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By Ben Reese
HATFIELD – Boom!
The sound you just heard was the offensive explosion in the Suburban High School Hockey League in the game between Wissahickon and Lansdale Catholic.
After a relatively routine 3-2 first period, the Trojans came out and scored five goals in the second period and two more in the third en route to a 10-8 win over the Crusaders in the American Division game at the Hatfield Ice Arena.
Needless to say, it was not an expected outcome for either Wissahickon coach Mike Wolf nor LC coach Rocco Sexton.
“An offensive explosion by them, yes,” Wolf said. “An offensive explosion by us, probably not.
“Wide open hockey is what it was. Our team knows we have to get a lot of goals because we have a goalie who has never played hockey before.”
Sexton was equally stunned.
“I certainly didn't expect this many (goals),” he said. “I was thrilled to see us put the eight (goals) up.
“I had heard a little about the goalie we were facing, so the key was to shoot, shoot, shoot. We were trying to shoot like crazy, but we were light on players so it was tough to generate a lot of offense and get a lot of shots.”
Two players who didn't have any problems generating offense were the Trojans' Ed Burkart and Andrew Hart of the Crusaders. Burkart had three goals and five assists for eight points, and Hart collected four goals and two assists.
“Eddie Burkart had a fabulous game tonight,” Wolf said. “He scored some great goals, made some great plays, some great assists.”
Sexton had some admiration for Burkart also.
“They had a couple (of players) who could bring it,” he said. “I was looking at the game stats from before and seeing who they had. He (Burkart) wasn't the one I had my eye on, but as the game went on, it was clear that he was a player.”
He also had praise for Hart.
“He's a player,” Sexton said. “He brings it every time.
“I've got to admire the intensity he plays with; he doesn't take his foot off the gas. He's a great player to have on the team.”
Burkart was more modest about his eight-point game.
“I just tried to do my best out there,” he said. “I was just trying to get a couple points.
“After they scored, (we worked at) getting back the goals that they scored. We felt we let our goalie down so we had to get them back quick.”
Wolf felt he had an explanation for the large total of goals scored by both teams.
“Both teams tonight - we had a lot of skilled players who seem to find the spaces on the ice to go to and they just sense it,” he said. “They play well together and create a lot of opportunities.”
However, Sexton had another reason for the number of goals his team surrendered.
“We're struggling right now,” he explained. “Two of our regular defensemen are out with injuries, one long term.
“I've been rotating three defensemen for the last three games. And I've been working some forwards back onto D.”
Each period began with a goal being scored within the first minute of play. And each period had a goal scored late except the third.
The first period began with Wissahickon taking a 1-0 lead on Dustin Rabinowitz's unassisted goal with only 22 seconds gone in the game.
Then, the Trojans' Matt Wilson scored the second goal of the game on the power play.
That lead lasted more than five minutes. Burkart was called for tripping at the 7:56 mark. Ten seconds later, the Crusaders were on the board as Mike Longhitano put the puck in the net off assists from Hart and Bill Pezzutti.
Burkart scored his first goal of the game with 12:05 gone in the period. It was unassisted, one of two unassisted tallies for him.
Lansdale Catholic came right back. Jake Claus netted his first goal of the season off an assist from Hart with only 22 seconds left in the opening stanza.
The second period was all goals all the time. Wissahickon scored five of them and the Crusaders got three.
Scoring for the Trojans were Luke Honorowski (twice) with Burkart assisting on both goals, Burkart twice and Kevin Schaeffer, with an assist from Burkart and Honorowski.
The three LC markers all came from Hart. Two of the goals were assisted by Longhitano and the third, with 1:05 remaining in the period, was unassisted.
Lansdale Catholic got the first goal of the third period. Volpe scored off an assist from Hart.
The Trojans got the next two markers with Honorowski (unassisted), his third, and Jacob Dalsemer (with an assist from Burkart) netting the goals.
But the Crusaders weren't done quite yet. They got two goals within 41 seconds as Hart scored unassisted at the 4:03 mark and Alex Slowik scored with 4:44 gone in the final stanza.
Wissahickon 3 5 2 – 10
Lansdale Catholic 2 3 3 – 8
First Period
1. Dustin Rabinowitz W (unassisted) 0:22; 2. Matt Wilson W (Rabinowitz) 2:40 PP; 3. Mike Longhitano LC (Andrew Hart, Alex Slowik) 8:06 PP; 4. Ed Burkart W (unassisted) 12:05; Jake Claus LC (Hart) 15:38. Penalties: John Volpe (LC) tripping 1:16; Burkart (W) tripping 7:56.
Second Period
6. Luke Honorowski W (Burkart) 0:44; 7. Burkart W (unassisted) 4:28; 8. Burkart W (Jacob Segelbaum, Honorowski) 10:16 PP; 9. Kevin Schaeffer W (Burkart, Honorowski) 12:35; 10. Hart (Longhitano) 13:32; 11. Hart LC (Longhitano) 13:43; 12. Honorowski W (Burkart, Brandon Rosoff) 14:22; 13. Hart LC (unassisted) 14:55. Penalties: Rabinowitz (W) hooking 2:45; Slowik (LC) slashing 8:45; Hart (LC) roughing 9:30; Jacob Dalsemer (W) roughing 9:30; Matt Vervlied (W) tripping 11:19.
Third Period
14. Volpe LC (Hart) 0:38; 15. Honorowski W (unassisted) 1:02; 16. Dalsemer W (Burkart) 1:38; 17. Hart LC (unassisted) 4:03; 18. Slowik LC (unassisted) 4:44. Penalties: Dalsemer (W) tripping) 5:39; Wissahickon bench (too many men on the ice) 15:08.
Shots: W – 40; LC – 19. Saves: Noah Katz (W) 11; Helen Cooney (LC) 30.
PENNSBURY 5, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 3
Linder Kenyon connected for the hat trick to lead the Falcons to the come-from-behind win.
Kenyon scored the only goal in the first period, connecting 8:23 into the period with an assist from Craig Meschel. PW used back-to-back goals by Ryan Reed and Bo Flint to go on top 2-1 in the second period, but Kenyon scored a shorthanded goal to knot the score, and the Falcons took a lead they would not lose when Kenyon scored his third goal of the game, this one with a Kevin Koerner assist.
Eric Michael put the Falcons on top 4-2 with a goal 5:47 into the final period. A goal by Flint trimmed that lead to one, but John Thornton scored an unassisted goal to give Pennsbury its final margin of victory.
The Falcons held a lopsided 32-13 advantage in shots, but PW goalie Jim Smith (27 games) kept his team within striking distance.
Pennsbury 1 2 2-5
Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 2 1-3
Scoring Summary
Period 1
P – Linder Kenyon (Craig Meschel) 8:23
Period 2
PW – Ryan Reed (Jake Butler, Joe Jordan) 4:54
PW – Bo Flint (Brad Keller) 7:31
P – Linder Kenyon (shorthanded) (Kyle Wilkins, Cameron Borusiewicz) 9:32
Period 3
P – Eric Michael (Kevin Koerner, Cameron Borusiewicz) 5:47
PW – Bo Flint (Jonathan Isely) 14:31
P – John Thornton (unassisted) 14:39
Shots
Pennsbury 10 11 11-32
Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 5 8-13
Goalie Saves:
Trevor Schadler (P) 10; Jim Smith (PW) 27.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 9, HARRY S TRUMAN 1
Nick Keck scored two goals and assisted on three others while Alex Keck had a pair of goals and two assists to lead the Golden Hawks to the big win. David Keebler (one goal, two assists) had a three-point night for the Hawks.
Alex Keck (Nick Keck assist) and Steven Bollendorf (Jason Brockman/David Keebler assists) scored goals within 34 seconds of each other to spot the Golden Hawks a 2-0 lead at the end of one period.
Goals by Dylan Varian and Jason Brockman in the opening minute of the second period made it a 4-0 game. Josh Robinson interrupted the Golden Hawks’ tear with a goal for Truman, but Nick Keck, Alex Keck and Keebler answered with goals to send the Hawks into the final period with a 7-1 lead.
The Hawks held a commanding 42-16 advantage in shots.
Harry S Truman 0 1 0-1
Council Rock South 2 5 2-9
Scoring Summary
Period 1
CRS – Alex Keck (Nick Keck) 5:25
CRS – Steven Bollendorf (Jason Brockman, David Keebler) 5:59
Period 2
CRS – Dylan Varian (Alex Keck, Nick Keck) 0:33
CRS – Jason Brockman (Chad Wiener, David Keebler) 0:57
HST – Josh Robinson (Zach Bennett) 8:59
CRS – Nick Keck (unassisted) 13:08
CRS – Alex Keck (Nick Keck, Jay Jenkins) 13:40
CRS – David Keebler (Steven Bollendorf, Chad Wiener) 14:05
Period 3
CRS – Nick Keck (Justin Adams, Alex Keck) 8:12
CRS – Eric Higgins (unassisted) 14:04
Shots
Harry S Truman 7 6 3-16
Council Rock South 8 21 13-42
Goalie Saves:
Christian Morlando (HST) 33; Andrew Stone (CRS) 7, Zachary Magro (CRS) 8.
ARCHBISHOP WOOD 14, LOWER MORELAND 8
Patrick Cavanaugh scored two goals and assisted on four others to lead the Vikings with a six-point night. Troy Potts (three goals, two assists) and Matt Mandes (three goals, two assists) both had five-point games.
The Vikings led 3-2 at the end of one period, thanks to goals from Tim Cordero, Cavanaugh and Brett Katzianner (power play). Lower Moreland opened the second period with three consecutive goals in a span of 2:29, a run that was capped when Stass Khokhlov scored on a penalty shot to put the Lions on top 5-3.
Wood answered with a 4-0 tear of its own, sparked by a pair of goals from Potts and single goals from Mandes and Jonathan Pflugfelder to make it a 7-5 game. The Lions knotted the score 7-7, but back-to-back goals by Nick Patton ignited a 5-0 Wood run. The Vikings outscored the Lions 7-1 in the final 11 minutes of the game.
Wood held a 55-29 advantage in shots.
Archbishop Wood 3 4 7-14
Lower Moreland 2 3 3-8
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