Great 8’s Shoot Out

On Sunday, March 22nd, 2026, at the Power Play Rinks in Exton, PA, the DVHL hosted the third annual “Great “8” Shoot Out“ which highlighted the extraordinary skills and playmaking abilities of our BY 2017 players. These Mites, who will be moving up to the Squirt division for the 2026 – 2027 season, played an outstanding back and forth game that ended as a 2-2- tie in regulation. In the overtime period, the Green team scored first and was declared the winner. However, the Black team showed their resilience and won the Elimination Shoot-Out. Here is a list of the players and their teams.

Team Black – Carter Svitak and Gavin Garvey (Campus Wild), Winston Porreca, Nolan Hogan and Freddy Rebert (G) (Central Penn Panthers), Gavin Kriczky, Gavin Morenko, and Rhett Meilahn (G) (PA Huntsman), Evan Miranda and Leo Yang (Ed Snider Hockey), Jack Labe, Preston Perry and Kevin Wilson (G) (Reading Royals), Elize Shepski and Maria Kontodemos (Little Flyers), Brody Powely and Jacob Jellick (Wilmington Nighthawks)

Coaches – Jim Hogan (Central Penn) Greg Morenko (PA Huntsman)

Team Green – Ben Knauss and Jack Ritter (Chester County Cougars), Cameron Frazier, Conor Weisser, and Jonny Kilcoyne (G) (Genesis), Jacob Dolan and Michael Lamia (Delco Phantoms), William Schrantz, Mario Scarnati, and Carson Long (G) (Hershey Jr. Bears), Teddy Franks, Cullen McDevitt, and Glenn Graham (G), (Quakers), Theoren Perry and Theo Brainard (Jr. Blue Hens), Asher Turner and Jacob Walkowiak (Wilkes-Barre Jr. Pens), Kaleb Schneider (Hatfield Ice Hawks)

Coaches – Pat McDevitt (Quakers) and Nick Scarnati (Hershey Jr. Bears)

A special thanks to Jeff Grable, Zach Overholtzer, Tom Gibson and the staff at Power Play who hosted this event. As always, it was a great day enjoyed by all those who attended.