BREWER, Maine — The third-ranked Brewer Witches advanced to the semifinal round with a 9-0 Class B North quarterfinal victory over the No. 6 Presque Isle Wildcats at the Penobscot Ice Arena on Tuesday night.
Brewer improved to 12-6-1 and will take on the Old Town/Orono Black Bears in a Class B North semifinal at 5 p.m. Saturday at Colby College in Waterville.
Second-ranked Old Town/Orono defeated the No. 7 Camden Hills Windjammers 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday night.
The other Class B semifinal is also set this weekend after the No. 4 Hampden Academy Broncos shut out the No. 5 Houlton/Hodgdon/Southern Aroostook/Katahdin Blackhawks 3-0. The Broncos will battle top-ranked Waterville at 8 p.m. Saturday at Colby.
OT/Orono has improved to 15-2-2 and Hampden to 14-5.
At the Penobscot Ice Arena, the Witches used a five-goal scoring outburst in the second period to down the Wildcats.
Brewer’s offense was led by senior Tyler Hersey with two goals and an assist. Zac Duncan added a goal and an assist, as did Josh Pellegrino, Jack Watkins and Trey Baker.
The Witches other goals were scored by Jordan Parkhurst, Brandon Cook and Kirk Small. Ben Byorak contributed with an assist, as well as Trey Wood, Marty Hewes, Zach Steiger, Riley Kenney and Josh Hart.
Brewer goaltenders Drew Baker and Konlon Kilroy combined to save 20 Presque Isle shots in the shutout.
Presque Isle goalies Andre Daigle and Bryce Bonville combined to save 37 of 46 Brewer shots.
In the second game, Joey McLain, Cooper Leland and Marc Thibodeau each scored a goal to lead Hampden to the win.
Leland and Sam Economy each added an assist while Cole Benner finished with 17 saves.
Ian Neurether finished with 34 saves for Houlton/Hodgdon.
In Class A North quarterfinal action, No. 3 Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth defeated No. 4 Edward Little of Auburn 8-4 and No. 4 St. Dominic of Auburn beat No. 5 Poland/Gray-New Gloucester/Oak Hill/Leavitt 4-1.