Mr. Ice Hockey posted on January 13, 2020 23:49
Tristan Laperriere scored three goals and Jacob Holland scored twice as Cherry Hill East defeated Mainland 7-6 in Tier II action in Voorhees. Robert Conlan led Mainland with two goals. Cherry Hill jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one on goals by Holland and a short-handed goal by Brian Cutler. Laperriere would make it 3-0 at the four-minute mark of the second period before Mainland would mount a charge scoring three goals in a span of five minutes. First Ralph Triboletti scored on the power play to make it 3-1. Then Conlan scored on the power play again and Mainland trailed 3-2. Both goals coming on a two-man advantage. After another Cherry Hill penalty, Michael Liberty would tie the game for Mainland scoring the third consecutive power play goal.
Cherry Hill would respond four minutes later as Jakob Mutschler scored and a 4-3 lead. Laperriere would get his second of the night late in the period and a 5-3 lead. Mainland would score in the final seconds as Conor Ogborn tallied his seventh of the year to make it 5-4 heading into the third period. Goals by Holland and Laperriere, his third gave Cherry Hill a 7-4 lead with just under six minutes left in the game. Mainland would not go away as Jeremiah Engle and Conlan scored two minutes apart, but they could not get the equalizer and Cherry Hill hung on.
Written by Mike Costantino