The Prep went down in a tough 5-0 defeat with three Hawk defensemen doing down with the flu and one to injury during the game. The well played game saw Bonner score their first goal late in a first period that the Prep outshot Bonner 8 - 7. Bonner scored another late period goal in the second period but flu and injuries began to take their toll and the remaining healthy players were beginning to show the signs of being double shifted or playing an unfamiliar position. Bonner was able to take advantage of the depleated Prep team putting home three additional goals in the third period. The next game is Monday 2/14 at 9:45 pm against Episcopal at the Skatium. Come out and support the Varsity Ice Hawks as the regular season enters it's final week. There is no better Valentine's Day date than a trip to the Skatium. Don't forget to buy your Valentine that 24 ounce coffee at the Wawa before you enter the game.

The Varsity Ice Hawks defeated the first place Fords last night in an exciting Friday night hockey game at the Skatium. Haverford had taken the lead in the division away from the Prep in a game earlier in the week. They had the lead in the division but the Prep has one game in hand. The prep fell behind early seeing haverford score two goals in the first period and entered the first intermission with a 2-0 lead. The Prep chipped away at the lead with Paul Bonhage scoring a second period goal to cut the lead in half. The third period started with the score 2-1 and Paul scored with about 10 minutes left to even up the match assisted by Dan O'Brien. There were scoring chances at both ends of the ice as these two very good hockey teams showed their skill and determination. The game looked like it was going to end in a tie when with about 14 seconds Paul Bonhage was sprung behand Haverfords defense. Being taken down from behind and sliding on his stomach across the ice, Paul was able to lift the puck over the Haverford goalie with 7 seconds left to give the Prep the 3-2 victory and Paul a hat natural trick. The next game is Thursday 2/11 at 8:45 pm against AAA Monsignor Bonner at the Skatium. This is shaping up to be an interesting game as Bonner will be trying to avenge a loss to the Ice Hawks earlier this season. Come out and support the Varsity Ice Hawks as the season enters it's final 2 weeks.

The Prep took on AAA Cardinal O'Hara for the second time this season with hopes of an upset. These hopes were quickley dashed, however, as O'Hara stormed out to a 4-0 lead in the games first six minutes of play. The Prep tried to dig out from this hole and did get the score to 4-2 on goals by Matt Stewaart assisted by John Kupcha and an unassisted goal by Mike D'Orio.  Dispite a determined effort, it was not a good night for the team and the game ended in a final score of 7-2.  The loss to O'Hara leaves the Prep in a tie for first place in the EHSHL AA division. In other news, the varsity playoff schedule was announced and the varsity was also notified it had been invited to the AAA Flyer's Cup tournament. The varsity faces two tough games in the next two weeks against Haverford and Bonner. The next game is Friday 2/4 at 8:45 pm against Haverford High (AA) at the Skatium. This is an important game as we come down to the final four league games of the season as the top two teams in the division square off. Come out and support the Varsity Ice Hawks as they try and bring home first place in their division.

The JV Ice Hawks gave undefeated Monsignor Bonner a scare last night in a hard fought 6-4 loss. The Prep got on the board quickly with three first period goals. The first an unassisted goal by Mike Touey followed 40 seconds later with a goal scored by Luke Bonhage assisted by Jim O'Brien and Sean McNelis. Thirty seconds later PJ Davis scored assisted by Brendan Kenney. The period ended with the Prep up by a score of 3-0. The second period saw Bonner score three unanswered goals in the first 5 and a half miutes to draw even. The Ice Hawks took the lead again with a goal scored by Eric Hahn assisted by Mike Touey. Monsignor Bonner then scored three more goals to end the period with a lead 6-4. The third period was a close checking period with the Prep having a few more chances than Bonner, including a solid clank of the iron by Luke Bonhage but the period ended with the score as it had started, 6-4. Next game is Saturday 2/5, against Cardinal O'Hara Red at 10:45 pm at Aston 3.

The varsity maintained it's 2 point lead over second place Ridley High School with a 5-0 win over Episcopal Academy at the Skatium. The Prep opened the scoring with a goal by Chris Napoli, assisted by Sean O'Brien, in the first minute of play. The second period saw Paul Bonhage score off a pass from JP Colussi. Bonhage continued the scoring in the third when he put home his second goal of the evening off a feed from Mike Ostrander. Sophomore defenseman Brandon Yorty notched the Prep's fourth tally with an assist going to Paul Bonhage. Junior winger James Cristiano finished the scoring with assists to Matt Stewart and JP Colussi. The Prep had the better of the opportunities as they out shot their opponent by a margin of 37 to 11 and helped freshman goalie Matt Dougherty to throw a shutout in his first varsity start. The next games are non league games against Penncrest on Sunday 1/23 at 5:00 and on Wednesday 1/26 against Salesianum at 5:30 pm at Penn.

The Varsity Ice Hawks took over sole possession of first place last night with a 6-3 win over the Interboro Bucs. The Prep got off to a slow start finding themselves down 2-0 at the end of the first period. THe second period was al Saint Joes's with the Ice Hawks scoring 4 goals. The scoring was kicked off with a goal by JP Colussi assisted by Mike Diorio. Matt Stewart then fired home two goals a little more than a minute apart. The first assisted by Rob Fagnani and Kevin Melnick and the second by Sean O'Brien and Joe Goldschmidt. Mike Ostrander capped off the second period with the eventual game winner assisted by Sean O'Brien. The Bucs made it close scoring a goal with 3 minutes to play but the Prep's Sean O'Brien put the game away scoring two goals in the last 2 minutes the first assisted by Kevin Melnick and Mike Winton and the second by Brandon Yorty. The next game is Monday 1/17, against Episcopal Academy at 8:00 pm at the Skatium.

The JV Ice Hawks posted a big win on Friday night against Cardinal O'Hara Red team. The game saw close checking first period with each team having their share of chances. The period ended with the score still at 0-0 and O'Hara outshooting the Prep 8-6. The second period was a different story as the Prep put home 5 goals. The scoring was opened with an unassisted goal by Luke Bonhage. This was followed by Mike Touey scoring a goal assisted by Luke and Ernie Menold. Then John Votta scored assisted by Luke and Chris Tanzola and this was followed by a second goal by Luke Bonhage assisted by Mike Powell. The Second period scoring was capped off with a goal by Jim O'Brien assisted by Mike Powell. The third period saw one goal scored by the Prep's Mike Touey assisted by Luke Bonhage - his fifth point of the night. Joe Tordy recorded the first shut out for the Prep JV this year turning away all 20 O'Hara shots - a few of them that were real testers. Next game is Saturday 1/15, against Cardinal O'Hara Blue at 10:15pm at Ice Works (Aston) 1.

The Prep JV Ice played one of their strongest and most entertaining games of the season on Saturday night against a talented O'Hara White team. The Prep jumped out to a 2 - 0 lead in the first period with a goal by Mike Touey at 8:54 assisted by Eric Hahn and Steve Codella and a goal by Tyler Dewechter 24 seconds later assisted by Jim O'Brien and Brendan Kenney. O'Hara answered with two goals of their own in the second period and the score was 2-2 at the start of the third. Ohara scored again to take their first and only lead of the game at 11:29 of the third period but the Prep Chris Tanzola scored to tie it up at 8:56 assisted by Eric Hahn and Jim O'Brien scord 34 seconds later to take back the lead assisted by Mike Touey and Sean McNelis. Unfortunately O'Hara put one home with 2:11 remaining and that is the way it remained. Next game is Friday 1/14, against Cardinal O'Hara Red at 6:00pm at Ice Works (Aston) 1. The varsity takes the same sheet of ice to play Interboro right after the JV's game so come out and cheer on both Prep hockey teams with a single trip.

The Prep varsity avenged it's previous loss to Haverford School by winning an important league contest Thursday night at the Skatium. All of the scoring came in the first period. The Prep scored just 9 seconds into the game on a goal by winger Mike Winton assisted by Sean O'Brien and Kevin Melnick. The Prep upped their lead to 2-0 about 7 minutes later when John Kupcha found the back of the net assisted by Sean O'Brien. Haverford, however, closed to within one before the period ended. The two squads battled each other the rest of the way in another close checking physical game. The goaltending was outstanding at both ends of the ice but the opposition was unable to get anything past Justin DePermentier who made the one goal margin stand up. The win enabled the Prep to take over first place as their record in league play goes to 7-3-1. Next game is Friday 1/14, against Interboro at 7:45 pm at Aston 1. This game follows immediately after the JV game at 6:00. Come out early and cheer on both of the Prep teams in a single trip.

Last night the Prep Varsity played a non league contest against LaSalle 2 (LaSalle has a AAA and a AA varsity team as well as 2 JV teams) a AA team playing in the Suburban High School Hockey League. LaSalle otplayed the Prep for 2 1/2 periods and held a 2-0 lead with about 9 minutes remaining. Stong goaltending by Justin DePermentier kept the comback aspirations of the Prep alive. Mike Ostrander scored to close the gap to one. As time wound down to the final minute of play, the goalie was pulled and the Prep Sean O'Brien scored to tie it up. THe Prep mounted one final rush in the final seconds with Mike Ostrander putting in a rebound to give the Prep an exciting come from behind win. The win was marred somewhat by an injury to Freshman Dominic Nucci which was later diagnosed as a broken collarbone. Next game is Thursday 1/6, against the Haverford School team in at 9:45 pm at the Skatium.

The JV Ice Hawks skated a very strong game as they played the Varsity A team from Haverford High School. The Prep gave up a goal toward the end of the first period as Haverford took the lead. The Prep then had a goal waived off as the refs ruled it had been knocked into the goal by a high stick. The Ice Hawks tied the score in the second period with an unassisted goal by Sophomore Brendan Kenney. The game went into the third period all even at 1. Haverford managed a goal early in the third to put them up 2 - 1. The Prep continued to work on Haverford and had another goal called off due to a penalty being called 80 feet away at the red line as the Prep's Mike Touey let go a shot on a breakaway that went top shelf. The game ended with the score still 2 - 1 but was probably one of the best skated games by the Prep JV as they played up to Varsity A level. Next game is Saturday 1/8/2005, against Cardinal O'Hara White at 10:00pm at Ice Works (Aston) 4.

The Prep JV team skated to an easy game Friday night by a score of 7 - 1 in what ended up to be a double win as the varsity played to a victory on the same sheet of ice in the very next game. The Prep notched three scores in the first period, the first by Luke Bonhage assisted by Jim O'Brien, the second a game winner by Sean McNelis assisted by Luke Bonhage and the third by Eric Hahn assisted by Tyler Dewechter. All of the first period scoring was attributed to the Preps Freshman Ice Hawks. The second period saw a lone goal put up for the Prep by Sophomore Brendan Kenney assisted by fellow Sophomore Mike Touey. The Prep scored three additional goals in the third period to win this one going away.  The third period goals were scored by Mike Touey, Tyler Dewechter and Eric Hahn (his second of the night) with assists by Ernie Menold, Brendan Kenney and Alex Davis. The shut out that was being thrown by goalies Matt Dougherty and Joe Tordy was broken with 17 seconds left when the Fords put in their lone goal. Next game is Friday 12/22, against non league Haverford High Varsity A team at 6:15pm at the Skatium. Coach Swanick has invited the JV team and parents back to his house for Pizza after the game.

The Prep Varsity moved into a first place tie with rival Ridley by winning a hard fought contest at Ice Works on Friday night as they followed the lead of the JV who played to a victory on the same ice in the game just before this one. The Prep got a second period power play goal from senior Sean O'Brien and an even strength score only 30 seconds later by Junior Mike Ostrander, assisted by senior J.P. Colussi. Ridley closed to within one with a goal in the third period but Sophomore goalie Justin DePermentier was again stellar in net, stopping 31 of 32 Ridley shots. At the hiliday break the varsity has a 6-3-1 record in league play. Next game is Monday 1/3/2005, against the LaSalle II team in a non league contest at 6:45 pm at Face Off Circle.

The varsity took on undefeated Interboro (A) in a game at the Skatium on Friday night. The Prep scored first on a goal by Sean O'Brien but Interboro converted on the power play to tie it up in the final period. The Prep fired a lot of rubber at the Interboro goaltender taking 37 shots during the game, but they couldn't get the go ahead goal. A rematch between these two teams is scheduled for January 14th, Nest up for the varsity is this season's second match with Ridley High on Friday 12/17, at 7:45 pm at Ice Works (Aston) 1 immediatley following the JV game which starts at 6:00 pm.

The JV Ice Hawks suffered a dissapointing loss to Ridley on Friday night by a score of 6-1. It was one of those nights were it seemed that nothing bounced the Preps way. After a game played to a 2-2 tie earlier in the season in a game the Prep felt they should have won, they were looking forward to this rematch. The Ice Hawks gave up 2 even strength goals in the first period, followed by two power play goals and an even strength goal in the second and Ridley never looked back. The Prep finally broke the shut out at 10:39 of the third period when Jim )'Brien scored assisted by Sean McNelis and Luke Bonhage. Next game is Friday 12/17, against Haverford School at 6:00pm at Aston 1.  This is one of the rare nights where the Varsity plays immeadiately following the JV on the same sheet of ice so plan on taking in two games next Friday.

The Prep took on a talented Salesianum in the first ever meeting between these two prep schools. Salesianum is one of the top Catholic high schools for boys in the area and has been operating for 100 years in Wilmington Delaware. The school has about 1,100 students and is very similar to the Prep. Playing on an Olympic size rink at The Pond, the Prep scored first with a second period goal by Matt Stewart off a great pass from Paul Bonhage. Salesianum tied the game at 1-1 before John Kupcha put the Prep ahead 2-1 early in the third period. Outstanding goaltending by Justin Depermentier kept the Prep in the game as the home team had numerous scoring chances in the final period. The Prep found itself down a man with one minute to go. In a furious finish, Salesianum pulled their goalie and put the tieing goal in with 2 seconds to play. By all accounts, it was an outstanding hockey game. The Prep varsity will host a return game against Salesianum on January 26th at Penn. Next game is Friday 12/10, against the Interboro Bucs at 7:00 pm at the Skatium.

The Prep JV team played a hard fought game against non league Penncrest Sunday night. The Prep wnet ahead 1-0 in the first period on a goal by Mike Touey assisted by Ernie Menold. The second period saw the Prep go ahead 2 - 0 on a goal by Kevin Melnick assisted by John Swanick. The second period came to a close with the prep ahead by a score of 2 - 0. Sophomore goalie Joe Tordy turned in an excellent outing turning away all 12 of Pencrest's shots. The third period saw the ice tilt the other way as Penncrest pumped home 5 unanswered goals against a Prep team which looked like it ran out of gas. Next game is Friday 12/10, against Ridley at 6:00pm at Aston 1.

The JV Ice Hawks three game unbeaten streak came to an end Friday night with a 3 - 0 loss at the hands of Cardinal O'Hara Blue. The Prep played a spirited game and outshot O'Hara but gave up one gaol in each period, two even strength and one power play. The Prep JV team is missing the services of two of their key players (Sophomore Defensman Mike McKenzie and Freshman Forward Ryan Pierce) who were injured at the Prep's last game. Both players are out indefinitely. Next game is Saturday 12/5, against Penncrest at 5:00pm at Aston 3.

The Prep came up on the short end of a 1-0 score in a tightly contested game against the Haverford School ath the Skatium. Haverford School's lone goal came on a power play late in the second period. The Prep was unable to generate any consistent pressure despite several man advantages early in the game. The Haverford goalie, Anil Tennekoon, was outstanding throughout the game, especially in the closing minute and a half when the Prep pulled the gaolie and mounted a spirited final attack. Next game is Monday 12/6, in a non league game against Salesianum at 7:30 pm at the Pond in Newark, Delaware.

The Prep varsity beat the Upper Darby Royals by a score of 6-1 last Friday night at the Skatium. The Prep jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period with Paul Bonhage netting a pair of golas after an opening score off the stick of Mike D'Orio. THe Prep added three more scores in the third period from Kevin Melnick, Rob Fagnani and Sean O'Brien. Assists on the six Prep goals were turned in by Sean O'Brien (2), Paul Bonhage (2), Mike D'Orio (1), Mike Ostrander (1), John Kupcha (1) and Justin Depermentier (1). Justin Depermentier was sharp in goal turning away 24 of the 25 shots he faced. The win keeps the varsity in first place in the EHSHL AA division. Next game is Thursday 12/2, against Haverford School at 9:45 pm at the Skatium.

The Prep JV team tied Sun Valley 2-2 on Saturday night in a game marred by two major injuries to key Prep players. Mike Touey opened the scoring in the first period assisted by Tyler Dewechter. In the second period, Defensemen Mike McKenzie went down with a broken ankle along the right wing boards. Play was stopped while the medics were summoned to care for Mike. Luke Bonhage tied the score at 2 in the third period assisted by Jim O'Brien. Shortly after Ryan Pierce was hit behind the net and broke a rib and his coller bone. The medics were again called to aid Ryan. The last 5 minutes of the game saw the ice slanted for the Prep but they failed to drive home the winning goal. This leaves the JV with a 2-2-2 record in league play. Next game is Friday 12/3, against Cardinal O'Hara Blue at 6:00pm at Aston 1.

The Prep beat Monsignor Bonner's triple A team last night by a score of 2 to 1. This win against a AAA opponent represents an important milestone for the ice hockey program and moves the Prep into first place in the AA League standings with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses for 8 points. In a tight checking physical contest, Sophomore Kevin Melnick opened the scoring in the first period with a shorthanded goal assisted by Sophomore Matt Stewart. The second period had the Prep go up by a score of 2 - 0 with a power play goal by Matt Stewart assisted by Kevin Melnick and Senior Sean O'Brien. Bonner struck back just 22 seconds later with their only goal of the game. Sophomore goalie Justin Depermentier turned away 38 of 39 shots to bring home the victory. The Prep has won 4 of their last 5 games. Next game is Friday 11/26, against Upper Darby at 7:00 pm at the Skatium.

The JV Ice Hawks upped their leage record to 2-2-1 on Saturday night by beating Upper Darby High School 5 -3. Freshman Luke Bonhage scored two third period goals and had an assist for a three point night. Both Freshman Jim O'Brien and Sophomore Mike Touey had two point nights with a goal and an assist each. Freshman Tyler Dewechter scored the other Prep goal. Assists were also turned in by Sophomore Brenden Kenny and Freshman Ryan Pierce. This win raises the Prep JV to 5 points in league play and positions them in the middle of the pack after the first third of the season. Next game is Saturday 11/20, against Sun Valley High at 10:15pm at Aston 3.

Cardinal O'Hara showed why they are considered one of the elite teams in the area disposing of the Prep by a score of 9 - 1. Rob Fagnani scored for the Prep, assisted by Matt Stewart and Mike Ostrander. The first period saw the Prep put up an inspired effort but O'Hara dominated play the rest of the way. Next game is Friday 11/12, against Ridley High School at 7:45pm at Aston rink 1.

SJP Ice Hawks dominated Marple Newtown in a 10 - 0 win. First period goals by Sean O'Brian (assited by Mike Diorio and Paul Bonhage) and an unassisted goal by Mike Diorio got the game off to a great start. The second period saw a second goal from each of the first period goal scorers as well as goals from Kevin Melnick and Paul Bonhage (assists attributed to Mike Ostrander, Dan O'Brien, Mike Diorio, Rob Fagnani and Paul Bonhage). The third period saw Sean O'Brian complete his hat trick, Domenic Nucci putting home 2 goals and Mike Winton finding the twine (assists registered to Matt Stewart, Brandon Yorty and Kevin Melnick). Justin Depermentier saw 10 shots in registering his first shut out of the season. Next game is Monday 11/1, against Cardinal O'Hara High School at 8:00pm at the Skatium.

Prep Junior Varsity Suffers Tough Loss to Excellent Interboro JV Team (10/29)

Prep Junior Varsity Team Has an Excellent Showing in a 2-2 Tie against Ridley (10/22)