2/15/06

Winged Beavers Zap Wild Boars

Wednesday's Results:

-- At Wallingford, Conn., #5 Avon Old Farms topped Choate, 7-4. Nick Bonino (2g,1a) and defenseman Ken Trentowski (1g,2a) each had three points for the Winged Beavers, while Chris Weiland (1g,1a), Cam Atkinson (2a), and Matt Serino (2a) each had two. Jamie Nudy (1g,1a) and Justin Mitchell (2a) led the Wild Boars attack.

-- At Kent, Conn., senior forward Ben Cook scored an OT goal to lift Kent to a 3-2 upset win over #9 Hotchkiss. Kyle Rank kicked out 39 of 41 shots for the win.

-- At Washington, Conn., Mike Vaskivuo (2g,1a) and James Whalen (1g,2a) led South Kent past Gunnery, 5-2. John Tague had two goals and Joe Pereira, Nick Lampson, and Tony Morrone each had a pair of assists for South Kent. Sergiy Sorokolat stopped 27 of 29 for the win.

-- At Greenwich, Conn., Robert Doyle had two goals and an assist to lead Lawrenceville to a 7-4 win over host Brunswick. Justin Letizia had a hat trick for Brunswick.

-- At Pawling, NY, senior Brett McCarthy had a hat trick to lead Trinity-Pawling to a 5-4 win over Millbrook.

-- At Andover, Mass., Alex Curran (2g,1a) and Broc Little (2g,1a) led #7 Cushing Academy to a 5-3 road win over #10 Andover. Richard Bachman kicked out 28 of 31 for the win. Chris Cahill (1g,1a) and Joe Smith (2a) led the Andover attack.

-- At Saxton's River, Vt., Tarek Bashir (2g,1a) and Andrew Ochalek (3a) led Vermont Academy to an 8-0 home win over Worcester Academy. Matt Clifford kicked out 11 shots for the shutout win.

-- At North Bridgton, Maine, Exeter topped Bridgton Academy, 6-4. Exeter's offense was led by Phil Negus (2g,1a), Mike Kelly (3a), Kevin Crane (2a), and Evan Crosby (2a). Bridgton got a pair of goals from Kevin Jodice.

-- At Groton, Mass., Brooks, ranked #1 in Div. II, edged Groton 4-3 on an OT goal by Dan Doherty. Sophomore Bobby Farnham had a pair of goals for the Bishops, while Ryan Riffe and defenseman Kevin Izzo each added a pair of assists. For Groton, freshman Conor Robinson (1g,1a) and Tristan Spaulding (2a) led the attack. Groton senior goaltender Greg Parker was the hard-luck loser, kicking out 38 of 42.

-- At Belmont, Mass., a Wes Stephanian OT goal lifted #4 Belmont Hill to a 2-1 win over Milton Academy. Kevin McNamara also scored for Belmont Hill. Brandon Nunn scored for the Mustangs, who lost yet another one-goal game. Ian Stearns kicked out 35 of 37 for Milton, while Wes Vesprini stopped 26 of 27 for Belmont Hill.

-- At Watertown, Conn., #3 Taft got goals from four different scorers en route to a 4-2 win over Deerfield. Alex Kremer stopped 31 of 33 shots to pick up the win for the Rhinos.

-- At West Hartford, Conn., Hoosac trounced Kingswood-Oxford, 13-0. Christian Cyr (3g,1a), Anthony Paquette (3g), Shawn Sacco (1g,2a), and Scott Evans (3a) led the Owls' attack.

-- At Pomfret, Conn., Brian Flynn (3g) and Sean Driscoll (3a) led host Pomfret to a 6-0 win over Berkshire. Evan Johnson kicked out 27 shots to earn the shutout.

-- At Byfield, Mass., #6 Lawrence Academy topped host Gov. Dummer, 4-1, with Joe Whitney (2g,1a) and goaltender Justin Gates (34/35) leading the way.

-- At Easthampton, Mass., Chris Cerbino (2g), Ryan Kupperman (1g,1a), and Ryan Miniaci (1g,1a) paced the attack, and Caleb Luther picked up an 18-save shutout as Canterbury blanked host Williston-Northampton, 6-0.

-- At Portsmouth, RI, Middlesex blanked host Portsmouth Abbey. Christian Ebert (1g,2a), Brandon Barry (3a), Neil Adams (2g), Scooter Dudley (1g,1a), and Wiley Wilson (1g,1a) led the way for Middlesex.

-- At Simsbury, Conn., #8 Westminster topped Loomis-Chaffee, 6-1. Jayson Saraceno (3g,1a) and Ben Smith (4a) led the way for Westminster with four points apiece. Evan Carriere (2g), Nick Pitsikoulis (1g,1a), and Alex Anderson (2a) each had two points. Bryce Shattie kicked out 22 of 23 shots for the win.

-- At Brookline, Mass., senior Nick Carro drilled a slapshot from the slot in the final minutes of regulation to give St. George's a 5-4 win over host Roxbury Latin.

-- At Winchendon, Mass., Holderness came back from a 2-0 deficit to top Winchendon, 4-2. The big story for Holderness was the 58-save effort from sophomore Andre Guay. Niko Uola (2g), defenseman Bill Silengo (1g,1a), and Aki Uola (2a) led the Holderness attack.

-- At Needham, Mass., St. Paul's topped St. Sebastian's, 5-3. Jason DeGiovanni (1g,2a), Yuri Bouharevich (1g,1a), Francois Brisebois (1g,1a), Kevin Kaiser (1g,1a), and defenseman Peter Child (2a) led the SPS attack.

-- At Meriden, NH, Mike Borrelli (1g,1a) and Joshua Boissoneau (1g,1a) led Kimball Union's offense in a 4-1 win over Berwick. Ben Severance kicked out 21 of 22 for the win. Jared Hay was the tough-luck loser for Berwick, stopping 36 of 39 shots.

-- At Albany, NY, #1 Salisbury crushed Albany Academy, 11-1. Mark Arcobello (2g,2a), Jeremiah Cunningham (2g,1a), Greg Collins (2g,1a), Ryan Grimshaw (1g,2a), Will Ortiz (1g,2a), John Cavanagh (2a), and Alex Biega (2a) led the Salisbury attack.

2/28/06 Update

The schedule for tomorrow has been updated below, along with the times and brackets for this weekend.

2/27/06

Calling All Blackberries, Treos, Razors – and Plain Old Cell Phones

For this year’s quarterfinals, we’re going to do what we did last season, and post updates at the end of every period of every game, both Div. I and Div. II, both boys and girls.

We’re looking for volunteers to phone in scores at the end of each period and, if possible, include goal scorers, shots on goal, etc. This worked really well last year and, in pretty close to real time, we were able to bring updates to people across the country and around the world.

If you’re willing to help out, please email cwarner@ushr.com and let us know which game you will be attending.

With your help, we can pull this project off again. It should be fun.

 

2/26/06  Updated

Wednesday's Quarterfinal Matchups 

Div. I
#1 Berkshire vs. #8 Westminster -- 3:00 at Berkshire
#2 Pomfret vs. #7 Loomis -- 3:15 at Pomfret
#3 Nobles vs. #6 Andover -- 3:30 at Nobles
#4 Lawrence vs. #5 Choate -- 6:00 at Lawrence

Div. II
#1 Brewster vs. #8 Brooks -- 4:00 at Brewster
#2 Greenwich vs. #7 Kents Hill -- 3:30 at Dexter
#3 Rivers vs. #6 St. George's -- 4:00 at Rivers
#4 Hebron vs. #5 Kingswood -- 4:15 at Exeter

Sat. March 4 -- Semifinals
at Southfield School; Brookline, Mass.

Div. II 
10:00 am -- 1/8 winner vs. 4/5 winner
12:00 pm -- 3/6 winner vs. 2/7 winner

Div. I
2:00 pm -- 1/8 winner vs. 4/5 winner
4:00 pm -- 3/6 winner vs. 2/7 winner

Sun. March 5 -- Finals
at Southfield School; Brookline, Mass.

10:30 am -- Div. II Championship Game
12:30 pm - Div. I Title Game

 

 

The Regular Season Winds Down

A week from now, the regular season will be over and we'll know the playoff pairings. Going into the final week, it looks like there are nine teams with a strong chance to make the playoffs in Div. I. They are, in alphabetical order, Andover, Berkshire, Choate, Hotchkiss, Lawrence, Loomis, Nobles, Pomfret, and Taft. Likely to fall a little short are Westminster and Cushing. In Div. II, the eight look to be Brewster, Brooks, GDA, Greenwich Academy, Groton, Gunnery, Hebron, and Kents Hill. Having good years in Div. II, but probably not good enough to make the postseason are Kingswood-Oxford, Middlesex, Proctor, and Rivers. The latter progam is in its second year.  

The final week of the regular season looks like this:

Mon. Feb. 20, 2006:
N.E. Falcons @ Pomfret, 8:00

Tue. Feb. 21, 2006:
Kingswood-Oxford @ Taft, 4:30
Vermont Academy @ KUA, 4:30

Wed. Feb. 22, 2006:
Berkshire @ Taft, 2:30
Deerfield @ Williston-Northampton, 2:30
Brooks @ St. Mark's, 3:00
New Hampton @ KUA, 3:00
Middlesex @ BB&N, 3:15
Tabor @ Cushing, 3:15
Exeter @ Hebron, 3:30
Choate @ Hotchkiss, 3:30
Thayer @ Groton, 3:30
Millbrook @ Rye CD, 3:30
NMH @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:00
St. Paul’s vs. St. George’s, 4:00 (at Groton School)
Berwick @ Pingree, 4:00
Greenwich @ Westminster, 4:30
Andover @ Holderness, 4:30
Milton @ Pomfret, 4:30
Kent's Hill @ Proctor, 4:30
Rivers @ Lawrence, 5:15
Canterbury @ Portsmouth Abbey, 5:00
Noble & Greenough @ Governor Dummer, 5:30
New England Coyotes @ Kent, 6:00

Thurs. Feb. 23, 2006:
Thayer @ St. Mark’s, 5:00

Fri. Feb. 24, 2006:
Southfield @ Rivers, 3:00
Thayer @ Tabor, 4:45
East Coast Wizards @ Pomfret, 7:00
Kingswood-Oxford @ Kents Hill, 8:00

Sat. Feb. 25, 2006:
Kingswood-Oxford @ Hebron, 1:00
Lebanon High School @ Proctor, 1:30
NMH @ Tabor, 1:30
Rivers @ Tilton, 2:00
Noble & Greenough @ Milton, 2:00
Exeter @ Andover, 2:00
Taft @ Hotchkiss, 2:30
Loomis-Chaffee @ Deerfield, 3:00
Portsmouth Abbey @ Greenwich Academy, 3:00
Groton @ St. Mark's, 3:45
KUA @ Williston, 3:45
Brooks @ Governor Dummer, 4:00
New Hampton @ Kent’s Hill, 4:00
St. Paul's @ Lawrence, 4:00
BB&N @ Thayer, 4:15
Conn. Northern Lights @ Canterbury, 4:45
Holderness @ Brewster, 5:00
Cushing @ Choate, 6:00
Westminster @ Kent, 6:30

 

This Week's Games

Mon. Feb. 13, 2006:
Kent @ Taft, 5:00
Brooks @ Noble & Greenough, 5:00

Wed. Feb. 15, 2006:
Thayer @ Kingswood-Oxford, 2:00
Taft @ Westminster, 2:30
Canterbury @ Millbrook, 2:30
Kent @ Hotchkiss, 2:30
Holderness @ Vermont Academy, 2:30
KUA @ Tilton, 2:30
NMH @ Williston, 2:30
Pomfret @ St. Mark's, 2:45
Cushing @ Deerfield, 2:45
Groton @ Brooks, 3:00
Exeter @ New Hampton, 3:00
Middlesex @ Lawrence, 3:30
Pingree @ Dana Hall, 3:45
St. Paul's @ BB&N, 4:00
Brunswick @ Winsor, 4:00
Kent’s Hill @ Brewster, 4:00
Choate @ Berkshire, 4:00
Andover @ Noble & Greenough, 4:30
Greenwich @ Gunnery, 4:30
Hebron @ Proctor, 4:30
St. George's @ Milton, 5:00
Loomis @ Springfield Pics, 5:00
Rivers @ GDA, 5:45

Thurs. Feb. 16, 2006:
Choate @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00

Fri. Feb. 17, 2006:
Holderness @ New Hampton, 2:00
Greenwich vs. Brewster, 4:15  (@ Rye CD)
Brooks @ Middlesex, 5:00
Milton @ Andover, 5:00
Tabor @ St. Mark's, 5:30
Berwick @ Newton CD, 5:00
Southfield @ Winsor, 5:15
Concord High School @ Proctor, 6:30

Sat. Feb. 18, 2006:
Hanover HS @ Holderness, 1:15
BB&N @ St. Mark's, 1:30
Brewster @ Gunnery, 1:30
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Exeter, 1:30
Lawrence @ Governor Dummer, 2:00
Thayer @ Kent’s Hill, 2:00
Cushing @ Pomfret, 2:15
Kent @ Kingswood-Oxford, 2:30
Tilton @ Vermont Academy, 2:45
Hotchkiss @ Deerfield, 3:30
St. Paul's @ Noble & Greenough, 3:30
Choate @ Taft, 4:00
Williston @ Loomis, 4:00
Proctor @ Pingree, 4:30
Tabor @ New Hampton, 4:30

Mon. Feb. 20, 2006:
N.E. Falcons @ Pomfret, 8:00

Tue. Feb. 21, 2006:
Kingswood-Oxford @ Taft, 4:30
Vermont Academy @ KUA, 4:30

2/8/06

Chessare, Gallagher Lead St. Mark's

Milton, Mass. -- Freshman forward Caroline Chessare scored the game winner and junior goaltender Megan Gallager kicked out 20 shots to lead St. Mark's to a 3-1 win over Milton Academy here today.

On the winning goal, which came at the 9:10 mark of the third period, senior Rachel Lindmark drove to the net and Chessare knocked home the rebound, giving St. Mark's a 2-1 lead.

Freshman Casey Pickett added an empty-netter with 14 seconds left for the final 3-1 margin of victory.

Early on, it looked like St. Mark's might win this one handily, as they dominated the first period, but were unable to score on Milton junior goalie Amanda Rothschild, who kept the Mustangs in the game.

Between periods, Milton woke up and came out for the second with some jam, getting a couple of good scoring opportunities early.

However, it was St. Mark's who scored first, as Lindmark knocked home a pass from the corner that seemed to deflect off a skate or stick before eluding Rothschild at the 10:12 mark. Shannon Coffey and Merly Poulin were awarded assists on the goal.

At the buzzer, Poulin was given a major and a game DQ for a hit from behind, giving Milton a four-minute power play to start the third.

Milton was unable to generate much offense, as St. Mark's killed the penalty aggressively.

However, 34 seconds after killing off the penalty, St. Mark's was whistled for another penalty. And on this one, Milton cashed in, tying the game up at 1-1 when Meredith Frechette-Moulter knocked home the rebound Hillary McNamara shot at the 5:15 mark.

Less than four minutes later St. Mark's would strike for the winning goal.

Afterward, St. Mark's head coach Marissa Halligan said, "We played really well shorthanded and capitalized on our chances. Megan played really well between the pipes."

Down the hall, Milton head coach Wendy Holden said she felt her team recovered well from a poor first period.

"By the third period, it really looked like a game. I would have liked to have seen the whole game like that. It also would have been nice to take advantage of the (four minute) power play."

2/6/06

This Week's Games

Wed. Feb. 08, 2006:
Exeter @ Kimball Union, 1:30
Kent @ Canterbury, 2:00
Millbrook @ Gunnery, 2:30
Cushing @ Lawrence, 3:00
Williston @ Choate, 3:00
Dana Hall @ Thayer, 3:10
Proctor @ Berwick, 3:15
Berkshire @ Pomfret, 3:30
St. George's @ BB&N, 3:30
Noble & Greenough @ Groton, 3:30
Wyoming Seminary @ Hill, 4:00
Hotchkiss @ Loomis, 4:00
Winsor @ Pingree, 4:00
St. Paul’s @ Middlesex, 4:00
Brewster @ Rivers, 4:10
Deerfield @ Westminster, 4:30
Holderness @ Brooks, 4:30
Tabor @ Andover, 4:30
NMH @ Kingswood-Oxford, 4:30
St. Mark's @ Milton, 5:15
Taft @ Greenwich, 5:15 
Kents Hill @ New Hampton, 6:00

Fri. Feb. 10, 2006:
Thayer @ St. Mark's, 3:30
Pingree @ Newton CD, 3:45
Nichols @ Cushing, 4:00
NYA @ Hebron, 4:45
Governor Dummer @ Exeter, 4:45
Rivers @ Winsor, 5:15
Andover @ Brewster, 5:30
BB&N @ Noble & Greenough, 6:00
Lawrenceville @ Greenwich, 6:30

Sat. Feb. 11, 2006:
Nichols @ Noble & Greenough, 12:00
Greenwich @ Northfield Mt. Hermon, 1:00
Proctor @ Holderness, 1:30
Berwick @ KUA, 1:30
Lawrence @ Thayer, 1:45
St. Mark's @ Rivers, 2:00
Tabor @ Pomfret, 2:15
Deerfield @ Berkshire, 2:15
Choate @ Loomis, 2:30
GDA @ St. Paul’s, 2:30
Kingswood-Oxford @ Gunnery, 2:30
Hotchkiss @ Taft, 2:30
Middlesex @ Milton, 2:30
Brooks @ St. George's, 2:45
Hebron @ Brewster, 3:30
Lawrenceville @ Canterbury, 4:00
New Hampton @ Vermont Academy, 4:00
Exeter @ Kent's Hill, 4:30
Shady Side Academy @ Princeton DS, 5:15
Millbrook @ Kent, 7:30

Sun. Feb. 12, 2006:
Hill @ Canterbury, 11:00 am

Mon. Feb. 13, 2006:
Kents Hill @ Hebron, 4:00
Kent @ Taft, 5:00
Brooks @ Noble & Greenough, 5:00

 

This Week's Games

Wed. Feb. 1, 2006:
Hotchkiss @ Berkshire, 2:00
Westminster @ Pomfret, 2:30
Proctor @ Vermont Academy, 2:30
Andover @ Exeter, 2:45
Taft @ Williston-Northampton, 3:00
Brewster @ Cushing, 3:00
Thayer @ Brooks, 3:00
Loomis @ Gunnery, 3:00
St. Paul’s @ St. Mark's, 3:15
Millbrook @ Kingswood-Oxford, 3:30
Noble & Greenough @ St. George's, 4:00
Berwick @ Tilton, 4:00
New Hampton @ Southfield, 4:00
Kents Hill vs. KUA (@ Exeter), 4:15
Springfield Pics @ Deerfield, 4:30
Portsmouth Abbey @ Pingree, 4:30
NMH @ Choate, 4:30
Greenwich @ Kent, 4:30
Lawrence @ Milton, 4:30
Wyoming Seminary @ Lawrenceville, 4:30
Governor Dummer @ BB&N, 4:45
Holderness @ Hebron, 4:45
Groton @ Middlesex, 5:30
Conn. Stars @ Canterbury, 6:00

Fri. Feb. 3, 2006:
Berkshire @ Cushing, 2:00
Dana Hall @ Berwick, 4:00
NAHA @ Exeter, 4:30
Hebron @ Middlesex, 4:30
BB&N @ Pingree, 5:00
Lawrence @ Tabor, 6:30
Dover U-16 @ Proctor, 6:30

Sat. Feb. 4, 2006:
Greenwich vs. Southfield, 10:30 am (@ Middlebury College)
Rivers @ Milton, 12:00
Brooks @ Noble & Greenough, 2:00
Kimball Union @ Proctor, 2:00
Thayer @ Exeter, 2:00
Vermont Academy @ NMH, 2:30
Lawrenceville @ Hill School, 4:00
Kents Hill @ Holderness, 4:00
Winsor @ Berwick, 5:30
New Hampton @ Tilton, 6:00
Springfield Pics @ Tabor, 6:00
NCCC @ Northwood, 7:00