Ice Hockey: Stone Bridge Secures No. 1 Playoff Spot with Win Over Woodbridge; Briar Woods, Potomac Falls Skate in Playoffs Tonight

(Feb. 19, 2010) - The Stone Bridge high School ice hockey team finished an undefeated regular season and wrapped up the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League No. 1 playoff seed with a 3-1 win over Woodbridge on Wednesday.

No. 6 seed Briar Woods (7-2-1) opens the playoffs tonight against No. 11 Madison (4-5-1) at 6:15 p.m. at the Ashburn Ice House East. No. 9 Potomac Falls (5-3-2) goes against No. 8 Oakton (7-3-0) at 6:15 p.m. in Reston at SkateQuest. Broad Run, a traditional power, did not make the playoffs at 3-5-2.

The three-time league champion Bulldogs (01-02, 02-03, 07-08) finish the regular season 10-0-0 with 83 goals scored and just seven allowed. On Wednesday, after a scoreless first period, Stone Bridge struck for two goals in less than two minutes midway through the second with Dillon Miller and Andrew Baron scoring.

The Vikings scored in the final seconds of the second to make it 2-1 heading into the third but SB goalie Tanner Jones was solid in the third and Josh Buckingham added an insurance goal with 14:20 left in the contest.

NVSHL Playoffs seeds
1, Stone Bridge (10-0-0)
2, Herndon (9-1-0)
3, Langley (8-1-1)
4, Woodbridge (7-2-0)
5, Westfield (8-2-0)
6, Briar Woods (7-2-1)
7, McLean (7-3-0)
8, Oakton (7-3-0)
9, Potomac Falls (5-3-2)
10, Paul VI (5-4-1)
11, Madison (4-5-1)
12, winner of Forest Park vs. St.Stephens/St.Agnes game Sat.

NVSHL Playoffs
Round 1: Friday, February 19
Game 1 Briar Woods vs Madison 6:15 PM PM AIH East
Game 2 Potomac Falls vs Oakton 6:15 PM SkateQuest of Reston (Oly)
Game 3 McLean vs Paul VI 8:00 PM SkateQuest of Reston (Oly)

Sunday, February 21/2010
Game 4 Westfield vs TBD 7:30 PM AIH East

Stone Bridge 3, Woodbridge 1
Wednesday February 17, 2010
Ashburn Ice House - West

Scoring
1st Period
No Scoring

2nd Period
9:07 Stone Bridge 8 Dillon Miller (Assisted by: 16 Rosenblatt)
7:10 Stone Bridge 99 Andrew Baron (Assisted by: 24 Ross)
0:27 Woodbridge 14 Dylan Talbot

3rd Period
14:20 Stone Bridge 21 Joshua Buckingham


Penalties
1st Period
8:47 Stone Bridge 24 Ross Slashing 2 minutes

2nd Period
8:29 Woodbridge 32 Cordova Roughing 2 minutes
4:54 Stone Bridge 12 Donovan Tripping 2 minutes
1:32 Woodbridge 21 Kostrzebski Holding 2 minutes
0:27 Stone Bridge 77 Young Slashing 2 minutes

3rd Period
14:36 Stone Bridge 91 Bullen Kneeing 2 minutes