Harvey Hockey Team Skates Past Stepinac

The following game recap is from The Harvey School:

Harvey defeated Archbishop Stepinac on the road Sunday 6-3 in a game hosted by the Crusaders at Ebersole Rink in White Plains.

The Cavaliers were sluggish to start the game and were out-hustled during much of the first period. Stepinac got on the board with just over six minutes left in the period. Harvey hockey coach Alex Morse said Stepinac’s goal seemed to wake up his team. “We began to find our game during the remaining minutes of the first,” said Coach Morse. “Defensemen Joe Sorrentino, Alex Appel and Tyler Levy all picked up their skating efforts leading to sharper breakouts for the team,” said the coach.

Harvey evened the score when senior Keith Lambert picked up a goal 90 seconds into the second period. As the Cavaliers began to skate, they forced Stepinac to take penalties during the second period. Harvey scored three consecutive power play goals to take a commanding 4-1 lead. Captain Connor Wilson’s goal put Harvey in front and Lambert added two more.

In the final stanza, Stepinac cut the lead to 4-2 before junior Theo Rattner of Waccabuc picked up his first of the game off a nice feed from Appel, a Bedford resident. Wilson added a short- handed goal with five minutes left, allowing the Cavaliers some breathing room.

Coach Morse said, “This was a good win for us, but we must continue to focus on our discipline as we head into league play.”

Senior goalie Mark Siegel made 35 saves in the win. Harvey improves to 3-5 and takes on FAA rival Hamden Hall in a home and home series this week.

Photo 1: Keith Lambert; Photo 2: Mark Siegel. Photo credit: Contributed