2/14/04
Tabor Wins Travis Roy Cup
Marion, Mass. – Tabor Academy junior goaltender Stephen Ritter made 28 saves and junior RW Chris Potts scored the game-winning goal as the Seawolves topped St. Sebastian’s 5-3 in the eighth annual Travis Roy Cup here this afternoon.
The game, an entertaining one, with a large number of scoring chances at both ends of the ice, marked the third time Tabor has beaten St. Seb’s in the eight-year series between the two schools.
St. Seb’s scored the first goal of the game and each and every time they did, Tabor came right back and answered it with a goal of their own.
The game, which gave the appearance of one that might be headed to OT, was tied at 3-3 ten minutes into the third period when Potts beat an Arrows defender to a loose puck along the near half boards, cut to the net and snapped one past St. Sebastian’s senior goaltender Mike Coskren to make it 4-3 with 7:52 remaining.
The Arrows couldn’t answer that one, and Tabor came up with an insurance goal when junior LW Peter Lenes broke down the right side and slid a backhander toward the net which seemed to catch Coskren by surprise. The goal, Lenes’ second of the game, came with 1:21 left in regulation, and was the backbreaker.
On the ensuing faceoff, the Arrows pulled their goalie, but to no avail.
Three players for each team had two points apiece: For Tabor, Lenes (2g), Potts (1g,1a), and Matt Cook (2a) and for St. Sebastian’s, Doug Rogers(1g,1a), Ted Brzek (1g,1a), and Colin Young (2a).
Tabor’s Ritter won the game’s MVP award. All of Tabor’s top players came up with strong games – Lenes, Potts, Cook, Dan Maturi, Steven Silva, and John Burns were all very noticeable.
In the first period, St. Seb’s went ahead 1-0 when Doug Rogers knocked home the rebound of a Colin Young shot at 16:40.
Tabor, on the power play, got it back with 19.4 seconds left in the period when Dan Maturi made a nice pass out from the corner, finding defenseman Andrew Brennan alone in front.
In the second period, St. Sebastian’s went up 2-1 at 2:06 when Brzek fed Nick Coskren on a 2-on-1.
Tabor tied it up at 2-2 when senior Brian Kolb redirected a shot from the point by John Burns at the 6:07 mark.
Tabor went up 3-2 with 3:20 remaining in the period when Cook hit Lenes with a nice pass on a 2-on-1 break.
The Arrows’ Nick Coskren took a hitting from behind penalty with two minutes left in the period, but Tabor couldn’t cash in.
In the third, St. Seb’s tied it at 3-3 when Rogers, leading the rush, had his shot blocked by Ritter. The rebound, however, came out to Brzek, who was trailing the play. The diminutive senior from Duxbury knocked it home at the 2:11 mark.
St. Sebastian’s then had two great chances to take control of the game. With Colin Young in the box for tripping, Chris Murphy had a clean breakaway on a shorthanded attempt, but Ritter stopped him cold.
About five minutes later, Rogers, with the two teams playing 4-on-4, hit Nick Coskren with a pass, sending him in all alone. Coskren couldn’t convert, however, and, less than a minute later, Potts scored the game winner for Tabor.
Notes: In other games involving Top 10 teams, #2 Avon topped host Deerfield, 6-1, with Jon Quick kicking out 25 of 26 shots and Augie DiMarzo (2g,1a) and Brian Warner (1g,2a) leading the scoring; #7 Gov. Dummer outshot BB&N 50-15 and outscored them 4-3, with BB&N sophomore goalie Marc Pulde kicking out 46 in a losing effort; #10 Pomfret, behind a pair of goals from Greg Genovese, topped Gunnery, 3-1, on the road; #3 Taft defeated #9 Hotchkiss 6-2 at Taft's hockey palace; #1 Cushing topped host Canterbury 5-2, with Billy Ryan (g,2a,eng) and Boomer Ewing (g,a) leading the scoring; and #4 Salisbury topped Loomis, 5-2... Thayer, Belmont Hill, and Andover all played Friday, and had today off.
