Explorers, Firebirds Win at Spring Mountain

La Salle 3 Malvern Prep 0

Three different players scored goals as La Salle bested Malvern Prep 3-0 Wednesday night in the opening game of the Atlantic Prep Athletic conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The game was scoreless for almost two periods. Cameron Ross put the Explorers (8-5, 4-2 in the APAC) in front with 11 seconds left in the second period. Nole Donohue extended La Salle’s lead with 6:28 remaining in regulation and Grant LaGreca completed the scoring with 1:20 remaining.

Jake Rossi earned the shutout in goal with 13 saves. Matt Crawford stopped 23 shots for the Friars, who slipped to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0

La Salle 0 1 2—3

Second-period goals: Cameron Ross (L) from John Greenwalt 16:49

Third-period goals: Nole Donohue (L) from Alistair St. Hillaire, 10:32; Grant LaGreca (L) unassisted, 15:40

Shots: Malvern Prep 13, La Salle 26 Saves: Matt Crawford (MP) 23, Jake Rossi (L) 13

Holy Ghost Prep 5 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

Brady Logue scored three goals and assisted on another as Holy Ghost Prep downed St. Joseph’ Prep 5-1 Wednesday night in the second half of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The Firebirds improved to 10-3 on the season and 4-2 in the APAC while the Hawks dropped to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

Logue scored his first goal with one second remaining in the first period to give Holy Ghost Prep the lead. Patryk Oszer made it a 2-0 game 3:37 into the second period before Logue extended his team’s lead with a power-play goal with 43 seconds remaining.

Logue completed his hat trick 32 seconds into the third period and Joe Spadaccino made it a 5-0 game with 12:33 left in regulation.

Cole Gargon scored for St. Joseph’s Prep with 10:13 remaining.

Jack Unger earned the shutout in goal for Holy Ghost Prep by stopping 23 shots.

“It’s always difficult to judge the quality of a game when there are external factors like rink size and weather affecting the outcome,” said Holy Ghosy Prep coach John Ritchie, “but our guys had fun and it was good to get a win for eding decision down the road.

“The conditions were most difficult for the goalies. I was happy with how Unger handled the condtions.”

Holy Ghost Prep 1 2 2—5

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 0 1—1

First-period goal: Brady Logue (HGP) unassisted, 16:59

Second-period goals: Patryk Oszer (HGP) from Nathan Romer, 3:37; Logue (HGP) from Anthony Valeriote and Joe Spadaccino, 16:17

Third-period goals: Logue (HGP) from Joseph Kauffman, :32 (pp); Spadaccino (HGP) from Logue and Lucas Gonzalez, 4:27; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Frankie Ely, 6:47

Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 24, St. Joseph’s Prep 23; Saves: Jack Unger (HGP) 23, Bruno Mainardi (SJP) 19

St. Ignatius 4 St. Joseph’s Prep 3

Purple Puck Tournament Final

Sam Elwell scored two goals and assisted on a third as St. Ignatius downed St. Joseph’s Prep 4-3 Sunday evening in the Prep Division championship game of the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Virginia.

Noel Ignacio and Kyle Rucinski also scored for St. Ignatius, which won all five of its tournament games over the course of the weekend.

Rucinski’s goal with 3:11 left in the second half was the game winner.

Cole Gargon scored twice for St. Joseph’s Prep, which went 2-3 over the weekend and was trying for its third straight division championship. Michael Washlick also scored for the Hawks, who now stand at 8-4 overall.

Elwell and Gargon traded goals in the first 25-minute half before Ignacio Have St. Ignatius a 2-1 lead with 6:11 remaining in the half.

Elwell extended his team’s lead 9:20 into the second half. Gargon’s power-play goal with 7:59 left in regulation drew the Hawks closer but Rucinski answered four-and-a-half minutes later.

St. Joseph’s Prep had a 34-24 edge in shots on goal. Dominic Filizetti got the win in goal with 31 saves

• Elwell and Ignacio led the tournament in scoring. Each finished with seven goals and three assists … St. Joseph’s Prep goaltender Declan Geary finished the tournament with a .902 save percentage and a 2.44 GAA.

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 2—3

St. Ignatius 2 2—4

First-half goals: Sam Elwell (SI) from Preston Forsythe and Cade Bradley, 5:11; Cole Gargon (SP) from Ben Kursen and Frankie Ely, 11:09; Noel Ignacio (SI) from Patrick Rose and Charlie Banaszak, 18:49

Second-half goals: Elwell (SI) unassisted, 15:40; Gargon (SJP) from Caden Kelly, 17:01 (pp); Kyle Rucinski (SI) from Elwell and Gavin Marziani, 21:49; Michael Washlick (SJP) from Jai Perry-Pereira, 22:01

Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 34, St. Ignatius 24 Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 20, Dominic Filizetti 31

St. Joseph’s Prep at Purple Puck Tournament

St. Joseph’s Prep 2 Gonzaga 1

St. Joseph’s Prep has advanced to the Prep Division championship game at the Purple Pucj tournament. Jai Perry-Pereira’s goal 6:28 into the second half gave the Hawks the semifinal win over Gonzaga Sunday morning in Springfield, Va.

St. Joseph’s Prep will face St. Ignatius from Cleveland in the championship game later this afternoon.

Gonzaga Prep 1 0—1

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 1—2

First-half goals: Bradan Fisher (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, 4:20; Matt Shay (G) from William Veneri, 21:53

Second-half goals: Jai Perry-Pareira (SJP) from Adam Charafi, 6:28

Shots: Gonzaga 27, St. Joseph’s Prep 23; Saves: Claude Engle-Kes 21, Declan Geary (SJP) 22

St. Ignatius 3 St. Joseph’s Prep 2

St. Ignatius built a 2-0 first-half lead and went on to a 3-2 win over St. Joseph’s Prep Saturday afternoon at the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Va.

Nolan Ignacio scored twice for St. Ignatius, including the game winner 4:45 into the second half. Frankie Ely and Bradan Fisher scored goals for the Hawks.

St. Ignatius 2 1—3

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 2—2

First-half goals: Kyle Rucinski (SI) from Aiden White and Patrick Rose, 10:54 (pp); Nolan Ignacio (SI) from Adam Ruyf and Gavin Marziani, 12:33 (pp)

Second-half goals: Frankie Ely (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, :16 (pp) Ignacio (SI) from Sam Elwell and Cade Bradley, 4:45; Bradan Fisher (SJP) from Ben Kursen, 16:11

Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 27, St. Ignatius 20; Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 17, Dominic Filizetti (SI) 25

St. Joseph’s Prep 4 Archbishop Spalding 0

Four different players scored goals as St. Joseph’s Prep bested Archbishop Spalding Saturday morning at the Purple Puck Tournament in Springfield, Va.

Frankie Ely and Michael Washlick scored goals in the opening 25-miute half while Cole Gargon and Caden Kelly found the back of the net after intermission. Declan Geary stopped 19 shots in the shutout win.

St. Joseph’s Prep 2 2–4

Archbishop Spalding 0 0—0

First-half goals: Frankie Ely (SJP) from Michael Castelli, 1:57; Michael Washlick (SJP) from Jai Perry-Pereira and Aiden Quinn, 19:12

Second-half goals: Cole Gargon (SJP) from Ely and Caden Kelly, 10:34 (pp); Kelly (SJP) from Adam Charaffi, 15;48

Shots: St. Joseph’s Prep 28, Archbishop Spalding 19; Saves: Declan Geary (SJP) 19, Liam Brennan (AS) 24

Loyola 6 St. Joseph’s Prep 3

Ronan Marilley’s goal with 6:03 remaining in the second half was the game winner as Loyola from Montreal bested St. Joseph’s Prep 6-3 Friday afternoon in the opening round of the Purple Puck tournament in Springfield, Va.

The loss was the first for the Hawks in seven games, since a season-opening loss to La Salle.

Gino Giordani scored two empty-net goals in the final half minute to extend Loyola’s lead. Cole Sullivan, Cole Gargon, and Caden Kelly scored for the Hawks.

Alessio Servello gave Loyola the lead 6:18 into the first of two 25-miniute halves. Sullivan tied the game for the Hawks less than a minute later. Evan Harding put Loyola in front once more with 10:33 left in the half before Gorgon tied the game with 8:33 remaining.

Ryan Ghoche gave Loyola a 3-2 advantage with a power-play goal 5;28 into the second half. Kelly tied the game for the last time with 15:17 remaining but the Hawks could not score again.

The Hawks will be back in action Saturday, facing Archbishop Spalding from Annapolis, MD. and St. Ignatius from Cleveland. The tournament concludes on Sunday.

Loyola 2-4—6

St. Joseph’s Prep 2 1—3

First-half goals: Alessio Servello (L) from Ryan Ghoche and Jacob Bachour, 6:18; Cole Sullivan (SJP) from Noah Stuhl, 7:07; Evan Harding (L) from Gino Giardani and Mario Mignacca, 14:27; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Adam Charaffi and John Wagner, 16:03

Second-half goals: Ghoche (L) from Alex Gervaso, 5:28 (pp); Caden Kelly (HGP) from Aiden Quinn and Stuhl, 9:43; Ronan Marilley (L) from Servello, 18:57; Giordani (L) unassisted, 24:25 (en); Giordani (L) from Luca Duchesne, 24:34 (en)

Shots: Loyola 32, St. Joseph’s Prep 31; Saves: Vincent Parillo (L) 28, Declan Geary (SJP) 26

Downingtown West 5 W.C. Henderson 2

Certain players can take over a hockey game when the need arises. Reed Surak displayed that talent Monday night.

The senior scored three goal as the Whippets downed West Chester Henderson 5-2 in an ICSHL Ches-Mont encounter at Ice Line. The Whippets improved to 5-4 on the season and 3-2 in the Ches-Mont and now put together a three-game winning streak.

It was the first loss for Henderson which had opened the season with eight consecutive wins (The Warriors are 5-1 in the Ches-Mont)

“The last three games we’ve kind of played back to ourselves,” said Downingtown West coach Brett Mackell. “I think this was our best game start to finish tonight, especially defensively. We were really responsible, we didn’t give them many chances.”

It was the Whippets who had the bulk of the chances in the first period; they outshot the Warriors 14-7 in the first frame. But it was Henderson that got on the board first, thanks to Hunter Haas who launched a rocket from the left wing and beat Downingtown West netminder Tom O’Brien 6:19 into the opening frame.

Surak answered for the Whippets with 7:13 left in the period.

The star of the opening session however was Henderson goaltender Matt Cieslukowski, who made 13 saves in the opening 17 minutes.

But Surak got the better of him 7:57 into the second period when he collected a loose puck in the neutral zone and went down the right wing before depositing the puck inside the right post.

Haas scored his second goal of the game with nine seconds left in the period to tie the game and complete a splendid combination that involved teammates John Catania and Declan Herr.

The third-period belonged to the Whippets Brady Cusa put in a rebound of Bruce Schuler’s shot midway through the period. Surek completed his hat trick when he found the top shelf off a feed from Schuler with 4:57 left in regulation before Schuler scored a goal of his own with 1:50 remaining.

Surak noted that the Whippets controlled the pace of play after the first period.

“I think as a team we picked it up,” he said. “We definitely wanted that win, we were hungry for it.”

Surak said the Whippets have evolved since the start of the season.

“We started the season a little rough,” he said. “A couple bad bounces here and there but I think as a team we all came together and decided we wanted to win.

Henderson coach Tom Aughey credited his team for its effort.

“It was a good battle” he said. “The 5-2 result I don’t think was indicative of the score, but we were a little slow tonight, Downingtown played very well, especially [Surak].”

• Henderson entered the game as the top-ranked team in the inaugural Class A Flyers Cup rankings.

West Chester Henderson 1 1 0—2

Downingtown West 1 1 3—5

First-period goals: Hunter Haas (H) from John Gordon, 6:19; Reed Surak (DW) from Mark Bronshteyn, 9:47

Second-period goals: Surak (DW) unassisted, 7:57; Haas (H) from Blake Platz and Declan Herr, 16:51 (pp)

Third-period goals: Brady Cusa (DW) from Bryce Schuler and Aleks Kepiro, 8:27; Surak (DW) from Schuler, 12:03; Schuler (DW) from Ryder Jones, 15:10

Shots: Henderson 27, Downingtown West 36; Saves: Matt Cieslukowski H) 31, Tom O’Brien (DW) 29

Flyers Cup Eligible Announced

The Flyers Cup Committee has released a list of 54 teams who are eligible for invitations to the 46^th annual Flyers Cup Tournament.

The 54 teams will skate in four divisions.

The list of eligible teams is as follows.

Girls (7)

Avon Grove

Conestoga

Downingtown West

Pennridge

Radnor

West Chester East

West Chester Henderson

Class A (19)

Council Rock North

Garnet Valley

Harriton

Hatboro-Horsham

Hershey

Kennett

Marple Newtown

Moorestown

Palmyra

Penncrest

Plymouth Whitemarsh

Radnor

Springfield-Delco

Springfield Montco

Strath Haven

Unionville

WC East

WC Henderson

Wisshickon

Class AA (18)

Abington

Avon Grove

Boyertown

Central Bucks East

Central Bucks South

Central Bucks West

Conestoga

Council Rock South

Downingtown East

Downingtown West

Haverford

Kingsway

Lower Merion

North Penn

Pennridge

Pennsbury

Souderton

Spring-Ford

Class AAA (10)

Devon Prep

Father Judge

Haverford School

Holy Ghost Prep

La Salle

Malvern Prep

Owen J. Roberts

Perkiomen Valley

Salesianum

St. Joseph’s Prep

The size of the Flyer Cup field will be at the committee’s discretion. There are no automatic bids.

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St. Joseph’s Prep 5 Gonzaga 4

Joseph’s Prep built a 5-0 third-period lead and hung on for a 5-4 non-league win over Gonzaga College High at the Class of 1923 Rink Friday afternoon in the two schools’ traditional post-Thanksgiving matchup.

Frank Ely scored twice for the Hawks, who improved their record to 2-1 overall. Cole Sullivan, Cole Gargon and Tristan Winata scored one goal each. Gargon and Michael Castelli each had two assists.

Quinten O’ Connor scored two goals for Gonzaga, which didn’t get on the scoreboard until 4:21 remained in the third period, Roman Villega and Lucas Abrantes added additional goals.

“We played really well for two-and-a-half periods,” said St. Joseph’s Prep coach David Giacomin,” then we stopped skating and they took it to us. It was a good lesson to play until the final buzzer.”

Declan Geary got the win in goal after a 38-save effort; the Hawks were outshot 42-21.

Gonzaga 0 0 4—4

St. Joseph’s Prep 1 3 1—5

First-period goals: Cole Sullivan (SJP) from Patrick Sweeney, 2:18 (pp)

Second-period-goals: Cole Gargon (SJP) from Michael Castelli and Caden Kelly, 4:41; Frank Ely (SJP) from Gargon, 7:08; Tristan Winata (SJP) from Michael Washlick and Jai Perry- Pereira, 9:03 (pp)

Third-period goals: Ely (SJP) from Waslick and Gargon, 9:51; Quinten O’Connor (G) from Brendan Rossello and Edwin Siembeida, 12:39; Roman Villega (G) from Lucas Abrantes and Jack Gardner, 14:48; O’Connor (G) from Villega and Matt Shay, 16:54; Abrantes (G) unassisted, 16:59

Shots: Gonzaga 42, St. Joseph’s Prep 21; Saves: Parker Amico (G) 8 and Claude Engle Kes G 8; Declan Geary (SJP) 38

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La Salle 3 Malvern Prep 2

Jacob Warner’s goal with 8:28 left in regulation proved decisive as La Salle topped Malvern Prep 3-2 Wednesday night in an APAC game at Ice Line.

Grant LaGreca and Nole Donohue also scored goals for the Explorers who improved to 2-1 in conference play and 3-1 overall.

LaGreca’s goal gave La Salle a 1-0 lead with eight seconds remaining in the opening period. Henry Tesoriero tied the game for the Friars (2-2, 1-1 in conference) with 3:40 remaining in the middle period.

Donohue’s goal came with 13:20 left in regulation time off a feed from Declan Kelly and gave the Explorers the lead for good. Warner’s goal extended his team’s lead but Teague Murray scored a power play goal with 6:04 remaining while Alistair St. Hilaire was in the box serving a roughing minor.

From that point on, La Salle goaltender Jake Rossi was resolute in goal despite being under pressure; he made 19 saves in the third period.

La Salle 1 0 2—3

Malvern Prep 0 1 1—2

First-period goal: Grant LaGreca (L) unassisted, 16:52

Second-period goal: Henry Tesoriero (MP) from Gabe Bedwell and Logan Love, 13:20

Third-period goals: Nole Donohue (L) from Declan Kelly, 3:49; Jacob Warner (L) from Michael Zarzycki, 8:32; Teague Murray (MP) from Cole Scrabinsky, 10:56 (pp)

Shots: La Salle 31, Malvern Prep 40; Saves: Jake Rossi (L) 38, Matt Crawford (MP) 28

Malvern Prep 4 Holy Ghost Prep 2

BRISTOL—There wasn’t a lot of slash and sizzle to what Malvern Prep was doing on Tuesday afternoon. But hockey games are not decided on style points.

Two third-period power-play goals in a span of 71 seconds allowed the Friars to overcome a 1-0 deficit and they went on from there to defeat Holy Ghost Prep 4-2 in an APAC game at Grundy Arena.

Teague Murray scored two goals and assisted on a third as Malvern Prep (2-1 overall) opened conference play with a win.

The host Firebirds (2-1, 1-1 in the APAC) took a 1-0 lead on Logan Barnes’ goal 1:37 into the second period on a play that started off a scramble for a loose puck the neutral one. Murray set up House Young for the game-tying goal which came with 3:58 remaining in the period and erased the deficit.

“I think that’s kind of our identity this year,” Murray said. “We went down, we’ve been down early in every game we’ve played but we keep battling. That’s just kind of our identity.”

The Firebirds were undone by self-inflicted wounds. With 33 seconds left in the second frame Brady Logue was flagged for interference, giving Malvern Prep a split power play.

Murray gave his team the lead 52 seconds into the third period when he topped home Matt Barbacane’s shot from the left point.

Just 19 seconds later Malvern Prep was awarded another power play when Holy Ghost Prep’s Anthony Valeriote was whistled for interference. Pax Hoishik delivered a power play goal just 52 seconds after that to give the Friars a two-goal lead.

Brian Kinniry gave the Firebirds a last-gasp opportunity when he beat Matt Crawford in the Malvern Prep net with 53 seconds to go but it took just 15 additional seconds for Murray to respond.

Afterward, he spoke of the importance of shepherding his younger teammates through the rigors what for some was their first APAC game.

“It’s super important,” the senior said. “They’ve got to know there’s not going to be any flashy goals when you’re playing good teams like Ghost and La Salle. You’ve got to get gritty goals.

Murray notes that Malvern Prep’s power play has improved since the season kicked off.

“The first two games were a little rusty,” he said, “but now we’re starting to pick it up and we were really clicking this game.”

Malvern Prep coach Bill Keenan cited his team’s blur-collar approach.

“We had a lot of grit that game,” he said. “The first period was completely back and forth, up and down the ice, got some shots on net, got some power plays late in the second and early in the third and we capitalized on them.

“Right now, we’re feeling good with where we’re at.”

• Crawford finished with 22 saves. Matt Salita made 17 saves for Holy Ghost. Salita is the third goaltender the Firebirds have started in three game. each has played one full game.

Malvern Prep 0 1 3—4

Holy Ghost Prep 0 1 1—2

Second-period goals: Logan Barnes (HGP) from Colin Bara, 1:37; House Young (MP) from Teague Murray, 13:02

Third-period goals: Murray (MP) from Matt Barbacane and Cole Scarbinsky, :52 (pp); Pax Hoishik (MP) unassisted, 2:03 (pp); Brian Kinniry (HGP)) from Bara, 16:07; Murray (MP) unassisted, 16:32

Shots: Malvern Prep 21, Holy Ghost Prep 23; saves: Matt Crawford (MP) 22, Matt Salita (HGP) 17

SHSHL Update 11-12-24

National Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

North Penn (2-0) 2 0 0 8 0 0

Cent. Bucks South (2-1) 2 0 0 7 1 0

C.R. South (2-0) 2 0 0 7 1 0

Pennridge (1-1) 1 1 0 5 0 1

Pennsbury (1-2) 1 2 0 5 0 1

Souderton (1-1) 1 1 0 4 0 1

C.R. South (1-1) 1 1 0 4 0 0

C.B. East (1-2) 1 2 0 4 0 0

Neshaminy (0-2) 0 2 0 0 0 0

C.B. West (0-2) 0 2 0 0 0 0

American Division W L T PTS OTW ORL

Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 0 0 4 0 0

Wissahickon (1-1) 1 0 0 4 0 0

Hatboro-Horsham (1-1) 1 1 0 3 1 0

Springfield 0 0 1 0 0 1

Abington (0-1) 0 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring G A Pts

Jackson Accardi CRN 5 4 9

Shane Dachwski Pr 7 2 9

Shane Hicks Pb 3 6 9

Dan McGlathin CRN 5 2 7

Jeff Kvecher CBS 2 4 6

Peter Perberow CRS 1 5 6

James Rush Pr 1 5 6

Holy Ghost Prep 3 La Salle 1

BRISTOL—Holy Ghost Prep made a statement Monday afternoon, one that will reverberate through the area. Anthony Valeriote scored two goals and Jack Botthof was stellar in goal as the Firebirds prevailed over defending Founders Cup and Flyers Cup champion La Salle 3-1 at Grundy Arena.

The win marked a successful start for Holy Ghost Prep (2-0 overall) in APAC play.

It was the first setback for the Explorers in APAC play sincere the 2022-23 season and the reason was Botthof. The Explorers (2-1, 1-1 in conference) fired 37 shots at him, the junior stopped all but one of them. His best work came in the middle period when the Explorers outshot the Firebirds 19-6.

“We left him out to dry in that second,” Valeriote said. “You can’t anything more from him there. He kept us in that game. Without him, it’s a completely different game.”

The Firebirds jumped in front 3:36 into the first period after a pair of penalties gave the hosts a five-on-three power and Valeriote capitalized.

La Salle had the better of the play middle period but Botthof kept the Explorers at bat with one quality save after another.

“When I’m in that state, nothing else matters besides the game at that point,” he said. “

One of Botthof’s best saves came when he denied Grant LaGreca from close range with three-and-a-half minutes left in the period.

“After those big saves, I feel the energy on the bench and in me both rise up,” he said, “so we hopefully get back in the swing of things.”

Anthony Valeriote celebrates after finding the net against La Salle on Monday. He scored two goals in Holy Ghost Prep’s 3-1 win (Robert Barnes photo)

With 2:21 left the second frame La Salle appeared to have tied the game on a rebound off a goal-mouth scrum but the goal was waved off due to a and pass, a decision with which La Salle coach Wally Muehlbronner vociferously disagreed.

The call seemed to take some energy out of the Explorers; Valeriote extended Holy Ghost Prep’s lead by converting a rebound of Brady Logue’s original shot. Logue himself made it a 3-0 game with 9:25 left in regulation after weaving his way through traffic in the offensive zone.

LaGreca ended Botthof’s bid for a shutout with 4:33 remaining in regulation.

“I thought we played a tremendous second period,” Muehlbronner said. We let up the first goal on a five-on-three and got back to work after that. I think we played a really good game after that.

“Our second period was tremendous; we had a lot of great opportunities. We scored a goal, they took it back. I don’t know what the referee saw there, but that’s the way it goes.”

Valeriote saw Wednesday’s result as a springboard for the balance of the APAC season.

“[It was important] to come in here in our home barn and send a message,” he said. “Show the rest of the league who we are and give ourselves an identity.”

La Salle 0 0 1—1

Holy Ghost Prep 1 0 2—3

First-period goal: Anthony Valeriote (HGP) from Chase Logue and Brady Logue, 3:36 (pp)

Third-period goals: Anthony Valeriote (HGP) from Brady Logue and Chase Logue, :22; Brady Logue (HGP) from Valeriote and Jack Gavaghan, 7:35; Grant LaGreca (L) from Declan Kelly, 12:27

Shot: La Salle 37, Holy Ghost Prep 28; Saves: Jake Rossi (L) 25, Jack Botthof 36