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February 18, 2009

Three-goal second period lifts PHS

SARANAC LAKE — Plattsburgh High School scored three goals within a 1:04 span late in the second period Wednesday night and skated to a 3-2 victory over Saranac Lake in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference hockey.

The Red Storm (11-10-3, 4-4-2) held a 1-0 lead on Logan McDougall's power-play goal at 8:20 of the opening stanza.

But that lead was erased when the Hornets (11-9-3, 4-3-2) got three quick ones. Brett Burdo tallied a power-play goal at 11:54 of the second, Russell Merrill a power-play marker at 12:24 and Brendon Cortright an even-strength goal at 12:58 to make it 3-1 in favor of Plattsburgh.

Eighth-grader Matt Phelan tallied his first varsity goal 1:32 into the third to cut Saranac Lake's deficit to one. The Red Storm, however, couldn't get the equalizer.

Saranac Lake finished with a 29-19 shot advantage, with Brandon Bechard making 27 saves in net for the Hornets and Dana Tarantelli 16 stops for the Red Storm.

"We had some other chances to score in the first period, but weren't able to get the puck past Bechard," said Saranac Lake head coach Will Ellsworth. "Then we ran into some penalty problems and had the lapse in the second."

Plattsburgh 3, Saranac Lake 2

Plattsburgh 0 3 0 — 3

Saranac Lake 1 0 1 — 2

First period- 1, SL, McDougall ppg (Tedford, Patraw), 8:20.

Second period- 2, PHS, Burdo ppg (Conroy), 11:54. 3, PHS, Merrill ppg (Conroy), 12:24. 4, PHS, Cortright (Betrus, Hammack), 12:58.

Third period- 5, SL, Ma. Phelan (McDougall), 1:32.

Shots: Saranac Lake 29, Plattsburgh 19.

Saves: Bechard, PHS, 27. Tarantelli, SL, 16.

B'town 5, Lake Placid 0
LAKE PLACID — Ben Trombly and Tim Walsh scored unassisted goals in the first period Wednesday night and Beekmantown went on to record a 5-0 win over Lake Placid.

Shamus Foster added a power-play goal in the second period for the Eagles (18-6, 6-4), while Austin Bradish and Brett Palmer tallied in the third to complete the scoring.

Brandon Foster (seven) and Kyle McCarthy (one) combined for eight saves in posting the shutout. A.J. Murphy stopped 26 shots for the Blue Bombers.

Beekmantown 5, Lake Placid 0

Beekmantown 2 1 2 — 5

Lake Placid 0 0 0 — 0

First period- 1, Beek, Trombly, 8:55. 2, Beek, Walsh, 13:38.

Second period- 3, Beek, S. Foster ppg (Palmer, Buksa), 4:34.

Third period- 4, Beek, Bradish (Peterson, Carter), 7:50. 5, Beek, Palmer (Waite, Barriere), 8:13.

Shots: Beekmantown 31, Lake Placid 8.

Saves: B. Foster (7), McCarthy (1), Beek, 8. Murphy, LP, 26.

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