Holiday Scoreboard

Rooney Comes Through in OT

Marion, Mass. -- St. Sebastian's freshman forward Joe Rooney scored an unassisted goal at 1:46 of overtime to give the Arrows the championship of the Joshua H. Weeks Tabor Invitational Tournament.

In the third place game, host Tabor tied the New England Junior Coyotes, 1-1. Chris Chaput scored for the Coyotes, while Bryan Crabtree answered for Tabor. One overtime period was played.

A third-period goal by junior Jullian Madden proved to be the game winner as Milton toped Hill, 3-2, in the fifth place game. Brendan Bryne and Mike Carthas scored Milton's other goals, while goaltender David Scardella picked up the win in net. For Hill, Derek Hilmershausen and Vince Bryniczka found the back of the net.

A Mike Zbriger goal with three seconds left in regulation lifted Gov. Dummer to a 1-0 win over Tilton.

Cushing Knocks off Lawrence; Takes Watkins Crown

Ashburnham, Mass. -- Cushing Academy, behind goals from Chris White, Marvin Degon, and Mike Woodford, topped Lawrence Academy to win this year's Watkins Tournament. Cushing senior center Ben Murphy, who was named tournament MVP, had two assists. Penguins junior goaltender Mike Boudreau kicked out 13 saves for the shutout. Adam Geragosian kicked out 36 of 39 in the Lawrence net.

Box Score: Cushing 3, Lawrence 0

Watkins Tournament All-Star Team:

Cambridge, Mass. -- BB&N junior forward Danny Shribman scored a shorthanded breakaway goal with .7 seconds remaining in OT to give host BB&N an 8-7 win over New Hampton in the title game of the BB&N Holiday Showcase today.

The game, a wild and wooly one, featured huge momentum shifts, several lead changes, and a five-point (4g,1a) performance by BB&N senior center Joey Zappala, who was named Offensive MVP of the tournament. Shribman (1g,2a), junior Josh Klimkiewicz (2g), and senior Andrew Jewett (2a) all played well up front for the Knights. Senior Joe Phelan was named the tournament's Defensive MVP.

For New Hampton, Craig MacDonald (2g,3a) and Jarrett Konkle (3g), both seniors from Toronto; and senior Sean Kennedy (1g,3a) all had a big day.

How crazy was this game? BB&N led 3-1 early in the second period, but New Hampton scored four unanswered goals to take a 5-3 lead into the third, whereupon BB&N reeled off four unanswered goals of their own to take a 7-5 lead, which was beginning to look fairly safe -- until New Hampton struck twice late in the third to force OT.

Groton, Mass. -- In winning the Lawrence tournament, Cushing outscored their opponents by a combined score of 21-5. It's no surprise that the top line of Dan Murphy, older brother Ben Murphy, and tournament MVP Michael Woodford accounted for the bulk of the scoring, notching 14 -- that's two-thirds -- of Cushing's total goals. In the tournament's three games, Woodford was 4-9-13; Dan Murphy was 3-7-10; and Ben Murphy was 7-2-9.

Here's the all-tournament team from the Flood-Marr. Note that there is no first or second team, just, as always, a list of 12 players voted on by the coaches of the teams finishing in the top four. As in the past, it's an extremely senior-laden list, with only two underclassmen included, both goaltenders.

Westminster: Jim Hakewill, D; Mark Szematowicz, D; Jeff Natale, F (MVP); Phil Lauderdale, G (Jr.).

No one asked us, but the most-deserving underclassman not on the all-tournament team -- and this is easy -- was Milton Academy freshman center Josh Hennessey.

Lawrenceville, NJ -- Once again, Taft beat Choate to win the Lawrenceville Tournament. However, the title game was closer than Taft's 32-12 shot advantage or, for that matter, the final score of 5-3 would indicate.

With the score knotted at 2-2 after Choate senior forward Patrick Walsh knotted the game at 2-2 with a goal at the 10:07 mark of the third, it took exactly 1:45 for Taft's Ryan Shannon to score what would turn out to be the game winner.

Taft would add two late empty-net goals to account for the final margin of victory.

Taft's Ryan Shannon had a four-point afternoon (2g,2a) to give him a tournament leading 2-7-9 line. Shannon's linemate, Christian Jensen, had a pair of goals to give him a 7-0-7 line on the weekend.

Chris Schod kicked out 29 of 32 shots for Choate, while Taft's Chris Ries stopped 10 of the 12 shots he saw.

Dedham, Mass. -- The Westminster School, behind a 26-save effort from junior goaltender Phil Lauderdale, topped Deerfield 3-1 in the title game of the 36th Annual Flood-Marr Tournament this afternoon.

Deerfield had been going for a four-peat, not having lost the tournament since 1996, when Westminster last won it. However, the Big Green, despite outshooting Westminster 27-19, came up short.

After freshman defenseman Fred Dirkes, whose older brother played for Deerfield a few years back, put Westy ahead 1-0 earlier, Deerfield tied it up when Dennis Kim knocked home the rebound of a Pat Walsh shot with 2:40 remaining in the first half.

Midway through the second half -- with 11:37 remaining, to be precise -- Westminster junior forward Adam Carlson scored from a scrum in front to put his team up, 2-1. It would hold up as the game-winning goal. One minute later, Mario Caouette added an insurance goal, knocking home a nice pass from Jeff Natale to put Westminster up by 3-1, the final margin of victory.

Natale, a senior, was named tournament MVP, joining Rob Fried (Deerfield, 1999), Aaron Kim (Deerfield, 1998), Ty Hennes (Deerfield, 1997), Nick Carso (Westminster, 1996), Chris Corrinet (Deerfield, 1995), J.R. Prestifilippo (Hotchkiss, 1994), and Marty Reasoner (Deerfield, 1993).

Phil Lauderdale, aka "Fort" Lauderdale, a junior from Greenwich, Conn., finished the tournament with a 1.30 gaa.

Concord, Mass. -- Div. II Tilton School outworked and outhustled St. Sebastian's in the title game of the Barber Tournament -- and almost pulled off a big upset before bowing in OT, 3-2, on senior center John Toffey's second goal of the game.

Tilton got first period goals from senior Andy Boschetto and junior Ryan Coakley to go up 2-0, a lead that held up until the final minutes of the second period, when Toffey scored off a breakaway, followed quickly by a powerplay goal off the stick of Mike Morris. Suffering from a bad shoulder, Morris only made two or three appearances all game, all coming on the power play.

After a scoreless third period, Toffey, at 2:28 of overtime, scored his second goal of the game, a wrister from in front, to give St. Sebastian's their first Barber title since 1997.

Tilton senior D Mike Pelletier of Tucson, Arizona, had a strong game for Tilton, as did both goaltenders, Dave Cacciola of St. Seb's, and A.J. Bucchino of Tilton.

Albany, NY -- With 52 seconds left in overtime, Millbrook's Lucas Madill scored an unassisted goal to give his team the Albany Academy Holiday Tournament title with a 4-3 win over the Hill School. On the game-winning goal, Madill stole the puck at the offensive blueline, walked in all alone, and beat Hill goaltender Doug Kisielius.

For those of you who purchased our Northeastern U.S. Prep Composite Schedule Book, please note a couple of late adjustments to the Avon Christmas Tournament schedule. Two games have shifted times and venues on the morning of Fri. Dec. 15. The teams involved are St. Paul's, Gunnery, Kent, and Tabor. Please click on the link on this page to view the updated schedule.


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Albany Academy Holiday Tournament Date: Sat. & Sun. Dec. 9-10, 2000 Host: Albany Academy Avon Old Farms Christmas Classic Date: Thurs.- Sat. Dec. 14 -16, 2000 Host: Avon Old Farms Defending Champion: Avon Barber Tournament Date: Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15-16, 2000 Location: Middlesex School and St. Mark's School Defending Champion: Thayer Exeter Christmas Tourney Date: Thurs. & Fri. Dec. 14 -15, 2000 Location: Phillips Exeter Academy Flood-Marr Tournament Date: Fri.- Sun. Dec. 15 -17, 2000 Hosts: Milton Academy and Noble & Greenough School Defending Champion: Deerfield Groton-Lawrence Tournament Dates: Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15-16, 2000 Hosts: Groton School and Lawrence Academy Defending Champion: Cushing Academy Lawrenceville Tournament Dates: Sat. & Sun. Dec. 16 & 17, 2000 Host: Lawrenceville School Defending Champion: Taft New Year's Tournaments Nichols Tournament Dates: Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 28-30, 2000 Host: Nichols School Defending Champion: Upper Canada College BB&N Tournament Dates: Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 28-30, 2000 Host: BB&N Watkins Tournament Dates: Thurs.- Sat. Dec. 28-30, 2000 Host: Cushing Academy Defending Champion: Cushing Academy Tabor New Year's Tournament Dates: Fri. - Sun. Dec. 29-31, 2000 Host: Tabor Academy Defending Champion: N.E. Jr. Coyotes		Rooney Comes Through in OT Marion, Mass. -- St. Sebastian's freshman forward Joe Rooney scored an unassisted goal at 1:46 of overtime to give the Arrows the championship of the Joshua H. Weeks Tabor Invitational Tournament. In the third place game, host Tabor tied the New England Junior Coyotes, 1-1. Chris Chaput scored for the Coyotes, while Bryan Crabtree answered for Tabor. One overtime period was played. A third-period goal by junior Jullian Madden proved to be the game winner as Milton toped Hill, 3-2, in the fifth place game. Brendan Bryne and Mike Carthas scored Milton's other goals, while goaltender David Scardella picked up the win in net. For Hill, Derek Hilmershausen and Vince Bryniczka found the back of the net. A Mike Zbriger goal with three seconds left in regulation lifted Gov. Dummer to a 1-0 win over Tilton. Cushing Knocks off Lawrence; Takes Watkins Crown Ashburnham, Mass. -- Cushing Academy, behind goals from Chris White, Marvin Degon, and Mike Woodford, topped Lawrence Academy to win this year's Watkins Tournament. Cushing senior center Ben Murphy, who was named tournament MVP, had two assists. Penguins junior goaltender Mike Boudreau kicked out 13 saves for the shutout. Adam Geragosian kicked out 36 of 39 in the Lawrence net. Box Score: Cushing 3, Lawrence 0 Watkins Tournament All-Star Team: Canterbury-Chris Garceau-F Pomfret-Sean Regan-D Gunnery-Eric Murtaugh Nobles-Kevin Darci-D NMH-Scott Sortal-G Berkshire-Francois LeBlanc-F Lawrence-Ryan Stevens-F Lawrence-Kevin Brooks-F Lawrence-Adam Geragosian-G Cushing-Mike Boudreau-G Cushing-Ryan Lannon-D Cushing-Brian Yandle-D Cushing-Mike Woodford-F Cushing-Steve Jacobs-F Cushing-Dan Murphy-F Cushing-Marvin Degon-D MVP-Ben Murphy-F (Cushing) 12/30/00 BB&N Wins a Wild One Cambridge, Mass. -- BB&N junior forward Danny Shribman scored a shorthanded breakaway goal with .7 seconds remaining in OT to give host BB&N an 8-7 win over New Hampton in the title game of the BB&N Holiday Showcase today. The game, a wild and wooly one, featured huge momentum shifts, several lead changes, and a five-point (4g,1a) performance by BB&N senior center Joey Zappala, who was named Offensive MVP of the tournament. Shribman (1g,2a), junior Josh Klimkiewicz (2g), and senior Andrew Jewett (2a) all played well up front for the Knights. Senior Joe Phelan was named the tournament's Defensive MVP. For New Hampton, Craig MacDonald (2g,3a) and Jarrett Konkle (3g), both seniors from Toronto; and senior Sean Kennedy (1g,3a) all had a big day. How crazy was this game? BB&N led 3-1 early in the second period, but New Hampton scored four unanswered goals to take a 5-3 lead into the third, whereupon BB&N reeled off four unanswered goals of their own to take a 7-5 lead, which was beginning to look fairly safe -- until New Hampton struck twice late in the third to force OT. 12/19/00 Murphy, Murphy, and the Other Guy Groton, Mass. -- In winning the Lawrence tournament, Cushing outscored their opponents by a combined score of 21-5. It's no surprise that the top line of Dan Murphy, older brother Ben Murphy, and tournament MVP Michael Woodford accounted for the bulk of the scoring, notching 14 -- that's two-thirds -- of Cushing's total goals. In the tournament's three games, Woodford was 4-9-13; Dan Murphy was 3-7-10; and Ben Murphy was 7-2-9. 12/19/00 Flood-Marr All-Tournament Team Here's the all-tournament team from the Flood-Marr. Note that there is no first or second team, just, as always, a list of 12 players voted on by the coaches of the teams finishing in the top four. As in the past, it's an extremely senior-laden list, with only two underclassmen included, both goaltenders. Here's the list: Westminster: Jim Hakewill, D; Mark Szematowicz, D; Jeff Natale, F (MVP); Phil Lauderdale, G (Jr.). Deerfield: Peter Trovato, F; David Thomas, F; Zach Mayer, F. Nobles: Jake Clapton, F; Craig MacDonald, F; Rory Walsh, G (Jr.) Milton: Peter Cohen, G; Jason Simon, D. No one asked us, but the most-deserving underclassman not on the all-tournament team -- and this is easy -- was Milton Academy freshman center Josh Hennessey. 12/17/00 Taft Takes L'ville Again Lawrenceville, NJ -- Once again, Taft beat Choate to win the Lawrenceville Tournament. However, the title game was closer than Taft's 32-12 shot advantage or, for that matter, the final score of 5-3 would indicate. With the score knotted at 2-2 after Choate senior forward Patrick Walsh knotted the game at 2-2 with a goal at the 10:07 mark of the third, it took exactly 1:45 for Taft's Ryan Shannon to score what would turn out to be the game winner. Taft would add two late empty-net goals to account for the final margin of victory. Taft's Ryan Shannon had a four-point afternoon (2g,2a) to give him a tournament leading 2-7-9 line. Shannon's linemate, Christian Jensen, had a pair of goals to give him a 7-0-7 line on the weekend. Chris Schod kicked out 29 of 32 shots for Choate, while Taft's Chris Ries stopped 10 of the 12 shots he saw. Lawrenceville Tournament Scoreboard; Box Scores 12/17/00 Westminster Ends Deerfield's Run at Flood-Marr Dedham, Mass. -- The Westminster School, behind a 26-save effort from junior goaltender Phil Lauderdale, topped Deerfield 3-1 in the title game of the 36th Annual Flood-Marr Tournament this afternoon. Deerfield had been going for a four-peat, not having lost the tournament since 1996, when Westminster last won it. However, the Big Green, despite outshooting Westminster 27-19, came up short. After freshman defenseman Fred Dirkes, whose older brother played for Deerfield a few years back, put Westy ahead 1-0 earlier, Deerfield tied it up when Dennis Kim knocked home the rebound of a Pat Walsh shot with 2:40 remaining in the first half. Midway through the second half -- with 11:37 remaining, to be precise -- Westminster junior forward Adam Carlson scored from a scrum in front to put his team up, 2-1. It would hold up as the game-winning goal. One minute later, Mario Caouette added an insurance goal, knocking home a nice pass from Jeff Natale to put Westminster up by 3-1, the final margin of victory. Natale, a senior, was named tournament MVP, joining Rob Fried (Deerfield, 1999), Aaron Kim (Deerfield, 1998), Ty Hennes (Deerfield, 1997), Nick Carso (Westminster, 1996), Chris Corrinet (Deerfield, 1995), J.R. Prestifilippo (Hotchkiss, 1994), and Marty Reasoner (Deerfield, 1993). Phil Lauderdale, aka "Fort" Lauderdale, a junior from Greenwich, Conn., finished the tournament with a 1.30 gaa. Flood-Marr Scoreboard; Box Scores 12/16/00 Toffey Derails Tilton Upset Bid in OT Concord, Mass. -- Div. II Tilton School outworked and outhustled St. Sebastian's in the title game of the Barber Tournament -- and almost pulled off a big upset before bowing in OT, 3-2, on senior center John Toffey's second goal of the game. Tilton got first period goals from senior Andy Boschetto and junior Ryan Coakley to go up 2-0, a lead that held up until the final minutes of the second period, when Toffey scored off a breakaway, followed quickly by a powerplay goal off the stick of Mike Morris. Suffering from a bad shoulder, Morris only made two or three appearances all game, all coming on the power play. After a scoreless third period, Toffey, at 2:28 of overtime, scored his second goal of the game, a wrister from in front, to give St. Sebastian's their first Barber title since 1997. Tilton senior D Mike Pelletier of Tucson, Arizona, had a strong game for Tilton, as did both goaltenders, Dave Cacciola of St. Seb's, and A.J. Bucchino of Tilton. Barber Tournament Scoreboard; Box Scores 12/10/00 Millbrook Wins Albany Tournament in OT Albany, NY -- With 52 seconds left in overtime, Millbrook's Lucas Madill scored an unassisted goal to give his team the Albany Academy Holiday Tournament title with a 4-3 win over the Hill School. On the game-winning goal, Madill stole the puck at the offensive blueline, walked in all alone, and beat Hill goaltender Doug Kisielius. 12/4/00 Avon Schedule Change For those of you who purchased our Northeastern U.S. Prep Composite Schedule Book, please note a couple of late adjustments to the Avon Christmas Tournament schedule. Two games have shifted times and venues on the morning of Fri. Dec. 15. The teams involved are St. Paul's, Gunnery, Kent, and Tabor. Please click on the link on this page to view the updated schedule.