12/27/08
This Week’s Schedule
-- Sun. Dec. 28, 2008
Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Day 1 of 3):
9:00 am – Nichols vs. Holy Cross
11:00 am – South Kent vs. KUA
1:00 pm – Belmont Hill vs. Gunnery
3:00 pm – St. Francis vs. Millbrook
6:00 pm – KUA vs. Nichols
8:00 pm – Holy Cross vs. South Kent
-- Mon. Dec. 29, 2008
Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Day 2 of 3):
9:00 am – Gunnery vs. St. Francis
11:00 am – Belmont Hill vs. Millbrook
1:00 pm – KUA vs. Holy Cross
3:00 pm – Nichols vs. South Kent
6:00 pm – St. Francis vs. Belmont Hill
8:00 pm – Millbrook vs. Gunnery
-- Tues. Dec. 30, 2008
Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Day 3 of 3):
Championship Round
9:00 am -- Semifinal #1: 1st place Blue vs. 2nd place Green
11:00 am – Semifinal #2: 1st place Green vs. 2nd place Blue
2:00 pm -- 7th Place Game: 4th place teams
4:00 pm -- 5th Place Game: 3rd place teams
6:30 pm -- Championship
Blue Division: Nichols School, South Kent School, Kimball Union Academy, Holy Cross School. Green Division: Belmont Hill, The Gunnery, St. Francis, Millbrook.
BB&N Holiday Showcase (Day 1 of 2) at Cambridge, Mass. except where indicated
1st Round --
9:00 am – Game #1 – Roxbury Latin vs. BB&N
9:00 am – Game #2 – Dexter vs. Shady Side (@ Dexter School; Brookline, Mass.)
11:00 am – Game #3 – Hebron vs. Proctor
11:00 am – Game #4 – Thayer vs. Williston (@ Dexter School; Brookline, Mass.)
2nd Round --
1:30 pm – Game #5 – Loser #1 vs. Loser #2
3:30 pm – Game #6 – Semi-finals – Winner #1 vs. Winner #2
5:30 pm – Game #7 –Loser #3 vs. Loser #4
7:30 pm – Game #8 -- Semi-finals – Winner #3 vs. Winner #4
-- Wed. Dec. 31, 2008
BB&N Holiday Showcase (Day 2 of 2) – all games at Cambridge, Mass.:
Championship Round
8:30 am – Game #9 – Loser #5 vs. Loser #7
10:30 am – Game #10 – Winner #5 vs. Winner #7
12:30 pm – 3rd Place Game – Loser #6 vs. Loser #8
3:00 pm – Championship Game – Winner #6 vs. Winner #8
-- Thurs. Jan. 1, 2009
Watkins Tournament at Cushing Academy (Day 1 of 3)
9:00 am – NMH vs. Lawrence
11:10 am – Cushing vs. Pomfret
1:20 pm – Berkshire vs. Culver
3:30 pm – Nobles vs. Canterbury
5:40 pm – Pomfret vs. NMH
7:50 pm – Cushing vs. Lawrence
-- Fri. Jan. 2, 2009
Watkins Tournament at Cushing Academy (Day 2 of 3)
9:00 am – Culver vs. Canterbury
11:10 am – Berkshire vs. Nobles
1:20 pm – Pomfret vs. Lawrence
3:30 pm – Cushing vs. Northfield-Mt. Hermon
5:40 pm – Canterbury vs. Berkshire
7:50 pm – Culver vs. Nobles
-- Sat. Jan. 3, 2009
Watkins Tournament at Cushing Academy (Day 3 of 3)
Championship Round
9:00 am – Fisher 4 vs. Iorio 4
11:10 am – Fisher 3 vs. Iorio 3
1:20 pm – Fisher 2 vs. Iorio 2
3:30 pm – Championship Game: Fisher 1 vs. Iorio 1
Fisher Division: Cushing Academy, Lawrence Academy, Northfield-Mt. Hermon School, Pomfret School. Iorio Division: Berkshire School, Canterbury School, Culver Academy, Noble & Greenough.
Tabor Tournament at Marion, Mass. (Day 1 of 2)
9:00 am – Milton vs. St. Sebastian’s
11:00 am – Tabor vs. Hill
1:00 pm – Governor’s vs. Tilton
3:30 pm – St. Sebastian’s vs. Hill
5:30 pm – Tabor vs. Governor’s
7:30 pm – Tilton vs. Milton
-- Sun. Jan. 4, 2009
Tabor Tournament at Marion, Mass. (Day 2 of 2)
Championship Round
10:00 am – Game 1
12:00 pm – Game 2
2:00 pm – Championship Game
12/31/08
Wed. Dec. 31 Tournament Results
Hebron Takes Title
8:00 am – 7th Place Game -- Thayer 3, Dexter 0 -- Sophomore Charlie Coyle (2g), senior Ben Gacicia (1g,1a), and senior Brian Cotrone (2a) each had two points for Thayer.
10:00 am – 5th Place Game -- Proctor 4, BB&N 1 -- Connor Toomey (2g,1a), Nik Tasiopoulos (1g,1a), and Dan Rowland (2a) led the Hornets' attack.
12:00 pm – 3rd Place Game – Williston 3, Shady Side 1 -- A goal by senior Justin Alejandro, a deflection of a P.J. McCadden point shot, broke a 1-1 tie with 2:02 remaining. Alejandro added an empty-netter with 36 seconds left. Junior Bobby Bowden earned the win in net.
2:00 pm – Championship Game – Hebron 4, Roxbury Latin 0 -- Four different goal scorers came through for the Lumberjacks. Senior Craig Ryan earned the shutout.
12/30/08
Tues. Dec. 30 Tournament Results
Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Day 3 of 3):
Championship Round
South Kent Wins Title
9:00 am -- Semifinal #1: St. Francis 4, Kimball Union Academy 1 -- Seniors Matt Ganci, Anthony Day, Jaime Vona, and Billy Mackey each scored a goal apiece as St. Francis advances to the title game.
11:00 am – Semifinal #2: South Kent School 5, Belmont Hill 2 -- A Wade Megan natural hat trick paced South Kent to a 5-2 win over Belmont Hill and a berth in the title game. Junior Mike Pereira (1g,1a) and PG D Will Rayner (1g,1a) each had two points. For Belmont Hill, Dawson Luke (1g,1a) figured in both their goals. Belmont Hill sophomore forward Connor Brickley received a major/game misconduct in the first period (checking from behind).
2:00 pm -- 7th Place Game: Gunnery 5, Nichols 0 -- Senior Mike Garlasco (2g), sophomore Terrence Wallin (3a), senior Michael Dolman (2a), and junior Thane Heller (2a) led the Gunnery attack.
4:00 pm -- 5th Place Game: Millbrook 4, Holy Cross 2 -- Senior Mathieu Dubuc had the hat trick.
6:30 pm -- Championship Game -- South Kent School 7, St. Francis 1 -- PG Chris Wieland (2g,2a), senior David BenMocha (4a), senior Wade Megan (1g,2a), junior defenseman Garrett Clement (3a), and junior Joe Tebano (2g) led the South Kent attack.
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BB&N Holiday Showcase (Day 1 of 2) at Cambridge, Mass.
Hebron and Roxbury Latin Advance to Title Game
1st Round --
9:00 am – Game #1 – Roxbury Latin 5, BB&N 1 -- Freshman Danny O'Regan had the hat trick. Senior Brad Barone strong in net, kicking out 34 shots. BB&N outshot Roxbury Latin 35-20.
9:00 am – Game #2 (@ Dexter) – Shady Side 2, Dexter 2 (Shady Side advances by winning shootout)
11:00 am – Game #3 – Hebron 4, Proctor 2 -- Junior Vladyslav Gavrik (2g) and senior Chad Goodwin (1g,1a) led the Lumberjacks' attack. Senior Craig Ryan strong in net.
11:00 am – Game #4 (@ Dexter) – Williston 4, Thayer 3
2nd Round --
1:30 pm – Game #5 – Loser #1 vs. Loser #2: BB&N 2, Dexter 0 -- Juniors Eric Danilchuk and Jack Bartlett scored the goals, and Joe Papa posted the shutout.
3:30 pm – Game #6 – Semi-finals – Winner #1 vs. Winner #2: Roxbury Latin 5, Shady Side 2 -- Freshman Danny O'Regan (2g,2a) led the Roxbury Latin attack.
5:30 pm – Game #7 –Loser #3 vs. Loser #4: Proctor 5, Thayer 4 -- Juniors Nik Tasiopoulos (2g,1a) and Keith Buehler (1g,2a) led the Hornets attack. Senior Ben Gacicia (4a) figured in all of Thayer's goals. Thayer tied this game up with 46 seconds left, but Proctor scored the game winner with 22 seconds remaining.
7:30 pm – Game #8 -- Semi-finals – Winner #3 vs. Winner #4: Hebron 6, Williston 5 (OT) -- Hebron gave up leads of 2-0 and 5-2 and needed overtime -- and a goal by junior Nathaniel Dupere at 16 second mark -- to survive Williston's comeback. Dupere had two goals for Hebron, as did junior Vladyslav Gavrik. Senior Scott Cook and junior T.J. Powers each had two goals for Williston.
Tomorrow's games at the BB&N Tournament have been moved up and will now start at 8:00 am (Dexter vs. Thayer), 10:00 am (Proctor vs. BB&N), noon (Williston vs. Shady Side), and 2:00 pm (Roxbury Latin vs. Hebron). Snow is expected in the morning and afternoon.
12/29/08
Mon. Dec. 29 Tournament Results
Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament at Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (Day 2 of 3):
9:00 am – St. Francis 3, Gunnery 2 -- Sophomore D Alex Lepkowski and senior forward Jaime Vona and Anthony Day scored the St. Francis goals.
11:00 am – Belmont Hill 7, Millbrook 3 -- Seniors Jack McNamara (2g,1a), Dawson Luke (1g,2a), Mike Blake (2g), Ryan Walsh (1g,1a), and Will Gray (1g,1a) led the Belmont Hill attack.
1:00 pm – KUA 12, Holy Cross 1 -- Holy Cross scored 32 seconds into the game but Kimball Union, unfazed, came back and scored the next 12 goals. Sophomores Ryan Cole (3g,2a) and Philippe Boucher (2g,1a), and seniors Eliot Rosenfield (1g,2a), and Justin Wright (1g,2a) led the Wildcats attack.
3:00 pm – South Kent 5, Nichols 0 -- Junior Joe Tebano (1g,1a), and PGs Jim Fuoroli (1g,1a), Chris Wieland (2a), and Will Rayner (2a) each had two points. PG Jason Bellonio picked up the shutout.
6:00 pm – St. Francis 3, Belmont Hill 3 -- Belmont Hill, trailing 3-1 entering the third period, rallied on goals by Ugo DiBiase and Jack McNamara to earn a 3-3 tie.
8:00 pm – Millbrook 1, Gunnery 0 -- A third period goal by senior Evan Haney, from Mathieu Dubuc, lifted Millbrook to a 1-0 win. Senior Jamie MacMillan earned the shutout for Millbrook; Alex Vazzano in net for the Gunnery.
-- Final Round-robin Standings:
Green Division: 1. Belmont Hill, 2. St. Francis, 3. Millbrook, 4. The Gunnery.
Blue Division: 1. Kimball Union, 2. South Kent School, 3. Holy Cross Secondary, 4. Nichols.
-- Tomorrow's Schedule
Championship Round
9:00 am -- Semifinal #1: 1st place Blue (KUA) vs. 2nd place Green (St. Francis)
11:00 am – Semifinal #2: 1st place Green (Bel Hill) vs. 2nd place Blue (South Kent School)
2:00 pm -- 7th Place Game: 4th place teams -- Nichols vs. Gunnery
4:00 pm -- 5th Place Game: 3rd place teams -- Holy Cross vs. Millbrook
6:30 pm -- Championship -- semifinal winners
Sun. Dec. 28 Tournament Results
12/28/08
9:00 am – Holy Cross 8, Nichols 7 -- Junior Ryan Donohoe (2g,2a) and senior Mike Hennessey (2g,1a) led the Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School attack.
11:00 am – KUA 8, South Kent 2 -- PGs Zach Musgrave (1g,1a) and Kyle Curry (2a) each had two points to lead Kimball Union's offense. KUA had a 3-1 lead going into the third, then added five more.
1:00 pm – Belmont Hill 1, Gunnery 1 -- A Mike Dolman goal, assisted by Thane Heller, puts Gunnery up 1-0 in the first. Brandon McNally ties it up in the second, with an assist from Connor Brickley. No winner here: 1-1 is the final.
3:00 pm – St. Francis 4, Millbrook 4 -- St. Francis, down 3-1 after one period, scored three of the next four goals to earn a 4-4 tie against Millbrook. Seniors Jaime Vona (1g,2a), Billy Mackey (1g,1a), and Anthony Day (2a) led the way for St. Francis. Senior Mathieu Dubuc (1g,2a) and junior Will Lee (1g,1a) led the Millbrook attack.
6:00 pm – KUA 4, Nichols 2 -- The teams were tied 1-1 going into the third period, but then KUA pulled away. PGs Andrew Murmes (1g,2a), Kyle Curry (2g), and Zach Musgrave (2a) led the Kimball Union attack.
8:00 pm – South Kent 10, Holy Cross 4 -- With the help of a seven-goal second period, South Kent rolled over the Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, 10-4. Wade Megan (2g,2a), Joe Tebano (2g,2a), Jim Fuoroli (1g,3a), Matt Hickman (2g,1a), Chris Wieland (2g,1a), Will Rayner (1g,2a), Garrett Clement (3a) led the attack. South Kent's Doug MacLean received a major and a game DQ for a check from behind.
12/21/08
Sun. Dec. 21 Tournament Results
Flood-Marr Tournament -- Nobles Wins First Title Since '92
Sunday Playoffs @ Noble & Greenough:
8:00 am -- 7th Place: Deerfield 5, Westminster 3 -- Andrew Ammon (2g,1a) led the attack.
10:00 am -- 5th Place: Hotchkiss 3, Kimball Union 0 -- Petr Placek, Mike Borge, and George Russell were the scorers.
12:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Salisbury 5, Milton 1-- Salisbury breaks open a 1-1 game with four third-period goals. Three assists for Kyle Hughes. Andy Iles in net for Salisbury; Michael Baldino for Milton.
2:00 pm -- Championship: Nobles 5, Andover 3 -- Nobles, on an early third period goal by junior defenseman Gus Young, took a 4-3 lead en route to a 5-3 win over Phillips Andover in the finale of the 2008 Flood-Marr Tournament. The win gave Nobles its first Flood-Marr title since 1992, and it's second all-time.
Jared Lackey, with a pair of goals, came up big for Nobles; Chris Kreider had a pair for Andover.
This was a fun game to watch. Great tempo, some high end players to keep the level of play high, and several shifts of momentum. Nobles came out hard in the first period, and got on the board just 1:16 in, when Ian Graves took a feed out of the corner; his shot from the point was rebounded home by Billy Arnold. Nobles went up 2-0 at the 10:49 mark when Lackey converted a rebound. Then, less than three minutes after that, Andover took charge, with Kreider taking a short goal-mouth pass from linemate Brooks Dyroff and slipping it past goaltender Gene Lane to cut the Nobles' lead to one. Kreider struck again 57 seconds later on a wraparound, tying the game at 2-2 -- and that's where the period ended. In the second, Nobles struck for another early goal, taking a 3-2 lead when Lackey picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and took off, picking the top corner, and beating Andover goaltender Glenn Stowell cleanly. Andover got it right back 54 seconds later when Dyroff, off a face-off in the Nobles' end, spied a clear path to the net and, with no defender picking him up, bored in on Lane and tied the game back up, at 3-3. About a minute later, on a drive to the net, Arnold was taken down by big Andover defenseman Luke Duprey. Arnold was awarded a penalty shot, but Stowell stopped him with a glove save. Andover's Garnet Hathaway had a chance to put his team up 4-3 late, but rang one off the crossbar.
In third, as in the two periods preceding it, Nobles drew first blood when a Gus Young shot from the left point broke off Stowell's pad and into the net at the 2:26 mark. This time, though, Andover would be unable to answer. Instead, Nobles struck again, emphatically, when Nick Raffone, flying down the left side, snapped one top shelf to make it 5-3 at the 4:18 mark. This time Nobles wasn't going to give up their lead, and they didn't.
"In the third period," said Nobles head coach Brian Day, "we competed a lot harder than in the first two periods. The kids worked hard and never lost their composure. We have three real good lines and our third line came up with both goals in the third period. It was a total team win. Andover is a hell of a hcokey team. they work hard. It was an accomplishment for us to beat them."
-- Records: Nobles (4-0); Andover (3-1); Salisbury (3-1); Hotchkiss (2-2); Milton (1-2-1); Kimball Union (1-3); Deerfield (1-3); Westminster (0-3-1).
-- Tournament MVP: Nobles sophomore forward Billy Arnold.
All Tournament Team (chosen by the coaches):
Westminster -- Charles Corsi, Sr. G
Deerfield -- Grant Dennis, Sr. G
Kimball Union -- Michael Basist, Sr. D
Hotchkiss -- Chris Steele, Sr. D
Milton -- Ryan Edwards, Sr. F; Thomas Tysowsky, Sr G.
Salisbury -- Danny Biega, Sr. D; Kyle Hughes, Jr. F
Andover -- Glenn Stowell, Sr. G; Garnet Hathaway, Jr. F; Chris Kreider, Jr. F.
Nobles -- Gus Young, Jr. D; Mark Hourihan, Jr. F; Nick Raffone, Jr. F.
Lawrenceville Tournament -- Taft Edges Choate for Championship
Sunday Playoffs:
8:00 am -- 7th Place: NMH 4, Nichols 1-- Branden Komm kicks out 25 of 26 shots.
10:00 am -- 5th Place: Canterbury 4, UCC 2 -- Kevin Goumas notches two goals; Brian Taptick stops 26 of 28 shots.
12:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Belmont Hill 4, Lawrenceville 0 -- Four different goal scorers, plus a 30-save shutout from Mike Condon.
2:30 pm -- Championship: Taft 5, Choate 4 -- Great game. 3-3 after two periods. Choate goes up 4-3 on a Billy Rivellini goals 27 seconds into third. Then Robbie Bourdon ties it up for Taft, 4-4, at the 4:58 mark. Shortly after Bourdon, awarded a penalty shot, is stopped by Nick Bondurant. No matter, a minute or so later Bourdon knocked home a rebound to make it 5-4. Bourdon, who also scored in the second period, had a hat trick. E-L Hansen (1g,2a) and Jesse Root (3a) also had three points apiece for the Rhinos. Taft outshot Choate, 32-29.
St. Sebastian’s Tournament -- Winchendon Holds On; Take Title
Sunday Playoffs:
9:00 am -- 7th Place: South Kent 6, Rivers 2
11:00 am -- 5th Place: Thayer 3, Albany Academy 0
1:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Boston Advantage AAA 7, Proctor 4
3:00 pm -- 1st Place: Winchendon 5, St. Sebastian's 4 -- St. Seb's, down 4-1 in the second, came back to make a game of it, but Winchendon held on for the win. Hugo Turcotte (1g,2a), Phil Arnone (1g,1a) and Adam Hercules (1g,1a) led the Winchendon attack. Brendan Corcoran, Joe McNamara, Dom Jancaterino, and Casey Cronin (on a penalty shot) scored the Arrows' goals. Shots were 33-33. Don McGuirl (St. Seb's) and Ben Meisner (Winchendon) manned the nets. Winchendon, up a goal, had to kill off a major over the last five minutes of the game. "That was the most important part of the game," said Winchendon head coach Patrick Leahy, adding, "This was a good overall team effort. We kept it loose, we had fun, and we played as a team."
-- The final day at both the Governor’s Tournament and the Brooks-Pingree Tournament was canceled because of the weather.
12/20/08 1:11 am
The Sunday Schedule: Due to the fact that more snow is scheduled tomorrow, all games at Governor's Academy have been canceled. This was to have been the day of Lawrence/Governor's crossover play.
-- The final day of the Brooks-Pingree Tournament has also been canceled.
Tournament Results -- Sat. Dec. 20
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 3 of 3): Gunnery Champions
8:30 am – 7th Place Game: Kent 5, Loomis 1 -- Five different goals scorers for Kent.
10: 30 am – 5th Place Game: Tabor 6, St. Paul's 2 -- Two goals for Andrew Jelinek.
1:30 pm – 3rd Place Game: Berkshire 4, Avon 2 -- Jake Goldberg figures in three of the four Bears' goals. Zeke Testa kicks out 26 of 28 shots.
3:30 pm -- 1st Place Game: Gunnery 9, Trinity-Pawling 2 -- Shane Gorman hat trick. Michael Dolman and Matt Milana each pot two. And Gunnery wins its first Avon Xmas title.
Tournament MVP: Gunnery goaltender Alex Vazzano
Final won-lost records: Gunnery (4-0), T-P (2-2), Berkshire (3-1), Avon (2-2), Tabor (2-2), St. Paul's (1-3), Kent (1-3), Loomis (1-3).
Flood-Marr Tournament (Day 2 of 3) at Milton Academy:
9:00 am – Phillips Andover 4, Milton 2 -- Four different goal scorers for Andover.
11:00 am – Hotchkiss 3, Westminster 2 -- Borge, Deblois and Steele score for Hotchkiss.
1:00 pm – Nobles 6, Deerfield 2 -- A couple more goals for Billy Arnold.
3:00 pm – Salisbury 1, Kimball Union 0 -- Francois Drolet scores the game's lone goal.
5:00 pm – Westminster 1, Milton Academy 1 -- Joey Campanelli scores for Westy; soph D Jake Turrin answers for Mustangs.
7:00 pm – Phillips Andover 5, Hotchkiss 0 -- Two first-period goals for Garnet Hathaway. Glen Stowell 27-save shutout.
Sunday Matchups @ Nobles
8:00 am -- 7th Place: Westminster vs. Deerfield
10:00 am -- 5th Place: Hotchkiss vs. Kimball Union
12:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Milton vs. Salisbury
2:00 pm -- Championship: Andover vs. Nobles
Lawrence-Groton/Governor’s Tournament (Day 2 of 3):
10:00 am – Culver 5, Cushing 4 (OT) -- Cushing came back from 4-2 deficit with two late goals but fell in OT.
Noon – Lawrence 6, Hill 2 -- Sophomore D Zach Shannon (1g,2a) notches three points in four-goal first period.
9:30 am – Tilton 5, Governor’s 3 -- Cody Marquis scores two goals, both in the first period, and the Rams never look back.
11:30 am – Northwood 3, Pomfret 1
5:30 pm – Tilton 5, Pomfret 1
7:30 pm – Northwood 5, Governor’s 4 (OT) -- Junior Andrew Fenwick connects in OT for Northwood.
11:00 am – New Hampton 3, Groton 1 (Div. II, at Groton) -- Senior Pat Dunn stops 25 of 26.
11:30 am – Academie St. Louis vs. North Yarmouth Academy (Div. II, at Groton)
New Hampton wins Div. II; Sean Dunn wins MVP
Howard Tournament @ St. George’s (Day 2 of 2):
9:00 am – Williston 5, BB&N 3 -- Kevin Kelly notches two goals, including game-winner.
9:15 am – Brewster 8, St. George’s 3 -- Junior Ridge Garbutt (4g,2a) had a big day, as did Stefan Lutzenkircher (1g,5a). Garbutt sets tournament record with 9-4-13 line in three games here.
Lawrenceville Christmas Tournament (Day 1 of 2):
9:00 am – Belmont Hill 4, Canterbury 1 -- Condon kicks out 27 of 28.
9:00 am – Taft 6, Nichols 0 -- Maguire and Spotts each net a pair for the Rhinos. 13-save SO for Petchonka.
11:00 am – Lawrenceville 3, Upper Canada College 1 -- Zagorski kicks out 21 of 22 for the win.
11:00 am – Choate 5, Northfield-Mt. Hermon 0 -- Goggin scores a pair and Bondurant picks up 27-save SO.
2:00 pm – Losers of Games 1 & 2: Canterbury 8, Nichols 1 -- Cerbino (2g,3a) figures in five of Canterbury's goals.
4:00 pm – Losers of Games 3 & 4: Upper Canada College 4, NMH 3 -- Four different scorers for UCC.
7:00 pm – Winners of Games 1 & 2: Taft 5, Belmont Hill 4 (OT) -- Bourdon ppg about 2:30 into OT
9:00 pm -- Winners of Games 3 & 4: Choate 4, Lawrenceville 1
Sunday Schedule:
8:00 am -- 7th Place: Nichols vs. NMH
10:00 am -- 5th Place: Canterbury vs. UCC
12:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Belmont Hill vs. Lawrenceville
2:30 pm -- Championship: Taft vs. Choate
St. Sebastian’s Tournament -- Revised Schedule
8:00 am – Game 3: St. Sebastian’s 9, Albany Academy 1 -- Stephen Brown nets a couple, and Don McGuirl posts a couple of shutout periods.
10:00 am – Game 1: Winchendon 7, Rivers 1 -- Ian Reopel scores a pair for Winchendon.
10:00 am – Game 2: Proctor 1, Thayer 0 -- This was a forfeit by Thayer. The school's headmaster forbade team from traveling due to snow on the roads.
12:00 pm – Game 4: South Kent 2, Boston Advantage AAA 2 (Boston Advantage wins shootout) -- South Kent held about a 40-20 shot advantage but didn't really click.
2:00 pm – Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 -- Thayer 2, Rivers 1 -- Soph Charlie Coyle scores both goals.
4:00 pm -- Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 -- Albany Academy 5, South Kent 4 (OT) -- This is NOT a misprint. AA soph Albee Daley put South Kent to rest when he found range at 3:51 of OT.
6:00 pm -- Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 -- Winchendon 8, Proctor 2 -- Hugo Turcotte and Phil Arnone each net a pair for Winchendon.
8:00 pm -- Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 -- St. Sebastian's 6, Boston Advantage AAA 1 -- Paul Donato hat trick leads Arrows.
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 am -- 7th Place: Rivers vs. South Kent
11:00 am -- 5th Place: Albany Academy vs. Thayer
1:00 pm -- 3rd Place: Proctor vs. Boston Advantage AAA
3:00 pm -- 1st Place: St. Sebastian's vs. Winchendon
Brooks-Pingree Tournament (Day 2 of 3):
At Brooks School --
11:00 am -- Brooks 1, Kingswood 0 (OT) -- With 13.9 seconds left in OT, freshman Nick Potter wins game on his first career goal. Soph Tyler Stillings earns the shutout.
1:00 pm -- Dexter 3, Berwick 1 -- Lopez, Darcy, and Lerro connect for Dexter.
6:00 pm -- Dexter 8, Kingswood 2 -- Sophomore D Nelson Pulling has two goals and an assist.
8:00 pm -- Brooks 3, Berwick 2 -- Junior Nick Galanos scored all three goals, Napolitano finishes with three assists.
At Pingree School --
11:00 am -- Pingree 1, Northwood B 0
1:00 pm -- Portsmouth Abbey vs. Kents Hill
6:00 pm -- Northwood B 2, Portsmouth Abbey 2
8:00 pm -- Pingree vs. Kents Hill
Sunday:
The final day of the Brooks-Pingree Tournament has been canceled.
Barber Tournament (Day 2 of 2):
All Games Canceled
12/19/08 Updated 9:00 am
The latest weather changes for Saturday: The Winchendon vs. Rivers game (@ Rivers) is now scheduled for 10:00 am.
Plus, at Lawrence Academy on Saturday morning, the times have changed: Culver vs. Cushing will be at 10:00 am, with LA and Hill to follow at noon.
Sorry for the delay in getting these up. After battling through the storm to get back to the office, we found our wireless connection down, but things are (mostly) fine now.
--- Note: Friday's slate of games at St. Sebastian's has been wiped out. The tournament will now start on Saturday morning and continue through Sunday with a somewhat compressed schedule. Halves will be played instead of periods. First games Saturday will be at 8:00 am, with a game at Rivers and one at St. Seb's. All subsequent games will be at St. Seb's. Scroll below and check This Week's Schedule for more details.
As reported earlier, the Barber Tournament is canceled; and Brooks-Pingree has a revised schedule (see below). As of now, all other games listed below will be played as scheduled.
Fri. Dec. 19 Tournament Results
Flood-Marr Tournament (Day 1 of 3) @ Nobles:
9:00 am – Nobles 3, Kimball Union 0 -- Billy Arnold hat trick. Billy Burchill shutout.
11:00 am – Salisbury 4, Deerfield 1 -- Gunnar Hughes, Billy Fitzgerald, Kyle Hughes, and Max Edson score the goals.
1:00 pm – Phillips Andover 4, Westminster 1 -- Chris Kreider (2g,1a) and Brooks Dyroff (1g,1a) lead the attack.
3:00 pm – Milton 1, Hotchkiss 0 -- Kyle Hunchberger comes through with a goal: Thomas Tysowsky shutout.
5:00 pm – Nobles 3, Salisbury 0 -- Nobles scores three in three minutes -- Young, Arnold, then Hourihan. Second shutout of the day for Nobles -- this time it's Gene Lane closing the door.
7:00 pm – Kimball Union 4, Deerfield 1 -- Gabriel Veilleux (1g,1a) and Phillipe Boucher (1g,1a) come through.
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 2 of 3):
9:00 am – Gunnery 1, Kent 0 -- Mike Dolman scores the goal. Alex Vazzano (25 saves) and Marco DeFilippo (25 saves) guard their forts.
9:00 am – Berkshire 4, Tabor 3 -- Kyle Lockwood notches a pair for Berkshire; Cam Spiro a pair for Tabor.
11:00 am – Trinity-Pawling 3, St. Paul's 0 -- Travis Ritter notches a pair for T-P; Zach Kizitaff earns the shutout.
11:00 am – Avon 8, Loomis-Chaffee 2 -- Mark Naclerio and Stanley Smrke each notch two goals for Avon; Chris Lembo scores a pair for L-C.
3:00 pm – Gunnery 6, Tabor 5 (Shootout win) -- Andrew Jelinek gets two for Tabor; Matt Milana gets two for Gunnery.
5:00 pm – Berkshire 3, Kent 0 -- Jake Goldberg, Trevor Mingoia, and Kevin Sullivan score the goals. Zeke Testa (25 saves) earns the shutout.
7:00 pm – Loomis-Chaffee 6, Trinity-Pawling 2 -- Chris Izmirliam and Mike Blair each score a pair to lead Loomis.
9:00 pm – Avon 3, St. Paul’s 2 -- Michael Smigelski notches a pair.
Saturday Playoff Schedule: Gunnery (3-0) vs. T-P (2-1) for 1st place. Berkshire (2-1) vs. Avon (2-1) for 3rd place. Tabor (1-2) vs. St. Paul's (1-2) for 5th place. Kent (0-3) vs. Loomis (1-2) for 7th place.
Exeter Invitational (Day 3 of 3):
Exeter 7, Holderness 3 --- Nick Kondiles (2g,1a) and Dan Weiniger (1g,3a) lead the attack. Max Fenkell kicks out 41 shots.
Stanstead 5, Wyoming Seminary 4 (OT) -- Marc-Olivier Sauriol notches OT game-winner.
Lawrence-Groton/Governor’s Tournament (Day 1 of 3):
10:00 am – Lawrence 4, Culver 3 -- Four different scorers for Lawrence.
12:00 pm -- Cushing 7, Hill 2 -- Conor Sheary (3g,1a) comes through for Penguins.
6:00 pm -- Hill vs. Culver (at LA)
8:00 pm – Cushing 5, Lawrence 3 -- Cushing comes from behind with three in the third.
5:30 pm – Tilton 2, Northwood 2 -- Tilton wins shootout --
7:30 pm – Governor’s 5, Pomfret 1 -- Gacek and Rooney each pick up three points.
11:00 am – North Yarmouth Academy 4, Groton 2 (Div. II, at Groton)
1:00 pm -- New Hampton 5, Academie St. Louis 1 (Div. II, at Groton)
Howard Tournament @ St. George’s (Day 1 of 2):
11:30 am – BB&N 5, St. George’s 4 (2 OT) -- BB&N won it in the shootout. BB&N captain Stephen Wadsworth scored two goals in regulation.
11:45 am – Brewster 4, Williston 3 -- Riley Merritt scored game winner with 2:01 remaining. Ridge Garbutt (2g,2a) figured in all four of Brewster's goals.
6:00 pm – Brewster 3, BB&N 0 -- Ridge Garbutt hat trick. Junior Anthony Jacaruso recorded a shutout.
6:15 pm – Williston 3, St. George’s 2 -- Williston went up 3-0, but St. George's make it interesting with two third period tallies.
Brooks-Pingree Tournament (Day 1 of 2): Revised Schedule
At Brooks School --
11:40 am -- Dexter 4, Brooks 1 -- Four different scorers plus soph Kevin Green kicks out 14 of 15.
2:00 pm -- Berwick 8, Kingswood 1 -- Kyle Lajeunesse and Alex Toby each score a pair.
At Pingree School --
11:40 am -- Pingree vs. Portsmouth Abbey
2:00 pm -- Kents Hill vs. Northwood B
St. Sebastian’s Tournament (Day 1 of 3): -- Postponed to Sat.
2:00 pm – Game 1: Winchendon vs. Rivers -- postponed to 10:00 am Sat. @ Rivers
4:00 pm – Game 2: Thayer vs. Proctor -- postponed to 10:00 am Sat. @ St. Seb's
6:00 pm – Game 3: St. Sebastian’s vs. Albany Academy -- postponed to 8:00 am Sat. @ St. Seb's
8:00 pm – Game 4: South Kent vs. Boston Advantage AAA -- postponed to 12:00 pm Sat. @ St. Seb's
Barber Tournament (Day 1 of 2): All Games Canceled
5:30 pm – Game 1: Middlesex vs. Ridley College (@ Middlesex) -- canceled
5:30 pm – Game 2: St. Mark's vs. Berwick Academy (@ St. Mark's) -- canceled
7:30 pm – Game 3: Stanstead College vs. Hebron Academy (@ Middlesex) -- canceled
7:30 pm – Game 4: Worcester Academy vs. Vermont Academy (@ St. Mark's) -- canceled
Barber Tournament Canceled: Due to the storm expected to hit New England Friday, the 2008 Barber Tournament (at the St. Mark's and Middlesex Schools) has been canceled. Headmaster's decision -- and it's final.
-- Brunswick has bowed out of the Brooks-Pingree Tournament, and their slot will be filled by Berwick. There are numerous changes to starting times in this tournament so please scroll down to This Week's Schedule.
We will keep you up to date on any other cancellations/postponements.
12/18/08
Thurs. Dec. 18 Tournament Results
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 1 of 3):3:00 pm –Trinity-Pawling 4, Avon 1 -- First T-P win over Avon in six years. Brendan McDonald had a pair of goals and Travis Ritter had a pair of assists. Soph Zach Kizitaff strong in net for T-P, kicking out 31 of 32 shots.
5:00 pm – Tabor 3, Kent 1 -- Eric Czapka, Anthony Messagno, and George DeMello scored the goals. Nick Betti strong in net for the Seawolves, stopping 25 of 26 shots.
7:00 pm – Gunnery 3, Berkshire 1 - Scored the goals were Mike Garlasco, Nick Luuko, and Shane Gorman (empty-netter, but a nice one, diving to deflect home a shot that would have gone wide). Alex Vazzano strong in net for Gunnery, stopping 23 of 24 shots.
9:00 pm – St. Paul’s 5, Loomis-Chaffee 1 -- Alex Davidson (1g,2a) and Christopher Finch (2g) led the way for St. Paul's.
Pierpont Division: Berkshire, Kent, Tabor, Gunnery. Trautman Division: Avon, Loomis-Chaffee, St. Paul's, Trinity-Pawling.
Exeter Invitational (Day 2 of 3):
2:30 pm -- Culver 7, Exeter 3 -- Seven different goal scorers for Culver. Not a NEPSIHA game so Exeter #1 goaltender Max Fenkell was rested.
3:30 pm -- Valley Jr. Warriors 7, South Kent 6 -- An Eric Peterson goal with 2:11 remaining lifted Valley to a 7-6 win. Calvin Reed (Warriors) and Dan Pelletier (SKS) tossed for fighting in the third period.
5:00 pm -- Stanstead College 6, Holderness 1 -- Ryan Bedard (1g,2a) led the attack and senior Logan Vanasse kicked out 23 of 24 shots.
6:00 pm -- Vermont Glades 2, Northwood 1 -- Peter Massar and Mike Broccolo gave the Glades a 2-0 lead. Ben McLauglin scored for Northwood in the third, but the Glades held them there.
7:30 pm -- Junior Bruins 4, NH Jr. Monarchs 1 -- Russ Stein sharp again, kicking out 25 of 26 shots for the win. Brian Billett took the loss for Monarchs, stopping 27 of 31. Note: Monarchs LW Matt Mangene has committed to the University of Maine for next fall.
8:00 pm -- Wyoming Seminary 5, New England Stars 2 -- Domenic Colati (2g,1a), Lukas Bilek (3a), and Mac McMurphy (2g,1a) led Wyoming's attack, and PG goaltender David Aman stopped 29 lof 31.
12/17/08
Wed. Dec. 17 Recaps
Exeter Invitational:
-- Exeter 2, Tilton 0: Max Fenkell 38-save shutout
-- Portland Jr. Pirates 5, Stanstead College 2 : Paul Kashmanian (1g,1a), Justin Clouatre (1g,1a), and Matt Crowley (2a) each notch two points.
-- South Kent 5, Culver Academy 0: Mike Pereira and Chris Wieland each had two goals, and Joe Tebano and defenseman Garrett Clement each had two assists. Joe Bellonio had the shutout. A long day for Culver… getting up with the dawn in Indiana, flying in to Logan, then busing up to New Hampshire, arriving in the late afternoon. They might have had bus legs, but we're not taking anything away from South Kent.
Non-Tournament Games:
@ Choate 5, Loomis-Chaffee 4: Seniors Mark Goggin (2g,1a) and Billy Rivellini (1g,2a) each had two points for the Wild Boars.
@ Taft 4, Gunnery 2: Taft broke out to a 3-1 lead after two, but Gunnery cut it back to 3-2 early in the third. Taft added an empty-netter. Junior Steve Racine kicked out 28 of 30 shots for the win.
@ Deerfield 7, Avon Old Farms 3: Antoine Laganiere (3g,2a) figured in five of the seven Big Green Goals. Senior forward Andrew Ammon (2g) and junior defenseman John Rose (1g,1a) each had two points.
@ Kimball Union 3, Brewster 1: KUA sophomore goaltender Steve Mastalerz kicked out 17 of 18 shots.
St. Sebastian’s 7 @ Brooks 3: Senior Dom Jancaterino scored two goals, and scored them early, putting his team up, 2-0. The Arrows rolled on to a 7-3 win.
@ Milton 4, Lawrence 3: Junior Jonathon Mleczko scored his second goal of the game at the 14:40 mark of the third period, lifting Milton to a 4-3 win over Lawrence Academy. Mleczko also had an assist to give him three points on the day. Senior Thomas Tysowsky kicked out 39 or 42 shots for the win. Lawrence outshot Milton, 42-25.
12/15/08 Updated -- keep checking back, though.
This Week’s Schedule
-- Mon. Dec. 15, 2008:
Hotchkiss @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
Cushing @ Exeter, 5:00 pm (rescheduled from Sat. 12/13)
-- Tue. Dec. 16, 2008:
BB&N @ Belmont Hill, 5:00 pm
-- Wed. Dec. 17, 2008:
Gunnery @ Taft, 3:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Choate, 3:00 pm
Avon Old Farms @ Deerfield, 3:00 pm
Brunswick @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:00 pm
Pingree @ Groton, 4:00 pm
Brewster @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
Byram Hills H.S. @ Harvey, 4:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Proctor, 4:00 pm -- postponed
Iona Prep @ Rye Country Day, 4:30 pm
St. Sebastian's @ Brooks, 4:45 pm
Lawrence @ Milton, 6:15 pm
Team Comcast U18 @ Hill School, 6:30 pm
Also:
Exeter Invitational (Day 1 of 3):
4:30 pm -- Exeter vs. Tilton
6:00 pm -- Stanstead vs. Portland Jr. Pirates
7:00 pm -- Culver vs. South Kent
-- Thurs. Dec. 18, 2008:
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 1 of 3):
3:00 pm –Trinity-Pawling vs. Avon
5:00 pm – Kent vs. Tabor
7:00 pm – Berkshire vs. Gunnery
9:00 pm – Loomis-Chaffee vs. St. Paul’s
Exeter Invitational (Day 2 of 3):
2:30 pm -- Exeter vs. Culver
3:30 pm -- South Kent vs. Valley Jr. Warriors
5:00 pm -- Holderness vs. Stanstead College
6:00 pm -- Vermont Glades vs. Northwood
7:30 pm -- Jr. Bruins vs. Jr. Monarchs
8:00 pm -- Wyoming Seminary vs. New England Stars
-- Fri. Dec. 19, 2008:
Flood-Marr Tournament (Day 1 of 3) @ Nobles:
9:00 am – Kimball Union vs. Nobles
11:00 am – Salisbury vs. Deerfield
1:00 pm – Phillips Andover vs. Westminster
3:00 pm – Milton vs. Hotchkiss
5:00 pm – Salisbury vs. Nobles
7:00 pm – Deerfield vs. Kimball Union
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 2 of 3):
9:00 am – Gunnery vs. Kent (at Trinity College)
9:00 am – Tabor vs. Berkshire
11:00 am – St. Paul’s vs. Trinity-Pawling (at Trinity College)
11:00 am – Loomis-Chaffee vs. Avon
3:00 pm – Gunnery vs. Tabor
5:00 pm – Berkshire vs. Kent
7:00 pm – Trinity-Pawling vs. Loomis-Chaffee
9:00 pm – St. Paul’s vs. Avon
Exeter Invitational (Day 3 of 3):
Exeter vs. Holderness, 1:00 pm
Stanstead vs. Wyoming Seminary, 1:30 pm
Lawrence-Groton/Governor’s Tournament (Day 1 of 3):
10:00 am – Lawrence vs. Culver (at LA)
12:00 pm -- Cushing vs. Hill (at LA)
6:00 pm -- Hill vs. Culver (at LA)
8:00 pm – Lawrence vs. Cushing (at LA)
5:30 pm – Tilton vs. Northwood (at Governor’s)
7:30 pm – Governor’s vs. Pomfret (at Governor’s)
11:00 am – Groton vs. North Yarmouth Academy (Div. II, at Groton)
1:00 pm -- Academie St. Louis vs. New Hampton (Div. II, at Groton)
St. Sebastian’s Tournament (Day 1 of 3): Postponed until Saturday; Schedule Revised.
2:00 pm – Game 1: Winchendon vs. Rivers
4:00 pm – Game 2: Thayer vs. Proctor
6:00 pm – Game 3: St. Sebastian’s vs. Albany Academy
8:00 pm – Game 4: South Kent vs. Boston Advantage AAA
Barber Tournament (Day 1 of 2): All Games Canceled
5:30 pm – Game 1: Middlesex vs. Ridley College (@ Middlesex)
5:30 pm – Game 2: St. Mark's vs. Berwick Academy (@ St. Mark's)
7:30 pm – Game 3: Stanstead College vs. Hebron Academy (@ Middlesex)
7:30 pm – Game 4: Worcester Academy vs. Vermont Academy (@ St. Mark's)
Howard Tournament @ St. George’s (Day 1 of 2):
11:30 am – St. George’s vs. BB&N (Howard Rink)
11:45 am – Williston vs. Brewster (Cutler Rink)
6:00 pm – Brewster vs. BB&N (Cutler Rink)
6:15 pm – St. George’s vs. Williston (Howard Rink)
Brooks-Pingree Tournament (Day 1 of 2): Revised Schedule
At Brooks School --
11:40 am -- Brooks vs. Dexter
2:00 pm -- Berwick vs. Kingswood
At Pingree School --
11:40 am -- Pingree vs. Portsmouth Abbey
2:00 pm -- Kents Hill vs. Northwood B
-- Sat. Dec. 20, 2008:
Flood-Marr Tournament (Day 2 of 3) at Milton Academy:
9:00 am – Phillips Andover vs. Milton
11:00 am – Westminster vs. Hotchkiss
1:00 pm – Deerfield vs. Nobles
3:00 pm – Kimball Union vs. Salisbury
5:00 pm – Westminster vs. Milton Academy
7:00 pm – Hotchkiss vs. Phillips Andover
Avon Old Farms Xmas Classic (Day 3 of 3):
8:30 am – 4th Place Pierpont vs. 4th Place Trautman
10: 30 am – 3rd Place Pierpont vs. 3rd Place Trautman
1:30 pm – 2nd Place Pierpont vs. 2nd Place Trautman
3:30 pm -- 1st Place Pierpont vs. 1st Place Trautman
Barber Tournament (Day 2 of 2): All Games Canceled
8:30 am – Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 (@ Middlesex)
8:30 am – Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4 (@ St. Mark's)
10:30 am – Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3 (@ Middlesex)
10:30 am – Game 8: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4 (@ St. Mark's)
1:30 pm – Game 9: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (@ St. Mark’s)
1:30 pm – Consolation Game -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (@ Middlesex)
3:30 pm – Game 11: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (@ St. Mark’s)
3:30 pm -- Championship Game -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (@ Middlesex)
Lawrence-Groton/Governor’s Tournament (Day 2 of 3):
12:00 pm – Culver vs. Cushing (at LA)
2:30 pm – Lawrence vs. Hill (at LA)
9:30 am – Governor’s vs. Tilton (at Governor’s)
11:30 am – Northwood vs. Pomfret (at Governor’s)
5:30 pm – Pomfret vs. Tilton (at Governor’s)
7:30 pm – Governor’s vs. Northwood (at Governor’s)
11:00 am – Groton vs. New Hampton (Div. II, at Groton)
11:30 am – Academie St. Louis vs. North Yarmouth Academy (Div. II, at Groton)
Howard Tournament @ St. George’s (Day 2 of 2):
9:00 am – BB&N vs. Williston (Cutler Rink)
9:15 am – St. George’s vs. Brewster (Howard Rink)
Lawrenceville Christmas Tournament (Day 1 of 2):
9:00 am – Belmont Hill vs. Canterbury
9:00 am – Taft vs. Nichols (@ Baker Rink)
11:00 am – Lawrenceville vs. Upper Canada College
11:00 am – Choate vs. Northfield-Mt. Hermon (@ Baker Rink)
2:00 pm – Losers of Games 1 & 2
4:00 pm – Losers of Games 3 & 4
7:00 pm – Winners of Games 1 & 2
9:00 pm -- Winners of Games 3 & 4
St. Sebastian’s Tournament -- Revised Schedule
8:00 am -- Game 1: Winchendon vs. Rivers (@ Rivers -- all subsequent games will be at St. Seb's)
8:00 am -- Game 3: St. Seb's vs. Albany Academy
10:00 am -- Game 2: Thayer vs. Proctor
12:00 pm -- Game 4: South Kent vs. Boston Advantage
2:00 pm – Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
4:00 pm -- Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
6:00 pm -- Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
8:00 pm -- Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Brooks-Pingree Tournament (Day 2 of 3):
At Brooks School --
11:00 am -- Brooks vs. Kingswood
1:00 pm -- Dexter vs. Berwick
6:00 pm -- Kingswood vs. Dexter
8:00 pm -- Brooks vs. Berwick
At Pingree School --
11:00 am -- Pingree vs. Northwood B
1:00 pm -- Portsmouth Abbey vs. Kents Hill
6:00 pm -- Northwood B vs. Portsmouth Abbey
8:00 pm -- Pingree vs. Kents Hill
-- Sun. Dec. 21, 2008:
Flood-Marr Tournament (Day 3 of 3) at Nobles:
8:00 am -- 7th Place Game -- 4th Place Owen vs. 4th Place Harding
10:00 am -- 5th Place Game -- 3rdPlace Owen vs. 3rd Place Harding
12:00 pm -- 3rd Place Game -- 2nd Place Owen vs. 2nd Place Harding
2:00 pm -- 1st Place Game – 1st Place Owen vs. 1st Place Harding
Lawrence-Groton/Governor’s Tournament (Day 3 of 3):
Crossover Play – all games at Governor’s Academy:
8:30 am – 4th place game
10:30 am – 3rd place game
12:30 pm – 2nd place game
2:30 pm – Championship game
Lawrenceville Christmas Tournament (Day 2 of 2):
8:00 am – Losers of Games 5 & 6
10:00 am – Winners of Games 5 & 6
12:00 pm – Losers of Games 7 & 8
2:30 pm – Championship Game: Winners of Games 7 & 8
St. Sebastian’s Tournament (Day 3 of 3):
9:00 am – 7th Place Game: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
11:00 am – 5th Place Game -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
1:00 pm – 3rd Place Game: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
3:00 pm -- Championship Game -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
Brooks-Pingree Tournament (Day 3 of 3):
At Brooks School --
10:00 am -- TBD
12:00 pm -- TBD
At Pingree School --
10:00am -- TBD
12:00 pm – Championship Game
-- Tue. Dec. 23, 2008:
St. Sebastian's vs. Catholic Memorial, 7:00 pm (Harvard)
12/13/08
Sat. Dec. 13 Recaps
-- Belmont Hill Wins Fourth Straight
Leaving aside a season-opening shutout of Pingree, Belmont Hill has been outshot by a wide margin in their last three games, First, Nobles, then Governor’s, and, today, Lawrence Academy.
They’ve won all of the games. And they’ve taken more penalties than their opponents in all of those games.
The wins are nice, but, as Belmont Hill coach Ken Martin after the game, “It’s a bad pattern.”
For now, though, Belmont Hill is getting away with it, It helps that they have a standout goalie in senior Mike Condon, a Princeton recruit, who stopped 39 of 41 shots. While Condon had very few problems on the initial shot, there were a number of pretty nice rebounds out front, probably more than Condon would like to allow. Lawrence, however, had difficulty turning them into good scoring opportunites.
Lawrence broke out to a 1-0 first period lead when, on the power play, senior Logan Gillis converted the rebound of a Micah Williams point shot at the 8:21 mark.
Shortly afterward, it looked like Lawrence had taken a two-goal lead, but a Steven Whitney wraparound was waved off, as Condon had dislodged the post.
At the 9:57 mark, pinching Belmont Hill sophomore defenseman Dylan Pike took a nice pass from senior Ryan Walsh and snapped one off from the right faceoff circle, beating Lawrence sophomore goaltender Mac Haight, and tying the game at 1-1.
Early in the second, Whitney drove to the net and the puck slipped under Condon, crossing the goal line. It appeared to be a pretty clear goal but the referee, on the far side, lost sight of the puck, blew the whistle -- and Whitney again came up empty.
It remained a 1-1 game. Six minutes later, sophomore Connor Brickley made a nice short pass in center ice, springing sophomore linemate Brandon McNally, sending him in alone on Haight. McNally, with a defender hanging on him, waited until Haight committed, then cashed in to give Belmont Hill a 2-1 lead at the 9:51 mark.
Lawrence kept getting power plays – they’d have three on the period, to Belmont Hill’s none – and kept firing away at Condon but coming up empty.
Belmont Hill made it 3-1 when Dawson Luke drifted down the right side into the Lawrence zone, and hit Will Gray with a nice pass goalmouth pass. Gray knocked it past Haight at the 13:26 mark.
Lawrence cut the lead to 3-2 when Luke turned it over on the blue line, and freshman Devin Tringale sent sophomore Zack Phillips in alone. Phillips ripped one from the slot – just a great shot.
Less than a minute later, however, as the period wound down, Belmont Hill answered as McNally scored his second goal of the game, knocking home the rebound of a Luke point shot.
Lawrence outshot Belmont Hill in the second, 15-6, but went into the intermission trailing, 4-2.
In the third, Mike Blake scored an insurance goal, a back-door tally, putting Belmont Hill up 5-2.
Lawrence kept the pressure on, and outshot Lawrence 19-6 in the third, but had nothing to show for it.
“We have to get better at putting the puck into the net,” Lawrence coach Kevin Potter said afterward. “We just have to find a way to score goals.”
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@ St. Mark’s 6, Brooks 5 (OT): A goal by senior David Murphy – his third of the game – lifted St. Mark’s to their first win since the ’06-07 season. After going 0-23-1 last season, St. Mark’s had started out this season with four straight losses. And today could have made it five. After busting out to a 4-1 lead, St. Mark’s, which hasn’t had much experience protecting a lead, allowed Brooks to come back and tie things up at 4-4. The teams then swapped goals seven seconds apart late in the third to send it to overtime. Murphy had quite the day for St. Mark’s, scoring a hat trick and figuring in five of his team’s six goals. Junior Scott MacDougall (2g,2a) and senior Chris Cyr (1g,3a) had days to remember as well. Actually, come to think of it, the whole St. Mark’s team did.
Northfield-Mount Hermon 3 @ Holderness 3: A lot of shots in this one – 101 in total – and not a lot of goals. Senior David Grilk (35/37) played two periods in the Holderness net, and junior Jeff Wasson (20/21) played one. For NMH, junior Branden Komm (40/43) went the distance.
Salisbury 5 @ Kent 2: Salisbury got goals from five different scorers, and junior Andy Iles kicked out 26 of 28 shots.
Groton 3 @ Rivers 2: Senior Jono Turchetta scored all three Groton goals, and junior Dale Adams kicked out 22 of 24 shots.
@ South Kent 6, Berkshire 1: PG Jim Fuorili (2g,1a), senior David Benmocha (1g,2a), and junior Mike Pereira (1g,2a) led the Cardinal attack. Sophomore goaltender Sam Locke stopped 28 of 29 shots for the win.
@ Gunnery 5, Williston 2: Junior Thane Heller (2g) led the attack. Gunnery outshot Williston, 55-10.
@ St. Sebastian’s 5, BB&N 2: Senior Chris Brown figured in three of St. Seb’s five goals, the last an empty-netter. The Arrows outshot BB&N, 53-19.
@ Proctor 4, Thayer 2: Junior Keith Buehler (2g,1a) led the Hornets’ attack, and senior Conor Systrom stopped 25 of 27 shots to pick up the win as Proctor remains undefeated. Sophomore Charlie Coyle (1g,1a) figured in both of Thayer’s goals.
@ Milton 3, Governor’s 2: Despite being outshot by a better than 2-1 margin, Milton Academy, on a third period goal by senior Kyle Hunchberger, edged Governor’s. Senior Thomas Tysowsky kicked out 38 of 40 shots for the win. The Mustangs move to 4-0-0.
@ Choate 4, Deerfield 3 (OT): Choate came back from a 3-1 deficit with an Adam Patel goal at 8:59 of the second and a Joel Goodsell tally 13 seconds into the third. Senior Mark Goggin won it in OT, his second OT goal in three games.
@ Hebron 5, Portsmouth Abbey 0: PG Matt Siracusa (2g,1a) and senior Chad Goodwin (1g,2a) led the attack as the Lumberjacks go to 4-0-0 on the young season. In net, PG Trevor White stopped all 16 shots he faced.
St. George’s 5 @ Pingee 2: Junior Mike Violette (3g.1a) figured in four of his team’s five goals, the last of them an empty-netter.
Tabor 2 @ St. Paul’s 2: SPS senior T.J. Bowse had 24 saves and Tabor junior Robert Kang had 28.
Vermont Academy 4 @ Kingswood-Oxford 0: Vermont Academy got goals from four different scorers and senior Austin Erney stopped all 11 shots he faced. K-O senior goaltender Andrew Boyce stopped 44 of 48 shots in a losing effortr.
@ Kimball Union 5, Tilton 3: KUA went up 4-0 but Tilton came back with three to make it a one-goal game before KUA PG Andrew Murmes sealed it with an empty-netter. Murmes had three points (2g,1a) on the day.
@ Worcester Academy 2, New Hampton 1: Senior Nico Candelmo had 36 saves for the Hilltoppers.
POSTPONED:
Cushing @ Exeter: This game, scheduled for today, was postponed due to the ice storm, which has left nearly a million New England homes and businesses without power. It will be made up on Monday (Dec. 15) at 5:00 pm.
And Winchendon, due to the ice storm, bowed out of this weekend's Albany Academy Tournament. Only one of their scheduled games in the tournament, the opener against Albany Academy, a league game, will be made up.
12/9/08
Polls on the Horizon
We received a few emails today that asked, in one form or another, “Where’s the USHR Prep Poll?”The Prep Poll is alive and well. The first one will be this coming Sunday, Dec. 14. We are aware that when we set up the prep pages earlier in the fall, we listed the first prep poll as being scheduled for Dec. 8th. Our bad. We subsequently studied the academic calendar a little more closely and realized that Thanksgiving was five days later this year than last, meaning that, in order to stick to our schedule of previous seasons, we had to push it back to the following week. Our tradition dictates that the first poll arrive the Sunday before all the major Christmas Tournaments begin. At any rate, it all adds up in the end. There will be 10 Div. I polls in the 2008-09 season, exactly the same number as there was last year. (Div. I Poll dates this season will be: 12/14, 12/22, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, and 3/2).
And trust us on this: there’s not enough evidence to do a poll now. Most Keller Division and Founders’ League teams have only played one game. There will barely be enough on Sunday, but that’s never stopped us from giving it our best shot.
The Div. II poll starts, as usual, a week later, with the first one scheduled for Dec. 23, right after the Christmas Tournaments. There will be nine Div. II polls in total, the same as last year.
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We are looking for an intern – or two -- to help us keep track of the won-lost records of all NEPSIHA teams. As those of you who have read USHR for a while know, once we get into late January, we start crunching numbers, utilizing the NEPSIHA playoff formula in order to paint an accurate picture of the prep playoff race. The success of this endeavor depends entirely on our possessing totally accurate game results from all teams. Everything has to add up. There’s more to it than meets the eye.
Naturally, we use much of the same info for the polls. In short, we are looking for someone with an interest in statistics and, beyond that, an ability to interpret them in ways that tell a larger story. A good sports statistician separates the wheat from the chaff. We’re looking for someone who can devote a little bit of his or her spare time to this project. All we ask is that applicants be unbiased, and carry a cheerful approach to the work at hand.
This position is an internship, though if someone older would like to do it, we’re totally open to that, too. We’re just trying to find the right person – or persons. If they can handle the work we will go to bat for them, provide them references as needed, and, perhaps, launch them into other positions in the sports world. We’ve done it for others, with good results. Please email cwarner@ushr.com for more information.
Thanks.
Note:
We want to thank all the coaches for posting all their schedules and rosters. We now have all 61 NEPSIHA schools covered. We also have a handful of schools from outside NEPSIHA, including Delbarton, Hill, Lawrenceville, Northwood, Stanstead College, Wyoming Seminary, and Lake Forest Academy.
If weather forces changes to your team’s schedule let us know directly at information@ushr.com and also update your schedule using the schedule update feature. That way, you are covered two ways. We pride ourselves on providing schedules people can depend on. However, we need your help in getting us the info.
12/10/08 Updated
Wed. Dec. 10 Recaps
-- Blake, Condon Lead Belmont Hill Past Governor’s, 4-1
In a Keller Division matchup at Byfield, Mass. this afternoon, senior forward Mike Blake (2g,2a) figured in all of his team’s goals as visiting Belmont Hill knocked off Governor’s Academy, 4-1.
Seniors Will Gray (1g,2a), and Jack McNamara (1g,1a) also had big days. And in net Mike Condon kicked out 33 of 34 shots for the win. Senior Dom Malerba stopped 16 of 19 in the Governor’s net.
This was a funny game, in the sense that there were a good number of penalties -- a total of 18 were called (10 called against Bel Hill, and eight against Governor’s) -- that kept the game from developing any real flow. And, although Governor’s outshot Belmont Hill by 34-19, it didn’t really feel that Condon or the Belmont Hill defense was under significant pressure.
In the first period, Belmont Hill went up, 1-0, when, on the power play, Gray cashed in on a back door goal at the 11:03 mark.
In the second, Governor’s tied it up on a shorthanded goal, as sophomore Jack Ceglarski, coming down the slot, took a nice pass from Tim Winslow and snapped one off, beating Condon top corner, glove side, at the 4:55 mark.
Less than four minutes later, Belmont Hill scored what would turn out to be the game-winner when Jack McNamara, along the goal line to Malerba’s right, shot one off the back of Malerba’s right leg, at knee level, and into the net for a 2-1 lead. That’s where things stood after two.
In the third, Belmont Hill scored a nice goal when senior defenseman Ugo Dibiase, at the left point, held the puck nicely and then put a low shot on the net, which Blake was able to deflect past Malerba, giving his team a 3-1 lead 2:55 into the period.
Blake added an empty-netter with 59 seconds left.
Governor’s is only going with three defenseman this year. And, with sophomore Reed Kennedy hurt, they are utilizing just two – senior Jeff Menard and sophomore Drew Tallett (the brother of Harvard defenseman Ian Tallett). Governor’s uses two men up front and three back, in the manner of Middlebury coach Bill Beaney.
“I think our defense did a really good job keeping the shots to the outside – Governor’s attacked with speed – and (Condon) came up big,” said Belmont Hill head coach Ken Martin.
”We’re generating offense but not a sustained offense,” said Governor’s head coach Peter Kravchuk. “Part of that was Condon and part was not getting good shots and good rebounds and going to the net.”
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-- Taft 7 @ Avon Old Farms 4: With 36 second left in the second, Rhinos senior forward Jesse Root scored the game winner, allowing his team to take the lead for good after watching Avon overcome a three-goal second period deficit and tie things up at 4-4. Sophomore Matt Tetro and Root added third period goals. Taft outshot Avon 43-29. Avon senior forward Blake Forkey (2g,1a) figured in three of the Winged Beavers’ goals.
-- Milton 4 @ Thayer 3 (OT): Senior Jay Haseley connected in OT – his second goal of the game – to lift Milton to an OT road win. Thayer had a 3-0 lead after one period in this one, but couldn’t close the deal.
-- @ Westminster 5, Choate 2: Junior D Alex Pascal scored a power play goal at 12:49 of the third to break a 2-2 tie as host Westminster rolled to a 5-2 win. Junior Daniel Hnatko (2g), senior Joey Campanelli (2a), and PG Kyle Riffe (2a) each had two points for Westy. Senior Charles Corsi stopped 32 of 34 shots for the win. Soph F Dan Linell (1g,1a) figured in both of Choate’s goals.
-- Northfield Mt. Hermon 5 @ Deerfield 4: A goal by junior Andrew Bonazza with 3:04 left lifted NMH to a big 5-4 road win over Deerfield. Bonaazza finished with two goals and an assist. Senior Andrew Ammon had a pair for Deerfield.
-- @ Brooks 3, Middlesex 1: Brooks senior F Taylor McGillivary had two first-period goals – one on the PP and one shorthanded, each assisted by defenseman Joe Napolitano. Brooks sophomore goaltender Tyler Stillings kicked out 25 of 26 shots for the win.
-- @ St. Paul’s 14, St. Mark’s 2: Senior Cory McGrath had four goals, and junior Luke Sisler had three.
-- @ Exeter 3, Winchendon 2: A power play goal by PG Dan Weininger at 9:07 of the third lifted host Exeter to a 3-2 win. Junior Max Fenkell stopped 32 of 35 shots. Exeter was outshot 35-26.
-- @ Brunswick 2, Kent 2: A Stephen Trostle goal with 2:24 remaining lifted Kent to a 2-2 tie with the Brunswick School. Kent had to come back from a 2-0 second period deficit to gain a tie in this one. Sophomore forward Bo Stafford (1g,1a) figured in both of Brunswick’s goals. Brunswick senior goaltender Mike Furlong had 36 saves; Kent junior Marco De Filippo had 27.
-- @ Dexter 7, Portsmouth Abbey 0: Sophomore John Magliozzi (2g,2a) and freshman Cameron Darcy (1g,3a) each had four points, and sophomore goaltender Kevin Green stopped all 15 shots he faced.
-- Worcester Academy 2 @ Pingree 1: Worcester scored a pair of first period goals and held on for the 2-1 win. Senior Nico Candelmo stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced.
-- Hoosac 9 @ Harvey 0: PG Steven Buco (4g,1a) led the Owls attack.
-- @ Proctor 5, Kimball Union 4 (OT): A shorthanded goal by PG Rob Toczylowski, his second of the game, lifted Proctor to a 5-4 OT win over Kimball Union. Juniors Nik Tasiopoulous (1g,1a) and Keith Buehler (1g,1a) each had two points for Proctor.
-- @ Millbrook 6, Portledge 1: Seniors Mathieu Dubuc (2g, 3a) and Matt Abbott (2g,2a), and junior Jonathan Theriault (1g,4a) led the attack. Sophomore goalie Tim Cooney kicked out 19 of 20 shots for the win.
-- Berkshire 5 @ Gunnery 3: Berkshire got goals from five different scorers. Leading the attack for Gunnery was senior Mike Dolman (2g,1a).
-- @ St. George’s 4, Rivers 2: Junior Mike Violette (1g,2a) and senior Kevin Shelton (1g,2a) led the Dragons’ attack while sophomore Paul Roche stopped 29 shots. For Rivers, sophomore Cam Brown (1g,1a) figured in both of their goals.
-- @ New Hampton 5, Vermont Academy 3: Senior Kyle Zobler (1g,3a) led the New Hampton attack.
-- Cushing 5 @ Williston-Northampton 4: Junior Conor Sheary (2g,1a) and senior Kenny Simon (2g,1a) lead the Penguins’ attack. Junior TJ Powers had a pair of goals for Williston.
-- @ Loomis 4, Pomfret 3 (OT): A Chris Lembo goal at 4:29 of overtime lifted the Pelicans today. PG John Antonides scored the other three Loomis goals. PG Matt Mule’ stopped 33 of 36 shots to earn the win.
-- Trinity-Pawling 8 @ Albany Acad. 3: Junior Travis Ritter (4g,1a) led T-P’s attack. Junior Zach Popp scored all three of AA’s goals, each assisted by junior Nick Mannarino.
-- St. Sebastian’s 5 @ Tilton 3: The Arrows got goals from five different scorers.
-- @ Lawrence 8, BB&N 3: Seniors Wayne Simpson (1g,2a) and Steven Whitney (1g,2a) led the LA attack. Juniors Greg Tang (2g,1a) and Jack Bartlett (1g,2a) figured in all three BB&N goals.
-- @ South Kent 8, Wyoming Seminary 2: Senior Wade Megan (1g,2a) and junior Mike Pereira (1g,2a) paced South Kent to an 8-2 win over Wyoming Seminary.
-- Kingswood-Oxford 5 @ Rye Country Day 3: Sophomore Ben Kantor had a pair of goals in K-O's come-from-behind win at Rye.
Daily Double
12/9/08 Updated
Lovejoy, an '84 who graduated from Deerfield and Dartmouth, was called up by the Pittsburgh Penguins from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and played 10 plus minutes in a 4-3 Pittsburgh loss to Buffalo. Lovejoy, who is 6'2", 214 lbs. now, was undrafted and signed as a free agent. He's the older brother of current Deerfield defenseman Nick Lovejoy, a junior and a Dartmouth recruit; and former Deerfield defenseman Matt Lovejoy, who is playing lacrosse at Virginia. The boys' dad, Carl, played college hockey at Colby, and their mother, Cari, was an excellent lacrosse player in college. In sum, a ridiculously athletic family.
Sifers, an '83 who graduated from Taft and Vermont, was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Toronto Marlies (AHL) and played 17 minutes in a 4-2 Maple Leafts home win over the New York Islanders. Like Lovejoy, Sifers, who is now 5'11", 205 lbs., was undrafted and signed as a free agent. His sister, Jennifer Sifers, was a forward for the Harvard women. Another talented athletic family.
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We missed this one, but a reader just brought it to our attention. Former Taft (class of '03) and Boston University goaltender John Curry made his NHL debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 26, Thanksgiving eve. Curry, who had been brought up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) came on in relief after Dany Sabourin gave up a goal that put the Pens, playing the NY Islanders on the road, down 3-0. With Curry in net, Pittsburgh came back with a vengeance, scoring five straight goals for a 5-3 win. ''I didn't have time to think. All I could do was just go in and play,'' said Curry, a 5'11" Shorewood, Minn. native. ''Believe me, it was very nerve-racking.'' Two nights later, Curry got the start at Buffalo, and stopped 28 of 32 shots in a 4-3 loss. After that, Marc-Andre Fleury returned to action. In his two NHL games to date, Curry has a 2.67 gaa and a .907 save percentage.
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Several nights later, on Nov. 29, former Phillips Andover and Boston College goaltender Cory Schneider, who saw plenty of Curry from the opposite end of the ice during his college years, made his NHL debut. Schneider, an '86 from Marblehead, Mass., has played five straight games filling in for Roberto Luongo, who is out with a groin pull. In those games, the 6'2" Schneider has a .896 save percentage and a 2.80 gaa. Prior to being called up, Schneider, Vancouver's first round draft pick in '04, had played 11 games for Manitoba (AHL), posting a .945 save percentage and a 1.37 gaa. Not bad at all.
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This doesn't quite count as an NHL debut, since he was called up for one game late last season, but former Phillips Exeter and Harvard forward Tom Cavanagh was called up to the San Jose Sharks from Worcester (AHL) last week. Cavanagh, a sixth round draft pick of the Sharks in '01, has played one game with the Sharks since his recall. An '82 from Warwick, RI, Cavanagh played at Toll Gate High before taking a PG year at Exeter. He's from a ridiculously athletic family, too -- funny how these things work. His father, Joe Cavanagh, was one of the best forwards at Harvard -- ever. Just a great player. Trust us, we saw him play. Problem was, not many Americans even got a sniff from the NHL in the late 60's and early '70s.
12/8/08
This Week’s Schedule
Mon. Dec. 8, 2008:
Burlington High @ Roxbury Latin, TBA
Kent @ Millbrook, 5:15 pm
Canterbury @ Berkshire, 5:15 pm
Wed. Dec. 10, 2008:
Berkshire @ Gunnery, 2:30 pm
Taft @ Avon Old Farms, 2:30 pm
Choate @ Westminster, 2:30 pm
Middlesex @ Brooks, 2:45 pm
Belmont Hill @ Governor's, 3:00 pm
Salisbury @ Hotchkiss, 3:00 pm
Winchendon @ Exeter, 3:30 pm
Cushing @ Williston-Northampton, 3:30 pm
St. Mark's @ St. Paul's, 3:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Dexter, 3:30 pm
BB&N @ Lawrence, 3:30 pm
Groton @ Roxbury Latin, 3:30 pm
Trinity-Pawling @ Albany Academy, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Milton @ Thayer, 4:00 pm
Kent @ Brunswick, 4:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Hill School, 4:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Pomfret @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:00 pm
Hoosac @ Harvey, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ St. Thomas More, 4:00 pm (Tilton "B")
Kents Hill @ North Yarmouth, 4:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
St. Sebastian's @ Tilton, 4:15 pm
Holderness @ Brewster, 4:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Pingree, 4:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Tabor, 4:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Rye Country Day, 5:00 pm
Portledge @ Millbrook, 5:15 pm
Wyoming Seminary @ South Kent, 6:00 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Deerfield, 6:00 pm
Fri. Dec. 12, 2008:
Kiski School @ Harvey, 3:30 pm
Dexter @ Roxbury Latin, 3:45 pm
Proctor @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ St. Mark's, 5:00 pm
Clarkstown North @ Rye Country Day, 5:00 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Williston-Northampton, 5:30 pm
St. Thomas More vs. KLHT, 7:00 pm (@Harvey School)
Academie St. Louis @ Hebron, 7:00 pm
Also:
Day 1 (of 2) at Charlie Holt Classic, hosted by Berwick School.
Participating Schools: Berwick, Brewster, Brunswick, and Kents Hill.
Sat. Dec. 13, 2008:
St. Thomas More vs. Kiski School, 12:00 pm (@Harvey School)
Groton @ Rivers, 1:30 pm
Governor's @ Milton, 1:30 pm
Thayer @ Proctor, 2:00 pm
Lawrence @ Belmont Hill, 2:00 pm
Salisbury @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Brooks @ St. Mark's, 2:30 pm
Trinity-Pawling @ Avon Old Farms, 3:00 pm
Berkshire @ South Kent, 3:00 pm
BB&N @ St. Sebastian's, 3:00 pm
Cushing @ Exeter, 3:30 pm -- postponed
Vermont Academy @ Kingswood-Oxford, 3:30 pm
KLHT @ Harvey, 3:45 pm
New Hampton @ Worcester Academy, 4:00 pm (Buffone Arena)
Williston-Northampton @ Gunney, 4:00 pm
Tabor @ St. Paul's, 4:30 pm
St. George's @ Pingree, 5:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Hebron, 5:00 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Holderness, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Pomfret, 6:00 pm
Deerfield @ Choate, 6:30 pm
Tilton @ Kimball Union, 7:00 pm
Canterbury @ Loomis-Chaffee, 7:00 pm
Also:
-- Day 1 (of 2) at Rider Cup, hosted by Albany Academy. Participating schools:
Albany Academy, Hill, Lawrenceville, Millbrook, and Wyoming Seminary.
-- Day 2 (of 2) at Charlie Holt Classic, hosted by Berwick School.
Participating Schools: Berwick, Brewster, Brunswick, and Kents Hill.
Sun. Dec. 14, 2008:
Northwood @ Berkshire, 12:00 pm
Pingree @ Andover, 2:00 pm
Also:
Day 2 (of 2) at Rider Cup, hosted by Albany Academy. Participating schools:
Albany Academy, Hill, Lawrenceville, Millbrook, and Wyoming Seminary.
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Coaches: Please send any changes/corrections/additions to the above schedule to information (at) ushr.com Any changes for games scheduled for 12/15/08 forward can be made directly on your school’s schedule.
12/6/08
Sat. Dec. 6 Results
Today at Marion, Mass., host Tabor took a 2-0 first period lead, but Phillips Exeter came back with three goals in the second and held on for a 4-2 win.The Seawolves went up 1-0 when junior Tim Shea corralled a loose puck in the crease and made a nice goal mouth pass across to sophomore Mark Meads, who knocked it past Exeter junior goalie Max Fenkell at the 5:18 mark.
Tabor, on the power play, made it 2-0 at 16:26 of the first when junior defenseman Andrew Latta one-timed one from the point, the puck deflecting off an Avon defenseman on the way through. Fenkell had no chance.
Exeter struck quickly in the second, getting on the board with a power play goal just 48 seconds in, with senior d-man Jeff Reppucci making a nice play across to senior Nick Kondiles, who tapped it past Seawolves senior goalie Nick Betti.
Then senior Dan Weiniger went to work, tying the game while shorthanded from a scramble in front, and then coming right back with a 5-on-3 tally to put Exeter up, 3-2, which is where things stood after two periods.
Tabor thought they had tied it up in the third when Latta appeared to have beaten Fenkell on a breakaway. Latta thought he had a goal, threw up his arms in celebration – and proceeded to bowl over the referee, taking him right out of position to make the call. The shot may have crossed the line. The puck was in Fenkell’s body – he’d flopped back and smothered the puck. Basically, it was just hard for anyone, much less the referee, to make the call. So…no goal.
Tabor continued to press hard, but couldn’t tie the game up.
Exeter senior defenseman Tommy Larkin added an empty-netter with four seconds left.
The game lacked crispness, and was a bit on the sloppy side.
Weiniger played well for Exeter – he could have had three in the second, as he also rang one off the crossbar. Reppucci, a smart, smallish player, had a good game, too. PG Matt Hatch worked hard. Fenkell had a good game, kicking out 41 shots of 43 shots – Exeter had 28 shots on Betti.
For Tabor, senior Jayson Megna appears to be their most creative forward. Sophomore forward Cam Spiro, from Hingham High, showed a nice pair of mitts. Latta and junior d-man Derek Henderson were solid on the Seawolves blue line.
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-- A Brandon McNally goal with five seconds remaining lifted Belmont Hill to a 5-4 win over Nobles today at Dedham, Mass.
This was a back-and-forth game. Belmont Hill scored two to go up 2-0. Nobles scored a pair to tie it at 2-2. Belmont Hill scored two to go up 4-2. Nobles scored a pair, to tie it at 4-4.
Seven of the game's nine total goals came on the power play.
Nobles outshot Belmont Hill, 35-17. Senior Mike Condon stopped 31 of 35 for Bel Hill, while junior Gene Lane stopped 12 of 17 for Nobles.
The Nobles attack was led by sophomores Billy Arnold (2g,2a) and Kevin Hayes (2g,1a). Defensemen Gus Young and Mike Reardon each had a pair of assists.
Senior Mike Blake (2g,1a), sophomore Brandon McNally (2g), senior Jack McNamara (1g,1a), sophomore Connor Brickley (2a), and senior d-man Dawson Luke (2a) led the Belmont Hill offense.
-- Junior Brandon Moore had a goal and two assists to pace Trinity-Pawling to a 6-1 home win over Loomis-Chaffee. Junior Brendan MacDonald (2g), and seniors Robbie MacGregor (1g,1a) and Terrence O’Neill (1g,1a) each chipped in with two points. Sophomore goaltender Zach Kizitaff kicked out 32 of 33 shots for the win.
-- Junior Paul Cinquegrana (3g,1a) and senior Kyle Lysaght (2g,1a) led the way as Kent topped Lawrenceville 10-1 on the road. Also, five different players had two-point afternoons for Kent.
-- Host New Hampton got goals from seven different players in a 7-0 win over St. Mark’s.
-- Junior Mike Lopez scored a third period power play goal to lead Dexter to a 1-0 home win over Kingswood-Oxford. Dexter sophomore goaltender Kevin Green posted a 13-save shutout for the win. At the other end, K-O senior Andrew Boyce kicked out 34 of 35 shots in a losing effort.
-- Gunnery, down 3-1, came back and tied it up early in the third, but it was Choate, on a Mark Goggin power play goal, that won it in OT, 4-3 at Wallingford, Conn. today.
It was Goggin’s second goal of the day. Sophomore d-man Michael Paliotta (3a), and senior forwards Billy Rivellini (2a) and Joel Goodsell (1g,1a) also had good days.
For Gunnery senior Michael Dolman (2g) and junior Thane Heller (2a) each had two points.
Gunnery outshot Choate, 39-37.
-- Quinn Smith (3g), Stefan Demopoulos (3a), and KJ Tiefenwerth (3a) teamed up to lead Avon Old Farms to a 7-0 win at Albany Academy. Avon outshot their hosts, 56-19.
-- Five different scorers scored a goal in a 4-1 Andover win at Pomfret tonight. Senior goaltender Glenn Stowell kicked out 23 of 24 shots for the win.
-- Jake Picking (2g), Alex Gacek (2g), and Brian Ward (2a) each had two points in leading Governor’s to a 4-1 win at Thayer. Gacek’s second goal was an empty-netter. In net, senior Dom Malerba stopped 23 of 24 shots.
-- A hat trick by sophomore Gunnar Hughes led Salisbury to a 7-1 win at Williston-Northampton. Junior d-man Brandon Russo (2a), and junior forwards Mike McCann (1g,1a) and Kyle Armstrong (2a) each had two points for Salisbury.
-- Senior Alex Davidson (2g,1a) and sophomore Jonathan Liau (2a) led host St. Paul’s to a 5-1 win over BB&N.
-- PG Corey Bellamy notched a hat trick, PG defenseman Evan Yanovitch had four assists, and senior Raphael Pouliot (2g,1a) and junior Phil Arnone (2g,1a) each had three points to lead Winchendon to a 7-4 win at Millbrook.
-- A third period power play goal from junior Nick Tasiopoulos lifted host Proctor to a 2-2 tie with Brewster Academy. Junior Keith Buehler (1g,1a) had two points for Proctor, and junior Ridge Garbutt (1g,1a) did likewise for Brewster. Proctor outshot Brewster, 36-18. Junior Anthony Jacaruso kicked out 34 of 36 for Brewster.
-- Pingree got goals from four different scorers and freshman goalie Scott Caradonna stopped 22 of the 25 shots he faced to lead host Pingree to a 4-3 win over Berwick.
-- Senior Nico Candelmo posted a 20-save shutout to lead host Worcester Academy to a 3-0 win over Kents Hill.
12/3/08
Wed. Dec. 3 Recaps
-- Junior Kevin Goumas (2g,3a) led host Canterbury to a 6-4 win over Millbrook. Senior Sean Murray (2g,1a) was the other big gun for the Saints. Senior Matt Abbott (1g,2a) had three points for Millbrook.-- Senior Mike Furlong kicked out 21 of 22 shots to lead host Brunswick to a 4-1 win over Portledge.
-- At Byfield, Mass., senior Dom Malerba stopped 29 of 30 shots as Governor’s edged St. Paul’s 2-1. Junior Jake Picking scored the game-winner in the third period.
-- Host NMH broke open a 3-2 game with a six-goal third period in a 9-2 win over Worcester Academy. Sophomore John Cangelosi (1g,4a) and junior Nick Gordon (2g,3a) led the Hoggers’ attack. Junior goaltender Branden Komm kicked out 23 of 25 shots for the win.
-- Senor Chad Goodwin (2g,2a), junior Andrew Bettencourt (1g,2a), and junior Cam Moniz (2g,1a) led host Hebron to an 8-0 win over Holderness. Senior Craig Ryan picked up the shutout on 24 saves.
-- Senior Eric Zagorski stopped 28 of 29 shots to lead host Lawrenceville to a 3-1 win over Bishop Eustace.
-- At Needham, Mass., senior Joe McNamara had a goal and two assists to help St. Sebastian’s to a 7-2 win over Rivers.
-- Host Milton got four points apiece from seniors Jay Haseley (2g,2a), Kyle Hunchberger (1g,3a), and Ryan Edwards (1g,3a) in an 8-1 win over St. Mark’s.
-- Juniors Keith Veronesi (2g,3a) and Jake Goldberg (4g) led Berkshire to a 12-1 road win at Albany Academy.
-- PGs Rob Toczylowski (3a) and Dan Rowland (1g,2a) paced Proctor Academy to a 6-3 road win at Vermont Academy.
-- Junior Brian Safstrom scored a shorthanded goal and added a pair of assists to lead Andover to a 5-3 road win over Lawrence Academy. Senior goaltender Glenn Stowell kicked out 40 of 43 shots to earn the win.
-- Senior D Jeff Reppucci (2g,1a) and PG forward Dan Weiniger (1g,2a) each had three points to pace Exeter to a 5-2 win over host Tilton.
-- Host Dexter outshot Middlesex 46-22, ,but had to settle for a 5-5 tie. Senior Tucker Blanton had four assists for Middlesex. Senior Robert Lerro had a pair of goals from Dexter.
-- Host Kimball Union blanked Williston, 5-0, behind a 26-save shutout from sophomore Steve Mastalerz. Five different goal scorers came through for KUA.
-- Hoosac went on the road and took a 10-2 decision from Kingswood-Oxford. Junior Jory Uhlman (3g,1a) and PG Steven Buco (1g, 3a) each had four points for Hoosac.
-- Sophomore Billy Arnold (1g,3a) figured in all four of his team’s goals as Nobles picked up a 4-1 road win over Pomfret. Sophomore Kevin Hayes (2g,1a), junior D Gus Young (3a), and sophomore Matt Harlow (1g,1a) also had big days for the Noblemen.
-- NYA and New Hampton settled for a 3-3 tie at Yarmouth, Maine. Junior Nick Luce had a goal and an assist and senior Kyle Zobler had a pair of goals for New Hampton.
-- A pair of goals by sophomore Connor Brickley and a 19-save shutout by Mike Condon lifted host Belmont Hill to a 3-0 win over Pingree.
-- At S. Berwick, Maine, Stanstead College blanked Berwick, 4-0. Senior Marc-Olivier Deguise picked up the shutout. Senior Marc-Olivier Sauriol (2g,1a) and junior Ryan Bedard (1g,2a) led the attack. Stanstead outshot Berwick 28-14.
-- Junior Jack Bartlett (1g,3a) figured in all four of his team’s goals as BB&N took a 4-1 road win at the Brooks School. Junior Greg Tang (1g,2a) also had a big day. In net, senior goaltender Joe Papa kicked out 31 of 32 shots.
12/3/08
Founders’ League Jamboree Results
At the Taft School; Watertown, Conn.:
2:00 pm -- Westminster 2, Trinity-Pawling 1 (Mays)
2:30 pm -- Kent 1, Avon Old Farms 0 (Odden)
3:00 pm -- Trinity Pawling 1, Loomis-Chaffee 1 (Mays)
3:30 pm -- Taft 2, Westminster 0 (Odden)
4:00 pm -- Salisbury 0, Avon Old Farms 0 (Mays)
4:30 pm -- Taft 0, Deerfield 0 (Odden)
5:00 pm -- Kent 3, Choate 3 (Mays)
5:30 pm -- Hotchkiss 1, Deerfield 0 (Odden)
6:00 pm -- Salisbury 3, Loomis-Chaffee 0 (Mays)
6:30 pm -- Hotchkiss 3, Choate 1 (Odden)
All games were 25-minute stop-time mini games
The West Division (Hotchkiss, Kent, Salisbury, Taft, and Trinity-Pawling) won the championship, going 5-1-4 against the East Division (consisting of Avon, Choate, Deerfield, Loomis, and Westminster.)
Hotchkiss was the only team to win both their games, and no team lost both their games.
Standings:
Hotchkiss: 4 pts.
Kent: 3 pts
Salisbury: 3 pts.
Taft: 3 pts.
Westminster: 2 pts.
T-P: 1 pt.
Avon: 1 pt.
Choate: 1 pt.
Deerfield: 1 pt.
Loomis: 1 pt.
Look for a report on the Jamboree tomorrow. (Actually, let's make that Friday.)
12/2/08 Most recent update: Fri. 12/5
This Week’s Schedule
Wed. Dec. 3, 2008:
Founders League Jamboree, 2:00 pm @ Taft
Millbrook @ Canterbury, 2:00 pm
St. Thomas More @ West Haven HS, 2:00 pm
Proctor @ Vermont Academy, 2:30 pm
St. George's @ Thayer, 3:30 pm
Exeter @ Tilton, 3:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Kimball Union, 3:30 pm
St. Mark's @ Milton, 3:30 pm
Andover @ Lawrence, 3:30 pm
Rivers @ St. Sebastian's, 4:30 pm
Middlesex @ Dexter, 3:30 pm
Somers H.S. @ Harvey, 3:30 pm
Berkshire @ Albany Academy, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ Holderness, 4:00 pm
Stanstead College @ Berwick, 4:00 pm (Dover Arena, NH)
Hoosac @ Kingswood-Oxford, 4:00 pm
Bishop Eustace @ Lawrenceville, 4:15 pm
St. Paul's @ Governor's, 4:30 pm
Portledge @ Brunswick, 4:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Pomfret, 4:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Northfield Mt. Hermon, 5:00 pm
New Hampton @ North Yarmouth, 5:00 pm
Pingree @ Belmont Hill, 5:00 pm
BB&N @ Brooks, 5:00 pm
LaSalle College HS (PA) @ Hill School, 5:30 pm
South Kent @ Capital District Selects, 7:30 pm (@ RPI)
Fri. Dec. 5, 2008:
Harvey @ Fordham Prep, time TBA
Lawrence @ Rivers, 4:00 pm
Rothesay Prep @ Kents Hill, 4:00 pm
New Hampton @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ Brooks, 6:00 pm
Academie St. Louis @ Brewster, 6:30 pm
Winchendon @ Cushing, 7:00 pm
Nichols @ Wyoming Seminary, 7:00 pm
Fitch/East Lyme/Ledyard HS @ St. Thomas More, 8:30 pm
Sat. Dec. 6, 2008:
Hill School vs. Nichols, 2:00 pm (Sovereign Center; Reading, PA)
St. Sebastian's @ Milton, 3:00 pm
Belmont Hill @ Noble & Greenough, 2:30 pm
Hoosac @ Rye Country Day, 3:00 pm
Groton @ Portsmouth Abbey, 3:30 pm
Governor's @ Thayer, 4:00 pm -- please note the new time
Kingswood-Oxford @ Dexter, 4:15 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:00 pm
Canterbury @ Hotchkiss, 4:15 pm
Cushing @ Tilton, 4:15 pm -- please note the new time
St. Mark's @ New Hampton, 4:30 pm
Salisbury @ Williston-Northampton, 4:30 pm
BB&N @ St. Paul's, 4:30 pm
Brewster @ Proctor, 4:30 pm
St. George's @ Brunswick, 5:00 pm
Exeter @ Tabor, 5:00 pm
Gunnery @ Choate, 5:00 pm
Berwick @ Pingree, 5:00 pm
Kent @ Lawrenceville, 5:30 pm
Avon Old Farms @ Albany Academy, 5:30 pm
Deerfield @ Holderness, 6:00 pm
Andover @ Pomfret, 6:00 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Westminster, 6:00 pm
Winchendon @ Millbrook, 6:00 pm
Academie St. Louis @ Kimball Union, 7:00 pm
Wyoming Seminary vs. Ontario Hockey Academy, 7:00 pm (@ Hamilton College)
Kents Hill @ Worcester Academy, 7:00 pm (Buffone Arena)
Taft @ Berkshire, 7:00 pm
Harvey @ St. Thomas More, 7:30 pm
Sun. Dec. 7, 2008:
Wyoming Seminary vs. Ontario Hockey Academy, 10:00 am (@ Hamilton College)
Avon Old Farms @ South Kent, 1:30 pm
Academie St. Louis @ Vermont Academy, 2:00 pm
Nichols @ Lawrenceville, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ Worcester Academy, 4:00 pm
Schedules, Rosters -- and More
12/1/08 updated 12/6
Coaches from 60 of the 61 New England Prep School Ice Hockey Association schools – that includes both Div. I and Div. II -- have uploaded their schedules. We know it’s a busy time of year, and we thank them. We’re waiting on only one school and that is -- nudge, nudge -- Rye Country Day.
Rosters:
Out of the 61 NEPSIHA schools, we have rosters from 57. Rather than list all the schools we do have, we will list the four schools we don’t have. Keep an eye for them. They should appear in the upcoming days. Our goal, of course, is to have them all -- a complete record.
We are still missing:
Div. I: Hotchkiss.
Div. II: Pingree, Portsmouth Abbey, and Rye Country Day.
All the rest we have.
As we are able to instantly see when there are new additions, we will be updating the list over the upcoming days.
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We don’t have as many rosters/schedules from schools outside New England as in recent years. We have the key schools that will be frequently traveling into New England, but we’re not doing as well on the Midwestern and Canadian preps. That’s probably a referendum on the east coast slant to our prep coverage, a situation that exists primarily for two reasons – the massive concentration of hockey-playing prep schools in New England, plus the fact that USHR is based in Boston, right in the middle of it all. Still, we have to figure out a way to branch out, and any ideas are appreciated.
We also want to improve the girls’ section of the U.S. Hockey Report, and are looking for a few ideas there – as well as some qualified people who would be willing to help out.
12/1/08 updated
Mon. Dec. 1 Jamboree Results
-- at the Berkshire School; Sheffield, Mass.Game 1: Berkshire 3, South Kent 1
Game 2: Gunnery 3, NMH 1
Game 3: Winchendon 3, Pomfret 1
Game 4: Gunnery 4, South Kent 3
Game 5: Berkshire 3, Winchendon 0
Game 6: NMH 5, Pomfret 1
-- at St. Paul's School; Concord, NH
St. Paul's 4, Tabor 3 (OT)
