Wednesday: Hilton Wins in OT, 3 Underseeds Win

May 23, 2012 -

The quarter final round finished with nine higher seeded teams winning, most by large numbers and three lower seeded teams winning. Canandaigua (#6) beat Spencerport (#3) 10-8. Victor (#5) beat McQuaid Jesuit (#4) 21-9. Twelfth seeded HF-L beat their second higher seeded team when they defeated Geneva (#4) 10-4 tonight. Hilton used overtime to beat Webster Thomas in an exciting game that saw Thomas winning with seven second left in the game, only to have C-C tie the game four seconds later. The rest of the winners were Pittsford, Penfield, Churchville-Chili, Penn Yan, Livonia, Aquinas, Fairport and Irondequoit.

 

  --   In the closest contest of the day, fourth seeded Hilton defeated fifth seeded Webster Thomas in overtime 10-9. The Cadets led for the majority of the game but two goals in the final ten seconds of regulation made for an exciting finish. The final goal was scored 2:24 into the first overtime period by senior attackman Jake Montgomery with an assist from junior Derek Richards. The game also began with a goal from Montgomery that was assisted by Richards, two minutes into the contest. Three minutes later, Hilton added the second goal of the game. Thomas kept the game close with their first two goals in the next two minutes. John Zawacki and Troy Crevier scored for the Titans. 0:24 later Thomas tied the game, Richards scored to give Hilton back the lead. Thomas tied the game for the second time at 3-3 with an unassisted goal from Jake Giudice. The quarter ended with the score tied.

In the second quarter, Hilton tried to make a break away. They scored the only three goals of the quarter. Richards, Alex Milliken and freshman Shawn Kimble scored for the Cadets. They led 6-3 going into halftime. Kimble scored his second goal to lead off the third quarter and gave Hilton their largest lead of the game at 7-3. The Cadets looked to be in control of the game, but Webster did not go away quietly. The Titans scored the next two goals to end the third quarter. John Hill scored during a man-up situation and Justin Dibernardo scored during a man-down situation to bring the game back within two goals to end the quarter. Hilton led 7-5 going into the final quarter of regulation.

Thomas kept up the pressure in the final quarter. They scored two quick goals to tie the game. John Hill scored unassisted 1:19 into the quarter. One minute later Justin Bird tied the game with an assist from Giudice. The next seven minutes were back and forth with neither team able to convert. Hilton goalie Jarod Kimble made four saves over the seven minute span to keep Thomas from taking the lead. On their fifth shot on cage with 2:18 remaining, the Titans got one past Kimble. Kevin Hill scored an unassisted goal to give Thomas their first lead of the contest.

The lead was short lived. 0:43 later Hinton tied the game again. Date Giordano took the ball straight to the cage and forced the ball in to tie the game. Hilton won a face off but could not get a shot on cage. The Titans took the ball back and moved it up field. Thomas held the ball and with 0:10 remaining in regulation they made their play to the goal. Kevin Hill scored his second goal to give the Titans the one goal lead. The Titans were looking good, however, Hilton's face off man Harald Juergens had been winning face offs in the fourth quarter. Juergens finished the game 11/20 (55%) and won the last four face offs of the game. Juergens won the draw and picked up his own ground ball. He fed the ball up to Giordano who scored with 0:03 remaining to force overtime.

Thomas won the opening face off of overtime with a technical win. They took the ball down and their shot was wide. The Cadets got the ball back and worked it up field. They took a time out to set up a play. Richards took the ball in and ditched to Montgomery for the goal. Juergens finished with a team leading 10 ground balls for Hilton. Giordano finished the game with 13 shots, five on cage. In the cage, Kimble finished with 11 saves. For Thomas, John Bezek played the majority of the game and recorded four saves. Gulisano finished the game after Bezek was pulled for a penalty and recorded one save. Hilton will continue their tournament play against the top seeded Fairport Red Raiders on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Hilton stats.

  

  

  --   Third seeded Pittsford scored fifteen straight goals to defeated sixth seeded Gates Chili 15-1. The Spartans scored the final goal of the game with Ralph Taliento assisting Phil Ruf. In the cage for Gates Chili, Tyler Jacobson and Dylan Dix split time. Jacobson finished with 12 saves and Dix finished with two saves. The Panthers had 29 different players with at least one statistic. Leading in goals was midfielder Nino DiPasquale with 4g. Leading in assists was attackman Albie DiPasquale with 1g-6a. Albie and Jack Lauroesch (2g) led in shots with seven. Lauroesch also led in shots on cage (5) and ground balls (6). Three players tied for the lead in one-on-one takes. Danny Page, Ben Overslaugh and Tyler Aycock each received one take. Face off midfielder Matt Barbaccia finished 6/7 with four decided by technical foul (3/4). Three different Panthers spent time between the pipes. Kyle Lake played the first half and recorded one save, Luke Loveys played the third quarter and recorded three saves and Cahal Moulton played the final quarter and recorded two saves. Pittsford continues on to play Penfield (#2) on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Pittsford stats or the Gates stats.
  

 

  --   Second seeded Aquinas added six goals in the second quarter on their way to a 12-4 win over seventh seeded Gananda. Aquinas had five different players score. Leading their charge was midfielder Billy Lombardi with 3g-2a. Attackman Alex Bianchi finished with 2g-3a. The attack accounted for 7 of the 12 Little Irish goals. Aquinas midfielders combined for an 89% day at the face off. Lombardi finished 11/13 (85%) and Pete DiLaura finished 5/5 (100%). Lombardi also led his team in ground balls with 11. Defenseman Marc Pettrone finished with six ground balls. In the cage, Erich Wischmeyer finished with seven saves. For Gananda, midfielder Nick Rapp led with 2a. Kyler Friesner finished with 1g-1a for the Blue Panthers. In the cage, Steven Fisher recorded 10 saves. Aquinas continues on to play Livonia (#3) on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Full statistics.

  

  --  Second seeded Penfield scored ten unanswered goals in the first quarter to defeat seventh seeded Rush Henrietta with a score of 18-6. The Royal Comets added two goals in each of the final three quarters. Penfield added another seven goals in the third quarter. Penfield was led in scoring by attackman Andrew Schoeneck with 5g-1a. All American Connor Russell finished 9/10 at the face off draw and led his team with six ground balls. Midfielder Dan Pulinski also finished with six ground balls. In the cage, Keith Keehn played three quarters and recorded seven saves. Nick Presicci finished the game and recorded three saves. RH was led in scoring by midfielder Chauncey Scissum with 2g. Attackman Andrew Tirabassi finished with 1g-1a. In the cage, McKenzie Spooner finished with five saves and Corey Luty finished with one save. Penfield continues on to play Pittsford (#3) on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Full statistics.

  --    Fifth seeded Victor scored eighteen of the final twenty goals with only two man-up goals from fourth seeded McQuaid Jesuit to break the streak. The Blue Devils won 21-9. McQuaid started off strong, scoring the first three goals and leading 5-1 after the first quarter. However, the Blue Devils slowly fought back in the second and then took over. Of the last four goals from the Knights, three were scored during man-up play. Victor was led in scoring by senior midfielder John Maloney with 4g-2a. With today's six points, Maloney broke both the single season and career points records for Victor. He is currently sitting at 44g-26a (70 points) this season. His career points are 162 (96g-66a) and would be expected to increase in their next game.

Midfielder TJ DiSanto also had a stand out game with 2g-3a. The turnaround for Victor came in the second quarter and was punctuated by a number of impressive goals. The first goal of the second quarter was scored by Max Hill (4g) and assisted by Kyle Haslinger (1g-1a). Hill cut towards the crease and Haslinger slipped the ball between the defense for the goal. Six seconds later Dale Mattice added another goal after running the ball straight at the goal after a technical face off win. Mattice finished 26/32 (81%) at the face off draw. He also finished with seven ground balls. Maloney finished with eight and DiSanto finished with six. The second impressive goal of the turnaround came with 7:53 remaining. Maloney was being face guarded by the Knights and was out the way, near the midfield line. Mitch Rupp (3g-1a) drove from behind the cage to draw the crease defenseman. As he did, Maloney drove towards the crease. With the slide already gone, two men were open on the crease and Maloney grabbed the ball and finished into the net. The third impressive goal was in fact the tying goal. Hill scored with 1:14 remaining to tie the game at 7-7 for the first time since 0-0. Once again Maloney was out of the picture and the teams were playing 5-on-5. DiSanto was sitting behind the cage and hit Hill as he came across the crease for the goal. Victor continued their domination in the second quarter and McQuaid never had a chance to come back. Victor added ten goals between the final two man-up Knight goals.

In the cage for Victor, Chris Saar played the majority of the game and recorded four saves. Saar faced 27 shots with 12 on cage. Troy Dowdle played the final five minutes and did not record a save. McQuaid's scoring was led by Joe Hanna with 3g-1a. Duncan Ayer added 1g-2a for the Knights. Midfielder Jake Merkel led his team in ground balls with seven. In the cage, Pat Sheridan finished with 15 saves. Victor continues on to play top seeded Irondequoit on Friday. 

For a more complete look check out the Full statistics.

  

  --   Third seeded Livonia defeated eleventh seeded Haverling 15-3. The Rams defeated sixth seeded Waterloo in the first round. The Bulldogs scored the first eight goals reaching into the second quarter. By halftime they led 14-2. They took the game into running time with the first goal of the third quarter only 1:34 into play.

Leading in scoring for Livonia was attackman Wyatt Struble with 3g-3a. Cody Cisco finished with 3g-1a and Derek Bishopp finished with 3g. Bishopp finished 12/17 (71%) at the face off. He also led his team with 13 ground balls. Duncan Ayer finished with five ground balls for the Bulldogs. In the cage, Ethan Jamison played the majority of the game and recorded one save.

For Haverling, attackman Brandon Dickson led with 2g. Justin Gavette finished with 1g-1a for the Rams. Academic All American Defenseman Trevor Lang finished with 1 assist. He finishes his season with 32g-20a and led his team in both goals and total points. In the cage, Andrew Clark finished with 18 saves. Livonia continues on to play Aquinas (#2) on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Haverling stats or the Livonia stats on Thursday.

 

  --   The last two goals of the first quarter were scored with less than one minute remaining in the quarter. Canandaigua scored with 0:41 remaining with an unassisted goal from Dan LaCrosse. 0:09 later Spencerport tied the game again. Canandaigua won the face off with Connor Moore picking up his own ground ball. Defenseman TJ Miranda was quick to the stick and stripped the ball from Moore. He looked up field to Levi Basynnski who dodged his man for the goal. The game remained tied 3-3 going into the second quarter.

Canandaigua dominated the second quarter and held off the Rangers to secure the win. The Braves scored five unanswered goals to start off the quarter. Feldman scored his second goal with an assist from Moore. Dave Serron, Taylor Spike, Ben Northrup and Serron each added another goal for the Braves. Canandaigua led 8-3 with 4:45 remaining in the first half. Spencerport's Jeff Nitti (3g) scored the first of his goals with an assist from Miranda to try and stop the bleeding but it was not enough. Twenty seconds later the Braves added another goal. Scharr scored unassisted during man-up. Canandaigua led 9-4 going into halftime.

The Rangers played the stronger second half, and probably three solid quarters, and one bad quarter was not enough to win against a quality opponent like Canandaigua. The type of play demonstrates the experience of Canandaigua. They know how to win and how to play like champions. Spencerport outscored the Braves 3-1 in the third and 1-0 in the fourth but it was not enough to catch up. As the game came down to the fourth quarter, the penalty flags started to fly and Spencerport could not put a run together.

Senior midfielder Seth Miller finished the last game of his career with 14/21 (67%) at the face off draw for Spencerport. He also led his team with 11 ground balls. In the cage for Canandaigua, Michael Cuciti finished with 11 saves. In the cage for the Rangers, Tyler Schweikert finished with 16 recorded saves. The Braves will continue on to the semi final rounds and will play Churchville-Chili (#2) on Friday.  

For a more complete look check out the Full statistics.
  

  --   Top seeded Fairport defeated eighth seeded Greece Arcadia/Olympia 17-3. The Lightning scored two goals early and their third goal in the final quarter. Senior attackman Pat VanBortle led his team with 5g-2a. Only two other Red Raiders added more than one goal, Brian Martin (2g-2a) and Max Gerling (2g). Three goalies saw time between the pipes for the Red Raiders. All American Blaze Riorden finished with three saves, Jake Newkirk finished with one save and Pete Gropp did not face a shot on cage. Fairport continues on to play Hilton (#4) on Friday. The Cadets won in overtime over fifth seeded Thomas today. No report from Greece Lightning tonight. 

  --   Top seeded Penn Yan continued their tournament shut outs for the second game in a row with a 20-0 win over eighth seeded Marcus Whitman. The Mustangs have scored 40 goals and never been scored on in the first two rounds of the tournament. They will continue on and play twelfth seeded HF-L in the semi final round. The Cougars have defeated both the fifth seed (Pal-Mac) and the fourth seed (Geneva). Penn Yan was led in scoring by sophomore attackman Bradley Voigt (3g-2a). Junior attackman Ryan Maciejewski scored 2g-3a for the Mustangs. The top three scorers for Penn Yan were all attackman with Rion Davison adding 3g. In the cage, Brandon Maciejewski secured the shut out with six saves. In the cage for Marcus Whitman, Merritt Bailey finished with 12 saves.  
  

  --    Top seeded Irondequoit defeated ninth seeded Brighton 19-3. The Barons had defeated eighth seeded Brockport on Monday. The Eagles scored 15 goals in the first half to start the second half in running time. All three Baron goals were scored in the second half. Leading in scoring for Irondequoit were All American Nick Doktor (3g-1a), All American Gunnar Miller (2g-2a) and attackman Jake Schmidt (3g-1a). In the cage, Academic All American Eric Fischer and Alex Shoemaker split halves. Fisher finished with four saves and Shoemaker finished with five saves. For Brighton, Will Banahene, Vinny Rockwell and Casey Kopp each added a single goal. In the cage, Tom Hilling played the majority of the game and recorded 19 saves. Andy Wong played the final five minutes and did not record a save. Irondequoit will play Victor (#4) on Friday.  

 

  --    Churchville-Chili scored nine goal in the first half and added eight more before beating Eastridge 17-3. Pat Bonafede (1g-4a) and Nick Gray (5g) led the offensive book for the Saints. Ethan Printy led the Lancers with 1g-1a. 

 

  --  Twelfth seeded HF-L continued their tournament with their second win over a higher seeded team. HF-L defeated fourth seeded Geneva 10-4 tonight. On Monday they defeated fifth seeded Pal-Mac. The Cougars move on to face top seeded Penn Yan on Friday. HF-L has continued their dominate play and led off today's game with four unanswered goals spanning into the second quarter. The Cougars held the 5-1 lead going into halftime. Geneva scored three unanswered goals in the end of the third quarter, but did not get closer than 6-3. The Cougars scored the final four goals in the game. Three of the final goals were scored by attackman Jason Boike. He finished with four goals on the game. Midfielder Nick Weston led HF-L with 2g-3a. At the face off draw, Jake Boice finished 10/15 (67%). Defenseman Keanan O'Brien led his team with 13 ground balls. In the cage, Nick Beniamino finished with 10 saves. For Geneva, Sean Cunningham led with 2g-1a. He also led his team with four ground balls. Midfielder Matt Youngs also added four ground balls. In the cage, Derek Grillone finished with four recorded saves.  

For a more complete look check out the Full statistics.
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