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By Ben Reese
WARWICK -- Special teams are a big part of any ice hockey team. They are important both offensively on the power play and defensively on the penalty kill.
But sometimes the penalty kill can be offensive. Dylan Feoli and Council Rock South proved that Friday night at Revolution Ice Arena.
Feoli scored two short-handed goals in the first period to spark the Golden Hawks to a 5-1 victory over previously undefeated Central Bucks South. He also added an assist on a second-period goal.
"I think the two first goals we scored were the big ones," said Rock South coach Joe Houk. "The two short-handed goals were the ones that were killers."
Feoli proved to be the player in the right place at the right time. He plays up front on the penalty kill with Matthew Owens, and the pair combined for two opportunity goals.
"They (CB South) were trying to pass the puck up top, and me and Owens were playing them high," Feoli said. "They passed it right to me for a breakaway.
"On the other one, Owens made a nice pass to slide it in front and it just snuck through the goalie."
Feoli credits the advice of Houk for his goals.
"He just said before the game to make sure we get the puck deep because this is a skilled team," Feoli said. "He said to get the puck deep and pressure their ‘D’ and it worked because they turned it over a lot to us.
"Before every game he says to go out there and make sure to be physical and some teams can't handle getting hit each time you touch the puck. Tonight, CB South couldn't handle the hits."
Titans’ coach Shawn McGinty wasn't happy with the way his special teams played.
"We let up two short-handed goals and that doesn't help," he said. "Letting up two short-handed goals kills you.
"Guaranteed that 95 (Feoli) is a really good player and he deserves the goals he got but we can't give it up. We were outworked and you can't be outworked when you are on the power play.
"If you are not capitalizing on the chances you are getting on special teams, you are not going to beat a team like CR South. We were giving the puck away.
"They were pressuring us and I knew they were going to do that on the penalty kill. We worked on it in practice, but obviously we didn't work on it (enough)."
About one-third of the way through the first period, Feoli struck with a teammate in the penalty box. At the 5:50 mark, he accepted the pass from Owens and deposited the puck behind Titan goalie Tim White.
Slightly less than 10 minutes later, Feoli ducked between two CB South players and stole the puck, going in solo against White. He scored his second goal at 15:00 of the first.
The Golden Hawks increased their lead to 3-0 early in the second period. Trey Elmer scored unassisted with only 1:46 gone in the period.
CB South cut into the lead at 4:04 on the power play. Joe Delaurentis, with assists from Colin Abbonizio and Frank Carter, scored the lone Titan goal.
Rock South got that back later. Matthew Meli notched the fourth goal of the game off an assist from Feoli.
The final tally of the game came in the third period. CB South pulled its goalie in favor of a sixth skater, and Logan Hurwitz fired the puck the length of the ice for the empty-net goal for the Hawks.
Despite the offensive output of his team, Houk also wanted to give some credit to his defense.
"I think our forecheck was a lot better than they expected," he said. "Even on special teams, they couldn't get out of their zone.
"I think Mason (Procz, the Rock South goalie) played a good game. I think he got challenged a little bit. We kept everything to the outside and he was seeing everything."
The victory keeps Rock South undefeated and at the top of the National Conference at 6-0. CB South falls to 3-1.
Council Rock South 5, Central Bucks South 1
CB South 0 1 0 – 1
CR South 2 2 1 – 5
First period: 1. Dylan Feoli CRS (Matthew Owens) 5:50 SH; 2. Feoli CRS (unassisted) 15:00 SH.
Second period: 3. Trey Elmer CRS (unassisted) 1:46; 4. Joe Delaurentis CBS (Colin Abbonizio, Frank Carter) 4:04 PP; 5. Matthew Meli CRS (Feoli) 11:28.
Third period: 6. Logan Hurwitz CRS (unassisted) 15:22 EN.
Shots: CBS 39, CRS 36. Saves: Tim White (CBS) 31, Mason Procz (CRS) 38.
Thursday, Dec. 1
NORTH PENN 6, PENNSBURY 1
The Falcons scored the first goal of the game when Nathan Raccagno (Jake Sieger assist) found the net less than five minutes into the opening period. The rest of the game belonged to the Knights, who answered with three goals in the final three minutes of the period to take a lead they would not lose. Scoring goals in that span were Kevin Braeunle, Andrew Galetta and Alex Stevens.
In the second period, Jared Albano’s power play goal with an assist from George Boyle put the Knights on top 4-1. Third period goals by Corey Stouffer and Joshua Kaufhold closed out the scoring.
North Penn goalie Caleb Floyd was credited with 10 saves in the win. Pennsbury’s Brandon McCaffrey turned away 28 shots.
Pennsbury 1-0-0 1
North Penn 3-1-2 6
First Period
P: Nathan Raccagno (Jake Sieger)
NP: Kevin Braeunle (Eric Sarbacker)
NP: Andrew Galetta (Eric Sarbacker)
NP: Alex Stevens (Tyler Greenstein, George Boyle)
Second Period
NP: Jared Albano (power play) (George Boyle)
Third Period
NP: Corey Stouffer (Kevin Braeunle)
NP: Joshua Kaufhold (Nathan Oh, George Boyle)
HARRY S TRUMAN 11, PENNRIDGE 8
Michael Roarty scored four goals and assisted on four others to lead the Tigers with eight points in Thursday’s shootout. Steven Avellino added three goals and two assists to finish with five points while William Findley contributed four points with two goals and two assists. Luke Slater had a six-point night for the Rams, contributing five goals and one assist.
The fun started early for the Tigers, who scored three goals in the opening 80 seconds. Findley turned a Roarty pass into a goal just 14 seconds into the game, and Avellino and Kyle Bennett followed with goals to put the Tigers on top 3-0 less than two minutes into the game. Goals by Roarty and Avellino (power play) made it a 5-0 game before Luke Slater scored back-to-back power play goals to pull the Rams to within three after one period (5-2).
Truman led 7-3 after a goal by Findlay midway through the second period, but the Rams came roaring back, reeling off three straight goals to close out the period to make it a 7-6 game heading into the final period. Michael Walker accounted for two of those goals while Slater collected his fourth goal of the game.
A Slater goal 3:21 into the final period knotted the score, but 23 seconds later, Avellino scored to put the Tigers back on top. But not for long. Zach Snyder’s goal less than a minute later knotted the score 8-8. Roarty’s unassisted goal with less than seven minutes remaining ignited a 3-0 Truman run to close out the game that included a goal by Bennett and Roarty’s fourth goal of the night.
The Tigers held a 42-30 advantage in shots. Kyle Huth earned the win in goal, turning away 34 shots.
Pennridge 2-4-2 8
Truman 5-2-4 11
First Period
HST: William Findlay (Michael Roarty)
HST: Steven Avvelllino (William Findlay)
HST: Kyle Bennett
HST: Michael Roarty (William Findlay)
HST: Steven Avellino (power play) (Michael Roarty, Kyle Bennett)
P: Luke Slater (power play) (Eric Slater, Anton Kozitskiy)
P: Luke Sater (power play) (Anton Kozitskiy, Josh Finlayson)
Second Period
P: Luke Slater (Eric Slater)
HST: Michael Roarty (Steven Avellino, Colin Roberts)
HST: William Findlay (Steven Avellino)
P: Michael Walker (Dylan Lowry, John Bird)
P: Michael Walker (Nathan Runk)
P: Luke Slater (Anton Kozitskiy, Josh Finlayson)
Third Period
P: Luke Slater
HST: Steven Avellino (Michael Roarty)
P: Zach Snyder (Luke Slater, Dylan Lowry)
HST: Michael Roarty
HST: Kyle Bennett (Michael Roarty)
HST: Michael Roarty (short handed) (Codey Gordon)
Wednesday, Nov. 30
NESHAMINY 2, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 1
The Redskins used a pair of late goals to erase a 1-0 Patriot lead and earn the come-from-behind win.
East took a 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the second period when Jasen Cluckey scored a power play goal with an assist from Asher Zenstein. That lead stood until Jeremy Sheley (Anthony Sabatini assist) found the net 31 seconds into the third period. With 8:18 remaining, Sabatini scored a goal that turned out to be the game winner, using an assist from Nicholas Ruggero.
Neshaminy goalie Steven Glik was credited with 30 saves in a winning effort.
Neshaminy 0-0-2 2
Central Bucks East 0-1-0 1
First Period
No score
Second Period
CBE: Jasen Cluckey (power play) (Asher Zenstein)
Third Period
N: Jeremy Sheley (Anthony Sabatini)
N: Anthony Sabatini (Nicholas Ruggero)
WISSAHICKON 5, ABINGTON 3
The Trojans roared out of the gate to a 3-0 lead after one period on their way to the hard-fought win.
Matt Wilson’s power play goal six minutes into the game ignited the Trojans, who also received a power play goal from Kevin Schaeffer in the period. Nolan Piatkowski used a Wilson assist to score a goal that put the Trojans on top 3-0.
In the second period, the Ghosts made it a one-goal game, thanks to back-to-back goals by Nikolai Portner – the second on a power play with assists from Spencer Heuges and Ryan Gosselin. The Trojans answered with a pair of late goals – the first by Samuel Junker and the second by Sean Garry – to go on top 5-2 heading into the final period. Abington’s Perry Carpenter scored a short handed goal for the 5-3 final.
Wissahickon goalie Jake Modelevsky recorded 26 saves in the win while Abington’s Mason Large had 29 saves.
Abington 0-2-1 3
Wissahickon 3-2-0 5
First Period
W: Matt Wilson (power play) (Nolan Platkowski)
W: Kevin Schaeffer (power play) (Jagger Doll)
W: Nolan Platkowski (Matt Wilson assist)
Second Period
A: Nikolai Portner
A: Nikolai Portner (power play) (Spencer Heuges, Ryan Gosselin)
W: Samuel Junker (Noah Harrington, Alex Carroza)
W: Sean Garry (Jagger Doll, Noah Harrington)
Third Period
A: Perry Carpenter (short handed)
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 8, HATBORO-HORSHAM 1
Luke Brzozowski exploded for five goals in the first two periods, propelling the high-scoring Colonials to an 8-0 lead on their way to yet another big win.
Ben Lubas put the Colonials on the scoreboard, using the first of three John Sciarrone assists. Then Brzozowski went to work, scoring three goals in the final eight minutes of the period – the first short handed and the second on a power play. Dean Keller also scored in a period that saw the Colonials open up a 5-0 lead.
Back-to-back power play goals in a span of just over one minute by Brzozowski – his second and third power play goals of the game – put the Colonials on top 7-0 early in the second period. Keller’s second goal made it an 8-0 game before Eric Wrenn scored with just over five minutes remaining to break up PW’s shutout bid.
PW goalie Ben Yuter made 11 saves in the win while Ryan Bell had 20 saves on 23 shots faced for the Hatters. Joseph Gambino also saw action in goal for the Hatters, finishing with eight saves.
Hatboro-Horsham 0-0-1 1
Plymouth Whitemarsh 5-3-0 8
First Period
PW: Ben Lubas (John Sciarrone)
PW: Luke Brzozowski (short handed)
PW: Luke Brzozowski (power play) (Dean Keller, Colin Franzoni)
PW: Dean Keller (Joseph Eisenlohr)
PW: Luke Brzozowski (Colin Franzoni, Dean Keller)
Second Period
PW: Luke Brzozowski (power play) (John Sciarrone)
PW: Luke Brzozowski (power play) (John Sciarrone)
PW: Dean Keller (Ben Lubas)
Third Period
HH: Eric Wrenn (Jacob Mueller)
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