Check out the results for SOL SHSHL ice hockey teams in action Friday.
By Ben Reese
WARWICK -- 
When Pennsbury's ice hockey team is good, it is very good.
On Friday night at The Rinks at Warwick, the Falcons were very, very good.
They played almost flawless defense in front of goalie Trevor Schadler and got a strong offensive showing to beat Central Bucks East 4-1.
Pennsbury kept the Patriots away from the net. The Falcons allowed only 21 shots on goal and didn't surrender a goal until there was only 1:19 remaining in the game.
Pennsbury coach Joe Deery has a system his team plays, and as long as the Falcons adhere to that system, they play well.
"When we're playing the coach's game, it all seems to go," Schadler said. "We just play good when we're playing his system."
What exactly is “the coach's game”?
"We play a 1-2-2," Schadler explained. "That means we have two defensemen in the back and extra support so we don't have that many odd-man rushes."
According to Deery, that's about right.
"When they play the system and forecheck like they did tonight and they back-check, we can beat anybody,” the Falcons’ coach said. “If they get away from the system, you don't know what's going to happen.
"The games that we've lost this year, we've taken too many penalties. We got behind quick and it was tough to get back."
East coach Sean Mullin lauded the Falcon defense, but he also thought his team had something to do with it.
"Their defense was strong," Mullin said, "but I don't think that we ever sent anyone in to the net to work hard. We didn't show up to play hockey.
"It was a lack of motivation, a lack of effort. That's the team that showed up for us.
"Not to discredit them. They took advantage of all their opportunities and we turned the puck over way too much."
A lot of the credit for the win goes to Schadler. The goalie stopped all but one of the shots taken by the Patriots.
"When our defense plays good in front of him, he plays great,” Deery said.
The offense was handled quite capably by Jack Kelly. Kelly scored two goals and added one assist.
But he got some help.
In the first period, it looked like there was a possibility of a rarity in high school ice hockey -- a double shutout. With less than five seconds to go in the stanza, that possibility ended when Pennsbury's Kevin Koerner fired a shot past East goalie Steve Gilchrist off an assist from Anthony Bench.
The score stayed that way through the second period. That just enhanced the chances that, if no goal had been scored in the first period, there might have been a shot at the double zeroes.
Any idea of that fantasy ended quickly in the third period. The Falcons got their second goal with only 1:21 gone in the stanza when Craig Meschel scored.
Pennsbury added two more goals, both from Kelly and one of those unassisted. Austin Chase finally ended the drought for the Patriots with 1:19 left in the game.
Pennsbury 1 0 3 – 4
CB East 0 0 1 – 1
First Period -- Kevin Koerner P (Anthony Bench) 15:55.
Second Period --No goals.
Third Period -- Craig Meschel P (Jack Kelly, Mike Tarasiewicz) 1:21; Kelly P (unassisted) 4:15; Kelly P (Meschel) 6:15; Austin Chase CBE (Luke Rossi) 14:41.
Shots on goal: P -- 26; CBE -- 21.
Saves: Trevor Schadler (P) 20; Steve Gilchrist (CBE) 22.
NORTH PENN 6, WILLIAM TENNENT 3
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
North Penn 2 3 1 6
William Tennent 1 0 2 3
SHOTS
North Penn 11 10 4 25
William Tennent 11 14 11 36
POWERPLAYS
North Penn 2 for 5 : William Tennent 2 for 4
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
William Tennent - Alec Dugan (Andre Trozzi) 6:00
North Penn - Alex Peterson (Jaime Green) 7:38
North Penn - Alex Peterson (powerplay) (Jake Heckenberger, Derek Heckler) 11:54
Period 2
North Penn - Alex Peterson (Jake Heckenberger) 2:38
North Penn - Spencer Silver (powerplay) (Ryan Nowicki, Jake Heckenberger) 9:40
North Penn - Jacob Verillo (Jake Burns) 13:41
Period 3
William Tennent - Mike Padgeon (powerplay) (Alec Dugan) 6:59
William Tennent - Andrew Bean (powerplay) (Charlie Feeney, Chris Kreider) 10:08
North Penn - Alex Peterson (emptynet) (Jake Burns) 14:11
GOALIES
29 John Roberts WIN 48:00 36 33
43 C.J. Lineman LOSS 46:12 24 19
PENALTY TOTALS
North Penn 12 minutes on 6 infraction(s) William Tennent 14 minutes on 7 infraction(s)
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 7, SOUDERTON 1
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Council Rock South 1 5 1 7
Souderton 1 0 0 1
SHOTS
Council Rock South 18 12 4 34
Souderton 9 0 3 12
POWERPLAYS
Council Rock South 0 for 1 : Souderton 1 for 7
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Council Rock South - KYLE BRADLEY (BRIAN MCBRIDE, DYLAN VARIAN) 0:41
Souderton - Gabe Evans (powerplay) (Josh Reeves, Thomas Tierney) 2:00
Period 2
Council Rock South - JAY JENKINS (NICK MELI) 0:14
Council Rock South - MAX BERGMAN (AUSTIN PRICE) 7:52
Council Rock South - KYLE BRADLEY (DYLAN VARIAN) 10:18
Council Rock South - AUSTIN PRICE (PARKER DEFELICE) 11:39
Council Rock South - JAY JENKINS (shorthanded) (unassisted) 15:41
Period 3
Council Rock South - NICK MELI (unassisted) 12:25
GOALIES
33 CHRISTIAN GEORGE WIN 48:00 12 11
30 MASON PROCZ (b)
38 Dawson Anders LOSS 32:00 30 24
30 Joshua Smith 16:00 4 3
PENALTY TOTALS
Council Rock South 24 minutes on 8 infraction(s) Souderton 4 minutes on 2 infraction(s)
WISSAHICKON 13, UPPER MORELAND 3
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Wissahickon 2 4 7 13
Upper Moreland 1 0 2 3
SHOTS
Wissahickon 2 4 52 58
Upper Moreland 1 0 20 21
POWERPLAYS
Wissahickon 0 for 7 : Upper Moreland 0 for 4
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Wissahickon - Andrew Cade (Jake Flancer) 1:14
Wissahickon - Jacob Segelbaum (Jacob Dalsemer, Nolan Piatkowski) 10:30
Upper Moreland - Colin Burch (Nick Park) 14:49
Period 2
Wissahickon - Jacob Dalsemer (Nolan Piatkowski, Edward Burkart) 8:13
Wissahickon - Dylan Alioto (Edward Burkart) 9:12
Wissahickon - Ryen Haney (Tyler Thompson, Brandon Rosoff) 12:12
Wissahickon - Harry Hessler (Kevin Schaeffer, Nolan Piatkowski) 15:34
Period 3
Upper Moreland - Mykel Courduff (unassisted) 1:09
Upper Moreland - Ryan MacFarland (unassisted) 1:49
Wissahickon - Dylan Alioto (Brandon Rosoff) 2:24
Wissahickon - Edward Burkart (Andrew Cade) 3:01
Wissahickon - Edward Burkart (Tyler Thompson) 10:12
Wissahickon - Noah Harrington (Nolan Piatkowski) 12:32
Wissahickon - Jacob Segelbaum (unassisted) 13:56
Wissahickon - Jacob Segelbaum (unassisted) 14:31
Wissahickon - Edward Burkart (Nolan Piatkowski) 15:21
GOALIES
35 Jake Modelevsky WIN 48:00 21 18
55 Noah Katz (b)
31 Patrick Beissel LOSS 48:00 58 45
PENALTY TOTALS
Wissahickon 14 minutes on 7 infraction(s) Upper Moreland 32 minutes on 8 infraction(s)
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