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Albany Academy Holiday Tournament   
Date: Sat. & Sun. Dec. 11-12
Host: Albany Academy
 
Avon Old Farms Christmas Classic   
Date: Thurs.- Sat. Dec. 16-18
Host: Avon Old Farms
Defending Champion: Avon 
 
Barber Tournament     
Date: Fri. & Sat. Dec. 17-18
Location: Middlesex School and St. Mark's School
Defending Champion: Thayer 
 
Brooks-Pingree Tournament
Date: Fri.-Sun. Dec. 17-19
Location: Brooks School and Pingree School 
Exeter Christmas Tourney    
Date: Thurs. & Fri. Dec. 16-17
Location: Phillps Exeter Academy
 
Flood-Marr Tournament      
Date: Fri.- Sun. Dec. 17-19
Hosts: Milton Academy and Noble & Greenough School
Defending Champion: Deerfield
 
Groton-Lawrence Tournament
Dates: Fri. & Sat. Dec. 17-18
Hosts: Groton School and Lawrence Academy
Defending Champion: New England Jr. Coyotes
 
Lawrenceville Tournament    
Dates: Sat. & Sun. Dec. 18 & 19 
Host: Lawrenceville School
Defending Champion: Choate

 

New Year's Tournaments

Nichols Tournament    
Dates: Tues.-Thurs. Dec. 28-30 
Host: Nichols School
Defending Champion:  Culver Military
 
BB&N Tournament
Dates: Tues.-Thurs. Dec. 28-30
Host: BB&N
 
Watkins Tournament   
Dates: Tues.-Thurs. Dec. 28-30  
Host: Cushing Academy
Defending Champion:  Cushing Academy
 
Tabor New Year's Tournament
Dates: Sat.-Mon.  Jan. 1-3
Host: Tabor Academy
Defending Champion:  Tabor 

 

Thurs. 12/30/99

Doherty, White Pace Cushing 

Ashburnham, Mass. -- Cushing Academy, behind two goals and an assist from Brian Doherty and four assists from tournament MVP Chris White, won the Watkins tournament with a convincing 5-2 title game win over Lawrence Academy here today. 

Cushing, which scored the first five goals of the game,  dominated play in the first period, outshooting Lawrence, 11-3. But Bo Christini had a big period in the Lawrence net, keeping it a one-goal game. 

 
In the second period, both teams were skating well, though not taking advantage of the many man- advantage opportunities presented them. At the 11:38 mark, Cushing defenseman Ryan Lannon scored on a freak bounce over the head of Christini that seemed to deflate Lawrence. Doherty would then score his two goals (the first on the PP) within the next three minutes to clinch the victory for Cushing. .
 
Mike Woodford scored 52 seconds into the third period, which pretty much demolished any thoughts of a Lawrence comeback. However, Lawrence would get goals from Tony Barrile and defenseman Steve Wood to cut Cushing's final margin of victory to 5-2. In the game, Cushing outshot Lawrence 30-14. There were 23 minor penalties in the game, many of which were questionable. 

In the third-place game, Noble & Greenough got a pair of goals from Ben McManama and three assists from Chris Owen to gain a 5-3 victory over Northfield- Mt. Hermon. Kevin Richardson had three assists for NMH.

 
In the fifth-place game, Berkshire got a pair of goals from Nick Dancey, and two assists from both Alex Watts and Adam Spirk to gain a 3-0 win over Kent. 

In the seventh-place game, Gunnery picked up its first win of the tournament, topping Canterbury, 4-0. Justin DeLauri had two assists to help keep Canterbury winless in the tournament. 

Watkins Box Scores

 
The All-Tourney Team: 
Andrew Eaton, Canterbury 
Eric Murtaugh, Gunnery 
Eric Bogosian, Kent 
Dave Conyers, Berkshire 
Ryan Foster, NMH 
Kevin Darcy, Nobles 
Robert Christini, Lawrence  
Ryan MacNeil, Cushing 
Tony Barrile, Lawrence 
Brian Doherty, Cushing 
Brett Peterson, Cushing 
Tournament MVP: 
Chris White, Cushing Academy   
 
Sun. 12/19/99

Taft Takes Title -- in 2 OT's 

Lawrenceville, N.J. -- A Ryan Shannon goal with a little over two minutes left in the second overtime period gave Taft a 3-2 win over defending champion Choate in the title game of the Lawrenceville School Tournament. 

On the winning goal, Choate was pressing in the Taft end when the puck hopped out of the zone, creating a 2-on-1. Tim Pettit made a nice pass to open linemate Ryan Shannon, who banged it home. The game -- three 15-minute periods plus over 27 minutes of overtime -- ran 72-plus minutes and featured a good pace, solid hitting, end-to-end action and excellent goaltending by a pair of juniors, Mark Spadaccini of Taft and Chris Schod of Choate.

Choate struck first on an early powerplay goal as junior Chris Snizek, from behind the net, got the puck out to Stephen Baldassarri in front for a one-timer. Taft tied it up with a powerplay goal of their own when Christian Jensen scored on a great shot from the low slot. 

In the second period, Taft, on a powerplay goal,  took a 2-1 lead which held until midway through the third when Choate's Snizek, on a breakaway, fired the puck top corner to tie the game up at 2-2. 

After that, the game consisted of back-and-forth action. Taft had a golden opportunity to win it when, with a couple of minutes left in regulation, Taylor Leahy had a shot at an open net but Choate goaltender Schod dove across the crease and got a piece of it, deflecting it up over the net.  

Early in the second overtime, Choate had a goal rubbed out by a man in the crease violation. The referee's whistle had clearly blown, so there was no ensuing controversy.  

Tim Plant had a shot at winning it all for Taft in the second OT but Choate's Schod stopped him on a breakaway. Several minutes later, Taft got the game-winning goal, thus wresting the championship from Choate, which had defeated Taft in the finals for the past two years.  

Spadaccini had 36 saves on 38 shots for Taft, while Schod had 47 saves on 50 shots for Choate. 

 

Once Again, it's Deerfield 

Milton, Mass. Dec. 19 -- For the third straight year -- and the sixth time this decade -- Deerfield has won the Flood-Marr Tournament. This year, like last year, its victim was Hotchkiss, this time by a 3-2 score in a taut, well-played game. 6'3" Harvard-bound RW Rob Fried, who was named the tournament MVP, got the winner when, with 4:20 remaining, he fired a rocket that tucked up under the crossbar behind Hotchkiss goaltender Kyle McNulty. It was the second goal of the afternoon for Fried, who figured in all three Deerfield goals. 

In the first half, Deerfield struck first when, on the powerplay, they worked it down low and senior center Chip Canner converted at the 13:29 mark. Hotchkiss got it right back when a Brent Robinson shot slipped past Deerfield goalie Matt Hanson with a second left in the half. 

In the second half, with 9:11 remaining, Deerfield went up by one again, taking a 2-1 lead on Fried's first goal of the day. Hotchkiss senior defenseman Andy Laskowski got it right back, though, tying up the game 1:31 later. 

Basically, this game could have gone on into next week with the two teams just swapping goals -- there is not much separating them -- but today time ran out on Hotchkiss. Both teams, it should be noted, had solid goaltending, strong defense, and several solid lines. The game was a clean affair -- with only three penalties whistled against Hotchkiss and two against Deerfield.  

In the third-place game, Kimball Union, last-place finishers a year ago, bombed Nobles, 7-2. The heroes were senior center Josh Truitt, who had a five-point afternoon (3g,2a) and his linemate, senior John Levesque, who had a four-point day (3g,1a). Junior center Patrick Slipp scored KUA's seventh goal. For Nobles, Princeton-bound center Chris Owen had a goal and an assist and Kevin Lyons had a goal. In net, John Czaplinski got the win for KUA while Scott Annan suffered the loss for Nobles.

In the fifth-pace game, Westminster and Andover battled to a 1-1 tie. Adam Carlson scored for Westminster, and Scott Darci scored for Andover. There was a five-minute overtime period in which Westminster's Matt Kovacich and Jeff Natale almost combined to produce a goal, but almost wasn't enough and time expired. There was no shootout (and nobody minded at all). Andover's Theodore Novak, and Westminster sophomore Craig Grenier were strong in goal. 

In the seventh-place game, Junior Joe Versino wound up a strong weekend with a goal and two assists to pace Salisbury to a 4-1 win over Milton. Salisbury's other goals were by sophomore J.R. Pakan (whose older brother, Steve, picked up an assist in Deerfield's 3-2 win in the championship game later in the day), Brooks Boucher, and Matt Vagvolgi. Mark Angeloni scored for Milton. 

Here's the all-tournament team, named by the coaches. Deerfield: Steve Pakan, Oriel McHugh, Guy Smith, Tyler Kolarik, and Rob Fried (MV). Hotchkiss: Brent Robinson, Adam Foote, and Kyle McNulty. Kimball Union: John Czaplinski and Josh Truitt. Nobles: Chris Owen and Kevin Lyons. Milton: Rob Weller. All are seniors except for McNulty and Czaplinski, who are junior goaltenders.   

Taft Takes Lawrenceville Title

We're still waiting on details and with everyone headed hither and yon for Yuletide we may be waiting for awhile. But check back periodically. We may get something. For now, all we can tell you is that Taft defeated Choate, 3-2 in 2 OT's. Note: All scores from today's games can be found by going to the left-hand column of this page and clicking on the desired  tournament. 

 

Sat. 12/18/99

Thayer Takes Barber Tournament

Southborough, Mass., Sat. Dec. 18 -- In a crisp, well-played game, Thayer Academy came from behind to defeat St. Sebastian's, 3-1, in the Barber Tournament championship game this afternoon. In the first period, St. Sebastian's came out flying, forcing the play and requiring Thayer goaltender Bill Petrucci to keep his team in the game. Finally, though, St. Seb's got on the board as Mike Morris cut diagonally across the slot, waited for the right second, and fired a shot that broke past Petrucci for the period's only goal. After that, Petrucci shut down St. Seb's the rest of the way, as, bit by bit, the offense began to come around. Seconds into the third period, Thayer finally evened things up when Steve Greeley converted a Ryan Whitney point shot. A couple of minutes after that, it was Greeley again. This time the center hit Patrick Donlan, who was breaking toward the net, with a nice pass that Donlan quickly directed past St. Sebastian's goaltender Dave Cacciola at the 3:02 mark. Shortly after, Scott Selig jumped on a rebound of a Donlan shot to give Thayer an insurance goal. Notes: Both Thayer and St. Sebastian's are young teams this season, each skating a slew of 9th and 10th graders. In a year, maybe two at the most, they'll both be very, very tough.... Key Thayer forward Lou Eyster is out with an injury and isn't expected in the lineup for about  a week.  

Flood-Marr Recaps: 

Milton, Mass., Sat. Dec. 18 -- R.C. Schmidt had a goal and two assists to pace Westminster to a 4-0 win over Kimball Union at the Flood-Marr Tournament this morning in Milton. Defensemen Mark Szematowicz, Jim Hakewill, and Jeff Natale also scored. Westminster had 11 minors in the game; KUA had 10...Hotchkiss, behind goals from Chris Swon, Adam Kaiser, and Jon Hill topped Milton, 3-2. Rob Flynn and Brendan Byrne scored Milton's goals....Matthew Peltz and Gene Rotondi each had a goal and an assist in Andover's 5-3 win over Salisbury this afternoon. Scott Darci and Michael Freeman added single goals for Andover. Salisbury goal scorers were Tucker Veenis, Kevin Hathway, and Mark Pettorrini....Deerfield's top line of Rob Fried (2g,1a), Chip Canner (3 assists), and Tyler Kolarik (1 goal) led Deerfield to a 3-1 win over Nobles. Defenseman Tom McCarthy scored for Nobles...Adam Foote had two goals and two assists to lead Hotchkiss past Westminster, 6-3, today. Also putting up points were Brent Robinson (2g,1a), and Brett Adamczyk (1g,2a). James Fitzpatrick had a single goal for Hotchkiss. For Westminster, Adam Swain had a goal and an assist, while R.C. Schmidt and Jeff Natale each scored single goals. Rob Hammel had two assists...Patrick Slipp, Brian Chandler, Josh Truitt, Eric Kastner, and Nick Watroba each had single goals as KUA romped over Milton tonight, 5-1. Rob Flynn had Milton's lone goal. Notes:  Deerfield and Hotchkiss each finished the round-robin portion of the tournament 3-0. Every other team was 1-2 

Horvath Leads Avon to Title

Avon, Conn., Sat. Dec. 18 -- Scott Horvath had a goal and two assists to lead Avon Old Farms to a 4-1 win over Berkshire in the championship game of the Avon Old Farms Christmas Tournament. Horvath, who finished the tournament with five goals and five assists, was named the Tournament MVP. Other scorers for Avon today were Mike O'Neill, Scott Trahan and Chris Higgins, who each had single goals. Adam Spirk scored for Berkshire. Avon's Tim Warner had 16 saves while Berkshire's Jeff Pietrasiak had 24....A shoot-out goal by Eric Murtaugh gave Gunnery third place in the Avon Tournament. Murtaugh also scored one of Gunnery's two regulation-time goals while Steve Harris had the other. Brian Swiniarski and R.J. Irving scored for Tabor. Artie Imbriano had 20 saves for Tabor while Gunnery's Matt Pane had 26...Tim Graham notched a hat trick and Brad Craigen had a single goal in St. Paul's 4-2 win over Loomis-Chaffee in the fifth place game here this afternoon. Merritt Quirk and defenseman Mike  Hoffman each scored for Loomis. Cliff Rogers had 14 saves for St. Paul's while Ben Feller had 15 for Loomis...Trinity-Pawling had goals from Mike Giannone, P.J. Byrne, Randy Gagnon, Jeremy Blais, Kyle Turngren, and Jami Parker in a 7-2 win over BB&N, good for seventh place game in the tournament. Patrick Lavoie had 11 saves for Trinity-Pawling. 

Lawrenceville Sun. Schedule: 

7th Place Game: Belmont Hill vs. Nichols (9 am., Baker Rink)
5th Place Game: Canterbury vs. Hill (9 am., Lavino Rink)
3rd Place Game: NMH vs. Lawrenceville, 11 a.m., Lavino Rink)
Championship Game: Taft vs. Choate (2 p.m., Lavino Rink)

Flood-Marr. Sun. Schedule:  

7th Place Game: Milton Acad. vs. Salisbury -- 8:00 am
5th Place Game: Andover vs. Westminster, 10:00 am
3rd Place Game: Kimball Union vs. Nobles, Noon 
Championship: Hotchkiss vs. Deerfield, 2 pm

 

Fri. 12/17/99

Fri. Dec. 17 Highlights

On a chilly New England night, Cushing Academy topped Lawrence, 4-3 in the nightcap at the Lawrence-Groton Tournament. Cushing jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on a pair of goals by left wing Brian Doherty, but, after a scoreless second period, Lawrence struck back with a pair of less than two minutes apart early in the third. Junior Richard LaBelle scored first, with an assist going to Stephen Wood. Then Tony Barrile even the game at 2-2 on a nice shot from the slot. The tie was short-lived, however, as 52 seconds later Cushing senior Kurt Wright scored to put Cushing ahead to stay. With 4:46 remaining, a Brett Peterson shot from the point caromed off the rear boards out to Michael Woodford, who put it behind Lawrence goaltender Bo Christini for a 4-2 lead. Lawrence defenseman Robbie Barker, playing the game with a bad case of the flu, cut Cushing's lead back to one when he scored on a backhander from a scramble in front of Cushing goaltender Ryan MacNeil. Over the past few years, the Lawrence-Cushing matchups at this tournament have produced some barnburners, but this was not one of them. Tonight's game was choppy and uneven, never really developing the pace fans had anticipated....The highlight game of the day was the morning tilt between Cushing and the New England Coyotes. Cushing had leads of  4-1 and 6-3 but the Coyotes fought back and forced overtime. That was as close as they would get, for Brian Doherty and Michael Woodford teamed up for an overtime beauty, giving Cushing a 7-6 win. Earlier, Ben Murphy and Kurt Wright each had a pair and Jack Celata and Yale Lewis added single goals for Cushing. Eric Lundberg and Michael Viens scored for the Coyotes. 

In the late game at the Flood-Marr, Nobles, behind a pair of goals from Kevin Lyons, and single goals from Chris Owen and Jake Clapton, beat Andover, 4-2. 

In the early game up at Exeter, host Exeter topped Northwood, 7-5, as Jacob Jackson notched a hat trick, while Conrad Barnes had a pair of goals and Jay Gosselin and Alex Shaine had one apiece. For Northwood, Lou DiMasi had a pair of goals while Matt Schmidt, Justin Barauskas, and Sean Kotary had ope apiece....In the late game, Gov. Dummer played giant killer again, this time knocking off Exeter. GDA sophomore goaltender Gabe Winer who on Thursday had, according to the GDA coaches, stopped 48 of 49 shots in GDA's 4-1 win over Northwood, was the story again today, this time working the mojo to the tune 35 saves -- many of them spectacular -- in GDA's 5-3 upset win over Exeter. Actually, Exeter -- on goals by Jon Boyle and Ed Caron -- held an early 2-0 lead but GDA, on goals by Justin Fishman, Jeff Desmarais, Mike Mullins, and Ryan Shelley forged ahead. A late goal by Exeter's Jon Boyle -- his second of the day -- cut the lead to 4-3, but GDA's J.J. Morrissey  added an empty-netter for  the 5-3 final. Exeter outshot GDA 38-21. Mike Saraceni was in goal for Exeter....

At the Avon Tournament, the Berkshire School topped Tabor, 4-3, with a Will Elliott goal winning it at 3:05 of overtime. In regulation, Ryan Brewer, Nick Tsiantar, and Adam Sprik scored for Berkshire while Pat Kane, Chris Zimmerman, and Dan Skoglund scored for Tabor. Artie Imbriano made 25 saves for Tabor, while Jeff Pietrasiak picked up the win for Berkshire, stopping 13 Tabor shots. 

At the Barber tournament, St. Sebastian's, behind goals from Tim Coskren, Sean Sullivan, John Toffey, Matt Burke, Kenny Roche, and Tony Coskren, beat the Middlesex School, 6-1. 

In early action at the Flood-Marr, Deerfield topped Andover 4-2. Goal scorers for Deerfield were Guy Smith, Oriel McHugh, Dave Thomas, and Tyler Kolarik, (the latter with an empty-netter). Bobby Moss got the win in goal for Deerfield....Salisbury beat Nobles 6-2.  Newcomer Joe Versino had a hat trick.  J.R Pakan, Rob Peters, and Brodie Merrill had single goals for Salisbury. Chris Owen and Kevin Lyons scored for Nobles. David Sandals had 27 saves for Salisbury; Steven Belew and Scott Annan each played a half for Nobles....Milton, behind goals from Mark Angeloni, Josh Hennesssey, and Tom Colclough, defeated Westminster 3-2...

 

Thurs. 12/16/99

Thurs. Dec. 16 Highlights

The host team got the Avon Old Farms Christmas Tournament underway with a 3-1 win over Gunnery. The offensive stars for Avon were linemates Chris Higgins and Scott Horvath, each of whom had a goal and an assist. Mike Warner had Avon's other goal, with an assist going to Mick Mounsey.  Nate Cardoza was in goal for Avon, and Matt Pane for Gunnery. Defenseman Marty Driend scored Gunnery's lone goal....Berkshire topped Loomis-Chaffee, also by a 3-1 score. Berkshire's scorers were Ryan Brewer, off a nice pass from Patrick Topping; Nick Dancey, on a blast from the point, and Nick Tsiantar, an empty-netter. Peter Merrigan scored for Loomis, with an assist on the play going to defenseman Mike Hoffman. Jeff Pietrasiak was in net for Berkshire; Andrew Syfu for Loomis....Goals by Joey Zappalla and Dan Shribman (from Zappalla) gave BB&N an early 2-0 lead but St. Paul's, behind goals by defenseman Ryan Davey (2), Reed Coleman (2), and Tim Graham roared back to take a 5-2 decision. Richard Massey was in the BB&N net, while Cliff Rogers was in net for St. Paul's....Ryan Foley (2g) and Paul Muniz (1g,2a) lead Tabor to a 5-1 win over Trinity-Pawling. Bryan Crabtree and Brian Swiniarski also scored for Tabor, while defenseman P.J. Byrne scored T-P's lone goal. Patrick Lavoie was in net for Trinity-Pawling; Artie Imbriano for Tabor... Check out the Avon Old Farms Christmas Tournament Scoreboard.

At the Exeter tournament, host Exeter, behind a pair of goals by Jon Boyle, and single tallies from Jacob Jackson, Vince Macri, Ed Caron, and Ryan Glennon, topped Culver Military Academy, 6-3. Conrad Barnes had a pair of assists and Exeter outshot Culver 38-22.... It wasn't a good day for the Northwood School, as they came out on the short end of a pair of upsets. First, Pomfret knocked the off, 6-4, then Governor Dummer, behind a remarkable goaltending performance by sophomore Gabe Winer, stole off with a 4-1 win in the day's late game....Check out the Exeter Tournament Scoreboard.

 

Sun. 12/12/99

Winchendon Takes Albany Tournament

Winchendon, behind a pair of goals from Kevin Riley, won the Albany Academy Tournament  championship game, 5-2, over Lawrenceville today. Mike Visconte, Brian Boike, and Joe Vallantini also scored for Winchendon. Lawrenceville got goals from Matt Grabis and Matt Scanlan. Mike LaRosa had 21 saves for Winchendon, while Kevin Walker and Chas Boynton combined for 24 for Lawrenceville...In the third place game, Millbrook shut out host Albany Academy. Brian Rettig led the way with a pair of goals. Brian Frankenfield and Dario D'Andrea each added single goals....Hill knocked off Wyoming Seminary, 5-1, in the fifth place game. Hill scorers were Joe Ori, Pat McGarry, Kevin Dmochowsky, Zech Klann, and Allan Triel....For scores of all games, go to the left side of this page and click on Albany Academy Tournament.