Ben Reese recaps all the action in CB South’s win over CB East in a rivalry game Wednesday night. Pennsbury notched a win over CB West. CB South/CB East photos provided courtesy of Dara N King Photography. Check back for a gallery of photos.
By Ben Reese
WARWICK – Central Bucks South found itself in a bit of a strange situation Wednesday night against Central Bucks East.
The Titans couldn't really get their offense moving. Through the first period, they had only scored two goals.
This was an offense that was averaging more than six goals a game and had a season high 10 goals in one game and 12 in another. Suffice it to say, South did get things straightened out to collect a 4-2 win over the Patriots at Revolution Ice Gardens.
"The last seven minutes or so of the first period, we changed what we were doing," said CB South coach Shaun McGinty. "We started getting too confident too early. The kids kind of got ahead of themselves and were seeing the end of the game before the game was over.
"I had defensemen jumping up trying to get into the play and not doing what they were supposed to be doing. It gave (CB East) a chance to gain confidence.
"Once they started getting confidence, it started messing with our rhythm and then we had to find the rhythm again. But it was hard to find a rhythm because we started getting in penalty trouble."
Jim Stampler, filling in for head coach Ken Latchum, explained the Patriots' methods.
"We tried to forecheck," he said. "That was the plan from the beginning.
"We did it in practice, just forecheck, forecheck. We left a third guy high, which really helped us defensively.
"More important, in our own end, I thought we played five-man defense. That was really the key to slowing them down. They just expect to come in and push you around and we didn't let them do it tonight."
South's Reis Braccio had his own explanation.
"I don't know if it was so much them as more us," he said. "We stopped pushing so hard.
"We just can't do that any more. We (unintentionally) slowed our own offense down.”
In the end, it didn't hurt the Titans as they came back to grab the win. But it did cause some shaky moments.
They took a 2-0 lead on goals by Alex Glushek and Ryan Gingras with only 6:37 gone in the period. It would have been 3-0 but they had a goal waved off because the puck was hit into the net by a high stick at the 5:11 mark.
It looked like South had things going its way, but East bounced back with a power play goal by Sean Gorman with 1:08 left in the period to draw within one at 2-1.
South upped the lead to two goals at 11:09 of the second period, scoring a power play goal by Braccio. However, the pesky Pats came right back with a goal of their own from Gorman with 14:53 gone to make it a one-goal game.
It remained that way through much of the final stanza. The Titans tacked on the final goal of the game with less than two minutes left in regulation, a tally by Matt Milanesi.
"East played well," McGinty said. "If we don't come ready to play, any night we can be shut down."
Stampler was pleased by the effort from the Pats.
"That was a good gut check," he said of the game. "We didn't come out to play last week (a 6-2 loss to Pennridge); this week we came out ready to play. I think they realized that when we come out to play, we can play with anybody."
CB South 4, CB East 2
CB South 2 1 1 – 4
CB East 1 1 0 – 2
First period: 1, Alex Glusheck CBS (D.J. LoVerdi) 2:19; 2, Ryan Gingras CBS (Reis Braccio) 6:37; 3, Sean Gorman CBE (unassisted) 14:52 PP.
Second period: 4, Braccio CBS (Colin Abbonizio) 11:09 PP; 5, Gorman CBE (unassisted) 14:53.
Third period: 6, Matt Milanesi CBS (Braccio) 14:41.
Shots: CBS 36, CBE 14. Saves: Oscar Levin (CBS) 12, Chris McIntyre (CBE) 32.
PENNSBURY 7, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 4
The Falcons took a 1-0 lead into the second period when they blew the game wide open with a four-goal outburst. Jake Sieger’s four-point night led the Falcons. He finished with a hat trick to go along with one assist.
Shane Siegmund’s first period goal with an assist from Erik Eisler spotted the Falcons a 1-0 lead. Sieger’s short-handed goal 2:45 into the second period was followed by back-to-back goals by Erik Eisler – the first assisted by Connor Coyne and the second with assists from Griffin Foll and Reese Picker. Daniel Poliak (Keith Orlando assist) scored for the Bucks midway through the period to make it a 4-1 game. Eisler scored his third goal of the period, this one with a Sieger assist, to send the Falcons into the final period with a 5-1 lead.
In the third period Sieger scored with an assist from Eisler. West reeled off goals from Daniel Poliak (Kyle Burton assist), Owen Shields and Jake Lang (Matthew McCarthy/Owen Shields assists). Sieger turned a Shane Siegmund pass into a goal for the 7-4 final.
The Falcons held a 40-27 advantage in shots. Topher Seiler turned away 25 shots to earn the win in goal for the Falcons. West’s Jeremy Kennard recorded 31 saves.
Pennsbury 1-4-2 7
Central Bucks West 0-1-3 4
First Period: 1, Shane Siegmund P (Erik Eisler) 9:13.
Second Period: 2, Jake Sieger P (Shane Siegmund) 2:45; 3, Erik Eisler P (Connor Coyne) 4:42; 4, Erik Eisler P (Griffin Foll/Reese Picker) 7:55; 5, Daniel Poliak CBW (Keith Orlando) 8:28; 6, Erik Eisler P (Jake Sieger) 14:35.
Third Period: 7, Jake Sieger P (Erik Eisler) 0:07; 8, Daniel Poliak CBW (Kyle Burton) 9:31; 9, Owen Shields CBW, 10:05; 10; Jake Lang CBW (Matthew McCarthy/Owen Shields) 14:35; 11, Jake Sieger P (Shane Siegmund) 15:07.
Shots: Pennsbury 40, CBW 27. Saves: Topher Seiler (P) 25, Jeremy Kennard (CBW) 31.
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