Alistaire St. Hilaire, Charlie Kennedy, and Patrick Brace scored goals as La Salle bested Malvern Prep 3-0 Wednesday afternoon in an APAC matchup at Hatfield Ice.
The win was the sixth for the Explorers in conference play without defeat and assured them of the regular-season title and the top seed for the Founders Cup playoffs next month.
Alistaire St. Hilaire got things started for the Explorers (15-2 overall) when he beat Matt Crawford in the Malvern Prep net with 41 seconds left in the opening period with help from Dean Carvalho and Logan Dicus.
Charlie Kennedy made it a 2-0 game 7:16 into the second session with assists from Ryan Wiley and Thomas Doucet.
Wiley went on to assist Brace on the final goal of the afternoon which came with eight seconds left on regulation.
At the other end of the ice, Jake Rossi was impregnable; he turned aside 23 shots without a blemish.
The Explorers have allowed just five goals on six conference games,
Matt Crawford, his counterpart with the Friars (7-5, 2-3 in conference) was also stellar; he finished with 40 saves.
Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0
La Salle 1 1 1—3
First-period goal: Alistaire St. Hilaire (L) from Dean Carvalho and Logan Dicus, 16:19
Second-period goal: Charlie Kennedy (L) from Ryan Wiley and Thomas Doucet, 7:16 (pp)
Third-period goals: Patrick Brace (L) from Wiley, 16:52
Shots: La Salle 43, Malvern Prep 23; Saves: Matt Crawford (MP) 40, Jake Rossi (L) 23