Senior Captain Cj McGee & Sophomore Goalie Max Schwarz take down St Joe’s Metuchen 7-0
Don Bosco closed out their regular season campaign with a resounding 7-0 shutout of St Joe’s Metuchen. Led by a hat trick from Junior Tsubasa Konishi, the Ironmen closed out the regular season campaign with a 16-5-1 record and head into the Gordon Cup tournament as the three seed. Bosco takes on Seton Hall Prep, Monday 6:30 pm at home in the first round of the Gordon Cup.
Senior Captain Ryan McLinskey 2017 BCT MVP
Don Bosco Hockey is proud to announce that Senior Captain Ryan McLinskey (7G,8A,15P) has been named North Jersey.com Male Athlete of the Week for his performance during the 2017 Bergen County Ice Hockey Tournament. Ryan tallied 3 goals and 3 assists during the tournament, including 2 goals in the championship win over Glen Rock, while also capturing tournament MVP honors. Playing along side his brother for the majority of the season, Sophomore Liam McLinskey, Ryan said,
“We just kind of play the game the same way,” he said. “If you look at us on the ice, we kind of skate the same way.”
A standout on the baseball team, Ryan will be attending Seton Hall University in the fall on a baseball scholarship.
Senior Captain Ryan McLinskey 2017 BCT MVP
Eyeing its first championship of the season, Don Bosco faced an upstart Glen Rock team, a rematch of last years Bergen County Tournament Semi-Final overtime game. Led by Senior Captain Ryan McLinskey (2g) and brother, Sophomore Liam McLinskey (1g, 1a), Bosco put away the Panthers to claim their sixth straight Bergen County Tournament Championship by a 6-1 final.
“The last four games or so we have been getting at it right away and we just wanted to keep that going tonight,” said Ryan McLinskey, who scored twice and was named the MVP of the tournament. “(After Glen Rock) scored, we just met up on the bench and said that we needed to put more pressure on them. Once the shots started flying, we knew we’d start scoring more goals.”
Five different players scored for the Ironmen in final and Bosco outscored their three opponents 24-1 during the tournament. Alexei Masanko made 15 saves in the victory as DBP improved to 18-0 all time in BCT play and 11-3-1 on the season overall.
Next up the Ironmen face reigning state champions Delbarton, Sunday (1/22) 6:15 pm at the Ice Vault.
*Additional coverage provided by NJ.com and NorthJersey.com
Sophomore Liam McLinskey vs Gloucester Catholic
For the second time in 2017, the Ironmen hit the road to take on Gordon Conference opponent Gloucester Catholic for the only regular season match up this year. Bosco got off to an early start as Sophomore Liam McLinskey netted his second goal of 2017 and third of the season to open up the scoring. Senior Captain Toby DiPaolo (1g, 1a), Mickey Burns (2g), Tsubasa Konishi (1g, 1a), and Tyler Sedlak (2a) led the way for the Ironmen in a 5-3 final. Dante Durante, making his third start of the season in net, recorded 26 saves in the win. Bosco improved to 7-3-1 on the year and will next play Friday January 13th at 8:45 pm in the Quarterfinals of the Bergen County Tournament.
Ramsey – Don Bosco Prep is proud to announce that Junior Forward, Mickey Burns has accepted a scholarship offer
to attend the University of Vermont. Mickey made his decision after being courted by five different NCAA Division 1 schools. He is coming off a sophomore year where he posted 11 goals and 31 assists for 42 points and currently is second in scoring for the Ironmen with 10 points in five games.
“Mickey is one of the hardest working kids on our team. When you watch him in practice, he is always pushing himself and his teammates and during games, he never takes shifts off.” Said Coach Greg Toskos. “As good as he is on the ice, he is an even better kid off the ice. UVM is lucky to have a player of Mick’s ability and character attend their school.”
University of Vermont is a member of the Hockey East conference, known as the top conference in the country. They currently sit at 10-4-2 and are ranked #11 in the nation.
With Burns and Junior John Campomenosi earlier committing to Quinnipiac, this gives the Ironmen two NCAA Division 1 commits in the same class. Don Bosco Hockey congrats Mickey Burns and his family on this achievement.