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No. 3 Fairfield Prep scores four unanswered goals to rally past No. 1 Notre Dame-West Haven

By Pete Paguaga | February 20, 2021

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#90 Ashton Delmonico looks over the Prep defense as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport, Conn.
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#90 Ashton Delmonico looks over the Prep defense as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Notre Dame-West Haven's John D'Errico, left, defends against Fairfield Prep's Mason Whitney during Saturday's game at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport. The third-ranked Jesuits beat the top-ranked Green Knights 4-2. Get a full recap at GameTimeCT.com.
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Notre Dame-West Haven’s John D'Errico, left, defends against Fairfield Prep’s Mason Whitney during Saturday’s game at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport. The third-ranked Jesuits beat the top-ranked Green Knights 4-2. Get a full recap at GameTimeCT.com.

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#10 John D'Errico moves the puck past Prep's #14 Luke Noonan as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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#10 John D'Errico moves the puck past Prep's #14 Luke Noonan as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Goalie #35 Thomas Martin defends No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Goalie #35 Thomas Martin defends No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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#26 Zach Schroeder looks to pass as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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#26 Zach Schroeder looks to pass as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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#20 Tiernan Curley moves the puck up as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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#20 Tiernan Curley moves the puck up as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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West Haven Head Coach Lawrence Vieira watches his players as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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West Haven Head Coach Lawrence Vieira watches his players as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Fairfield Head Coach Matt Sather watcheshuis players as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Fairfield Head Coach Matt Sather watcheshuis players as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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West Haven's #10 John D'Errico moves puck past Prep's #11 Joseph Bisset as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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West Haven's #10 John D'Errico moves puck past Prep's #11 Joseph Bisset as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Prep's #19 Mason Whitney takes puck up the ice as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Prep's #19 Mason Whitney takes puck up the ice as No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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Prep's #15 Aaron Wong moves puck past the No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven defense as they take on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Prep's #15 Aaron Wong moves puck past the No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven defense as they take on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.
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No. 1 Notre Dame West Haven takes on No. 3 Fairfield Prep. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Winterland Ice Rink in Bridgeport, Conn.

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BRIDGEPORT — Fairfield Prep was playing well but didn’t have anything to show for it on the scoreboard, trailing Notre Dame-West Haven by two goals with the second period winding down.

“We were saying we got to go into the end of the period with one,” Fairfield Prep junior Aksel Sather said. “We kept saying “we’re going in with one, we’re going in with one.”

Senior forward Mason Whitney took a pass from Teddy Gravanis in front and buried it, kick-starting a run of four unanswered goals in the third-ranked Jesuits’ 4-2 win over the top-ranked Green Knights.

Since I couldn’t get any highlights out during the game. Here are the goals from No. 3 Fairfield Prep’s come from behind 4-2 win over No. 1 NDWH #cthk pic.twitter.com/1JWvj11RDo

— Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) February 21, 2021

“Fairfield Prep believes they will never lose a game,” Notre Dame-West Haven coach Larry Vieira said. “Our guys are getting there, but we’re not there yet.”

The line of Sather, Whitney and Curley scored three of the four goals and were on the ice for all four.

“Once we popped the first one, we really got it going,” Sather said. “Once we get going, we get excited, and we start moving.”

Notre Dame-West Haven got on the board first when Ryan Ahern scored midway through the first. A Daniel Cusack goal early in the second extended the lead.

“We told our guys to attack, attack, attack and we started to pull back,” Vieira said. “We told them they need to attack.”

Despite the deficit, Fairfield Prep coach Matt Sather said his team never thought they were out of the game.

“We made a couple of sloppy coverages in our zone that led to the two goals,” Matt Sather said. “But I felt like we were all over them from the start.”

The Jesuits continued to play their game and the goals started to come.

Senior defenseman Luke Giardina tied the game with 12 minutes left and then Tiernan Curley gave the Jesuits the lead seven minutes later. Whitney iced the game with an empty netter.

“They’re special, there’s three college hockey players there if they want to be,” Matt Sather said of his top line. “When you get that level of play together, it’s fun to watch.”

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Mason Whitney, Fairfield Prep: Got the scoring going for Fairfield Prep late in the second period and then put the game away with an empty netter.

QUOTABLE

“We’re the No. 1 team in the state, we didn’t come here to lose. We came here to win, and it didn’t turn out that way.”

— Notre Dame-West Haven coach Larry Vieira said.

Fairfield Prep 4, Notre Dame-WH 2
ND-WH 1 1 0 — 2
Fairfield Prep 0 1 3 — 4
1st period: ND — Ryan Ahern (Joey Zuccarini and Daniel Cusack). 2nd period: ND — Daniel Cusack (Joey DeLucia); FP — Mason Whitney (Teddy Gravanis). 3rd period: FP — Luke Giardina (Tiernan Curley and Aksel Sather), FP — Tiernan Curley (unassisted), FP — Mason Whitney (unassisted). Shots: NDWH 22, FP 43. Saves: NDWH: Connor Smith 39, FP: Tommy Martin 20. Records: NDWH 5-1-0, FP 4-1-0

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