Dawgs and Bucs to Tussle in Dowd Cup Playoffs

A battle for Ridge Road ice hockey bragging rights is set for Wednesday afternoon at the Armory in Red Bank.

Your Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs will take on their rival Red Bank Regional Buccaneers in the Dowd Cup ice hockey tournament semifinals. The first puck drops at 2:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs (16-2-0, no. 53) bulldozed through Toms River East 9-3 in the quarterfinals Monday evening to advance, and RBR (8-12-2, no. 86) upset the St. Rose Purple Roses 5-4 earlier Monday afternoon to move on.

The Bucs and Bulldogs met in a December regular season game, with RFH notching a 4-1 victory over RBR.

The Dowd Cup is a tournament which pits teams from the Shore Conference's "C" and "D" divisions against one another for a top prize named after former New Jersey Devils player Jim Dowd, a New Jersey native who grew up in Brick.

Rumson-Fair Haven Roster

2 D Chris Hubler '14

2 Jean Claude  Daly '13

4 Adam Sheridan '13 

5 Tim  Pringle '13 

6 P.J. Dickson

7 Enzo Lucarelli (son of new Fair Haven mayor Ben Lucarelli) '14

7 Charlie Gravina '13

9 Conor  Ban '14

10 Luke Kornblatt  '13

11 Charlie Whitelaw

12 Brian Patterson '14

13 Matt Saporito

14 Aidan Antonelli '13

14 Henery O'Hern

15 Alex Reguardi '13

18 Gary Cali '12

17 Christain Mindnich '13

19 Dominic Roncace '12 

20 Hunter Rotchford '13

21 Chris Fuschetti

21 Joey Horner '12

22 Carter Taft '15

22 Joey DeVito

24 Troy D'Amico '12 

26 Chris Duffney

29 Brian Robinson '13

30 Dominic Padula '14

35 Sam Adkinson '14

Hunter Rotchford leads the Dawgs with 37 points and 19 goals on the season. Gary Cali is second with 32 points and 15 goals and Robinson is third with 23 points and 13 goals.

Red Bank Regional Roster

2 Nick DeSalvo

3 Brian Lynch '15

4 James Yannazone '14

7 Hugo Munoz

8 Andrei Rjedkin '12

9 Justin Delaney

10 Pat Schroll '13

12 Tom Suszka '13

13 Keith Guzman 14

14 Joe Del Sordo '13

15 Josh Suboyu

16 Mike Wagner '12

17 Alexander LaRose

18 Sam Maraschio '12

19 Alex Dannecker

20 Drue Amato

21 Joe Franco '13

30 Austin Ostrander

31 Charlie Fox

41 Jack Lynch '12

42 Tim Vilardi