No. 1 John Jay (19-1-1) vs. No. 4 Pelham (12-5-2)
Brewster Ice Arena
7 p.m.
Scorers: John Jay – Shawn Smith (34G, 10A), Frazier Bostwick (21G, 17A); Pelham – Will Cullen (15G, 10A); Andrew Schauer (13G, 9A).
Stoppers: John Jay – Mark Leprine, Jack Wertz, Anthony Scapperotti; Pelham – Cullen, Hunter Lambdin.
Netminders: John Jay – Matt Lanza (92 percent); Pelham – Matt DeYoung (85 percent).
Scouting report: The Indians are deeper on defense than any team in the Section 1 and have plenty of size to match up with Schauer. … Lanza has only given up nine goals in his last seven starts. … John Jay has only given up 34 goals and is 17-0 when giving up three goals or less. … Scapperotti and Leprine will initiate the offense and have combined for 26 assists. … Schauer has eight goals and six assists in six games since returning from a concussion. … The Pelicans are looking to capture a third straight Division 2 title despite graduating eight seniors from last year’s state final four team. … David Morgan is Pelham’s third-leading scorer with just nine goals. … The Pelicans are 6-1 in one-goal games.
Prediction: John Jay 3, Pelham 2
No. 2 Rye (16-4-1) vs. No. 3 Greeley (15-3-2)
Hommocks Park Ice Rink
5:30 p.m.
Scorers: Rye – Cal Hynson (14G, 21A), Connor McGovern (14G, 5A); Greeley – Scott Jakubowicz (17G, 16A), Sam Mishkind (19G, 7A).
Stoppers: Rye – Jason Chin, Max Bresolin; Greeley – Owen Gatto, Blake Davis.
Netminders: Rye – Aidan Talgo (92 percent); Greeley – Neil Hershman (87 percent).
Scouting report: Michael Benincasa, the leading scoring threat for Rye has been out since Jan. 12 with a back injury. … The Garnets have given up 17 goals in their last 11 games. … Chin will initiate the offense from the point when the opportunity arises and has 18 assists. … Rye is looking to make its sixth Division 2 final in seven years. … A highly-anticipated Jan. 5 meeting between the schools resulted in a 2-2 tie, but the Benincasa goal that knotted the score in the final minute clearly did not go in. … Nick Girardi, who is one of the three seniors on the roster, is the Quakers’ leader in all things intangible. He also has 24 assists. … Greeley was 0-18 three years ago. … Hershman has not allowed any of the last four opponents to score more than two goals. … The Quakers have score 116 goals this season and have five players with at least 10 assists so the puck movement is usually impressive.
Prediction: Rye 5, Greeley 3
9 Comments
Bullsh*t. No way Mike actually believes this, he is just trying to stir the pot and and get people talking. Pelham 4 John Jay 1
You gotta love all of the ignorant fans who haven’t seen JJ play this year. They are legit….LEGIT. Not saying they will win tonight…but it’s going to be a game.
Yeah because instead of playing in the house league he plays on a team that actually plays and competes at a high level. Pelham played Suffern twice right? Thats why the statisics are a joke. Put Pelham, Rye Suffern and Mamaroneck in that up county rink against those teams and guys like Benny would have 100 points in a season.
“Benny” learned how to play real hockey at that “up county rink” – that’s where he plays his travel hockey. Ya know, the hockey that will actually get him noticed by colleges?
travel and high school hockey are two different teams benecasa, schauer, cullen, tiso, would each have at least 50 goals if they played John Jay’s schedule
Lanza’s last 7 starts include Rye, Odgensburg, and Thousand Islands. A Rye game that includes two empty netters. Don’t write off Jay, this team is real and have the talent to put all of talkers to shame.
any score on Rye/HG?
jj will lose they dont have depth to hang with pelham mark it down now!!
So much for that loss eh, Ron?