THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, February 1, 2019 Page 17 Penalty-prone Hockey Pats drop two to Gloucester, Essex Tech By Joe Mitchell T he Revere-Malden coop hockey team (2-11-2) dropped a couple of games this past week to Gloucester (7-3) and Essex Tech (3-2), but once again they could have possibly gotten points for their efforts if they just stayed out of the penalty box. “We’re simply doing too many things to shoot ourselves in the foot,” said coach Joe Ciccarello. “We are just taking too many penalties.” “I knew it would be tough this year, because we lost many scorers last year to graduation,” added Ciccarello. “We also have a lot of young players.” In the Fishermen game last Saturday in Gloucester, the home team scored three unanswered goals in the opening stanza, two on the power play, to take an early commanding lead. But the Patriots bounced back in the second period with two to trim the deficit to one. But then the locals went back to a familiar place, the penalty box, and never recovered to stay close to the perennial Northeastern Conference power. BASKETBALL | from page 16 center Nick Ciciulla was the unsung hero of this game with 12 rebounds, four steals and three blocks. Sophomore forward Dillan Day ended up with five points and five rebounds. The Pats then lost to Lynn English on Wednesday night, 77-45. It was a close game until the fourth quarter, when the Bulldogs ex“We just have to play smarter hockey,” Ciccarello said. “When we play 5-on5, we can play with anybody on our schedule.” The Fishermen scored three power play goals in this game that helped propelled them past the Revere boys. Zach Rufo accounted for a goal from Wayne Cintolo. Corey Rufo netted the other marker in the middle frame assisted by Ricky Briana. Alexio Trichilo closed out the Revere scoring against Gloucester set up by Cintolo. Sophomore goalie Tristan ploded beyond the threepoint arc to quickly turn it into a rout. Officially, they sank five three-pointers to put Revere in the rearview mirror. Day paced the offensive attack in this game with 14 points and five rebounds. Goroshko once again did his job, turning away 38 shots to keep his teammates within striking distance. It was more of the same against Essex Tech on Wednesday night. The Patriots had a 2-0 lead with no penalties after one. But it all changed in the second period. Plus, the locals had to go without the services of Cintolo, who injured his hip in practice. Essex Tech scored on the power play to trim the deficit to one after two periods, and then won it in the third with two more lamplighters Toglan netted six points and six rebounds. Sophomore Wilfredo Martinez wrapped up the game with seven points and seven rebounds. Montefusco scored six points. With seven games left in the regular season, the Pats via turnovers. Junior Kevin Ivany was credited with a goal from sophomore Nick Summers. Senior Andres Cardona accounted for the other tally assisted by Trichilo. In a game that definitely got away from them, the Patriots outshot their nonleague counterparts, 25-20, and once again Goroshko couldn’t be faulted, as he did his part to keep things close. The Hockey Pats will now head to Lynn’s Connery Rink on Saturday, Feb. 2, to take on the Jets, starting at 5 p.m. need five more wins to secure a postseason berth. The local quintet is at Salem on Friday night, Feb. 1, to take on the Witches, starting at 7 p.m. They will then come home to play host to Gloucester on Tuesday night.
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