06-03-2025
Primetime 585 Spotlight Team: Pittsford hockey
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WROC) — The spotlight team of the week is the Pittsford Panthers hockey team.
The Panthers won the Class A sectional championship 4-1 over the Portside Royals on Monday, avenging their loss in last year's semifinals.
Adam Pollard scored the first goal with an assist from his twin brother David. Adam would later return the favor by assisting on David's goal, his 17th of the year. David was also named Tournament MVP.
'We just wanted to get pucks on the net, so when I had the opportunity to shoot it I just let rip,' said David Pollard. 'Anything can happen, it's a championship game.'
Ryan Schmalstitch scored the insurance goal to make it 3-1 and Drew Ricketts closed out the scoring with an empty net goal.
'It felt awesome,' said Ricketts. 'We've been dreaming of this all year so to finally do it feels great. I think everyone played great tonight, especially our goalie.'
Goalie Aden Brown led a defensive effort for the Panthers which allowed just two goals in their three sectional playoff games.
'I'm just focusing on the next puck and then we buried one and it was kind of a sigh of relief,' said Brown. 'They had a little bit of pressure there on the 5-on-6 but we got it done and now we're Section V champs.'
Ricketts, a defenseman, was recently named the Section V Class A defensive player of the year.
Congratulations to first-year head coach Rory Foster and all the Panthers on your sectional title.
Pittsford will play Ithaca in the regional round to get the right to go to the state final four.
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