Point Pleasant Boro Hockey Awaits its Seed in Upcoming NJSIAA State Tournament By Lou Monaco

The Point Pleasant Boro hockey team is taking a deep breath and looking to regroup as they await their fate and where they will be place during the NJSIAA state tournament seeding meeting on Tuesday, Feb 13.

Junior Ryan McCabe scored off assists from seniors Eric Dahl and John Callander in the third period to break the shutout for seventh-seeded Point Pleasant Boro in a 4-1 setback to 10th-seeded Freehold Township in the first round of the Dowd Cup at the Ocean Ice Palace in Brick.

 

Junior forward Tyler Sanborn scored two goals over a span of three minutes in the second period to pace Freehold Township (12-5-2), which has won seven straight games, and advanced to visit second-seeded Wall in the semifinals on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Point Pleasant Boro (11-8-1) has lost two straight and seven of its last 11 games.

Statistically, Dahl leads the Panthers in scoring with 20 goals, along with six assists. Callander has had a solid season with 13 goals and 14 assists. McCabe has added 11 goals with five assists and junior Brett Nelson is tied with Callander for the team-lead in assists with 14.

 

Point Pleasant Boro (7-1) is a half-game back of first-place Jackson Memorial (7-0) in the Shore Conference A South division.

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