Summit ice hockey captures the second annual Union County Cup trophy, downing Westfield 4-2 in Saturday night's championship game at Warinanco
By JR Parachini
Union County Sports Editor
This is a grand time for Summit High School sports, with another boys' team capturing a major championship.
The top-seeded ice hockey squad won the second annual Union County Cup trophy after downing Westfield 4-2 in Saturday night's championship game at Warinanco Ice Skating Rink in Roselle.
The boys' lacrosse team won the state championship last spring and the football team captured North 2, Group 2 this past fall.
A goal by Jon Santina at the 12:21 mark of the third period proved to be the game-winner, snapping a 2-2 deadlock. An empty net goal by Bobby Lawrence with a minute left was the game's final score.
After CJ Meyer - off an assist from Nick Attanasio - gave Westfield a 1-0 lead in the first period, Summit tied the game when Timmy Yager scored unassisted.
Westfield re-gained the lead at 2-1 when Liam Devin scored unassisted in the second period. Later in the period, Eric Stabler tied the game at 2-2, with Mike Nyitray earning an assist.
Summit improved to 14-6-4 overall heading into state tournament play, with the Hilltoppers now on a nine game (7-0-2) unbeaten streak and a three-game winning streak.
Westfield, which will also compete in the state playoffs, fell to 16-6-4.
This was the fourth time Summit and Westfield battled this year, with Summit going 2-1-1.
SUMMIT VS. WESTFIELD IN 2009-2010:
Feb. 27: Summit 4, Westfield 2 - UCIHL championshp game at Warinanco
Feb. 17: Summit 2, Westfield 0 - UCIHL regular season game at Warinanco
Jan. 5: Westfield 7, Summit 4 - UCIHL regular season game at Warinanco
Dec. 16: Summit 0, Westfield 0 (tie) - Cron Tournament game at Warinanco
The teams first tied 0-0 in the final Cron Tournament game for both at Warinanco back on Dec. 16. As a result, both teams tied for fourth in the event.
Then in Union County Ice Hockey League play, Westfield defeated Summit 7-4 at Warinanco on Jan. 5 before Summit shut out Westfield 2-0 at Warinanco on Feb. 17. In Summit's league win, Trevor Silverstein scored in the first period and Yager in the second. It was Summit's second staight shutout.
Summit also captured the second UCIHL regular season championship, posting a league mark of 9-2-1 for 19 points. Defending regular season and Union County Cup champion Johnson finished second and Westfield third.
Summit finished fourth in the league standings last year. After beating Cranford 5-1 in a quarterfinal, the Hilltoppers lost to Johnson 5-4 in the semifinals.
In this week's semifinals - Summit received a bye and did not have to play a quarterfinal - Summit eliminated fifth-seeded Westfield 6-2.
SECOND ANNUAL UNION COUNTY CUP PLAYOFFS - AT WARINANCO
Seeds: 1-Summit. 2-Johnson. 3-Westfield. 4-Gov. Livingston.
5-Cranford. 6-Dayton. 7-Scotch Plains.
QUARTERFINALS
Monday, Feb. 22
Summit received a bye.
Cranford 2, Gov. Livingston 1
Johnson 6, Scotch Plains 1
Westfield 8, Dayton 1
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Summit 6, Cranford 2
Westfield 6, Johnson 1
FINAL
Saturday, Feb. 27
Summit 4, Westfield 2
Union County Sports Editor
This is a grand time for Summit High School sports, with another boys' team capturing a major championship.
The top-seeded ice hockey squad won the second annual Union County Cup trophy after downing Westfield 4-2 in Saturday night's championship game at Warinanco Ice Skating Rink in Roselle.
The boys' lacrosse team won the state championship last spring and the football team captured North 2, Group 2 this past fall.
A goal by Jon Santina at the 12:21 mark of the third period proved to be the game-winner, snapping a 2-2 deadlock. An empty net goal by Bobby Lawrence with a minute left was the game's final score.
After CJ Meyer - off an assist from Nick Attanasio - gave Westfield a 1-0 lead in the first period, Summit tied the game when Timmy Yager scored unassisted.
Westfield re-gained the lead at 2-1 when Liam Devin scored unassisted in the second period. Later in the period, Eric Stabler tied the game at 2-2, with Mike Nyitray earning an assist.
Summit improved to 14-6-4 overall heading into state tournament play, with the Hilltoppers now on a nine game (7-0-2) unbeaten streak and a three-game winning streak.
Westfield, which will also compete in the state playoffs, fell to 16-6-4.
This was the fourth time Summit and Westfield battled this year, with Summit going 2-1-1.
SUMMIT VS. WESTFIELD IN 2009-2010:
Feb. 27: Summit 4, Westfield 2 - UCIHL championshp game at Warinanco
Feb. 17: Summit 2, Westfield 0 - UCIHL regular season game at Warinanco
Jan. 5: Westfield 7, Summit 4 - UCIHL regular season game at Warinanco
Dec. 16: Summit 0, Westfield 0 (tie) - Cron Tournament game at Warinanco
The teams first tied 0-0 in the final Cron Tournament game for both at Warinanco back on Dec. 16. As a result, both teams tied for fourth in the event.
Then in Union County Ice Hockey League play, Westfield defeated Summit 7-4 at Warinanco on Jan. 5 before Summit shut out Westfield 2-0 at Warinanco on Feb. 17. In Summit's league win, Trevor Silverstein scored in the first period and Yager in the second. It was Summit's second staight shutout.
Summit also captured the second UCIHL regular season championship, posting a league mark of 9-2-1 for 19 points. Defending regular season and Union County Cup champion Johnson finished second and Westfield third.
Summit finished fourth in the league standings last year. After beating Cranford 5-1 in a quarterfinal, the Hilltoppers lost to Johnson 5-4 in the semifinals.
In this week's semifinals - Summit received a bye and did not have to play a quarterfinal - Summit eliminated fifth-seeded Westfield 6-2.
SECOND ANNUAL UNION COUNTY CUP PLAYOFFS - AT WARINANCO
Seeds: 1-Summit. 2-Johnson. 3-Westfield. 4-Gov. Livingston.
5-Cranford. 6-Dayton. 7-Scotch Plains.
QUARTERFINALS
Monday, Feb. 22
Summit received a bye.
Cranford 2, Gov. Livingston 1
Johnson 6, Scotch Plains 1
Westfield 8, Dayton 1
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Summit 6, Cranford 2
Westfield 6, Johnson 1
FINAL
Saturday, Feb. 27
Summit 4, Westfield 2
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