DeMatha Battles Past Mt. St. Joseph

DeMatha's Jake Kaplan and Erick Reiniger each scored two goals, including a shorthanded goal apiece, and Kaplan added an assist in the Stag's 6-2 victory against Mt. St. Joseph at Laurel on Monday night. With the victory, DeMatha is now 3-0 in MAPHL play this season.

The Stags took a 4-2 lead going into the third period and added a goal by Ty Brandt early before committing six penalties in the final stanza.  With the Gaels spending significant time on the power play, including a prolonged two-man advantage, DeMatha's penalty killing unit held up nicely and goalie Andrew Tacaks stood tall in net.

DeMatha's Skyler Trippett opened the scoring 1:31 into the game. But Alec Pupshis tied the score for Mt. St. Joseph a minute and 13 seconds later. Nate Dailey scored the Gaels' second goal.

Mt. St. Joseph goalie Connor Churko faced 32 shots in the Gaels' 6-2 loss to DeMatha at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel.

Note: As of 12.06.16 -
DeMatha Prep Record in MAPHL standings 3-0-0 / GF:11 GA: 03