The Prep Comes out Strong in Victory Vs Highly Ranked La Salle Academy

By: Jason Stellakis

SMITHFIELD– In their third straight road game of the season, the St. John’s Prep Ice Hockey team beat the La Salle Academy Rams, 5-1 on Thursday, December 22, 2022. They advance to 2-0-1 on the season. 


In 2022, the Prep played La Salle Academy in three different sports; lacrosse, football, and now hockey. The Prep is now 3-0 against the school from Rhode Island in all three sports. 


After coming off of a tie vs Hingham just five days prior, it was clear the Prep had some work to do at practice. They needed improvement, finishing off opportunities that were given to them throughout the game.


That’s what they did in this game.


First off, the Prep was without junior Jake Vana due to an illness. Junior Cam Umlah replaced him on the second line. 


Junior Johnny Tighe scored the first goal of the contest on the power play. Just a few minutes later, Tighe again found the back of the net to make it 2-0 Prep. Later in the period, captain Jimmy Ayers took it himself and showed off his talent to make it 3-0, which was the score at the end of the period. Already, there were signs of improvements. 


The second period got off with a bang. Christian Rosa scored in the first two minutes of the period. The Prep would go quiet in the rest of the period, but La Salle got one late in the period to make it 4-1 after two periods. 


Period three was back and forth, but the Prep was the more dominant team. Freshman Cooper Hosmer scored his first goal of the season, and the Prep came out with the 5-1 victory. 


“The kids were really focused and had a condensed warm up pregame, and came out really strong,” head coach Kristian Hanson mentioned. “They used their legs and built a lead early, and from that point really didn’t look back. It was a nice job by the veteran group to get these boys ready”


The Prep’s power play scored for the third straight game this season. They have been extremely dominant thus far. 


“When you’re playing a team and you get them by your heels and you don’t score, that can lead to dangerous times as the game goes on,” Hanson mentioned. 


The Prep will play BC High in their next game on December 28, 2022 in the annual Frates Classic. 

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