By Mike Dougherty
UTICA After struggling mightily in the first two periods, John Jay scored five goals in the last eight minutes of play to post an eye-popping 6-4 win over St. Lawrence Central Saturday in a New York State Division 2 semifinal at the Memorial Auditorium.
“I have 35 years of experience in hockey, and I have never seen anything like that,” said Indians head coach Alex Smith.
John Jay was down 4-1 when Shawn Smith scored with 7:27 to play in the game. John Tobin scored 11 seconds later to really get the adrenaline flowing. Lukas Prestamo deflected a blast from Anthony Scapperotti and knotted the score with 1:38 remaining and Jack Grimm lifted a rebound in with 59 seconds on the clock to make it a 5-4 Indians lead. Smith added an empty-netter in the final seconds.
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Saratoga defeats Niagara Wheatfield 4-1 and moves on to the final tomm. Kind of feel sorry for
our own “NW” he was a great poster this year. Thought they were to strong for Toga and the team to beat.
Congrats on an incredible win to our JJCR brothers. Now go win the State Title!! we are ALL rooting for you guys!!!!!
Congrats to John Jay. An incredible comeback. Saratoga played a very good game today. They flat out out worked us today.good luck to JJ tomorrow.
Alot of us were rooting for your team N-W. Good luck to you guys next season.
Has Jay won a state title in any sport? I know their lax is national level. Just not sure they ever got thru both strong island and Syracuse the same year. Get it done tomorrow. Looks like your year.
Good Luck JJ from a Suffern Fan.Bring back title #3 to Section 1.
Rocket Fuel is officially on the John Jay bandwagon. I love BIA. Give Westchester their first ever state championship in hockey.
Congratulations jj
Awesome
Best of luck to Jay. Nice to see section 1 represented by jay and some great refs today!