West Chester East was in shutdown mode Monday night.

Three different Vikings scored goals en route to a 3-1 Ches-Mont League win at Ice Line.

Sean Farrell, Jaxon Swirzina, and Braedon McVeigh scored for East (7-8, 3-7 in the Ches-Mont) but the Vikings were arguably most impressive inside their own blue line; they limited the Blue Demons (9-4-1, 6-3-1) to just 18 shots on goal with 12 of the 18 coming in the final period.

West Chester East coach Eric Wolf said his team stepped up after a 5-1 loss to Downingtown East last Friday night. The Vikings now won three of their last four starts.

“We got it together tonight,” he said. “Kennett is a very top-heavy team. They have a very good line and a very good line.

“So, we were focusing on ‘We’re not going to let that line beat us. The goaltender might beat us; there’s nothing really we can do about that but we didn’t want to let that line beat us.”

Sean Farrell have East a 1-0 lead 5:26 into the first period when his shot from the right point deflected past Kennett goaltender Auden Mott. The goal came one second after a roughing penalty to the Blue Demons Ben Fisher expired.

The Vikings extended their lead in the second frame. Jaxon Swirzina made it a 2-0game at the 1:41 mark before Braedon McVeigh extended his team’s advantage with a sharp-angle shot from the deep left wing that eluded Kennett goaltender Aiden Mott.

After managing a total of just shots on goal in the first two periods combined, Kennett came out swarming in the third, energized in part by a power-play chance that materialized when East’s James Hayes was called for tripping just 34 seconds into the period.

It took just 12 additional seconds for Kennett to get on the scoreboard. Colin Kelly scored the goal from close range via a feed from Lucas Mott who started the play from behind the Viking net.

The Blue Demons kept the pressure on from there and had a 12-6 shot advantage in the third period but were unable to solve Chandler.

Kennett’s last chance came when East’s Ben Peruto was called for tripping with 2:09 left in regulation the Vikings’ penalty killing unit was in top form. It limited the Blue Demons to one shot during the power play and that shot was not on goal; Kennett spent a few brief spurts in the offensive zone.

• Kennett won te first meeting of the season between the two teams 3-2 in overtime on November 7.

Kennett 0 0 1—0

West Chester East 1 2 0—3

First-period goal: Sean Farrell (WCE) unassisted, 5:26;

Second-period goal: Jaxon Swirzina (WCE) from Teagan Stutzman and Ben Peruto 1:41; Braedon McVeigh (WCE) from James Hayes, 5:26

Third-period goals: Colin Kelly (K) from Lucas Mott :47

Shots: Kennett 18, W.C. East 31; Saves: Aiden Mott (K) 28, Cameron Chandler (WCE) 17