PASCACK VALLEY—The Pascack high school hockey team enters the state playoffs as the top seed in the North co-op bracket, with players from Pascack Valley, Pascack Hills, and Park Ridge putting together a 15-5 record in the regular season. The team opens the playoffs on Monday, Feb. 24 against 16th-seeded River Dell.
Senior Tyler Rothstein scored 14 goals, while juniors Jack Sheehan (23 goals), Owen Dargan (14), and Austin Groves (11) provided consistent scoring support. On defense, senior goalie Yulianna Krol anchored the team with an .888 save percentage.
Pascack fell just short in the Big North Conference Gold Cup, losing, 3-2, to Northern Highlands in the Feb. 13 final. Now the team looks to build on last year’s playoff run, when it reached the state semifinals before falling to Colonia.
The public classifications are divided into North and South divisions; the North-South winners will play for their respective state championships at the Prudential Center on March 10, as will the finalists in the non-public and girls’ divisions.
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