CB West defeated Pennridge 6-2. Check out all of Wednesday's results.
By Ben Reese
HATFIELD -- Defense was the name of the game Wednesday night at Hatfield Ice.
It wasn't that obvious from the final score, a 6-2 win for Central Bucks West over Pennridge, but neither team scored until the Bucks tallied twice late in the first period. And it was still a one-goal game early in the third.
However, then West scored three straight goals to put the game away.
"Our D played its best game all season long," West coach Dave Baun said. "We had a double practice on Monday and we worked on our D calls.
"We moved the puck from defense to offense as well as we have all season. You hear the call being made and see them execute it and you feel like there's some progress being made."
Patrick Smith, the Bucks’ captain who scored the first two goals for West, liked what he saw from his team's defense against the Rams.
"Our defense was outstanding," Smith said. "Jonah (goalie Jonah Brous) was stopping the pucks, and it was so much easier going in transition from defense to offense."
The Bucks scored all six of their goals from in close. None of them were from outside a 15-foot radius from the goal.
"We were able to move the puck well and get a lot of traffic in front which made him (Pennridge goalie Steve Wilms) bobble the puck and give us some rebounds," Smith explained. "In this league, you can't score with a lot of snipes (long shots).
"You just have to go to the net hard. That's the kind of team we are; we're going to the net hard every time."
Pennridge coach Wade Witzaney recognized his team's problem in its own end.
"We have trouble getting it out of our own zone," the Rams’ coach said. "This is a big game for us. We have to compete against West.
"They got a lot of goals in the paint tonight, in front of the net. That was a big difference."
Smith took care of all the scoring in the first period. He netted his first goal on the power play at the 14:10 mark of the opening stanza off assists from Shawn Phillips and Ryan Trefz.
His second came only 49 seconds later. He beat Wilms from in close with Scotty Cappuccio and John McCreadie getting the assists.
Phillips gave the Bucks a 3-0 lead in the second period. He got on the board off a pass from Trefz at 10:38.
But the Rams weren't dead.
Troy Crosson scored his first goal of the night with 1:57 remaining in the second period with assists going to Aaron Crosson and Josh Finlayson.
Pennridge cut the lead down again early in the final period. Troy Crosson again scored to make it a 3-2 game.
However, the Bucks came roaring back to score three straight goals. McCreadie got an unassisted goal followed by goals by Luke McCleerey and Joe Anton.
"I thought we made a nice comeback," Witzaney said of the Rams' rally. "We got one late in the second and came back in the third and made it close at 3-2.
"Then we let in three goals in five minutes. I think the momentum swing was going with us but when they came back and scored I knew we were in trouble."
CB West 6, Pennridge 2
CB West 2 1 3 – 6
Pennridge 0 1 1 – 2
First Period
1. Patrick Smith CBW (Shawn Phillips, Ryan Trefz) 14:10 PP; 2. Smith CBW (Scotty Cappuccio, John McCreadie) 14:59 Penalty: T.J. Weisbecker (P) slashing 14:18
Second Period
3. Phillips CBW (Trefz) 10:38; 4. Troy Crosson P (Aaron Crosson, Josh Finlayson) 14:03. Penalties: Griffin Shields (CBW) slashing 8:32; Steve Wilms (P) roughing 8:32.
Third Period
5. Troy Crosson P (Josh Finlayson, Aaron Crosson) 8:46; 6. McCreadie CBW (Unassisted) 10:36; 7. Luke McCleerey CBW (Joe Anton, Tanner Ginn) 11:16; 8. Anton CBW (Phillips, Trefz) 15:51. No penalties.
Shots on goal: CB West 38, Pennridge 21. Saves: Jonah Brous (CBW) 19, Steve Wilms (P) 32.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 5, NESHAMINY 0
Austin Chase had a hand in four goals to lead the Patriots, scoring once and assisting on three others. Alex Wasserman, Nick Chimeria and Bryan McIntosh each had two points.
Defensively, the Patriots were sparked by the performance of goalie Steve Gilchrist, who turned away all 32 shots he faced.
The Patriots led 1-0 after one period, thanks to a goal by Chase (Luke Rossi assist). They tacked on two more in the second to go on top 3-0 after goals by Bryan McIntosh and Alex Wasserman. A pair of Chimeria goals closed out the scoring in the third period.
The Patriots held a 41-32 advantage in shots.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Central Bucks East 1 2 2 5
Neshaminy 0 0 0 0
SHOTS
Central Bucks East 12 11 18 41
Neshaminy 6 16 10 32
POWERPLAYS
Central Bucks East 0 for 7 : Neshaminy 0 for 4
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Central Bucks East - Austin Chase (Luke Rossi) 0:00
Period 2
Central Bucks East - Bryan McIntosh (Alex Wasserman, Austin Chase) 0:00
Central Bucks East - Alex Wasserman (Austin Chase) 8:23
Period 3
Central Bucks East - Nick Chimeria (Jake Gold, Austin Chase) 6:52
Central Bucks East - Nick Chimeria (Bryan McIntosh, Steve Gilchrist) 10:10
GOALIES
49 Steve Gilchrist WIN 48:00 32 32
33 Evan Angotti (b
30 Matt Sheley LOSS 48:00 41 36
40 Matt Lucas (b)
PENALTY TOTALS
Central Bucks East 12 minutes on 6 infraction(s) Neshaminy 14 minutes on 7 infraction(s)
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 8, UPPER DUBLIN 1
Jonathan Isley contributed two goals and two assists while Bo Flint added two goals and an assist and Chris Zawislak had one goal and two assists to lead the Colonials to the big win.
A goal by Flint (John Sciarrone and Isley assists) gave the Colonials a 1-0 lead at the end of one period. The Colonials blew the game open with four goals in the second period and iced the win with three more in the third.
GAME DETAILS
SCORING
Upper Dublin 0 1 0 1
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 4 3 8
SHOTS
Upper Dublin 0 1 0
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 4 3
POWERPLAYS
Upper Dublin 0 for 0 : Plymouth Whitemarsh 0 for 0
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Bo Flint (John Sciarrone, Jonathan Isely) 16:00
Period 2
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Christopher Zawislak (Andrew Fisher, Chris Rinaldi) 0:00
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Andrew Fisher (Christopher Zawislak) 0:00
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Jonathan Isely (Christopher Zawislak) 0:00
Upper Dublin - Brett Spike (Luke Zachy, Jake Haber) 0:00
Plymouth Whitemarsh - John Sciarrone (Jonathan Isely) 9:35
Period 3
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Bo Flint (Jonathan Isely, Kevin Lawrence) 11:08
Plymouth Whitemarsh - Jonathan Isely (shorthanded) (Christopher Ward, Bo Flint) 12:29
Plymouth Whitemarsh - JJ Eisenlohr (Skyler Goldstein, Steven Fandozzi) 13:15
GOALIES
40 Gabe Marie 48:00 0 0
27 Jacob Magill 48:00 0 0
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