Injury Plagued Westfield Takes Two

Westfield 6, Dayton 0: On Saturday night, the Blue Devils concluded their regular season with a convincing 6-0 victory over the Dayton Bulldogs. Junior defenseman Liam Devin opened the scoring in the middle of the first period with a slapshot from the point, assisted by senior defenseman Kyle Heron.

However, sophomore Bulldog netminder Bailey Rudolph stood tall, turning aside the next 20 Blue Devil shots until sophomore Anderson Eckert banged home a wraparound late in the 2nd to make the score 2-0 Westfield after two periods.

Devin scored again in the first minute of the 3rd and Eckert notched his second off sophomore defenseman Doug Clarkson's feed to extend the Blue Devil lead to 4-0. Junior Nick Grawehr and sophomore Andrew Stern also tallied for Westfield while senior TJ Grasso recorded the shutout in net.

Union County Playoffs First Round- Westfield 11, Governor Livingston 0: The Blue Devils, missing four starters as a result of injuries and illnesses, returned to the ice on Monday night for the opening round of the Union County playoffs against Governor Livingston. After a slow start, Westfield eventually cruised to a comfortable 11-1 win.

Grawehr and Sophomore Dane Huber each had three goals for Westfield. Chris Kattack, Chris Rosa, Devin, Stern and Jeremy DiDea also scored for the Blue Devils and TJ Grasso recorded another win in goal.

The Union County playoffs continue on Wednesday night with the limping Blue Devils facing Johnson at Warinanco Park at 8:30 in the semifinals. The winner will face the winner of the Cranford-Summit game which will be following the Westfield/Johnson showdown.