Sixteen games were played on another great spring day. Penfield beat Pittsford 7-5 in a key match up, making for exciting possible Class A semifinal games. Newark beat Midlakes by one goal as did Mynderse, who beat Gananda. Livonia defeated Bath 11-8 and Bishop Kearney had to end their game with Aquinas when their goalie took a shot to the head. Other winners today were Gates Chili, Thunder, Geneva, McQuaid Jesuit, Fairport, Lightning (who defeated Spencerport 14-10), Hilton, Thomas, Victor, Irondequoit and Marcus Whitman.

-- In one of the most highly awaited games of the season, Penfield controlled nearly the entire game to hand Pittsford their first in-section, loss 7-5. The Patriots led 7-3 with less than one minute to play. Pittsford scored two goals in the final 0:34. Pittsford face off man Steven Ricci was a factor, going 81% and giving the Panthers a late attempt to tie the game. For the Patriots, the return of attackman Andrew Schoeneck helped them not only with points (3g) but also with control of the pace of the game.

Pittsford got on the board early with Ricci scoring unassisted only 0:29 into the game. Penfield scored the next five goals and held Pittsford scoreless for over twenty-six minutes. Penfield added all five of their goals in the second quarter. Schoeneck scored two with Ryan Fulton, Anthony Mitchell and Jake Sproule scoring the rest. Mitch Standera and Mitchell added one assist each in the streak. The Patriots led 5-1 going into halftime.

In the second half the game was closer with each team scoring two goals (prior to the final two goals by Pittsford). Brandon Barker scored the first of his two goals four minutes into the second half with an unassisted drive on the cage. Penfield kept their four goal lead when Jonathan Spaan assisted Sproule on his second goal of the game. On the next possession, Penfield was placed into the penalty box and Stephen Quinzi assisted Albie DiPasquale for the first of his two goals. The last three goals by the Panthers were all scored during extra-man offense. Penfield scored the final goal with 9:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. Standera recorded his second assist with a feed to Schoeneck.

The final minute of play saw a momentum shift towards the Panthers. Penfield was called for two concurrent penalties to give the Panthers a 6-4 situation. They converted with a second goal from DiPasquale. One of the penalties was non-releasable, so after Ricci won the draw, the Panthers were still 6-5. Barker scored his second goal with DiPasquale assisting. Once again Ricci won the draw and gave the Panthers another shot. With only 0:19 remaining they rushed the shot and it went wide. They had one more chance after another Penfield penalty, but they could not get a shot off.

In the cage for Pittsford, Kevin Maguire finished with 10 recorded saves (59%). Ricci led in ground balls with 11. DiPasquale added five and defenseman Cameron Pincus added five more. For Penfield, Liam Guiton finished with 13 saves (72%). Defenseman Nick Kimmins led with four ground balls. 

--  Game NOTE: The game was tied 6-6 in the fourth quarter when Deven Lewis scored with 3:38 seconds left to put Newark up 7-6. Da'Ron Thurston scored again with 49 seconds left to put Newark up 8-6. Sean Peacock answered for Midlakes and scored with 29 seconds left to make the final score 8-7. Midlakes won the next face off but could not score in the final 29 seconds. 

--  Game NOTE: With ten seconds left in the first quarter, Bishop Kearney goalie Andrew Barreca took a shot to the head and was unable to continue in the game. As there was no backup goalie the game was ended at that point. 

 

 

-- Mynderse (10-3) scored all of their goals in two uninterrupted stretches in order to defeat Gananda 10-9. The Blue Devils scored six straight goals in the second quarter and four straight goals spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarters.

Gananda (11-4) started the game strong, scoring the first four goals and holding Mynderse scoreless in the first quarter. Kyler Friesner scored the opening goal. Friesner finished with 3g-2a and led the Blue Panthers. Starting the fourth quarter down 4-0, Mynderse scored their first goal 1:07 into the quarter. Francis Leddy scored with an assist from Aaron Peterman. 0:23 later the Blue Devils scored again with a man-up unassisted goal from Mike Barbay. The scoring continued with four more goals in the next six minutes. With 4:47 remaining in the second quarter, Mynderse led 6-4. The Blue Panthers scored the final goal of the first half with an unassisted goal from Zach Rink.

In the third quarter, Gananda started the scoring with Friesner assisting Nick Rapp for their second man-up goal together. Colin Brillian scored the next goal for Gananda to give them the lead back (7-6). Mynderse scored the last two goals of the third quarter with scoring from Justin Hlywa and Brody Bently. Hlywa led his team with 2g-2a. He scored again to start the fourth quarter with an assist from Sean Anderson only 0:30 into the quarter. Less than one minute later and Hlywa assisted Barbay for the final Blue Devil goal. Gananda attempted a late comeback with the final two goals. Friesner scored both goals with Rink assisting the final goal of the game.

In the cage for Gananda, Ben Schumacher and Brandon Smith split time. Schumacher played 30 minutes and recorded seven saves and Smith played 18 minutes with two recorded saves. Defenseman Dylan Joy finished with a team leading 13 ground balls. Rapp finished with six for Gananda. For Mynderse, Tim Trickler finished with 13 saves.