Weekend Roundup - February 1-2

Greetings, JBH families!

Here is a recap of the weekend from all of our teams.

16U A National

From team manager Katie Heffington: The 16U A National team took on their rivals, Chester County Cougars, a late season showdown between the top two teams in our division. Our boys showed up strong, worked as a team and believed in each other. Our goalie, Dylan Morrison, was a monster in net, stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced. We went down 1-0 in the first period but tied it up early in the third period on an Andy Wu goal assisted by Ryan Syto. We only needed 55 seconds of extra hockey to take the win 2-1 in overtime when Gavin Mellon assisted James Austin who buried the game winner. I’m so proud of this team. A few games left this weekend and then it is playoff season!
 

16U A American

From Coach Jesse: 16UA American was home for a game against Central Penn Panthers.  The boys were anxious to get back at Central Penn to avenge a loss from earlier in the season.  We started off the scoring with Wyatt Bolin off of a pass from JP [Jackson Persoleo] and secondary from Jeet Patel.  Central Penn scored the next 3 goals in the second period on a screen shot from the point, a short side shot, and one from behind the net.  In the 3rd period the boys came out buzzing after a slow start with a little motivation.  Justin Silver scored on the PP to bring us to 3-2.  After the next goal was scored, the entire bench erupted for Jason Tamin as he had a beautiful finish off of a pass from Chips.  A one timer that we had been waiting for all season.  Jason (slim shady) Tamin has been so close all season. Plenty of assists and great play, but couldn’t find the back of the net.  The boys let him know how happy they were for him and how much it meant to them.  Not only did he tie the game, but he also dominated on face offs, winning crucial defensive zone possessions that ultimately lead to our win.   J Tamin’s goal was one minute after Justin Silver's PP goal.  2 minutes later Wyatt Bolin scored on a ridiculous backhand off of an outlet pass from Ryan Roth.  Wyatt remains en fuego and is having a season.  I cannot say enough about Ryan Roth and the season he is having.  He unselfishly has been a force at defense, as he prefers fwd.  His positioning and high hockey IQ have had an impact that should not go unnoticed. He has made some legal hits that have opposing players second guessing their decisions. He played his best game for us Saturday and continues to be a force.  After Central Penn tied the game on a weird bounce, with 6:54 remaining, Kaiden McCoury made a play.  I cannot tell you how difficult this play was.  Play was behind our goal when Ian Guarneri had the puck. The Central Penn wing grabbed Ian and dragged him down. The referee indicated a penalty and because we had possession, we knew it was against CP.  Slim Shady picked the puck up and head manned it to Kaiden McCoury who was flying up the right side.  For some reason CP believed they were going on the power play and pulled their goalie in favor of an extra skater. Only one problem, we had the puck and played continued.  Kaiden, skating with his head up, saw the goalie out of the goal and fired the puck from just over the red line for the go ahead goal.  A very heads up play at any level and he buried it to take the lead and the eventual game winner.  Every player on our team played with energy, afford and purpose.  This team is extremely resilient which I find is becoming more uncommon.  These boys don’t quit.  I love them all.

Two more regular season games to go, one against the Quakers, and away against Hershey. 

After the games I usually talk to the other coaches and we comment on good and bad.  4 different coaches and three goalies have commented “they just don’t stop.  It never stops.  The pressure is relentless” that’s how we play.  All of the defenders have gotten so much better at pinching and holding the blue line which keeps the puck in the zone. It allows our forwards to buzz around the offensive zone and apply pressure. Our forwards can all finish.  

Congrats to all of the boys on this season but it is far from over and the job’s not done.

14U AA

The 14U AA team faced Campus Wild at home on Saturday coming away with a blowout 8-2 win. Goals were scored by Lucas Solimini, David Lavieri, Shane Slaw, Chase Mullarkey, Hudson Simon, Jackson McNutt, and two by Colton Duer. Luke Johnson stopped 34 of the 36 shots he faced in net.

14U A American

The 14U A American team played Central Penn Panthers at home on Saturday, coming away with a 5-0 loss.

From Coach Judy: The 12U A American team is wrapping up the season with some non league games. We enjoyed an outdoor game at Spring Mountain with Chester County, had a competitive game with the Jr Flyers AA girls team. And we look forward to two more non league games with the Kings. Our team goal was to make it to playoffs but it wasn’t in the cards this season.

12U B
 

12U B faced off against the Delco Phantoms for the second time this season. The first time they walloped us 12-4 so our team was ready for the challenge and shot at redemption. We came out strong, sticking to them and not letting up. Luca Lignelli started off the scoring and the rest of the team continued, catching the Phantoms off guard in a major way. Michael Monzo was an absolute brick wall in the net, stopping 37 of the 38 shots he faced. By the final buzzer we were up 6-1 with another goal from Luca, two from Jackson Callahan, one from Henry Jin, and a sweet season first goal for Tyson McKinery. Our win knocked the Phantoms out of the first place seed in the division which they didn’t take well, giving our team a lesson in the importance of winning graciously.

10U A American

The 10U A team had an early morning away game Sunday morning up in Wilkes-Barre against the Jr. Pens, coming away with a close 5-4 loss.

10U B

From Coach Ben: The 10u B team wrapped up its season last weekend with a Saturday morning game against the Quakers at their rink.  The team came out prepared and ready to play with break away goals by Gabe Brown and Logan Fraundorfer to keep the team in the game.   However two Power play goals by the quakers put them up by 3 and a late goal gave the quakers the win at 6-2.  It was hard to generate shots as the Quakers were quick to swarm the puck not allowing a lot of room for the team to work or to get passes off.  Even with the loss this team has grown tremendously this season under the leadership of Coach Josh and has a lot to keep their heads high about.  We look forward to continued hard work and practice as we get ready for the teams future and final tournament as a team heads to Hershey over St. Patrick’s weekend.

8U 

From Coach Chris: 8U took on the Delmarva Raptors on Sunday morning. We struck first, but the Raptors netted several goals after that to take the lead early in the game, as we were not attacking the puck aggressively. However, the team was able to shift their play and pressure the Raptors more as the game carried on, leading to more offensive opportunities for JBH and fewer chances for the Raptors. The goals starting going in and the momentum shifted in our favor, as we had scoring from nearly everyone on the team. It was by far the most balanced offensive effort of our season. Travis also played a solid game in net, ensuring that the Raptors were unable to make a come back, with a final score of 11-6. It was a great win for our last home game of the season.

This weekend, we will be on the road playing the Campus Wild.