A four-goal effort by Ryan O’Lear piloted the Montville ice hockey team to its fifth win of the season with a 5-1 victory over Parsippany Hills on Monday.
Shawn Rose got the Vikings out to a 1-0 lead early in the first period, before O’Lear -who scored at least one goal in each period- landed his first of the day (assisted by Kevin Thornton and Connor Devereux) with just under four minutes remaining.
The second period saw O’Lear score twice, the first a goal assisted by Nick Arlotta and Vinnie Arlotta with with 7:48 remaining, and the second an unassisted power play goal with 20 seconds remaining, surging Montville to a two-goal lead.
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But O’Lear wasn’t done yet, scoring his fourth goal in the final frame (assisted by Thornton) with just under nine minutes remaining, before Vinnie Arlotta tacked on a fifth Mustang goal, scoring shorthanded with 1:19 remaining.
Montville goalie Andrew Irizarry stopped 12 shots and Brian Mitchell stopped 24 for Par Hills (2-10).
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1st2nd3rd Final Montville 1 2 2 5 Parsippany Hills 1 0 0 1
PHS Boys Still Searching for Win No. 1
A first quarter lead quickly morphed into a second quarter deficit for the Parsippany boys basketball team as Morris Hills rallied to outscore Parsippany 58-21 in the final three quarters on Thursday on its way to a 71-34 win in Parsippany.
Parsippany held a one-point lead heading into the second quarter (keyed by Leonard Lee who finished with a team high 17 points), Morris Hills promptly surged ahead going into halftime as it outscored Parsippany, 14-4, in the second quarter on its way to the blowout win.
Niko Kotoulas’ game high 24 points, along with a combined 20 points from Brian O'Neill and Esaun Mobley, proved too much for Parsippany to overcome on Monday night as the Red Hawks fell to 0-9 this season.
Lionel Chambers finished with seven points, and Sagar Patel and Max Berns each scored three for Parsippany.
1st2nd3rd4thFinal Parsippany 13 4 12 5 34 Morris Knolls
12 14 24 21 71
Par Hills Boys Fall
The Par Hills boys basketball team fell to Kittatinny, 42-38, according to NJ.com. Par Hills sits at 3-4 this season.
Coming Up:
- Parsippany wrestling vs. Madison, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- Par Hills wrestling vs. Delbarton, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- Par Hills ice hockey at Morris Hills, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
- Parsippany girls basketball vs. Morris Catholic, Tuesday at 4 p.m.
