Metropolitan

New Name, But Same Solid Work Ethic

ByGary Demopoulos - HNIB

This team may be newly-named this summer as Metropolitan, but it will come with the usual strong work ethic.

The nucleus of this hard-working club was constructed by coach Matt Lavallee, who is with the Maine Moose program.

Coach Lavallee will be very familiar with at least a couple of guys in the forward ranks, as post-grad Gabe Poirier will be with the Moose program this winter, as will junior Edward Koza, out of Exeter, NH.

Senior Owen Cross from Hampden Academy will be a going concern up front, as will junior flash Austin Kaminaris, a

CAMREN KNOWLES EDWARD KOZA OWEN CROSS CAMERON RIZZO COLBY CARLISLE

MIKEY BOURGEOIS ANTHONY RODRIGUES JORDAN BLAIS JACK DEC AUSTIN KAMINARIS

LIAM MCGIBBON ALEC SULLIVAN MAX MESERVE ROBERT COOKE

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METROPOLITAN

# FORWARDS 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN YR HT WT DOB SHOT

36 Jordan Blais Suffield HS/Enfield, CT 37 Mikey Bourgeois Andover HS/Andover, MA 38 Colby Carlisle Undecided/Presque Isle, ME SR 5'7" 145 3/3/04 Right JR 5'10" 155 12/30/04 Left PG 5'10" 175 12/26/02 Left

39 Owen Cross Hampden Academy/Hampden, ME

SR 6'01" 177 9/21/04 Right 40 Jack Dec Kent/Montauk, NY SO 6'1" 175 9/1/05 Left 41 Austin Kaminaris Islanders Hockey Club U18/Nashua, NH JR 5'9" 170 10/1/04 Left 42 Edward Koza Maine Moose/Exeter, NH JR 5'11" 155 9/28/04 Left 43 Gabe Poirier Maine Moose/Gardiner, ME PG 6'3" 175 1/14/03 Right 44 Cameron Rizzo Maine Moose/West Gardiner, ME SR 5'10" 170 3/11/04 Right 45 Anthony Rodrigues Islanders HC u18/Ashland, MA JR 5'7" 145 9/10/04 Right

# DEFENSE 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

32 Robert Cooke Stoneham HS/Stoneham, MA 33 Camren Knowles Maine Moose/Manchester, ME 34 Max Meserve Thornton Academy/Saco, ME 35 Matthew Poirier Undecided/Gardiner, ME 47 TBA 48 TBA

YR HT WT DOB SHOT

JR 5'11" 165 2/24/05 Right PG 5'9" 167 1/7/03 Right SR 5'7'' 135 4/29/04 Left PG 5'10" 170 9/24/01 Left

# GOALIES 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN YR HT WT DOB CATCH 1 Liam McGibbon Danbury Hat Tricks/South Portland, ME PG 5'11" 165 3/16/02 Left 29 Alec Sullivan Reading HS/Reading, MA SR 5'11" 172 1/20/04 Left

Coach: Matt Lavallee - Maine Moose Colors: Forest Green

Nashua NH product who plays with the Islanders Hockey Club.

Senior Cameron Rizzo hails from West Gardiner, ME is looks to be a key fixture with the Moose this winter. Postgrad Colby Carlisle just finished up a solid career at Presque Isle HS and is ready to make the jump to juniors.

Suffield (CT) High’s Jordan Blais, a senior, will be his grit and solid two-way play. A sophomore to watch is Jack Stec, who plays his winter hockey at Kent School in the prep ranks.

From the D1 Mass. HS ranks comes Andover’s Mikey Bourgeois, fresh off a solid sophomore season with the Golden Warriors. Fellow junior Anthony Rodrigues, an Ashland native, is a key for the Islanders Hockey Club’s U18 program.

The Maine Moose’s Camren Knowles, a post-grad, will be a solid presence on the Metropolitan blue line, as will veteran Matt Poirier out of Gardiner, ME.

Senior Max Meserve, out of Maine’s Thornton Academy, was with the Northeast entry in the HNIB Showcase last summer and brings that tourney experience. Robert Cooke, out of Stoneham (MA) HS, will be a keen contributor.

In goal, post-grad Liam McGibbon is a veteran backstop, who will be with the Danbury Hat Tricks of the NA3HL for the coming year, will handle the duties, along with senior Alec Sullivan from Reading HS.