Penalties Prove Costly for Friars in 4-1 Loss

One thing coaches, and players, hate in a game are penalties. Bonner's coach had to be furious after Monday's 4-1 loss to St. Joe's Prep. The calls came at critical points of the game after Bonner started to pick up momentum.
The Prep started the scoring off in the middle of the first period. Tim DiPietro tallied to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead. That lead did not last long, as less than a minute later, junior Frank Lanni scored to tie the game. Once again, a lead didn't hold for very long, as DiPietro put the puck in the back of the net two minutes later to give the Prep a 2-1 lead, a lead they would not relinquish. In the second period, DiPietro was able to score again early on to give St. Joe's a 3-1 lead. The third period saw only one goal, again by Prep, but this time at the hands of Kevin Melone midway through the period to seal the game. It was a big night for DiPietro however, as he tallied the Prep's first three goals for the hat trick. Both goalies played very well for their respective teams. Paul Sjostrom made 27 saves on 28 shots. Meanwhile, Bonner's Steve Gallo stopped 30 shots. As stated, penalties proved costly for Bonner. Roughing calls and misconducts certainly won't help a teams winning cause, and these were the majority of the penalties taken by Friar, as well as Prep players.
Bonner drops to 2-1-1 on the year, and remain 2-0 in their division. Friday night will be the biggest contest of the year so far for the Friars. They'll match up against bitter rival Cardinal O'Hara for the first of two meetings Friday at 7:00 pm at the Skatium in Havertown. O'Hara is 1-1 on the year, losing to Holy Ghost Prep and defeating Roman Catholic. This is a heated rivalry, to say the least. These teams do not like each other at all. This should be a very interesting game. You will not want to miss this game.