Several members of the 2003-2004 Abington Varsity Ice Hockey team continue to collect post-season honors placing an exclamation point on what can only be termed a very successful season. The Ghosts completed their second consecutive undefeated league season and second consecutive undefeated league playoff championship run. The Ghosts have not lost in league play in 50 games over the last two years.

• Senior captain Justin Schorr, senior Eric Tufman, senior Dom Serratore and junior Ian Cooley were each placed on the Suburban High School Scholastic Hockey League (SHSHL) First All-Star team. This is the first time in Abington Ice Hockey history that the Ghosts filled four of the top six All-Star slots. Additionally, this is the first time in SHSHL history that one team was so dominate. This is a reflection of the Ghosts two-year undefeated record in the SHSHL (46-0-4) since 2002.

• Breakaway! Magazine named four Abington players their post-season All-Area All-Star teams. These players were selected from approximately 126 teams and over 2200 players in the Eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey area. Eric Tufman was named as a First Team All-Star, Justin Schorr and Ian Cooley were named as Second Team All-Stars and Dom Serratore was named as a Third Team All-Star.

• Breakaway! Magazine named senior Dean Richardson as the Defensive Player of the Year. This is the second year in a row that Richardson has captured this honor. Eric Tufman was Breakaway! Magazine’s runner-up to Player of the Year.

• Justin Schorr finished the season as the SHSHL’s leading scorer with 74 points in only 25 games. Eric Tufman finished the season as the SHSHL’s second leading scorer with 67 points in 20 games. Schorr was also the leading scorer in the entire area capturing Breakaway! Magazine’s All-Area Delaware Valley Leading Scorer Award.

• Justin Schorr and Eric Tufman were members of Team Philadelphia, a post season All-Star team made up of juniors and seniors which traveled to Chicago to participate against similar teams from across the country in the prestigious Chicago Showcase Tournament. Ian Cooley was also selected but was unable to attend. Tufman was Team Philadelphia’s leading scorer and was second overall in the entire tournament.

• Justin Schorr and Eric Tufman were named to the Scholastic Play by Play Network’s First Team All Area for ice hockey. The Award banquet, held June 15, 2004, honors student athletes from the Philadelphia and South Jersey region who have excelled in their sport during the 2003-2204 season.

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The Abington Ice Hockey organization extends its best wishes to Ian Cooley and the 17U Jr. Flyers in their quest for a national title. The 17U Jr. Flyers advanced to the Nationals in Marquette, Wisconsin as the Atlantic District representative. Everyone associated with Ian knows he is a quality person and player. We hope he and his team have a successful tournament.

Pennsylvania Hockey has placed three Abington Ghosts Varsity ice hockey players on their list of Eastern Pennsylvania’s Top 25 players for 2003-2004. The list includes Senior Eric Tufman who according to the list possesses "possibly the best set of hands in the area". Tufman is having an excellent season, leading the league in points per game average. Senior Captain Justin Schorr was listed as "crafty and unselfish". Schorr is also having a banner season, leading the SHSHL in scoring. Tufman and Schorr were recently voted the best one-two punch in high school hockey in this area. Completing the list was defenseman Ian Cooley described as "an excellent two-way defenseman". Cooley, only a junior, has been the best defenseman in the SHSHL for the last two years. Only one other high school, the LaSalle Explorers, had as many players on the top 25 list as Abington. Abington was the only public school to have more than one player in the top 25.

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