In
the first game of the night it was Penn Yan
the 5-2 winner in a close game with Honeoye Falls-Lima for
the combined B/C Championship.
As the results of a small number of Class B
schools in the Section this year, the Section Five Executive
Committee ruled that there would be a combined tournament
this year. Next year, Sectional Five will return to three
tournaments as a result of increased enrollments.
The "NCAA" type design of this year's B/C
tournament determined that all of the Class B teams would
play against each other, as would the Class C teams and that
the winners would play for the B/C championship. As a result,
Both Penn Yan and HF-L will
advance to the NYS Tournament. This Championship game was
more for bragging rights than the Class A Championship which
determined who would continue playing in the NYS Tournament.
In a game that featured tight defense the Mustangs shutout
the Cougars in the first half and, in fact, it took over twenty-four
before HF-L scored its first goal. After almost ten minutes
of scoreless play, Penn Yan's junior attackman Dan McGuffie
scored at 2:11 on a pass from Jon Van Houten (who was named
the tournament's MVP). The Mustangs led at the end of the
quarter 1-0.
Penn Yan scored the only goal of the second quarter at 1:52
when junior middie Dan Mesler scored on a feed from senior
attackman Mark Kratochvil and ended the half with the Mustangs
up 2-0.
Many spectators saw the low scoring game as unexciting, but
the defensive play by both teams kept the shots on goal to
a minimum. Sophomore goalie RJ Wickham,
who was named to the All Tournament team, made a number of
critical saves for the halftime shutout. Sophomore defenseman
Michael Manley who also made the All Tournament team had a
number of key takeaways and was instrumental in the Penn Yan
clears. Junior defenseman Tristan Keas who spent a great deal
of time controlling the Cougar's leading attackman, Mike Cintineo
was also named to the All Tournament team. HF-L defensive
players Connor Burgasser and Dusty Mulcahey who often played
against Penn Yan's All American Jon Van Houten were named
to the All Tournament team.
Shortly after the end of the halftime break Penn Yan extended
their lead to 3-0 with an unassisted goal by Van Houten. HF-L's
first goal was scored by Mike Cintineo at 7:28 (unassisted).
The Mustangs answered at 4:14 with a goal by Steven Carlson
on a feed from Van Houten and the third quarter ended with
Penn Yan up 4-1.
Cintineo who also made the All Tournament team scored again
for HF-L at 9:19 in the last quarter and about seven minutes
later Mesler scored the last goal of the game
on a pass from Carlson.
By game's end, five Mustangs ended up on the scorebook including
Mesler (2g), Van Houten (1g-2a), Carlson (1g-1a), McGuffie
(1g) and Kratochvil (1a).
Both goals from HF-L were from Cintineo (unassisted ).
Named to the B/C All Tournament Team were, from Penn Yan,
Dan Mesler, Michael Manley, Tristan Keas, RJ Wickham and the
MVP, Jon Van Houten. Named from HF-L were John Cintineo, Connor
Burgasser, Mike Cintineo and Dusty Mulcahey. The full list
is available here.
Both teams will need to wait for the NYS out bracket games
on Saturday in order to determine when and where they will
play next. Section 6 teams Amherst (B) and Salamanca (C) will
play against Section 10 teams Saranac Lake (B) and Canton
(C). If a Section six team wins, the winner will play the
Section Five team at Aquinas. If a Section 10 team wins, the
Section Five team will travel to Liverpool on Tuesday. SportsFive
will post the location and times after the Saturday out bracket
results have been determined.
In
the Class A Championship there was far more offense and a
classic demonstration by key players who refused to give up.
In the end, a duel between All Americans and critical play
by defensive units would give a slight advantage to Canandaigua
who won 12-10 over Penfield and who will advance to the NYS
Tournament and face Orchard Park for the second year in a
row.
Penfield took the early lead scoring their first
goal at 10:41 as Trevor Rice scored an unassisted goal. Michael
Arvan scored in man up at 8:42 on a pass from Mike Thon who
was named to the All Tournament team. Canandaigua returned
to tie the game after goals by Dan Groot at 5:29 and Aaron
Manzer at 3:07. Groot was name tournament MVP.
The Braves took their first lead of the game when they scored
at the top of the second quarter on an unassisted
goal by Groot at 10:39. Thirty second later, however the Patriots
came back for a tie with a goal by Tim Pfeffer (All Tournament
team selection) on an assist by Rice. Thon gave Penfield the
lead at 9:57, but Chris Mulheron forced the tie at 8:50 and
Nick Boylan gave CA another lead at 4:54 with his unassisted
goal. Penfield came back again with a tying goal by Pfeffer
(assisted by Rice) at 4:14 and then took the lead with a goal
at 1:23 by Jason Knerr who completed a beautiful face dodge
after receiving a pass from Rice. Canandaigua would not let
up as they scored the final goal of the half when Groot scored
at 1:14 to send the teams to the halftime break tied at six.
The second half started out much like the first. Penfield
scored first (Knerr from Rice) at 9:31 and again at 9:19 (Thon
alone). The Braves then came back for the tie with two goals;
first at 8:20 by Groot and then Mulheron at 4:39. The see-saw
continued with the Patriots scored two goals at 3:58 (Kelly
McKenna from Rice) and at 3:36 (Arvan unassisted). Tyler Emery
(all Tournament team) scored the last goal of the quarter
for CA. The Patriots led at the end of the third quarter,
10-9.
The last quarter belonged to Canandaigua as they scored three
goals while holding Penfield scoreless. Manzer scored first,
followed by Emery with the Braves only
assisted goal of the game (Groot). Groot scored the last goal
of the game (unassisted) at 4:12.
The final scoring stats for Canandaigua included Groot (5g-1a),
Manzer (2g), Mulheron (2g), Boylan (1g) and Emery (2g).
Scoring for Penfield were Rice (1g-3a), Arvan (2g-1a), Thon
(2g-1a), Pfeffer (2g), Knerr (2g) and McKenna (1g).
Named to the Class A All Tournament Team were, from Canandaigua,
Tyler Emery, Chris Mulheron, Ed Walsh, Dad Serafine and Dan
Groot (MVP). Named from Penfield were Mike Thon, Tim Pfeffer,
Jason Knerr and Luke Prattico. The full list is available
here.
The NYS quarter final match up for Class A is set, as there
are no teams in Class A in Section 10. Canandaigua will play
Orchard Park from Section 6 on Tuesday at Aquinas. The time
of the game will be determined after the out bracket games
in Classes B and C have been determined on Saturday. Orchard
Park (19-1) lost only to Class B Champion Amherst (14-5) on
April 15th. The Quakers beat Fairport by a single goal (10-9)
on April 16th. In last year's quarter finals OP beat Canandaigua
9-8 before losing in the semi finals to West Genesee (Section
3) 14-6.
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