April 2013 NY Hockey Online Magazine

april 2013 Vol. 2 Issue 7 Luke Gould’s Legacy Lives On

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In This Issue

Boys High School Hockey..............13 Broadcaster’s Road..........................16 Central Hockey................................24 Club Hockey....................................57 Coaching With Gridley......................4 East Hockey.....................................34 General Photo Page.........................59 Girls High School Hockey..............14 Guest Editorial.................................15 Lukey’s Legacy...............................21 North Hockey..................................38 NYS Championships.........................6 OJHL...............................................18 Sedia Hockey.....................................5 Tryout Announcement.....................60 USA Hockey....................................58 West Hockey....................................44

It has been a very busy time for amateur hockey in New York State.

Championships have been going on at every level of hockey for both men and women as well as girls and boys. We have two pages of photos from the NYS Tournament in Amherst and other photos throughout the Magazine.

Our staff has done its best to cover as much of it as we could. If we missed something you’ve sent; or wish to add more about the States to the next issue, please feel free to send it along. We are also looking for those National Tournament stories that are being “written” as this goes to press.

We appreciate all of the emails we have received with results as well as great photos. You will see many of them in this issue.

One feature I hope all of you get a chance to read deals with a reallife tragedy that happened over a year ago. Ten-year-old Luke Gould, an outstanding hockey goaltender for his age, died suddenly from Myocarditis.

This disease is one that is not known about and his family wants people to be aware of it and they can help. Please read the article to find out about “Lukey’s Legacy.”

As is the case for each issue of NY Hockey OnLine, Janet has women’s and girls hockey covered and Koz has the men’s collegiate scene covered as well.

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We hope you enjoy the issue and keep sending us your news.

Best Wishes, Randy Schultz Publisher/Managing Editor

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Coaching With Chuck Gridley

Coaching……

Why do we do it?

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of our players who move on to college or pro hockey?

We spend hours working on the basic skills of the game…….skating, stick handling, passing, etc. How much thought do we give to our player’s basic “life skills” such as their work ethic, attitude, commitment, and self-worth? We understand the amount of influence we have as coaches on our players’ hockey careers. I think we often underestimate the influence we have on our players as people. The rink, the locker room, and the bench are all classrooms for our players. They listen to what we say, and watch what we do. They are figuring out life as they learn the game of hockey. Coaches are a part of that process. It’s quite a bit of responsibility, but don’t let it scare you. I think the key is to be aware of the influence we have on our players and do our best to use teachable moments in a positive way and set a good example.

So the next time you ponder the question “Why do I coach?” maybe you can entertain the thought that you’re helping make a better world………….one hockey player at a time.

oaching youth hockey is a huge commitment of time and energy, not to mention the emotional investment. It can consume us for as much as 6 months per season. If we think about the big picture, that’s most of our free time for half of the year…..every year! Many of us put even more time into preparation and administrative activities. I wonder how many of us stop to ponder this question…..Why do we do it?

The answers to this question will be as varied as Chuck Gridley the personalities of the coaches involved. There are New York District Coach-inmany things that motivate adults to want to coach Chief youth hockey (or any youth sport for that matter). I think it can be an interesting exercise to examine our own motivations. Very few of us are completely selfless in our actions. There are at least some selfish motivations for almost everything we do. The question is, how do we balance our agenda with that of our players? How do we use our motivations for coaching in a way that can positively influence the kids we’re coaching?

Most of us spend a huge percentage of our time trying to improve our players’ hockey skills and knowledge of the game. One of our most basic tasks is to help every child we coach to become a better player. The desire to share our knowledge of the game is certainly a valuable and self-less act. But is that the extent of our responsibility? And how do we determine how we’re doing? What is the gauge we use to measure our success? Is it Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles vs Aviator at NYS Championships in Amherst (Photo by Janet the number of games we win? Is it the number Schultz)

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Punishment Is Not Always Progress

by Rob Sedia Professional Hockey Instructor

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would like to start this article by saying “thank you” for the positive feedback and emails I have received for my previous article “Creating a Healthy Bench Environment”.

In this article, I will focus on discipline tactics to avoid as well as provide creative alternatives.

Tactic #1: Skating as a Punishment A phrase like “you better pick it up or we can just skate for the remainder of the practice” is quite common.

When that threat is exercised, the players are usually put on the goal line where the go to punishment drill (the suicide) begins. The “suicide” drill, along with similar skating “punishment” drills can be counterproductive on many levels. They send a message to the players that “skating” in practice is a punishment. They also defeat the purpose of skating and conditioning drills. If you need proof, just watch your players during these types of punishment drills and you will see some of them putting forth just enough effort to avoid getting noticed, (looking to their

left and right during the drill is proof enough for me). When players do just enough to get by, regardless of the drill, development is at a standstill. If this minimalized work ethic becomes a habit, skill digression occurs.

Skating drills should have a purpose. “Punishment” does not qualify.

Hockey players at all levels need to view skating and skating drills as exciting and fun. When this happens, a player’s focus and effort are at their peak. True development occurs only when maximum effort and focus are present. When you add the proper technique to maximum effort and focus, you have just moved to the next level of training. Drills like the “Finland Skating Competition” and the “S&S 1V1”, are examples of competitive style skating drills that require maximum effort, are fun, and players can’t hide in the pack. These drills can be modified, used for full or half ice practices and a creative coach can easily throw a few wrinkles into these drills to keep them fresh (contact me via email if you would like the PDF version of these drills). Watching your players really “go after it” in practice is exciting and competition based skating drills set the stage for high tempo practices.

Tactic #2: Push-ups as a Punishment In an effort not to ramble on and on about one of my biggest pet peeves, I will make an example of how a punishment like push-ups on the ice can work against your developmental goals. While watching a peewee level practice, the coach had the players moving into the slot and shooting, if a player missed the net, he was required (as a punishment) to do 15 push-ups.

While this may seem harmless, I assure you, the purpose of the drill (scoring) was not being exercised. This quickly turned into a “do not miss the net so I do not have to do push-ups” drill. The goalie looked like a super star taking shot after shot right in the belly or the pads. Push-ups are not fun

and they never will be. Give a kid an opportunity to avoid doing them and he will 100% of the time. In addition to the core purpose of the drill failing miserably, we are potentially creating a very bad habit of shooting at the goalie. Great goal scorers see the net, not the goalie and although some players have a bit more instinct for this, it is a part of the game that can be taught and learned. Please keep in mind that I am making reference to “scoring” drills only (drills that allow a player an unchallenged opportunity to shoot with the purpose of scoring). For the purposes of unchallenged, shoot to score drills, I like to go with the “Target 2-Timer” or “Carnival Games” both of which award players for hitting targets and/or scoring, (contact me via email if you would like the PDF version of these drills).

Strength training and conditioning are tremendously important for hockey players. Where and how it takes place is just as important. Skating competition drills are better for skating improvement and conditioning. Player’s not only work much harder during them, they view them as fun. Shoot to score drills are also competitive and allow the players to “try to score” vs. “not miss the net”. These types of shooting drills can help dial in a player’s shooting accuracy. When players ask you if they can do these drills, you know they enjoy them! Some types of on ice punishments are a waste of valuable (and expensive) ice time and can do more harm than good in the long run.

Rob Sedia is a Partner/Professional Instructor with the NewEdge Hockey Training Company and will be writing a monthly column for NY Hockey Magazine. If you would like to comment on this article, ask questions, provide feedback, or share your thoughts, please send an email to: rob@newedgehockey.com Previous months written by Rob Sedia can be found here www.nyhockeyonline.com

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The photos on this page and page 11 were taken by NY Hockey Online Photographer Janet Schultz at the Amherst North Town Center during the NYSAHA 2013 Championships. We were sorry we weren’t able to cover every game but enjoyed the few we did get to visit. Feel free to print these pages and share with your team, family and friends. Anyone wishing copies of the photos should contact Janet at Janet@nyhockeyonline.com. A nominal fee will be charged and photos will be supplied in jpeg at a high resolution on a disc suitable for printing. If you wish prints, contact Janet for pricing.

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New York State Championships NY Hockey Online invited every organization to send us their story on the NY State Championship they participated in. This gave each team an opportunity to highlight the action, acknowledge the players and tell their own story of how they got there and their look toward the Nationals.

We thank the teams that submitted an article. If your team didn’t have the opportunity, please feel free to submit a story for the May issue. For those that have time, tell us about your trip to Nationals for the next issue. Deadline is April 20.

Tri-Town Tri-Town Minor Hockey hosted the NYSAHA Tier III U12 Northern Zone State Sectionals over February 17-19 at the Tri-Town Arena. Five area teams competed: Chazy Flyers, Louisville Lightning, Norfolk-Norwood Icemen, Ogdensburg, and Tri-Town Timberwolves.

The Tri-Town Timberwolves came out on top undefeated and will enter the state tournament as the #1 seed from the Northern Zone. Lousiville placed second after a close battle with Chazy and will enter the state tournament as the #2 seed from the Northern Zone. Both will compete in Batavia on March 2-4 to complete for the NYSAHA Tier III U12 State Championship.

Photo: Front row: Bransen Kinnear, Isaiah Lyon. Kneeling: Andrew Lantry, Trent Dow, Sam Lyon, Wyatte Roberts, Cameron Sharlow, Ryan Newtown, Will Arquiett.

Standing: Colby Jenkinson, Keith Phelix, Chris Rose (asst. coach), Ian Bressett, Zach St. Hilaire, Rick Newtown (head coach), Owen Kowakchuk, Drew Rose, Dillon McCarthy, Chris Dow (asst. coach).

LI Royals Pee Wees win NYS Title The LI Royals Peewee Major team came back from Buffalo with the NYS Championship. Beating Amherst 4-2, Troy- Albany 9-1, Rochester 8-3, Syracuse 7-4 in the semis and winning 5-4 in OT against Westchester in the finals. Jason Ruszkowski “Mr.Clutch” with another GW OT goal. Congratulation to all the boys and coaching staff for a

great year with plenty of hardware to show for it.

Buffalo Bison’s Girls 19’s Repeat as State Champion!!

The Buffalo Bison’s Girls 19’s captured the New York State Tier I Title and will be heading to San Jose, California for the USA Hockey National Championship April 3rd-7th.

The Bison’s captured the New York State title with convincing wins over Rochester and Troy/Albany by respective scores of 8-1. The Buffalo Bison’s played in the Finals of the Tier I National Championship last season and lost to Assabet Valley by a score of 2-1. Early this season, the Bison’s played Assebet and won by a score of 2-0. In the preliminary round of National Championship, the Bison’s will play Team Pittsburgh, New Jersey, and Michigan. The Bisons are currently ranked 8th in the United States with a record of 31W-10L-1T. Buffalo Bison’s 14’s Lose in a Heartbreaker The Buffalo Bison’s 14’s opened up the preliminary round of the Tier I State Tournament in Syracuse by going undefeated. The opened up with convincing wins over Syracuse 5-1, Rochester 6-0, and West Chester 10-0. Unfortunately, in the Finals against Syracuse, the Bison’s went cold in scoring and lost by a score of 1-0. The Buffalo Bison’s dominated play, but could not beat the Syracuse goaltender.

The Buffalo Bison’s are currently ranked 5th in the Country with a record of 25W-8L-4T. Bisons 16U Headed West After a winning season, the Buffalo Bison’s Girls 16U tier 1 hockey team is heading to the USA hockey National tournament in San Jose CA. They have received an automatic bid to the tournament since they are the only 16U tier 1 hockey team in NY. This season the team played a variety of high level opponents from both the U.S. and Canada. They have many impressive highlights including a win over highly ranked Canadian 17U AA Toronto Aero’s, a double overtime loss to #8 ranked Connecticut Polar Bears and a win against top ranked Anaheim Lady Ducks. In tournament play, the Bison’s finished 2nd place in both the Ignite the Ice Tournament in Cleveland Ohio and the Polar Bear Tournament in Connecticut. The team is coached by Dave Smith and ros-

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Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles 2000 team Wins NYSAHA State Title

ters many of the best players to come out of Western New York at this age level. They are looking forward to a very successful tournament in San Jose!

Buffalo Hornets Heading to California

By Ashley Schneegold We are the Buffalo Hornets senior women’s B team.

Hockey is our life. We live to play and play to live. Women’s hockey is extremely underappreciated and we have to continually work to gain respect. All season we have been the underdogs; we struggled with getting a full roster of players, and when we finally did, a few players opted out of the rest of the season for various reasons. By the end of the season we were left playing each game with an average of six players, and at times with only five players! Because of our love, dedication, and heart we continued to play despite the numbers.

Recently some of our players were chosen to play for theWestern section of the Empire State games in Lake Placid, NY. To show how hard we worked, we returned with a bronze medal. We returned to our regular season with a short bench, and entered the NY State tournament in Clayton with six skaters and a goalie. We played our rivals whom had a team of 10 skaters. Our goalie stopped 56 shots and Deanna scored the game winner with 2 minutes left.

The final score was 2-1. Again, our love and heart brought us to victory Our coach is our inspiration. He is debilitated with lymphedema, but still continues his support at every game.

He loves us like his own and I know he would love nothing more than to see us go to nationals. This may be a once in a life time chance for many of us. We’re hoping to get to Oakland, California for the national tournament but unfortunately money is a huge issue for me and many of my teammates. No one expected to see us gothis far, including some of us. We are extremely ill prepared for this trip.

Round trip fares from Buffalo to Oakland could run us close to a total of $10,000 for the team. We are planning to hold as many fundraisers as possible. We want this so bad. We have less than a month to come up with the money while keeping up with schooling, families and other costs.

The Niagara Junior Purple Eagle U12 boy’s team won the NYSAHA Tier II State Tournament recently held at The Northtown Center in Amherst New York. NYSAHA selected this venue as the super-site for all Tier I, II, and III games for 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U tournaments for 2013.

The Jr. Purple Eagles won every tournament game with an aggregate score of 24 goals-for and only 5 goals-against, including two shutout victories. The Purple Eagles played teams from Watertown, Binghamton, Brooklyn, and NYC during the qualifying and semi-final rounds. The Jr. Purple Eagles beat Elmira Jackals 5-2 for the championship game.

Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles play out of Dwyer arena in Lewiston, NY, the home of Niagara University’s D1 hockey team. The Jr. Purple Eagles qualified for the NYSAHA tournament through their WNYAHL league play.

The State Champion players are Colin Bellinger, Joe DiBenedetto, Zach Buchman, Anthony Coty, Michael DiMaria, Keenan Kasperek, Jonathan Lang, Jason Lupp, Parker Morrow, Jacob Peters, Nick Phinney, Daniel Spors, Jake Strusa, Chris Tobey, Jake VeRost, Chace Woods, and Dylan Woods. The team is coached by Mike Woods, Tim Buchman, Kenny Kasperek, Don Liddle, Joe DiMaria and Bob Strusa.

St. Lawrence Thunder Capture State Title The St. Lawrence Thunder Bantam Girls team claimed the NYSAHA Tier II Girls 14U State Championship title this past weekend in Clinton, NY. The Thunder Girls team won the State Championship on Sunday evening by edging the Hamburg Hawks from Western, NY in a thrilling (1-0) overtime game. The team now qualifies for the USA Hockey National Championship Tournament. The Thunder Girls will travel to San Jose, California the week of April 3rd – April 7th.

Thunder Girls Recap – The Thunder Girls started off

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the weekend with a (3-1) victory over the West Seneca Wings followed by a (1-0) win over the Syracuse Blazers.

The Girls then handled the Hamburg Hawks by the score of (6-1) to advance to the semi-final round. In the Semi’s the Thunder defeated the Troy-Albany Ice Cats by the score of

ship matchup undefeated, knocking off Rochester 6-0 and Westchester 8-0.

Within the first two minutes of the championship game, it appeared the favored Bisons would pick up another early lead. Buffalo’s Linda Essery of Middlefield, Ct., tipped a bouncing puck at the left post of the Syracuse net. The puck disappeared and the referee signaled a goal for Buffalo.

As the Bisons’ players celebrated and Syracuse goaltender

(4-1) to advance to the finals and a rematch with Hamburg.

The Girls Thunder now takes their 38-13-4 record to San Jose in search of a National Championship.

The USA Hockey National Tournament is an excellent opportunity for our North Country players to showcase their talents on a national stage. If you would be willing to support this effort, please send a check payable to: Shannon MacCuaig - St. Lawrence Girls Thunder Treasurer, 5 Browning Road, Massena, NY 13662 before March 30th, 2013.

Team Members include: Sidney Molnar, Maya Swamp, Katie MacCuaig, Elizabeth Collins, Jordan Emerson, Jayden Young, Madison Cullen, Abbie Paquin, Kaitlin Irvine, Head Coach Renee Young, Maddy Mailhot, Asst.

Coach Bill MacCuaig, Mikenna Merry, Kerrigan Rondeau, Raechel Davis, Molly O’Connell, Samantha Mace, MaryKait Mace, and Asst. Coach Matt Cullen. The girls are from Massena, Alex Bay, Canton, Potsdam, Norwood, St. Regis Falls, and Akwesasne SYRACUSE NATIONALS 14U GIRLS HOCKEY TEAM WINS NYS TIER ONE CHAMPIONSHIP The Syracuse Nationals 14U Girls Hockey Team won the New York State Tier One Girls Hockey Championship on Sunday, Mar. 10, beating the Buffalo Bisons 1-0 in Cicero, N.Y. Syracuse will represent New York State at the USA Hockey National Championships in San Jose, Ca., in April.

Hosting the tournament on their home ice at Cicero Twin Rinks, the Nationals lost to the Bisons 5-1 in the first game of the qualifying round. Syracuse rebounded in its next two games, beating the Westchester Express 3-2 and the Rochester Edge 1-0. The Bisons entered the champion-

Kayla McCabe of Watertown, N.Y., protested, the referee found the puck tucked under the outside apron of net and waived off the goal. The game stayed tied 0-0 through the first period with the Bisons holding an 11-2 lead on shots.

At 11:01 in the second period, Syracuse defenseman Emily Rose of Clayton, N.Y., scored off a wrist shot from the point giving Syracuse a 1-0 lead. Getting on the board first energized the Nationals. Syracuse outshot Buffalo 9-4 in the period and kept the Bisons, who had averaged just over six goals a game in the tournament, scoreless at the ice cut between the second and third periods.

In a fast paced and physical third period, Syracuse continued to pressure Buffalo. With 1:52 remaining in the period, Syracuse picked up a penalty, giving the Bisons a power play opportunity to bring the game back to even. Buffalo pulled its goaltender early in the power play, but Syracuse’s penalty kill units held off the 6:4 attack until the final buzzer to win the game 1-0 and claim the 14U state championship banner.

Pictured left to right are the members of the New York State champion Syracuse Nationals: Front row - Kayla McCabe of Watertown, Ryann Stripp of Holland Patent; Second row – Gina Scibetta of Brewerton, Kelsey Bannister of Clayton, Emily Rose of Clayton, Katie Neuburger of Fayetteville, Emilie Harley of Jamesville, Lane Perl of Fulton, Allison First of Niskayuna, Sydney Parker of Johnstown; Third row – Katelinn Cummings of Johnson City , Miranda Kolb of Watertown, Erica Monaco of Baldwinsville, Jade Earle of Baldwinsville, Allie Rodgers of Oswego, Grace Parker of Johnstown, Susan Loh of Fayetteville; Fourth row – Assistant Coach Brian Harley, Head Coach Mickey

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Parker, and assistants Greg Loh, Dave Scibetta, Jeff Rose and John Neuburger.

Long Island Royals Win The 2000 Long Island Royals came into the NY State tournament on a roll after winning the AYHL PW Major championship the week before in Aston PA in dramatic fashion with a 7-6 double OT win vs the Philadelphia Little Flyers.

The Royals started off the tournament vs a tough Amherst team and the Royals jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Gray Betts and Brandon Cimino in the 1st period before Amherst came back to tie the game 2-2 late in the 2nd period. Ryan Colwell gave the Royals the lead early in the 3rd and Brendan Callow provided an insurance goal a few minutes later to help secure a 4-2 victory which was backstopped with a stellar performance in net from Anthony Keating. Next up for the Royals were the Troy Albany Titans and the Royals offense came out flying in a 9-1 victory. The Royals were paced by Robert Mastrosimone’s 1 goal and 3 assists, Jason Ruszkowski’s 2 goals and 1 assist, Vinny DeSanctis and Conner Hutchison both chipped in a goal and 2 assists, while Callow added 2 goals, and Jacob Schapira had a goal and an assist, Nate Schuman added a goal and Colwell, Timmy Cairo and Serge Pivnev each had two helpers.

In the Royals third game they were matched up with the Rochester Alliance and the offense came fast and furious for both teams. Rochester scored on the first shift to take a quick lead and 3o seconds later the Royals tied it up on a goal from Mastrosimone. The Alliance struck again a minute later and again Mastrosimone tied it up on the next shift.

At the end of the first period eight goals were scored and the Royals led 5-3. In the second and third Anthony Keating shut down the Alliance and Royals offense continued to strike for an 8-3 victory. Goals came, from Colwell, Callow, DeSanctis, Schapira, Hutchison and Cimino. Anthony Mastromonica and Jason Ruszkowski led the way with two helpers each.

This set up the semi-final matchups of the Long Island Royals (10) vs the Syracuse Nationals (16) and the Westchester Express (7) vs the Amherst Knights (19), with all four teams being ranked in the top 20 in the country.

Westchester and Amherst played a tight game with the Express advancing to the finals with a 3-2 victory. The Royals jumped to a quick 3-0 lead vs Syracuse on goals with from Daniel Herrle, Mastromonica and DeSanctis.

Syracuse fought back but could never close the gap to less to two thanks to excellent goaltending from Artem Kobylyanksyy. The game ended with the Royals on top 7-4. DeSanctis and Mastromonica each added another goal, while Mastrosimone and Callow chipped in the others. Colwell, Ruszkowski and Mastrosimone each posted two assists while Herrle, DeSanctis and Callow added a helper each.

This set up the match up most were expecting to see in the finals. The Express vs. the Royals. The teams had met numerous times throughout the regular season with the Express getting the better of the play. The Express opened the scoring very early in the first with a shorthanded goal which was quickly followed by a tally from Callow on a nice feed from Mastromonica to knot it up 1-1. The Royals fell behind again and Callow lit the lamp again to make it 2-2, Colwell and Mastromonica had the assists. Late in the first the Express struck again to take a 3-2 lead. That didn’t last long as midway through the 2nd the Royals struck again to tie it up, this time it was Mastrosimone on the power play from DeSanctis and Herrle. The game looked to be headed to the third knotted at three but Jason Ruszkowski struck with five seconds left in the period to give the Royals a 4-3 lead after two, DeSanctis and Mastrosimone had the assists.

The lead did not last long for the Royals as Drew Elser of the Express scored early to tie it at 4-4. The game went back and forth with Keating and Tate Brandon making big saves to keep it knotted at 4. With less than a minute left the Royals forced a turnover and Mastrosimone sent Ruszkowski in on a breakaway and Ruszkowski went top shelf to give the Royals the 5-4 lead with 40 seconds left. The Express came hard but could not beat Keating and the Royals came out with the 5-4 victory and were crowned the Tier 1 U12 New York State Champions.

The Royals got great contributions from every player on the team, led on offense by Vinny DeSanctis, Jason Ruszkowski, Robert Mastrosimone, Brendan Callow, Ryan Colwell, Anthony Mastromonica, Jacob Schapira, Serge Pivnev, and Gray Betts. They got great play on the blue line from Timmy Cairo, Brandon Cimino, Daniel Herrle, Nate Schuman and Conner Hutchison. Anthony Keating and Artem Kobylyanksyy were stellar in net all tournament. The team is coached by Jack Greig, Tony Mastromonica and Robert Mastrosimone West Seneca Wings’ Mission Complete Led by solid goaltending by Rose Quattro, the West Seneca Wings repeated as New York State Champions at Saranac Lake with a convincing 3-1 victory over the CNY Bobcats.

The Wings opened the State tournament on Friday with a 2-0 victory over the Lake Placid Lady Bombers. Goal scorers for West Seneca were Emma O’Neill and Abigail Lillis.

The Brewster Lady Bulldogs were Saturday morning’s oponent. The game looked like it would end in a scoreless tie when Captain Emma O’Neill scored in the final minute. Potsdam Icestorm was the next opponent with West Seneca clinching the #1 seed in their grouping with a convincing 5-2 victory. West Seneca scorers were Jillian Blas, Phoebe Palmisano, Abbigail Charvat, Heather Fitzgerald and Taylor Gehen.

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New York State Championship Results Youth Tier I 12U: Long Island Royals 14U: Buffalo Regals 16U: Rochester Americans 18U: Buffalo Regals

Next up for West Seneca was the Amherst Knights who had played the Wings tough in the Great Lakes Girls Hockey League. Goaltender Rose Quattro kept Amherst off the scoreboard while Cortney Staniszewski scored late in the second period. West Seneca came out strong in the Championship Game against the CNY Bobcats scoring two goals in the first (Fiona Danahy and Cortney Staniszewski).

Rachel Urbank closed the scoring in the second with a goal at 5:31. Although the Bobcats scored at 11:29 of the second, the team played strong defensive hockey in the third to secure the victory.

It was an amazing season for this group of girls as they went undefeated in their New York State league play (regular season 12-0-3 and state tournament 5-0).

West Seneca 19U Photo Story Submitted by Jim Simmons

The photos below are from several games played by the West Seneca Wings 19U team at the NYS C h a m p i o n ships.

Youth Tier II 12U: Niagara Junior Purple Eagles 14U: Massena/St. Lawrence 16U: Cheektowaga Warriors 18U: Arrows Youth Tier III 12U: Tri-Town 14U: Millbrook 16U: Louisville Lightning 18U: Jamestown Girls Tier I 12U: Buffalo Bisons 14U: Syracuse Nationals 16U: Buffalo Bisons 19U: Buffalo Bisons Girls Tier II 12U: West Seneca Wings 14U: Massena/St. Lawrence 16U: Potsdam Icestorm 19U: Chazy Youth Women’s B Buffalo Hornets

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Boy’s High School Hockey

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n the New York State Boy’s High School Championships it was Saratoga Springs defeating McQuaid, 5-0 to win the Division I High School Hockey Championships.

It was Saratoga’s third appearance in four years at the Championships held annually at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

In the Division II Championship game, Syracuse CBA/ Jamesville-Dewitt beat John Jay, 4-2.

NYSHSHCA Boys 2013 Championships All State Teams DIVISION 1 First Team Jake Watson

Canton Goal Robbie Michel

West Genesee Defense Jared Tallo

McQuaid Defense Tyler Bullard

Saratoga Springs Forward Anthony Angello Fayetteville Manlius Forward Kevin Hill

Suffern Forward Zachary Robert

Massena Forward

DIVISION 1 Second Team Henry Burns

West Genesee Goal Tyler Williams

Rome Free Academy Defense Brendan Wormley Saratoga Springs Defense Eric Hamilton

Cicero No. Syracuse Forward Bob Piotrowicz

Frontier Forward Tyler Young

Massena Forward Nick Winters

Saratoga Springs Forward

DIVISION 1 Honorable Mention Nick Modica

Suffern Goal Dakota Smith

Saratoga Springs Goal Sean Eccles

Corcoran Defense Joey Rutkowski

Rome Free Academy Defense Brian Schiff

Mamaroneck Defense Kevin McGee

White Plains Forward Trevor Chase

Fayetteville Manlius Forward

Division 1 Player of the Year- Tyler Bullard, Saratoga Springs Division 1 Coach of the Year- David Torres, Saratoga Springs

DIVISION 2 First Team David Prudhomme Ogdensburg Goal Brenden Chambers Williamsville East Defense Zachary Coughlin Brockport Defense Luke Arquiette

St. Lawrence Forward Brandon Mullin

Ogdensburg Forward Ryan Durkin

Syracuse CBA/JD Forward Nathan Foster

Beekmantown Forward

DIVISION 2 Second Team Adam Dentico

Williamsville East Goal Will Cullen

Pelham Defense Brandon Short

Norwood/Norfolk Defense Brandon Henshaw Brockport Forward James Nickolas

Scarsdale Forward Chris Moses

Hamburg Forward

DIVISION 2 Honorable Mention Steve Speis

Webster Thomas Goal Jake Battistioi

Williamsville South Defense Derek Grillone

Geneva Forward Cal Hynson

Rye Forward

Division 2 Player of the Year- Ryan Durkin, Syracuse CBA/JD Division 2 Coach of the Year- Mike McKie, Syracuse CBA/JD

NYS All Tournament Teams

DIVISION 1 Dakota Smith Brendon Wormley Jared Tallo Ryan Flynn Matt Flynn Ryan Talty

Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs McQuaid Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs McQuaid

Goal Defense Defense Forward Forward Forward

Division 1 MVP- Ryan Flynn, Saratoga Springs

DIVISION 2 Tim Decker

Syracuse CBA/JD Goal Sam Muller

Syracuse CBA/JD Defense Mark Leprine

John Jay Defense Ryan Durkin

Syracuse CBA/JD Forward Braeden Doust

Syracuse CBA/JD Forward Jack Grimm

John Jay Forward

Division 2 MVP- Braeden Doust, Syracuse CBA/JD

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NYS High School Girls Hockey WNY Girls Varsity Honors

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he WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation announced it’s honorees for the 2012-13 season.

Named to the First Team were: Forwards: Erin Gehen, WNYGVIH First Team: Rachel Lenard, Julia Duquette, Missy Mallon, Lauren Williamsville; Rachel Pray, Maddy Grisko, Erin Gehen (Photo by Janet Schultz) Lenard, Monsignor Martin; Missy Mallon, Amherst/Sweet Home.

Defense: Julia Duquette, Monsignor Martin; Maddy Grisko, Amherst/Sweet Home Goalie: Lauren Pray, Kenmore Second Team Forwards: Bernadette O’Connell, Frontier/Orchard Park; Rachel Ziarnowski, Monsignor Martin; Cassandra Hopkins, Williamsville.

Defense: Rachel Gramp, Monsignor Martin; Caroline Soh, Williamsville Goalie: Theresa Meosky, Williamsville Honorable Mention Forwards: Jill Battista, Kenmore; Tatum Walber, Frontier/ Orchard Park; Sara Scolnick, Williamsville; McKenna Rushford, Amherst/Sweet Home Defense: Megan Ruekauf, Lancaster; Kaeli Mathias, Kenmore; Katie Zimmer, West Seneca; Katie :Page, Frontier/ Orchard Park; Nadine Derijs, Frontier/Orchard Park; Alexa Ditonto, Frontier/Orchard Park; Amelia Gajewski, Monsignor Martin.

Goalies: Courtney Wesolowski, Monsignor Martin; Madeline Norton, Lancaster; Kara Rea, Amherst/Sweet Home; Mikaela Ditono, Orchard Park/Frontier.

Williamsville’s Hopkins Scholar Athlete

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illiamsville’s Cassandra Hopkins was named the WIVB-TV Scholar/Athlete of the Month for February. Hopkins is an ice hockey player with the Williamsville Girls Varsity Team and was instrumental in forming the WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey League four years ago.

She attends Williamsville South High School, where she also plays Lacrosse. She is known for her character, work ethic and willingness to help others. She is also a leader, leading by example.

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Guest Editorial

Where Did the Purity Go?

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s I sit here, the temperature goes up, the skies clear, and the smell of a hockey rink at 6:00 am seems a distant memory. However, it seems this is but a temporary setting in Western New York. Right around the corner is the tryout season, where kids say goodbye to the friendships they have built last year and the relationships that got them through ups and downs so far in a hockey career that is only at its very beginning, in hopes of getting that elusive spot on one of the local “Elite” hockey teams in their age group. Then comes the Spring Hockey League season, and from there the Summer Tournament season, all before the kids are back on the ice for the next time that they and their parents can celebrate an attempt at winning a state championship…..

Over the last 37 years I have been involved in AHAUS (the predecessor to USA Hockey), USA Hockey, and The British Ice Hockey Association. Having been a player, a referee, an administrator and now most recently a coach for the last 9 years at a variety of skill and age levels, one thing seems to become more and more apparent. WHERE HAS THE PURITY GONE?

The idea of the kids out on the pond playing a sport they love, and yelling “he shoots, he scores” as they fire a puck, or frozen tennis ball at their best friend in the backyard, and all tackle their buddy who finally scored seems all but gone. And I as I have seen this trend happen in the boys, where it is about playing on this Tier 1 team or that Super Elite AAAA all-star team and driving hours to get to your home rink because you play with kids that don’t live anywhere near you, I thought to myself, with the girls game, I hope it doesn’t happen here… because what is the girls game? It is the purest form of hockey.

Girls are different, they are wired different, they have “date night” with the team, they are worried about the color of their laces on their skates, and they are friends.

I don’t pretend to understand the female mind, but I do know after having coached female hockey players for 8 years that their motivations are different. What do I mean?

When one is struggling, they all are struggling. Very rarely have I seen where one or two players have a bad game.

Either the team reaches out and picks those players up, or the whole unit struggles. I think this is the purest form of hockey, where you have a team, not players, and that is where many people forget what builds a team. It isn’t the having a team full of superstars, all that gets you is the same player 15 times and that’s not a team. A girls’ team is like a puzzle where each person fits a space, whether it’s a corner space or a middle piece, no one player is exactly like another. And what’s more important is that is just isn’t a hockey puzzle, it’s a personality puzzle. Maybe it is easier for me to see being able to look from the outside in.

As I describe to parents, I don’t have a horse in this race, I don’t have kids and in that way I am able to take personal feelings out of the equation.

Anyone can pick out the best skater, the best shooter, the best passer, and the best netminder, but with girls, you need to pick out the best friends. I recently returned from a tournament with a team that talentwise was not at a championship level. But while at the tournament, the players became friends, and although first place wasn’t in the cards, they returned as friends and the third place result, although not what we had hoped for in terms of comparing ourselves to other teams, was far superior in their personal growth and hockey development. It is that purity of hockey that is hard to find and when you do find it, don’t ever let it go.

Again, these are the things that make girl’s hockey different. I hate watching a coach yell and scream at his female players, as you can see them shut down, the light dim from their eyes, and the shoulders drop in a moment of despair. You have lost that player, not only as a hockey player, but as a person. I challenge any coach of a girls’ team to ask his players what he has said that was negative, I guarantee you that every player remembers every negative comment you made in their direction, they may not admit to it, but trust me, they remember.

This leads me to something I have said to a number of coaches, parents and just hockey people. There is one fundamental difference between boys and girls that makes me think the purity lives in the girls sport… “boy’s have to win to have fun, whereas girls have to have fun to win”.

Scott Then West Section Coach

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Broadcaster’s Road Goes From New York to Florida

By Randy Schultz Randy@nyhockeyonline.com

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ho would have ever thought that a Brooklyn boy like me would become a fixture with the Florida Panthers?”

That is the question that Steve Goldstein, veteran play-by-play announcer for the Panthers, asked another reporter prior to the start of a Panthers-Sabres hockey game at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center.

Goldstein is in his fourth season as the team’s play-by-play voice on FOX Sports Florida. For two seasons prior to that he was the Panthers radio play-buy-play announcer.

And for eight seasons before that he hosted the Panthers weekly pre- and post-game shows.

Not bad for a guy who grew up listening to Marv Albert doing the play-by-play for the New York Rangers.

“I used to play a lot of roller hockey in the street and school yards with the chain link fence with the old electrical tape,” recalled Goldstein. “If you lost a puck you simply went to the hardware store and replaced it for 75 cents.

“I did play a bit of ice hockey.

hosted CBS Radio’s hockey coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and worked as a reporter and producer at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

But his love of sports broadcasting went back longer than that.

“I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster since I was about eight or nine years old,” said Goldstein.

“As I got older I would wait at after the games to meet the broadcasters, not the players.

“I don’t know why. But I can tell you I just got lucky.

“I listened a lot to Marv Albert and the Rangers. He was my guy.

Goldstein took that love and went on to Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1991 with a degree in broadcast journalism.

“I think one of the greatest thrills for me early in my career was covering the Rangers Stanley Cup playoff run in 1994,” remembered Goldstein. “But I really got into the play-by-play when I was at Syracuse.

“While there I did play-by-

But it really wasn’t easy to find ice time in Brooklyn.

“There was a lot of hockey for me to follow when I was growing up. There were the Rangers and Islanders.

“Then the New Jersey Devils came along. So there was always hockey going on NHL-wise in the New York area.

“Of course I was a Rangers fan. My favorite player was Reijo Ruotsalainen, a defenseman from Finland.

“But I also liked guys like Ron Greschner and Glen Hanlon in goal. I was a fan of Mike Allison and Nick Fotiu as well.

“You can see that I didn’t always like the best players on the team. I liked the role players.”

Prior to going to work for the Panthers, the Brooklyn native worked as a reporter for New York’s WFAN and the CBS RaBroadcaster Steve Goldstein talks to NY Hockey Online Publisher dio Network. He Randy Schultz (Photo by Janet Schultz)

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play for basketball, football and lacrosse. But I got away from it for a while until 1997 or 1998.

“Chris Moore was doing the Panthers games. He couldn’t make it back in time for a game between the Panthers and Rangers.

“I filled in for the first two periods of that game before Moore arrived. And I think it was at that point that people realized that I could do more than just be a radio talk show host.”

A few years later Goldstein would once again fill in, this time for the legendary Jiggs McDonald. When McDonald retired it was Goldstein waiting in the wings.

“I love doing play-by-play for hockey,” remarked Goldstein, who resides in Weston, Fla. with his wife, Dana and sons Jake and Kyle. “It is constantly moving.

“I try not to talk about what the people can’t see.

That’s why I watch the TV monitors in our booth when possible.

“But most of my calls are made looking at the action on the ice. And I don’t like to over talk during a game.

“Hockey fans are knowledgeable about the game.

I don’t want to insult them.”

So what does the future hold for the Panthers and Goldstein?

“My biggest thrill, as it would be for any broadcaster, would be to call a Stanley Cup Championship game,” concluded Goldstein. “It was a great thrill last year going seven games against the Devils.

“That showed what type of hockey market South Florida has. You need to win.

“Give them a winner and Panther fans go crazy.

They proved that last season.

“But nothing would be sweeter than to win a Stanley Cup for South Florida.”

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Around OJHL Rinks

Peca Executive of the Year

The Ontario Junior Hockey League named Michael Peca of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres the recipient of the 2012-13 OJHL Executive-of-the-Year Award.

Peca joined the Jr. Sabres as General Manager prior to the 2011-12 season, ultimately taking over the role as Head Coach when he replaced Grant Ledyard in early January and led the club to their best finish since the Niagara Scenic finished in second place in the Metro Junior ‘A’ Hockey League’s West Division in 1995-96. With expectations high, Peca continued to recruit and would make the summer’s most influential signing when Tyler Gjurich was brought on board from the Springfield Pics of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. Gjurich would not only lead the Sabres, but capture the OJHL scoring title during his rookie OJHL campaign. He would also swing a deal with the Hamilton Red Wings, bringing forward Nick Scamurra aboard in December. Scamurra would add more depth to the club, solidifying their quest for first place in the South-West Conference standings.

The Jr. Sabres regular season Conference title was garnered on the strength of a 38-12-5 record for 81 points and a .736 winning percentage, the best in franchise history since jumping to the Metro League in 1995-96 from the Eastern Junior Hockey League.

Buffalo would also finish as runner-up for the OJHL regular season title, finishing four points behind the Trenton Golden Hawks for first place overall. A testament to the club’s leadership, the Sabres would tie for the league lead with 19 road wins Known as a defensive specialist during his 14-year NHL career, twice winning the Selke Trophy as Best Defensive Forward; Peca’s influence on the club was clearly evident as they had the league’s top penalty killing unit, stopping the opposition with an 89.92%

success rate. The club’s penalty kill would also lead the OJHL with 14 shorthanded goals throughout the season.

Led by Gjurich, and January South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month Ryan Schmelzer, the Sabres were also one of the top offensive forces in the OJHL, recording 249 goals for, more than any other OJHL squad and the most by the franchise since 1995-96 when they were led by Jeff Farkas.

The clubs power play would enter the playoffs ranked fourth in the league on the strength of 65 power play goals in 309 man advantages for a 21.04% success rate.

The 38-year old native of Toronto, Ontario, played four seasons in the OHL with the Sudbury Wolves and Ottawa 67’s, while also winning the gold medal with Team Canada at the 1994 World Junior Championship held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. After being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2nd round, 40th overall, of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Peca embarked upon a 14-year NHL career with stops in Vancouver, Buffalo, New York (Islanders), Edmonton, Toronto and Columbus. He was also a member of Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, ending the country’s 50 year gold medal drought when they defeated the United States 5-2 in the gold medal game.

The OJHL Executive-of-the-Year Award is awarded annually to the Executive that is adjudged to have exceeded expectations in his role with the club throughout the course of the regular season, including, but not limited to, President, Vice-President, General Manager, Assistant General Manager and Marketing Executives.

Greg Walters of the Georgetown Raiders was named runner-up in the OJHL award balloting to Peca.

One year removed from the OJHL regular season title, and after losing numerous key players following the season, Walters was successful in re-tooling the Raiders to once again compete for the Conference lead, while finishing third overall in the league standings.

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Buffalo’s Gjurich- OJHL Rookie of the Year!

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he Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) an- a 38-12-5 record for 81 points, the franchise’s best finish nounced that Tyler Gjurich of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres since making the jump to the Metro league in 1995-96. has been named the recipient of the OJHL Rookie- Other highlights of Gjurich’s impressive rookie campaign of-the-Year Award. included being a member of the OJHL West Division All- After playing five games

Stars that competed at the as an affiliate with the Jr. Sa2012 Central Canada Cup All-Star bres in 2009-10, Tyler Gjurich Challenge held in Wellington, Onreturned to the club after two tario, as well as being named an seasons in the Empire Junior OJHL 1st Team All-Star followHockey League (EJHL) as a ing the season. He was named the member of the Springfield Jr. South-West Conference GongPics to not only lead Buffalo, show Gear Player-of-the-Month but the entire OJHL in scoring for November, as well as runnerduring his rookie OJHL seaup in December, and confirmed son. He became the first memhis commitment to join the Uniber of the franchise to lead the versity of Maine Black Bears next league in scoring since Jeff season.

Farkas accomplished the feat,

The OJHL Rookie-of-theGjurich (left) 2013 Rookie of Year. leading the Metro Junior ‘A’ Year Award is awarded annually (Photo by Shawn Muir, OHL Images) Hockey League in scoring to the player adjudged to be the with 112 points for the Niagamost proficient in ra Scenic in 1995-96. his first year of competition playing in the OJHL through Gjurich jumped out to a quick start this season and out the regular season. would continue a dominant offensive performance through- Jake Evans of the St. Michael’s Buzzers has been out the 2012-13 season; leading the OJHL with 53 goals, named runner-up in the OJHL award balloting to Gjurich. the only player to reach the 50 goal milestone this season, The 16-year old forward joined the Buzzers full-time 97 points and 4 shorthanded goals, while finishing second this season, finishing third on the club with 32 assists and among all players with 9 game-winning goals. He would seventh in overall scoring with 44 points. Playing signififail to record a point in just 11 games this season, while re- cant minutes with the man advantage, Evans would also cording multiple points 30 times, including three, five point notch 15 assists on the power play this season. efforts. A key member of both Jr. Sabres’ special teams 2012-13 OJHL Award Winners units, Gjurich finished seventh in the OJHL with 11 power Award Winner Runner-Up play goals and ninth with 18 power play assists, to key the Top Scorer Tyler Gjurich (BUF) Jonah Renouf (OAK) league’s fourth best unit with a 21.04% success rate. CountTop Goaltender Charlie Finn (KIN) Joseph Pianta (TLP) ed on defensively as well, he would tally six shorthanded Executive Michael Peca (BUF) Greg Walters (GEO) points and help kill off 89.92% of Buffalo’s penalties for Humanitarian Tyler Feaver (WHI) Josh Timpano (TRE) the top ranked penalty killing unit in the league.

Trainer Jack Williams (BUF) Drew Laskoski (STO) Perhaps more importantly, however; was the fact that Coach Michael Peca (BUF) John Dean (NYR) the offensive dynamo notched 62 of his 97 points at even Volunteer Mike Johnson (ORA) Katarina French (PIC) Most Improved John Carpino (NYR) Corey Kalk (NYR) strength and his 53 goals represented more than 21% of Gentlemanly Dean Klomp (LIN) Jonah Renouf (OAK) the Buffalo Jr. Sabres 249 goals for this season, which also Goaltender Charlie Finn (KIN) Parker Gahagen (BUF) ranked first overall among all OJHL clubs. Gjurich’s imDefenceman Patrick McCarron (STM) Chris Raguseo (WHI) pressive season was instrumental in securing the Buffalo Jr. Scholastic Jordan Dunin (NEW) Evan Jasper (COB Sabres the South-West Conference regular season title with

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Buffalo’s Williams Named OJHL Trainer of the Year

Jack Williams of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres has been named the 2012-13 recipient of the OJHL Trainerof-the-Year Award.

Williams has been the Equipment Manager for the Jr. Sabres franchise for the past 29 years, dating back to the original Jr. Sabres that played in the North American Hockey League (NAHL), starting his career during the 1983-84 season. During his 29 years tenure, Williams saw the club change its name three times, from Jr. Sabres to Niagara Scenic, to Buffalo Lightning, and finally to the current version of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres; as well as play in four different leagues, the NAHL, the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL), the Metro Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and finally the OJHL. He has also mentored numerous future NHL players along the way, including current stars Ryan Callahan (New York Rangers), Brian Gionta (Montreal Canadiens) and Lee Stempniak (Calgary Flames).

A fixture on the Junior ‘A’ hockey scene in Buffalo, Williams is typically the first person to arrive at the rink each day and almost always the last one to leave. A tireless worker, his dedication to the game and to his franchise are appreciated by all who cross his path, and for the hundreds of players that have come through the organization throughout the years, he has, and continues to make junior hockey a memorable and positive experience.

Born on August 14 1936 in Buffalo, New York, Jack Williams served full-time in the United States Army for more than 35 years from December of 1959 to August of 1996. He would remain stationed at home for the duration of his career and served in various divisions including artillery, guided missiles, combat engineering and signals. Following his retirement, Williams served another six years in the National Guard from 1996-2002. The dedicated family man has been married to Lorraine for 50 years and has four sons (John Jr., Anthony, Dennis and Thomas), as well as eight grandchildren.

The OJHL Trainer-of-the-Year Award is awarded to the trainer, therapist or equipment manager that is adjudged to be the best at his profession for his/her member club throughout the course of the regular season, while past experience and time served will be taken into consideration.

Drew Laskoski of the Stouffville Spirit was runner-up in the OJHL award selection to Williams.

Laskoski recently completely his first year, during a second tour of duty with the Spirit, after spending 10 years in Stouffville beginning in 1987. He would join the Newmarket Hurricanes for the next 15 seasons before returning to Stouffville this year.

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A Silent Killer Takes Life of Young Hockey Player But His Legacy Lives On! Myocarditis.

If you don’t know what it is, Google it. Look it up in a dictionary.

Become aware of it. It is a disease that can strike young and old alike across New York State, the United States as well as around the world.

Until a year and a half ago the family of Luke Gould didn’t know what Myocarditis was. Unfortunately they do now.

“Lukey’s Legacy will no longer be saving goals on the ice but saving lives from above.”

That was the theme that was introduced at the first Myocarditis Awareness Day that was held last November in honor of the late Luke Anthony Gould.

“Lukey,” as Gould was known as by family and friends, died suddenly, and unexpectedly, in the early morning hours of November 16, 2011. He passed of an unknown disease called Myocarditis.

Lukey, who lived in West Seneca, New York, played three different sports including hockey, soccer and baseball. He was a goalie in the West Seneca Youth Hockey Association.

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. It occurs when one of a variety of infections reaches that individual’s heart.

While symptoms can occur, that is not always the case.

“Originally, we did not know exactly caused Lukey to pass,” said Lukey’s mother, Amy Voit Skowronski. “Testing for this type of heart failure is not part of a normal autopsy.

“We had to seek outside help to investigate. That’s when we went to Senator Tim Kennedy (D-West Seneca)

for further testing.

“It took an additional 60 days before we found out that it was Myocarditis. And up until that moment, I had never heard of Myocarditis.

“That’s when I went to investigating. I finally found a Myocarditis Foundation.

“I then went to Facebook and searched out the Foundation and found it. I posted a question on the site and simply

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if anyone knew what Myocarditis is.

“I got a response from another mother who was in the same situation that I was. That’s when I found out how many people from around the globe that were on this little Facebook page.

“They had a spreadsheet and there were 131 people on this sheet when they opened up this Facebook page. These 131 people were victims of Myocarditis.

“Included in those names were singer Andy Gibb. He died of Myocarditis.

“That’s when I decided to do my best to get the word out about this disease. We went to Albany to try and make people aware across the State of New York.

“Thanks to the efforts of a lot of people we celebrated the first Myocarditis Awareness Day on November 16, 2012.

We know that there are a lot of people in West Seneca that know about Myocarditis but I don’t think there are across the State.

“But we’re not going to stop there. I want this to become a Nation-wide effort. I want as many people as possible to know how to say Myocarditis, how to spell it and what it is all about.

“I want our government to get funding to research more about Myocarditis.”

But Skowronski doesn’t want it to stop there.

“I also would like to see physicals become mandatory in town sports. Right now kids don’t have to get physicals if they play hockey, soccer or baseball.

“The only sport that demands a physical is football.

“And testing for Myocarditis, which includes blood work, should be a part of this.”

Luke’s grandmother, Diana Voit, who works in the medical profession, agrees.

“If it takes working through the amateur hockey associations to do this, that is the way we have to go,” added Diana. “All of these kids need to be protected.”

Many things have already been done to honor the memory of Lukey. Locker Room number one at the West Seneca IceRink was renamed in his honor.

A team bench in the Arena has Luke’s name on it. There is a soccer field in the West Seneca area that was dedicated in his name.

Today there is a new movement going on that will honor the memory of Lukey.

“Dick Lynch (President of the West Seneca Youth Hockey Association), Tim Weixlmann and Brian Lawrence and a couple of others had mentioned that they wanted to do something to honor his memory,” said Kevin Voit, Luke’s grandfather, better known as ‘Papa.’ “This little boy made such an impact on everyone he touched.

“Dick has said that they are going to put a tournament together and have a trophy in his memory. Hopefully this will take place by next season.”

“Lukeys Legacy has also been formed. It is committed to spread awareness of Myocarditis and to award scholarships to students that show commitment to school, community, and sports or art.

Fundraisers have been held in his honor as well.

“This year we will work to help make a difference in the lives of people affected by Myocarditis,” concluded Amy. “Each and every person affected by this has reason to hope because great advances are being made in awareness.

“Through these efforts, Lukey’s memory will live on.”

For further information go to: LukeysLegacy.org.

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Bruins Over Red Wings in Stanley Cup Finals!

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he Bruins defeated the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup! “But the season isn’t even near the playoffs yet,” you say.

Well it is in Clinton, NY. The U10 Clinton Squirts were drafted several weeks ago to the NHL original six teams. During the preseason every team plays against each other to see if all the teams were equal. Then each Thursday evening, the teams play two 20-minute three-on-three games. No goalies, just pond hockey goals.

After five weeks each team played two games against all teams. The Rangers were crowned regular season Champions and the top four teams made the playoffs.

Draft Day in Clinton

In first were the Rangers; the Red Wings claimed second place followed by the Maple Leafs and the Bruins.

In the first round it was the Red Wings over the Maple Leafs and the Bruins took the Rangers in overtime.

It was then on to the Stanley Cup final with the Bruins facing the Red Wings.

The Bruins took the Red Wings in a 11-7 championship and a series that everyone found exciting.

Congratulations to the Bruins--Owen McCabe, Hannah Slawson, Joshua Trask, Killian Kulpa and Ryan Galinski (Photos courtesy Clinton Squirts)

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Snowbelt JAM Champions Announced

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he Snowbelt Youth Hockey League celebrated the end of the season with their annual JAM tournaments. Snowbelt held 16 competitive tournaments that hosted 79 league teams from 22 member associations. There were 6 Squirt tournaments, 5 PeeWee tournaments, 3 Bantam tournaments, and 2 Midget tournaments. Congratulations to the JAM winners as well as the regular season Division Champions!

Each image name starts with the level and the tournament number (the fifth Squirt tournament starts SQ5) and then the team name. If an association had more than one team at that level, the team number or color designation is listed as well.

Tournaments: Squirt 1 @ Thousand Islands - WINNER: Thousand Islands Red Squirt 2 @ Cortland - WINNER: Mohawk Valley Squirt 3 @ Whitestown - WINNER: Watertown (Overtime) Squirt 4 @ Fulton - WINNER: Binghamton Blue Squirt 5 @ Thousand Islands - WINNER: Oswego 1 Squirt 6 @ Center State - WINNER: Skaneateles 2 PeeWee 1 @ Camillus - WINNER: Binghamton PeeWee 2 @ Whitestown - WINNER: Midstate (Shootout) PeeWee 3 @ Fulton - WINNER: Fulton PeeWee 4 @ Cortland - WINNER: Cortland PeeWee 5 @ Skaneateles - WINNER: Lysander Bantam 1 @ Ithaca - WINNER: Ithaca Red Bantam 2 @ Onondaga - WINNER: Ithaca Blue Bantam 3 @ Center State - WINNER: Lysander 2 Midget 1 @ Elmira - WINNER: Elmira Midget 2 @ Onondaga - WINNER: Ithaca Division Regular Season Champions!

Squirt Red - CHAMP: Thousand Islands Squirt White - CHAMP: Oswego 2 Squirt Blue - CHAMP: Binghamton PeeWee Red - CHAMP: Binghamton PeeWee White - CHAMP: Camillus 2 PeeWee Blue - CHAMP: Cortland Bantam Blue - CHAMP: Salmon River Bantam Red - CHAMP: Ithaca Midget - CHAMP: Elmira

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Central Section News and Notes Tompkins Girls Hockey 12U Takes First Place in FLAG Tournament

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thaca’s first game was Friday afternoon against Oswegos 10-and-under girls team which ended in a 1-1 tie with a goal by Dori Shipman, assisted by Blute Moo Soe Paw.

Saturday morning the TGHA 12U team played the Central New York (CNY) Bobcats 10-and-under girls team.

This game also ended in a tie, 3-3, but included an exciting come-back effort by the CNY Bobcats. Goals from Sisi Stallman, Cameron Lemberg and Sofia Riccio. Assists from Amy Milner, Hannah Lacko and Cameron Lemberg.

Sundays Finals game was a rematch between the TGHA 12U team and the CNY Bobcats 10U team. The Shooting Stars came out strong and ended up putting 4 goals in the net. Jasmine Hallock, Amy Milner, Sofia Riccio and Nora Cowett were all goal-scorers. Hannah Lacko assisted on Sofia Riccios goal. Goalie Catie Eisenhut earned a well-deserved shutout win for the team.

The 12U team was coached in the tournament by Eric Eisenhut, CJ DelVecchio and Tom Hartshorne. Team Manager is Christine Stallman.

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e sure to congratulate life long Valley players Ben Carrock, Matt Thompson and Ben Walsh - representing the Syracuse Cougars - they were selected to play in today’s Outstanding Senior Hockey All Star game for section 3 at the Utica Aud. Great job guys!!!! ...Congratulations to the Valley Midget 18U team - winners of the Central Section Tournament!!! ...Congrats to the Valley 16U Midget Team - Central Section Champions and state championship qualifiers! ...Congratulations to the Valley Mite A Team - Champions of the Perinton Big Thaw Tournament! ...Congratulations to the Fulton PeeWees for winning their

tournament! ...Valley Mite A team won at Whitestown Tournament.

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ictured below are members of The Lysander Youth Hockey Mite Blues after playing a game at Onondaga War Memorial Arena followed by a Syracuse Crunch game.

In the next photo the Mite Blue team celebrate after winning the 27th Annual Port of Oswego Authority Mite Invitational Hockey Tournment.

Front (L-R) Jake Gipe, Jamie Gipe, Delaney Zimmer, Fernando Moreno; Middle (L-R) Cowan Paro, Kyle Jaworski, Ty Corey, Evan Catanzarite; Coaches (L-R) Scott Jaworski, Jamie Zimmer, Fernando Moreno, Greg Paro

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COLGATE Their season ended

by St. Lawrence in an ECAC first round series, the Raiders say goodbye to eight seniors, including captains Jeremy Price, Nathan Sinz and Thomas Larkin.

Kyle Baun and Tylor Spink were recognized as members of the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team. Spink led the Raiders in points with 31 and was the first rookie to lead Colgate in points since Tyler Burton ’08 had 34 points in 2004-05. Baun led the team with 14 goals and finished with a total of 24 points. He added 10 assists and had seven power play goals to be tied with Spink for the team lead.

Recruit and Buffalo native Andrew Black was named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Junior Hockey League for 2012-2013. The Jersey Hitmen forward tied for the league lead in goals with 30. He added 36 assists to his scoring ledger for a total of 66 points in 44 games. In the playoffs, he finished second in the league with six goals and six assists for twelve points.

CORNELL The Big Red’s season came to a close with an ECAC quarterfinal playoff loss to top ranked Quinnipiac.

Senior forward Greg Miller has won the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward Award and was named to the All-ECAC Hockey Third Team. Also a member of the All-Ivy League First Team, Miller tied for second in the league with a plus-18 rating, won 58 percent of his faceoffs and committed just two minor penalties

in his fourth and final season with the Big Red. Miller led Cornell in scoring for a third straight season with 14 goals and 19 assists for 33 points in 33 games.

Also selected All-Ivy League was sophomore defenseman Joakim Ryan who was named to the Second Team.

Ryan has two goals and a team-high 16 assists for 18 points through 29 games, and he also leads the team in power-play scoring with nine points.

Last season, Ryan scored seven goals

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to set a program record for goals by a freshman defenseman. But like Miller, Ryan is more than just an offensive threat, as he leads the team with 46 blocked shots.

Christian Hilbrich netted his first collegiate goal March 2nd.

The 2013 installment of the Thanksgiving weekend game at Madison Square Garden with Boston University will be at 8:00 p.m. on November 30th.

CORTLAND Senior forward Chris Kaleta (Hamburg/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) was named to the SUNYAC

all-conference third team. Kaleta finished the season with 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points, all career highs, in 24 games. A three-year team captain, Kaleta recorded 32 goals and 23 assists for 55 points in 89 career games played.

Senior Michael Lysyj signed with Orlando of the EJHL and made his debut March 8th.

HAMILTON Freshman defenseman Marko Brelih was selected to the 2013 NESCAC All-Conference second team. He is only the second Hamilton freshman on the all-NESCAC team since 2000. Brelih ranked second in the conference in defenseman scoring and is tied for second in rookie scoring with 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists.

Brelih’s first collegiate goal was the game-winner in a 2-1 overtime victory at Trinity College on Nov. 30. He tallied a season-high four points on one goal and three assists in a 7-3 win at Connecticut College on Feb. 11.

HOBART Rochester Stars forward Bobby Sokol announced he has committed to the Statesmen. Sokol scored 49 points with 17 goals over 45 games this season.

Mitchell Beyer from the Boston Jr. Bruins in the same league also has committed for the fall.

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OSWEGO Senior forward Paul Rodrigues was named Division III national Player of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). He was awarded the 2013 Sid Watson Memorial Award.

Also named the SUNYAC Herb Hammond Most Valuable Player, he led the conference with 25 points on five goals and 20 assists. Nationally, he is tied for the Division III lead in assists with 30 and ranks second in points (45) and points per game (1.61).

Rodrigues is the first player in SUNYAC hisRodriguez tory to receive the award since it started being awarded in 1993. He is also believed to be the first Oswego State athlete in department history to be named National Player of the Year in any sport.

Rodrigues, Luke Moodie and Zach Josepher (Wantaugh) were named by the same group as All-America East Team members. Moodie and Josepher were Second Team selections.

It is the first time in program history the Lakers have had three players named All-American status in the same season.

After winning their ninth SUNYAC title by shutting out Plattsburgh in the title game, the Lakers advanced to the NCAA final four for the fourth consecutive season but fell to Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the national championship game. Bobby Gertsakis and Chris Muise were named to the final

four all-tournament team.

UTICA After receiving an at-large bid to their first NCAA postseason, the Pioneers beat Bowdoin in the NCAA quarterfinals before losing to eventual national champion Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the semi’s.

Sophomore forward Louie Educate became the first player in schoolhistory to earn a spot on the American Hockey Coaches Association CCM Division III All-American East First Team.

Educate, who was the youngest player recognized in the East Region, adds to his impressive resume which also includes being named the ECAC Men’s West Player of the Year and first team All-Conference a few weeks back. He led the conference with 35 points on 17 goals and 18 assists Educate joins Jimmy Sokol (2005, 2nd Team) and Tim Coffman (Elverson, PA/Laconia (AJHL)) (2012, 3rd Team) as one of three Pioneers in program-history to earn All-American status.

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• Wesleyan forward and Skaneateles native Keith Buehler was named AllNESCAC First Team.

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(104). She has totaled at least 30 points in each of her first three seasons.

The Pioneers finished the season

Cornell with a 16-9-2 overall record, losing to senior forward Launationally ranked No. 4 Elmira Colriane Rougeau comlege 5-0 in the semifinal of the ECAC pleted her four yearWest Conference Tournament. Junior career at Cornell by earning another Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, NY/Northhonor in her college tenure when wood School) stopped 29 shots in net she was named a Second Team Allfor the Pioneers.

American.

UC will graduate five seniors in Brianne Jenner earned recognicluding Mary Fusco (Enfield, CT/ tion at an even higher level, claimSalve Regina University), Meghan ing a First-Team All-America nod in McMahon (Gardner, MA/St. Marks the same year where she was named (MA)), Meghan Willett (Worcester,

by Janet Schultz the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League MA/Cushing Academy), Carmen Janet@nyhockeyonline.com Player of the Year.

Johnson (Falls Church, VA/Washing Rougeau’s award was the ton Pride), Lindsay Norton (Eden, fourth consecutive Second Team NY/Buffalo Bisons), and Marissa HoAll-America honor of her career. Jenner, meanwhile, picks taling (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro). up an All-America trophy for the first time in her career.

Three members of the Utica College women’s hockey In the last four years, Doug Derraugh’s squad has team were named to the ECAC West All-conference teams, gone from having no All-Americans to seeing five differ- Including Head Coach Dave Clausen, who was named the ent players combine for 12 All-America mentions. Besides Conference’s Co-Coach of the Year.

Rougeau and Jenner, Senior Laura Fortino earned three Junior Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects), First Team All-America awards in her four years at Cornell. made her second consecutive appearance on the First Team Catherine White ‘12 was a Second-Team All-American in list, Sophomore Courtney May (Oxford, MI/Belle Tire), a 2010, and Rebecca Johnston ‘12 won First Team honors in second-team selection, tied for fifth in the conference and 2012 and Second Team honors in 2009 and 2011. Rougeau leads all defensemen with 14 assists on the season. She has and Jenner were the only players this season to earn the helped lead the Pioneer defense that has allowed just 1.9 honors as members of the Ivy League and ECAC Hockey. goals per game, and has helped the Utica special teams kill Rougeau, Jenner, Fortino and Rebecca Johnston ‘12 a national-best 132-of-140 man advantages. will all be competing for their home country at the IIHF Clausen, the only coach in UC history, is currently 172World Championship in Ottawa.

121-20. He has led the Pioneers to the Conference Tournament 11 times in the program’s 12-year history. This is the second time Clausen has earned Coach of the Year status, the other was the 2007-2008 season when he led the team

to a program-best 18 wins for the third straight season.

Junior Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects) was named a CCM Division III Second Team All-American at the women’s frozen four in Superior, Wisconsin.

Myers is one of just 12 players from the east region The Syracuse ice hockey team celebrated its 2012-13 to receive All-American honors. The forward finished the season as one of the most successful seasons in program season ranked third in the conference with 31 points (17 history, capturing its most regular season and conference goals, 14 assists). She is a two-time ECAC West First Team wins with an overall record of 20-15-1 and a CHA mark of selection. This past season she became just the third player 13-6-1. SU finished the regular season in second place in in program history to reach 100 points in her career, join- the CHA and advanced to the CHA Tournament Title game ing All-Americans Stephanie Price ‘07 and Deana Wiegand before falling to Mercyhurst.

‘07. She ranks second on the College’s all-time goal scor- Both junior goaltender Kallie Billadeau and senior foring list with 55 career goals and is third all-time in points ward Holly Carrie-Mattimoe were honored as Co-MVP’s.

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Billadeau, an All-CHA First Team member, started in 25 games this season, posting program bests in GAA (1.56) and saves percentage (.914). Her 1.56 ranked third in the conference and eighth in the nation while her .914 saves percentage led the CHA and ranked fourth in the NCAA. She concluded the season with a 16-9-0 record. Her six shutouts this season and eight in her career rank first in SU history.

Carrie-Mattimoe also was named the SU Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Carrie-Mattimoe led the Orange in points this season with 26, scoring 10 goals and notching a team-best 16 assists. She was honored with the CHA Individual Sportsmanship Award.

Carrie-Mattimoe finished her career for the Orange atop of the SU career lists for games played (141), goals (39), power play goals (19), shorthanded goals (3), assists (57) and points (96). She finished 11th in the CHA in point scoring (0.72 avg/g) and 11th in assists (.44 avg/g).

The Defensive Play of the Year accolade went to junior defenseman Akane Hosoyamada. Hosoyamada was also named the CHA Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-CHA First team. In 2012-13, she led all defensemen in points with 16, after scoring four goals and adding 12 assists. The Banff, Alberta native had one power play tally this season and blocked 30 shots.

Freshman Melissa Piacentini was honored as the Rookie of the Year. In her first season in Orange, the forward played in all 36 games, leading all SU rookies in points with nine goals and 14 assists. She ranked fourth in the conference 21st in the NCAA (0.64) in points per game by rookies. She was named the CHA Rookie of the Week for the week of Jan. 21st after scoring three goals in a weekend series against Lindenwood.

The Most Improved Player award went to freshman defenseman Danielle Leslie. Leslie played in all 36 games in her freshman season, recording six assists. She wrapped up 2012-13 with a plus/minus of +5 and blocked 12 shots.

Colgate

Kiira Dosdall, a 2009 graduate of the women’s ice hockey was named to the European Women’s Hockey League (EWHL) all-star team for the 2012-13 season.

She was the sixth in the league in scoring for this past season. She was the first player in league to be named to the

all-star team for four straight years.

Dosdall currently plays for the EHV Sabres in Wien, Vienna, Austria. In her final season for Colgate, she was selected as one of three senior captains. She played in all 36 games, scored five goals and handed out 19 assists for 24 total points. She was also selected to All-ECAC Hockey Second Team for the 2008-09 season. and throughout her four years at Colgate, Dosdall played in 134 games notching 11 goals and 52 assists, which ranks her 17th all-time in school history. Dosdall’s 52 assists places her eighth in Colgate history. She ended her career with 63 points, making her Colgate’s second all-time leading scorer as a defenseman.

Elmira

The Elmira College Women’s Ice Hockey team earned its first national championship in the last decade and the team’s third in its 12-year program history.

The 2012-13 Soaring Eagles took the nation by storm on its way to the 2013 Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

From their first round win against Bowdoin to their 4-3 overtime victory against Gustavus Adolphus to a shutout win over Middlebury in the national title game Elmira College had one of the most memorable three game stretches in program history.

Lauren Sullivan ‘13 and Taylor Steadman ‘16, both of the Women’s Hockey team, were named Elmira College Athletes of the Week for the week ending March 17th.

Sullivan combined to stop 68 shots in two games as the Women’s Hockey team captured its third national championship in program history.

T h e Soaring Eagles are now tied with Middlebury College for the most national titles of any team in Division Lauren Sullivan and Taylor Steadman (Elmira

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The senior stopped 38 shots as Elmira defeated previously undefeated Gustavus Adolphus College, 4-3, in the national semifinal. She followed that performance up with a 30-save performance in her school record and nation-leading 11th shutout of the season in a 1-0 win against Middlebury College in the championship game. Sullivan finishes her career tied for the most shutouts of any goaltender in Elmira College history with 22.

Taylor Steadman ‘16 tallied her seventh goal of the season as the Elmira College Women’s Hockey team won a tightly contested game, 1-0, against Middlebury College in the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship Saturday evening at Wessman Arena.

The Soaring Eagles (23-5-1) avenged a rematch of the 2005 NCAA Championship against Middlebury where the Panthers (20-7-2) beat EC on its home ice. The national championship marks the third in Elmira’s 12 year history and ties them for the most titles in women’s hockey history with Middlebury.

Cortland

SUNY Cortland freshman goalie Deanna Meunier (Parsippany, NJ/ New Jersey Rockets) has been selected as the 2012-13 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women’s West Rookie of the Year. Meunier also was named second team all-conference and a member of the all-rookie team.

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The ECAC honored two other Red Dragons, senior forward Maggie Giamo (Orchard Park/ RIT) and freshman defender Madison Fischl (Basking Ridge, NJ/ New Jersey Rockets). Giamo received honorable mention all-conference honors, while Fischl joined Meunier on the all-rookie squad.

Giamo (pictured right) was Cortland’s offensive catalyst this season, scoring 11 goals and registering two assists for 13 points in 16 league games, including three game-winners. Overall, she scored 16 points on 12 goals and four assists. Giamo finished her career at Cortland tied for sixth in scoring with 45 points on 25 goals and 20 assists.

Fischl helped anchor a defense that allowed the fewest goals by a Cortland team since the 2005-06 season. In league play, Fischl scored one goal and recorded two assists for three points. She skated in 22 games overall, scoring four points on one goal and three assists.

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he Clinton Squirt Travel Team ended their season by winning the Shatter Point Tournament in Schenectady this past weekend. Josh Doris scored on an assist from Aiden Walter with 37.7 seconds left in overtime in the Championship game. Josh Trask and Danny Frank combined for 15 saves and the shutout. The team had a record of 3-1 in the tournament. The team members are Luke Bouse, Danny DeTraglia, Josh Doris, Michael Plumb, Danny Frank, Josh Trask, Rickie Hughes, Roxee Hughes, Cam Engle, Mia Lopata, Kole Davignon, Alex Getman, Killian Kulpa and Aiden Walter. Killian Kulpa led the team in scoring with 6 goals 4 assists.

Doris 3 goals, Lopata 3 assists, Cam Engle 2 goals, Danny DeTraglia 1 goal and 1 assist, Aiden Walter 1 goal and 1 assist, Luke Bouse 1 goal and 1 assist, and Danny Frank 1 assist.

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ARMY

In 149 career games, Bailen has 33 goals and 72 assists for 105 points becoming just the Army forward Joe Kozlak fourth Engineers blueliner to was one of five players selected to eclipse the 100-point plateau. the Atlantic Hockey Association His single season career-high All-Rookie Team. He was among was 36 points (8 goals, 28 asthe scoring leaders for the Black sists) in 2010-11 when he Knights this season with seven earned All-ECAC Hockey First

by Warren Kozireski goals while handing out 10 assists.

Team honors and National AllThe rookie was one of seven playAmerica recognition. ers who competed in all 34 games

Three other Engineer defor Army scoring two game-winfensemen have reached the century mark in their careers ning goals.

Senior Jon Bobb scored his first career goal and collect- (Norm Bean ‘70, Don Boyd ‘79 and Mike Dark ‘86). ed his first multiple-point game of his career during Senior Freshman goaltender Jason Kasdorf was chosen by the coaches as the ECAC Rookie of the Year as well as to Night on March 4th against Holy Cross. the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team and the league’s AllRookie Team.

A National Hockey League draft choice of the Winnipeg Jets, Kasdorf has a 14-5-2 overall record, a 1.62 goals against average and a .935 save percentage. His goals The Valiants season ended with an ECAC West cham- against average set a school single season record, which pionship loss to Neumann. Sophomore goaltender Alex Sc- was set by Joel Laing ‘00 in 1999-00 (1.82), and he finished ola along with classmate Anton Racklin and senior Brendan with the second highest save percentage, behind Laing’s Turner were named to the All-Tournament Team. .947, which was also established in 1999-00.

The contest marked the final game in the collegiate careers Kasdorf, who played each of the last 16 games since of six seniors: Turner, Jason Bowles, Scott Hudson, Ron returning from an injury, was fourth in the nation in goals Smith, Brett Skalski and Marc Zanoni. against average, sixth in save percentage, seventh in winning percentage (.714) and 14th in shutouts. In 17 league contests, Kasdorf was 12-2-2 with a 1.39 average, a .945 percentage and three shutouts.

This season he has been the ECAC Hockey Goaltender Fredonia’s Nick Bailen was named to the All-ECAC of the Week twice, the Rookie of the Week three times, the Hockey First Team. The senior defenseman led the Engi- Rookie of the Month once and the Goaltender of the Month neers in scoring with 31 points on a team-best 12 once. Kasdorf also garnered the Hockey Commissioners goals and 19 assists in 35 games.

Association national Rookie of the Month award once.

He was the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week twice Rensselaer has previously had four league Rookie this year. Among the league leaders, he was second in de- of the Year Award winners in its past, most recently Jerfensemen scoring and overall power play goals. He is also ry D’Amigo in the 2009-10 season. Bob Brinkworth was 12th in both points and assists. Nationally, Bailen was sec- the first in 1961-62, followed by Don Cutts, who won the ond in defensemen scoring and 11th in power play goals.

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UNION

The Statesmen won their second consecutive ECAC championship and Whitelaw Cup to earn an automatic mid to the NCAA tournament. They were slotted in the East Regional in Providence, Rhode Island and seeded 12th of 16 teams with a first round tilt against sixth seed Boston College.

The Statesmen became the only ECAC team to return to the Atlantic City tournament from last season with a quarterfinal sweep of Dartmouth.

With six shots on goal in a 5-2 win over Dartmouth on Saturday, senior forward Wayne Simpson now has 440 career shots, breaking Adam Presizniuk’s school record of 438 set in 2011.

Junior forward Daniel Carr (52 goals, 48 assists), became the 10th Union player in the Division I era and 22nd in program history to reach 100 career points with two assists in a 4-0 win over Clarkson on March 2nd.

Union is one of two teams in the nation with three defenseman among the top-25 nationally in scoring (points per game). Junior defenseman Mat Bodie (6th, 0.77) leads the pack, while sophomore defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (11th, 0.75 points per game) and senior defenseman Greg Coburn (T-21st, 0.67) are also in the top-25.

At Midget 16U Tier I, the Westchester Express lost in the semi finals to the Buffalo Regals, 5-1.

The Midget 16U Tier II Nassau County Lions tied Plattsburgh (the second place finisher) and defeated the LI Rebels, but fell 2-0 against the Clarence Mustangs missing the semi finals. The LI Edge made the semi finals, but was defeated by Plattsburgh 4-0.

The Palisades Predators competed well at Midget 16U Tier III, but failed to make the semi finals. Great Neck was very strong, losing in the finals to the Louisville Lightning 2-1, after missing on a penalty shot.

Congratulation to the Arrows Midget Tier II 18 U team which won the championship in triple overtime.

They are on their way to Nationals.

Congratulations are in order for the John Jay Varsity High School team that won the NYSAHA High School State Tournament. They are also on their way to Nationals.

We wish them well competing in the Nationals. ...The Long Island Sled Hockey Rough Riders won the

March 1-3 Tournament in Fort Myers, Florida by beating the Space Coast, Florida team in a tense 3-1 victory.

Now they gear up for a tournament on April 26-28 in Ottawa, Canada and come home to host their tournament on June 28 through 30.

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ormer Dutchwomen standout and current head coach of the Plymouth State Panthers women’s ice hockey team Ashley Kilstein ‘08 was honored with the ECAC Women’s East Coach of the Year prior to the start of their firstever postseason appearance on Friday, February 21. Kilstein, now in her second season at PSU, led the team to its most successful season in the seven years as a varsity program, which included a program-best five wins and four ties. The Panthers finished in eighth place this winter with a 4-10-4 conference record, made their first ECAC playoff appearance this season against top-seeded Norwich University (19-3-3, 16-2-0).

Kilstein was a forward for the Dutchwomen between 2004-008, scoring 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points in 113 games played. She was the recipient of the Unsung Hero award for the 2007-08 season and was the representaive for Union’s StudentAthlete Advisory Committee. In addition, her impact at Union created an award that reflects Kilstein’s character.

The Ashley Kilstein Award is now an annual award given out to a student-athlete who demonstrates dedication to the community and being an outstanding citizen.

The 2012-2013 Union College women’s ice hockey team was honored at their annual end-of-year banquet.

The Dutchwomen ended their season with a 7-23-4 record, the highest win total under Head Coach Claudia Asano Barcomb.

Highlights of the season include defeating Rensselaer for the first time at Houston Field House, setting a new program best in power play goals with 18 and sweeping Maine and Penn State in weekend series. Additionally, the Dutchwomen matched their single-season high in ties with four for the second consecutive season.

Rhianna Kurio was presented with three awards, the George Morrison Most Valuable Player Award, 2012-13 Mandi Schwartz ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the

Year and the Hana Yamashita Coaches Award. The senior co-captain ended her career tying the program record with 136 games played while compiling five goals and four assists for nine points this season. Kurio had two last minute goals which helped the Dutchwomen to two ties in draws against Princeton (Nov. 10) and Yale (Feb. 16). The Calgary, Alberta native finishes her career with 13 goals and 14 assists.

Ashley Johnston received the Ashley Kilstein Award for her service to the community. The junior played in all 34 games for the Dutchwomen tallying three assists in the season. She served as an anchor to the Dutchwomen defense and provided invaluable leadership to the squad. Additionally, she paced the squad in blocked shots with 71.

The Most Improved Player Award was given to freshman defenseman Lizzy Otten.

The Edina, Minn. native played in all 34 games for the Dutchwomen. She registered her first collegiate point on an assist in a win against Syracuse back on Nov. 3. Otten stepped up in her first year and provided consistency at the position that featured two new players this season.

Registering six goals and six assists, Jessica Kaminsky was named Rookie of the Year.

Kaminsky was amongst seven other newcomers to the squad and provided three of the team’s 18 power play goals. Her offensive production on the top-line aided the Dutchwomen in wins over Rensselaer, Maine and Penn State this season.

The 2011-2012 Unsung Hero award was given to sophomore Christine Valente. The forward is tied for the team lead in assists with seven and scored five goals as well. She tallied four power play goals in the season which tied a program single season record with Lauren Hoffman (2008-09) and Elizabeth Flanagan (2001-02).

At the conclusion of the banquet, the Union coaching staff announced that juniors Ashley Johnston and Maddy Norton co-captains for the 2013-14 season.

Johnston stated, “Being named co-captain with Maddy is definitely a huge honor. This team is full of amazing hard working athletes, and being chosen to lead Union means an incredible amount. I look forward to doing everything I can to lead the team to reaching our goal of ECAC playoffs.

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“I’m really honored the team has made me captain again. It was such a privilege last year and I think I learned a lot about being a leader over the course of the season,” said Norton on her second season serving as a co-captain. “I’m glad I have another opportunity to build upon what the team has already taught. I’m really excited to work with Ashley and the rest of the team to make next year out best yet. I look forward to Spring training and next season.”

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ensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) studentathlete Alexa Gruschow has been named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team, the league has announced.

Gruschow is a freshman forward who led the Engineers in goals (12) assists (19) and points (31) in 36 games. Five of her goals came on the power play, one was shorthanded and one was a game-winner. The Mechanicburg, Pa., native was penalized 18 times for 36 minutes.

She totaled six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 22 league games and was the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week once.

She had at least one point in 18 games and multiple points in six contests, including in an ECAC Hockey First Round Series game at Clarkson University. Gruschow had at least one goal in 10 contests, three of which were multiple-goal efforts, and an assist-or-more in 11 games.

Her 31 points was second behind Clarkson’s Erin Ambrose’s 33 points (4 goals, 29 assists) among freshmen in the league. Nationally she is 14th in that category. Her five power play goals rank ninth in ECAC Hockey and she is also in the top twenty in both goals (15th) and points (19th).

Gruschow played with the Washington Pride prior to attending Rensselaer, tallying 48 goals and 60 assists for 108 points in 62 games. Six of her goals came on the power play and two were shorthanded. She also played on the Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School boys’ hockey team and ran cross country and track & field. She was an All-Central Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League selection as a senior and she set the school records in the 300-meter hurdles and in the 800 meters.

Rensselaer finished this season with an 8-12-2 ECAC Hockey record. The Engineers, who were 10-22-4 overall, were the seventh seed in the league playoffs, dropping two games to the second-seeded Golden Knights of Clarkson.

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anhattanville women’s hockey team competed in their third straight ECAC East Championship game against the No. 3 Norwich Cadets. The Cadets suppressed the Valiants offense and were able to hold on for the shutout victory by a 3-0 score.

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North Hockey / Page 39 the league with a 1.43 goalsagainst average and a .944 save percentage. With a 1.75 goalsagainst average on the year, Cadieux ranks sixth in Division III. After making a smooth midseason transition from forward to defense, Jensen receives All-SUNYAC recognition for the first time as a member of the second team. Since stepping in late in the first semester, his presence on the blueline has solidified the league’s best defense which has held its opponents to 1.76 goals per game. Jensen, who hails from Sweden, has appeared in 24 games and contributed six goals and nine assists.

Emmerling lands a spot on the third team as the only freshman to be honored on this year’s All-SUNYAC team. The forward finished the regular season with a team-high 14 goals and ranks third in team scoring with 24 points. He is third among Division III rookies with 1.14 points per game.

Grace garners the third-straight All-SUNYAC honor of his career as a third team defenseman. The senior out of Rochester has appeared in 24 games and tallied one goal and eight assists for nine points. Grace has helped anchor a defensive corps that has held league opponents to just 1.56 goals per game.

Emmerling and Luke Baleshta were selected by the SUNYAC coaches to the All-SUNYAC Rookie team.

Dillan Fox was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week for the week ending February 24th. Fox has tallied multiple points in a game on six occasions this semester and this week’s honor marks his second weekly award of the year.

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he top scoring freshman defenseman in league play, Paul Geiger was selected to the ECAC 2012-2013 All-Rookie Team by vote of the conference coaches. Geiger averaged .45 points per game in league play with 10 points, including eight assists in 22 ECAC Hockey contests. One of only four Golden Knights to skate in all 36 games, Geiger tallied 12 points and 10 assists overall.

Geiger is the first Clarkson player to be named to the conference’s allrookie team since Shea Guthrie was honored in 2006.

Grand Island native Matt Zarbo was honored as the ECAC StudentAthlete of the Year in 2012-13. The award was presented to the junior forward at the reception held on the eve of the ECAC Championship semifinals at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Zarbo is studying in the University’s rigorous curriculum of Civil Engineering.

In his five semesters at Clarkson, Zarbo has compiled a 3.923 grade point average. A versatile forward who played on all four lines, the Grand Island, NY native skated in 33 games overall and recorded three goals and six assists. He set up a career-high three goals in Clarkson’s 5-1 win at Harvard on January 25.

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ive members of the Plattsburgh State men’s hockey team were selected to the 2012-13 SUNYAC All-Conference Team including three players who received the first SUNYAC honors of their careers.

Jared Docking and Mathieu Cadieux represented the Cardinals on the SUNYAC First Team while Nick Jensen was elected to the second team. Kevin Emmerling and Mike Grace were third team selections.

In the midst of a career year, Docking earns the first All-SUNYAC nod of his career as the Cardinals’ leading scorer and the only player on the roster to appear in every game.

He set career-highs in all offensive categories this season with 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points. Docking has also been a key member of the Plattsburgh State special teams, contributing a team-high five power-play goals and three short-handed goals.

Cadieux lands on the SUNYAC First Team for the second-straight season with a 14-6-1 record overall and an 11-2-1 mark in league play. The junior goaltender has appeared in 22 games, allowing 37 goals and recording 483 saves. In 14 games against conference opponents, Cadieux led

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ike Arnold was named to the SUNYAC AllConference third team.

Arnold had 16 goals and four assists for a career-high 20 points in 21 games this season.

The forward’s average of 0.76 goals-per-game ranks sixth in the nation and third in the SUNYAC. Six of his goals have come on the power play and one in a shorthanded situation. The junior had two hat tricks this season in wins against Morrisville and Buffalo State. In his career, Arnold has 32 goals and 14 assists for 46 points in 60 games.

One hockey player and one hockey team are among five inductees for the Bears Hall of Fame in 2013—Chris Lee ‘04 and the 1995-96 Team. Le will be part of a ceremony July 13 at the Knowles Conference Center MPR. The hockey team will be inducted during the reopening of the renovated Maxcy Hall Ice Arena in November.

Lee is one of the best hockey players to ever don a Potsdam jersey. In 110 career games with the Bears, the MacTier, Ontario native scored 41 goals and recorded 74 assists for 115 points, placing him in a tie for 10th place on the program’s all-time scoring list. He was a three-time member of the All-SUNYAC team. At the conclusion of his senior season in 2004, Lee was named the SUNYAC Player of the Year and became Potsdam’s fifth hockey All-American. After graduation, Lee continued his hockey career, playing professionally in the East Coast Hockey League, the American Hockey League and in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Lee played for Team Canada in the 2012 Deutschland Cup. He is currently playing for Färjestad Bollklubb of Swedish Elite League in Karlstad.

The 1995-96 Bears men’s hockey team is the lone Potsdam squad to capture a SUNYAC Championship in the program’s 37 seasons. With Hall of Fame coach Ed Seney at the helm, the Bears opened the year with seven straight victories, en route to a then program-best 18-10-2 record. Potsdam was 11-3 in the SUNYAC, earning the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. After losing the first game of the quarterfinal series to Oswego, the Bears rallied for a 5-4 win in game two and advanced with a 1-0 mini game victory. In the finals at Plattsburgh, Potsdam rallied to tie the Cardinals 4-4 in the first game and never trailed in a 3-3 draw in game two. This set up another dramatic 1-0 mini game win to capture the title. Tony Matczynski was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

Bears all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Steve

Naughton and goalie Dave Dragone were named to the all-tournament team. Bears Hall of Famer Nathan Sunday joined Naughton and Dragone on the All-SUNYAC first team. Naughton became Potsdam’s fourth hockey AllAmerican two seasons later.

Former captain Sy Nutkevitch was named to the Central Hockey League’s 2012-13 All-Rookie Team as he skates with the Fort Worth Brahmas.Nutkevitch stood third in scoring among CHL rookies with 13 goals and 32 assists for 45 points in 60 games. Five goals and nine assists have come the power play and his +16 rating is the highest for all first-year players in the league.

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he Saints became the fourth ECAC Hockey team to have two players named to the Hobey Baker top ten list since the inception of the award in 1981 and joins a select group of league teams to have three players selected as first-team all stars in the same season.

Senior captain Kyle Flanagan and junior wing Greg Carey were named as Hobey Baker Award finalists and first-team All ECAC selections and senior defenseman George Hughes joined them on the first-team all-star squad with both announcements being made at the ECAC Championship banquet in Atlantic City.

Flanagan and Carey become the second linemates in ECAC history to be on the same Hobey Baker top ten list, joining the Vermont pair of Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin who were finalists in 1996. Harvard’s Allen Bourbeau and Lane MacDonald were finalists in 1989 and the Providence duo of defensemen Randy Velischek and Kurt Kleinendorst were finalists in 1983.

Flanagan, who signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers for the 2013-14 season, netted his 100th career assist in the ECAC quarterfinals.

Flanagan, Carey and Hughes become the second trio in Saint hockey history to earn first-team All ECAC honors in the same season, joining Erik Anderson, Matt Desrosiers and Mike Gellard from the 2000-01 team. The Saints are the only team in the 2000s to have three firstteamers.

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ourth-seeded Utica College (16-8-1) defeated the fifthseeded SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey team (10-14-2) 5-1 in the ECAC West Quarterfinals at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. Louise Steele-Norton and Morgan Reed each recorded two goals and an assist to lead the Utica Pioneers, while junior forward Jessica Silveira scored a power-play goal for the Potsdam Bears.

About two minutes into the contest the game was delayed by a scoreboard outage. After the game resumed, Steele-Norton scored on the rebound after a scramble in front for a 1-0 Utica lead at the 10:08 mark. Reed struck just over three minutes later with a wrap-around attempt. Potsdam outshot the Pioneers 6-5 in the first period.

At the 5:38 mark of the second period, Silveira roofed the rebound on a chance in front of the net to close the gap to 2-1.

Freshman forward Sally Mooney assisted on the goal. As the momentum seemed to shift in the Bears favor, Steele-Norton struck again, scoring on a blast from the right point on the power play. At 15:34, Megan Myers scored on a breakaway, tucking puck just between the crossbar and right shoulder for senior goalie Jen Conophy.

The teams traded penalties throughout the period. On Utica’s final power play, Reed tapped home the end of a pretty passing play to cap the scoring at 5-1.

Conophy, the Bears all-time wins leader, finished her career with 20 saves. Pioneer goalie Jennifer Hamel earned her 10th victory of the season with 23 saves. Utica was 2-5 on the manadvantage and Potsdam was 1-5.

The contest marked the end of careers of Bears seniors Conophy, Katie Komsa, Brittany Westlake and Nadine Cunningham.

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railing 4-1 with just over 10 minutes to play, the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team put on a strong rally, but fell just short in its comeback bid as the host Boston University Terriers held on for a 5-3 win in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament at Walker Brown Arena in Boston.

Clarkson played a strong game against the Hockey East Champions, outshooting Boston University 37-27, but a couple of bad bounces and a two-goal spurt by the Terriers proved to be the difference. The Knights also struggled on the power play, going 0-5 with the man-advantage. BU was 0-of-2 on its power plays.

The Golden Knights closed out their most successful season in the program’s 10-year history with a 28-10 overall record.

Clarkson finished tied for second in the final ECAC Hockey standings with an 18-4 league mark. Boston University, with a 27-5-3 record advanced to the 2013 NCAA Women’s Frozen in Minneapolis, MN where they faced Mercyhurst.

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fter a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA semifinals, the Plattsburgh State women’s hockey team rebounded with a 4-0 victory over Gustavus Adolphus in the NCAA Third-Place Game at Wessman Arena.

Despite a 25-11 edge in shots on goal for the Gusties, Plattsburgh State was able to make the most of its opportunities to secure the win. Senior forward Teal Gove scored a pair of goals while junior forward Jenny Kistner contributed a goal and two assists in the victory.

In the championship game, Elmira was crowned National Champions after defeating Middlebury, 1-0. Kistner represented Plattsburgh State on the NCAA All-Tournament Team and was joined by Middlebury’s Heather Morrison, Gustavus’ Lindsey Hjelm and Elmira’s Ashley Ryan, Taylor Steadman and Lauren Sullivan.

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Flanagan and Carey become the eighth and ninth Saint players to be selected as Hobey Baker finalists with Carey the first junior to make the list. Pete Lappin was the first in 1988 with Dan Laperriere finishing as runner-up for the award in 1992. Burke Murphy (1996), Eric Heffler (1999), Erik Anderson (2001), T.J. Trevelyan (2006) and Drew Bagnall (2007) were the other Saints to make the top ten list.

Carey led the nation in goals with 26, was second in points with 48 and first in power play goals and power play points at the end of the regular season. He was ECAC league-only scoring champion with 18 goals and 12 assists. Carey has 66 career goals in 114 games which ranks 13th on the all-time SLU goal scoring list and fifth among players who have played only three seasons. His 28 goals this season are the most since Burke Murphy scored 33 in 1995-96 and his 51 points are the most since Mike Gellard led the East with 57 in 2000-01. Carey was Hockey Commissioner’s Association National Player of the Month and ECAC Player of the Month for February after scoring nine goals and assisting on four others in eight games. He tied the SLU record for consecutive games scoring goals with 11 which was originally set in 1952.

Flanagan completed his Saint career with 46 goals and 101 assists for 147 points in 134 games. He is second in the ECAC overall in scoring with 15 goals and 32 assists and is tied for the assist lead with teammate Hughes with 32. The 32 assists are the most since Gellard’s 38 in 200001 and are the sixth best single-season total in program history. His 101 career assists are seventh all-time and his 147 points rank 13th on the Saint all-time scoring list. He had 15 multi-point games as a senior and was a three-time ECAC Player of the Week. The first player in SLU history to be named Hockey Commissioner’s Association National Player of the Month and was also the first Saints player to be ECAC Player of the Month when he earned that honor in October. He established career highs for goals, assists and points despite missing three games due to injury or illness.

Hughes led the nation in scoring by defensemen in the regular season and also led the ECAC both overall and in league play in that category and tied Flanagan for the ECAC lead in assist scoring with 32. His 32 assists are second only to Daniel Laperriere’s 45 in single-season assists and his career total of 87 is also second on the alltime assist list for defensemen to Laperriere’s 106. He is tied for 10th on the all-time Saint assist list. He became the third defenseman in program history to reach 100 career points with an assist in the final game of the regular season and went on to finish with 105 career points on 18 goals and 87 assists in 105 career games. He established career highs for assists and points as a senior.

Plattsburgh State wraps up an amazing run with a 27-1-2 record to tie the program record in wins that was set during the 2006-2007 season.

Teal Gove was named the recipient of the 2012-13 Laura Hurd Award and Kevin Houle was named flexxHockey Division III Women’s Hockey Coach of the Year while three members of the Plattsburgh State women’s hockey team also received AHCA All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship Banquet.

A senior forward from Berwick, Ontario, Gove becomes the second Cardinal hockey player to receive Laura Hurd Award. The award is given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Player of the Year and is named in honor of former Elmira College star Laura Hurd who died in a car accident shortly after graduation. Hurd was a four-time All-American who led Elmira to victory in the first NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. The only other Cardinal to receive the award is Danielle Blanchard, who was honored in 2008.

Gove has recorded 27 goals and 21 assists for 48 points through 28 games this year. She is the nation’s top scorer, averaging 1.71 points per game and is tied for the Division III lead with nine power-play goals. In her final season with the Cardinals, Gove has put up career numbers in all offensive categories to also earn her second-straight AHCA First Team All-American nod. She enters the weekend with 137 career points which ranks fifth in program history.

For the fourth time in his career, Houle is named the Division III Coach of the Year. In the 2012-13 season, Houle has led the Cardinals to 26-0-2 record and their third ECAC Women’s West Championship. Houle also received his fifth conference coach of the year citation in a year that saw Plattsburgh State atop the national polls for 13-straight weeks.

Plattsburgh landed four All-ECAC West First Team selections this season, including ECAC West Player of the Year, Gove, and ECAC West Goalie of the Year, Sydney Aveson. With Houle at the helm, the Cardinals are making their ninth NCAA championship appearance and their seventh trip to the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

Houle is completing his 10th year at Plattsburgh State, having compiled a career record of 232-38-19 in that time. His winning percentage of .836 is the highest of all active NCAA women’s coaches. A 1986 graduate of Boston College, Houle has enjoyed extensive coaching experience with USA Hockey at the international level in addition to his college work. His

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previous AHCA Coach of the Year awards came in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Aveson and Allison Era also garnered AHCA All-American honors, joining Gove on the first team. Aveson, a West Covina, Calif. product, is a two-time first team honoree and enters the weekend with a 22-0-2 record. The two-time ECAC West Goalie of the Year Sydney Aveson leads all Division III goalies with a 1.16 goals against average, ranks third with eight shutouts and has a .937 save percentage.

Era earned the First Team All-American accolades for the first time in her career after serving as one of Plattsburgh State’s most versatile players throughout the season. The junior defender from Glendale, Ariz. also stepped into a forward role at times during 2012-13, tallying 12 goals and 16 assists for a career-high 28 points. Era was also honored on the ECAC West First Team.

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he St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second period to tie the score at 2-2 with the hosting Cornell Big Red heading into the third period of the ECAC Hockey semifinal game in Ithaca, NY. However, Taylor Woods’ third goal of the game proved to be the game-winner, coming with only 1:51 left, lifting the Big Red to the conference championship game on Sunday behind a 4-2 victory against the Saints.

St. Lawrence’s title defense and season comes to an end with a record of 19-14-5. Junior Rylee Smith scored both goals for St. Lawrence, becoming the 20th player in University history to reach 100 career points.

“That is the way I believe the game ought to be played. Two teams giving everything they have, working hard on both ends of the ice,” said St. Lawrence Head Coach Chris Wells. “This group has been resilient all year and they came through again in the second period. Cornell is a great team, Doug (Derraugh) is a great coach and they earned the win today.”

St. Lawrence gave the Big Red all they could handle throughout the game, as Cornell held a slight 29-27 advantage in shots on goal. Both goaltenders, St. Lawrence’s Carmen MacDonald and Cornell’s Lauren Slebodnick, made 25 saves in the contest. Cornell closed with a 1-for-3 mark on the power play, while St. Lawrence was 0-for-4, including a chance to take the lead late in the third when they were awarded a 5-on-3 advantage.

The game was the last for the five St. Lawrence University seniors, including Sabatine, co-captain Jamie Goldsmith, Brooke Fernandez, Kayla Sullivan and Michelle Ng. They leave St. Lawrence having been a part of 75 wins and the program’s first ECAC Hockey title in 2012.

Three St. Lawrence University women’s hockey players earned recognition from the league, including Amanda Boulier, captain Kelly Sabatine and rookie Abbey McRae.

Boulier was named First Team defense after leading ECAC

Hockey blueliners in scoring as a sophomore. The Watertown, CT native enters the postseason with 32 points on eight goals and 24 assists, all of which are career-highs. Boulier was outstanding at the point in the quarterfinal series against Quinnipiac, as she helped shutout Bobcat star Kelly Babstock over the three games.

Sabatine earned her way on the Second Team as a forward thanks to another solid campaign. The Hamilton, ON native, who has tallied a point in 13 of the last 14 games, leads the Scarlet and Brown in both points (38) and goals (18). Sabatine, now a two-time All-Conference honoree, has three game-winning goals and three game-tying goals this season.

Meanwhile, McRae was selected to ECAC Hockey’s AllRookie Team after a 20-point regular season. The London, ON native is third on the roster with 12 goals, three of which have come on the power play.

“Our league has so much talent amongst the 12 schools, it’s a true testament to ‘Boo’, ‘Sab’ and Abbey on their success in the regular season,” said St. Lawrence head coach Chris Wells.

“We’ll certainly need all three to play at a high level tomorrow against Cornell.”

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reshman Karley Cree (Hogansburg, N.Y.) has been named to the 2013 all-Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League Second Team and freshmen Alyssa Altschuler (Cheshire, Conn.) and Grace Lyon (Winthrop, N.Y.) received Honorable Mention.

Cree led SUNY Canton in scoring with a team-high 16 goals and nine assists for 25 points. Lyon was second on the squad with 11 goals and a team-leading 10 assists for 21 points.

Altschuler played in 19 games and finished her rookie campaign with 606 saves to go along with a 5.26 goals-against average and a .874 save percentage.

SUNY Canton finished their first season as an intercollegiate program with an 8-14-1 record and a fourth-place finish in the ECWHL tournament in Rhode Island.

No. 5 SUNY Canton lost to top-seeded University of Massachusetts 8-2 in the semifinals of the Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League tournament at the Bradford R. Boss Arena in Kingston, R.I. Freshmen goalie Alyssa Altschuler (Cheshire, Conn.) made a career-high 57 saves for the Roos, who fell to 8-13-1 overall.

Altschuler bested her previous career high by five saves.

Freshman Robyn Carroll (Bowmanville, Ontario) scored her third goal of the tournament, after popping in two in Friday night’s 3-2 win over the University at Buffalo, and SUNY Canton’s leading scorer Karley Cree (Hogansburg, N.Y.) also scored once.

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West News and Notes Buffalo Stars Pee Wee Minor Win March Classic

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n the March Classic Tournament at Leisure Rinks this past weekend, the Pee Wee Minor team was named Champions!! They came so close in all three of their previous tournaments, and through their hard work had an amazing weekend!

Led by their current team captain, Michael Naples, the boys played 5 tough games. Their games started Thursday night with a 4-2 win over the Southtowns Stars (Cione).

Friday night they faced Southtowns Stars (Bernard) and lost 3-2. Saturday brought a 2-2 tie against Fredonia, and a long night waiting to find out where they placed. On Sunday, the boys faced Southtowns (Cione) again, and won 4-2. Later that day, they faced Southtowns Stars (Bernard) in the finals and won 3-2!!

This is the first tournament the boys have won as a team, and were so excited to get their gold medals and trophy!

Michael Naples was named as MVP of the tournament due to his hard work, dedication and leadership!

Congratulations to all the boys and coaches on a wellplayed tournament and a great end to the season!!

he Buffalo Stars Juniors are pleased to announce the addition of 2 members of the Coaching Staff for the 2013-2014 season.

Joining the Staff is Michael Sutt and Joe Costrino.

Sutt, a Canadian living in Lockport is a former Junior A and United Hockey League player. Sutt is currently the Assistant Coach with the Milton Ice Hawks of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Sutt will coach the defense and handle video breakdown for the team.

Costrino, a former Stars player has been coach of the Depew Wildcats Varsity hockey team in the WNY Club Hockey League. The Wildcats recently won the Best of the West HS Tournament. Costrino will coach the forwards.

A Strength & Conditioning Coach and a Goaltending Coach will be announced shortly.

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eter Preteroti will be taking on the task as Head Coach of the Buffalo Stars Empire Junior Team for the coming season.

Preteroti served as head coach of the Buffalo Stars Empire Junior team in 2011-12. Prior to that he served as head coach of the Buffalo Hornets Bantam Major; Bantam Minor, Buffalo Stars CHA Premier Junior C and Buffalo Hornets Midget Minor teams. He was also the assistant coach of the Buffalo Lightning Junior A team and since 1973 has coached at all levels in the Buffalo Hornets organization.

He was also team leader/assistant coach for the NY 17 Festival in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004. He served in the same capacity with the NY 16 Festival Team and the NY 15 Festival Team. He was also the Team Leader for the USA Hockey Festival from 2006 through 2009.

Preteroti has been a member of the Board of the Buffalo Hornets Hockey organization since 1973, serving as

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President since 1979.

He became owner and general manager of the Buffalo Stars Junior team in 2002.

He served as vice president of marketing for the Buffalo Lightning Junior A team from 1999-2005 and was vice commissioner of the CHA Juniors for two years.

Preteroti has also served in executive positions with the CHA, Empire Junior Hockey League, St. Francis Hockey Program, Niagara Regional Sports Foundation. He chaired the USA Hockey Nationals in 2003.

Preteroti has also served as USA Hockey NY district director; USA Hockey Northeast Zone inline director and was a member of the USA Hockey Adult Council and USA Hockey Marketing Council.

At the State level he served on the NYSAHA Board of Directors, tournament director for the NYSAHA and was WNYAHL President from 1991 to 2003.

Preteroti has his Level 4 USA Hockey Certification and the Level 3 Canadian Hockey Association certification.

He is owner of the Amateur Sports Production (Tournament) Company, owner of Sports Niagara (Event) Company and owner of Buffalo Stars Sports and Marketing.

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son when the Long Islands SUFFOLK came to town. The Stars fought hard but dropped a 5-2 decision in game one. Leo Blore and Mike Harris scored for Buffalo.

In the second match-up the Stars came out determined to end the season the same way they entered it: with a victory. The sea-saw battle saw the Stars come from behind 4 times. Tyler States tied the game at 6 late in the 3rd period to force an overtime. Other scorers in regulation for Buffalo were: Blake Germony, Mike Harris, Leo Blore and Patrick Schmelzinger (2).

The OT session remained tied and in the shootout, Captain Mike Harris scored the winner and the elated Buffalo team stormed the ice in celebration.

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he Buffalo Stars Empire Junior team wrapped up the 2012-13 season yesterday with an exhibition game against the D’Youville ACHA team.

The Stars came out on top with a 4-3 victory. Blake Germony and Justice Rogers each scored twice for the Stars.

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he Buffalo Stars Bantam Minor team capped off their undefeated season by beating the Buffalo Bisons by a score of 3-1 to take the blue division championship of the Western NY Hockey League.

Facing a determined opponent, the boys battled for three periods in a game that could have turned at a moment’s notice. The boys took a one nothing lead in the first minute of play

to set the tone, and followed up with goals in each period.

The Bisons wouldn’t quit and made it 3-1 with 5 minutes left to play.

They then followed up with an even more determined effort. The Stars were not to be denied, however, as the boys kept their composure under intense pressure and prevailed.

They finished their season with a overall record of 28-7-4 for the season and an undefeated WNYAHL league record of 16-0-2.

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nder Head Coach Jim Bautz (716-9843474) and Head Coach Chris Malicki (716-9973130), the Caszenovia Chiefs will field Girl’s 16U and 19U teams, respectively.

Tryouts will be held Tuesday, April 9 for both teams from 7 to 8 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 10 at 5 to 6 p.m. for the 16U squad and 6 to 7 p.m. for the 19U team. These are tournament-bound teams.

16U girls can skate with 19U Wed 4/10/13 @ 6-7:00pm and be evaluated by 16U coaches*** If you are seeking to play for a very talented organization, come and play for the Tier II State Championship with the Cazenovia Chiefs.

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Girls Hockey Festival Furman Honored Full and Cross Ice aul Furman, a hockey volunteer

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he Hamburg Hawks are hosting a Girls Hockey Festival for full and cross ice teams April 5 through 7 at the Hamburg Town Arena 10U Full ice is $550 per team for a 4‐game guarantee 10U cross ice is $380.00 per team for a 4-game guarantee GLGHL red division teams are welcome This event is for new players (or girls playing on house teams or GLGHL red teams) to experience the fun of playing on girls hockey teams.

First‐come, first‐serve for registrations.

For information contact Tom Nelson at tnelson@kingdoorhardware. com, theholmesbunch@aol.com

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he Most Valuable Player of the EJHL for 2012-2013 is Jersey Hitmen forward Andrew Black.

The Buffalo, N.Y., native tied for the league lead in goals with 30. He added 36 assists to his scoring ledger for a total of 66 points in 44 games. In the playoffs, he finished second in the league with six goals and six assists for twelve points. Black will take his goal scoring abilities to Colgate University in the fall of 2013.

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for over 40 years ago, passed away in March.

Furman’s hockey career began approximately 40 years ago; on the day he took his son, Paul Jr., up to the Cullinan ice rink to register him in the Oswego Minor Hockey Association.

He was asked “can you skate?’ and he answered “yes, a little”. He was then asked if he would help out on the ice.

Paul told them “yes, but I don’t know anything about hockey”. He was then told, “don’t worry, the kids will teach you” and over the years they did!

Since that day, Paul Furman, the husband, father and grandfather has been a dedicated, hard working member of the hockey community in New York. Over that time Paul gave unselfishly of his time and energies to not only the hockey community of Oswego, New York, but to the entire Hockey Community of New York State. From his early days as a coach, then through numerous administrative duties at the local and State levels he always stayed close to not only his local organization but to the hockey community as a whole. Paul has gone from the father who knew little about hockey to become one of the most highly respected members of the New York Hockey family.

For over 23 years Paul was responsible for the organization and supervision of thousands of tournaments in the New York District that take teams from local qualifying tournaments to States (USA Hockey Regional) and on to the National Tournaments. A full time year round commitment, at Tournament time you would find Paul on the phone or at the rinks checking to ensure that the events are run properly and that each and every individual has a fun enjoyable experience.

The NYSAHA has honored Furman with the State Championship Trophy that will be awarded to the winner at each level.

(Tribute taken from NYSAHA)

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Rochester Area Hockey News

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he Maksymum Stars U16 AAA team, formed in partnership between Rochester Youth Hockey and Maksymum Hockey, played in the NYS Championships in Amherst March 15-17th. The Stars, coached by Dave Maksymiu and assisted by Jared Blank, went 4-0-1 over the weekend to win the New York State Championship.

In their first preliminary game they defeated CP Dynamo 2-0.

Jimmy Pelton and Jake Schultz each scored goals and Monty Cunningham stopped 16 shots to earn the shutout, with Kevin O’Brien leading a strong defensive effort for the Stars. The Stars second game was a 4-4 tie with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres. Zach Nowak scored two goals to lead the goal scoring and Pelton had three assists. Needing a win or a tie to advance to the semifinal on Sunday, Rochester fought off the Long Island Royals in a 6-4 victory. Chris Peters had a hat trick with Schultz adding the final two goals, including an emptynetter to seal the victory. Austin Pieniaszek tallied three assists and Nick Pulli added two assists as well.

The semi-final would see Maksymum beating Syracuse 5-2. Peters led the way with two goals, and Tyler Cavalier and Joey Saraceni, and Pieniaszek adding a goal. Pieniaszek also had two assists. Shane Fuller played well in net to earn the win for the Stars.

Sunday’s championship game featured a rematch with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres. After an intense scoreless first period, the Stars struck in the second period. Peters scored unassisted on a two-on-one break. Jared Kachaylo made a superb defensive play to keep the presssing Jr. Sabres off the scoreboard, and Cunningham was stellar mak-

ing 13 saves.

Early in the third period the Jr. Sabres scored shorthanded to tie the game.

Fuller came in with 5:34 left in the tied game to replace an injured Cunningham. The calm and collected Fuller was up to the task, and was helped with tremendous efforts from defensemen Matthew Buchbinder, Matt Damelio, Liam Flaherty, Austin Guyett and Schultz. Overtime was intense with both teams giving little time and space. With just over four minutes remaining in the first overtime, Buchbinder made a breakout pass to spring Ritchie Francis and Christian Vella. Vella got a hard low shot that rebounded to Saraceni, who banged home the rebound for the victory and the NYS Championship.

The Stars are 41-20-5 on the season, going 12-0-1 in their last 13 games and have gone undefeated in their last two tournaments to win the Eastern Junior Elite Prospect League and become NYS Champs. The Stars now focus on Nationals, being held April 3rd-7th in Pittsburgh.

Members of the team are: Liam Flaherty and Kevin O’Brien (Victor), Matt Buchbinder and Chris Peters (Fairport), Ritchie Francis and Joey Saraceni (Batavia), Matt Damelio and Tyler Cavalier (Webster), Austin Guyett and Jake Schultz (Greece), Chris Vella and Austin Pieniaszek (Hilton), Shane Fuller and Nick Pulli (McQuaid), Monty Cunningham (Pittsford), Jared Kachaylo (Penfield), Zach Nowak (Brockport) and Jimmy Pelton (West Genesee).

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The EJHL is the top junior hockey league in the Eastern United States and was founded in 1993.

TONY MAKSYMIU EJHL COACH OF THE YEAR

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ochester Stars head coach Tony Maksymiu has been named the Eastern Junior Hockey League Coach of the Year for the 2012-2013 season.

Maksymiu lead the Stars to the EJHL quarterfinals after finishing the regular season in fourth place in the EJHL Northern Division with a record of 24-15-5.

The Stars ended the regular season by winning six of their final nine contests this season and doubled their win total from 12 wins the previous season.

The EJHL Coach of the Year award was voted on by fellow EJHL coaches.

“It is a great honor to be selected as the EJHL Coach of the Year,” said Maksymiu. “Being recognized by your peers is a tremendous feeling, and is very humbling. I’d like to thank the coaches for this great honor as well as our players for a great season.”

Maksymiu has coached at the junior level for eight years, placing over a dozen players at the DI level, over 20 players at the DIII level, and coaching two NHL draft picks. He played college hockey at Fredonia State, winning back-to-back SUNYAC championships and appearing in two NCCA DIII Final Fours. Maksymiu, a USA Hockey Level 5 (master certified) coach, was named the 2009 Empire Junior

6-0 and were eliminated from the EJHL Playoffs. Overall it was the most successful Stars season to date and will give the franchise momentum heading into the 2013-2014 EJHL season.

Rochester Stars Advance to EJHL Quarterfinals

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ith a 1-0 overtime victory in the deciding mini-game, the Rochester Stars won the play-in series against New York Apple Core to advance to the quarterfinals of the Eastern Junior Hockey League Playoffs.

Rochester overcame a 3-1 deficit in Game 1 to win 4-3 in overtime. Oliver Lindholm found the back of the net with 0.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 3-3 and force the extra period.

Defenseman Kevin Zugec scored 1:21 into overtime to give the Stars the win.

Game 2 found Rochester down early again, facing a 2-1 deficit in the first period. Matt Esposito tied the game at 2-2 with 11 seconds remaining in the first period. In the second period, Apple Core again went ahead, but Tyler Wolf evened the score with 12 seconds remaining in the period. It was the fifth straight period in which the Stars scored a goal with less than a minute on the clock.

After Shaun Patry scored on the power play early in the third period to give Rochester a 4-3 advantage, Apple Core answered back with two goals in three minutes to take a 5-4 lead. Apple Core would hang on to their one goal advantage to force the deciding mini-game.

Game 3 saw a scoreless mini-game, which lead to sudden-death overtime. Just 3:30 into overtime, Esposito redirected a Lindholm shot to give the Stars the win and a spot in the EJHL quarterfinals.

The Stars top line of Lindholm (2 goals, 4 assists), Esposito (2 goals, 3 assists), and Patry (1 goal, 4 assists) scored five of Rochester’s 10 goals and had a hand in both game winners in the series.

Rochester faced the third-seeded Islanders in the quarterfinals on March 2nd and 3rd in Tyngsborough, MA. The Stars were defeated by the Islanders 8-3 and

he Stars will be hosting tryouts for the upcoming EJHL season at the Sports Centre at MCC in Rochester.

Tryouts will be held on Saturday April 13th from 2:00 – 5:00 PM and Sunday April 14th from 12:00 – 5:00 PM. The cost is $125.

Exact player itinerary will be sent upon receipt of player registration. To download a player registration form, please visit www.maksymum.com. Players also are to obtain a USA Hockey registration number online at www.usahockey.com prior to tryouts. Nor organizational release is necessary.

For more information please contact Coach/GM Tony Maksymiu at 585-4268488 or at tony@maksymum.com.

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oving young men on to college hockey is the goal of the EJHL and from 2010 to 2012 the league has produced over 300 college hockey players. The Stars are proud to be a part of that success, and have two more players committed to play college hockey next season.

Stars forward Bobby Sokol has committed to play college hockey for Division III Hobart College. The Belle Vernon, PA native was the leading scorer on the Stars with 49 points in the 2012-2013 regular season, which tied for 13th best in the EJHL. Sokol scored 17 goals and 32 assists in 45 games for the Stars this season. Last season, Sokol totaled 26 points

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in 41 games.

“Bobby displayed his tremendous offensive ability this season by leading our team in points,” said Stars head coach Tony Maksymiu. “He was a great leader for our team and is the consummate team player, constantly sacrificing for the betterment of the team. Bob should be able to slide right into their model and produce immediately.”

Hobart, located in Geneva, NY, competes in the ECAC West. The Statesmen won the ECAC West championship in 2012 and finished second in the conference in 2013 with a 19-52 record.

Stars defensemen Travis Walls has committed to play college hockey for Division III Bethel University.

Walls joined the Stars after spending the previous EJHL season with the Capital District Selects. In 39 games for the Stars in the 2012-2013 season, the Flower Mound, TX native scored a goal and added six assists. The blueliner was a consistent player for the Stars according to head coach Tony Maksymiu.

“Travis is an excellent positional defenseman. He is always willing to learn and improve his game,” said Maksymiu. “He was also a great person to have in our locker room. Bethel is going to be a great fit for his style.”

Bethel, located in Arden Hills, MN, a suburb of St. Paul, plays in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Walls and Sokol bring the total number of Stars players who have committed to play college hockey next season to four, joining Dylan Shapiro (UMass Lowell) and Matt Esposito (SUNY Oswergo).

Maksymum Juniors Enter Playoffs Ranked 11th in Empire Junior Hockey League

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he Maksymum Junior Hockey Club finished the regular season on a hot streak winning six of their final seven games to enter the Empire Junior Hockey League playoffs as the 11th seed.

Maksymum finished the season fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 23-14-2 and 49 points. The club was especially strong at home, finishing with a 12-4 mark at the Sports Centre at MCC.

The club finished the season ranked ninth in the 31-team EmJHL on the penalty kill, killing off 86.26% of their opponents’ power play opportunities.

Leading the way for the Maksymum offense is Kevin DiMagno (47 points) and Michael Whitehair (45 points). DiMagno also chipped in 8 power play goals to lead the team. Goaltender Ian Sylves has played well, finishing 11th in the league with a 2.51 goals against average in 30 games.

The Empire playoffs were held on March 14-17th in Wayne,

NJ. The best 16 teams out of the 31-team league will participate. Teams will be divided into pools of four teams and play in a round-robin format on Thursday and Friday. Winners and runners-up from each pool will advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday, with the semifinals and final on Sunday.

The league champion will advance to the National Tournament in Minnesota.

Maksymum will be in a pool with the third-seeded Junior Bruins, sixth-seeded Philadelphia Revolution, and the 14 seed Suffolk Juniors. Maksymum went 2-2 against their pool opponents during the regular season, losing to the Junior Bruins twice and defeating the Revolution 4-3 and beating Suffolk 4-0.

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he Maksymum Stars U 16AAA hockey team, formed in a partnership between Rochester Youth Hockey and Maksymum Hockey, won the Eastern Junior Elite Prospect League Championship on February 24th in Hookset, NH

The Stars, coached by Dave Maksymiu and Jared Blank, finished the regular season with a record of 14-3-3 to earn a three seed in the EJEPL Playoffs. In the preliminary round, the Stars went undefeated, winning three games by a combined score of 19-8.

In the opening game, the Stars defeated the Islanders Hockey Club 9-3, led by three goals from Austin Pieniaszek and two from Chris Peters. Matt Buchbinder started off the scoring with a strong rush from his defensive position.

The second game saw the Stars beat New York Apple Core 5-1. Chris Vella scored two goals and Nick Pulli chipped in two assists to lead the scoring. The Stars then battled the Connecticut Oilers in their final preliminary game, a back-and-forth contest that ended in a 5-4 victory for the Stars. Jimmy Pelton scored two goals to lead the Stars attack.

In the semifinals, the Stars faced a physical Boston Junior Bruins squad. Behind stellar goaltending from Shane Fuller, physical play from Jake Schultz, and a staunch defensive effort led by Kevin O’Brien, Liam Flaherty, and Jared Kachaylo, the Stars prevailed 1-0 on a goal by Joey Saraceni. Fuller made 21 saves to earn the shutout.

The finals saw a rematch with the swift skating Oilers, with the Stars prevailing 5-4. Saraceni scored the fourth and fifth goals to give the Stars the winning margin. Tyler Cavalier added two goals and Austin Guyett added one to round out the scoring.

Zach Nowak contributed strong forechecking and chipped in an assist. Saraceni was named the Playoff MVP.

Members of the team are: Liam Flaherty and Kevin O’Brien (Victor), Matt Buchbinder and Chris Peters (Fairport), Ritchie Francis and Joey Saraceni (Batavia), Matt Damelio and Tyler Cavalier (Webster), Austin Guyett and Jake Schultz (Greece), Chris Vella and Austin Pieniaszek (Hilton), Shane Fuller and

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Nick Pulli (McQuaid), Monty Cunningham (Pittsford), Jared Kachaylo (Penfield), Zach Nowak (Brockport) and Jimmy Pelton (West Genesee).

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he RIT men’s and women’s hockey teams announced that they will play their first outdoor games at Rochester’s Frontier Field as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. The women will play Clarkson University in the opener, while the men will play Niagara University. Game times will be announced at a later date.

The RIT games will be a major part of a 10-day festival will take place from Dec. 13 to Dec. 22, 2013, serving as a celebration of hockey spent outdoors in downtown Rochester. The festival begins with a regular season American Hockey League game at Frontier Field between the Rochester Americans and an opponent that will be announced at a later date on Dec. 13. As part of the event at Frontier Field, which is home to Triple-A baseball’s Rochester Red Wings of the International League, the downtown ballpark will also host several Section V High School hockey games, an Alumni Game featuring former players from the Amerks and Buffalo Sabres, and community events. Blocks of ice time will be made available to the public for corporate events, private parties and youth/ adult hockey practices and games.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be part of this wonderful community event,” said RIT Executive Director of Athletics Lou Spiotti. “I speak for all of our coaches and student-athletes when I say that RIT is proud to provide quality collegiate hockey to our fans, alumni and the Rochester community. We are honored to be asked to participate and to have league partner Niagara University and Liberty League partner, Clarkson University join us for this event. We will work very hard to make this a memorable experience for all.”

“Monroe County is delighted to host this week filled with winter fun and great hockey at a truly unique location, Frontier Field,” said County Executive Maggie Brooks. “I applaud the Rochester Americans and Rochester Red Wings for coordinating what will be a memorable week not just for hockey fans.”

“We are extremely excited to work with our community partners in bringing outdoor hockey to Rochester,” said Rochester Americans/Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black. “While the chance to play an outdoor game will be an exciting opportunity for our players and coaches, the

event as a whole will allow the entire community to share in a special experience.”

“We are thrilled to partner with Monroe County and the Sabres, Amerks, RIT, Section V and Rink Specialists to bring this world class, Big League event to our community,” said President/CEO/COO of Rochester Community Baseball Naomi Silver. “We pride ourselves on creating lifelong memories for our fans and there’s no doubt that this event is something that Rochesterians will cherish for a long time.”

The outdoor rink will be constructed at Frontier Field

by Rink Specialists, a global ice skating rink sales, installation and repair company that provides ongoing operational efficiency and consulting services.

While complete ticket information on all events will be available at a later date, the best way to assure tickets to the RIT outdoor games is to become a season ticket holder.

For more information, visit www.ritathletics.com.

When available, tickets can be purchased at www.rithockey.com or (585) 475-4121.

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he Buffalo Sabres announced the 9th Annual Scotty Bowman Showcase will take place on Monday, April 15 at First Niagara Center.

The Scotty Bowman Showcase consists of three allstar hockey games between high school aged players from the Buffalo and Rochester areas. Tickets for the event are $5.

The first game begins at 6:00 p.m. and pits all-star squads from each city made up of players in their junior year of high school against one another, competing for the Tim Horton Memorial Cup. Following the junior game, the senior teams from each city will square off in a 7:30 p.m. contest to decide who will be awarded the Bowman Cup. The Rochester Seniors won last year’s Bowman Cup, improving to 2-6 all-time.

After the senior game, junior- and senior-aged players from Buffalo and Rochester who play prep school or junior hockey will face off at 9:00 p.m. for the Rick Martin Memorial Cup. All three games will consist of two 22-minute halves.

The event is named after the legendary Scotty Bowman, the winningest head coach in NHL history. Bowman will be in attendance to present the Bowman Cup to the victorious senior team.

Rosters will be posted at www.nyhockeyonline.com

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oaltender Jared Lockhurst was selected by conference coaches to the SUNYAC All-Rookie Team.

Western New York Men’s College Hockey Report

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he Golden Griffins defeated Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey Association title game to claim their first championship and first trip to the NCAA playoffs.

The 16th seed faced top seed Quinnipiac in the first round of the East Regional bracket held in Providence, Rhode Island.

They entered the NCAA’s on a nation-best eight game winning streak—the longest winning streak in the program’s Division I history and the longest overall since taking eight straight from October 30 to November 21, 1992.

Kyle Gibbons, Tony Capobianco and Ben Danford were named to the All-Tournament team.

Canisius also became the first team in league history to win two rounds to advance to the Atlantic Hockey Semi-

finals and just the second time a team has won a road playoff series in 32 opportunities. Mercyhurst made it three the same day.

Junior netminder Capobianco stopped a career-best 50 shots, establishing a new Division I postseason record for the Griffs in the quarterfinals.

He also set a new conference playoff mark for postseason saves in a season.

He was earlier named the league’s Goaltender of the Week for the period ending March 10th for allowing just one goal over his first two postseason appearances of his career against Bentley.

And the Griffs offense had a breakthrough starting in March. The team averaged over 4.10 goals per game, nearly double the mark before the winning streak (2.18 goals per game).

Gibbons collected third-team AllAtlantic Hockey honors. The junior led the team with 36 points on 18 goals and 18 assists.

Cory Conacher (2011) was named to the AllAtlantic Hockey 10th-Anniversary First Team (See related photos on Page 60)

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efenseman Brad Nunn has signed a professional contract with the Gwinnett Gladiators.

The Stony Brook native played four seasons with the Blue Devils helping the team to the SUNYAC Championship game against SUNY Plattsburgh in his sophomore year. He collected a total of 30 points (seven goals, 23 assists) in 102 career collegiate games.

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ead coach Chris Schultz was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year after leading the Knights to a 17-91 record and a third-place finish in the regular-season standings. This is the second time so named in his career--2011.

Three freshmen were named by league coaches to the SUNYAC All-Rookie Team: defensemen Nate Brown and Alex Lubczuk with forward David Ripple.

Ripple was the Knights’ thirdleading scorer, finishing with 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists (all three totals led Geneseo’s rookies) despite missing four games. Ripple’s 18 points (7-11=18) in conference play ranked eighth and first among rookies.

Brown and Lubczuk both scored 16 points on the season; only one Geneseo defenseman scored more. Brown

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(5-11=16) played in 26 games and collected three power-play goals – the most of any rookie defenseman in the SUNYAC. Lubczuk, who appeared in 25 contests, had a pair of scores on the power play and one game-winning goal among his five goals and 11 assists.

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he Tribunes defeated Erie CC to return to the NJCCA championship game before falling to Williston State 3-2.

Williston scored the go-ahead goal with less than four minutes remaining and a Tribunes couldn’t net the equalizer despite a power play and, later an empty net.

John Papas (Irondequoit), Tyler Underhill (Marilla), and Tom Dehr (Varysburg/Batavia Notre Dame) made the All-Tourney team.

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he Purple Eagles lost in the Atlantic Hockey Association playoff semi-finals for the second consecutive year in a 5-3 defeat to Canisius, but became the first Atlantic Hockey Association team to receive an NCAA at-large playoff bid anyway.

Niagara entered the NCAA’s seeded tenth of 16 teams with a first round game against eighth-seed North Dakota in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In the quarterfinals, the Purps tied their own record with their 22nd con-

secutive home victory in game two of their AHA quarterfinal sweep of RIT. It is the fifth longest streak in NCAA history.

Postseason awards were given to head coach David Burkholder as AHA Coach of the Year, junior goaltender Carsen Chubak as Player of the Year and senior forward Marc Zanette was named Best Defensive Forward.

For Burkholder, it’s his first AHA Coach of the Year award since entering the conference in 2010-11, and third overall in his career (CHA Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2007). It was only the third time in the program’s Division I history that the squad has reached the 20 win mark.

Chubak is the second Niagara player to be named the AHA Player of the Year, with Paul Zanette earning the honor in the 2010-11 season. A Hobey Baker Top Ten Finalist, he finished the regular season with a 20-3-2 record, ranking second in goals-against average (1.82) and save percentage (.939).

The seven-time AHA Goalie of the Week and two-time AHA Goalie of the Month closed the season first in shutouts (5) and a .840 winning percentage. Chubak found himself in the record books during conference play, becoming the first NU goalie to register three consecutive shutouts, tying him for third in NCAA history with three successive shutouts, in the company of goalies such as Jimmy Howard and Ryan Miller. He also earned the NU record for most consecutive shutout minutes (258.32).

Zanette posted eight goals, but was known more for his passing abilities with a career-high 15 assists. Zanette was solid on the power play, scoring two goals and adding three assists and saw ample time on the penalty kill which was ranked third in the conference at 85.5 percent (17-for-118).

Four Purple Eagles were voted AllAtlantic Hockey in senior Giancarlo Iuorio and Chubak to the first team, senior co-captain Dan Weiss to the second team and junior defenseman Kevin Ryan (Eden) to the third team.

Iuorio netted his 100th career point in game one of the Atlantic Hockey Association quarterfinal series versus RIT.

R.I.T. Senior Chris Saracino’s 11 goals tied the RIT’s singleseason mark for goals scored by a defenseman at the Division I level (Dan Ringwald and Chris Haltigin, 2010). He was named First Team All-Atlantic Hockey Conference defenseman after tying for the league lead amongst all defensemen in scoring with 24 points (8 goals, 16 assists).

Sophomore forward Matt Garbowsky and freshman forward Dan Schuler (Webster) were named the Atlantic Hockey Association Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for the week ending March 10, 2013. It was Garbowsky’s second weekly honor of his career and the second of the season for Schuler.

Garbowsky extended his point-scoring streak to nine games by tallying five points on a goal and four assists in the AHA First Round series sweep over American International. In the second game, he exploded for a career-high four points on a goal and three assists and was plus-4 in a 7-1 win over the Yellow Jackets. His 17 points lead the nation in scoring from February 9-March 9.

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Schuler recorded a career-high three points, scoring the game-winning shorthanded goal, while dishing out two assists, while skating at a plus-3 in Saturday’s series clinching 7-1 win over AIC. He led the team with a plus-11 rating.

Dan Ringwald was named to the All-Atlantic Hockey 10thAnniversary First Team on defense.

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Other Area Notes: • Holy Cross senior Shayne Stockton (Rochester) led the team this season with a career-best 28 points as he tallied a career-best 13 goals and also posted 15 assists. For his career, he had 29 goals and 43 assists for 72 points.

• Brown University senior goaltender Anthony Borelli (Grand Island) was selected as First Team All-Ivy League.

and three game-winning goals.

Yokoyama was the team-leader he RIT with 18 assists to go along women’s with six goals for 24 points. hockey All three players surpassed the team enjoyed 100-career point plateau during a tremendous the season, an accomplishment first season at achieved by just eight other the Division I players in the history of the

by Janet Schultz level in 2012-13, finishing with a program.

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A trio of senior defenseing to the semifinals of the Colmen also led the way, as Kristilege Hockey America Postseason na Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Tournament. RIT finished tied for Bisons) tallied 17 points, while Ellesha Fortuna (Burlingthird in the CHA standings and won its first two postseaton, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas) chipped in with 10 son contests as a Division I program. points, leading the team with a plus-20 rating. Danielle

In league play, RIT went 3-0-1 against 2012 Read (Brantford, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks) added eight Tournament Champion Robert Morris, while going 5-0-1 vs. fellow league rival Penn State. Out of conference, RIT points, while with Moss playing against the opponents’ top defeated ECAC foes Yale and Brown, while taking NCAA line on a nightly basis. This trio was a main reason why Tournament Participant North Dakota to the final buzzer in RIT allowed just 79 goals in 37 games this season (2.14 per game, 11th best in Division I). In addition, Moss and a one-goal defeat. Overall, RIT was involved in 17 oneHiller ended their careers by playing in 124 games apiece, goal games during the season and recorded a five-game most in school history. unbeaten streak in the second half of the season.

Junior Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Se Leading the way for the Tigers in 2012-13 was lects) also went over the 100-point plateau for her career its decorated senior class. This sextet led the Tigers to a on Jan. 4 at Robert Morris and finished the season with 24 remarkable 89-24-11 mark in four seasons, including two points on nine goals and 15 assists. She tied a career-high ECAC West Championships, a berth in the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship game, and a 2012 NCAA Divi- with six points on three goals and three assists in a win over Sacred Heart on Jan. 18. sion III Championship.

In goal, the tandem of Ali Binnington (Oakville,

Senior captain Kim Schlattman (Stratford, OnOntario/Mississauga Chiefs) and Laura Chamberlain tario/Cambridge Fury) and classmates, assistant captains (Norco, CA/LA Selects) excelled in their first seasons at Tenecia Hiller (Brampton, Ontario/Brampton Thunder) the Division I level. Binnington appeared in 28 games, and Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects), lit up the scoreboard all season for RIT. Schlattman led the team recording an 11-10-4 record, finishing among the national leaders with a 1.93 goals against average (13th nationally) with 16 goals, including six power-play tallies and four and .928 save percentage (tied for ninth nationally). She game-winners, while Hiller, an All-CHA second team selection, recorded a team best 27 points on 14 goals and 13 also recorded six shutouts, tied for third in all of Division I. Binnington was the CHA Goaltender of the Month assists. Hiller led the team with seven power-play tallies

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in January and was a four-time Goaltender of the Week selection.

Chamberlain battled injuries all season to finish with five wins, a 2.32 goals against average, .911 save percentage, and two shutouts. She was a CHA Goaltender of the Week.

Up front, junior Erin Zach (Elmira, Ontario/Cambridge Fury), and sophomore Marissa Maugeri (Ajax, Ontario/Durham West Lightning), and freshman Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers) combined to form a formidable scoring line as the season progressed.

Zach was among the team leaders with 17 points on four goals and 13 assists, while Maugeri scored nine goals, eight coming after Jan. 1, and Paton added four goals.

Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy) enjoyed a tremendous sophomore season with nine goals and 15 points, while playing at a plus-11, while the freshmen duo of Katie Hubert (Burlington, Ontario/ Burlington Barracudas) and Carly Payerl (Kitchener, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers) recorded 13 and 11 points, respectively. Hubert was the CHA Rookie of the Month in December, while Payerl was a Rookie of the Week selection.

Sophomore Lindsay Grigg (Oakville, Ontario/ Oakville Hornets) shuttled between defense and forward and finished with 14 points on two goals and 12 assists.

Morgan Scoyne (Drumbo, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres) tallied 10 points in 37 games, while playing hard nosed defense, along with fellow classmate Emilee Bulleid (Waterdown, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres), who added seven points in 35 games. Junior Melissa Bromley (Aurora, Ontario/Aurora Panthers) recorded a plus-16 in 34 games to go along with six points, while freshman Casidhe Kunchika was plus-11 with four goals and two assists in six games.

On Feb. 29, Head Coach Scott McDonald won his 150th career game at RIT in a 1-0 victory over Penn State in the CHA First Round. He ended the season with a career mark of 151-38-15 in seven seasons at RIT.

The Tigers have always been strong on special teams, with this season being no exception. RIT’s powerplay was 12th nationally, scoring 32 times with the manadvantage, while the penalty-killing unit was 20th nationally at 82.7 percent.

RIT will return 14 players next season and with another strong recruiting class, will look to make the next step forward in the highly competitive CHA in 2013-14.

UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO Ron Adimey has been named Interim Head Coach of the University of Buffalo Lady Ice Bulls for the upcoming season.

Ron has been with the program since 2011 in the role of Assistant Coach.. He played his youth hockey in Amherst where they finished up National runner up three years in a row. He went on to play junior hockey with Niagara Scenic (Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and high school hockey for Canisius. He went on to play at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon graduation, he was sent to Germany and continued his hockey career playing for Viernheim and the Adler Mannheim. Ron also coaches with the Buffalo Bisons girls youth organization and has been active coaching since his return from Germany.

No reason was given for his replacing Head Coach Jody Rosen.

BUFFALO STATE

Buffalo State College has relieved Women’s Ice Hockey Coach Rob Burke.

No official statement was made by the College other than they will be going to a national search.

Assistant Coach Jamie Overbeck will take over the heading coaching duties, including recruitment, for the interim.

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he Great Lakes Girls Hockey League hosted their Blue/White Tournament on March 1 through 3. Taking part in the tournament were teams from Canandaigua, Erie (Pa), Batavia, Webster, Southern Tier, Tri-County and Hamburg.

Taking home championships were Canandaigua with a 2-1 win over Hamburg in the White Division and Erie with a 5-1 win over Batavia in the Blue Division.

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NY Hockey Online covered the first round of the AHA Playoffs when Canisius hosted Bentley; ending in a 4-0 victory for the Griffins. In goal for Bentley was New York native Branden Komm (Williamsville) and Zach Marginsky #19 (Auburn) played right defense. For Canisius it was Patrick Sullivan #26 (Derby) and Matthew Grazen #94 (East Amherst) representing NY. Canisius Goaltender Tony Capobianco took First Star honors that evening with Cody Freeman #20, second and Kyle Gibbons #15, third star; all for Canisius.

(Photos by Janet Schultz)

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NYS Collegiate Club Ice Hockey Report from NAIH Championship

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d Draper, head coach of the D’Youville Club Hockey Team, the Spartans, reports the team captured third place in the National Association of Intercollegiate Hockey’s (NAIH) national championship tournament held in Buffalo March 15 through the 17th.

The Spartans competed against Gannon University, Le Moyne College, Western Washington University and Ventura County Community College over the threeday period. All games were held in the Bud Bakewell Arena in Riverside and Cazenovia Rink in South Buffalo.

“After losing to the Knights from Gannon by a

score of 5-4 in the first round, we had to fight our way to the medal round,” Draper said.

“This journey culminated with a thrilling overtime win over Gannon on a goal scored by freshman Justin Nelson to earn a berth to the bronze medal game.”

Riding high on the energy wave from the night before, the Spartans scored four goals prior to the Corsairs from Ventura Community getting on the board late in the second period.

“Ventura could not overcome our fast skating and was defeated 7-1. Justin Nelson and Spartan Captain Nate Wiles tallied for two goals apiece in the victory,” Draper said. Jordan Kilijanski and Clark Betyn rounded out the scoring.

Western Washington University went on to win the NAIH Championship in an exciting overtime game by defeating number one seed Le Moyne College by a score of 2-1.

Below are photos from the tournament taken by Janet Schultz.

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USA Hockey News Steadman Named to Team USA

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elley Steadman, Plattsburgh, was named to the U.S. Women’s National Team Roster. The team is playing in the IIHF Women’s World Championships in Ottawa at press time.

Also named from the WNY/Pennsylvania area was Erie’s Jen Schoullis.

Both Schoullis and Steadman play for the Boston Blades of the CWHL. The U.S. roster is made up of three goaltenders, seven defensemen and 13 forwards. There are a total of 10 Olympians on the squad, including three-time Olympian Julie Chu (Fairfield, Conn.).

“With the depth of the talent pool in our country, it’s always a challenge to settle on a final roster and this year was no different,” said Reagan Carey, director of women’s hockey for USA Hockey and also the general manager of the 2013 U.S. Women’s National Team.

“We’re excited about the group of players we’ve selected and are confident that Coach Stone has the team focused and prepared to compete for the gold medal in Ottawa.”

The U.S. squad was chosen following a selection camp that began March 25 in Lake Placid, N.Y., and included 28 players.

Thirteen members of Team USA played NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey during the 2012-13 season, with nine participating in the 2013 NCAA tournament. Five of those nine players advanced to the Women’s

Frozen Four and four captured the national title as part of the University of Minnesota. Eight players competed in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League with seven winning the Clarkson Cup with the Boston Blades.

Julie Chu was named Captain of Team USA with Kacey Bellamy and Meghan Duggan serving as alternate captains.

Chu is appearing in her ninth IIHF Women’s World Championship, while Bellamy and Duggan are competing in their fifth world championship.

Bracco and McAvoy Named to U.S. National U17 Team

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orwards Jeremy Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.), Luke Kunin (Chesterfield, Mo.), Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jack Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio) and Colin White (Hanover, Mass.), along with defensemen Caleb Jones (Frisco, Texas) and Charles McAvoy (Long Island, N.Y.) and goaltender Luke Opilka (St. Louis, Mo.) have committed to join USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program for the 2013-14 season. The players, all from the 1997 birth year, will compete as members of the U.S. National Under-17 Team.

Bracco comes from the New Jersey Rockets Junior A Team of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. He a 50 point season with 16 goals and 34 assists. He has made a commitment to Harvard and was this year’s AJHL Rookie of the Year.

McAvoy plays for the New Jersey Rockets Junior B Team of the Metro Hockey League. He had a 56 point season with 17 goals and 39 assists.

McAvoy wa the MJHL Offensive Defenseman of the Year.

The 2013-14 U.S. National Under-17 Team will play in the United States Hockey League, the top junior league in the U.S. It will also compete in three international competitions, including the 2014 World Under-17 Challenge in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

The roster currently stands at 10 forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender, having previously announced commitments from New York natives Jordan Greenway, Potsdam, and Luke Kirwan DeWitt.

USA Notes...

... Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.), a junior forward from the University of Minnesota, was awarded the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. ...At press time the USA Women’s Team had lost to Team Canada 3-2 and beat Finland 4-1. Up next is Switzerland followed by the Quarterfinals, Semi-finals, Bronze and Gold Medal games on April 5 through 9. Updates will be posted at www.nyhockeyonline.com

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ey Association Southern Tier Hock ton Junior Senators Bantam B Bingham (Submitted Photo)

Clinton Bantam Co nnecticut Shootout Champions (Submitted Photo)

mpionships trip to NYS Cha r fo e ar ep pr s Elmira Pee Wee o) (Submitted Phot Aviator Action at the NYS Cha mpionships (Janet Schultz Ph oto)

Oswego 2013 All-Americans Zach Josepher, Paul Rodrigues and Luke Moodie with Head Coach Ed Gosek. (Oswego Photo) Clarence/NY Cyclone Action at the NYS Championships (Janet Schultz Photo)

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TRYOUT INFORMATION FOR NEW YORK STATE (As submitted by organizations)

Amherst Girls: April 8: 19U at 5 pm; 16U, 7:30 pm, 14U, 8:30 pm April 19: 14U, 6 pm; 19U, 7 pm 16U, 8 pm West Seneca Wings Girls 14U & 16U: April 8 at 7 pm and Wednesday, April 10, 5 pm Girls 19U: April 9, 10 pm; April 10, 6 pm

Cazenovia Youth Hockey Cazenovia Chiefs 16U TB and 19U TB will be playing in Great Lakes Girls Hockey League for the Tier II State Championship. Cazenovia 16U and 19U try outs announced, all try outs at: Cazenovia ice rink 25 Cazenovia St Buffalo,NY 14220 Any questions contact: 16U Head Coach: Jim Bautz (former asst coach of Hamburg Hawks 14U) 716-984-3474 19U Head Coach: Chris Malicki 716-997-3130 **All positions available** Tues 4/09/2013 @ 7-8:00pm both 16U/19U Wed 4/10/2013 @ 5-6:00pm 16U Wed 4/10/2013 @ 6-7:00 pm 19U **16U can skate with 19U and be evaluated by 16U coaches on wed 4/10/2013 @ 6-7:00pm

Tonawanda Lightning Girls 14U NTB: Wednesday, April 10, 5-6:15 pm and Thursday April 11, 7 to 8 pm Girls 16U TB2: Wednesday, April 10, 6:15 to 7:30 pm Editors Note: All Tryout Information for next year will be solicited in form of advertising. Rates will be and Thursday April 11, 8 to 9 p.m. announced next season.

All at Hyde Park Arena, Niagara Falls.

Niagara County Coyotes The Coyotes are starting girls programs at the 12U, 14U, 16U and 19U levels. If there is enough interest tryouts will be scheduled.

Contact William Fanton, coahbill013@hotmail.com or Chris Rechin, ctpuckman@aol. com

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