11/28/08 updated

Fri. Nov. 28 Jamboree Results

At Alpharetta, Georgia:

Lawrence Academy 5, Florida Alliance 4 (OT) – The Florida Alliance went up 2-0 early only to see LA come back with four straight goals – by Jason Molle, Scott Shiner, and a pair by Wayne Simpson -- to take a 4-2 lead into the final minute of the game. But things got interesting as the Alliance cashed in on back-to-back power play goals -- to tie the game at 4-4 and send it into OT. At around the 3:30 mark, Steven Whitney scored the game winner, with assists to his linemates, sophomore Zach Phillips and Simpson. LA outshot the Alliance by 49-16. The game consisted of 25-minute halves, and Lawrence, utilizing a 24-man roster for the weekend, played all three of their goalies – Matt Walsh, Jeremy Bellino, and Mac Haight.

Hebron 3, Cushing 2 – Senior goaltender Craig Ryan, a ’90 birthdate from Wallingford, Conn., kicked out 41 of 43 shots, some in spectacular fashion, to lead Hebron to a 3-2 upset win over Cushing Academy. Hebron came out hard, outplaying Cushing for most of the half and, on the strength of goals by juniors Cam Moniz and Vlad Gavrik, took a 2-0 lead into the break. In the second half, Cushing came out and poured it on, tying the game up on goals by juniors Brendan Conklin and Mike Conderman. With a little over two minutes to go Hebron junior Bryan Felice scored the game-winner on a fortuitous bounce, with the puck hitting the knob of Cushing junior goaltender Mike Reed’s stick and falling back over the goal line and into the net. Cushing, down a goal, kept swarming in a desperate attempt to tie it up, but Ryan, who was recruited to Hebron by current Cushing coach Rob Gagnon, came up big.

Hebron coach Matt Plante said what most impressed him about his team tonight was the way they weathered the storm when Cushing came back to tie it at 2-2. “It would have been easy for them to buckle,” Plante said. “But they didn’t. Instead, they played their best hockey. It showed me the character they have, to do that in the first game and against an opponent like Cushing.” Plante reports that Reed, who split time in net last season, has come to “understand that he needs to be more consistent mentally while at the same time improving technically. He’s become more efficient (in his movement).”  Gavrik had an assist to go with his goal, and junior Andy Bettencourt had two assists.

In the day's first game, Florida topped the New England Stars, 6-2.

At Dedham, Mass.:

Noble & Greenough bombed Proctor, 11-1, with the Billy Arnold-Matt Harlow-Kevin Hayes line combining for seven goals. Nobles also scored a total of seven power play goals.

 

 

Tilton School Girls Holiday Tournament

-- at Tilton, NH; Dec. 19-20, 2008:

Teams:
Tilton School
New Hampton School
Winsor  School
Berwick Academy
Kuper Academy (Montreal)
Stanstead College

Schedule:

Fri. Dec. 19, 2008:
3:30 pm – New Hampton vs. Kuper
5:15 pm -- Berwick vs. Stanstead
7:00 pm -- Tilton vs. Winsor

Sat. Dec. 20, 2008:
8:00 pm -- Kuper vs. Stanstead
9:45 pm -- Berwick vs. Tilton
11:30 pm -- Winsor vs. New Hampton

2:00 pm -- 5 v. 6
3:45 pm -- 3 v. 4
5:30 pm -- 1 v. 2 Championship

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Canterbury Girls’ Holiday Classic

-- at New Milford, Conn; Dec. 19-21, 2008

Participating Teams:           

Kingswood –Oxford (CT)                
Rye Country Day (NY)
Canterbury (CT)                            
Vermont Academy (VT)                       
Hill School (PA)                            
Kents Hill (ME)
Northfield - Mt. Hermon (MA)  
Millbrook (NY)

Fri. Dec. 19, 2008:

Game #1  2:00 pm -- Canterbury  vs Hill      
Game #2  4:00 pm -- Kingswood  vs Rye C.D.         
Game #3  6:00 pm -- Millbrook  vs NMH  
Game #4  8:00 pm -- Vermont  vs Kents Hill

Sat. Dec. 20, 2008:  

Game # 5  9:00 am -- Loser Game 1  vs  Loser Game 2
Game #6  11:00 am -- Loser Game 3  vs Loser Game 4
Game # 7  1:00 pm -- Winner Game 1  vs Winner Game 2  (Winner to Final)
Game # 8  3:00 pm -- Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4  (Winner to Final)
Game #9   5:00 pm --   Loser Game 5  vs Loser Game 6        7^th/8^th Place
Game #10 7:00 pm -- Winner Game  5  vs Winner Game 6  5^th/6^th Place

Sun. Dec. 21, 2008:

Game # 11   10:00 pm -- Loser Game 7  vs Loser Game 8          3^rd place game
Game #  12  12:00 pm -- Winner Game 7   vs Winner Game 8   Championship game