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March 2013 Vol. 2 Issue 6 Adirondack Keeps Gold at Home!

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In This Issue: Boys High School............................11 Central Section................................20 Chris King Broadcaster...................28 Clover Hockey.................................39 Club Hockey, Mens.........................56 Coaching with Gridley......................4 Creating Healthy Environment..........5 ECAC Honors.................................59 East Section.....................................27 Empire State Games..........................6 Girls HIgh School............................13 Kids Page.........................................60 Lights, Camera, Hollywood............15 Nichols Hockey Camp.....................58 North Section...................................33 Reasoner..........................................21 Rochester Expansion.........................7 USA Hockey News..........................57 Webster First Responders................18 West Section....................................37

Dear Readers,

Your support has been wonderful. Many of you have called or emailed with story ideas that appear in this issue and will appear in up-coming issues. We’ve also received several invitations to special events, fundraisers, tournaments and we’ve been able to attend several of them. We love coming to your arenas to meet you and your players and their families.

We’ve learned a lot about the sections outside of where we live and thank you all for your hospitality.

We hit an all-time high on our readership on the website magazine. Over 3,000 people checked out the February issue and we are so happy and now we’re going to strive for 5,000. That would be 1/10 of our hockey-registered population in NYS. We’d love 100% and maybe in the next year we’ll get close.

Please make sure you forward this to all your players. We know the kids love seeing their names and photos in the magazine.

This is who we are doing it for. So keep those photos and articles coming--especially with playoffs over, States and Nationals coming.

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Coaching With Chuck Gridley

New York ACE Program

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s the Coach-in-Chief for New York, I receive a lot of calls. Many of those calls are from coaches who are having trouble navigating through the Coaching Education Program. Some of these coaches are brand new, and some have been around for a while and are confused by the new (2011-12) Coaching Education requirements.

In almost every case I can help them by simply introducing them to their association “ACE” or Coaching Director.

This is a person within each association in New York who is trained to help coaches with the specific problems that coaches face on a daily basis. No group has a greater influence on the kids that play our game than coaches and the ACE (Association Coaching Education) Program was established a number of years ago to help support them.

Here’s how the ACE Program works. Every association appoints an “ACE” or Coaching Director. Ideally, this is a person with a strong hockey background…..someone who the association coaches respect.

These people receive training on coaching requirements, procedures, etc. We then ask them to work with their association coaches to: • Inform all association coaches of the CEP requirements.

• Inform all association coaches of local clinic details (date, time, location).

• Ensure that all association coaches are registered, screened, and properly certified.

• Pass on coaching information from USA Hockey and NYSAHA to all association coaches.

• Help coaches deal with day-to-day problems.

• Generally, support their association coaching staff.

Your association’s ACE Director can be valuable to you in your coaching career. So find out who your ACE Director is. He or she is there to help and support you and all of the coaches in your association. Let them help you avoid the kind of issues that often require coaches to have to call me later in the season. Don’t get me wrong………you’re still welcome to call me; I enjoy hearing from coaches throughout the state. We can talk about hockey instead of trying to solve a problem that could have been solved by your ACE Director earlier in the season.

The ACE Administrator in New York is Mark Hogan.

The link for the ACE page on the NYAHA website is: http:// www.usahockey.com/ACE_Coordinator_Prog.aspx#

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by Rob Sedia Professional Hockey Instructor rob@ newedgehockey.com

Creating a Healthy Bench Environment I would like to start this article by saying “thank you” for the positive feedback and emails I received for my first article “How Practice Can Create Good and Bad Hockey Habits”.

In this article I will focus on the bench environment set by coaches and players and how the things we say and do effect the game. First and foremost this is an area that I admittedly need improvement and have found instant success when I practice what I preach!

Hockey is a crazy, fast-paced, actionpacked game and in my opinion, the most exciting game on the planet.

That being said, playing in this fastpaced environment is challenging to say the least. Add screaming players, parents and coaches to the mix and it can become quite hectic.

Tip #1 – Coach the Bench: Yelling from the bench to the players on the ice in an effort to “instruct” or “help” adds to the already chaotic environment and 99% of what is being said is NOT being heard. The players on the ice have enough to worry about.

“Coach” the players when they are on the bench, as this is the most optimal time. This will tremendously increase retention of the information.

Tip #2 – Wait: When a player

makes a pretty big mistake and is headed back to the bench, give the player time to get in the door, sit down, and collect himself before speaking to him.

I assure you, he KNOWS he made a big mistake. If you stare him down as he approaches the bench and start “chirping” at him, you have set the tone for a negative interaction. Give your players more credit for knowing when they make mistakes. Eliminate the death stare and give them 30 seconds before approaching them.

Tip #3 – Use Players: It’s always nice to have a teammate pick you up after one of those bigger mistakes so be sure to send a captain, or another teammate in your place from time to time. This goes a long way and in some cases, it is more effective than speaking to the player yourself. Phrases like “shake it off” or “we’ll get it back” from teammates are great motivators.

Tip #4 – Chill Out: Make sure your players see you enjoying the game and having fun. A comfortable, positive bench environment is an environment that players WANT to be part of. A tense, stressed out coach can have a very negative effect on the players. It can put unneeded pressure on the players.

Tip #5 – Zero Tolerance: Negative comments about or between teammates are detrimental to a healthy bench environment and should not be tolerated. One player is NEVER more important than another! This needs to be said early and often.

Tip #6 – Staff Roles: Players need to fully understand the roles and responsibilities of the staff members on the bench. This will allow for efficient and effective communication between the players and the staff and help reduce/eliminate disorder.

Tip#7 – Ref’s Ref: There is never an acceptable time for a player to make a negative comment about a referee regardless of whether or not the referee can hear it. Nothing good will come from this and allowing it sends a message that finger pointing and negativ-

ity is “ok”. Ask your players the last time a referee said to them “wow, you really blew it back there, you were so far out of position and were the reason the other team scored – you really stink”. Players, coaches, and referees make mistakes, deal with it. Remember, every time you (as a coach) yell at a referee or make a negative comment about one, your players hear it and take it as justification to do the same.

“Do as I say, not as I do” has no place in the game of hockey.

Always stick to the basics of having the defensive group lined up at the door closest to your goalie and the forwards lined up closest to the opposing goalie. Make sure the players know which staff members to go to when they have questions or need something. Make sure you have supplies like water, tape, a stone, and a whiteboard etc. Talk to your players when they are on the bench, not the ice and be sure to keep the environment as positive as possible. Positive reinforcement and pick me ups need to come from teammates as much as they do from staff members. Most importantly, enjoy every single second that you get to coach, play, or watch this great game because it doesn’t last forever.# 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

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Adirondack Keeps Gold in North Story and Photos By Janet Schultz Janet@nyhockeyonline.com

The Adirondack section kept the Gold Medal in the North Country one more time after defeating the West Section 5-2 in the 2013 Empire State Winter Games.

Putting up the numbers for ADK were Monique Rafferty, Christie Sharlow, Andrea Kilborne-Hill and Tara Akstull.

The Silver went to New York City after they defeated Central 2-0. Alisha Cattelan got the shutout and Rebecca Fisher scored both goals for New York.

The Empire State Winter Games, which were eliminated from the NYS budget a number of years ago, were brought back through sponsorship and the hard work of people in the Lake Placid area.

The women’s ice hockey competition is made up of players who are 18 years of age and older. At this point there is no men’s competition in ice hockey.

Hockey opened play on Friday morning with the Western Region defeating Central 3-1. The first goal came from West’s Lindsay Shubback followed by two from Katie Stack. Central’s Tanya Crump, assisted by Jenda Kwaitkowski and Andrea Wing, had the only goal for Central.

Adirondack faced Long Island and beat them with a solid 15-1 score. The single Long Island goal was scored by Maryanne Diehm, assisted by Ariana Riggio in the third period. Stephanie Moberg had a hat trick for Adirondack. Long Island’s goaltender stopped 35 shots on goal.

New York City overwhelmed Hudson Valley in Game 3 with a 12-0 shutout. Hudson Valley never gave up as Goaltender Sophia Kokkonic made 27 saves followed by 5 save from Goalie Nancy Hagerty and 6 made by Karen Evans. New York also used both their goaltenders in the game with Ashley Walenty making 4 saves and Alisa Cattelan making 5.

In the fourth game West beat Long Island 7-2.

Katie Stack had four goals, including a natural hat trick. Long Island’s goals came from Samantha May and Melissa Reeves.

Adirondack opened the scoring in a 4-2 victory over New York City and Central and Hudson Valley

ended in a 1-1 tie concluding Friday night’s action.

On Saturday New York City opened the morning with a 2-1 victory over the West. All three goals came in the first period with West’s Lindsay Shubbuck opening the scoring.After that it was NYC all the way with a goal from Lindsey Cashman and Kathryn Kroleski. The next two periods remained scoreless.

The Central vs Long Island game was a tight one ending in 6-5 in favor of Central. Central’s Allisa Coomey had a hatrick.

Hudson Valley found themselves overmatched by the Adirondack team in the next game. Adirondack won 8-0 with Amanda Durrer getting the shutout. Even though overmatched, Hudson Valley held ADK to one goal in the first period.

Jamie Paul opened the scoring with Hudson Valley’s only goal in a 3-1 loss to the West.

Another high scoring game came as New York City defeated Long Island 11-4 on Saturday. NYC’s Fisher, Kroleski and Long Island’s Skudder all had hat tricks. Long Island goaltender Danielle Glinski made 47 saves.

In the next game Adirondack wore down Central through consistent goaltending. In a 11-0 shutout Adirondack peppered Central with 52 SOG as Central’s Lauren Dahm made 23 saves and Gardner made 18 saves.

The three games on Sunday were to determine the winners of the 2013 Games. The day turned into three games with unique situations.

Long Island’s goaltender, Danielle Glinski, was injured during a play that had her hitting the goalpost. With no back-up goaltender, Hudson Valley sent in Nancy Haggerty. Haggerty made 11 saves on 11 shots coming from her own teammates. In the end Hudson Valley beat Long Island 6-3. Prior to the injury Glinski had made 18 saves. Jennifer Abramo had a natural hat trick in that game.

Next up New York City vs Central. New York City, a team that seemed to come out of nowhere and into the medal round, won in a 2-0 shutout. Central’s Dahm made 51 saves. Rebecca Fisher scored both goals for NYC, one unassisted.

Finally it was Adirondack against West. West’s Katie Stack had both goals for the West, one unassisted, in the 5-2 win and the gold for Adirondack. Scoring for ADK were Monique Rafferty, Christie Sharlow, Andrea Kilborne-Hill and Tara Akstull.

In the end Adirondack took Gold; NYC, Silver and West, Bronze.#

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Rochester Announces Upgrading of Sports Centre

by Randy Schultz Randy@nyhockeyonline.com Photos Supplied by RYH

W

hen the Sports Centre of Monroe Community College was built back in 1998, it was considered one of the crown jewels in the Rochester, NY community. Hockey teams came from across the country to play games there.

The Sports Centre at MCCC is a 2500-seat, 170,000-square-foot non-profit athletics facility in the Rochester suburb of Brighton and located on the campus of MCC. For nearly a decade the Sports Centre was THE place to be when it came to major hockey events, especially for USA Hockey.

It’s future looked very bright.

Over the past few years’ conditions have been anything but good outside and inside the Sports Centre at Monroe Community College. In recent times a cloud of uncertainty has been hanging over the facility.

Inside the building a disturbance continued to linger. Ownership and management seemed to be going one way, while tenants were going in another.

And people outside of the building, namely customers, were heading in another direction.

Namely away from the Sports Centre.

But today there is a change in the air in and around the Sports Centre.

“Things are changing at the Sports Centre at MCC,” said Jeff Kolcon, past president of Rochester Youth Hockey and a partner at Maksymum Hockey. “And these things are looking good.”

It is home to four regulationsize ice rinks for semi-professional, high school, and youth hockey teams’ use. It houses youth hockey leagues from Rochester Youth Hockey, Rochester Edge, Rochester Alliance, Perinton Youth Hockey, Brighton Varsity hockey, MCC and other local teams.

The Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League sometimes practice at the facility.

The USA Paralympic Sled Hockey Team has chosen it as their official training site.

At one time the Sports Centre had been known as the ESL Sports Centre. Unfortunately in 2009 the ESL Federal Credit Union

dropped its sponsorship. To many in the area that was the first signal that something was terribly wrong in- and outside the centre.

“The company that owned the Centre, which was based out of Chicago, was off-site most of the time,” commented Kolcon. “They basically came in once or twice a year.

“They didn’t talk with the tenants. Nobody knew who they really were.

“Most of the hockey organizations that are in this building have been running in a life support mode. It was very difficult to survive” Then, when things seemed to be hitting rock bottom, along came a company.

Their name: End2End Sports.

“We knew that they were looking for a new buyer for the building,” remarked Scott Bra-

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novan, a partner with “End2End Sports.” “Our interest in it stemmed from the fact that we thought it was a great tournament destination.

“It already had great tenants already in place. That included all of the youth hockey organizations, high school teams and all of the colleges that were playing here.

“There is a great restaurant partner here in Bill Grays. So if you had all of those things that were already in place why isn’t the building prospering?

“We made an offer to purchase with the existing bond holders. We knew there would be a lot of work to do to get this done.

“So we then decided to enter into a management agreement until we closed on the deal. This was a bit unusual because it gave us the opportunity to take a look at what

could be possible before actually purchasing and closing the deal.

“We found out very quickly that everybody that was occupying the building was very open to a new beginning. They were tired of the strife the agendas that were pulling things apart.

“Our philosophy at ‘End2End Sports’ was to pull everything together and to have everyone pulling in one direction. We feel that everyone has to be united and heading in the same direction.

“We just wanted to make sure that we had a great product to present to the public that were looking at participating in an ice sport. And if they did try us out they would be happy.

“In that way we could grow the sport starting with the youngest and working our way up. We

wanted to have a large base to grow from. We want to bring new participation into the ice sports.

“The other part comes down to see what we can do here to use the building for. We’re looking at things like birthday parties, broomball leagues and other things like that where we can build upon to bring in another part of the population.

“This is a hockey facility, but it is also an entertainment venue that happens to have frozen water.

We want this to become a place of destination for families who want to go someplace for entertainment on the weekends.

“So we brought in Chris Woodworth to handle programming and marketing and Erik Geller to be the director of hockey.”

Gregory Zaremski, president

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of Rochester Youth Hockey, is as excited as anyone to the future in the Sports Centre.

“It’s such an exciting time for Rochester Youth Hockey that it’s hard to know where to begin,” said Zaremski. “It starts with our partnership with ‘End2End Sports’ who took over rink management.

“From day one it was obvious that ‘End2End’s’ goals for the rink would have a significant impact on Rochester Youth players and families. Scott Branovan began to alleviate the concerns about having the doors at the Sports Centre closed, which would have devastated the RYH organization.

“Even though our board had developed numerous contingency plans for a closure, it would have taken us years to recover from even a temporary closure. With the closure concerns behind us, the board is focusing on hockey growth, not hockey survival.

“Our growing partnership with End2End Sports, Bill Grays, and an even stronger partnership with Maksymum Hockey will have an immediate and direct impact on all of our programs. The rink has made a huge push to introduce families to the Sports Centre through numerous Learn-to-Skate and Learnto-Play programs.

RYH is teaming with Maksymum and End2End to support these programs and support the infusion of new hockey players into the RYH organization. We expect the beginner numbers to grow significantly in the first year alone.

“At the other end of the spectrum we are adding a U18 AAA full season team in partnership with Maksymum Hockey to complement our U16 AAA full season team. Both teams will participate in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) beginning in the 2013-14 season.

“Our focus is to develop Rochester’s elite young athletes to prepare them for the next level of their hockey careers. Full season Midgets allows players from the area to achieve elite development while living at home. It also provides a natural transition to Rochester’s Jr. programs.

“The organization is also expanding its clinic and development programs for house and travel players. The goal is to provide opportunities for player to maximize their skill in a fun environment.

“One of the more significant opportunities will be the three-on-three cross ice nights. The idea is to allow players to develop small game skill in a fun and fast-paced environment.

“The largest undertaking in Rochester Youth history has started. We are currently working with SWBR Architects and the DeMarco Group to prepare plans for a Rochester Youth complex that will be located at the north end of the MCC Sports Centre.

“The plans include 10 dedicated locker rooms on the first floor, a workout/warm-up area on the second along with a team room. We’re still working on the details, but we plan to break ground before the start of the 2013-14 season.”

Kolcon added to Zaremski’s comments.

“Another area we want to address is to make the Sports Centre at MCC a primary destination again for USA Hockey-based events. Since the inception of this building, USA Hockey has looked to us as a major destination.

“We’re looking at rebuilding that reputation.

We want USA Hockey events coming to Rochester.”

Branovan summed up the situation.

“The biggest thing that has changed inside the Sports Centre at MCC is that everyone is now pulling their rope in the same direction.

“We are all working together for the same goal and that is to make the Sports Centre at MCC once again a major destination for ice sports, entertainment and fun.”#

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Boy’s High School Hockey

The WNY Boys Ice Hockey Federation Team Captains taking part in the Super Sunday Series in Buffalo to dtermine the Section VI champions. (Photo by Janet Schultz)

2013 WNY HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY RESULTS

By Randy Schultz, Randy@nyhockeyonline.com

Five Section VI high school hockey champions were crowned over a two-day period at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center on February 25 and 26.

NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD VS. CLARENCE

Domenic Senese had a five-point game, which included a hat trick, to lead Niagara-Wheatfield to a 7-2 triumph over Clarence to win its second straight Section VI Large School playoff championship.

WEST SENECA WEST VS. WILLIAMSVILLE EAST

Senior Jamie Tobias tallied a three-goal hat trick to carry West Seneca West to a 4-2 win over Williamsville East. Dalton Kruger made 25 saves in the nets for the victorious West Seneca West team.

It marked the first Section VI Small Schools Championship for West Seneca West.

ST. JOE’S VS. BISHOP TIMON-ST. JUDE

St. Joe’s defeated Bishop Timon-St. Jude, 3-2 to win the Niagara Cup.

CHEEKTOWGA VS. STARPOINT

Randy Szymkowiak scored in the second overtime to lead Cheektowaga to a 3-2 victory over Starpoint to win the High School Club Hockey Championship. The two teams played a scoreless first overtime while playing five-on-five hockey. They went to a second OT, playing four-on-four before Symkowiak tallied the winning goal.

JAMESTOWN VS. CITY HONORS/CARDINAL O’HARA

Bill Krywy scored the game-winning goal to lead Jamestown to a 3-2 win over City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara to win the Mixed Division championship.

Section III

In the Section III D2 sectionals it was Christian Brothers

Academy over Auburn 3-2 and Oswego beat Cazenovia 6-1.

Moving to the next round, Christian Brothers beat Skaneateles 4-3 and Oswego beat New Hartford 5-4. Christian Brothers took Oswego 4-3 in the finals.

In Section III D1 the first round went to West Genesee over Watertown IHC 6-0; C-NS over Syracuse 5-0; Rome Free Academy (RFA) over Cortland-Homer 4-1 and Baldwinsville 8, Central Square 2.

Quarterfinals found West Genesee 2-1 over CNA and RFA over Baldswinsville 5-2. West Genesee moves on to face McQuaid Jesuit in the State Quarterfinals.

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Section I

Suffern, Clarkstown, White Plains, New Rocehlle,

Sommers/N. Salem, Lakeland/Panas, Mamaroneck and Ryetown/Harrison headed to the playoffs in Section I, Division I with Suffern beating Clarkson 8-1; New Rochelle over White Plains 5-1; Lakeland/Panas over Somers/N.Salem 7-4 and Mamaroneck over Ryetown 9. In the quarterfinals it was Suffern over New Rochelle 8-0 and Mamaroneck beating Lakeland/Panas 9-5. Suffern beat Mamaroneck 3-2.

In Division 2 John Jay Cross River beat Pearl River 7-1, Pelham took Scarsdale in overtime 2-1, Rye beat Hendrick Hudson 9-0 and Horace Greeley beat Fox Lane 4-2 to move to the quarterfinals. In the next found John Jay Cross River beat Pelham 5-3, Rye beat Horace Greeley 4-1 putting John Jay Cross River against Rye in the semi-finals. John Jay won 5-1 and will move on to the State Quarterfinals against Queensbury.

Section II

In Division II it was Queensbury over Glens Falls 2-1 with Queensbury moving to the State Quarterfinals against John Jay Cross River.

In Division I it was Saratoga over Bethlehem 5-0 and Shenedehowa over Shaker/Colonie 65 to move to the finals.

Saratoga beat Shenedehowa to move on to the State Quarterfinals against Suffern.

Section V In the Quarterfinals of Section V, Class A playoffs it was Fair-

Saranac (3-15-2) 0 9 1

In the Playoffs it was Beekmantown over Plattsburgh 4-3.

Beekmantown drew a bye for the NYS Quarterfinals and will move on to the semi-finals against West Seneca West or CBASyracuse.

Section X Division I

League Team W-L-T Pts Potsdam 10-2-0 20 Massena 9-2-1 19 Canton 6-5-2 14 Salmon River 1-8-2 4 Central Square 0-0-0 0 Monroe-Woodbury 0-0-0 0

Overall W-L-T Pts 15-7-0 30 14-6-1 29 8-11-2 18 3-15-2 8 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0

Division II

League Overall Team W-L-T Pts W-L-T Pts Ogdensburg 9-3-2 20 10-7-4 24 Norwood-Norfolk 8-6-0 16 12-9-2 26 St. Lawrence 7-3-1 15 16-4-1 33 Malone 4-9-1 9 9-12-1 19 Islanders 4-8-1 9 6-13-2 14 Tupper Lake 0-13-0 0 1-19-1 3 Webster Thomas 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0

port over Rush/Henrietta; McQuaid Jesuit over Brighton/East/ HFL; Schroeder over Athena/Odyssey and Penfield over Pittsford in double overtime.

Both semi-final games played into overtime with McQuaid Jesuit beating Fairport 3-2 and Penfield beating Schroeder 3-2.

McQuaid Jesuit beat Penfield 4-0 in the sectional finals to move on to the State Quarterfinals and face West Genesee.

In Class B it was Webster, Thomas, Hilton, Aquinas and Churchville-Chili coming out victorious. Webster Thomas beat Hilton 1-0 and Churchville-Chili beat Aquinas 2-1 in overtime to move on to the finals. The outcome was Webster Thomas 1, Churcville-Chili 0 in overtime for Webster Thomas to move on to the State Quarterinals and face St. Lawrence Central.

Massena beat Potsdam 3-2 in overtime to move on to the State Quarterinals in Division I and it was St. Lawrence Central over Norwood-Norfolk 6-1 for St. Lawrence to head to the State Quarterfinals.

Massena faces Monroe-Woodbury and St. Lawrence will face Webster Thomas.

The State Quarterfinals were being played as NY Hockey Online was going to press.

The New York State Finals are being held at Utica’s Memorial Auditorium on Saturday March 9 and Sunday, March 10.

Tickets are $8. The first puck drops at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and the finals for Division 2 are at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday and Division 1 at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Section VII Final Standings for 2012-13

We ask that coaches, managers or sports information persons send us their NYS Finals stories for the April issue. Photos are most welcome. Send to nyhockeyonline@nyhockeyonline.#

Team (Overall) W L T Beekmantown (18-3-1) 8 1 1 PHS (13-9-0) 7 3 0 Lake Placid (15-6-1) 6 3 1 Saranac Lake (7-9-4) 3 5 2 NCCS (7-11-1) 3 6 1

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NYS High School Girls Hockey Beekmantown Captures State Title

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he New York State Girl’s Ice Hockey Championship was held at the Canton Pavilion on Saturday and Sunday, Feburary 9 and 10, after a snowstorm delayed the action by a day.

First up on Saturday was Alexandria Bay and Potsdam, the defending champion. Alexandria Bay was outscored 3-1 after Kalie Grant put Alexandria Bay’s Kayla Rios made 30 saves but were outscored by Potsdam up 1-0 in the first period.

Potsdam.

Emilie Walti battles with Potsdam players. (Janet Schultz

In the second game, new to the State Photo) Championships was Kenmore Girl’s Varsity from Buffalo. Kenmore faced Beekmantown falling short 3-2 in a tough battle.

On Sunday, Beekmantown captured their first New York State Championship by beating defending champion Potsdam 3-0. Beekmantown has made five trips to the Final Four, four times to the championship round. This was their year as Alexis Guay scored the game winner in the first period. Beekmantown then scored back-to-back goals just four minutes apart in the second period, securing the win.

In 2012-13 Sectional play: Above: The puck shot by Beekmantown’s Katie Matott heads

Potsdam took Section X; Beekmantown, Sec- for Kenmore’s Goaltender Lauren Pray. Below: Kenmore’s Kaeli tion VII, Skaneateles, Section III and Kenmore, Sec- Mathias and Beekmantown’s Alexis Guay fight for position and the puck. (Photos by Janet Schultz) tion VI.

Monsignor Martin Takes WNYGVIH Title

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or the second consecutive year the Monsignor Martin Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Team took the WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation Championship.

They beat Williamsville North in a very tight

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2013 WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Champions-Monsignor Martin (Photo by Janet Schultz)

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game, as were all the playoff games in the West, 3-2. Skaneateles 4 0 1 0 0 13.5 They maintained an undefeated record this season going Ithaca 2 1 0 0 1 8 20-0.

Alex Bay 2 0 0 1 4 7

Williamsville’s Jordan Roetzer opened the scor- Oswego 1 0 1 0 4 4.5 ing at 8:53 of the first period and the game remained scoreless until the second period. Monsignor Martin’s Section VI* Mon. Martin 18 - 0 - 0 36 Amelia Gajewski tied the game.

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Williamsville’s Rachel Grumpp answered back Kenmore Williamsville 11 - 1 - 4 25 giving Williamsville the lead, but Brynn Wopperer tied OP/Frontier 9 - 2 - 7 20 it again.

Amh/Sweethome 6 - 0 - 10 14

Going into the third period 2-2 holding and body W. Seneca 5 - 0 - 13 10 checking penalities gave both teams power play oppor- Lancaster 0 - 0 - 18 0 tunities but it was Monsignor Martin’s Brigid Keane, *Stats incomplete as press time a freshman, that put in the game winner with an assist from Julie Duquette.

The WNY Girl’s Varsity Ice Hockey Federation is in its third season, hoping to add more teams from the WNY area as they move forward.

Teams participating are Kenmore High School, Amherst and Sweethome High Schools combined, Orchard Park and Frontier High Schools combined, West Seneca East and West combined; Williamsville (which includes North, South, East and West schools), Lancaster High School and Monsignor Martin which is made up from players attending seven area catholic high schools.

WNY athletic directors and/or girls hockey coaches who want to add a team to the league should contact Rick Hopkins, RHOPKINS@williamsvillek12.org.#

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Lights, Camera, HOCKEY!!!

By Randy Schultz Randy@nyhockeyonline.com

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hen late August rolls around, one would expect to find the likes of former hockey greats like Bryan Trottier, Brad May and Dwayne Roloson on the golf course. But on this particular Thursday morning in August the trio is in an ice rink in Buffalo.

While the temperatures are hovering around 75 outside, inside the Cazenovia Ice Rink the temp is below freezing. One the ice, at the far end of the rink, a group of kids are going through some skating and shooting drills.

At the other end of the ice the rink is empty. It is only then that one notices that at the end where all the action is, there is extra equipment on the ice.

No, not hockey equipment. Instead, the area around the kids on the ice is filled with lights, video cameras, hundreds of yards of thick, black cable and audio equipment.

If an observer didn’t know better you would think this was a Hollywood set and a movie was being made.

Tom Barnett explained.

“For two consecutive summers the National Hockey League has contacted us to help them with a couple of their objectives,” said Barnett, President of the Buffalo Shamrocks. “We were more than eager and help them with what they wanted to do.

“We had great success last year helping them with their skills video that they used for the NHL All-Star Game.

They came back to us again this year and asked if we would be interested in helping them with a series of skills videos that were being underwritten by Canadian Tire.

“So they contacted me and asked if I could provide players for them at different age groups for both boys and girls. We had no problem providing them with the kids they needed.”

In August the NHL arrived in Buffalo with their production staff and film staff from Toronto and New York City. In addition the kids got to work with three former NHLer’s including Roloson, May and Hockey Hall of Famer Trottier.

“I always enjoy working with kids and playing hockey,” remarked Trottier, a four-time Stanley Cup Champion with the New York Islanders. “I live in the Pittsburgh (PA) area.

“When the NHL asked me to be a part of this program, I jumped at it right away. While it’s not really like a hockey camp, it has been fun working with these kids.

“For what we went through for three days, these kids were pretty amazing. And for me it was a chance for people to see another side of me working with the kids.

The Shamrocks were equally as happy to be a part of this Hollywood-like production.

“We were thrilled to once again be a part of an NHL project,” stated Barnett.

It turned out to be a three-day project.

“The first day was goaltenders,” remembered Barnett.

“The next two days they used the goalies, as well as the forwards and defensemen.

“They worked on different situations like three-ontwo, two-on-one as well as anything else that can happen during a hockey game.”

Barnett was also quick to point out just what the situation was for the kids and families involved in this NHL project.

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“This was in the middle of summer when I contacted the parents,” added Barnett. “I knew there would be kids playing baseball or softball or soccer.

“There were also families that might be on vacation. But I put a list together, contacted these families and everyone that I called wanted to be a part of this adventure.

“Nobody said no to this possible once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and experience. It was a great experience for all 30 kids involved.”

And, just like Hollywood, the three days turned out to be three very long days.

“I had warned everyone involved that the days would start early in the morning and probably go until late in the afternoon or early evening. And each one did.

“Days did start between 7:30 and 8 in the morning. Days would end sometime between four and five.

“The kids did experience what it is like to be a part of a Hollywood set. There were several times during the three days that it was a ‘hurry up and wait’ situation.

“And the kids handled it like pros. They knew when to be quiet when there was a scene being shot.

“There were also break times. There were also lunch times where the NHL provided lunch for everyone involved.

“Plus, the NHL provided all the equipment the kids were wearing for the shoot, from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet.

“Interestingly, some of their jerseys were in French and others were in English because the NHL has two audiences to provide to in Canada.”

Barnett also saw how well the kids reacted to what was being given to them to do.

“They had to take so many orders from so many different people,” commented Barnett. “They had to do some things that were out of their comfort zone.

“In the end, the kids really did a great job.”

The results of their efforts can been seen a couple of different ways.

“They can be seen on the NHL Network,” concluded Barnett. “They can also be seen on the NHL website.

“In the end it was quite a production and we were glad to be a part of it.”#

Buffalo Stars Squirt Major Presidents Day Tournament

The Buffalo Stars Squirt Majors played their hearts out at the Presidents Day Tournament in Niagara Falls, NY. The team was down 5 players due to injuries and travel. The odds were against them, but with hard work and dedication. The boys came out on top.

Game#1 was played against Wheatfield and tied 2-2. Game #2 against Shaker Heights was a 5-6 loss.

Game #3 against Wilkes Barre 2-8 win and the final game was against Shaker Heights with a 4-3 win.

The game winning goal came from forward Charlie Vacanti in the last 51 seconds of the game. Exciting game for all involved for sure. They all left the tournament with their heads held high and proud of their accomplishments.#

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I

t is just past noon on a Sunday in mid-February. Theo- The incident left all of those involved shaken. But as anydore “Ted” Scardino sits in his seat, 12 rows up from the one involved in being a First Responder will tell you life ice at the center of The Blue Cross Arena. has to move forward.

In front of him hockey That’s when hockey came players skate up and down on the scene. the ice. It’s not the Roches “My son, Ryan called me ter Americans or Hershey shortly after the tragedy,” reBears. called Nedra Miller. “He said Instead the two teams he wanted to do something playing are made up of to help out and he thought first responders, as well as it could be hockey related. a handful of Amerks Alum “So I had my son call ni. They are part of the some people at Thomas First Annual West Webster Creek Ice Arena. Within a half Fire Department Benefit hour he called me back and Hockey Game. said that he had been given

By Randy Schultz; Photos by Janet Schultz “It is a great opporan hour and one-half of ice Randy@nyhockeyonline.com tunity for these guys to time to use. get together for a friend “So he organized a game ly game of hockey,” said to be held a week before the Scardino. “They are doing game at The Blue Cross Areit for a great cause. na. All proceeds from that “It’s a great tribute to our brothers who have fallen. It game also went to West Webster. also shows the great support this community has given “But that was just the start. Another group of people to us. were organizing the big game at The Blue Cross Arena.”

“It’s a great day for everyone.”

A West Webster Benefit Hockey Game committee had It is hard to believe that just eight weeks earlier Scardi- been formed, with Sandra Jones the Executive Commitno, along with Joseph Hofstetter, Michael J. Chiapperini, tee Chairperson. Working with her was Jim Thayer, Chris Thomasz Kaczowka had been called out as firefighters to Smith Alex Kirkpatrick and John Jones. put out a car fire.

Jones explained what went into the second hockey It was Christmas Eve. Arriving on the scene the four- game. some discovered that besides the car fire a house was on “After the events had fire as well. happened at Christmas, Before they could put on the fires, gunfire rang out. we had a meeting and baThe four were hit by the flying bullets. sically said that we have to Two, Chiapperini and Kaczowka, were killed. Scardino do something fun,” recalled had shoulder and lung wounds while Hofstetter suffered Ms. Jones. an injury to his pelvis.

First Responders: Playing Hockey for Their Brothers!

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“We wanted to have a fun event where we could come together and play hockey.

“We wanted it where we could celebrate life and keep living. We wanted to do it in the spirit of ‘Chip’ (Chiapperini) and Tomasz.

“Hockey is clearly an event that we have players that love to play and wanted to do this. So we organized the games.

“This is just the first game. We want to keep it going in the years to come.

“Many of the players who played this year have already asked when we will be playing next year. And this is what we, as a group, wanted.

“We wanted these people, who are first responders, to feel happy and have some joy and want to play the game. We also had great sponsorship for the games as well.

“We’re looking forward to many more of these games.”

The two teams were made up of the following Fire Fighters and First Responders: Mark Affronti (Irondequoit Ambulance); Adam Aloi, Adam Ball, Andrew Ball, Bill Boulter, Ryan Broussard, Kevin Florack, John Jones, Bryan Mason, Michael Nicosia and Jim Thayer (Webster Fire Department).

Josh Bartlett, Brandon Bassett, Justin Bassett, Bryan Bayer, Dan Franklin, Bill Lang, Adam Lindsey, Ryan Montgomery and Rob Scardino (West Webster Fire Department); David Herrie (Webster Police Department); Alyssa Seldes (Union-Hill Fire Department); Scott Werner (Sea Breeze Fire Department); Ryan Miller (Fishers Fire Department).

Maybe Ryan Miller (no, not the Buffalo Sabres goalie, but a goalie none the less), one of the organizers and players on the teams, summed it up best.

“We’re a big family here, all working together for the same cause,” commented Miller.

“It doesn’t matter what the color of your uniform is that you where to work.

“We wanted to do something where we could keep those who have given their lives fresh in our minds and never forget them. We thought this hockey game would be a great way to have some fun, yet move on with all of our lives.

“We’ve already got a meeting planned for next year.

This will become an annual event.”#

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Central New York Syracuse Blazers Take Championship in Central Section--Moving on To States!

Pictured below are: Players: Tommy Bianchi, Parker Boyer, Chandler Burgenstock, Rocco Cannata, Nick Chalifoux, Ryan Constance, Tyler Dorval, Logen Field, Austin Forte, Matt Frye, Stanley Kubis, Noah Lee, Zach Matyasik, Alex Paterson-Jones, Nate Rose and Kyle Terzini. Goalies: Matt Sabourin and Nick Skidmore. Not pictured: Head Coach: Dustin Coldren.

Assistant Coaches: Tony Forte, Stanley Kubis and Jerry Rose. Manager: Paul Skidmore.

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Honeoye Falls Native Is Survivor

By Randy Schultz Randy@nyhockeyonline.com Janet Schultz Photo

“I

’m a survivor.”

That is how Marty Reasoner describes himself as a hockey player. At 36, Reasoner is now in his 14th season of play in the NHL. For the veteran center of the New York Islanders, Reasoner has learned over that period of time how to reinvent himself over and over again.

Although he came into this season with less than 100 career regular season goals, the Honeoye Falls, NY native has found other ways to make him valuable to the teams he has played for.

Reasoner remembered his days growing up in Honeoye Falls, just outside the Rochester, NY area.

“I was between four and five years of age when I began playing hockey,” remembered Reasoner. “I worked my way up through the Rochester Youth Program.

“Back when I played there was only one organization to play for and that was Rochester Youth Hockey.

And it was either house or travel.

“Today there are a lot of different organizations to play for and several different places to play. When I played you either played in SIR in Rochester or the Lake Shore Rink.

“I’m glad to see that there are a lot more kids involved with the game today in the area I grew up and played in. To me it’s great for the game.”

Following his years in Rochester Youth Hockey, Reasoner played high school hockey at McQuaid Jesuit High

School in Rochester, followed by two more years of high school at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

From there it was on to Boston College, where he was named Rookie of the Year in his freshman year. That led to Reasoner being drafted in the first round, the 14th player taken overall, by the St. Louis Blues.

“We had thought about taking the junior route at the time because a couple of other guys from the Rochester area had gone that route like Rory Fitzpatrick and Jason Bonsignore,” said Reasoner. “But we decided that going to prep school was probably the best avenue to take.”

Heading that route was just the beginning. It wasn’t until Reasoner made the U.S. Team in 1996 to play in the World Juniors that the young center gave the NHL some serious thought.

“I had no idea of how I stacked up against other talented hockey players from around the world until I got to the World Juniors,” commented Reasoner, who has played in the NHL for the Islanders, Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Atlanta Thrashers and Florida Panthers.” Once I got on

“To me you can’t find anything better than hockey.”

that National stage, competing against guys from around the United States, that’s when I realized that I might be able to make a career out of professional hockey.”

Reasoner played twice in the World Juniors and has represented the US three times in the World Championships.

“It’s been exciting and a great deal of fun,” remarked Reasoner. “We lost to Canada in the finals of the ’97 World Juniors.

“Playing in the World Championships was a bit different in the fact that you get to meet a lot of guys from around the world who also play pro hockey at some level.

“All in all they have all been great experiences.”

Reasoner will be the first person to tell you that he has experienced two different lives during his professional hockey career.

“In the early part of my career, including high school, college and the minor leagues, I played more of an offensive game,” stated Reasoner, who was named an All-American with BC in 1998 when he led them to the NCAA Finals. “It wasn’t until I got to Edmonton with the Oilers and wasn’t getting the opportunity to score goals, that coach Craig MacTavish saw me as a player that would kill penalties and play on a checking line against some of the better scoring lines in the NHL. “That move really changed my career and allowed me to play more years. It was either doing that or find some other line of work.

“To me you can’t find anything better than hockey.”#

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Central Section News and Notes ed Mayor Miner with a $6,000 check to help the city purchase Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for the city ice rinks. ” The money was raised in December at the Hockey for Hearts Tournament.

1998 Syracuse Blazers are Central NY Champions!

With a roster that includes players from Baldwinsville, Camillus, Central Square, Cicero, Liverpool, Oswego, and Watertown, the 1998 Syracuse Blazers were not to be denied their chance to prove that they were the best 14-andunder youth hockey team in Central New York.

The ‘98 Blazers finished their regular season with a record of 45 wins–16 losses–4 ties, including a 5 game sweep of the Sectional Tournament in Morrisville.

During the season, the team traveled from Cicero to Troy, Michigan to Niagara Falls (NY) capturing multiple tournament wins including the War at the Shore in Rochester, Lysander Halloween Tournament and the Lake George Invitational.

The ’98 Syracuse Blazers are currently hard at work training for their trip to Buffalo March 8-10 to compete in the State Tournament for a chance to go to the National Tournament in North Carolina.

Good Luck Gentlemen!

Other Notes...

...Valley Youth Hockey White won the Championship at the Oswego Tournament. ...Seven teams in the Snowbelt Hockey League earned All 16 Fair Play Points this season. They were Squirt White: Oswego 2 and Ithaca 2; Squirt Blue: Center State, Elmira and Midstate; PeeWee Shite: Fulton; PeeWee Blue: Cortland. The teams are from the Center State Youth Hockey Association, Cortland Youth Hockey, Elmira Jackals Youth Hockey, Fulton Youth Hockey, Ithaca Youth Hockey and Oswego Minor Hockey. Congratulations. ...Congratulations to the West Genesee Wildcats for their 6th consecutive Section III Championship. ...Onondaga Youth Hockey Pee Wee and Bantam Travel Teams will be playing in the State Tournament.

Oswego Mites Tournament Results Congratulations to the Champions: A Divsion- Whitestown Wolfpack B Division- Valley Eagles 2 C Division- Lysander Lightning

Correction

NY Hockey Online Apologizes to Auburn Hockey. We credited the Ducks on the Pond Tournament to Valley Hockey when it was Auburn.

While they were down in numbers, 37 teams did participate with the Squirt level hosting 12 teams. The Syracuse Nats played in a division with a Bantam travel and MIdget house team, due to the low enrollment. They made it to the finals against the Midgets and the game went into sudden death overtime where they lost by a goal.

The Cobras, a team captained by James Dunn, won the Adult Divisoin.

Next year they hope to grow the tournament and play outdoors, weather permitting.

They are looking for anyone in Auburn or the surrounding area that has a spot the Auburn Hockey Club might use for this tournament. Contact Tracey Walsh, tspwalsh@tds.net.

(Photos Courtesy Auburn Hockey)

2nd place winners: A Division-Lysander Lightning 1 B Division-Cortland Flames C Division-Camillus Cougars 2

...The Valley Youth Hockey Association, whose teams skates at Meachem, present-

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COLGATE With just one win over eight games in February, the Raiders were assured of a road first round playoff series.

Sophomore Spiro Goulakos left the team in late January after being diagnosed with Hodgskins lymphoma.

Originally expected to miss the remainder of the season, he returned to the lineup February 16th and scored the game-winning goal February 22nd against Union. The Montreal native received intense chemotherapy.

Senior forward Luc Bourdon currently has 98 points in 145 career games in his effort to become the 51st Raider to reach 100 points in his career.

Freshman Spencer Finney was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week January 28th.

Freshman Mike Borkowski scored his first collegiate goal February 1st against RPI.

CORNELL

The Big Red’s recent struggles are a rare bump in the road. This is the first time the Big Red has surrendered three or more goals in five straight games since Nov. 23-Dec. 4, 1999.

This is the first five-game losing streak since Nov. 23-Dec. 4, 1999. T h i s is the first time the Big Red has been four games under .500 in league play since Feb. 24, 1995. This is the first time the Big Red has eight losses in a nine-game stretch since Feb. 5-March 5, 1993.

Central New York Men’s College Hockey Report

by Warren Kozireski

ELMIRA The Soaring Eagles disappointing season ended with four consecutive losses including in the ECAC West quarterfinals against Manhattanville.

Michael Collins was named to the ECAC West All-Rookie team.

Senior D’Arcy Oakes, Mark Morikawa, Tyler Campbell, Colin Hoey, Eamon Lynch and goaltender Darren McDonald all completed their collegiate careers.

HAMILTON CORTLAND

The Big Red appeared to be finding their game down the stretch with a four-game unbeaten streak heading into the final weekend.

Senior forward Greg Miller netted three goals February 22-23 versus RPI and Union to lead the team in scoring.

He is attempting to become the Big Red’s first three-time scoring champion since current NHLer Matt Moulson did it in 2006. He has 20 points over his last 19 games heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

Sophomore forward Madison Dias scored his first collegiate goal February 15th against Dartmouth.

night with two goals and one assist. He scored a power-play goal in the first period, assisted on a power-play goal early in the second period and scored the game-winner 35 seconds before the end of the second period.

Adam Bevilacqua led the country with four shorthanded goals.

Held to one goal in each of their last three games, the Red Dragons missed the postseason for the fifth consecutive season (last made in 2008).

Seniors Chris Kaleta (Hamburg/Jr. Sabres), Michael Lysyj and Matty Davie (Brooklyn/NY Apple Core) were honored prior to the February 2nd senior night game at Alumni Arena.

Kaleta, who finished the season tied for first in the country with nine power play goals, was named AllSUNYAC Third Team and Player of the Week for the period ending February 3rd after leading Cortland to a 4-3 win versus Morrisville St. on Saturday

The Continentals were seeded eighth for the NESCAC playoffs and lost to top-seed Bowdoin in the first round ending their season.

Sophomore forward Mike DeMare was named All-NESCAC First Team.

Freshman defenseman Marko Brelih was one of the rare blueliners to lead his team in scoring with 19 points and team-leading 13 assists. Joe Houk also led the team in scoring two seasons ago—the only two times a d-corp has topped the team over the past 15 years for the Continentals.

Senior defenseman Brian Infante (Pomona) was one of six seniors who ended their collegiate careers. Infante scored four of his six career assists this season.

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HOBART A semi-final playoff loss had the Statesmen watching the playoff atlarge picture more carefully. The team has been ranked among the top ten for most of the second half of the season, but they only need to look back one year when they were snubbed after winning the ECAC West playoffs (the conference does not yet have an autobid).

Brad Richard was named to the All-ECAC West First Team and conference Defenseman of the Year while teammate Mac Olsen took conference Rookie of the Year honors.

Frank Salituro, who finished tied for first in the nation with nine power play markers, and goaltender Nick Broadwater, who led the country in goals against average and save percentage, join Richard as First Team selections with defenseman Ryan Michel (Camillus) a Second Team pick.

Ben Gamache was ECAC West Rookie of the Week February 18th.

Mac Olson took the same award February 4th.

MOHAWK VALLEY CC Averaging three goals a game, but allowing over ten per game, the Hawks were winless under first year head coach and alumnus Dan Maycock.

MORRISVILLE The Mustangs missed the conference playoffs despite a late run that saw them earn three of their four conference wins in late January.

“It’s exciting to be with such a young team and to have seen the improvement from the beginning of the

year to the end of the year,” said interim head coach Kevin Krogol, who once played for Utica College. “It makes it exciting for the years to come.

As for his interim status, as of February 16th, “nothing yet—I’ve heard positives but no official word.”

Christopher Azzano was named SUNYAC Goalie of the Week for the period ending January 26th after he backstopped Morrisville State to a weekend sweep over Buffalo State and Fredonia. On the weekend he turned away a total 63 shots and posted a .940 save percentage.

Michael Markowitz (Staten Island) tallied a weekend best three goals and an assist and was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week the same week.

Defenseman James Jarvis was named All-SUNYAC Second Team.

OSWEGO The Lakers clinched their fourth straight regularseason conference title and the #1seed for the SUNYAC postseason on the final weekend.

They advanced to play Plattsburgh in the championship for the third time in four years with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs.

Senior goalie Andrew Hare picked up his school-record 10th career shutout at Buffalo State February 7th. He surpassed the previous record of nine career shutouts by Ryan Scott from 2004-08 Chris Brown was named the SUNYAC Player of the Week for the week ending February 10th—the sixth different Laker to receive the honor this season. Brown registered six assists on

seven Laker goals over two games.

David Titanic was been named the SUNYAC Player of the Week for the week ending January 27th. The junior forward scored the first goal in game one and the game-winning goal in game two on the weekend.

Luke Moodie, eighth in the nation in points per game, Paul Rodrigues, second in the nation in points per game, and defenseman Zach Josepher (Wantagh) were named AllSUNYAC First Team with Chris Brown a McConnery second team selection and Jesse McConney and Hare Third Team.

Among the 14 seniors honored after their last home game February 1st was New Yorker and Michigan State transfer Zach Josepher (Wantagh).

UTICA Much like Hobart, the top-ten ranked Pioneers were upset in the playoff semi-finals and were hoping for/planning on an at-large bid to the NCAA’s.

Louie Educate was named ECAC West Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC West and Gary Heenan Coach of the Year. Jon Gaffney, Trevor Hertz, defenseman Donny Olivieri (also All-Rookie) and goaltender Nick Therien were Second Team choices.

Defenseman Mike Slowikowski was Honorable Mention.

Peter LaFosse was named ECAC West player of the week February 11th.

Nick Therrien was the conference Goaltender of the Week two consecutive weeks in late January.

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Other College Notes: • Wesleyan forward Kevin Buehler (Skaneateles) was named to the All-NESCAC Second Team.#

Liverpool Players Honored The Binghamton Jr. Senators Bantam B team won the Empire State Cup tournament held in Rochester, NY in January. After losing its opening game to the Portland, Maine Pirates, the Senators rallied to win their next 3 games to advance to the Championships. Once again, the Senators took on the Portland Pirates and walked away victorious with a 4-1 victory. With teams participating from all over the Northeast and Canada regions, this championship is one the entire team and coaching staff should be proud of. ...Congratulations to the Liverpool Warriors who received all-league honors this season: Dalton Horton (Jr.) - First team all-league Kody Gaulke (Jr.) - Second team allleague Steven Kozikoski (8th) All-league honorable mention JT Muolo (Jr.) - All-league honorable mention Alex Bittel (Sr.) - Allleague honorable mention Coach Mathes - D1 West co-coach of the year.

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Utica advances to the semi-finals of the ECACW championship series after a 5-1 win over Potsdam.

This is the third time in four years Utica has made the playoffs. The could face #1 Plattsburgh or #2 Elmira in the Final Four.

Leading the scoring is Meghan Myers with 21 points this season.She was named ECAC West Player of the Week February 1 after a 3 goal/3 assist weekend. She is third in the conference in points and the third player in program history to reach the 100 career point mark.

Jennifer Hamel was named ECAC West Goaltender of the Week February 4 for her 30 saves in a 3-3 tie with #1 Plattsburgh. She is fifth in the conference with a 1.73 GAA.

Syracuse

Syracuse held their Skate for a Cure February 15 and 16 with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Center at the Upstate Cancer Center.

Three players were recognized by the CHA by being named to the CHA Honor Roll Feburary 18 including Nicoel Ferrara, Margot Scharfe and Holly Carrie-Mattimoe.

Akone Hosoyamada was named to the Honor Rolle Feb. 11 for 2 goals in the win over RIT. Kallie Billadeau was named CHA Goaltender of the Week after she stopped 45 of 47 SOG in a 2-1 win over RIT.

Syracuse will say good-bye to Senior Jacquie Greco of Buffalo/Nichols School.

Hamilton

Hamilton ended its 2012-13 season with a 5-1 loss to Amherst in the NESCAC quarterfinals. Amherst moves on to play Bowdoin at Middlebury in

Central Women’s College Ice Hockey Report

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the semi-finals.

Senior Katie Zimmerman leads the scoring with 29 points including 20 goals and nine assists. Along with her Fairport’s Abby Runyon (Buffalo Bisons) will graduate. Runyon is third in scoring with 6 goals/8 assists. North Tonawanda (NY) native and Junior Jill Tokarczyk has 4 goals/8assists for 12 points.

Hannah Jaiven (pictured) (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa HS) was selected the NESCAC women’s ice hockey player of the week on Feb. 18. Jaiven -- a defender -- posted four points in a pair of victories against Colby College. She tied a career-best with three points on a goal and two assists in a 3-1 win. The following day Jaiven played the hero with her game-winning goal 1:16 into overtime that lifted Hamilton to a 5-4 triumph. She is tied for eighth in defenseman scoring in the NESCAC with 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists).

Colgate

Colgate is hosting the ECAC West Quarterfinals March 1 through 13.

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They held their annual Autism Awareness event and while raising funds for Autisum Speaks lost to RPI 4-1.

Their top auction items included jerseys signed by Team USA Olympic Gold winner Jim Craig and Phoenix Coyote Shane Doan.

Brittany Phillips reached a career milestone when she scored her 100th career point in a 4-1 loss to Quinnipiac. She is the sixth Raider to do so.

Cornell

The Big Red ended the regular season with a victory over Union and won the league’s regular season championship for the fourth consecutive season.

“As a coach you’re looking for consistency, and obviously to be able to do that four years in a row is something that we’re proud of,” Cornell coach Doug Derraugh said. “I’m really proud of the effort that these players have put forth.

When they took the ice in that final game, they had no idea of where they would end. About five minutes after their game concluded, Clarkson pulled off the win against Harvard.

Five minutes after that, ECAC Hockey commissioner Steve Hagwell presented Rougeau, the team captain, with the league’s regular-season trophy in its locker room.

Brianne Jenner was named ECAC Player of the Week for February 5 as she logged 6 points in an 8-1 win over Union in the Do It For Daron Series. She was on an 11-game point streak and 8 game streak of scoring at least 2 points per game. Jenner is third in the country in points per game; seond in the country in goals per game and sixth in the country in

assists. She has 50 points on the season.

Elmira

The Soaring Eagles lost their last regular game to Middlebury 3-1.

They move on to the ECAC West playoffs in Plattsburgh.

Lauren Sullivan was named ECACW Goaltender of the Week for February 12 after two shutouts vs Oswego. She made 20 stops in game one and 9 saves in game two. She has a .942 save percentage and .99 GAA. Olivia Nystrom was named to the ECACW Honor Roll for a goal and an assist in the 6-0 win over Oswego.

Oswego

The Lakers ended with 2 wins over Cortland and a 12-11-1 overall record. They face #6 Neumann in the ECAC West Quarterfinals at Oswego on March 2 and 3.

Oswego held a Bowling Party for the Oswego Girls Hockey 8U and 10U teams. They did this as part of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. The 10U girls are also stick girls for the team and sit on the bench with the Lakers during the National Anthem.

Oswego’s Bridget Smith (pictured) (Hamburg/Buffalo Bisons) was named OSU Athlete of the Week for February 11. She had 79 saves on 87 shots in a two-game series over Elmira. The Lakers lost both games.

The Lakers did seal their first-ever #3 seed and home-ice advantage in the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win at Cortland.

Jocelyn St. Clair was named

OSU Athlete of the Week for February 18 as she switched between forward and defense in the 3-2 and 3-1 victories over Cortland.

Melissa Seamont was named to the ECAC West Second Team. She is the second Laker to be named to the Second Team and leads the Lakers with 9 goals and 15 assists.

Cortland

The Red Dragons closed their season with the 3-1 loss to Oswego.

They end with a 6-16-1 overall record.

Maggie Giamo (pictured) (Orchard Park/RIT/ Buffalo Bisons) had her first career hat trick in a 5-1 win over her hometown Buffalo Bengals. She scored 3 power play goals.

Deanne Meunier was named ECAC West Rookie of the Week on February 5, her second honor this season. She stopped 29 shots including a penalty shot in the 3-1 victory over the Bengals.

In addition to Giamo, Brianna Rossi (Stormville/Brewster Bulldogs), Chelsey Wright (Medford/Suffolk PAL), Captain Erika Osborne (Sharon Springs/Harvey School) and Kellie Micillo (Sayville/Suffolk PAL) have closed out their collegiate careers as they graduate in May.#

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New York City Takes Silver at Empire State Games Team includes: Goalies Ashley Walenty and Alisha Cattelan; Defense: Lindsay Jurgielewicz, Dani Rylan, Emily Henry, Katie Horner, Rachel Simon, Caitlin Hutchinson; Forwards Roxann Gaudiel, Annie Annunziato, Caroline Park, Rebecca Fisher, Ryann Geldner, Marian Dealy, Kathryn Kroleski, Cherie Stewart, Stephanie Couzin, Lindsey Cashman; Coaches: Patrick Jackson Steve Cunning

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Living His Dream: Broadcaster Chris King

By Randy Schultz Randy@nyhockeyonline.com

C him.

hris King shakes his head in disbelief. Sitting in the lower bowl of Buffalo’s First Niagara Center, King stares out at the ice surface in front of

There, the New York Islanders go through their Game Day skate.

“I still can’t believe that I’m living my dream,” commented King. “Not every person can say that about their job.”

King’s job is being the play-by-play announcer for the Islanders. He is also part of a very unique set-up for the flagship station situation.

“It started three seasons ago when the Islanders were looking for a new radio station to broadcast their games over,” recalled King, a native of Long Island. “Ironically, Hofstra University sits right across the street from the Coliseum where the Islanders play.

“One of the big programs at the University is their Communications program. So the two organizations began to talk and soon after discovered they might be able to have a great partnership.

“The Islanders discovered that they would have an FM signal station across the street that would reach all of Nassau County, some of Suffolk, some of New York City and even some into Connecticut. Remember, you have three million people on Long Island and eight million people in New York City.

“That would make it 11 million people as a potential audience. It would also allow students at the University to work on the broadcast.

“It would look good on the students resume to say that they actually worked on an NHL broadcast. It was also a big plus for the University’s Communication Department.

“It has turned out to be a win-win situation for the Islanders and Hofstra University.”

It was also a dream come true for King.

“I have been an Islanders fan since their inception when I was 11,” stated King, who is married to Beth and have two children, Maggie and Connor.

“Prior to that I was a Bruins fan with Bobby Orr and that gang.

“This is a thrill of a lifetime being able to broadcast their games today, 40 years later.”

King began his broadcasting career at SUNY Geneseo as a student in their Communications Department.

“My first professional hockey game I ever covered was for the Geneseo College radio station,” remembered King. “It was a Rochester Americans game in 1979.

“My first Islanders game I ever covered was in Buffalo at the old War Memorial Auditorium in 1980.

“I then got my masters degree in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton. I then went back home and began working as a software engineer at Grumman.

“After four years I continued working full-time

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East / Page 29 sists on the season, which put him in a tie for fifth in the nation.

With zero wins and just two ties in February, the Black Knights have dropped like a stone in the Atlantic Hockey standings and MANHATTANVILLE will be on the road for a first round playoff series.

The Valiants allowed just Army senior forward Andy one goal per game over two Starczewski (Whitesboro) played

by Warren Kozireski rounds of the ECAC West in his 100th career Atlantic Hockplayoffs and advanced to the ey Association game on February final against Neumann for the 15th. first time since they won the Army unveiled its Daktronics LED video display sys- 2010 title. tem on February 16th utilizing the 12-feet, 5-inch by 23- Forward Scott Hudson and defenseman Anton Racklin feet wide board in the south end of Tate Rink to showcase were named to the All-ECAC West First Team with bluestarting lineups, in-game action, replays, end of period liner Luc Van Natter a Second Team choice. Matt Coleman highlights, stats, player interviews, postgame reaction, fea- (Brentwood) was named to the All-Rookie Team. tures, out-of-town scores and postgame highlights.

Brian Fleming was named ECAC West Goaltender of the Senior captain Cheyne Rocha was announced as one of Week February 4th.

10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, an accomplishment that honors those with notable achievements in four R.P.I. areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and A 7-1 February put the Engineers in the driver’s seat to competition. earn a first round playoff bye and host a quarterfinal series.

John Clark netted his first career goal February 23rd RPI’s four-point weekend February 8-9 in the North against UConn.

Country was just the fourth time they have swept the two

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HUDSON VALLEY CC Third seed for the national championship tournament, the Vikings season ended in the semi’s with a loss to number to Williston State.

Freshmen William Huber (Hopewell) and James Murphy (Comsewogue) earned First Team All-Region and AllRookie Team honors, while sophomore Nick Inella (Port Washington) also earned First Team All-Region honors.

Huber also was named Rookie-of-the-Year.

Huber is tied with Murphy for most points in the nation with 51, and is tied for most assists in the nation with 24.

He is second in the nation in goals with 27, trailing only Murphy who leads with 32. Inella has two goals and 21 as-

contests in 61 trips. The others came in 1977-78, 1984-85 and 2004-05.

The previous weekend Engineers freshman goaltender Jason Kasdorf recorded two consecutive shutouts for the first time since January 2004.

Nick Bailen (Fredonia) was named the ECAC Player of the Week for the period ending February 10th. The senior defenseman had five points in two games to lead the Engineers to a pair of road victories on three goals and two assists. He netted two points February 23rd against Colgate to reach the 100-point career mark—a level where only three previous RPI defensemen have reached: Norm Bean ‘70, Don Boyd ‘79 and Mike Dark ‘86.

Jason Kasdorf was selected as the ECAC Rookie of the Week for the period ending February 17th—his third

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weekly award. In two games, both wins against ECAC Hockey foes, he posted a 2-0-0 record with a 1.00 goals against average and a .966 save percentage. Of the two goals he allowed, only one was even-strength. He stood fourth nationally in goals against average and sixth in save percentage with one weekend remaining.

Forward Mark Miller was named ECAC Rookie of the Week February 4th.

The Engineers February 16th win over Yale was head coach Seth Appert’s 95th career passing Buddy Powers for fifth in school history. Dan Fridgen holds the school mark with 211 wins, followed by Mike Addesa (186), Ned Harkness (176) and Jim Salfi (103).

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Four road losses in February have dropped the Dutchmen to the middle of the pack in the congested ECAC with two games remaining in the regular season.

Mat Bodie earned an assist February 15th against Yale to pass Lane Caffaro ’09 for the school points record by a defenseman in the DI era with 80 career points (18 goals, 62 assists).

Kyle Bodie was just one point away from breaking his personal best of 30 points in a season and Daniel Carr entered the final two contests needing two points to becoming the 10th player in Union’s D1 era to reach 100 career points.

Other Area Notes:

• Mercyhurst forward Daniel O’Donoghue (Port Jefferson Station) was named Atlantic Hockey Association Player of the Month for January. O’Donoghue led the Lakers in scoring during the month with four goals and nine assists for 13 points. He scored at least one point in six of the eight games and had multiple points in three contests. He recorded his first career hat-trick, as part of a career-high five points, in Mercyhurst’s 5-2 win over Maine on January 5th. Two of O’Donoghue’s three goals in his hat trick were shorthanded goals. He tied a career-high with three assists in Mercyhurst’s 5-4 loss at Connecticut on January 18th.

• Trinity senior defenseman Mike DeMayo (Seaford) was named to the All-NESCAC Second Team.#

at Grumman and got a part-time job back in radio. I did a little one-minute radio report every day on the Islanders on WRCN. “Ironically, WRCN got the Islanders broadcast rights five years later. Because of my five years of covering the Islanders the station thought it would be a great idea for me to host the pre- and post-game, as well as the intermission.

“That’s how I got started.”

Three years later King came to a big fork in the road.

“I was offered the opportunity to work full-time in radio doing color commentating for the Islanders,” continued King. “I could continue working for Grumman, which gave me job security.

“Or I could go with my dream job. I took the chance and went with my dream job and I’ve never looked back.

“I don’t think I could have lived with myself if I hadn’t done it. So I gave up a job I liked for one that I love.

“I really enjoy mentoring the students and watching them grow. I’m very proud of the broadcasts.

“It’s a broadcast that is run by the students.”

What kind of advice does King give to students considering going into sports broadcasting?

“Get as much experience as possible,” answered King, who is also the voice of the minor league baseball Long Island Ducks. “It helps you learn the good, the bad and the ugly of the business.

“You can even do internet broadcasts on your own.”

What goal does King have now?

“I’ve been a part of two league championships for the Ducks,” concluded King. “Now I need to get my championship call with the Islanders.”#

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS JOIN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT CHILDREN Proceeds go to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

UNIONDALE, NY — The New York Islanders are partnering with The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) for the second straight season with the goal of raising funds and awareness for the organization.

The event will take place on Thursday, March 7, 2013 when the team takes on the New York Rangers at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m. For each ticket sold, $2 will go directly to the NCMEC. Islanders Owner Charles Wang has generously committed to personally matching the total from the $2 ticket donation, 50/50 raffle and Chuck-A-Puck. Co-founder of NCMEC and host of America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh will attend the game and drop the ceremonial puck.

During the March 7 game, the Islanders will hold a variety of fundraising activities, such as the Chuck-APuck intermission contest and the 50/50 raffle. Collection tables will line the concourse level to accept donations.

Fans can also text SAFEKIDS to 20222 to make a $10 donation.

“Children are the future of our country and no matter who you are or where you’re from, we all have the responsibility to protect them,” Walsh said. “We are forever grateful to Charles Wang and the New York Islanders for sharing our commitment. Last season’s event at the Islanders game was a huge success in raising awareness and funds for NCMEC. I plan on putting my undefeated record on the line and seeing another big Islanders victory, both on and off the ice.”

The mission of NCMEC is to combat the issue of missing and sexually exploited children and the significance of this should not be lost. An estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year and children are sexually victimized every day with most of these children never disclosing the abuse to anyone. Clearly, this is a growing issue that needs additional attention.

“It is crucial that we do everything possible to make sure our children are safe,” Islanders Owner Charles Wang said. “The fans who came and supported The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children last season were incredible. The donations that were received and the awareness that was raised have gone a long way towards ensuring our children, our future, remain the most important treasure in our lives. I look forward to sup-

porting this important organization in front of a sold out Nassau Coliseum crowd.”

NCMEC mascot, “Clicky,” will join Islanders mascot Sparky the Dragon for the entire game. The two characters will help staff members collect donations and distribute safety information on the concourse. To generate added awareness, the center-ice video board will run numerous facts and public service announcements throughout the evening.

About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1984. Designated by Congress to serve as the nation’s clearinghouse, the organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing children’s hotline, which has handled more than 3,472,740 calls.

It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than 169,840 children. The organization’s CyberTipline has handled more than 1,290,050 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than 60,381,370 child pornography images and videos.

The organization works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www. missingkids.com.#

About the New York Islanders Founded in 1972, the New York Islanders Hockey Club is the proud winner of four Stanley Cup Championships.

Keep up with breaking Islanders news on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NEWYORKISLANDERS and on Twitter@NYIslanders. Don’t forget to Yapp with the team all season long with SportsYapper on your smartphone or tablet. For further information on any individual/group ticket options or sponsorship opportunities, contact the team’s office at (516) 501-6700 or e-mail customerservice@newyorkislanders.com. For more team information, log on to newyorkislanders.com.

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East Women’s College Report

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Union

Union ended its season at Cornell on February 23 with a loss after a Friday night loss to Colgate.

The Dutchwomen went 7-234 overall.

Assistant Coach Julie Chu was named to the Beanpot Hall of Fame. The former Harvard Crimson captain joins Kelly Dyer Hayes, a Northeastern graduate and Genevieve Missirlian Vartian, a graduate of Boston College as this year’s induction class.

Each year Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern compete in the Annual Beanpot Tournament to claim bragging rights over their crosstown rivalry for the highly sought-after Beanpot trophy. Chu is the fifth member from Northeastern to be inducted.

Union “Pinked the Rink” on February 8 and held their Sixth Annual Kristen’s Kause, which supports Union fan Kristen Schinebarger who is fighting Ewings Sarcoma.

RPI

The Engineers are 10-20-4 after closing the season a 4-1 loss to Cornell on February 22 and a 2-1 loss to Colgate on February 23.

RPI will be the seventh seed in the first round of the ECAC West playoffs and will travel to secondseeded Clarkson. Colgate is the eighth seed and will play the first seed, Cornell. The first round of the playoffs is a best-of-three series at the highest seed beginning March 1.

Manhattanville

The Valiants finished their season 17-8-1 overall and with a 2-1 loss to St. Michaels (Vt).

They beat New England College 5-0 in the ECAC East Quarterfinals at Terry Connors Rink and move on to the Semi-finals on

March 2.

Goalie Mary Evans took the win after Jessica Keho scored the first goal of the game unassisted.

Katie Little and Mary Rose Morrison both scored on power plays with Alyssa Taylor and Aubrey Bachand putting in one each.

They clinched the second seed with a 4-1 victory over Salve Regina, their fourth straight top-two seed in the ECAC East and the third consecutive #2 seed.

Named to the All-Conference Team for the ECAC East were Mary Evans, Katie Little and Erin Sidjak.

The Manhattanville women's hockey coaching staff is looking to compile a database of all Valiant alumnae, and needs your help to make that list as comprehensive as possible! The coaches will use the list to keep all alums up-to-date on the latest news and information regarding the Valiant women's hockey program, including road trips, alumni game information, and more!

Please fill out the brief alumnae form by clicking here: http://govaliants.com/sb_output.aspx?form=28 And please get your former teammates to fill out the form as well!

Thanks for your support of Manhattanville women's hockey, and Go Valiants! #

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Raising Money and Awareness For Wounded Warriors Ice Hockey!

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North / Page 34 winning goal in Potsdam’s playoff clinching 2-1 victory over SUNY Cortland.

Mike Arnold was named to the SUNYAC third Waters team. Arnold (Potsdam Photo) had 16 goals and four assists for a career-high 20 points in 21games this season. The forward’s average of 0.76 goals-per-game ranks sixth in the nation and third in the SUNYAC. Matt Viola and Waters completed their eligibility.

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Three straight weekend splits has the Knights still in the mix to host a first round playoff series with two games remaining.

Sophomore Joe Zarbo (Grand Island) was selected ECAC Hockey Player of the Week after recording his first career hat trick in Clarkson’s 5-1 win over Harvard January 25th.

Freshman forward T.J. Moor was selected as ECAC Player of the Week February 4th.

Former Clarkson standout Jarmo Kekalainen of Finland as the first European to become a general manager in the National Hockey League when he was appointed by the Columbus Blue Jackets in mid-February.

PLATTSBURGH The Cardinals finished second behind Oswego and advanced to play Oswego in the championship for the third time in four years with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs.

Mathieu Cadieux was named SUNYAC Goalie of the Week for the period ending February 17th after stopping a combined 47 shots in a weekend sweep. Cadieux’s 1.75 goals-against average is the lowest in the SUNYAC and seventh-best in Division III. Kevin Emmerling was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week for the same period on his four point weekend in a sweep against Cortland and Oswego. Emmerling figured into three of the four Plattsburgh goals in

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a 4-3 victory over the Lakers. Emmerling is second among SUNYAC rookies with 24 points.

Dillan Fox took the award one week prior after figuring in on three of the four goals Plattsburgh scored over the weekend.

Jared Docking and Cadieux were named All-SUNYAC First Team, Nick Jensen to the Second Team with Mike Grace (Rochester) and Emmerling Third Team picks.

POTSDAM The Bears won three of their last four regular season contests to sneak into the sixth and final playoff position on the final day of the regular season before being shutout at Geneseo in the quarterfinals.

Shane Talarico and Billy Pascalli (Deer Park) were recognized as SUNYAC Goalie and Rookie of the Week for the period ending February 10th. Talarico stopped and earned his third career collegiate win and first as a starting goalie. Pascalli had a threepoint weekend including the overtime game-winner against Brockport.

Brett Waters was named the SUNYAC Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 17th. The Bears senior captain scored the game-

ST. LAWRENCE Unbeaten in ten of 12 games down the stretch, the Saints held their own fate regarding a first round playoff bye with two games remaining in the regular season.

Junior Matt Weninger was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week after backstopping the Saints to their second road sweep of the season, making 31 saves in a 2-1 win at No. 1/1 Quinnipiac and 35 saves in a 3-2 win at Princeton February 15-16. He helped the Saints go a perfect 13 for 13 on the penalty-kill with 23 saves on opposing power-plays in the two games.

He leads the ECAC in saves and shots faced in his last 10 games.

Greg Carey entered the final weekend of the regular season tied for tops in the nation in points per game, leading the nation in goals per game and second in power play goals.

Teammate Kyle Flanagan was tied for fifth in the points category and tied

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Massena Raises $ for Wounded Warriors

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he Massena High School Boys Hockey Team held a benefit game for the Wounded Warrior Project, Wounded Warriors in Transition Union, Fort Drum Sled Hockey Team.

They wore custom-made camouflage jerseys made by MAC Sports LTD.

Soldiers dropped the ceremonial puck between Massena and Potsdam. Massena won the game 3-0.

The following day the WWP-WTU, FD Sled Team traveled to Skaneateles to play with the Syracuse and Albany Sled Teams. Albany won 1-0.

Thank you Massena for your support!

Pictured with the soldiers are Massena Veterans from left to right Sgt. Bruce Lee Hernandez(WTU), Sandy Romeo(Marine), Sgt. Jason Boyles(WTU), Al Nicola(101st Airborne), Spc. James Tyler(WTU). (Photo by Mark McKenna- Society of American Military Engineers(SAME).)

for third in assists per game.

George Hughes was tied for first in the nation in points per game from defensemen.

News Around the North...

...The Adirondack Youth Hockey Assn. Bantam A Team, have taken the Tier II Northern Zone Sectionals and advance to the NYS Championships in Buffalo in March. ...The Bethlehem Eagles Squirt C White Team won the 17th Annual Jimmy Welch Tournament in Massachusetts. ...Chazy Flyers PeeWee Major, Bantam Major and Girls 19U teams have all advanced to their respective NYS Championships. The PeeWee Majors went 4-1-1 in Norfolk-Norwood and outscored their opponents 40-6 to clinch the State spot.

The Bantam Majors went 39-10-2 and 5-0 in Tupper Lake, outscoring their opponents 40-5 to capture the Sectional title.

The Chazy Lady Flyers 19U team will defend their State Championship at Scotts Memorial Rink in Chazy March 8-10. ...The Clifton Park Midget 16U, Midget 18U, Bantam A and Squirt B teams are sectional bound. ...Clifton Park’s Girls 12U team have won the Northern Zone Sectional Tournament and advance to the State Championships. They are coached by Joe DeLong. ...Saratoga Youth Hockey hosted the Connor LaFrance Squirt and Midget Tournament in February. ...The Schenectady Youth Hockey Assn. will be holding their Shatterpoint Tournament March 8-10 for Squirts and March 15-17 for Pee Wees. ...The Tri-Town Squirts, Pee Wees and Bantams are heading to the State Championships. ... 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. 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. ...The Troy Albany Ice Cats won the 20th Annual Rink Rat Tournament 4-3 over the Boston Lady Bandits.

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North Women’s College Report

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Plattsburgh

The Cardinals are hosting the ECAC West Championships on March 1-3.

They end with a 23-0-2 record overall and 15-0-1 in the ECAC which included four straight wins against Utica, Potsdam and Neumann to end the season.

That clinched the ECAC West title for the Bears.

The win over Neumann didn’t come easy. After trailing 1-0 at the end of the first period, they regrouped and scored three goals in the second period.

Chelsea VanGlahn was named ECAC West Player of the Week for February 19 after posting four goals in two games leading the Bears to a 2-0 weekend over Neumann.

This a first-time honor for VanGlahn.

St.Lawrence

St. Lawrence ended their season with a 7-2 loss to Dartmouth after beating Union 2-1; tying RPI 1-1 in overtime, tying Quinnipiac 1-1 after overtime and beating Princeton 4-2.

The Saints meet Quinnipiac in the ECAC West Championship Tournament on March 1 and 2 in games 1 and 2 of the series.

Jen Conophy was recognized during Senior Day at Potsdam. (Potsdam Photo)

Potsdam

The Bears closed out the season with two wins over Buffalo State and a loss to Utica. They needed the Buffalo State victory to make it to the ECAC West Quarterfinals.

Jen Conophy stopped 22 shots and had her second career shutout in the second game against Buffalo and Sarah Nelson scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory. In the first game they beat the Bengals 4-3.

Potsdam jumped over Cortland and Neumann for the fifth playoff spot.

Graduating this year are Jen Conophy (Glenmont/ Albany Ice Cats), Katie Komsa (Saulte St. Mary), Brittany Westlake (Brampton Thunder), Nadine Cunningham (St. Marks Prep).

Clarkson

Clarkson closed out 2013 with a 26-8 overall record and a trip to the ECAC West Quarterfinals against RPI on March 1. Their 3-1 victory over Dartmouth sealed their playoff bid.

They set a new record with most wins in a season with the 26-8 record and rank 6/7 in the nation.

Canton

The Kanagroos end their inaugural season with an 8-14-1 overall record and upset the #4 University of Buffalo 3-2 in the first game of the ECWHL Tournament in Rhode Island to move to the semi-finals.

Freshman Forward Robyn Carroll scored twice and Oswego’s Devyn Hutcheson scored a single.

In game two they lost to top-seed University of Massachusetts 8-2. Alyssa Altschiler had a career-high 57 saves in the game. They faced #2 Rhode Island in game three and lost 7-0. Altshuler ends her stellar rookie campaign with a 7-8-1 record and 606 saves.#

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WNYGVIH Closes Out Fourth Season With: Monsignor Martin Winning the League Championship Kenmore Winning the Section VI Championship and Representing WNY in the NYS Girls High School Final Four Bill Pavone Receives the First Dr. James Rusin Award for Contributions to the WNYGVIH Federation

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Kenmore First WNY Girls Varsity Team To Go To Final Four!

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he Kenmore Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Team beat Williamsville in the Section VI Championships.

Last year that was as far as they could go. They received the accolades and the trophy; but there wasn’t a State Final Four for them to attend.

This season, that Section VI Championship became special, it advanced them to the New York State Girls Hockey Final Four “Rise to the Top Tournament.”

There they would face the first place teams from sections they have never seen play before--Potsdam, Beekmantown and Alexandria Bay.

They traveled by bus to Canton and found themselves facing unbeaten Beekmantown, who had been to the Final Four four times and still seeking the championship. The also traveled up early on a Saturday morning to take the ice in a 2 p.m. game. A snow storm had already delayed the games by one day, making coaches and parents scramble to rearrange hotel reservations and other commitments.

They arrived to find the Potsdam and Alexandria Bay game finishing up with Potsdam the winner. Potsdam would defend it’s 2012 championship and, if Kenmore beat Beekmantown, the Sandstoners would be Kenmore’s opponent.

Kenmore showed its force but couldn’t get past the powerful Beekmantown team. They lost 3-2. But the story isn’t in the score.

Beekmantown’s Amanda Petersen opened the scoring in the first period followed by an unassisted goal

by Kenmore’s Jill Battista to tie the game 1-1 going into the second period. Controversy hit when Beekmantown’s second shot was disallowed in the first period.

The Eagles went ahead in the second period with a shot by Katie Matott, assisted by Kiley Regan. The game 2-1 going into the third.

Beekmantown got third goal shot in by Emily Raville, assisted by Alexis Guay and Amanda Peterson.

While the score was 3-1 at that point, Kenmore never gave up and Shannon Munley shot one past the Beekmantown goalie, unassisted, for the final score of the game.

Beekmantown had 40 shots on goal to Kenmore’s 11. In goal for Kenmore was Lauren Pray and for Beekmantown, Kayleigh Bell.

Kenmore has put WNY on the map as far as Girl’s Varsity Ice Hockey and the league looks forward to a return trip to the Final Four. Just wondering--which team will it be in 2014?

Kenmore played Williamsville for the Section championship. That game went into double overtime after a scoreless first period. A Kenmore goal by Kaeli Mathias in the second and a Williamsville goal by Rachel Grampp tied the game in the third.

Kenmore’s Alyssa Dollendorf took the puck and put it in the net at 36 seconds into the second overtime.

Williamsville had 36 shots on goal and Kenmore had 23.

For those who question why our #1 team in the league didn’t go to the Final Four. Monsignor Martin had an undefeated season but they are not eligible for Section VI play under the Section rules. Thus, they are not allowed to compete in the NYSPHAA tournament.#

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Announcing The Birth Of:

The Clover Hockey League

By Randy Schultz Randy@ nyhockeyonline.com

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etting a birth announcement by email is nothing new these days. But for a new hockey league?

That is what arrived in people’s email on February 4. It announced the birth of the new Clover Hockey League.

As with it’s older sibling, the Shamrocks Hockey League, the CHL will now provide initial and consistent game structure and experience for the Mite-Novice level.

According to Tom Barnett, President of the Buffalo Shamrocks Hockey Club, the league was years in the making.

“People may not realize that the Shamrocks have an in-house league,” said Barnett. “It is called the Shamrocks Hockey League.

“It is a league that has provided for all of our mites and squirts. All of our mites and squirts play in this league.

“It is total Shamrocks in the fact that it is played by Shamrocks, coached by Shamrocks and officiated

by Shamrocks. It is where our kids cut their teeth on hockey for the first

time in terms of game situations.

“This is where our kids learn to play the game of hockey for real. Before they go out and play against our local and international foes.

“That league has grown from four teams to 10 teams. They have very short benches.

“There are only 10 kids to a team, plus a goaltender. We want the kids to be playing hockey.

“Realizing that we have Learn to Skate, Mite novice, Mite squirt, Pee Wee and Bantam, we wanted to have those kids being called up from the Mite novice group we wanted to add a challenge to that level.

“So we invented a new league, the Clover Hockey League. It was launched on February 3.

“There were three individuals who worked extremely hard to make this happen including Jim Graham, Jeff Klotzer and Pat Bonner. They put in a lot of long hours to make this league a reality.

“We have launched four new teams, team logos and a league logo.

These kids now have a league of their own.

“They will be playing games of their own, cross-ice games, at our home rink at Nichols.”

The new league will also follow the traditions already established for the SHL including a regular season, playoffs and championship game; Mite-Novice players will continue to be assigned to SHL teams as needed; Learn-to-Skaters will now be eligible to be “called up” to play in the CHL as needed.

The “Original Four” teams include the Gila Monsters, Spiders, Scorpions and Dart Frogs.

“These are small creatures for small players,” added Barnett. “It ties into our theme of working with the Buffalo Zoo. “The game is also played without goaltenders. We use goaltending puck barriers that we put in the net.

“There are three small holes in the puck barrier that a player can score through. Or you can lift the puck over the puck barrier to score.

“We don’t want to develop goaltenders at five and six years of age.

We just want the kids to skate, score and have fun.

“That’s what it is all about.”#

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West News and Notes BUFFALO REGALS GIRL

(Submitted by the Buffalo Regals)

Both the 14U and 16U girls clinched the number 1 seed in the West Section for the upcoming Tier II State Championships the weekend of March 8 through 10, and in the process, both teams did not lose a single Q-Game to date, posting a combined record of 14-0-1.

The 14U girls are currently 34-166 and ranked # 2 nationally at the Tier II level and recently advanced to the 2nd round of play-offs in the Lower Lakes Canadian League’s ‘A’ division after finishing in the upper end of the division during the regular season.

The 16U girls finished with a winning record in the 17U Canadian League and have gone 24-15-8 overall with a national ranking of 14th in the country and made the semifinals of the 23rd Annual London Devilettes Hockey Tournament.

In addition, the girls are currently 6-0 in State Qualifying games which includes a recent 6-1 win over hometown rival The Buffalo Stars.

Regals 10U & 12U TRYOUT INFORMATION There will be a 10U travel team in 2013-14 coached by Jim Suppa.

Like the 12, 14 and 16U girls, Coach Suppa’s team will be competing in

the Lower Lakes Canadian League and will play in 2-4 tournaments during the year.

The 12U girls will be playing at the Tier II level this coming season and will be NY State tournament bound as well. In addition to the regular practice ice, the 12U’s will continue to take part in Dryland trainings once a week at the Proformance Sports Training (www.proformancesportstraining.com) and will have extra ice for skill sessions during the year.

Tryouts for both 10U and 12U will be Monday, March 11 at 6:15 p.m. and Thursday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. Please check the Regals website for more information or contact information.

Cazenovia Girls

Cazenovia Lady Chiefs 10U girls went undefeated to take home the 10U Championship.

The team was led by forward Riley Malicki who led the team in scoring.

Also contributing offensively were Bethany Horvatits, Kendal Kalinowski and Paige Palinski. A strong defense was anchored by Gabrielle McCrory , Emma Sutfin and goaltender Dylan Gorski.

Prior to the Backstrom they won the Caz-Giving Festival in November and Ithaca Shooting Stars tournament in December.

This group of 9-10 year olds have been together for almost 3 years already and are a determined group of young hockey players. “ We are expecting good things from them in years to come!,” said Coach Malicki.

The 19UTB, also coached by Malicki went undefeated on their way to the finals. Unfortunately they lost in a hard fought 3-2 battle to another undefeated team the Bluewater Hawks from Canada. The girls played extremely hard and showed great work ethic during the whole weekend.

(Submitted by Cazenovia Park Hockey Girl’s program, Coach Chris Malicki)

The Cazenovia Park Hockey Association Girls 10U (pictured above) and 19U (pictured right) TB teams were finalists in the recent Sarah Backstrom Girls Hockey Tournament in Erie, PA. Head Coach Chris Malicki’s

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The Lady Chiefs 19UTB is now gearing up the NYS Tier II Tournament in Chazy, NY the weekend of March 8-10.

The 19U Lady Chiefs had a very unconventional beginning last April.

There were a large group of girls who wanted to continue to play travel hockey and had no coach or organization. Enter Cazenovia Park Hockey Association who granted Coach Malicki the opportunity to ice a 19U team and they now are heading to NYS Tier II tournament.

We are happy to announce that the Cazenovia Park Hockey Association is taking their newly found girls’ program seriously and has plans for a 10U, 12TB, 16UTB and/or a 19UTB team for the 2013-14 season.

You can check us out at: www. cazhockey.com

Plattsburgh State Cardinals next season. Plattsburgh is ranked #1 in DIII hockey.

Jessica Brownschidle, a defenseman, will be playing for the Middlebury Panthers.

Committed to D! hockey for the 2014-15 season are Allison Gasuik and Julianna Iafallo, Ohio State Buckeyes. Both are forwards.

Madison Sansone, forward, is going to the Providence College Friars.

Annika Zalewski will go to Colgate University as a forward and Goalie Madison Welch has committed to Syracuse University.

Nichols -- North American Prep School Hockey Champions

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Bisons Announce College Commitments The Buffalo Bison’s and Nichols are proud to announce the following players have committed to play college hockey.

For the 2013/2014 season, Maddie Elia, a forward, will be playing next season for the Boston University Terriers.

Kelley Seward, a defenseman, will be playing for Penn State University Nittany Lions.

Forwards Ashley Lyman and Kendall Appelbaum have committed to the Oswego State Lakers.

Defenseman Julia Duquette,will play for the

ichols repeated as regular season Champion for the North American Prep Hockey Association by having an impressive record of 15 Wins, O Loses, and 1 Tie for the regular season.

That would earn Nichols the #1 seed for the Tournament held at Trinity College. Nichols opened up the Quarter Finals against host Trinity and win by a convincing score of 10-1.

Nichols went into the semifinal against Rothesay Netherwood School from Nova Scotia. Nichols trailed after the first period by a score of 1-0. They increased their pace for the second and third periods scoring the next 6 goals with RNA scoring a late goal for the final score to be 6-2 Nichols.

The final would be a rematch against Ridley College, who always plays Nichols very tough and in fact

gave Nichols their 1 Tie in regular season play. Nichols got on the scoreboard first to take a 1-0 lead after the first period. There was no scoring in the second period as both teams traded scoring opportunities.

To start the 3rd period Ridley tied the score at 1-1. Nichols answered back with 3 goals in the 3rd period to seal the win by a score of 4-1.

With the win Nichols repeats as NAPHA (North American Prep Hockey Association) Champions.

Nichols was lead by Junior Allison Gasiuk with 7 goals and 5 assists for 12 points in three games.

Senior Maddie Elia finished the weekend with 5 goals and 5 assists.

Nichols current record is 31W-7L-1T.

Nichols Girls Travel to Minnesota The Nichols Girls Varsity Team traveled to Minnesota to take on top teams from North America.

They were invited to participate in the Shattuck St. Mary’s Tournament.

Nichols opened against Shaftesbury Titan’s who is the #1 Prep School from Manitoba and lost by a score of 3-0.

Nichols got off to a slow start and gave up 3 first period goals.

After the first period, Nichols came to life but couldn’t score on Shaftesbury .

That evening Nichols took on Pembina Valley who has 11 players committed to Division I schools.

Nichols came out flying and won the game by a score of 3-0.

In game #3, Nichols took on perennial power Shattuck St. Mary’s Nichols came out strong and dominated the first half of the first period, but could not score. Shattuck took

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advantage of each Nichols mistake and won the game by a convincing score of 7-1 despite the shots being even.

That would pit Nichols against Shattuck St. Mary’s in the final game with Nichols revenging the early morning loss by beating Shattuck by a score of 6-5.

Nichols went 2-2 on the weekend as the head back to compete for the NAPHA and CISAA Titles.

(NY Hockey OnLine thanks Scott Welch for submitting this material)

West Seneca Wings Girls Program Grows!

The West Seneca Wings girls travel program offers a competitive program for girls wanting to be challenged in a competitive hockey environment.

The association will be forming five girls teams assembled for the 2013-14 season - 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 19U. All teams will compete in the Great Lakes Hockey Association in Western New York and the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League (“LLFHL”) in Ontario. For information or questions concerning the West Seneca program, please contact Rocco Dellaneve at 432-9728 or via email ddella1219@aol.com.

2012-13 Season Recap

The 2012-13 teams have enjoyed successful seasons, playing competitive hockey both in Canada and the United States.

10U Team The 10U Team competed in the

LLFHL Central West Division against Ontario teams from Stoney Creek, Waterloo, Ancaster, Oakville, Cambridge and Kitchener.

Although the young team did not post an impressive winning records, the team continued to develop and a strong core group of players will be returning for the 2013-14 campaign. The team finished second in the February Sarah Backstrom tournament in Erie, PA. 12U Team Finishing Second in the Nation last year is a tough act to follow especially with half of the team moving to the 14U squad. However, Coach Rocco Dellaneve assembled a group of girls who wanted to repeat as the New York State Champions.

This team started the season strong with a convincing Cleveland Ignite the Ice tournament Championship in September. They followed up with finalists finishes in the November St. Catharines Chaos tournament and December Mississauga Chiefs Christmas tournament. Playing in both the LLFHL loop as well as the Great Lake Hockey League provides a competitive, active schedule. With26 ice times in January, the team clinched the number one seed from the west for the New York State Tournament and finished sixth in the LLFHL central division.

The team travelled to Erie, PA during the weekend of February 1.

With a must win to quality for the finals, the team defeated the Ohio Flames AA team and then faced the Cambridge Roadrunners in the finals. The final game ended in a tie with three overtimes required before the Wings prevailed and

were victorious. The team continues in the LLFHL playoffs as they prepare to defend the New York State Championship in Saranac Lake on March 8-10.

14U Team

The 14U team finished second in the LLFHL last season. With the addition of players from the 12U National Finalist team, the 14U team has been competitive in both Western New York and Ontario. After competing in the Ohio Ignite the Ice tournament in September, the team travelled to St. Catharines, Ontario in early November and captured the tournament Championship. After capturing the fourth seed and home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs in the LLFHL, the team captured the Championship trophy in the Sarah Backstrom tournament in Erie, PA. The team continues to prepare for the New York State Championship in Utica, NY on March 8-10.

Coach Staff and Tryout Dates

Tryouts for the 10U and 12U Girls Teams have been scheduled for Monday, March 11 at 5 pm and Wednesday, March 13 at 5:30 pm.

Coaching Announcements

The following coaches have been announced for the following teams: Girls 12U (01 and 02) Team - Larry Blas, 860-8376; email LBREDS14@aol. com 14U (00 and 99) Team - Rocco Dellaneve; 432-9728; email ddella1219@ aol.com 16U (98 and 97) Team - Chris Roberts; 923-3423; croberts14220@

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Tonawanda LIghtning Growing The Tonawanda Lightning Girl’s

Program is growing and competing well in the Great Lakes Girls Hockey League.

Just two years ago they had girls playing in the boy’s house program and had 18 players in Girls 12U program.

They now have 18 players on the 16U girls team and 24 players in the Town’s girls-only house program. Girls range in age from 7 to 16. The 12U group playes in the Red Division of GLGHL and the 16U’s play in the TB Division.

The 12U’s went to the finals of the Top Gun Tournament and lost to Ithaca in the finals. They will also be playing in their Lightning Tournament on March 10-17.

In 2013-14 the Lightning plan on having three girls teams at the 16U, 14U and 12U level along with the Town’s girls-only house program. Tryouts for the 12U and 14U teams will be held at Hyde Park Arena on April 10 and 11.

Amherst Hosting State Tourney

The Amherst Youth Hockey Association will be hosting the 12U, 14U, 16 U and 18U Boys Tier I, Tier II and Tier III New York State Hockey Tournament in March. All games will be held at the Northtowns Center in Amherst.

Forty-eight teams will vie for the 12 and 14U championships at all three levels on March 7-10.

On March 15-17 44 teams will vie for the 16U and 18U championship, again at all three levels.

The NHL Hockey Hall of Fame will be displaying their trophies on Friday, March 8.

Admission to the tournament is free and everyone is encouraged to come down and watch as these young men vie for a chance to go to the USA Nationals.

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Buffalo Stars Announce U18 Full Season in 2013-14

The Buffalo Stars Hockey Organization will be having a full season Midget 18U Tournament Bound team next season.

This team will be made up of 18 skaters and two goalies who are looking for a competitive full season Midget Option. The team will participate in a competitive schedule of 55 to 60 games, including Showcase events, league play and home and home series.

A month-long Training Camp will be held in early August and concludes with the Buffalo Stars Labor Day Tournament. The team begins the regular season with a full WNYAHL regular season tournament bound schedule as well as participate in five major Showcase events of the National Junior Prospects Hockey League.

The team will also be participating in the Annual New Hampshire Monarchs Columbus Weekend Junior Showcase and others.

Once the season begins the team will undergo a regiment of intense practice, weight room and video training and work closely with the Buffalo Stars Empire Junior Program, along with their U16 full season team, serve as a feeder for the Junior Team.

Coaching will be five-year Buffalo Stars Junior Assistant Coach Mike Flatley and second-year Junior Assistant Coach Brian Becker. Both are alumni of the Buffalo Stars Junior Program. Flatley will serve as Head Coach and Becker will be his Associate. A third member will be named at a later date.

Tryouts are April 8 and 9 at a time to be announced. For more information go to www.buffalostars.com

The National Junior Prospects Hockey League Showcase events are held September through January in

Michigan, Minnesota, Rochester, Boston and Pittsburgh.

The NJPHL was created and designed by coaches to develop and promote hockey players who are committed to enhancing their skills in preparation for the next level of hockey.

The league showcases these players on their member teams at five showcase events across the United States in front of all levels of Prep School, Junior A and NCAA collegiate hockey programs.

Stars Announce Super Mites

The Buffalo Stars are pleased to announce the SUPER MITES Program for the 2013-2014 Hockey Season.

This program is for the beginner who wants to take the steps to the next level of hockey.

The program features: *42 On Ice Sessions (includes 24 Cross Ice Games) *Fun and Challenging Instruction *Game Jersey *USA Hockey Certified & Screened Instructors *USA Hockey Registered Program (Separate registration) *Late September through February *Christmas Party *Special Mite Night at Junior Game *Everyone gets a chance at goalie *Space limited to 39 participants only (first come-first served)

Contact sportsniag@aol.com or visit on line at: www.buffalostars.com for more information.

Other News/Notes... ...The Niagara Wheatfield Blades Senior B Women’s team lost in the semi-finals of the Brampton Cougars Tournament.

They played with only seven skaters.

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Buffalo Stars Girls 19U Seeded #1 for States

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n Sunday February 17 the Buffalo Stars Girls 19U faced the West Seneca Wings in a winner- takeall final match of season for the Great Lakes Girls Hockey League and placed first in the West for the New York State Championships being held in Chazy, NY March 8th -10th.

Bernadette O’Connell scored her first of the game just 1:23 into the game. West Seneca came back and tied the game up 4 minutes later. The score remained tied at 1 until mid way through the 2nd when O’Connell gave the Stars the lead, 14 seconds later the Stars were up by 2 when Marissa Janiga netted a shot from the top of the faceoff circle.

Once again the Wings would come back hard and put Buffalo on their heels when the Wings scored just a minute after Janiga’s goal. Buffalo continued to work hard and the effort paid off when O’Connell scored her 3rd of the game with 1:06 left in the 2nd Buffalo added another 10 seconds later when Lindsey Shubbuck found the back of the net. Shubbuck found the net again 3 minutes into the 3rd.

With the 6-2 win Buffalo won the league by 2 points and secured 1st place in the West for the State Championship. Buffalo heads to Brantford, Ontario this coming weekend for the 32nd Walter Gretzky Tournament.#

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Rochester Youth Hockey News

Maksymum Juniors Look to Finish Season Strong

2012-2013 is the seventh season of the Maksymum Junior Hockey Club.

In those seven seasons, Maksymum has posted a .655 winning percentage in 283 games. Maksymum is looking to enter the Empire Junior Hockey League playoffs on a high note, and have won five of their nine contests so far in 2013.

As of February 15th, Maksymum sits 13th in the standings of the 31-team Empire Junior Hockey League with a record of 20-13-2-1. Maksymum has found most of their success against Buffalo and Syracuse, compiling an 11-1 record against their Thruway rivals on the season. Maksymum has outscored Buffalo and Syracuse 59-16 in those 12 contests.

Forward Kevin Dimagno has been strong so far in 2013, scoring five goals and tallying six assists in nine games. Dimagno currently leads the team with 43 points in 36 games played on the season.

Justus Nowak has also had a hot start to the New Year, getting five points in five games. Nowak netted two goals and added an assist in an 8-1 victory over Buffalo on February 7th. Maksymum outshot the Stars 78-19 in the blowout victory.

Maksymum Stars U16 AAA Prepare for Playoffs

Dineen) and the Phil Coleman Division (named after the long time owner of the Harbor Wolves and EJ League developer Phil Coleman).

The playoffs will take place over the February 22nd24th weekend with four games on Friday, eight games on Saturday and the semifinals and finals on Sunday.

The Stars, formed in a partnership between Rochester Youth Hockey and Maksymum Hockey to field a fullseason U16 team, have an overall record of 28-18-4, and an EJEPL record of 11-3-3 in their inaugural season in the league.

“This is the beginning of junior hockey for these young men,” said Coach Dave Maksymiu. “With the addition of an U18 team next year the path is clear to see and it’s all right here in Rochester.”

The Stars have also qualified for the New York State Amateur Hockey Association 16U State Tournament, being held in Amherst, NY from March 15th-17th.

Maksymum Stars Shine at All-Star Event Maksymum Stars U16 AAA player Chris Peters was named the MVP of the 2013 EJEPL All-Star Event, held on January 20th and 21st in Hookset, NH. Peters started the event with two goals in a 6-4 loss for the White team on Sunday, and finished with three assists in a 4-0 win on Monday to take home the MVP award. Peters leads the Stars and is fourth in the EJEPL with 26 points on the season.

“Chris really played well this weekend,” said Stars coach Dave Maksymiu, who also coached the White

As the 2012-2013 Eastern Junior Elite Prospects League (EJEPL) season winds down, the Maksymum Stars U16 AAA team has their eyes on the EJEPL Playoffs.

Maksymum clinched a playoff spot by the end of January, and with only one weekend left in the regular season, the Stars sit in third place in the 11-team EJEPL with 25 points.

The EJEPL playoffs will be held at Tri-Town Ice Arena, the home of the New Hampshire Monarchs. The teams will play a round robin format with the eight teams being equally placed in the two brackets, The Gary Dineen Division (named after long time EJ hockey GM/ Coach Gary

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All-Star team. “He was responsible for five of the team’s eight goals on the weekend.”

In the first game, Matthew Buchbinder tallied two goals and an assist and Ritchie Francis added an assist.

Austin Pieniaszek and Matt Damelio registered assists in the second game for the White squad.

Stars goalie Monty Cunningham stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced in the two games.

“All of our guys played great,” added Maksymiu.

“They were involved in all 8 of our team’s goals.”

The Maksymum Stars were well represented at the 2013 EJEPL All-Star Event. Pictured L to R is, Coach Dave Maksymiu, Ritchie Francis, Chris Peters, Monty Cunningham, Austin Pieniaszek, Matt Damelio, and Matthew Buchbinder.

Stars Push Towards Playoffs Now in their third year of play in the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL), the Rochester Stars have continued their yearly improvement in the win column. After winning 13 games in 2010-2011, and 15 games in 2011-2012, the Stars win total has improved to 22 games in 2012-2013 with four regular season games remaining.

The Stars started 2013 slowly, stumbling out of the starting gate by dropping their first four contests of the year.

But the Stars rebounded quickly, posting a 9-2 mark over their next 11 games to put them solidly in the EJHL playoff picture. The Stars currently sit in fourth place in the Northern Division with 48 points.

Lindholm and Massey win EJHL Player of the Week Honors One of the main reasons for the Stars recent win streak is the hot play of forward Oliver Lindholm and goalie Will Massey, who were named the Eastern Junior Hockey League Offensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for the week ending January 27th. Massey also won the Rookie of the Week Will Massey award for the week ending February

10th.

Lindholm scored four goals and added three assists in three games for the Stars to earn the Player of the Week award. He scored twice and contributed a helper in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Junior Bruins on Friday. On Saturday, Lindholm recorded an assist in a win over the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs and finished on Sunday with another two-goal and one-assist performance in another win over New Hampshire. The Gävle, Sweden native has appeared in 10 games for the Stars this season and has recorded a point in eight games, scoring four goals and adding eight assists since joining the team.

Massey earned the January 27th Rookie of the Week honors by stopping 96 of the 104 shots he faced over that same weekend. He turned away 25 shots in Friday’s overtime loss to the Junior Bruins. Saturday saw Massey make 44 saves in the win over the Monarchs, followed by 19 saves versus 20 shots in another win over New Hampshire.

For the week ending February 10th, Massey picked up two wins in Rochester’s three games over a span of only 32 hours. The games were originally scheduled for Friday February 8th-Sunday February 10th, but were delayed because of Winter Storm Nemo. He made 27 saves in a 3-2 win over the Junior Bruins on Monday. On Tuesday, he made 51 saves in two games in two different venues, falling to the Bruins in the morning and beating the Springfield Pics in the evening in a shootout. The Penfield, NY native has been in net for every game of the Stars 9-2 streak, where he has recorded a 2.36 goals against average and a .926 save percentage in those 11 contests.

Stars forward Tyler Wolf was also named the honorable mention Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending February 10th. Wolf scored two goals in a 4-2 win over the Junior Bruins on Monday, and followed that effort with a shorthanded and a power play goal the next day in a 6-5 loss to the Bruins. He ended the three game trip with an assist in the Stars 2-1 victory over Springfield. Wolf is second on the team with 35 points, and the Naperville, IL native leads the team with five power play goals.

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Neal Chosen -Eastern Junior All-Star

Collegiate Stars

Moving 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 Rochester Stars defenseman JonaStars are proud to be a part of that success, and have than Neal was named to the Northtwo current players and one former player who have ern Division All-Star team for the recently committed to continue their careers at the col2013 EJHL All-Star Game. legiate level.

Neal leads all Stars defensemen in scoring this season with 18 points. The Encitas, CA native is one of six defensemen chosen to represent the Northern Divi- Nathan Billitier Commits to Notre Dame sion.

“Jon is one of our captains and a leader of the Rochester Stars alumnus Nathan Billitier has comteam,” said Stars head coach Tony Maksymiu. “He is mitted to play Division 1 hockey for the Notre Dame an outstanding skater and has had a great season so Fighting Irish in 2014.

Billitier is currentfar.”

The 2013 EJHL All-Star Game, the 20th annual ly playing for the USA contest, was played on January 21st, 2013 at Merri- National Team Develmack College in North Andover, MA. Neal’s Northern opment Program in Division team won the contest 5-2 over the Southern Ann Arbor, MI. Earlier this year, Billitier Division squad. was selected to play on the U-17 National Stars Work With Webster Youth Team in the Five Nations tournament in Rochester Stars players and Maksymum Hockey Finland and in the instructors worked with the kids of the Webster Youth 2013 World Under-17 Hockey beginners program on Saturday January 19th Challenge in Quebec, at the Webster Ice Arena. The beginners ran through where the US won sildrills with the instructors and were all given a future ver. free lesson with Maksymum Hockey. The Stars played The Spencerport, NY native played for the Stars in two games against the Philadelphia Revolution at the 2011-2012 season. The defenseman will be joined Webster that weekend, winning 4-3 on Saturday and by five other Team USA players at Notre Dame. The 4-0 on Sunday.

Fighting Irish, who will join Hockey East in 2013, have made the NCAA tournament in five of the past nine seasons, making it to the Frozen Four in 2008 and 2011.

Dylan Shapiro Commits to UMass Lowell

Rochester Stars forward Dylan Shapiro will take his talent from Rochester to UMass Lowell next season to compete in the prestigious Hockey East Conference.

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The Penfield, NY native has played his entire junior hockey career in the Maksymum Hockey Junior Program. Shapiro played the previous two seasons for the Maksymum Junior Hockey Club of the Empire Junior Hockey League.

“Dylan did it the right way,” says coach Tony Maksymiu. “He was never in a big hurry to leave town or to advance past his talent level.”

Instead he stayed home, took lessons at Maksymum Hockey from the age of 12, trained at Athletic Republic of Rochester and played Juniors right at home.

“He put in all of the time and hard work. He believed in himself,” added Maksymiu. “Now he has taken a huge step in his hockey career. I am very proud of his accomplishments.”

Shapiro is very excited about the opportunity to play in Hockey East for the River Hawks.

“I am very thankful for the opportunity that coach Bazin is giving to me. It is a dream come true. I am also very thankful to the Rochester Stars Junior team and the Maksymum Hockey family for helping me develop throughout the years. There is nowhere else I would rather have been.”

Matt Esposito Commits to Oswego State

Rochester Stars player Matt Esposito has committed to play for Division III powerhouse Oswego State for the fall of 2013.

Esposito is in his second year playing for the Stars, and is third on the team in points with 29 through 32 games this season. The Fayetteville, NY native is excited for the opportunity

to play college hockey so close to home.

“The best part of playing so close to home is that my parents will get to see me play,” said Esposito.

“The program is also a great fit for me.”

Stars head coach Tony Maksymiu believes Esposito’s leadership abilities will allow him to find success at the college level.

“Matt is not only a great player but has been a great leader as our captain this season,” Maksymiu said. “His teammates look to him as a leader and he’s embraced that role for us.”

Oswego State is a member of the SUNYAC conference, and has won eight SUNYAC championships.

The Lakers won the DIII National Championship in 2007, and have made four of the last six DIII Frozen Fours, including three straight.#

NY Hockey Online would like to pay tribute to ALL State Champions in our April Issue.

Please forward your stories and photos on your experience at the NY State Championships to Janet@ nyhockeyonline.com Deadline is March 23.

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Shooting Stars in Erie, PA (Submitted by the Buffalo Stars)

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lyssa Franklin’s goal with 2:12 left gave the Buffalo Stars Girls U16 a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Vipers. It was the first game for both teams in the 19th Annual Sarah Backstrom Memorial Tournament in Erie, PA. The tournament was held on the weekend of February 1-3.

Defenseman Jessica Urbank earned the assist on the winning goal. Mikaela Ditonto made 2 huge saves on shots in close just before the winning goal. Megan Urbank and Renee Dougherty scored the other Buffalo goals and each also had an assist. Overall the Stars played a solid game beating a team that had defeated them earlier in the season.

The Stars then moved onto a Saturday morning showdown against the Southern Tier Storm.

The team played what might have been the best game to date. They were firing on all cylinders in both ends of the ice. Alyssa Franklin started the play with a dump into the corner; Mary Kate Mullen then added some hard work and got the puck out to Madeline Stoklosa at the point who then found Renee Dougherty in front for Buffalo’s first goal.

“Speed, hard work and great puck movement that is what we like to see” said Coach Dawn Rob-

inson.

Also scoring for the stars was Megan Urbank from Dougherty, Jessica Gates from Katelyn Koester, Dougherty from Stoklosa, and Madeline Kromer from Koester.

Alessandra Santarosa made several tough saves while earning the shut out in goal. Great Job Girls.

The win placed the Stars in the number one seed giving them a bye while the other 8 teams were reseeded.

Next up for the Stars was a return match against the Southern Tier Storm. Alessandra Santarosa was not going to let any Storm stand in the way of her team reaching the finals. Madeline Stoklosa led her team with 3 assists setting up goals by Jessica Gates, Shannon Munley, and Megan Urbank.

Renee Doherty chipped in with 2 helpers in the game as well. Jessica Urbank set up Katelyn Koester for the other Stars goal.

The turning point in the game came late in the first period with the Stars leading by 1 goal and finding themselves down 2 girls for 2 full minutes. Santarosa was strong in goal as was the skaters in front of her, notably defenseman Leanna Atkisson, and the Stars successfully killed off the penalties. It put the momentum firmly on the Stars side. The Girls killed off five other penalties in the game.

Next up was a trip to the Champi-

onship game and a rematch with the North Hills Vipers.

The Stars took the ice late Super Bowl Sunday afternoon, but the only thing on their minds was winning it all.

The determined Stars, using a total team effort and solid goaltending by Mikaela Ditonto earned a hard fought 2-0 victory. Renee Dougherty set up Jessica Gates in the first period and then with the help of Emily Certo set Gates up again with the clinching goal late in the 3rd.

“I am so proud and thrilled for this team” said an elated Coach Dawn Robinson.

“This team has gotten better and gone a little farther in every tournament they played in. THEY really deserved it.”

The win gave the Stars backto-back U16 Championships at the Sarah Backstrom Tournament as they won the tournament in 2012 as well.

Only three players remained from last year’s team Mikaela Ditonto, Leanna Atkisson, and Mary Kate Mullen. In 2 years have gone 9-0 at the 16U level and given up only 2 goals.#

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BROCKPORT Shane Cavalieri scored two goals against Buffalo State to give Brockport a lead on each score and was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week January 20th. He finished regular season leading the team with nine goals and third in conference games. `The Golden Eagles season ended when Potsdam held on to a one-goal victory in their final regular season game leapfrogging them into the sixth and final playoff position.

Eight of the team’s top 14 scorers were freshmen.

Senior Mike Hayward finished his collegiate career and joined former Golden Eagle teammate Ian Finnerty with Mississippi in the SPHL. Senior Colby Spooner (Hilton/Aquinas) scored three goals in his final weekend.

BUFFALO STATE The Bengals fell to Oswego in the SUNYAC semi-finals to end their season.

Leading goal scorer Mike Zanella (Ithaca) and goaltender Kevin Carr were All-SUNYAC Second Team selections.

Trevor McKinney scored his 50th career goal February 9th versus Cortland and freshman defenseman Todd Graham netted his first collegiate goal in the same contest.

The team said goodbye to six seniors including local products Matt Bessing (Elma), Kyle Whipple (Tonawanda) and Drew Klin (Lancaster)

Also honored by Region III are sophomore forward Eric Mueller (Hamburg) and sophomore defenseman Ryan Kaufman (Amherst) as second-team selections. Mueller has scored 36 points while Kaufman has contributed 15 points in 15 games.

ECC head coach Gary Rost, who won his 125th career game February 9th versus Broome CC, was named the Region III second-team coach of the year.

The Kats lost in the semi-finals of the national championships.

Western New York Men’s College Hockey Report

by Warren Kozireski

CANISIUS The Golden Griffins were just 2-6 in the month of February and limped into the last weekend of the regular season virtually assured of being on the road for the first round of the playoffs March 8-10 at the higher seed.

It’s been quite a turnaround for the penalty killing unit from last year to this. During the 2011-12 campaign, Canisius killed only 77.7 percent of its opponents’ power plays ranking 51st of 58 teams nationally. Going into the final weekend of the regular season this year, the team stood second nationally behind only nationally topranked Quinnipiac killing 90.3%.

Goaltender Tony Capobianco shutout Niagara February 7th—his third of the season—to tie the program record. He is the sixth Griff to accomplish the feat.

Kyle Gibbons entered the final week of the regular season tied for sixth nationally in power play goals.

ERIE CC Freshman Matt Shumate (Niagara Falls) was chosen to the All-Region III Rookie Team after recording 36 points (17 goals/19 assists) in 20 games this season.

FREDONIA The Blue Devils made the SUNYAC playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, but it ended quickly with a loss to Buffalo State in the quarterfinals.

The team garnered just two wins and two ties over the second half of their conference schedule.

Leading scorer Mat Hehr has completed his collegiate career. His 15 points were the lowest total to lead the Blue Devils in scoring in at least 14 seasons. Other seniors were Will McLaughlin, Chris Jung, Brett Mueller (Queensbury), Brad Nunn (Stony Brook), Ian Cosgrove, John O’Connor (Loudonville) and Ken Nosky (Cheektowaga).

GENESEO The Knights 9-0 win over Potsdam in the SUNYAC quarterfinal round was the programs highest postseason goal total since a 10-0 win over the University at Buffalo in 1986. They were eliminated in the semi-finals by Platts-

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burgh.

Senior Garry Childerhose scored his first collegiate goal February 1st against Brockport.

Sophomore defenseman Jack Caradonna was a first-team All-SUNYAC selection and junior forward Zachary Vit was named to the third team.

Caradonna was the only sophomore named to the 18-player all-conference team and one of only two nonseniors to earn first-team accolades. He was Geneseo’s second-leading scorer and ranked ninth nationally in points among defensemen. His 21 goals lead the team and match the highest total by any Division III blue liner this year.

Vit has earned postseason recognition from the SUNYAC all three years of his career. He was the Knights leading scorer with 27 points.

Eight seniors finished their eligibility including NYers Corbin Rosmarin (Rexford) and Nick Ryan (Greece/ Jr. Sabres).

MONROE CC The 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.

NAZARETH Goaltender Joe Gladnick was named to the All-ECAC West All-Rookie squad and Packy Jones (Skaneateles) was named ECAC

West Rookie of the Week January 28th.

The Golden Flyers finished their inaugural season on a sour with losses in their final seven contests.

“In spite of the record, there has been no quit in this team and I think we’re getting better and better,” said head coach George Roll. “I’ve been pleased with the overall effort of our club. I give these guys a lot of credit for coming on board with a program that really nobody knew a lot about and no rink on campus. We would like to have a few more wins, but there haven’t been too many games that we haven’t been competitive. This group has been a special group for me to coach.”

Senior Ben Waldman (Pittsford) had 18 points this season and finished his collegiate career with 50 points in 72 contests. He transferred from Fredonia for this season.

NIAGARA The Purple Eagles earned their first Atlantic Hockey Association regular season title. It marked their first since the 2006-07 season when they finished first in College Hockey America. It comes with a first round playoff bye and the team will host a quarterfinal series the weekend of March 1516.

The February 22nd victory over Mercyhurst extended Niagara’s home ice unbeaten streak to 20 games heading to the playoffs. That is two shy of the program record of 22 achieved between February 11, 2006 and November 17, 2007.

Giancarlo Iuorio earned his third Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week award for the season after posting a seven-

point weekend against Robert Morris February 15-16.

Carsen Chubak has continued his solid play and, with two games remaining in the regular season, stood fourth nationally in save percentage and sixth in goals against. He leads the country with six shutouts.

Ryan Rashid earned Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week honors for the period ending January 27th after a four-point weekend in a pair of contests versus RIT scoring three goals and adding a helper.

R.I.T.

The Tigers were starting to find their game with four wins in five games with two to play in the regular season. It put them in the mix to host a play-in series and avoid their first road playoff game since turning Division I—at least for one round.

Freshman forward Dan Schuler (Webster) was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Rookie of the Week for the period ending February 17th. He scored a goal and dished out two assists in a weekend sweep at Mercyhurst.

The power-play has scored at least one goal in 21 of its last 29 games with the man advantage or 24.6 percent, which is second best in all of Division I. Mike Colavecchia was third nationally with eight power-play goals, despite missing six games.

Former RIT defenseman Chris Tanev scored his first National Hockey League goal with 19 seconds left in overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, Feb. 4.

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Head coach Wayne Wilson’s son Stu has earned ECAC Rookie of the Week honors twice this season while playing with the Yale Bulldogs.

Other Area Notes:

• UConn senior defenseman Tom Janosz (Elma) scored the game-winning goal January 26th against AIC. It was his first since January 31, 2011, spanning 36 games.

• Cornell freshman John Knisley (Pittsford) netted his second career goal—unassisted—to open the scoring against Union. His first came November 16th against Harvard.#

NJCAA Results The National Junior College Athletic Association held their Championship Tournament at the Sports Centre at Monroe Community College.

Williston State College took Monroe CC 3-2 in the Championship game.

In the Semi-finals it was Monroe 8, Erie Community College 1; Williston State 6, Hudson Valley Community College, 1.

Named to the All Tournament Team were: Nick Zern - Williston, Also named MVP John Papas - Monroe Tyler Ampe - Williston Tom Dehr - Monroe Jacob Radermacher - Williston Tyler Underhill - Monroe Dwight Lee - Williston James Murphy - Hudson Valley

Team Alaska Visits the Falls

By Janet Schultz

Team Alaska not only saw Niagara Falls but they met up with the Buffalo Regals, a team they played in the USA Nationals last year.

While on a trip to play in a tournament in Canada, Coach Luther Brice noticed that the Regals were close by and scheduled two games with them.

One at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston and the other in Canada.

In the first game the teams skated to a 1-1 tie and then enjoyed a pizza party and reacquainting themselves.

Team Alaska plays in a District that encompasses an area from Alaska to California, and includes Iowa.

“We wanted to prepare for our district playoffs and found a tournament in Brantford, Ontario,” explains Brice.

“We were so excited to come back to Buffalo (they were here for a tournament several years ago) and have the opportunity to play in the tournament in Canada and a couple exhibition games against the Regals.”

“The girls were excited to see the Falls,” he continued.

Coming from Fairbanks, they have two competitive teams and three recreation teams and look for teams to play to prepare themselves for national competition. Fairbanks themselves has five teams in U8 through U16.

“I’ve never been to New York before,” said Player Dynnea Bezona. “It was also an exciting match-up playing the Regals who we played at Nationals.”

In game two of the exhibition match, the Regals beat Team Alaska 2-1 with Emma Ruggiero have a goal and an assist and Zoey Perchaluk scoring the game-winner.

“This was great fun and a great way for both teams to prepare for their respective State Championships,” said Regals Coach Tom Ruggiero.#

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Bengals Remember Player

Western New York Women’s College Hockey Report

Madeline “Maddy” Loftus, originally of Parsippany, New Jersey, played for Buffalo State College Wo m e n ’ s Ice Hockey for two seasons, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004.

As a first year forward, she led the team in goals and had an immediate impact. In her second season, she was named Assistant Captain and continued to contribute to the scoreboard. After her two seasons here at Buffalo State College, she transferred to St. Mary’s University, in Winona, Minnesota. Maddy had a passion for the sport of ice hockey that was expressed in everything she did. Hockey was her life.

Maddy’s ‘life of the party’ personality would light up the room.

Her beautiful smile, contagious laugh and energetic attitude are what her teammates, classmates and coaches remember. Although Maddy was only at Buffalo State for two years, the relationships she built with her teammates, class-

Alumni return to play for Maddy!

(Buffalo State photo)

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mates, and staff members were ever lasting.

Since 2007 the women’s ice hockey program has held an annual alumni game. Maddy had planned the trip to Buffalo State game in 2009. Unfortunately, she was one of 50 passengers’s aboard Flight 3407 which crashed in Clarence Center on February 12, two nights before the Alumni Game.

On the morning of the Game, her teammates felt it was only right that the game go on. Former Senior Associate Athletics Director, Dr. Gail Maloney, came to the game to support the loss of an alum, and suggested the game be renamed “Maddy’s Game”. It was graciously accepted, and since that time the alumni play in honor of Maddy.

The Maddy Loftus Scholarship Fund was set up to honor Maddy, and help a student athlete who is less fortunate to pay for college. Anyone interested in donating to this great cause, the address is 338 Halsey Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

Buffalo State

The Bengals lost their chance at the ECAC West Championship series after a 1-0 loss to Potsdam and ending with a 6-18-1 overall and 3-13-0 conference record. Jordan Lee made 25 saves but it wasn’t enough has Potsdam scored the single goal at 5:14 into the game and no pucks went into the net after that.

RIT

RIT ends its first season as a DI team in College Hockey America (CHA) with a 14-15-5 overall and 7-83 CHA record. They dropped their final two games of the season to Mercyhurst.

The Tigers had a four-game unbeaten streak that included a tie at Lindenwood.

The Tigers held their annual Skate for the Cure on February 8 with proceeds going to the Cure Childhood Cancer Association.

The Tigers have been holding their charitable event for several years and last season raised funds for Rochester General Hospital’s Lipson Cancer Center. They teamed with Zeta Tau Alpha and donated $47,000 to the Center and to ZTA’s Foundation for Breast Cancer Education and Awareness. In 2011 they raised over $10,000 for Finger Lakes Health to Black Out Heart Disease. RIT also held their Tiger Toss and donated the stuffed Tigers to the Golisano Children’s Center at Strong Memorial Hospital.

On the ice Tenecia Hiller had

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her 100th career point in a loss to Syracuse and Laura Chamberlain was named CHA Goaltender of the Week on February 18 after she made 41 saves on 42 shots in a twogame weekend against Penn State.

It was her first honor of the season and fifth in her career.

WNY Women’s Club Hockey

Niagara University

The Purple Eagles are looking for a goalie for the 2013-14 season.

Contact Coach Jason Elliott at 716286-8056 or Jelliott@niagara.edu.

Niagara played its final game of the season against the Niagara Coyotes and closed the season with a win and a 15-0-1 overall record.

Leading the scoring this season were Lauren Fontaine with 49 goals and 16 assists for 65 points; Natasha Fryer, 43 goals/8 assists, 51 points and CJ Angeles with 8 goals/16 assists, 24 points.

Goalie Danene Stevens played in 17 games and had a 2.12 GAA.

against the Niagara Coyotes Sr. B Team.

It was one of those games with UB up going into the second period when Katelyn picked up the puck and made a rush.

“She was going faster than I’ve seen her all year,” said Coach Rosen.

“She got cross checked and went down. I heard the scream,” remembers Rosen. “I knew it was bad.”

Bothwell had a broken wrist.

She had orthopedic surgery that included having a metal plate put in her wrist. Prognosis for recovery--one full year!

After that Rosen explains that players went down one right after another with injuries or illness.

“I’ve lost 7 players to seasonending injuries,” he continued.

Rosen started the season out with 22 players. As we go to press, he has one true defenseman and is running two lines and carrying two goalies.

They started with four lines!

UB traveled to Vermont to play in a tournament and took a 3-1 loss to the University of Colorado. They were outshot 37 to 32.

In the next game they faced off against SUNY Canton and beat them 7-4.

Next up was host University of Vermont, a ECWHL competitor.

After being up 3-2 the lost Defenseman Katey Albright (Baldwinsville/Lysander Lady Lightning) to a knee injury and lost 8-4.

Returning home they faced a strong University of Massachusetts and lost two games to them.

With Winter Storm Nemo striking, UB found themselves taking two games by forfeit from Penn State.

With ice time paid for they invited the Amherst Princeton Selects, a Bantam Boys team, to play them. The girls found the boys to be strong and determined. UB beat them 9-8.

While UB players took the game as fun, Coach Rosen cautioned them to make sure they “played it

University of Buffalo

See related story on 2013-14 signings.

The Lady Ice Bulls have had one of the roughest second semesters that any hockey team could have, and yet, they are optimistic about the future of the team.

Coach Jody Rosen talked about the spiral downward since November 29 when one of the nation’s leading scorers, Katelyn Bothwell went down in the second period of a scrimmage game

2013-14 Signees Kaitlyn Simmons, Rachel Scott, Mamie Talty, Courtney Thornton, Gabrielle Caruso (Photo by Janet Schultz)

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like a regular game” because the boys would.

The following day they faced off against the Wheatfield Blades Sr. C team and beat them 8-3.

“We used that game to work on our power-play and face-offs,” said Rosen. “We also tested things working towards the playoffs.”

UB lost to Canton in the first game of the ECWHL playoffs.

UB Signs Five for 2013-14

The University of Buffalo Lady Ice Bulls are adding five players to their roster for the upcoming season, four from New York.

Kaitlyn Simmons, Buffalo, played for the West Seneca Wings and the Kenmore Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Team. She began playing just three years ago but according to Coach Jody Rosen Kaitlyn is a natural athlete.

“Katey will give current goaltender a run for the starting spot,” said Rosen. “She’s come to several practices to see the coaches and players.”

“UB is a great opportunity for me,” said Simmons.

“She’s exciting to watch,” said Jim Simmons, Kaitlyn’s dad. “It’s been exciting to watch her development. She picked up the game quickly and prospered with it.”

Simmons, a soccer player, was approached by her sister, Grace, when the West Seneca Wings 16U team needed a goalie three years ago. They gave her a tryout and she made it.

“They put her into the rotation, she got a lot of ice and has developed very well,” said Simmons. “She’s patient and doesn’t over react.”

Rachel Scott comes from the Tri County Stars near Rochester. She played her last season with the SUNY Geneseo women’s club team and comes from the Batavia Ramparts organization.

“She was a Tier II player,” said Rosen. “She’s a grinder, gets in the corners and can take the puck up the middle. She is also strong offensively.”

“This is great and she’ll be closer to home, “ said Scott’s mother Dawn. “She loves the sport and I’m a hockey mom so I’ll be able to go to every game.”

Scott will be majoring in pharmacy and is the mother of a two-month old daughter, Quinn.

Buffalo’s Courtney Thornton began her career with the Depew Saints and Hamburg Hawks and now plays for the Buffalo Stars 19U team. She will be

majoring in cognitive science.

“Courtney is a hard worker and will bolster our offense,” said Rosen.

Gabrielle “Gabby” Caruso comes from Syracuse where she played in the Skaneateles organization. She began her ice hockey career at age 7 and is transferring from Lemoyne College and will be majoring in nursing.

‘I’m so proud of her,” said Caruso’s mom, Denise.

“I remember when she fell face down and all the boys made fun of her.”

“She got up and told “I’m going to play on your team so you’d better get better because I’m playing.’”

Rosen sees her as a goal scorer.

Coming from Beverly Hills, Michigan that is, is Mamie Talty. Talty played in the Compuware Tier I program, starting her career with the Michigan Icebreakers boys program.

“Mamie can fly and add a lot of front, and she can score,” said Rosen.

“My Dad grew up playing hockey and got me skates,” said Talty, also a pharmacy major.

“We’ll miss her,” said Tim Talty, Mamie’s father.

“She was shy and we were worried,” continued Tim. “We decided to take her to learn to skate. That’s all it took.”#

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St. John Fisher came to town looking for a second place division spot and home ice advantage. Both teams started fast and hungry to win. St. John Fisher went up 2-0 after the first period and stayed that way through the second. In the third period, the Mavs scored the next 3 goals to take the lead. SJF pulled the goalie with 1:43 left in the game and scored 2 goals for a the win, and second place, 4-3.

UNYCHL playoff action found the Mavs traveling to Canton, NY to face the Canton Roos. Both teams came out flying. Canton went up 1-0 after the 1st, but the Mavs tied it up in the 2nd. Canton went on to score 2 more goals to take the win.

The Medaille Mavs finished the season 20-7-3. Congratulations goes out to all the boys and best wishes to all the Seniors on their future endeavors.

NYS Collegiate Club Ice Hockey

Medaille College January was good for the Mavs with games against Canisius, Geneseo and Hilbert.

First up was Canisius College.

Canisius scored first, but the Mavs would not be denied and they scored the next 3 goals winning the game 6-3. Scoring for Medaille was Matt Cieslik (2), Austin Ford (2) and Josh Smith (2).

Up next was Geneseo. A hard fought win for the Mavs, final score 6-3. Medaille goals were scored by Freshman Kevin Dietrich (1)-his second of the season, Josh Smith, Matt Cieslik, Simon Fedak and Freshmans Austin Ford and Matt Territo.

Hilbert came to face the mighty Mavs. The Mavs were on their 'A' game that night with the final score 7-1, in favor of Medaille. Scoring for Medaille was Eric Grzechowiak (2), Simon Fedak, Matt Cieslik, Matt Territo and defenseman Isaak DeMaio.

The Mavericks continued their winning ways by defeating U of Rochester 8-5.

At the Northtown Center, the Mavs faced UB and came out with a 6-3 win. Captain, Josh Smith had 3 goals and 3 assists for a 6 point game. Other goals scored by Matt

D’Youville Men’s Hockey

by Janet Schultz

The D’Youville Men’s Hockey Team is 8-13-1 in the NAIH and 4-6-2 in the UNYCHL. During February they defeated the University of Rochester (ACHA) 4-3 in overtime and Alfred State a resounding 14-2.

Their only loss came at the hands of Brockport in a 13-2 loss.

The Spartans will played their final game against the Buffalo Stars as a benefit for Breast Cancer Awarness.

Leading the team this season are Justin Nelson, Nate Wiles, Jeff

Spors, Justin LaRusch and Ray Struzek in goals and assists. Aaron Standish and Lauren Orynawka have been minding the nets.

The team will be hosting the NAIH Champonships on March 15-17. The games will be played at Riverside Arena, Buffalo. Tickets are $8 adults for a single game. A Three-day pass is $20 adults; $15 students with ID. Tickets are available through Coach Ed Draper, D’Youville College and at the door.

Canisius College

The Canisius Men’s Club Hockey Team (ACHA) is 23-10-0 overall for 2012-13.

They closed out the season with a 4-1 loss to Erie Community College, but only after a 19-2 win over Washington and Jefferson College. They also beat Lebanon VAlley, Scranton and Oswego.

Leading the scoreboard is Austin Casselberry with 24 goals and 13 assists for 37 points. He is followed by Reid Zaccagnino and Brian Seniw, both with 35 points.

Patrick Hurtubise has 13 goals and 16 assists and Chad Loughran has 13 goals and 15 assists.

Goalies Josh LiPuma has a 9-7 record with a 3.32 GAA; Marc Mallare, 3-4 record with 4.04 GAA, Moscato Dylan is 3-0 with 3.00 GAA, Craig Cercone is 2-2 with a 3.77 GAA and Arnold Dylan has played in 5 games and is 2-0 with a 2.27 GAA.

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USA Hockey News Top-10 Finalists Named for 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award The USA Hockey Foundation announced the Top-10 finalists for the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey, will be presented at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center Sat., March 23, in Minneapolis in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four.

They include: senior defenseman Megan Bozek (Buffalo Grove, Ill./University of Minnesota); freshman forward Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights, Minn./ University of Minnesota); sophomore forward Alex Carpenter (Reading, Mass./ Boston College); sophomore forward Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill./ Northeastern University); senior forward Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis./University of Wisconsin); senior forward Jillian Dempsey (Winthrop, Mass./Harvard University); junior forward Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Cornell University); junior forward Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis./University of Minnesota); senior forward Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D./University of North Dakota) and senior goaltender Noora Raty (Espoo, Finland/University of Minnesota).

The Top-3 finalists for this year’s award will be announced on Thurs., March 7.

Tickets to the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Ceremony and Brunch can be purchased at PattyKaz.com. Individual seats to the event are $65, while tables of 10 are available for $600. A select number of sponsorships and program advertisements are also still available.

U.S. Women’s National Team Training Camp Roster Set

USA Hockey announced 28 players

have been invited to its U.S. Women’s National Team training camp set to take place at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., March 25-31. The camp will be used to determine the U.S. roster for the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship which will take place April 2-9 in Ottawa, Ontario.

The camp will include daily practices, testing and off-ice training.

The final 23-player U.S. Women’s National Team roster is expected to be announced on March 30 and those selected will depart for Ottawa on March 31.

The camp roster includes 15 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders, a list that includes 12 Olympians.

Only one New York State player was named and that was Plattsburgh’s Kelley Steadman. Steadman plays for the Boston Blades of the CWHL. Cornell’s Alyssa Gagliardi of Raleigh, NC. was also named to the squad.

Sixth Annual Hockey Weekend Across America Is Best Yet The sixth annual Hockey Weekend Across America, presented by CCM, wrapped up last Sunday (Feb. 17) and was a success by all accounts. The coast-to-coast event, which took place Feb. 15-17, was a threeday celebration of hockey that included hundreds of thousands of fans wearing their favorite hockey jerseys, more than 6,000 boys and girls trying hockey for the first time, millions of viewers watching NBC’s Hockey Day in America tripleheader broadcast, and the sport celebrating its local hockey heroes across the country.

On Saturday, Feb. 16, more than 6,000 children from across the nation were introduced to hockey for the first time during some 200 Try Hockey for Free events.

Included was an outdoor clinic held at Soldier Field as part of the Hockey City Classic Winter Festival. Check out photos

of players “Trying Hockey” throughout the day here.

Hockey Weekend Across America also included the “Pick Six Sweepstakes.”

The Grand Prize winners -- Kelly Kastner (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.), Kenneth Rosenberg (New City, N.Y.) and Kristine Wright (Green Bay, Wis.) each received their selection of six CCM products.

Other winners from New York State included: Scott Adams (Coram, N.Y.) and Lawrence Sprung (Smithtown, N.Y.).

Sauer Named Head Coach of 2014 U.S. Paralympic Hockey Team Jeff Sauer (Madison, Wis.) has been named head coach of the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team it was announced today by USA Hockey. Sauer is currently in his second season serving as head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team.

In April 2012, Sauer guided Team USA to the gold medal at the International Paralympic Committee World Championship in Hamar, Norway. The U.S. will defend its world title this April in Goyang City, Korea, at the 2013 IPC World Championship.

The U.S. Paralympic Hockey Team will compete in the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games March 7-16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

The U.S. will be defending its gold medal from the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games, and seeking its fourth consecutive Paralympic Games medal (2002-gold; 2006-bronze).

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Nichols Holds Camp for Girls

By Janet Schultz janet@nyhockeyonline.com Photos by Janet Schultz frm 2013 Nichols Camp for Girls

Summer Camp.

“I love his philosophy and how he teaches and I love teaching the game,” Brandwene continued.

“We look for a competitive spirit in a hockey player,” said Coach MacKenzie on recruitment. “We also look at skating

T

o be a top hockey player, summer training can be a key to success. That’s according to Scott Welch who will be holding a summer ice hockey training camp for girls at Nichols School in Buffalo.

From August 12 to 16, girls ages 9 to 18 will become fitter, more skilled, faster, smarter and more beneficial to their team next season.

Two programs are offered. The first is a General Skills Program that includes skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, hockey concepts and team play. This program is ideal for those players who have had at least two years of travel hockey.

The Elite Program is geared for the player who has at least four years of experience in travel or high school and wants to have an intense and advanced program of high speed skill development, advanced hockey concepts and team strategy.

Welch has brought on several collegiate coaches to work with the players including Delaney Collins, Mercyhurst; Greg Fargo, Colgate; Chris MacKenzie, Ohio State University; Josh Brandwene, Penn State; Lucy Schoedel, Brown University and Paul Flanagan, Syracuse University. Ben Woods, STA Development will direct off-ice development.

“Scott runs an awesome program, both at Nichols and with the Buffalo Bisons,” said Brandwene at the 2012

and passing skills and hockey IQ.” “Hockey IQ is knowing where your teammates are on the ice and being able to play with different teammates because you may be called upon to do so throughout your career,” he continued.

“The talent is growing in WNY,” said MacKenzie at last year’s camp.

“They are getting better every year and there are Division I players on ice at this camp.”

Coach Welch has directed the Nichols Girls’ Varsity Team for the past three seasons. During the 2011- 12 season, Nichols became the first team to with both the NAPHA and CISAA League titles in the same season. In his first two seasons of coaching Nichols, he compiled a record of 65W-14L8T. His teams have won 11 New York State Championship Titles; 34 players he has coached are currently playing college hockey.

He has had 19 players participate in USA National Camps for the top players in the United States. Coach Welch’s team has appeared at the USA Hockey National Hockey Championships 11 times. He has compiled an overall

coaching record of 677W-261L-97T. There is also a program for girls ages 7 through 12 that have played at the house level or have not had competed at least two years of travel. They may attend a co-ed General Skills Camp from August 5 – 9.

The General Skills and Elite Program camps will be held from 8:30 am.

To 6 p.m. each day at Nichols School, Amherst Street, Buffalo.

These camps fill quickly. For information and registration go to: www. nicholsschool.org/summerprograms or call 716-332-6380.#

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ECAC West 2012-13 Women’s Honors

First Team: Teal Grove, Plattsburgh; Shannon Stewart, Plattsburgh; Megan Myers, Utica; Alie Era, Plattsburgh; Brooke Wilgosh, Elmira and Sydney Aveson, Plattsburgh.

Second Team: Ashton Hogan, Elmira; Ashley Ryan, Elmira; Melissa Seamont, Oswego; Madison Johnston, Elmira; Courtney May, Utica; Deanne Meunier, Cortland.

Honorable Mention: Maggie Giamo, Cortland; Edie Brenning, Neumann; Nikki Kirchberger, Buffalo State; Mary-Kate Gellerman, Elmira.

Plattsburgh took top honors in the ECAC West with Teal Grove, Shannon Stewart and Sydney Aveson being named to First Team and Coach Kevin Houle named Co-Coach of the Year! Grove also took Player of the Year and Avenson, Goalie of the Year. (Photos by Janet Schultz)

ECAC Women’s West Player of the Year: Teal Grove, Plattsburg ECAC Women’s West Goalie of the Year: Sydney Aveson, Plattsburgh ECAC Women’s West Rookie of the Year: Deanna Meunier, Cortland ECAC Women’s West Co-Coaches of the Year: Kevin Houle, Plattsburgh and Dave Clausen, Utica.

ECAC East 2012-13 Women’s Honors

First Team: Tori Charron, Norwich; Jill Debus, Norwich; Courtney Winters, St. Anselm; Rachel Porter, Salve Regina; Kayla Parsons, Norwich; Mary Evans, ManAll-Rookie Team: Olivia Nystrom, hattanville Elmira; Giovanna Sarese, Plattsburgh; Nikki Kirchberger, Buffalo Second Team: Rosemarie GlarrusState; Andrea Zeismann, Platts- so, St. Anselm; Kathryn Picarello, burgh; Madison Fischl, Cortland St. Anselm; Katie Little, Manhatand Deanne Meunier, Cortland. tanville; Francesca Panarelli, Holy

Cross; Danielle Roberts, Castleton and Alie Muehlbronner, Salve Regina.

Honorable Mention: Taylor Shepard, Salve Regina; Nicoline Jensen, Castleton; Renee Lortie, Norwich; Erin Sidjak, Manhattanville; Brittany Sharman, Norwich.

All-Rookie Team: Nicoline Jensen, Castleton; Anna Daniels, Castleton; Danielle Phalon, Salve Regina; Taylor Cross, Norwich; Samantha Pion, Castleton and Casey Schaejbe, UMass Boston.

ECAC Women’s East Player of the Year: Tori Charron, Norwich ECAC Women’s West Goalie of the Year: Mary Evans,Manhattanville ECAC Women’s West Rookie of the Year: Nicoline Jensen, Castleton ECAC Women’s West Coach of the Year: Ashley Kilstein, Plymouth State

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