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Shawnee Renegades 2008-2009
Steve Oriente scored his second goal of the game early into the first overtime as West Chester East defeated Shawnee 5-4 thus ending its Flyers Cup run. In front of a hostile crowd, Shawnee answered every time West Chester East took the lead.
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Joe Pezzato scored at the five minute mark in the first overtime as Shawnee defeated Strath Haven 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals in the Flyers Cup. Led by Freshman goalie Alex Crespo, who was outstanding in nets stopping 40 shots on net, only, surrendering one goal over fifty minutes of hockey.
Joey Crespo scored seven goals and Matt McDonald added a hat trick as Shawnee handled Plymouth Whitemarsh 12-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Wednesday night. With the score just 1-0 after one period on a goal from Crespo, Shawnee broke the game open scoring seven goals in the second period. Crespo actually scored the first four goals of the game. Meanwhile brother Alex was stopping all shots by PW and his performance in nets should not be over-shadowed by the scoring out-burst of his brother.
Daniel Alessandrini snapped a 4-4 game scoring from in tight with just over one minute left in the game as Shawnee defeated Cherry Hill East 5-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Sunday evening. After a scoreless first period Shawnee jumped out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Brandon Jonas, Mike Peccini and Larry Walker. East got back into the game with goals by Eric Simone and Tyler Caton to pull within 3-2. Steve Nagy score late in the period to give Shawnee a little bit of a cushion at 4-2.
Using a shut down style defense and three goals by Jake Ahle, Cherokee advanced to the Championship round with a convincing 6-1 victory over Shawnee. Coach Sullivan after the game said, “We moved Pat Casey back to defense, he’s played there at times during the year, and we had a body on McDonald at all times”. That strategy along with the play of goalie Kevin Ferguson in the third period, were the keys to winning and now Cherokee must beat Moorestown twice in order to be the champs.
Matt McDonald had four goals and two assists and Ryan Welsey chipped in with two goals and three assists as Shawnee came back from a 5-4 deficit with nine minutes left to defeat Washington Township 7-5 in playoff action at Voorhees. Shawnee controlled the first period and led 3-0, scoring twice in the opening two minutes, first McDonald on a break and then Welsey on a wrap around. McDonald added his second goal midway through the period and Shawnee led 3-0. Township was back on its heels and needed a spark to get going.
Don’t look now but the hottest team in the league, Moorestown is charging into the playoffs after handling Shawnee 5-2 at the Igloo. Ben Smith led the attack scoring twice. With the win Moorestown clinched first place in the North Division. Shawnee failed to capitalize on the power play as they were 0-6 with the man advantage and could only muster two shots on a two man advantage they had for a full two minutes early in the third period. Smith scored the only goal of the first period as he picked up a loose puck at the blue line and fired a shot that beat Alex Crespo. Smith made it 2-0 early in the second period, but Joe Crespo scored on a breakaway to cut the lead to 2-1.
Jake Ahle snapped a 3-3 tie with under five minutes left in the game to spark Cherokee to a 6-3 win over Shawnee. Adam Hidalgo and Eric Storey scored the only goals through the first two periods as we were 1-1 heading into the third period. Pat Mohnacs scored in the first thirty seconds to put Cherokee up 2-1, and one minute later Frank Garvey scored on the power play and Cherokee seemed to be gaining control and now led 3-1. Shawnee was missing their leader and top goal score as Matt McDonald sat out with a concussion, but rallied back to tie.
Heading into their toughest test of the season Washington Township responded with a resounding 8-3 win over Shawnee at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the talk being about the stronger North Division for most of the season, Township showed they are a team to be talked about when discussions involve the playoffs and in particular the finals. As they have had for most of the season, balanced scoring was once again evident as Louie DeAngelo and Dylan Smith scored two goals each and four other players scored goals for the first place Minutemen.
Frank Garvey scored a game tying goal with fourteen seconds left in the game as Cherokee rallied to tie Shawnee 4-4 in front of a standing room only crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Cherokee remained undefeated and in first place in the North Division. Shawnee controlled the play in the first period, Cherokee did not register a shot on goal until the nine minute mark and Joe Pezzatto scored a power play goal midway though the period for a 1-0 lead. Late in the period, Pat Casey got the equalizer on a nice set-up from Kyle Kopervas and Garvey, and despite only launching three shots, Cherokee was all even with Shawnee at 1-1 after one.