BREWSTER, N.Y. - No. 8 BYSNS (Brewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Salem) earned sweet revenge with a 5-2 victory against No. 9 Scarsdale in the first round of the Section 1 Division 1 Tournament on February. 21.
“It meant so much to our team to win this one,” said BYSNS coach Ryan Langkafel. “We have lost to Scarsdale the last two years in the playoffs, so we were determined to not let that happen again.”
Michael Bonelli scored with 7:42 left in the opening period, putting the Bisons up 1-0, off of an assist from AJ Jones before Scarsdale tied the game five minutes and 10 seconds later.
Jones then put BYSNS up 2-1 with a goal, courtesy of an assist from Lucas Salvatore, with 15:32 left in the second period, then scored again, with another assist from Salvatore, with 2:27 remaining in the period, giving the Bisons a 3-1 advantage going into the third stanza.
The first of Jones’ two goals was the 100th-point of his varsity career.
“He has been such an amazing player the last two years, he is so committed to the team and gives his heart and soul, he is very deserving of such a milestone,” Langkafel said of Jones, a junior forward from Somers. “I couldn’t be happier for such a great kid to earn that type of achievement. The fashion he did it in as well, helping the team win our playoff game, was a huge moment.”
Ryan Dean scored to extend the Bisons’ lead to 4-1, off assists from Jack Leavy and James Munoz, with 12:50 left in the game. Henry Rossi, from an assist by Dean, scored 47 seconds later to give BYSNS a 5-1 lead, which was too much of a mountain for Scarsdale to overcome.
“After the first intermission, we were really happy with how we were playing, with a few tweaks, and tightening up some details, we were able to limit their offensive abilities and that launched our opportunities,” Langkafel said. “We did a great job getting pucks to the net relentlessly. It was a game of execution for us and our team did it with intensity and enjoyed competing.”
Patrick Vaughn did the job in goal for the Bisons, recording 19 saves.
Milestone for Salvatore
Salvatore, a junior forward from North Salem, also recorded his 100th-career point on his first assist.
“Lucas is an amazing all-around player with tremendous goals, scoring abilities, and passing abilities,” Langkafel said. “He sees the game at a very high level and is such a hard-working, respectful student-athlete and deserves this achievement. He is a team player that will do anything that it takes to win, so to be an ultimate competitor and to get this 100-point in his career is a big milestone.”
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