11/30/08

Sun. Nov. 30 Jamboree Results

-- At Concord, NH:

Taft 6, St. Paul’s 3 – Senior Jesse Root notched a pair of goals, both assisted by PG Erik-Lars Hansen (from Minnetonka HS) to lead Taft to a 6-3 win over St. Paul’s today. Matt Herskovitz had a goal, off a nice pass from Robbie Bourdon. Talented freshman Corbin McGuire, a ’93 from Ridgefield, Conn., also scored a goal, as did junior defenseman Zander Masucci.

The Taft forwards looked good, though the St. Paul’s defense had a bit to do with that, allowing them way too much space below the dots.

For St. Paul’s, ’92 sophomore Brendon Bourgea, the younger brother of Jason, had a goal and an assist. Jonathan Liau looked his usual quick and clever self, also notching a goal and an assist. ’92 sophomore defenseman Ben Kaplan, a rangy kid with upside – and another in the endless stream of Vermonters who make their way to SPS – also had a goal, rushing to the net to tip one home.

Steve Racine was between the pipes for Taft, and T.J. Bowse for St. Paul’s.

Note: Mark Bozek is the interim head coach at St. Paul’s this season, as Tim Pratt is taking the year abroad in France.


Canterbury 4, Tabor 3 – With 30 seconds remaining in the game, Canterbury senior Sean Murray finished off a 3-on-2 to lift his team to a 4-3 win over Tabor. Senior Scott Machinksi made a really nice pass on the play, and junior Kevin Goumas also picked up an assist.

But that wasn’t the story of the game. For pretty much the entire third period the puck was in the Canterbury end, but 6’0” senior goaltender Brian Taptick was outstanding, stoning the Seawolves left and right. Taptick, a ’90 from Middletown, Conn., flat-out stole this game for Canterbury. We don’t have a save total for you, but he made plenty, as the shots came in flurries, including many quality shots. One third-period save was a big-time stop. Tabor was just all over this kid in the third period.

Taptick was actually outstanding the entire game. The goal he allowed in the first period came from a scrum during which everyone was whacking away at the puck for a long stretch period of time before someone – Mark Meads? – jammed it home. The second goal Taptick allowed was on a shorthanded breakaway by Regan MacLean. On the third goal Taptick allowed, big Tabor defenseman Andrew Latta, on the power play, fired one through a screen, beating him top corner.

While Taptick played the entire game for Canterbury, Tabor gave one period to each of their three goalies. Nick Betti played the first, Robert Kang the second, and Josh Kanter the third.

We thought 6’0” returning senior Jayson Megna, a ’90 and a right-shot center, looked particularly good for Tabor. So, too, did Seawolves junior defenseman Derek Henderson, a 6’0, 175 lb. ’92 birthdate from Smithfield, RI. Henderson is a sturdy, poised kid who bears watching.

Tabor is a solid team, with a nose for the net and some size on the blue line. It will require good goaltending -- like today’s -- to beat them.

Taft vs. Tabor, 4:00 pm

St. Paul’s vs. Canterbury, 6:15 pm


-- At RPI; Troy, NY:

Northwood 8, St. Andrew’s 4 – Junior T.J. Hermans (2g), senior Kevin Cole (1g,1a), PG Adam Boxill, PG Adam Berkle (1g,1a), and seniors Sean O'Neil (2a) and Huck Saunders (2a) led the way offensively as Northwood topped St. Andrew's College, 8-4. Senior Morgan Bonner (1g,3a) figured in all three of St. Andrew's goals, while senior Griffin Lacy scored a pair. Courtney Lockwood was in goal for Northwood. Max Dizgun, a '92 and the younger brother of former Deerfield goalie Michael Dizgun, was in goal for St. Andrew's. 

Salisbury 4, Pomfret 3 (OT) – no details available. 

-- At Alpharetta, Georgia:

Hebron 3, New England Stars 1 – Eric Rodriguez (1g,2a) and Chad Goodwin (1g,1a) led Hebron to a 3-1 win over the New England Stars. Andy Bettencourt also scored for Hebron. Picking up the win in net was goaltender Colin Taylor, who played a strong game, kicking out 32 of 33 shots -- and even adding an assist.  

Lawrence 2, Cushing 1 -- Steven Whitney stole the puck in the neutral zone, stepped over the blue line and fired a rocket under the crossbar with about seven minutes to go in the second half to give Lawrence a 2-1 win over Cushing tonight. In was a fun game to watch, though not for Cushing head coach Rob Gagnon, who saw his team go on the power play for maybe 15-17 minutes of the second half (25-minute halves were played) and that included a couple of brief 5-on-3's. Lawrence's penalty, needless to say, was outstanding. And Lawrence's goalie, Matt Walsh, came up huge, stopping 27 of 28 shots. Marcus Calvanico stopped 17 of 19 for the Penguins. Lawrence outshot Cushing in the first period, 13-9, and took a 1-0 lead on a Brendan Cottam goal, assisted by Wayne Simpson. In the second half, Cuhsing tied it up on a Casey Brugman goal, with assists going to Kenny Simon and Neil Lavanchy.  

 

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