It hasn’t been the year Brian McGurney had hoped for with the West Windsor-Plainsboro ice hockey co-op, but two players — senior Aditya Rath and junior Louis Barrandon — have continued to excel. “Aditya continues to do what Aditya does,’’ said McGurney. “He skates hard each shift, is c onstantly looking to get points on the board, and if it were up to him, he’d be on the ice 45 minutes per game.  He’s got his sights set on getting 100 career points.’’ Rath has a career high in goals this season with 25 to bring his career total to 51. He has 13 assists and 33 total for 84 career points. Barrandon has 22 goals and 15 assists this season and he has 81 career points. Rath and Barrandon have been the heart and soul of the Co-op for a couple years and both are All-CVC caliber performers. “Other teams know this, and put their top guys against them,’’ said McGurney. “Yet those two continue to put numbers up. Robbinsville/Allentown Stepping Up Robbinsville/Allentown has proven to be the best of the Colonial Valley Conference and one of the reasons has been because many players have taken that extra step. “So many come to mind,’’ said Dan Bergan, the Co-op coach. “Jack Lawrence reading (Jake) Lachance’s game so well. James Morino grinding and now scoring for my first line. Alex Margolin leading the 2nd line with Cole Martinez, a fixture. D-Men like Michael Buchanan, Couper Martinez and Zack Guttormsen anchoring the blueline with a ton of injuries and watching Tyler Wagner rounding into a championship caliber tender.’’ It has been an all hands on deck mentality for the Co-op and it hasn’t surprised Bergan at all. “We have nine seniors, eight of which have worked hard together for four years and play our structure,’’ stated Bergan. “This was just the next step. We hope to get healthy in time to see what our best looks like. By CVC Tourney, we hope to get a couple players back.’’ R/A is staying impressive and if — and when — some of the walking wounded return it might be tough to beat. Paul VI Looking to Tournament Time The Eagles state tournament hopes are clouded by some early season ejections and they are trying to work things out with the state. “We’re still seeing if there’s anything we can do  about state’s, but it’s unlikely anything will come of it,’’ said Chalie Hall,  the PVI coach. “So, we’re focused on the Egan and CVC tournament, which winning either of those (hopefully both) would be a great way to cap off a great season for us.’’ The Egan Cup final against Pope John XXIII (8-3-3) is on Monday. “The Egan Cup, it’s going to take everything we have,’’ said Hall. “It’s something that we’ve never experienced before, so I’m interested to see how the team responds. Beating Pope John once was a tremendous task and took a physical and emotional toll on us; beating them a second time will take all that and more.’’ The first game was a 5-4 overtime win on a Jason Bloor goal. Senior Nick Aversa leads the Eagles with 24 goals and 27 assists, Bloor has 14 goals and 13 assists, Brayden Mills has 25 points and Brock Mission has 24. Nick Lento returned from an injury and had three goals and four assists against Hamilton. “Pope John plays the game the right way and they’ve got a very good goalie,’’ said Hall. “We need to be ready to do the little things that make the difference between winning and losing, stops and starts, winning races and board battles, being in the right position. If we can do all of that, then we might have chance.’’ With a state tournament appearance looking bleak, the Egan and the CVC tournament are on PVI’s radar. “We’re hoping to make a run in the conference tournament,’’ said Hall. “We’re got Nicky Lento back, so that’s going to be a huge boost for the team the rest of the way. We’re hoping to get Joey Marchiano back by the time the tournament starts as well.’’ From the Point — The Hamilton Tri-op has a 1-13 mark and while everyone would like to have some better numbers, the record doesn’t indicate a few things. This is a very young team that starts three freshmen and the entire roster has only a couple seniors. Another thing is this group is working hard to improve and as they look to a better future. Not sure Paul VI needed to score 17 goals against the struggling tri-op. — Robbinsville/Allentown won the CVC Colonial Division and Paul VI captured the Valley. — The annual Princeton Day and Lawrenceville meeting didn’t disappoint as it wasn’t decided until overtime. The Big Red came away with a 2-1 win. Senior Jack Green had the game winner. — The PDS Girls have a big game on Monday when Morristown-Beard comes to the McGraw Rink. Mo-Beard (11-1), always a rivalry game, handed the Panthers (9-1) their only loss. PDS is led by Della Gilligan with nine goals and eight assists, Sam Dandy has 11 goals and five assists, freshman Layla Klapak has 11 goals and six assists and Alexis Moslin has a team high nine assists. ...read more read less