March 26, 2002 The Patriots topped Archbishop Ryan, 3-1, to advance to the Class AA state title game. Archbishop Carroll finished an improbable journey last night, winning a third straight Class AA Flyers Cup championship by beating Archbishop Ryan, 3-1, at Ice Line. What was so unlikely about the title for Carroll, traditionally a strong program, is that the Patriots started the season 1-12-2 and appeared to be going nowhere in early January. The Patriots’ Stefano Tecce provided the game-winner, snapping a 1-1 tie with 5 minutes, 28 seconds left in the game. Tecce broke in on Ryan goaltender Rich Leith with a quick move in front of the net, then slid the puck into the net. Carroll goaltender Ken Diorio preserved the victory with a number of big saves in the final three minutes. Tecce provided insurance with an empty-netter with 27.8 seconds remaining. Carroll, which has gone 12-1 […]

March 28, 2002 WEST GOSHEN – Anyone who has witnessed a Radnor game this season can attest that the John Brennan-Chris Brennan-Ed Devine line supplies most of the Red Raiders’ scoring. Last Monday night, however. Radnor ousted Cedar Cliff 13-0 in a Flyers Cup Class A semifinal game that displayed all of the Red Raiders’ weapons. The Red Raiders will now face Eastern Regional (N.J.). which defeated Central Bucks East 3-0 Monday night. The contest will be for the Flyers Cup championship and will take place at Face Off Circle in Warminster on Wednesday (7 p.m.) in a game that was played after The Suburban went to press. Radnor has already clinched a berth in the Pennsylvania championship game against Serra Catholic, the Penguins Cup winner. “We have a lot of depth on our team,” said Red Raiders forward Austin Cohen, who had a goal and two assists. “The Brennans […]

March 29, 2002 Malvern Prep was starting to wonder what it was going to take to get the puck past tiny Germantown Academy goaltender Luis Perez last night. But the Friars eventually broke through and beat the Patriots, 2-0, at the First Union Spectrum to win the Flyers Cup Class AAA championship. It was the second straight title for Malvern Prep, which became the first team to win five Class AAA titles in the 23-year history of the prestigious high school ice hockey tournament. The Friars (27-3-1) will play defending state champion Bethel Park tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Rostraver Ice Gardens in Belle Vernon in a rematch of last year’s state Class AAA championship. The valiant Patriots, who have skated with just nine players most of this season, finished 24-12-3. The game was entirely different from the teams’ first meeting this season, when Malvern crushed GA, 9-0, on Nov. […]

March 28, 2002 The Red Raiders toasted Eastern, 7-2, for the A crown. They will play for a state championship. Radnor won its first Flyers Cup title last night with a 7-2 thumping of Eastern at the Face-Off Circle in Warminster. The victory gave Radnor (24-1) the Class A title. Eastern, located in Voorhees, completed its season 8-9-1. Radnor already had an automatic berth into the Pennsylvania state championship game because Eastern competes in New Jersey. The Red Raiders will play two-time and defending state champion Serra Catholic, of McKeesport, at noon Saturday at Rostraver Ice Gardens in Belle Vernon, Pa., for the Class A state crown. Radnor, which outscored its last two Flyers Cup opponents, 20-2, wanted to make history by winning its first title in the prestigious ice hockey tournament. The last time the Red Raiders had appeared in a Flyers Cup title game was 1995 when they […]