Jan 21, 2018 4 min read

C-H falls to Westinghouse

Westinghouse outscored Chartiers-Houston in each quarter to grab a 66-46 victory in the Battle of the Bronx Tournament at Kennedy Catholic High School Sunday.

Jason Ellis led Westinghouse with 20 points. Cam Hanley had 13 points for the Bucs (11-3).

Olympic hockey coach dies

Jim Johannson, the general manager of the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, has died on the eve of the Pyeongchang Games. He was 53.

Johannson passed away in his sleep Sunday morning, according to USA Hockey. Executive director Pat Kelleher said the organization is “beyond shocked and profoundly saddened” by the loss of the Rochester, Minnesota native.

“As accomplished as Jim was in hockey, he was the absolute best, most humble, kind and caring person you could ever hope to meet,” Kelleher said in a release. “His impact on our sport and more importantly the people and players in our sport have been immeasurable. Our condolences go out to his entire family, but especially to his loving wife Abby and their young daughter Ellie.”

Johannson’s role in selecting this year’s Olympic team was his most high-profile job in a career spent in hockey. He also played for the U.S. in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.

The United States faces Slovenia in its Pyeongchang opener on Feb. 14.

In the NHL

Travis Konecny scored 27 seconds into overtime, and the surging Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Sunday.

Konecny found space in the middle of the offensive zone and his shot deflected off Washington’s T.J. Oshie and past Braden Holtby for his eighth of the season.

San Jose edges Penguins Saturday

The way Aaron Dell has played this season means the San Jose Sharks have no drop-off at all when starting goalie Martin Jones is out.

Dell made 31 saves and earned his eighth win in his past nine starts when Tomas Hertl scored a tiebreaking, power-play goal early in the third period that lifted San Jose to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

“It seems like the same story every time he plays: He plays well,” teammate Logan Couture said. “Pretty remarkable for a guy who doesn’t know when he’s going to play. He just kind of gets thrown into the back-to-backs. He’s been outstanding this year.”

Jones sat out with a minor injury but Dell was strong all night, stopping all seven shots from Pittsburgh’s dangerous power-play unit and keeping the Penguins off the scoreboard for the final 56:42.

“They move the puck really fast on the power play and they generated a little bit, but for the most part I thought we handled it well,” Dell said. “We had some big blocks. We got the clears when we needed them. I had to make the saves they needed me to make. That’s all I had to do.”

Timo Meier also scored and Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns added two assists each to help the Sharks win for the fourth time in five games.

Conor Sheary scored for the Penguins, who had won five of six.

Casey DeSmith made 34 saves in his second career start, including robbing Kevin Labanc on a breakaway in the third to keep Pittsburgh within a goal.

“I thought both goalies played extremely well,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “We had a good number of chances and so did they. We just couldn’t find a way to score a goal. Casey played terrifically. He made some big saves.”

In a rematch of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals won by Pittsburgh, the game was played with good pace and both teams had chances. But it took until a power play early in the third for the Sharks to finally take the lead.

Just four seconds after Jamie Oleksiak was sent to the box for cross-checking, San Jose capitalized by scoring a power-play goal in its 10th consecutive home game.