Last night’s broadcast

Recapping last night’s game

Predators Cup Losers’ Bracket first round
Franklin 3, Hendersonville-Beech-Lawson 2
Just over five minutes into the first period, Ty Ellis scored the Commandos’ first goal of the postseason, when he buried the rebound from a saved Landon Croft shot. With 96 seconds left in the period, Hank Hayes put the Admirals on the board, when he crossed the front of the Hendersonville net, and backhanded the puck underneath Commandos goalie Justin Smith, and it was 1-1 after one. With just under four minutes left in the second, Franklin took their first lead of the game on the power play, when Ryan Mannion took a shot from the right circle that appeared to glance off Smith’s right arm and go in. Just 27 seconds later, Hendersonville tied the game back up: Colin Smith took a shot from the blue line that was stopped by Admirals goalie Grayson Butters; Croft was standing at the right-hand side of the net, and he passed the rebound over to Gideon Drobnick, who was standing at the left-hand side, and put it in the net, and it was 2-2 after two. Mannion scored the game-winning goal nearly three minutes into the third (again on the power play), when he took a shot from the right edge of the slot that went in through Smith’s five-hole, and Franklin held on from there.

Next game for Franklin: Next Wednesday vs. the Summit/Ensworth loser in a Predators Cup Losers’ Bracket Quarterfinal @ 8:30 PM @ Centennial B

Brackets

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Predators Cup

Henry Hine Cup

Requiem for the Eliminated

Hendersonville-Beech-Lawson
Departing Seniors: Dom Harpole, Carter Morrison, Colin Smith, and Kaden Smith
It was nice seeing the Hendersonville program back in the Predators Cup after their last appearance in 2020. They had a great start to the season, winning six of their first eight (one of those wins being against Summit), and even sat atop the standings for a little bit on merit, thanks to a five-game winning streak that was also a six-game unbeaten streak (because it began with a tie with Brentwood in a game that Hendersonville should’ve won). The streak was snapped by Ensworth, but they got right back on the horse, winning three in a row against Father Ryan, the Rangers, and MBA (with Hunter Wieck in goal!). But after the win against MBA, they didn’t win for the rest of the season, losing to Ravenwood, then JPII, then the tie with the Rampage that cost them a Top 4 seed, then these playoff losses to Ravenwood and Franklin. Head coach Stephen Sullivan kept wondering when the good fortune would stop, and unfortunately, it came around at the end of the season. Harpole, Morrison, and Colin Smith are big losses, but the Commandos are bringing back a lot of talent next year, such as Gideon Drobnick and Merrick Mott. I think we’ll see them near the top again.

This week’s other final scores

The games that were broadcast by MTSN are in BOLD.

Monday
Predators Cup first round
Ensworth-Nolensville-Lipscomb 6, Tennessee Outlaws 3 PODCAST LINK
Summit-Page 6, JPII-MLK 2 PODCAST LINK
Montgomery Bell 5, Franklin 1

Henry Hine Cup first round
Rutherford Rampage 10, Mt. Juliet-Wilson Central-Green Hill 2
Station Camp-Liberty Creek 8, Montgomery County Rangers 1

Wednesday
Predators Cup first round
Ravenwood 6, Hendersonville-Beech-Lawson 0

Predators Cup Losers’ Bracket first round
Tennessee Outlaws 5, JPII-MLK 4 PODCAST LINK

Henry Hine Cup first round
Centennial-FRA 6, Brentwood 4
Father Ryan 5, Independence-BA-USN-Nashville Christian 2

Next week’s schedule

The games that MTSN is planning to broadcast are in BOLD.

Monday, February 10
Predators Cup Winners’ Bracket Semifinals
#4 Summit-Page vs. #1 Ensworth-Nolensville-Lipscomb - 6:15 PM @ Centennial A
#3 Montgomery Bell vs. #2 Ravenwood - 8 PM @ Centennial A

Henry Hine Cup Winners’ Bracket Semifinals
#4 Centennial-FRA vs. #1 Station Camp-Liberty Creek - 8:30 PM @ Bellevue-Crisp

Henry Hine Cup Losers’ Bracket first round
#8 Montgomery County Rangers vs. #5 Brentwood - 7:40 PM @ Centennial B
#7 Mt. Juliet-Wilson Central-Green Hill vs. #6 Independence-BA-USN-Nashville Christian - 8:45 PM @ Antioch-North

Wednesday, February 12
All games are being played @ Centennial.
Predators Cup Losers’ Bracket Quarterfinals
Summit/Ensworth loser vs. #6 Franklin - 8:30 PM on Rink B
Montgomery Bell/Ravenwood loser vs. #8 Tennessee Outlaws - 8:40 PM on Rink A

Henry Hine Cup Winners’ Bracket Semifinals
#3 Father Ryan vs. #2 Rutherford Rampage - 7:10 PM @ Centennial A

Classic playoff broadcasts

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