Go back in time and read about the origin of The Flyers Cup Tournament, how it all began, the key contributors, its progression, and all of the people behind the scenes responsible for making it happen. The Flyers Cup is center stage for High School Ice Hockey in Southeastern Pennsylvania and throughout the Delaware Valley. Includes news and media from recent dates as well!
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1982 Reydel restores order for the Patriots
March 30, 1982 By Mike Kern After suffering its first loss of the season last Monday to upstart Archbishop Ryan in the opening round of the third annual Flyers Cup, you would have thought Germantown Academy’s hockey team would take the ice for last night’s rematch breathing fire. Instead, it was the Raiders who came…
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1982 Germantown Academy gains Flyers Cup final
March 30, 1982 Bob Brody and J. J. Rydel powered Germantown Academy past Archbishop Ryan, 6-4, last night and into the final of the Flyers Cup hockey tournament. Brody figured in the first five GA goals and scored two short-handed goals only 23 seconds apart in the third period. Rydel, who had undergone minor leg…
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1982 Athlete of the week, J.J. Reydel
April 8, 1982 On Jan. 27, the top six skaters for Germantown Academy got together and agreed not to score in their game against Roxborough. The following night, they took the ice for one of the strangest games in the history of high school hockey. The best skaters on the best team in Pennsylvania did…
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1982 Athlete of the week, Vinnie Craven
March 25, 1982 City If you want to see how the British did it in the 1920s, go see Chariots of Fire. A handshake for the winner and a stiff upper lip for the loser. If you want to see how Philadelphians do it in the 1980s, go see an Archbishop Ryan-Bishop Egan ice hockey…
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1982 Athlete of the week, Mark Erbe
March 4, 1982 Bob Hope sidled up to the microphone at the National Hockey League all-star banquet. “I feel right at home with all these hockey players,” he said. “Of course, I always enjoyed entertaining our fighting men.” If hockey ever hopes to rise above its Golden Gloves-on-ice image, it will need more players like…
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1982 Atlete of the week, Bill Paliscak
February 4, 1982 The clock showed 8 minutes left when the referee screeched his whistle and scooped up the puck. “That’s it,” he barked. “Game’s over.” He had seen enough brutality. It was not that Upper Moreland was high-sticking, spearing, boarding, hooking, or elbowing Upper Dublin. It was scoring relentlessly. When the butchery ended on…
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1982 West Chester in Cup final, G.A. ousts Haverford
March 25, 1982 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer Bruce Craig says we still haven’t seen the real Germantown Academy hockey team, the skilled combination of skating and checking that won 25 straight hockey games this year. Maybe not, but what the fans at the Flyers Cup saw last night appeared to be good enough.” GA…
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1981 Athlete of the week, Jeff Arnold
January 1, 1981 With 49 seconds gone in the second period, Archbishop Carroll High school scored its third goal on the way to an easy 11-4 ice hockey win over Monsignor Bonner last month.Goal by No. 8, Greg Arnold, the public address system blared. At 5:54 of the same period, Carroll scored again. Goal by…
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1982 Flyers Cup up for grabs!
March 21, 1982 The Flyers Cup begins tomorrow night and, for the first time in the regional hockey tournament’s three-year history, picking the winner won’t be an easy task. In the first two Cup tournaments, a golf fan could have picked out the winner… it was the school with Scott Chamness and Jeff Arnold up…
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1980 Athlete of the week, Scott Chamness
March 27, 1980 About 20 years ago the New York Yankees had a farm team called the Kansas City Athletics. The Athletics, of course, played in the same league as the Yankees. It was a cute little system. Anytime Kansas City came up with a genuine talent, Roger Maris, for instance, they “traded” him to…
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1980 Athlete of the week, Chris Cifone
February 28, 1980 “Everything moved a little slower,” is how Chris Cifone remembers it.There he was, one of the top ice hockey goalies in the area, starting the 1979-80 season for the Haverford High jayvee. What if word got around? What would the college scouts think? Chris Cifone didn’t really care. If he had to…
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1980 Athlete of the week, Chris “Gump” Whiteside
January 10, 1980 Chris Whiteside was 6 years old when his father returned from a business trip to Montreal with a program from a Canadiens hockey game. His older brothers looked it over and decided he looked a lot like Gump Worsley, the Canadians’ pot-bellied goaltender. “I had this short haircut and a fat little…
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1980 Athlete of the week, John “Ozzie” Nelson
January 17, 1980 He could smother the hardest slap shot, deflect the quickest wrist shot, break up the cleanest breakaway. John (Ozzie) Nelson would have been a fine goalie if not for one small detail: He couldn’t skate. Street hockey was his game. As an 8th-grader, he won the MVP award at a national tournament…
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1979 Athlete of the week, Greg Arnold
April 5, 1979 “I’m sorry that he’s not here. We lose a lot of scoring potential, but it’s coming along all right. We miss him, but we’re not dying without him.” Sounds like Joe Morgan giving Pete Rose the old see-if-I-care treatment, but it’s not. It’s Greg Arnold explaining why the Archbishop Carroll hockey team…
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1979 Athlete of the week, Scott Chamness
January 25, 1979 “We didn’t really set out to roll up the score,” protested Archbishop Carroll ice hockey Coach Gary Vetre in the wake of the 20-0 victory over Lower Merion High School. “With just 12 guys on the team, we had no choice but to play our best people the whole way.” Which meant…
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1979 Athlete of the week, Steve Duda
January 11, 1979 The rising slapshot sizzled toward the upper left-hand corner of the net. The Washington High School goalie gloved it cleanly, but a moment later dropped to his knees in agony. He whipped off his glove to reveal a blotch of throbbing purple where his palm had been. At the base of his…
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1978 Athlete of the week, Jim Sutow
April 23, 1978 Sound the trumpets! A determined group of ice hockey players from Abington High has returned home after capturing the state Class AAA title in a dramatic playoff. Uh,… we said: Sound the trumpets… Kazoos?…. Noisemakers? Whistle taffies? The skaters from Abington will settle for almost anything after getting the kind of welcome-home…
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1978 Athlete of the week, Rick Turnbull
January 29, 1978 “It was just kind of a shock,” said Rick Turnball of Radnor High School’s hockey team, referring to his performance against Upper Merion last Tuesday. Shocking, incredible, outstanding, it was all that and then some, as Turnbull, a junior defenseman, was deadly in that game, scoring 12 goals as Radnor bombed Upper…
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1977 Athlete of the week, Scott Chamness
November 24, 1977 The high school ice hockey season got underway last week, and if the play of Scott Chamness of Archbishop Carroll is any indication, it will be a wild, high- scoring season.Chamness, 15, a sophomore who plays right wing for Carroll, scored eight goals and had five assists last Thursday in his team’s…
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1977 Athlete of the week, Bill McLarnon
April 10, 1977 When it comes to rustling out pucks in the corner, Bill McLarnon, The Inquirer’s Athlete of the Week, is a journeyman at his trade. “I don’t think there’s anyone in the Suburban Hockey League who can outmuscle him there,” says his coach, Rich Boerner. The muscular, 6-foot, 3-inch, 215-pound right wing for…
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1977 Athlete of the week, Dean Richardson
January 16, 1977 “I’m a standup goalie. But don’t make me out to be an Eddie Giacomin, cause I don’t get involved with defensive play.” Spoken like a true goalie. Dean Richardson, the Inquirer’s Athlete of the Week, has been frustrating pucks all year, refusing to go down on the ice and let the rubber…
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1980 Bernie Parent presents the Flyers Cup to Scott Chamness
April 1, 1980 Sports/People Bernie Parent will present the Flyers Cup, symbolic of area scholastic hockey supremacy, to Archbishop Carroll High School this morning at the school in Radnor. Parent also will present the Bobby Clarke Award to tournament most valuable player Scott Chamness…. While this did happen, Parent also presented the award to Chamness…
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1980 Patriots Crunch Ryan, Malvern Overtimes GA
March 19, 1980 By Helen CousounisThe Philadelphia Journal The Flyers Cup Tournament got underway at the Class of ’23 Rink in the University of Penn on Tuesday night. It was a double-elimination round with Archbishop Carroll and Malvern Prep winning their respective games against the champions from the Lower Bucks and Suburban Leagues. The first…
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1980 Chamness leads Carroll’s rout
March 19, 1980 By Happy FineJournal News (West Chester) Scott Chamness, the Maurice Richard of Philadelphia high school hockey, personally laid waste to still another opponent last night in the Flyers Cup at the Class of ’23 Rink. Chamness has averaged an incredible four goals a game over his storied four-year career at Archbishop Carroll…
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1981 Arnolds lead Carroll skaters
March 17, 1981 By Ted SilaryPhiladelphia Daily News Co-coaches Gary Vetre and Frank DiGiandomenico of Archbishop Carroll’s hockey team are missing, possibly for the duration, from the second annual Flyers Cup Scholastic Championships. However, as long as the Arnold tandem remains in tact, the Patriots should defend their title in a breeze.Last night, in the…
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1981 Arnold scores 5 for Carroll
March 18, 1981 By Ted SilaryPhiladelphia Daily News Archbishop Carroll took a giant stride toward defending its Flyers Cup title by posting a 6-4 triumph over Germantown Academy on the second night of round-robin play in the second annual Flyers Cup at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class Of ’23 rink last night.—Jeff Arnold scored five…
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1981 Schoolboy savors first Flyers Cup – in job of coach
March 29, 1981 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer When Greg Arnold was gliding around the rinks of the Inter-County League, centering for Scott Cham- ness and Jim Bolger on the most powerful hockey line ever seen in this area, there was no Flyers Cup. Arnold had left Archbishop Carroll High and gone to Canterbury (Conn.)…
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1981 Carroll captures Flyers Cup again
March 26, 1981 By Ted SilaryPhiladelphia Daily News Gary Vetre and Frank DiGiandomenico were out of the doghouse and back on the bench coaching last night as Archbishop Carroll smoked Haverford High, 9-0, in the final to sweep the Flyers Cup championship at Penn’s Class of ’23 Rink for the second consecutive year. Before the…
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1980 Chamness Bros. Get Act Together
March 25, 1980 Scott Chamness lives and sleeps and eats with his junior brother, Phil, but it will be a nail-biting evening in March before they get the chance to team up in hockey. Actually, the combination was forged last night at Penn’s Class of ’23 Rink as Archbishop Carroll faced defeat in the best-of-3…
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1980 Malvern Icers advance
March 19, 1980
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1980 Archbishop Carroll defeats Archbishop Ryan
March 19, 1980
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1980 Carroll’s DiGiandomenico has knack of overdoing it
March 27, 1980 By Ted SilaryPhiladelphia Daily News Carmen DiGiandomenico. That’s 20 letters, three of them capitals. With a name like that, the superb defenseman on the hockey squad at Archbishop Carroll High got a taste for extra duty quite early in life and the way it appears, he can’t seem to shake it. With…
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1980 Carroll beats Malvern Prep, 7-3, tying Flyers Cup series at 1 each
March 25, 1980 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The Chamness Brothers are not like the Doobie Brothers. Their act has been of short duration. “I’ve only played with Phil the last two years,” said Scott Chamness. “We’ve always been two years apart.” Since Scott is a senior at Archbishop Carroll, and the last game of…
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1980 Cobb’s ‘hat trick’ paces Malvern past Carroll, 6-5, in Flyers Cup
March 20, 1980 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer Malvern Prep opened last night’s Flyers Cup final round like an Afghan sniper dropping Russian soldiers. “We made five of our first eight shots,” noted coach Ray Bowman, scanning the stat sheet. “The Flyers should be so lucky.”Malvern got three goals from Alan Cobb, a converted defenseman,…
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1980 Chamness leads Carroll past Ryan
March 19, 1980 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The Shot came into Penn’s Class of 1923 Rink last night, his stick trailing the sparks of a 69-goal season. Everywhere he goes, The Shot is followed by shadows, stalked by defenders, dogged by opponents. It’s part of being the greatest scorer in area scholastic hockey history.…
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1980 Four-team showdown begins tonight on ice
March 18, 1980 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The Flyers Cup is not what Bobby Clarke uses for morning coffee – it is the tournament that will put scholastic hockey in this area on a par with every other sport. The inaugural Flyers Cup debuts tonight with a doubleheader at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class…
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1979 Malvern tops Tennent 6-3 for east Pa. hockey crown
April 29, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer Freshman left wing Al Washco scored two goals and assisted on three others as Malvern Prep defeated William Tennent, 6-3, yesterday to capture the Eastern Pennsylvania Hockey Championship at Lafayette Gardens in King of Prussia. Washco, one of seven freshmen on Malvern’s Inter-County League division champions, made…
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1979 Arch. Carroll, Tennent favored in regional ice hockey playoffs
April 24, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The regional scholastic hockey tournament resumes tonight with a doubleheader at the Face-Off Circle in Warminster. Archbishop Carroll (2-0) meets Archbishop Ryan (2-1) at 7 o’clock, and William Tennent (2-0) meets Malvern Prep (2-1) at 9, in the double-elimination tourney. Carroll and Tennent are heavily favored and,…
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1980 The greatest scorer ever
March 2, 1980 Amateur hockey is big news right now. The sensational achievement of the U.S. Olympic team has made sports fans outside Massachusetts and Minnesota realize that amateur hockey can become a growth sport. It’s not a growth sport around here, and, given the serious financial problems of several area rinks, the growth may…
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1979 Skaters brawl as Carroll defeats Ryan
April 25, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer A full-scale brawl near the end of Archbishop Carroll’s 7-1 win over Archbishop Ryan last night cost No. 1-ranked Carroll five suspensions and cast grave doubts on its ability to finish the regional ice hockey tournament.Carroll Coach Gary Vetre, who ran on the ice during the fight…
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1979 School hockey tourney on again as Carroll agrees to rejoin meet
April 17, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The off-again, on-again regional hockey tournament got the go-ahead once more yesterday, as Inter-County League President Jack Hunt said Archbishop Carroll would play, joining the three remaining teams next week. The tourney will resume with a doubleheader the night of April 24, most likely in the Face-Off…
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1979 Hockey tourney on thin ice
One team pulls out; another may follow April 12, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer The southeastern Pennsylvania regional hockey tournament threatened to self-destruct yesterday, with one of the six remaining contenders withdrawing and another threatening to pull out. The tournament directors will meet this morning to decide when to resume play because of conflicts…
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1979 Collapse of playoffs perils school hockey
April 15, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer Hockey does not have mass appeal in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It never will, either, if the inconsistencies and lack of firm organization that allowed the collapse of the regional scholastic tournament are not corrected. The sport is one of the best, maybe the best, when properly played, but…
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1979 Carroll skaters clobber Egan, 12-3, as Chamness scores seven goals
April 10, 1979 By Don McKeeInquirer staff writer Scott Chamness shrugged off the effects of a separated left shoulder and the weariness of three days of tournament play with the Midget Flyers to score seven goals and hand Archbishop Carroll a 12-3 victory over Bishop Egan last night in the first round of the Southeast…
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2025 All-Area Teams (SHSHL)
Player of the Year Well-mannered, gentlemanly, and most importantly, a team player. Council Rock South Golden Hawks Jake Weiner is a well-rounded player who is capable of turning a game, any game, on its head in an instant. The Junior Golden Hawk team captain has been piling up points and giving the other teams’ coaches…
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1977 Abington wins, loses in hockey tournament
March 27, 1977 Abington split two games in thesecond day of round-robin play in theKeystone High School hockey tourna-ment yesterday, defeating CardinalO’Hara, 3-0, and losing to North Alle-gheny, 6-4. The Ghosts exploded for threegoals in the final period of the firstgame, and goalie Dean Richardsonturned back 15 to shut out O’Hara atthe Skatium in Haverford.Center…
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1977 Three area schools beaten in hockey openers
March 26, 1977 Philadelphia schools got off to apoor start in the Keystone HighSchool Hockey Association tournament played at various area rinkslast night, as West Chester, CardinalO’Hara and William Tennent lost inthe first round.Kent Thorpe scored on a back-hander from the right faceoff circlefor a 3-2 lead as North Alleghenywent on to defeat Cardinal O’Hara4-2.Thorpe…
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1977 Playoffs shuffle poll
March 25, 1977 The first legitimate, state-wide, Keystone High School Hockey Tournament will open today and continue on a round-robin basis tomorrow. The final will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Lafayette Rink, King of Prussia. The state was divided into two zones, with four eastern and four western teams qualifying by winning leagues…
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Henderson pulls shocker on Kennett
March 25, 2007 Class A Flyers Cup Ice Hockey Championship By Chris GoldbergFOR THE INQUIRER It was the perfect script forrevenge for the West ChesterHenderson ice hockey team.The Warriors, swept in twogames in their league finalsweeks earlier, stunned top-seed-ed Kennett, 4-2, yesterday toclaim their first Class A FlyersCup championship at Ice Linein West Chester.Alex Cottle…
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Dissapointing finish for Souderton
March 18, 2007 The season always ends in disappointment unless you win a championship, but some seasons are more disappointing than others. Souderton thought it was lined up this year for a big run. It had decent goaltending, a solid defense group, and some explosive forwards. But for some reason, putting that together game after…
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Roman seeking first title when Flyers Cup opens
March 9, 2007 Three classes will start playoffs next week for the right to represent Eastern Pa. in states. By Rick O’BrienINQUIRER STAFF WRITER The 28th annual Flyers Cup ice hockey tournament opens next week, and a vastly improved Roman Catholic club will try for its first tournament victory. The sixth-seeded Cahillites, who won just…
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Twp falls short in title game
March 28, 2007 By Lindsey Stetsonlstetson@sjnewsco.com The Washington Township High School ice hockey team likes a challenge. In two of the three games leading up to the Delaware Valley Flyers Cup championship game, the Minutemen started behind before fighting back for the win. The same thing happened again in the final round against No. 1…
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Fords turn back Minutemen’s rally
March 26, 2007 Flyers Cup Class AAA Championship: Haverford High 7, Washington Township 6 By Chris GoldbergFOR THE INQUIRER Haverford High completed a momentous hat trick yesterday. T.J. Haeberle scored three goals as the Fords held off Washington Township, 7-6, to claim their third straight Class AA Flyers Cup championship at The Wachovia Spectrum. Haeberle,…
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2025 APAC All-Conference Teams
May 11, 2025 The 2025 All-APAC team as selected by the conference coaches. FIRST TEAM Forward: Brady Logue, Holy Ghost Prep, JuniorForward: Grant LaGreca, LaSalle, SeniorForward: Cole Gargon, St. Joseph’s Prep, SophomoreDefense: Will Gregorio, LaSalle, SeniorDefense: Ryan Lippy, Holy Ghost Prep, SeniorGoaltender: Jake Rossi, LaSalle, Senior SECOND TEAM Forward: Teague Murray, Malvern Prep, SeniorForward: Julian…
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2024 APAC All-Conference Teams
May 11, 2024 The 2024 All-APAC team as selected by the conference coaches. FIRST TEAM Forward: Dean Carvalho, LaSalle, SeniorForward: Jeremy Jacobs, Malvern Prep, SeniorForward: Justin LaPlante, Hun School, SeniorDefense: Brady Doyle, Malvern Prep, SeniorDefense: Thomas Doucet, LaSalle, SeniorGoaltender: Jake Rossi, LaSalle, Junior SECOND TEAM Forward: Brady Collins, St. Joseph’s Prep, SeniorForward: Patrick Brace, LaSalle,…
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John Schierbaum Hockey History
John Schierbaum began his high school playing career with the West Chester Henderson Warriors, which was a combined program of players from both Henderson and East, but ended with the West Chester East Vikings. Schierbaum was a high-scoring converted defenseman in high school, from his normal position at forward, to extend his playing time. John…
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Cole Pluck finds his way into the North Penn Knights history books
Cole Pluck has established himself as a potent goal scorer for the Knights hockey program. The seven-year forward has been with the program since the sixth grade. Over the years as Pluck has matured so did his game. This year, he’s hit a milestone no other North Penn forward has done since former Knights forward,…
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Sam Lipkin Hockey History
Sam Lipkin went to and played for the La Salle College High School Explorers from 2017 through 2019. He was an impact player on offense with exceptional speed, intelligence, and play-making ability. Lipkin played on and anchored one of the best offensive lines in the league with teammates Daniel Sambuco, and Michael Casey. Sam tallied…
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Jim Britt Hockey History
Jim Britt went to and played for the Holy Ghost Prep Firebirds of the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League, “LBCSHL.” Britt was a standout goaltender for the Firebirds, playing his entire high school career for prep. Britt’s story is a bit different than most. As a student at Kings College in Wilkes-Barre, his main…
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Joe Houk Hockey History
Joe Houk went to and played for the Council Rock Golden Hawks, otherwise known as “South”. He was an impact player on defense with impressive skills both on the blueline and with the puck offensively. Joe’s nickname was “Chippy” for his chipped tooth, in his freshman year he won the “Freshman Award”. Houk began his…
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Mike Pietrangelo Hockey History
Mike Pietrangelo went to and played for the William Tennent Panthers of the Suburban High School Hockey League. He was a high-scoring forward who led his team and the league in points in the 1992, (39 goals and 41 assists for 81 points) season. Pietrangelo led the Panthers to an SHSHL title after beating Council…
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Barry Goers Hockey History
Barry Goers went to and played for the Council Rock Indians, (North) in both the SHSHL and ICSHL and was a standout defenseman. As a junior and senior, he was a two-time All-Star team member in high school. He was named Breakaway Magazine’s Defenseman of the Year as a senior when he graduated from Council…
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Ryan Gunderson Hockey History
Ryan Gunderson went to and played for Holy Ghost Prep of the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League, “LBCSHL.” The gifted Firebird forward played all four years of high school eligibility piling up milestones and achievements. In Ryan’s freshman year 1999-00, he posted almost 50 points with 14 goals, and 29 assists for 43 points.…
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Brian O’Neill Hockey History
Brian O’Neill went to and played for Germantown Academy High School of the Inter-County Scholastic Hockey League, “ICSHL.” Brian played three years for the Patriots, in which they won the ICSHL title in 2005. In his first season, Brian was named Breakaway Magazine Freshman of the Year. In his sophomore, and junior years he was…
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Jeff Corey Hockey History
Jeff Corey went to and played for the Cardinal O’Hara Lions of the Eastern High School Hockey League, “EHSHL.” A gifted 5’11”, 155 lb. (at the time) winger, Corey led the Lions in his junior year with 25 goals and 16 assists for 41 points. Jeff was the Inquirer first pick, All-Area First Team, Philadelphia…
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Scott Adams Hockey History
Scott Adams went to and played for the Neshaminy Redskins of the LBCSHL, “Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League. The lanky 6’4 Adams played defense, mainly because the physical side of the game appealed to him, offense, not so much. Adams’ journey into officiating began in college, due to his physical presence and understanding of…
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Scott Perdue Hockey History
Scott Perdue went to and played for Haverford High School where he played goalie. In the 1981-82 season, the Fords won the EHSHL Championship against Malvern Prep. Perdue was awarded the league’s best goals-against average. They played in the Flyers Cup that year but didn’t do well, Scott’s best memory was playing against Mike Richter.…
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Luke Murray Hockey History
Luke Murray went to and played for the Archbishop Wood Vikings of the SHSHL, “Suburban High School Hockey League.” Luke played between the pipes for the Vikings during his high school career. The Hatboro, Pennsylvania, native graduated from Temple University in 2005, and has also been a member of the Camden County (New Jersey) Police…
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Chad Kolarik Hockey History
Chad Kolarik went to and played for La Salle College High School Explorers in the ICSHL for one season. As a freshman in the 2000-01 season, he was second on the team in scoring and was a Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Ice Hockey second-team selection. Kolarik played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with…
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Tyler Kolarik Hockey History
Tyler Kolarik went to La Salle College High School and played for the Explorers in the 1995-96 season. During that season Tyler led the Explorers in scoring and the team won their first-ever Class AAA Flyers Cup championship title. They fell short of their goal of winning the Pennsylvania State Cup and finished as runner-up.…
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Mike Condon Hockey History
Mike Condon went to and graduated from Father Judge High School where he played ice hockey, and developed his affection and dedication to sports in 1976. Soon after he began officiating youth hockey games and later his passion for the game led him to become a professional official. He served for 25 years as a…
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Mike McDevitt Hockey History
Mike McDevitt attended North Catholic from 1978-1982; he played on the Ice Hockey team all 4 years. He was a three-time Suburban High School Hockey League all-star; and in his senior year, he was selected to the Pennsylvania All-Area Team. Upon graduation from North Catholic in 1982, he received a United States Congressional appointment to…
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Ray DiLauro Hockey History
Ray played high school hockey for the Bensalem Owls of the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League, “LBCSHL”. Ray was a dual sport athlete who was also a starting pitcher on the Varsity baseball team. In the spring of 1995 Ray was offered a half tuition scholarship to attend the New Hampton Prep School in…
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Tony Voce Hockey History
Tony played one year of high school hockey for the Archbishop Ryan Raiders in the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Hockey League, “LBCSHL.” Voce was a dynamic forward with incredible talent. Any time he played he almost always scored multiple points per game. The kid could skate, shoot, control, and pass, and he possessed ridiculous on-ice…
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Matt Mulhern Hockey History
Matt Mulhern played high school hockey for the Malvern Prep Friars. Following in his brother Ryan’s footsteps, Matt played only his freshman, and sophomore years for the school. Like his brothers Rob, and Ryan, Matt wore the Mulhern number thirteen carrying on the family legacy at Malvern Prep. During his two years at Prep, the…
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Ryan Mulhern Hockey History
Ryan Mulhern played high school hockey for the Malvern Prep Friars in the Eastern High School Hockey League, “EHSHL”. Though it was only two seasons, he left an indelible mark scoring 45 points as a freshman in the 1987-88 season, and 78 points as a sophomore, in 1988-89. In just two seasons he put over…
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Michael Mullaney Hockey History
Mike Mullaney began his high school hockey career at Central Bucks East under coach Andy Richards before transferring to Germantown Academy where he was a standout defenseman with the likes of star forwards Bobby Brody, J.J. Reydel, Rob Schlegel, and Mike McGregor. Mullaney played a big part in Germantown’s first-ever back-to-back Flyers Cup Class AAA…
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Antti Autere Hockey History
Antti Autere was born in Helsinki, Finland and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Autere attended Pennsbury High School, where he was a star defenseman for the Falcons Varsity ice hockey team. The Pennsbury Falcons competed to a second-place finish in the 1984-1985 season and matched up against the Archbishop Ryan Raiders in the Lower…
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Jamie Leach Hockey History
Jamie Leach grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and played hockey at Cherry Hill High School East for the Cougars in the SHSHL, “Suburban High School Hockey League.” The Cougars petitioned several times for a charter to play in the LBCSHL, and the SHSHL but were denied entry due to the geography issue of…
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Jay Caufield Hockey History
Caufield was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, area about a mile outside Lansdale borough. He played for and graduated from North Penn High School. Caufield was noticeably the largest player on the North Penn Knights ice hockey team, however, hockey wasn’t his first sport, he also played football…
