by Warren Kozireski
Sean Robson scored two goals with one assist and Chris DiVasta added a pair of goals to lead Hilton to a 5-1 high school hockey victory over Spencerport in the Section V playoffs.
Robson staked the Cadets to a 1-0 lead at 11:55 of the first period when he came from behind the net and tucked the puck in off the goaltenders equipment. Austin Bull received the only assist.
In the second period, Hilton made it 2-0 when Robson won an offensive zone faceoff back to Alex Whitehair at the point. The rebound from his blast was knocked in by DiVasta at the 2:30 mark.
Spencerport closed the deficit a little over two minutes later when Tyler McDonald sent Matt Simoncelli in all alone shorthanded. He deked to his backhand and found the back of the net to make it 2-1 at 4:18 of the second.
DiVasta gave the Cadets their two goal lead back at 6:52 of the second on a high wrist shot after a pass from Bobby Vasta on the power play.
The Cadets scored twice more in the third. Robson took a pass from Bull and swept in from the wing before tucking it inside the post on the first shift of the period.
Later Frank Gaffney went top shelf from the right circle after a pass from Whitehair at 1:11 to finish the scoring.
“Between periods we talked about making sure we pay attention to defense first and to shoot lower to hopefully get rebounds,” said Hilton head coach Chris Monfiletto.
Hilton outshot the Rangers 52-10 in the contest. Spencerport senior goaltender Matt Sahrle made 47 saves including a two-on-one and a breakaway over the final five minutes of the first period to keep the game close.
The Cadets also defeated Irondequoit 4-3 in the quarterfinals and advanced to play top-seed Webster Thomas in the Class B semi-finals.
