past Souderton’s Dawson Anders to give the Bucks the 2-0 lead with 47 seconds remaining in the first.
Souderton continued to overload West’s defense, setting off a barrage of 13 shots on goal before Daniel Rock managed to steal the puck away from a Bucks defender and connected with Alex Polistsky, who then deked twice before taking the shot off the goalie’s left blocker for Souderton’s first goal of the game to make it a 2-1 game.
Patience was the key for West, and the meaning behind it truly paid off at the 13:44 mark with a power play in its favor. Joe Anton managed to control the puck and fed it to Shawn Philipps towards the right side of the neutral zone for a breakaway and connected with Danny Wilson on the left side for the easy chip-in goal to extend the lead to 3-1. Souderton continued to crash the net, but Doak remained hot in the net for the Bucks as time winded down to end the second period.
Central Bucks West opened the third period with a bang as Wilson netted his second goal of the night just 1:10 into the period for the 4-1 lead. It may have seemed that the game was now out of reach for Souderton; however, the Indians showed no signs of going down quietly as their passes were more fluid and the shots began to intensify and finally found life as Politsky netted the Indians’ second goal at the 8:43 mark to trail 4-2.
Two minutes later, the momentum began to shift as Geoff George jammed the puck past the goalie’s legs to make it a 4-3 game with Souderton rallying back from a three-goal deficit. The rally didn’t end there as Souderton took advantage of the power play with D. Rock set up a slap shot from Politsky to the top right corner, tying the score with less than seven minutes remaining in the game.
Both teams strived to set up the next goal, setting off shots from both ends of the ice, but the puck never found the back of the net as time expired with the scoreboard showing 4-4.
Politsky posted a pair of goals and an assist for Souderton while Wilson also collected a pair of goals for Central Bucks West. Doak came up with 48 saves on 52 shots as Souderton’s netminder, Anders, posted 13 saves on 17 shots on the night.
SOUDERTON 4, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 4
Souderton 0 1 3 - 4
Central Bucks West 1 2 1 - 4
Scoring Summary
Period 1
CBW – Danny Wilson (Eric Schwass) PP 13:27
Period 2
CBW – John McCreadie (Scotty Cappuccio, Shawn Germann) 0:47
SDN – Alex Politsky (Danile Rock) 5:05
CBW – Scotty Cappuccio (John McCreadie, Patrick Smith) 13:44
Period 3
CBW – Danny Wilson (Shawn Philipps, Joe Anton) PP 1:10
SDN – Alex Politsky (Clay Anders, John Killough) 8:43
SDN – Geoff George (Daniel Rock) 10:46
SDN – Daniel Rock (Alex Politsky, Clay Anders) PP 11:54
Shots
Souderton 13 13 26 - 52
Central Bucks West 7 6 4 - 17
Goalie Saves:
Dawson Anders (SDN) 13; Kenny Doak (CBW) 48
PENNRIDGE 7, HARRY S TRUMAN 5
Zach Bennett (two goals, three assists) had a five-point night for the Tigers and teammate Justin Vickery added three goals and one assist, but it wasn’t enough to hold off a determined Ram squad that was sparked by the 34-save effort in goal by keeper Michael Weaver.
Bennett scored a power play goal to put the Tigers on the board, but Pennridge answered with a pair of goals by Jake Wexler as well as a single goal by Anthony Vercere to go on top 3-1. Another Bennett goal made it a 3-2 game at the end of one period.
Truman’s Justin Vickery and Pennridge’s Trevor Yaglinski (power play) exchanged goals in the second period, but Troy Crosson and Luke Slater opened the third period with back-to-back goals to put the Rams on top 6-3. Vickery scored a pair of goals to make it a 6-5 game, but Nathan Runk scored a late insurance goal for the Rams.
PENNRIDGE 3 1 3-7
HARRY S TRUMAN 2 1 2-5
Scoring Summary
HST-Zach Bennett (power play) (unassisted) 5:30
P-Anthony Vercere (unassisted) 6:54
P-Jake Wexler (unassisted) 6:54
P-Jake Wexler (powerplay) (Aaron Crosson) 12:54
HST-Zach Bennett (Justin Vickery) 13:39
Period 2
HST-Justin Vickery (Kyle Bennett, Zach Bennett) 13:33
P-Trevor Yaglinski (powerplay) (unassisted) 15:57
Period 3
P-Troy Crosson (Aaron Crosson, Luke Slater) 3:12
P-Luke Slater (Troy Crosson) 6:20
HST-Justin Vickery (powerplay) (Mike Roarty, Zach Bennett) 7:45
HST-Justin Vickery (Zach Bennett, Mikey Cox) 15:18
P-Nathan Runk (Joey Finlayson) 15:42
Shots
Pennridge 5 7 13-25
Harry S Truman 8 18 13-39
Goalie saves
Michael Weaver (P) 34; Christian Morlando (HST) 18.
NORTH PENN 5, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1
North Penn goalie John Roberts turned away 29 of 30 shots he faced to lead the Knights to the win.
Tristan Wieczorek gave the Indians a 1-0 lead 1:34 into the game, but the Knights answered with back-to-back goals by Jake Heckenberger and Nick Capasso (power play) to take a lead they would not lose. Christian Ahn scored the second period’s only goal to put the Knights on top 3-1. Kevin Saylor scored a pair of fourth period goals, the second an empty net goal.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 1 0 0-1
NORTH PENN 2 1 2-5
Scoring Summary
Period 1
CRN-Tristan Wieczorek (Joe Rutkowski, Sam Kroh) 1:34
NP-Jake Heckeneberger (Derek Heckler, Matthew Fox) 4:47
NP-Nick Capasso (powerplay) (unassisted) 4:49
Period 2
NP-Christian Ahn (Dalton Bideau, jake Heckenberger) 10:51
Period 3
NP-Kevin Saylor (unassisted) 15:59
NP-Kevin Saylor (emptynet) (unassisted) 15:59
Shots
Council Rock North 16 6 8-30
North Penn 10 11 14-35
Goalie saves
Kyle McQuillan (CRN) 30; John Roberts (NP) 29.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 6, ABINGTON 1
Rock South’s Eric Higgins connected for the hat trick and also had an assist to finish with four points while Nick Keck (one goal, two assists) had a three-point night in a contest that saw the Ghosts hang tough for two periods before the Golden Hawks exploded for four goals in the third period.
Neither team scored in a first period that saw the Golden Hawks hold a 10-4 advantage in shots. Higgins put the Golden Hawks on the scoreboard just 1:06 into the second period, but Abington’s Thomas Carroll answered with a power play goal to knot the score. Rock South returned the favor when Higgins scored a power play goal to give the Golden Hawks a 2-1 lead.
Higgins’ third goal of the game made it a 3-1 game, and the Golden Hawks closed it out with goals by Nick Keck, Justin Adams and Kyle Bradley.
Rock South held a 34-17 advantage in shots.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 0 2 4-6
ABINGTON 0 1 0-1
Scoring Summary
Period 1
(no scoring)
Period 2
CRS-Eric Higgins (Matt Gulack, Justin Adams) 1:06
A-Thomas Carroll (powerplay) (James Campbell, Brian Scipione) 6:41
CRS-Eric Higgins (powerplay) (Alex Keck, Nick Keck) 12:05
Period 3
CRS-Eric Higgins (Nick Keck, Kyle Bradley) 4:40
CRS-Nick Keck (unassisted) 6:06
CRS-Justin Adams (unassisted) 13:09
CRS-Kyle Bradley (Eric Higgins) 14:05
Shots
Council Rock South 10 12 12-34
Abington 4 7 6-17
Goalie Saves
Zachary Magro (CRS) 16; Cole Kramer (A) 28.
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 12, PENNSBURY 0
Jake Bauer (four assists) and Dominic Bova (three goals, one assist) both had four-point nights to lead the Titans.
The Titans exploded for first period goals by Bova, Leo Flick, Connor Matsinger and David Cochran to go on top 4-0. In the second period, the Titans finished off the Falcons with eight unanswered goals, including a pair by both Bova and Mike Pilla and single goals by Kevin Casey, Damon Delaurentis, Brenden Clements and Jake Kelinson.
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 4 8 0-12
PENNSBURY 0 0 0-0
Scoring Summary
Period 1
CBS-Dominic Bova (unassisted) 5:20
CBS-Leo Flick (Damon Delaurentis, Mike Pilla) 11:06
CBS-Connor Matsinger (Dominic Bova, Jake Bauer) 11:51
CBS-David Cochran (Jake Bauer) 14:21
Period 2
CBS-Dominic Bova (Kevin Casey) 1:38
CBS-Kevin Casey (Jake Bauer) 4:54
CBS-Mike Pilla (Damon Delaurentis) 7:23
CBS-Damon Delaurentis (powerplay) (Thomas liberta, Brandon Spognardi) 9:44
CBS-Brenden Clements (Cam Calista, Mike Lucas) 10:16
CBS-Dominic Bova (jake Bauer, Kevin Casey) 10:44
CBS-Mike Pilla (Leo Flick) 12:06
CBS-Jake Kelinson (Cam Calista, Brandon Spognardi) 13:36
Shots
Central Bucks South 15 16 0-31
Pennsbury 5 4 0-9
Goalie saves:
Aaron King (CBS) 9; Trevor Schadler (P) 18, Brandon McCaffrey (P) 1.
WILLIAM TENNENT 6, UPPER DUBLIN 3
Danny Gatto (two goals, one assist) and Chris Kreider (one goal, two assists) both had three-point games to lead the Panthers to the non-league win.
Tennent’s Andrew Bean scored the only goal in the first period, but the Flying Cardinals went on top 2-1 after goals by Luke Zachy and Eric Baker (power play) to open the second period. Danny Gatto knotted the score six minutes into the period, and the two teams went into the third period deadlocked 2-2.
Charlie Feeney’s power play goal put the Panthers on top 3-2, but Zachy answered with a power play goal for the Cardinals to knot the score. The Panthers closed it out with goals from Chris Kreider, Sean Ovington and Gatto.
The Panthers held a 41-17 advantage in shots.
UPPER DUBLIN 0 2 1-3
WILLIAM TENNENT 1 1 4-6
Scoring Summary
Period 1
WT-Andrew Bean (Alec Dugan, Chris Kreider) 15:02
Period 2
UD-Luke Zachy (Eric Baker, Kristina McNamara) 2:43
UD-Erick Baker (powerplay) (Matt Tompkins) 3:59
WT-Danny Gatto (Chris Kreider) 6:04
Period 3
WT-Charlie Feeney (powerplay) (PJ Partington) 2:16
UD-Luke Zachy (powerplay) (Matt Tompkinds) 5:10
WT-Chris Kreider (unassisted) 9:16
WT-Sean Ovington (Danny Gatto) 9:48
WT-Danny Gatto (PJ Partington) 14:31
Shots
Upper Dublin 3 10 4-17
William Tennent 12 17 12-41
Goalie Saves
Zach Hanson (UD) 35; Zachary Dorsey (WT) 14.
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