LANSDALE CATHOLIC CRUSADERS WALK TOGETHER FOREVER

HATBORO HORSHAM SLEEPS WITH THE FISHES

The Lansdale Catholic Crusaders are the champions of the Suburban hockey league. In a tense game, the Crusaders prevailed 3 to 1. Our goalie Ben Mills played the game of his career. The Lansdale Catholic student body showed up en mass. We were able to match the loudness of the 500 HH fans with our 100 fans. There were numerous thundering body checks, with a number being delivered by Kevin Quinn. In the last 5 minutes he single handedly kept the puck in the HH zone for over a minute battling along the boards.

My Fred Shero post made the rounds among the team prior to the game. I’m sure it was the key to the victory.

CONGRATULATIONS LANSDALE CATHOLIC. YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT WILL LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER.

HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND TEAMWORK ALWAYS PAYS OFF. 

LC tops H-H to win league championship

The Crusaders captured the best-of-three Class A series in their first year in the American Division.

WARWICK TWP. – The building was packed, the crowd energetic. And the deciding game of the Suburban High School Hockey League Class A championship series matched expectations.

Joe McGarity, Nick Sette and Andrew Hart all scored goals as Lansdale Catholic downed Hatboro-Horsham 3-1 Thursday night at the Bucks County Ice Sports Center to take the series two games to one.

Both teams will be back in action next week in the Class A Flyers Cup tournament but, for the Crusaders, who moved over to the American Division from the defunct Catholic League Blue this season, this was the night that mattered.

“Oh my God, this feels amazing,” said LC winger Sette. “Words can’t describe the feeling. It’s almost like winning the Cup.”

The energy in the stands spread to the players on the ice; the opening period featured an abundance of end-to-end skating.

The Crusaders’ McGarity scored the period’s only goal on a shot from the right wing. Hatters goalie Jimmy Salfiti couldn’t quite cover the right post and the Crusaders had a 1-0 lead.

“I think we came out flat in the first period,” said Hatters coach Trish Silvestri. “I think we thought it would just happen instead of making it happen.”

Settle made it a 2-0 game at 7:55 of the second period when he beat Salfiti at close range.

By that point, both teams were feeling the effects of the game’s pace.

There was plenty of hitting and, for the most part, the officials let the players play on, whistling only the most serious of infractions.

Tim Boyle scored for the Hatters with 1:51 left in the second period to make it a one-goal game.

The Hatters failed to capitalize on an opportunity at the start of the third period when the Crusaders successfully killed off back-to-back minor penalties.

The Crusaders’ Andrew Hart spent two minutes in the box after being whistled for holding at 2:44 but, only moments later, scored the game-clinching goal when Lansdale Catholic dumped the puck into the Hatboro-Horsham defensive zone.

The Hatters were slow to go after the puck and the Crusaders’ Anthony Valerio got to it instead on the offensive left wing. He put the puck on Hart’s stick and it wound up behind Salfiti.

“We could see they weren’t working hard (around) the puck,” said Crusaders coach Mark DiDonato. “That (third) goal was huge.”

“They got a lot of bounces we didn’t get,” Silvestri said. “We had a lot of chances right by the net that just wouldn’t go in. I think our overall effort was there.

“Some of these kids have never been in a game like this. For them to work as hard as they have, that’s achieving a goal in itself.”

Rick Woelfel can be reached at [email protected]

Lansdale Catholic 3, Hatboro-Horsham 1

Lansdale Catholic 1 1 1-3

Hatboro-Horsham 0 1 0-1

First-period goal: Joe McGarity (LC) from Liam McCorry, 13:38.

Second-period goals: Nick Sette (LC) from Brendan Curtis and Andrew Hart, 7:55; Tim Boyle (HH) from Harry Nesbitt, 13:09.

Third-period goal: Hart (LC) from Anthony Valerio, 5:27.

Shots: LC 27, HH 24. Saves: Ben Mills (LC) 23; Jimmy Salfiti (HH) 24.

Records: LC (15-9); HH (14-9-3).

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Smokey
Smokey

CONGRATS KEVIN!!!!!!!

You sent those fucking curs into exile. They now have a year to live in humiliation and abject misery and despair.

You and your teammates chose the path of champions.

All the cliches apply. You were down one game zip but battled back like men.

Savor the flavor, Kevin. You and your team deserve to enjoy it.

Friar92
Friar92

I guess this is the reason for the delay . . . CongrAts!

 
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ChrisNJ
ChrisNJ

Congrats Quinns! They will remember forever for sure. I love that Shero saying, it’s up on my wall in the office. Hope I get to use it sometime. My son plays Peewee. We’re going to the Flyers-Pens in couple weeks, can’t wait.

Robmu1
Robmu1

Congratulations LC and Kevin Quinn. I’m sure Admin was perfectly polite in his conduct.

Dave
Dave

Future Flyer. But Jim you are nasty. You start this blog with a picture of RE?

Judy
Judy

Yay for Kevin!! Congrats to the whole team!!! So awesome

Judy
Judy

Admin

Jack had a great time. He said he can’t wait to get to high school & play

Smokey
Smokey

Reflecting back on the series, I’m not sure the Hatters even belonged to start with. It is increasingly apparent that they lacked the gravitas to hang with Landsdale.

Not to detract from Kevin or the Crusaders’ hard fought victory, but there is at least one conclusion that is inescapable:

Hatboro Hatters Eat Shit.

Smokey
Smokey

The Crusaders better enjoy this series triumph, because if they are seeded 19th, chances are there won’t be much more to celebrate.

ChrisNJ
ChrisNJ

Jim, can’t find a contact method on your site. Are you Drexel class 90 91? If so, email me.

ChrisNJ
ChrisNJ

OK, was a James Quinn in my fraternity pledge class. I was ’89 C&E, but he was a year or so younger, so 90-91.

Timeisrunningout
Timeisrunningout

Congratulations. Enjoy the years when your kids are playing sports and savor the moment. 2 of 3 of mine are done and one left in high school. It goes by real fast.

Hope
Hope

See, they learned from their defeat and came back and kicked ass.

LLPOH

Fuck Off – dat you DP? I guess you had time between gulps of goat cum to do a search to find this article. Damn, you are a multi-taker – blowing a goat, taking a big one up the poop chute, and typing at the same time. I bet you don’t even get a reach-around.

Smokey
Smokey

Fuck Off is offended by the normal lifestyle of red-blooded Americans.

He has trouble relating to people that did not run chickenshit to Canada when their country called them for military service.

Fuck Off, aka David Pierre, resents any typical American because they all serve to remind him that he is inherently a coward, and will never amount to anything worthwhile in his life.

He spends his days trying to find justification for his cowardice, latching onto all kook theories he can find, especially ones critical of the US government, because that helps to assuage some of the immense guilt he carries from being such a coward.

He knows his is a wasted life, and tries desperately to redeem it by trying in his mind to blame the government for his choice as a traitor.

Hockey
Hockey

Shit, you guys really get worked up over a high school hockey game. “Hatters Eat Shit”. Hilarious!

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