2/22/06
Lawrence Rolls On
Needham, Mass. -- Lawrence Academy took a major step toward gaining a playoff berth with a decisive 4-0 win over host St. Sebastian's here today.
In addition, the two teams in pursuit of Lawrence, Andover and Exeter, lost today. It's likely that Lawrence actually clinched today.
Lawrence outshot the Arrows, 44-18, and had the edge in all aspects of play, just pouring shots on St. Seb's junior goaltender Connor Toomey, particularly during their power play opportunities.
Four different scorers lit the lamp for LA, and junior Justin Gates picked up the shutout.
Lawrence, despite numerous chances that were turned away by Toomey, finally got on the board with 3:34 remaining in the first when they scored on the power play. After some excellent movement, the puck landed on the stick of freshman Steven Whitney, who was stationed behind the goal line, to Toomey's right. Whitney spotted Joe Ehiorobo in front and the senior from Maine snapped it home to give Lawrence a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
In the second, with the Arrrows' Todd Davis in the box for cross-checking, Lawrence senior Jason Schneider banged one home from the doorstep at the 7:54 mark.
It would be the only goal Lawrence would score all period, though the ice was severly tilted in their favor, particularly during two late power plays.
In the third period, Joe Whitney extended the lead to 3-0 when he took a pass from Schneider, came flying into the St. Seb's end, and a let a wrister fly that tipped off Toomey's glove and into the net at the 7:38 mark. With the exception of that goal, Toomey was solid in the Arrows' net, facing a ton of rubber.
At the 11:37 mark, while skating short-handed, Lawrence junior center John Simpson knocked home the rebound of a Steven Whitney shot for the 4-0 final margin of victory.
"We're playing good hockey," said Lawrence coach Kevin Potter. "I'm happy with the leadership from our older players. I'm happy with our freshmen, who played well. We played as a team, and we stayed out of the penalty box. We're treating every game like a playoff game now."
Note: St. Seb's junior forward Eric Lake, who has mono, was out of action again today.
Other Games:
-- At Dedham, Mass., #2 Nobles topped Governor Dummer, 3-1, on goals from Ryan Maguire, Josh Franklin, and Jimmy Hayes. Jack Clayman scored a power play goal for GDA. Nobles outshot GDA, 24-21. Junior John Muse kicked out 20 shots for the win. Nobles' senior forward Matt Rhone was given a misconduct for spearing late in the third and will miss Saturday's game at Milton.
-- At New Milford, Conn., #5 Avon Old Farms topped host Canterbury, 5-2. Nick Bonino (1g,2a), Chris Wieland (1g,1a), Cam Atkinson (1g,1a), and Steve Capraro (2a) led the Winged Beavers attack while Randy Wolcott kiccked out 34 of 36 for the win.
-- At Wallingford, Conn., Choate demolished Loomis, 10-0. Pat Kenney (3g,3a), Ryan Stewart (2g,2a), and AJ Meyer (3a) paced the Wild Boars' attack, and Chris Langstaff and Rob Wilechansky shared the shutout. Six of Choate's goals came on the power play.
-- At Greenwich, Conn., junior Christian Oberbeck (3g,6a) figured in nine of his team's ten goals as Brunswick crushed Rye Country Day, 10-1. Junior linemate Justin Letizia didn't do too badly, either, finishing with five points (3g,2a).
-- At Pawling, NY, junior forward Jack Downing (1g,2a) and senior goaltender Alex Kremer (26 saves) led #3 Taft to a 5-2 win over host Trinity-Pawling.
-- At Hoosick, NY, Vermont Academy got offense from Jamie Armstrong (2g,1a) and Steffan Kollevoll (3a) and solid goaltending from Matt Clifford (35 saves) in a 5-3 win over Hoosac, which outshot VA 38-22.
-- At Concord, NH, St. Paul's topped #7 Belmont Hill, 5-2. Yuri Bouharevich (2g), Jason DeGiovanni (1g,1a), Kevin Kaiser (2a), and Cameron Lanoue (2a) led St. Paul's. Tyler O'Brien kicked out 29 of 31 shots in the SPS net.
-- At Salisbury, Conn., Mark Arcobello scored both goals in #1 Salisbury's 2-0 shutout of Hotchkiss. Anthony Borelli had the shutout, with 19 saves. Ryan Moses was the hard-luck loser for Hotchkiss, kicking out 31 of 33.
-- At New Hampton, NH, Proctor Academy blanked host New Hampton, 6-0. Jon Peden (3a), Nick Pruett (2g), Chris Leach (2a), and Dana Lucenta (2a) led the Proctor attack. Josh Rosenholtz stopped 15 saves for the shutout. Proctor outshot New Hampton, 41-15.
-- At Concord, Mass., Zach O'Donnell (1g,2a), Christian Ebert (1g,2a), and Neil Adams (1g,1a) accounted for all of the Middlesex offense in a 3-0 win over Groton. Joe Hanson kicked out 28 shots for the shutout.
-- At Deerfield, Mass., a Jon Schanke OT goal led Kent to a 4-3 win over host Deerfield. Schanke (2g,2a) figured in all four Kent goals. Pat Aldridge (1g,2a) had three points for Kent. Matt Lovejoy (3a), Chris Wood (2g), and Merrick Freidman led the Big Green attack.
-- At Middletown, RI, St. Mark's edged St. George's, 2-1, on a second-period power play goal by Andrew Smith. Harrison Biggs scored in the first for St. Mark's, and junior Aaron Natale kicked out 30 of 31 for the win.
-- At Ashburnham, Mass., Aaron Blades, KC Honeyman, and Aaron Bogosian scored the goals and sophomore TJ Massie stopped 19 of 20 shots in net to lead #6 Cushing to a 3-1 win over Wyoming Seminary.
-- At North Andover, Mass., Ryan Riffe (1g,3a) and Bobby Farnham (3g) led host Brooks to a 6-4 win over Rivers. Tim Bigelow (2g,2a) figured in all four of Rivers' goals and Jeff Sullivan (1g, 2a) figured in three. Brooks outshot Rivers, 60-16. Rivers goaltender Scott Barchard was the hard-luck loser, kicking out 54 of 60.
-- At Exeter, NH, a Sean Driscoll OT goal gave Pomfret a 4-3 win, putting a huge hurt on #9 Exeter's playoff hopes. Driscoll (2g,1a) figured in three of Pomfret's goals, as did Rory Cosgrove (1g,2a). Exeter outshot Pomfret, 49-37, but Pomfret senior goalie Evan Johnson came up with 46 saves for the win.
-- At South Berwick, Maine, Cam Clark (1g,2a) paced the offense and junior goaltender Jared Hay posted a 26-save shutout as Berwick blanked Pingree, 6-0.
-- At Sheffield, Mass., Berkshire got goals from four different scorers and Adam Szczepanski kicked out 20 of 22 shots in a 4-3 win over Millbrook.
-- At West Hartford, Conn., Bryan Kriner (2g,3a), Bryan Abraham (2g,2a), and Jesse Estok (1g,3a) led Portsmouth Abbey to a 6-2 win over host Kingswood-Oxford. K-O goaltender Justin Potter kicked out 45 of 51 shots in a losing cause. Chris O'Reilly (22 saves) earned the win for PA.
-- At Albany, NY, host Albany Academy crushed Williston-Northampton, 7-1. John Sullivan (3g,3a) and Aleksey Koval (2g,3a) paced the Albany attack. Junior Kevin Heelan kicked out 36 of 37 for the win.
-- At Simsbury, Conn., Gunnery scored three unanswered third-period goals to upend #8 Westminster, 4-3. Defenseman Matt Helderman (1g,1a) and sophomore forward Austin Smith (2a) led the Gunnery offense. Pat Street got the win in goal, kicking out 34 of 37 shots.
-- At Gill, Mass., NMH junior goaltender Corey Jarecki shut out #10 Andover, 2-0, on 25 saves. Miles Winter and Ryan Crapser scored the NMH goals, and Oliver Drake notched two assists.
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
