CENTENNIAL | Another season, yet another semifinal appearance for the Regis Jesuit ice hockey team.
The Raiders secured career coaching victory No. 200 for coach Dan Woodley on Friday against Cheyenne Mountain in the 2016 playoff opener and his 201st win came Saturday afternoon with an 8-0 blanking of sixth-seeded Steamboat Springs at Family Sports Center.
Regis Jesuit improved to 20-1 and qualified for the state ice hockey semifinals for the ninth consecutive season. The Raiders will face top-seeded Mountain Vista — a team it beat 4-3 on Feb. 19 — on Thursday at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. The Golden Eagles ousted defending champion Cherry Creek 4-3 in play at South Suburban Ice Arena.
Game times for the Regis Jesuit vs. Mountain Vista semifinal and the contest between Monarch and Ralston Valley on the other side of the bracket are to be determined.
Seniors Eamon Duffy and Jack Kilkenny scored two goals apiece, while Jack Jordan, Connor Kilkenny, Kyle Nelson and Spencer Sannes also tallied for Regis Jesuit, which averaged nine goals in its two playoff wins over the weekend.
The Raiders’ eight goals included 14 assists, with Nelson picking up three and Cade Alcock, Ian Aylmer and Andre Dugas two each.
Goalie Bret Jahde followed Sam Gartner’s shutout the previous day by stopping all 15 shots he faced.
Woodley’s 200th career win came the previous day against Cheyenne Mountain in a game that saw Michael Baer finish with a hat trick, Jack Kilkenny scored two goals and dish out three assists and Dugas light the lamp while assisting on four goals.
Gartner had to make just four saves for his shutout.
For the weekend, Jack Kilkenny racked up four goals and four assists, Duffy netted three goals and four assists and Dugas piled up six assists to go with a goal among a slew of offensive highlights for Regis Jesuit.
Full state ice hockey playoff scores and schedule, here.
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Second round: REGIS JESUIT 8, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 0
Score by periods:
Steamboat Springs 0 0 0 — 0
Regis Jesuit 4 1 3 — 8
SCORING
First period: Regis Jesuit — Spencer Sannes (Kyle Nelson, Cade Alcock), 7:15; Regis Jesuit — Eamon Duffy (Nelson, Jack Kilkenny), 8:35; Regis Jesuit — Jack Kilkenny (Duffy, Andre Dugas), 9:05; Regis Jesuit — Jack Kilkenny (Dugas, Rowan Barnes), 15:35
Second period: Regis Jesuit — Duffy (Nelson, Alcock), 19:27
Third period: Regis Jesuit — Nelson (Connor Kilkenny, Ian Aylmer), 8:30; Regis Jesuit — Jack Jordan (shorthanded), 13:39; Regis Jesuit — Connor Kilkenny (Sannes, Aylmer), 15:48
Steamboat Springs saves: Jackson Draper (23 shots on goal-18 saves); Adam Hoffman (7 shots on goal-4 saves); Regis Jesuit saves: Bret Jahde (15 shots on goal-15 saves).
First round: REGIS JESUIT 10, CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN 0
Score by periods:
Chey. Mountain 0 0 0 — 0
Regis Jesuit 7 1 2 — 10
SCORING
First period: Regis Jesuit — Jack Kilkenny (Eamon Duffy, Andre Dugas), 5:34; Regis Jesuit — Michael Baer (Cale Woodley, Jack Jordan), 5:56; Regis Jesuit — Baer (Jack Jordan, Cade Alcock), 6:50; Regis Jesuit — Ian Aylmer (Jack Kilkenny, Connor Kilkenny), 11:35; Regis Jesuit — Kale Lone (Carmine Lonardo, Kyle Nelson), 13:15; Regis Jesuit — Dugas (Jack Kilkenny, Duffy), 14:46; Regis Jesuit — Jack Kilkenny (Dugas, Duffy), 15:12
Second period: Regis Jesuit — Baer (Woodley, Joe Scheitler), 9:12
Third period: Regis Jesuit — Duffy (Jack Kilkenny, Dugas), 8:48; Regis Jesuit — Connor Kilkenny (Aylmer, Dugas), 13:27
Cheyenne Mountain saves: Jacob Woodford (35 shots on goal-26 saves), Canyon Abraham (6 shots on goal-5 saves); Regis Jesuit saves: Sam Gartner (4 shots on goal-4 saves).
