Mike Sciacca
In a well-played match that went down to the wire, the Sharks held
off the Fire, 2-1, to win the Norris Division championship as
postseason play came to an end at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center
in Huntington Beach.
Jake Briggs scored the match's first two goals -- with assists
going to Katie Goode and Ryan Cox -- as the Sharks opened up a 2-0
lead through two periods of play.
Brett Shaver had a shutout going in the net until the 2:19 mark of
the final period. That's when Matthew O'Donnell scored off a Jared
Neely assist for the Fire.
Travis Beckman came up with 20 saves for the Fire.
In other division championship games:
SMYTHE DIVISION
Kings 3, Menehunes 1
Jonathan Floren scored two goals and Zane Weber scored once to
lift the Kings to the title.
Aaron Nguyen finished with 22 saves.
The Menehunes' goal came from Kyle MacLeod off an assist by Nathan
Ferrer, and Tip Donaldson had 24 saves.
PATRICK DIVISION
Piranhas 4, Kings 0
Ryan Turchi recorded the shutout victory with 28 saves. He was
backed by the scoring of Piranhas teammates James Dufour, Brandon
Prince and Brian Weingart, who led the way with two goals.
Weingart also had an assist, as did Ross Turchi.
Despite giving up four goals, Kings goalie Geoff Blaskey had 27
saves.
HOWE DIVISION
Good Team 5, Vipers 4
The Good Team's scoring was spread evenly among Tyler Bales,
Timothy Hunt, Matthew Erickson, Eric Morejon and Ryin Amador.
Bales and Erickson each had an assist, and Michael Mowrey had 16
saves.
For the Vipers, Kyle Evans topped all scorers with three goals and
Justin Romers scored once. Tyler Post posted 24 saves.
CAMPBELL DIVISION
Carnivores 5, Pythons 2
David Mastro scored twice to lead a Carnivores offense that saw
Andrew Mendoza score once with an assist and Noah Johnson score a
goal.
Dane Chavez had 21 saves.
Josh Duchon scored both goals for the Pythons and Colby Rios
recorded 22 saves.
WALES DIVISION
Avalanche 6, Avengers 5
Derek Rosas scored two goals and also assisted two others, David
Marabella had two assists, Martin DeJong scored once with an assist,
Travis Nagle had an assist, and Justin Del Campo finished with 24
saves to lead the Avalanche.
Kyle Anfang scored three goals to pace the Avengers, Ethan
Nicholls and Greg Weaver each scored once, Gregory Martin had two
assists, Bryan Van Arsdale had an assist and Brandon Rodriguez had 27
saves.
LEMIEUX DIVISION
Last Chance 8, Hawks 3
Adam Stanford netted three goals, and Jake Bartley, Jeremy Miller,
