Flyers Cup Results: Monday, 4-5

Penncrest 5, Plymouth Whitemarsh 1
Five different Penncrest players scored goals in a 5-1 win over Plymouth Whitemarsh Monday night in a Class A Flyers Cup first-round game at Ice Works. Kain Walker led the way for the eighth-seeded Lions scoring one goal and assisting on the other four. Shane Kokoska, Ryan Anderson, Tyler Conn, and Van Evans also scored goals for the Lions, who will face top-seeded West Chester East in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Conlan Carpenter scored the only goal for the ninth-seeded Colonials who closed their season at 7-6.

Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 1 0—1

Penncrest 2 1 2—5

First-period goals: Van Evans (P) from Kain Walker, 1:15; Ryan Anderson (P) from Walker and Shane Kofoska, 13:02

Second-period goals: Conlan Carpenter (PW) from Isaac MIshkin, 3:15; Walker (P) from Tyler Conn, 15:18 (pp)

Third-period goals: Conn (P) from Walker and Van Evans, 1:19; Shane Kokoska (P) from Walker and Evans, 8:16

Shots: Plymouth Whitemarsh 27, Penncrest 21; Saves: Kolton Galie (PW) 16, Gannon Walker (P) 26

West Chester Bayard Rustin 6, Radnor 2

10^th-seeded Bayard Rustin surprised seventh seed Radnor 6-2 Monday night in a Class A Flyers Cup first-round game at Ice Works.

Rustin, a six-time defending Flyers Cup champion, will face second seed Strath Haven on Thursday.

WC Bayard Rustin 1 2 3—6

Radnor 0 2 0—2

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Flyers Cup Facts Monday, March 9

The Class A Flyers Cup semifinals are set for tonight at Ice Line.

Final Palmyra 5, Bayard Rustin 3

End second period: Bayard Rustin 3, Palmyra 3

End first period: Palmyra 2, Bayard Rustin 1

Final: Hershey 6, West Chester East 3

Starting 3rd period: Hershey 4, West Chester East 2

End 1st period: Hershey 2, West Chester East 1

The start of the first game was delayed due to an issue with the ice. The first game started at approximately 7:00 p.m. The start of the second gamed will be delayed accordingly.

Top-seeded West Chester East will face fifth seed Hershey in the 6:15 opener while second-seeded Palmyra will go against third seed and six-time defending champion West Chester Bayard Rustin at 8:15. The two winners will meet next Tuesday, March 17 at the same venue in the championship game.

Tonight’s games will be streamed on the tournament’s You Tube channel. CLICK HERE FOR THE FEED.

Bayard Rustin has won six consecutive Class A Flyers Cup titles. That streak is a record in boys’ competition. All told, Rustin has won nine Flyers Cup titles, second to the 11 La Salle has won in the Class AA and Class AAA brackets.

West Chester East has won two Cups, in 2008 and ’13. Hershey was a finalist last year.

All told, Intercounty Scholastic Hockey League teams have won 18 consecutive Class A Flyers Cups. Springfield-Delco, which now plays in the Intercounty League, was a member of the Eastern League when it won its first Cup in 2001.

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State Championship Results 3-24-18

Class A

Bayard Rustin 4, Bishop McCourt 1—Nicholas Ferraro scored twice as West Chester Bayard Rustin defeated. Bishop McCourt 4-1 on Saturday to win the Pennsylvania Class A ice hockey championship at Ice Line. It was the fifth site title in a row for the Indians, tying an all-time record in any class.

Class 2A

Downiungtown East 3, Armstrong 2—Ryan Prestayko scored at 2:35 of the fifth overtime period to give Downingtown East a 3-2 win over Armstrong in the Pennsylvania Class 2A hockey championship game Saturday afternoon at ice Line in West Chester. The winning goal, which came on an assist from Eric Stankiewicz, gave the Cougars their second consecutive state title.

The Cougars took a 1-0 lead when Luca Pisani, the Most Valuable Player in the recent Class 2A Flyers Cup scored at 2:55 of the opening period.

Jacob Gross and Easton Hooks scored goals for Armstrong 4 minutes, 19 seconds apart to give the River Hawks a 2-1 lead after the first period.

Dan Stankiewicz tied the game for Downingtown East 8:24 into the second period and the teams battled on through 51 minutes of regulation and 42:35 of overtime until the game winner.

Downingtown East is the first Class 2A team to defend a state title since Latrobe won the last of three straight in 2010. The Cougars are the only Class 2A team to successfully defend.

Class 3A

St. Joseph’s Prep 4, Seneca Valley 0 —Mark Colavita scored three goals to propel St. Joseph’s Prep to a 4-0 win over Seneca Valley in the Class 3A state hockey championship game Saturday evening at Ice Line in West Chester. Tyler Boucher also scored for the Hawks, who won the first state championship in school history.

Colavita scored just 42 seconds after the opening face-off and Boucher added a goal nine minutes later to put the Hawks up 2-0 with 7:10 left in the opening period.

Colavita added two goals early in the third period 23 seconds apart, the second one shorthanded, to complete his hat trick.

St, Joseph’s Prep had a 34-19 edge in shots.

The state championship games matching Flyers Cup and Penguins Cup champions began in 1981. There were Class 3A and 2A games starting in 1984. A Class 1A game was added in 1989. It should be remembered that the Flyers Cup did not expand to three classes until 1991.

Our thanks to the administration and staff at Holy Ghost Prep for their support all season long.

Holy Ghost Prep is a private, Catholic, all-boys school located in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Located adjacent to the busy I-95 corridor in metropolitan Philadelphia, Holy Ghost Prep attracts students from more than 100 elementary feeder schools from throughout metropolitan Philadelphia counties and New Jersey

Today is a vibrant community of nearly 500 young men preparing for college and adult life through a challenging program which stresses the cultivation of students’ unique gifts and talents, academic excellence, and generous service to the poor. We continue to be mindful of our founding history as a seminary as we seek to form young men morally, intellectually, and spiritually in the Spiritan tradition.