April 5, 1979
By Don McKee
Inquirer Staff Writer
The regional hockey playoffs, matching the best teams from the three area leagues, will begin Monday with four games.
Playoffs in the three participating leagues — the Inter-County, Suburban, and Lower Bucks are continuing, but most regional participants have been determined. Last night, Archbishop Carroll won its second Inter-County title in a row, beating Radnor, 6-3, to sweep a best-of-three series in two games.
Also, Archbishop Ryan also won its second league title in a row, defeating Archbishop Wood, 5-4, to win the Lower Bucks League’s two-of-three playoff in two straight. Archbishop Carroll, Radnor, Archbishop Ryan, and Archbishop Wood have qualified for the eight-team regional. So have William Tennent and Germantown Academy, the finalists in the Suburban League. Malvern Prep and Cardinal O’Hara are holding a mini-series to determine third place in the Inter-County and the seventh spot in the regional.
Council Rock, the third-place finisher in the Suburban League, will meet Bishop Egan, third-place in the Lower Bucks League, in a special one-game playoff tomorrow night to determine the eighth spot in the regional. The regional competition will be double elimination, beginning with four games Monday night. Tennent will meet Wood at 8:45 p.m. in the Face-Off Circle Rink, Old York Road, Warminster; Ryan will face the Inter-County’s third-place team (Malvern or O’Hara) at 8 p.m. in Grundy Arena, Bristol; Germantown Academy will play Radnor at 7:30 p.m. in the Skatium, Darby, and Manoa Roads, Havertown, and the Council Rock-Egan winner will meet Carroll at 9:30 p.m. in the Skatium.
THE TOP TEN
- Archbishop Carroll 22-1-0
- William Tennent 23-4-0
- Archbishop Ryan 20-0-1
- Germantown Academy 22-4-1
- Radnor 18-8-0
- Malvern Prep 19-4-4
- Archbishop Wood 16-6-0
- Monsignor Bonner 12-6-4
- Bishop Egan 15-6-0
- Cardinal O’Hara 14-8-2
HOW THEY FARED
No. 1 Carroll beat O’Hara, 4-0, and Radnor, 6-2.
No. 2 Tennent did not play.
No. 3 Ryan beat Wood, 6-4.
No. 4 GA did not play.
No. 5 Malvern Prep lost to Radnor, 4-2 and 6-2, then defeated O’Hara, 5-3.
No. 6 O’Hara lost to Carroll, 4-0, and lest to Malvern, 5-3.
No. 7 Egan lost to Wood, 4-3.
No. 8 Wood defeated Egan, 4-3, and lost to Ryan, 6-4.
No. 9 Bonner did not play.
No. 10 Radnor defeated Malvern Prep 3-2, and 6-2, then lost to Carroll, 6-2.
The Inquirer Top 10 considers every team playing in an organized league in the five-county Philadelphia area.
