Lower Canada College (Montreal, QC) captured their first Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) Eastern Championship with a flurry of comebacks to earn a 7-4 win over Bishop’s College School (Sherbrooke, QC) in the U17 Prep final Sunday.
In the first, William Lynam would score the lone goal for LCC to establish an early lead. Alessandro Sforza (34/38) would stop all nine Bishop’s shots in the first.
However, Bishop’s would go on an early tear in the second after Grady Cohen’s (1G, 1A) early snipe from the slot. Under two minutes later, the semi-final shootout hero Dominik Bickos would spearhead Bishop’s into the lead while Thomas Roy buried a one-timer off a slick feed from Jan Hanzlik (2A) to make things 3-1. LCC would maintain their composure, scoring shortly after with a deflection off the stick of Harry Miller (2G, 1A). 15-seconds later, a rare ‘hand-on-the-puck’ penalty would send LCC to center ice for a penalty shot. Alex Gervasi (2G) would get the honour and make no mistake, roofing a backhander to tie things up back at 3-3.
Fast forward to the third and after some back-and-forth action, Elliott Correia (1G, 1A) would bang home the go-ahead goal after an impressive rush from Hanzlik. Once again in quick succession, LCC would tie things up. This time it was Mario Lapenna (1G, 3A) saving the day, firing one short side for his 4th of the playoffs.
Still on the ice, Lapenna came in clutch once again finding Gervasi in tight for the go-ahead goal on an excellent deflection. The Lions would keep pouring on the offense with the lead. Gianluca Gatto would slip LCC’s sixth the five hole while Miller bagged the empty netter.
