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The AHF announces the Players of the Week for the week ending December 11th, 2022. The Players of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2022-23 season that honors players in all divisions. Only players that are nominated by their respective teams are considered.

Age Level / Division: 10A
Team: Royals
Player: John Sikina (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 4, Saves: 45
“John was amazing versus the #2 ranked York Devils in the 10U A Gretzky division. He made 45 saves during regulation and then 2 huge saves in the shootout to help his team secure the win. Amazing effort!” said Coach Anthony Gifoli.

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Age Level / Division: 10B
Team: Hollydell Hurricanes
Player: Andersen Heller (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 3, Assists: 3
“Andersen showed up and showed off this weekend logging 3 goals and 3 assists to the score sheet. This included an excellent tip-in goal off a shot from our defenseman. His playmaking abilities have been coming along nicely this season. Great job, Andersen!” said Coach Paul Rohanna.

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Age Level / Division: 12A
Team: Royals
Player: Colton Dreyfus (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 1, Assists: 1
“Colton played his heart out on Sunday. He was asked to play both defense and at center and did a tremendous job both offensively and defensively. Chipped in a goal and an assist, lots of blocked shots, and a very active stick when on defense,” said Coach Patrick Porkka.

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Age Level / Division: 12B
Team: Wissahickon Warriors
Player: Luke Salvitti (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 3, Assists: 0
“Luke continues to develop a very strong hockey sense, understanding his role whether with or w/out the puck in either offensive or defensive situations,” said Coach Jay Dougherty.

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Age Level / Division: 13AA
Team: Valley Forge Colonials
Player: Elisabeth Schaeffer (D) – Games: 1, Goals: 0, Assists: 0
“Playing against one of the top teams in the league, Liz did very well limiting opponent scoring opportunities. She kept attacking rushers outside of the dots, cleared the front of the net, and made good first passes on breakouts and regroups,” said Coach John Fields.

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Age Level / Division: 14A
Team: Haverford Hawks Dinmore
Player: Jack Engblom (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 1, Assists: 1
“Jack returned from a month long injury and scored four goals in our two wins this weekend.,” said Coach Michael Dinmore.

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Age Level / Division: 14AA
Team: Delaware Ducks
Player: Sammy Pietropaulo (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 0, Saves: 39
“Team was short and tired, Sammy stood on his head for the shutout,” said Coach Nick Blue.

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Age Level / Division: 16A
Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Player: Darren Lorch (D) – Games: 1, Goals: 0, Assists: 0
“It’s not always about how many points you put up , but how many you keep off is just as important. Darren has been improving every week and is playing his best hockey of the season,” said Coach Louis Greco.

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Age Level / Division: 18A
Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Player: Ian Masel (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 1
“After playing in the Allstar games on Saturday, Ian showed great effort to help lead his team in a come from behind shoot out against the Royals. He had 1 goal , 1 assist and the game winner in the 5th round of the shootout. His stingy play on defense and puck moving ability to his teammates helped orchestrate they comeback,” said Coach Chris Schache.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

10U A
Jack Daggett (D) – Lancaster Firebirds
Max Krull (F) – Palmyra Black Knights
Kieran Prozorov (F) – Royals
Cooper Simmons (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Michael Prendergast (F) – Valley Forge Colonials

10U B
Alex Pometun (G) – Haverford Hawks
Katie Sykes (F) – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
Finn Rittinger (D) – Haverford Hawks
Connor Wingard (D) – Delaware Ducks
Wyatt Dowd (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
David Klus (F) – Royals
Harrison Caldwell (F) – Team Philadelphia
Owen Bertuccio (F) – Metro Militia

12U A
Enzo Khan (F) – North Jersey Avalanche
Alex Montgomery (F) – Valley Forge Colonials
Anthony Castrovinci (F) – Rockets
Joseph Widmeier (F) – Wissahickon Warriors
Isabella Henry (F) – Capital City Vipers
Quinn Nolan (F) – NJ Stars

12U B
Anthony Ciminera (D) – Valley Forge Colonials
Jack Vasquez (G) – Valley Forge Colonials
Blake Flowers (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Mason Giuliano (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes

13U AA
Dominic Gibson (F) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Philip Revzin (F) – NJ Stars

14U A
Kayden Wong (F) – Valley Forge Colonials
Finlay Kent (F) – Wissahickon Warriors
Lawrence Proulx (F) – Frederick Freeze
Brady Snyder (F) – Frederick Freeze

14U AA
Samuel Zapotoka (F) – Rockets

16U A

Brady Grese (D) – Maryland Jr Black Bears
Gannon Maccari (F) – Delaware Ducks

For the week ending on December 4th, the Atlantic Hockey Federation rankings and subdivisions are in. The number of playoff subdivisions are based on the number of teams in the division. For the A divisions, Gretzky and Lemieux divisions are considered separate divisions and will have their own playoff subdivisions. You can view all rankings here.

The teams that are in first in each AA division are Ashburn Xtreme 2012 (10U), Ashburn Xtreme 2010 (12U), Igloo Jaguars (13U), Ashburn Xtreme 08 (14U), Delaware Ducks (15U), Team Philadelphia Black (16U) and Philadelphia Blazers (18U).

For the A division, the top teams in each group are the NJ Bandits Grey (10U Gretzky Division), NJ SportsCare Kings Blue (10U Lemieux Division), Southern Maryland Sabres Gold (12U Gretzky), NJ SportsCare Kings Blue (12U Lemieux), Philadelphia Blazers (14U Gretzky), Frederick Freeze LA (14U Lemieux), Lancaster Firebirds Black (16U Gretzky), Delaware Ducks (16U Lemieux) and Wissahickon Warriors Red (18U).

For the B Division, the three teams with the most ratings are Jersey Shore Wildcats Black (10U), Metro Militia (12U), and the MYHA 14U B Blue (14U). The Venom Hockey Club 1 are on top of the rankings for this week in the Mites category.

This month, KRACH ratings were broken up into multiple subdivisions. Teams will have the ability to move up and down subdivisions until January. The final subdivision will include the teams in competition for a playoff spot.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is looking forward to its first ever All Star Games this weekend. Over 200 All Stars of each age group and division were placed on teams and will be playing out of Hollydell and Igloo Ice Arena this Saturday and Sunday.

You can view the schedule and keep up with scores all weekend long by clicking here. You can also stay up to date with all scores on Twitter, as we will be live tweeting this exciting event!

The AHF announces the Players of the Week for the week ending December 4th, 2022. The Players of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2022-23 season that honors players in all divisions. Only players that are nominated by their respective teams are considered.

Age Level / Division: 10A
Team: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1
Player: Blake Benner (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 4, Saves: 44
“Blake stopped 44 shots from a very skilled and 2nd place York Devils team. Blake was able to keep the game competitive until deep into the 3rd period,” said Coach Mark Gallagher.

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Age Level / Division: 10AA
Team: Valley Forge Colonials
Player: Benjamin Cyr (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 6, Assists: 1
“Benjamin’s six goals helped elevate the team to two wins including one OT shoot out goal,” said Coach Patrick Cyr.

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Age Level / Division: 10B
Team: Delaware Ducks Black
Player: Liam Malloy (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 0, Assists: 0
“Liam demonstrated a weekend of 200’ play. He earned our player of the game award on Saturday and played the same way again on Sunday. He showed his team the value of hard work!” said Coach Brian Hennelly.

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Age Level / Division: 12A
Team: New Jersey Bandits Black
Player: Lincoln Choi (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 3, Saves: 27
“Lincoln came into a game in a tough position had an excellent performance to close the game out,” said Coach Matt Mande.

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Age Level / Division: 12AA
Team: Palmyra Black Knights
Player: Gabe Clark (D) – Games: 1, Goals: 0, Assists: 1
“Gabe played outstanding on the Blue Line this weekend limiting scoring chances and helping us quickly transition to our offensive attack. He had a key assist on our opening goal to help us with a big upset victory over the weekend. Great job Gabe!” said Coach Mark Krull.

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Age Level / Division: 12B
Team: Valley Forge Colonials Herhal
Player: Nathaniel Grice (G) – Games: 1, Goals Against: 2, Saves: 11
“Nathaniel had a great game on Saturday keeping the score close in the first period and stopping all remaining shot after. His play in the first really allowed us to come back in that game,” said Coach Mike Herhal.

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Age Level / Division: 13AA
Team: Valley Forge Colonials
Player: Jake Bilotta (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 3, Assists: 0
“Found the open areas in the zone and capitalized on his chances. Won races and git pucks out in our zone,” said Coach John Fields.

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Age Level / Division: 14A
Team: WBS Jr. Knights
Player: Cooper Manning (D) – Games: 3, Goals: 1, Assists: 1
“Cooper is developing into an excellent shutdown defenseman. He digs in on the back end without complaint or blame. He plays hard, hasn’t missed a single practice, and is one of the most improved players on the team. He played a ton of minutes this past weekend and held his head high the entire time,” said Coach Ryan Sheehan.

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Age Level / Division: 14AA
Team: Haverford Hawks
Player: Joseph Clifford (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 1, Assists: 1
“Joey’s forecheck and physicality in the offense zone created multiple opportunities for the hawks this weekend which put him on the score sheet in both games with a goal and assist,” said Coach Daniel Donegan.

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Age Level / Division: 14B
Team: Grundy Senators
Player: Klim Belko (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 8, Assists: 2
“10 point weekend, 2-0 weekend for team,” said Coach Dylan DellaVecchio.

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Age Level / Division: 15AA
Team: Royals
Player: Kevin McGinly (F) – Games: 3, Goals: 2, Assists: 2

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Age Level / Division: 16A
Team: Delaware Ducks
Player: Jason Pearce (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 2, Assists: 0
“Jason worked his butt off in our first game Saturday scoring 2 goals. He played great positional hockey and certainly earned the goals with his effort. I only wish he was at our second game Saturday to see how he could have added to his great morning,” said Coach Garrett McManus.

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Age Level / Division: 16AA
Team: Rockets Hockey Club
Player: Jake Barth (D) – Games: 2, Goals: 3, Assists: 4
“Jake had a good weekend played hard in all three zones , scored 3 Goals & had 4 assists” said Coach Daniel Kennedy.

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Age Level / Division: 18A
Team: Wissahickon Warriors Red
Player: Matt Flynn (F) – Games: 2, Goals: 4, Assists: 5
“Matt helped us to 2 wins in the weekend with a huge offensive outburst. He had both a hat-trick and playmaker on Saturday, followed by a goal and 2 assists on Sunday — for a 9 point weekend,” said Coach Frank Blust.

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Age Level / Division: Full Ice Mite AAA
Team: Lehigh Valley Steel
Player: Ace Lasso (F) – Games: 1, Goals: 5, Assists: 1
“Paced the team to a dub!” said Coach Zachary Jones.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

10U A
Kevin Moore Jr (F) – Philadelphia Blazers
Gary Trabuscio (F) – Metro Militia|
Carson Lieb (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Drayson Gayman (F) – Capital City Vipers
Gianni Melfi (D) – Royals
Alex Langley (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

10U B
Jayce O’Neal (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Emma Gaffney (F) – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
Preston Russell (F) – Metro Militia
Logan “Squishy” Duvall (F) – Tomorrow’s Ice
Tristin Hopkins (D) – Igloo Jaguars
Joseph Spor (G) – Royals

12U A
Jakub Kuzar (D) – Metro Militia
Thomas Awad (F) – Wissahickon Warrior
Kenneth Harris (F) – Southern Maryland Sabres
Boden King (F) – Royals
Jacob Edelstein (D) – Valley Forge Colonials
Matthew Quinn (D) – Valley Forge Colonials
Brayden Hodges (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes

12U B
Matteo Weaver (D) – Valley Forge Colonials
James Whalen (F) – Hollydell Hurricanes
Jaxson Oliver (F) – Palmyra Black Knights
Ethan Putt (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

14U A
Jackson Jancosko (G) – Maryland Jr Black Bears
Gavin Kool (F) – Haverford Hawks
Matt Birmingham (F) – Southern Maryland Sabres
Conor Maraj (D) – Haverford Hawks
Sam Kubiak (D) – Haverford Hawks
Sal Shrader (F) – Tomorrow’s Ice
Hunter Allen (D) – York Devils
Connor Boland (F) – Wissahickon Warriors

14U AA
Dawson Martin (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

16U A
Bruno Streit (G) – Valley Forge Colonials
Carter Uhl (D) – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Darren Caracci (D) – Igloo Jaguars
Adam Roesler (F) – Maryland Jr Black Bears

16U AA
Andrew Grainey (F) – Haverford Hawks

18U A
Jake Ciavarelli (F) – Valley Forge Colonials
Wyatt Grey (F) – York Devils
Colin Yost (F) – Palmyra Black Knights

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is excited to announce the Jersey Colts Hockey Club as a new member for the 2023-24 season. The Jersey Colts Hockey Club is based at Twin Oaks Ice Arena in Morristown, NJ.

The AHF is a USA Hockey Sanctioned Elite Tier-II Youth Hockey League that facilitates games throughout the Mid-Atlantic for its club members and families. The AHF provides high-quality, league games and showcases for over 500 teams in the Mid-Atlantic uniquely catering to its member-owned clubs.

The AHF currently fields youth hockey programs at AA, A and B divisions for the following age groups: the 8U AAA Full Ice, 8U Half Ice, 10U, 12U, 14U, 15U/16U and 18U age levels. The AHF is truly a unique opportunity as each of the Founders and Member clubs operate at all levels of the youth and junior hockey spectrum from Mite thru to Midget at the youth level and from Tier III juniors all the way up to Tier I juniors in the USHL.

If you are looking for value and exposure to play college hockey, the AHF is also for you.

The AHF is excited to announce our 2022 All Stars! The AHF will be hosting All Star Games for all levels of hockey next weekend at Igloo and Hollydell. You can view rosters, teams, and schedule for next weekend here.

The AHF All Star Player Selection Process

Each AHF team was allocated roster spots in the All Star games based on the KRACH ratings as of November 6th. The higher the KRACH, the more roster spots that team will be given for the All Star game.

The league office then requested player nomination’s from each organization. Once the player nominations were collected players were chosen by the selection committee based on the nominations, rankings, and season statistics.

*Please note only teams that chose to participate in the selection process had players selected for the All Star game.

For the week ending on November 27th, the Atlantic Hockey Federation rankings and subdivisions are in. The number of playoff subdivisions are based on the number of teams in the division. For the A divisions, Gretzky and Lemieux divisions are considered separate divisions and will have their own playoff subdivisions. You can view all rankings here.

The teams that are in first in each AA division are Ashburn Xtreme 2012 (10U), Ashburn Xtreme 2010 (12U), MYHA UA Gold (13U), Ashburn Xtreme 08 (14U), MYHA AA Gold (15U), Team Philadelphia Black (16U) and Philadelphia Blazers (18U).

For the B Division, the three teams with the most ratings are Jersey Shore Wildcats Black (10U), Metro Militia (12U), and the MYHA 14U B Blue (14U). The LI Monarchs 14AAA are on top of the rankings for this week in the Mites category. KRACH Ratings are coming out soon for Full Ice Mite Add On teams.

Later this month, KRACH ratings will help break up each division into multiple subdivisions. Teams will have the ability to move up and down subdivisions until January. The final subdivision will include the teams in competition for a playoff spot.

The AHF announces the Players of the Week for the week ending November 27, 2022. The Players of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2022-23 season that honors players in all divisions. Only players that are nominated by their respective teams are considered.

Age Level / Division: 12A
Team: NJ Bandits
Player: Vinny Pizza (F) – Games: 5, Goals: 3, Assists: 2
“Vinny is one of our top utility players always up to play whatever position we need him to play. He has incredible enthusiasm and he’s a tremendous player on our team!” said Coach Matt Mande.

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Age Level / Division: 12B
Team: SportsCare Kings
Player: Andy Freda (G) – Games: 4, Goals Against: 22, Saves: Many
“Being a B team in an A tournament. Andy made it possible for us to win any game this weekend. The games vs the Jaguars would have been 15+ losses without him,” said Coach Brian Halm.

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Age Level / Division: 14B
Team: Igloo Jaguars
Player: Scott Sabarese (F) – Games: 5, Goals: 10, Assists: 5
“Brought the team to the finals in tournament in Skyland,” said Coach Carl Orth.

The Atlantic Hockey Federation is excited for its next guest in the Federation Education Series. This series will feature presentations for our players, families, and coaches on the landscape of hockey along with the Player Advancement Model. The third presentation will feature Apex Learning Virtual School.

Apex Learning Virtual School works on improving your GPA, taking courses to get ahead of your academic success, challenging yourself with classes that interest you, and giving you the flexibility of balancing your academics with your athletics. Apex is a great way to set yourself apart from other students as you look to continue your athletic and academic careers in college!

The AHF is working with Apex to invite all players and their families to an exclusive webinar presentation. The presentation will cover opportunities for online school and how you can take advantage of getting ahead in academics while pursuing your athletic career!

Apex “Academic Success for Athletes”

Date: Wednesday, December 14th

Time: 7:00 pm EST

RSVP: Register here!

This webinar will take approximately 30 minutes with time for a Q&A. This is for all players in the Federations wishing to learn more about virtual school and prepping their academic careers.

For the week ending on November 20th, the Atlantic Hockey Federation rankings are in. KRACH is a team’s win/loss ratio multiplied by strength of schedule. You can view all rankings here.