St. Joseph’s Prep exploded for five goals in a 10-minute span of the third period to pull away from The Hun School and go on to a 7-2 win Friday night at The Skatium to bring down the curtain on the APAC regular-season.
Noah Stuhl scored two goal and delivered two assists for the Hawks who closed their regular season at 10-8 an 5-3 in the APAC.
Bradan Fisher provided a goal and two assists for the Hawks. Frank Ely, Jai Perry-Pereira, Cole Gargon, and Patrick Sweeney also scored goals.
Nate Trawinski and Jake Beck scored for the Raiders (5-15-2, 0-8).
Perry-Pereira’s goal, which came 90 second into the second period, was the only goal in the game’s first 34 minutes. But the hosts found another gear at the start of the third frame.
Fisher scored just 51 seconds into the period and Sweeney made it a 3-0 game at the 2:52 mark. Ely, Gargon, and Stuhl followed; Stuhl’s goal, which came during a power play, put the Hawks up 6-0 with 6:13 remaining in regulation.
Beck broke the streak with a power-play goal of his own with 5:21 remaining. Trawinski followed just over two minutes later before Stuhl finished the scoring with 34 seconds left.
Declan Geary got the win in goal, making 34 saves along the way.
Both teams will now look ahead to the Founders Cup playoffs. The Raiders, who reseeded fifth, will take on fourth-seeded Malvern Prep on Monday at Ice Line in a play-in game. The third-seeded Hawks will take on second-seeded La Salle in a semifinal game on Wednesday, February 19 at Grundy Arena as part of a doubleheader. The Malvern Prep-Hun School winner will face top-seeded Holy Ghost Prep in the other semifinal.
Hun School 0 0 2—2
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 1 6—7
Second-period goal: Jai Perry-Pereira (SJP) from Tristan Winata and Ben Kersun, 1:30
Third-period goals: Bradan Fisher (SP) from Noah Stuhl and Thomas Ely, :51; Patrick Sweeney (SJP) from Michael Washlick, 2:52; Frank Ely (SJP) from Stuhl, 6:19; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Adam Charrafi 6:50; Stuhl (SP) from Fisher, 10:47 (pp); Jake Beck (HS) from Luca Jean, 11:39 (pp); Nathanial Trawinski (HS) from Beck and Andrew Darst, 12:49; Stuhl (SJP) from Fisher, 16:26
Shots: Hun School 36, St. Joseph’s Prep 40; Saves: Patrick Donoghue (HS) 33, Declan Geary (SJP) 34