Cathedral Prep outlasts Pine-Richland, 5-3
Cathedral Prep and Pine-Richland were evenly matched throughout their contest, but Cathedral Prep made the most of its opportunities and won, 5-3.
Cathedral Prep gained the winning advantage on a goal by Nick Trageser 1:32 into the second period and hung on until final buzzer.
Joe Kelly had two goals and one assist to lead Cathedral Prep. Kelly scored the first of his two goals on the power play at three seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Cathedral Prep. Trageser picked up the assist. Kelly's next tally on the power play made the score 5-3 Cathedral Prep with 3:23 left in the third period. Joe Sala assisted on the tally.
Cathedral Prep forced Pine-Richland goalie Anthony Szafranski to work between the pipes, taking 34 shots.
Cathedral Prep additionally got points from Trageser, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Cathedral Prep also had goals scored by Dillon Elliott and Jacob Emerson, who each put in one. In addition, Cathedral Prep received assists from Jack Zaphiris, Mitchell Slubowski, Brett Cox, Doran Okon, and Donovan Cullen, who each chipped in one.
Pine-Richland was helped by Antonio Binotto, who finished with one goal. Binotto scored 10:27 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Nate Carnovale picked up the assist. Pine-Richland also got points from Joseph Ditullio, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Chris Kozich also scored for Pine-Richland. More assists for Pine-Richland came via Kyle Whittingham, who had one and Jack Drury, who had two.
Cathedral Prep's Jacob Kucharski stopped 22 shots out of the 25 that he faced. Cathedral Prep incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Szafranski rejected 29 shots on goal for Pine-Richland. Pine-Richland incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors.
