The Mustangs, coming off a win against John Glenn last Thursday, have their hands full against a very talented Manhasset team that comes in as the favorite. The Indians are the No. 1 ranked team in the state in Class C with a 17-1 record. Their only loss came against Comsewogue in non-league back in April, 11-10, in overtime.
Last year the Mustangs' defense overwhelmed Cold Spring Harbor, and while their defense is strong again, it'll be a lot tougher this year against Manhasset. The Mustangs don't have much depth and were able to overcome it against Glenn in the finals. We'll see if they can do it again.
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Manhasset has a number of offensive weapons, led by senior attack Connor English. He has 65 goals on the season with 16 assists. The Indians have seven additional players with double figure goals this year.
The starters for Manhasset:
Attack: Zac Koufakis, Kevin Heenan, Connor English
Middies: Drew Belinsky, Jeff Izzo, Jeff Molinari
Defense: Brad Cappellini, Kevin Coleman
Goalie: Jack Meyer
Mount Sinai:
Attack: Chad Marino, Jon Hoeg, Ryan Maurer
Middies: James Dawson, Shane Henry, Joe Bongiorno
Defense: Casey Stroh, Connor McPartland, Connor Stroh
Goalie: Matt Poillon
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The opening face-off goes to Mount Sinai.
The Mustangs are off to a deliberate start here offensively and Joe Bongiorno fires the first shot and misses. But the Mustangs regain possession. Hoeg also gets a good shot that doesn't get through and the Indians set up their first possession with under 10:00 to play in the first quarter.
Drew Belinsky fires a shot that's saved by Poillon, his first attempt.
Poillon makes his second save, this time on English. Good start for the Mount Sinai sophomore.
A fastbreak for Manhasset is converted by Kevin Heenan from Jeff Izzo with 7:24 to play.
1-0 Manhasset.
2-0. Manhasset's English makes it 2-0 with an unassisted goal with 7:06 to play.
Manhasset turns it over on a stall. They take it out of the box and must give it back to Mount Sinai. But the Indians come right back the other way. Poillon makes a save on Heenan, his third of the game.
2-1. Bongiorno puts the Mustangs on the board with a shot from the right side that snuck inside the left post with 4:51 to go.
Another save by Poillon, who's had a terrific start to the first quarter.
3-1 Zac Koufakis scores on a feed from Izzo with 2:31 to play.
The Indians win the next face-off. They've been dominant so far.
Poillon makes his fifth save with 2:00 to play.
4-1. Glen Tompkins scores his first goal on a feed from Koufakis with :58.3 to play.
That's the end of the first quarter. It's 4-1 Manhasset. The Indians had 8 shots on goal compared to 1 for Mount Sinai. Manhasset had 15 shots total.
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Manhasset controls the face-off of the second quarter.
We have our first penalty of the game. Mount Sinai's Henry gets called for a cross-check with 10:45 to play. He'll sit for a minute.
Poillon makes a save on English and then clears it across midfield, but he loses it out of bounds and the Indians take over. There's 10:08 to play.
The Mustangs kill off the man advantage.
The Indians turn it over and the Mustangs take over with 9:15 to play.
Mount Sinai calls its first time-out with 8:52 to go. There's also a penalty on Heenan for offside. It's a 30-sec. penalty.
4-2. Bongiorno slices the Manhasset lead, scoring off a feed from Chad Marino with 8:27 to go.
5-2. A great feed from English to Molinari makes it 5-2.
6-2. Right off the face-off the Indians strike again. This time it's Heenan from Koufakis at 7:07.
Poillon nearly scored a goal. He charged straight toward the goal on a clear and fired a shot that missed with under 6:00 to go.
A penalty on Brad Cappellini for a slash with 4:51 to go. It's a one-minute penalty. Let's see if Mount Sinai can convert.
6-3. Henry converts right away with his first goal on a feed from Ryan Maurer at 4:45.
It's a 9-2 lead for the Indians on face-offs behind Ricky Buhr.
Mount Sinai goes back on the man advantage after another slash penalty at 3:40.
The Mustangs will call a time-out and try to set up a big possession here, down by three.
6-4. Another goal for Mount Sinai and it's Ray Diaz cutting in front, catching a feed from Marino at 3:10. Just like that it's two-goal game.
The Indians turn it over right away and the Mustangs will try to cut it to one.
6-5. Bongiorno converts another tough shot, this time from the right side, he bounces it in just inside the left post. Henry gets the assist and we've got a ball game! The goal comes at 2:20.
The Indians get the face-off. A shot by Molinari is wide right and Poillon controls it. Hoeg gets pushed in transition but there's no call. The Indians control and Poillon makes a great save on English. It's Mount Sinai back the other way.
The Mustangs turn it over at :9.1
Poillon makes save, his eighth of the half, to end the second quarter.
END 2: Manhasset 6, Mount Sinai 5
The Mustangs trailed by four in this game at 6-2 before ending the half with three goals. The Mustangs held the Indians scoreless over the final 7:07.
Some halftime stats:
Face-offs: Manhasset 11, Mount Sinai 2
Shots: Manhasset 24, Mount Sinai 12
Saves: Poillon 8, Meyer 0
Ground Balls: Manhasset 20, Mount Sinai 7
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Great first half for the underdog Mustangs. Now we're ready for the third quarter.
Manhasset gets the opening face-off.
7-5 English with a great move around the cage skips a shot in to give the Indians a two-goal lead at 10:18.
The Mustangs turn it over but then get it back in Manhasset territory.
A shot by English is saved at 7:10 by Poillon. Manhasset has the ball. Connor Stroh is guarding English.
8-5 English scores his third and it's back to a three-goal lead at 6:47
Henry has a shot saved at 6:08 as he charged down the middle. It's his first save of the game.
Henry hits the cross-bar at 4:30 after a great spin move.
Mustangs turn it over after a solid defensive stand by the Indians.
9-5 AJ Diaz scores at the buzzer on a feed from English. A real tough way to end the third quarter as the Indians equal their biggest lead of the game.
END 3: Manhasset 9, Mount Sinai 5
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Manhasset wins the face-off and now holds a 14-3 advantage.
10-5. Koufakis rises high and scores his second to give the Indians their biggest lead of the game at 10:26. That's four straight Manhasset goals.
Drew Belinsky has a shot hit the right post for Manhasset at 8:45
Mount Sinai goes on the man advantage at 8:20 for a slash. The Mustangs are 3-for-3 on man-ups.
10-6. Bongiorno scores his fourth on a long shot off an assist from Marino at 7:48.
Mount Sinai calls time-out at 6:00. Time is running out. The Mustangs need a quick goal here coming out of the break to give themselves a chance at the comeback.
Mount Sinai loses it after the break and the Indians set up the other way looking to kill clock.
The Indians appear on their way to the state semifinals as we're under 4:00 to play. Manhasset still holds a four-goal lead.
Manhasset calls a time-out at 3:27 and that should be it.
FINAL SCORE: Manhasset 10, Mount Sinai 6
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