The JV Ice Hawks finished out their regular season schedule last night with ther 11th straight league victory besting Cardinal O'Hara White by a score of 5-1. In a game that had no meaning to the Prep's post season seeding and after a three week layoff, the Prep took pride in closing out the regular season with a decisive win and stretched their league unbeaten streak to 12. The Prep opened up the scoring in the first period with Sophomore Ryan Pierce scoring his 6th goal of the season assisted by Sophomore Chris Tanzola. The period ended with the score 1-0 but the Prep seemed to have the upper hand. In the second, the Ice Hawks took a commanding lead with four more unanswered goals. The first scored by Freshman Pat Kupcha (his 7th of the season), assisted by fellow Freshman Frank Goldstein. Then a minute later Sophomore Ernie Menold lit the lamp (his 13th of the season), assisted by Chris Tanzola. Ryan Pierce then scored his 7th on the season again assisted by Chris Tanzola. The fifth goal was scored by Junior Brendan Kenney (his 3rd on the season) assisted by Junior Matt Binck. O'Hara then scored their lone goal to finish the second period 5-1. The third saw the play a little more even with O'Hara notching 9 shots and the Prep 7 but neither team scored and the period ended as it had started with the Prep ahead 5-1. This finishes the regular season and has the Prep finishing first by 5 points over their nearest rival. The single elimination playoff begins on Wednesday March 1st with a 9:30 PM game at Ice Works rink 2 against the winner of the game pitting 8th place Haverford High and 9th place O'Hara Red.

Haverford School brought a 10-0-4 recod into it's meeting with the Prep in a 9:45 game at the Skatium. Haverford School has been compiling a stellar season in outscoring their opponents by a 78 to 31 margin. This was the third meeting of the year between the two clubs. In an even but intensely played first period, there were plenty of hits, shots and saves but neither team could get one in the net. The play continued in this hard hitting physical manner in the second period with the 'fords putting 12 shots on Junior goaltender Justin DePermentier, who had several saves that left the opposition shaking their heads in disbelief. After an "unsportsmanlike conduct" penalty assessed to Haverford School, Junior defenseman Brandon Yorty, skated in from the left point and picked the top corner to score a power play goal with 2 minutes left in the period. The period ended with SJP holding a 1-0 lead. With the momentum in their favor, the Prep stepped up the pressure in the early stages of the third period, and increased the lead to 2-0 on a nice goal by Senior forward James Cristiano. He was assisted by Junior Kevin Melnick and Sophomore Ted Collela. With 5 minutes remaining in the contest and with a man in the penalty box, Haverford School regained some fire when they scored a shorthanded goal to make it 2-1. The Prep knew that it would be a real fight to the finish. While still on the power play, Ted Collela scored a crucial goal off a feed from Senior John Kupcha to give the Hawks some breathing room. Seeing their undefeated season slipping away, the 'fords mounted another attack. At 1:35, Haverford found a way to get within 1 when they scored off a scramble in front of the net. With their goalie pulled and an extra skater on the ice, Haverford School desperately tried to find an open man but were thwarted by a determined and spirited Prep squad in what was their best overall effort of the year. The final regular season game and also Senior night will be on Friday 2/17 at 8:45PM as the Prep takes on O'Hara at the Skatium.

The Junior Varisty ran it's current winning streak to three tonight with a 3-2 victory over the Ridley White Raiders. In a rare early evening game, the Prep seemed to come out a bit slugish falling behind late in the first period on an even strength goal by Ridley. Shots for the period were tied at 10 but Ridley led on the scoreboard. The Ice Hawks seemed to find their legs in the second period as the threw 17 shots agains Ridley. Sophomore Domenic Nucci finally found the back of the net with 3:17 remaining in the period. Sophomore goalie Matt Dougherty kept the Prep in the game with some fine netminding and we went into the third with the game tied at 1. Sophomore Chris Tanzola broke the tie at 12:17 assisted by Junior Brendan Kenney. With a little bit more than 7 minutes remaining, the Ice Hawks then saw one of their own, Sophomore forward John Votta, carried from the ice on a stretcher to be taken to the hospital for an x-ray on his back (check here for updates on John's condition). With just 4 seconds remaing, Domenic Nucci scored his second for the night assisted by Sophomore Ernie Menold. This was not a meaningless goal since with no time remaining, Ridley snuck one into the net to make the final 3-2. The next game is scheduled for 10:30 pm on Friday November 18th at the Skatium against the second Raider team - Ridley Green .

The JV Ice Hawks played a new squad to the EHSHL JV league on Monday night. Marple Newton 's JV squad is made up of bith JV Players and a numer of swing players playing both JV and Varsity. The game was a close fought contest with the first period seeing the Prep apply pressure, but not breaking through - even during an almost 2 minute 5 on 3 power play. The second period saw the Prep get on the board with Sophomore Dominic Nucci scoring a power play goal with an assist from Ryan Pierce. The second period came to a close with the score 1-0 Prep but with each team geting a number of good chances during the Period. The goaltending of Junior Joe Tordy kept Marple off of the scoreboard. The Prep took a 2 goal lead in the third period with Freshman Joey Ochman scoring at 6:45 with an assist from Dominic Nucci. The Prep fans thought they could breath easier but Marple was able to score two late goals, the second with the goalie pulled for an extra skater, and the contest ended in a hard fought tie. The JV plays their next game on 10/31 versus Interboro at 9:45 at Aston 2. All fans in costume get in free (so do those without costume).

Meeting for the second time in two weeks, the varsity faced off at the Skatium in Havertown against Ridley High School. The game again featured an up-tempo pace with both teams channenging for opportunities. Ridley got on the board first but the Prep rallied to tie it up on a strong effort by sophomore Ted Collela who skated through the defense, circled the net and fed a perfect pass to sophomore Jim Voter who put it high into th net. Ridley took a 2-1 lead into the third period after scoring a power-play goal in the second. Both teams had numerous chances before Ridley scored to make it 3-1. Prep senior defensemean Dan O'Brien, on an outstanding individual effort, answered 20 seconds later with a goal from the left point. However, Ridley was able to hold off a strong Prep attempt in the game's final minutes to earn their second 3-2 win over the varsity this season. The Varsity plays their next game on Haloween versus Upper Darby at 9:45 at the Skatium.