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RBC Ice Hockey: Handchen Cup Champions!

The Caseys come back from a goal down to beat one-loss Brick Township by two in the finals.

Trailing by a goal entering the third period, Red Bank Catholic’s ice hockey team scored three unanswered goals to beat one-loss Brick Township 4-2 Friday night and take the Handchen Cup, the Shore Conference championship.

Following its game plan and playing, as Coach Ken Carlson called it, the most intense hockey of the season, the Caseys came out of the locker room after the second period down one, but confident that end result would be different.

One of the Caseys’ most potent offensive weapons, forward Trevor Grossman had a hand in all of his team’s goals, scoring the eventual game-winner and adding three assists along the way.

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Grossman’s line mates Bryan Gaburo added two scores for Red Bank Catholic and Sean Branagan also added a goal.

Senior goalie Gavin Gatta had a stand out performance, stopping near-goals both early and late in the game. Gatta finished with 29 saves.

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This is Red Bank Catholic’s first conference championship since 2008.

Check back with us  for more photos and a complete recap of the Caseys’ championship performance.


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