Plymouth South Hockey Loses to Franklin

In the last game of the season, the Plymouth South Panthers could not match the agression of previous games and lost 5-2 to Franklin in the Division 2 South Final. Franklin will head to Boston next weekend for the state finals at the Garden.

In the previous game, South defeated Coyle Cassidy 3-1 while using an agressive style of play that shutdown the other team. In this game, the Panthers faced the same type of play from Franklin.

"We just could not penetrate enough," said head coach Mike McCosh. " [The boys] left everything they had on the ice."

In the first period, Franlkin forward Nick Bertoni put away one goal that went unanswered by Plymouth. 

In the second period, Plymouth forward John Leaman and Joey Colbert each scored on Franklin but the team couldn't hold up the momentum. Franklin added two more goals to its tally, playing hard against Plymouth's net and put two more on at the end of the third period to win.

The Plymouth Panthers received an award for section runner-up from the MIAA. This was the first time a team from Plymouth made it to the South finals and McCosh vowed to return next year for the title.