Flyers Ice Holy Cross Hockey 7-1

Three in a row.

The  Flyers  Friday night in a, 7-1, blowout victory over the Holy Cross knights at the Abe Stark Ice Arena in Coney Island. The Flyers improved their record to 4-8 in the CHSHL A division standings.

“We had some great goaltending and I would have liked to get the shutout for Tommy,” Flyers coach Frank Bendl said. “All in all, they won the game and it’s three in a row. It’s good for their momentum.”

Jack Sommese and Patrick DePippo set up John Curry at 4:55 if the first period to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead. Nicholas Falco extended the lead on a power play goal with assists from Matt Scarpato and junior Kyle Irwin, who had 3 points in the victory. By the end of the first period the Flyers were ahead 2-0 and had outshot the Knights 11-5.

Chaminade scored a rapid three goals in 35 seconds starting at 12:36 of the second period. Kevin Pash got the puck in the net on Irwin’s second assist of the game, making it 3-0. Iwrin scored one of his own 11 second later, finishing junior defenseman Michael Ferris’ pass. Ferris finished the scoring burst on a goal that was organized by seniors Norman Riker and Sean Dvorak, putting the shutout at five.

“It should give us a lot of momentum and it should give us a boost for tomorrow,” Irwin said. “We’re feeling a little better about ourselves now that we have a couple of wins.”

Matt Scarpato scored his own goal at 8:03 of the third period, collecting his second assist of the game when he helped Nicholas Falco net his second at 7:44.

Flyer’s goalie Tommy Dorsey missed what would have been his  when Holy Cross’ Alan Mook finished a pass from Anthony Pagano and scored at 6:50 of the third. Despite the wide margin, Chaminade held only a one shot advantage (20-19) over the Knights.

“It was sloppy and in a game like that we had the opportunity to hold the puck and make the right passes, and we just didn’t do it. We should have been making plays and we gave the puck up more than we made a play,” Bendl said. “We’ll play a really good St. Joe’s team tomorrow having formed some really bad habits.”

CROSS CHECK: The Flyers have another quick turnaround as they play  in Mount Vernon, NY. Chaminade will play Holy Cross again .