Class AA Semifinals
North Penn 4 Downingtown West 1—(see story)
Boyertown 4 Council Rock South 3—Brayden Kotzen scored with 38 seconds left in regulation to give second-seeded Boyertown the come-from-behind win over the third-seeded Golden Hawks Thursday night at Ice Line.
The Bears (17-5), who will face North Penn in Tuesday’s final, never led until Kotzen’s game winner; the teams traded goals all evening.
Dylan Remick tied the game for Boyertown with 1:26 remaining in regulation; he also assisted on the game winner.
Jake Weiner scored the Golden Hawks’ first two goals, one in each of the first two periods. Allen Pronin also scored for South, which closed the season at 17-6.
Council Rock South 1 1 1—3
Boyertown 1 1 2—4
First-period goals: Jake Weiner (CRS) from Jordan Sarne, 7:55 (sh); Zach Rosen from Brayden Havrilla and Joseph Bilotta, 12:57
Second-period goals: Weiner (CRS) from Wesley Mallon, 9:55 (pp) Nate Ochranek (B) from Brayden Kotzen and Logan Brown, 11:04
Third-period goals: Allen Pronin (CRS) from Weiner and Trey Prozzillo, 4:54; Dylan Remick (B) from Jax Drost and Kotzen, 15:34; Kotzen (B) from Brown and Remick, 16:22
Shots: Council Rock South 20, Boyertown 27; Saves: Trey Prozzillo (CRS) 23, Lucas Yancey (B) 17
Class AAA Semifinals
Holy Ghost Prep 3 Malvern Prep 2 OT— (see story)
La Salle 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 1—Luke Bauman scored two goals and William Padulka and Patrick Lunsford also scored goals as the third-seeded Explorers (8-13) topped the second-seeded Hawks Thursday night at Ice Line.
John Greenwalt assisted on three goals for La Salle, which will face top-seeded defending champion Holy Ghost Prep in Tuesday’ final.
Cole Gargon scored for the second-seeded Hawks, who finished the season at 17-8.
The game was tied at 1-1 early in the second period when Baumann and Lunsford scored goals five minutes apart to give La Salle a 3-1 lead with 6:21 left in the period.
Baumann added his second goal 5:16 into the third period.
La Salle 1 2 1—4
St. Joseph’s Prep 1 0 0—1
First-period goals: William Padulka (L) unassisted, 9:47; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Michael Castelli, 14:07 (pp)
Second-period goals: Luke Baumann (L) from John Greenwalt, 5:33; Patrick Lunsford (L) from Greenwalt and Andrew Frantz, 10:39 (pp)
Third-period goal: Baumann (L) from Greenwalt and Lunsford, 5:16 (pp)
Shots; St. Joseph’s Prep 41, La Salle 23; saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 19, Anthony Foster (L) 40