Seniors Evan Conolly, Ryan Scholand and eighth-grader Todd Smith scored goals to stake Spencerport to a 3-1 lead, but they could not hold on and lost to Gates-Chili 4-3 in a Monroe County High School Hockey league game held at Monroe Community College.
Just 81 seconds into the contest, Conolly knocked in the rebound from a Ryan Frazer shot to put the Rangers up 1-0, but Gates-Chili tied it less than a minute later.
In the second period, Scholand scored on a backhander with an assist from Tyler Decosse at 5:35 to again put the Rangers on top 2-1.
Spencerport goaltender Josh Lester robbed a Spartan on a rebound attempt just prior to the Rangers netting a power play goal at 6:42 as Mackenzie Sahrle found Smith, who skated behind the net and put a backhand into the net to make it 3-1.
Gates-Chili again battled back and tied the game with two goals just eight seconds apart later in the second period.
Spencerport’s Tyler McDonald hit the post on his shot through traffic from the right point to keep it 3-3 after two periods.
The Spartans scored the game-winner at 10:21 of the third off an odd-man rush and the shot from right wing finding the left side of the net.
The Rangers pulled their goaltender with just over a minute remaining for the extra attacker, but could not get the equalizer.
Lester made 19 saves in net for the Rangers, whose record fell to 1-13.
“Our guys played hard to the end,” Rangers head coach Jason Rich said. “We have some players hurt so not a lot of depth and we saw a two-goal lead disappear in the blink of an eye and couldn’t get one more.”
