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Black Bears South
Competitive Group Looks To Be InThe Mix
Another of four teams entered into the HNIB Showcase by the Black Bears Academy, Black Bears South is ready to challenge its opponents.
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Alex Moody and Tim Recio of the Black BearsAcademy will be the principal coaches of this unit.
Forwards will include Lawrence Viola, out of Fountain Valley HS in Colorado, and Nathan Brown, a Colorado native who saw time this past year with the Springfield Pics junior organization.
The Vegas Jr. Golden Knights are represented by Kenneth Curtis. Aidan Priestley will hope to compete hard, he was at Gilmour Academy this past year.
LOUIE DEFALCO DORIAN FEDORIW SAMUEL BOUCHER ADAM MARCINK TYLER KULBANSKIY
MILES SMITH ALEKS KARPOV BRENDAN MURPHY AIDAN PRIESTLEY BRAYTON ROBERTSON
KENNETH CURTIS COOPER REID DMITRI WILLIAMS KEEGAN FITZGIBBONS LAWRENCE VIOLA
BLACK BEARS SOUTH
# FORWARDS HOMETOWN
38 Aleks Karpov Virginia 39 Brendan Murphy New York 40 Aidan Priestley Washington 41 Brayton Robertson Michigan 42 Kenneth Curtis Nevada 43 Cooper Reid Ontario 44 Dmitri Williams Ohio 45 Keegan Fitzgibbons Arkansas 46 Lawrence Viola California 47 Nathan Brown Colorado 48 Wyatt Witham Minnesota 49 Sava Makarenko New York
# DEFENSE HOMETOWN
32 Louie DeFalco New Jersey 33 Dorian Fedoriw New York 34 Samuel Boucher California 35 Adam Marcink Pennsylvania 36 Tyler Kulbanskiy New Jersey 37 Miles Smith Minnesota
# GOALIES HOMETOWN
1 Scott Rodrigue Ontario 29 Bryan Waugh Virginia
Coach: Alex Moody - Black Bears Academy Colors: Gray/Navy
Keep an eye on Sava Makarenko, who played locally this past season with the Northern Cyclones U18. Aleks Karpov should be another key forward for the Bears.
Cooper Reid skates with the Blyth Bruins while Dmitri Williams comes out of the Hilland HS program in his home state of Ohio.
Ready to help out in the offensive zone are Brendan Murphy, Keegan Fitzgibbons, Brayton Robertson and Wyatt Witham.
Defensively, Adam Marcink should be a cornerstone, along with California native Samuel Boucher.
Up-and-comer Louie DeFalco skated with the New Jersey Avalanche over the course of the 20-21 season. Fellow blue liner Dorian Fedoriw hails from New York state.
Tyler Kulbanskiy comes from the program at New Jersey ’s Fair Lawn HS. Miles Smith will bring loads of experience to the rink.
Between the pipes, Scott Rodrigue was at Okanagan Hockey Academy this past season and will be joined in the goalie rotation by Bryan Waugh.
