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Sun. 2/15/15

Again, Mistakes Haunt Salisbury

For host Salisbury, it was a great opportunity. But it went south quickly.

With Cushing up 1-0 nearly six minutes into the third period, Salisbury went on the power play, looking to tie the game. But it backfired when Cushing forward Danny Eruzione stole the puck in his end and flipped the puck out of the zone and into Salisbury's end. As Salisbury goalie Bailey MacBurnie went out beyond the top of the crease to play it, and his d-men stationed themselves on the boards, MacBurnie, with fleet-footed Cushing sophomore Marc McLaughlin sweeping down on him, faked to his right -- the bench side -- and then went to the other side. McLaughlin knocked the pass, which was a few inches off the ice, out of the air, and, as MacBurnie dove to get back in the net, McLaughlin swept it under his body. 2-0, Cushing.

It was the second straight game in which Salisbury gave up the game-winning goal on a defensive zone gaffe -- the last thing we expected to see this weekend. Ditto for two straight days of ineffectiveness on the power play. After figuring for matching minors, at least a couple vs. Loomis on Saturday, and probably a couple more vs. Cushing, the Knights power play was probably around 0-for-12 for the weekend. And a minus 1.

Anyway, after that back-breaking second goal, Salisbury kept at and it eventually paid off when Vimal Sukumaran coming down the left side, jumped on a rebound to cut Cushing's lead to 2-1 at 11:48. Assists on the goal went to Ray Seebeck and Cole Poliziani.

When Cushing's Jake Simons was called for cross-checking with 4:20 remaining in regulation, Salisbury had another chance on the PP, but defensemen James Gobetz and Brett Stirling, on separate occasions, each mishandled the puck at the blue line and failed to keep it in Cushing's end. With the puck out of the zone for much of the PP, Salisbury perhaps managed one shot on Cushing goalie Joey Daccord. 

Cushing's McLaughlin notched his second goal of the game, an empty-netter, with five seconds left, for the 3-1 final.

Earlier, midway through the first, Cushing went up 1-0 when David Cotton, on the power play, fired a bullet from about 10 feet out, into the top corner glove side. MacBurnie had no chance. That was the only scoring over the first two goal periods.

Shots on goal were Salisbury 34, Cushing 26. Cushing missed the net on at least a half dozen chances. But the game felt pretty even possesion-wise. Each team took eight penalties, with a couple of matching minors.

Cushing head coach Rob Gagnon, after the game, said, "I felt we played with very even emotions. We got a lot of pucks out and tried to keep the play in the neutral zone as much as possible. Our d-zone play was good. On the PK I thought we did a good job. And Joey Daccord was spectacular, stopping two breakaways."

"We have really good special teams," Gagnon added, "and often that's the difference between winning and losing."

Salisbury head coach Andrew Will said, "Our power play didn't work again. We had some good looks but we were trying to be fancy and cute and didn't get pucks on net."

Will didn't use the quick turnaround and the physicality of Saturday's dispiriting loss to Loomis as an excuse. "I felt we were moving our feet," he said. "It wasn't for lack of effort."

Going forward, Will said, "We have to play 54 minutes every game, and not get frustrated. We control our own destiny. And that means putting ourselves in positions to win."

Mon. 2/23/15

Girls Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 23, 2015

Mon. Feb. 23
Beaver Country Day @ Newton CD, 4:00 pm
Winchendon @ Hebron, 4:30 pm
Exeter @ Berwick, 4:45 pm
Berkshire @ Canterbury, 5:00 pm
Greenwich @ Millbrook, 5:00 pm
Cushing @ Andover, 5:00 pm
Gunnery @ Taft, 5:00 pm
New Hampton @ Brewster Academy, 5:30 pm

Wed. Feb. 25
Holderness @ Kents Hill, 12:00 pm
Kent @ Gunnery, 2:15 pm
BB&N @ Middlesex, 2:30 pm
Taft @ Berkshire, 2:30 pm
New Hampton @ Kimball Union, 2:30 pm
Pomfret @ Milton, 3:00 pm
Groton @ Thayer, 3:15 pm
Millbrook @ Rye Country Day, 3:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Brewster Academy, 3:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Choate, 3:30 pm
Winchendon @ Exeter, 3:30 pm
Cushing @ Tabor, 3:45 pm
Westminster @ Andover, 4:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ St. Paul's, 4:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Deerfield, 4:15 pm
St. Mark's @ Brooks, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ Berwick, 4:30 pm
Governor's @ Noble & Greenough, 4:45 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Rivers, 5:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 26
Greenwich @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 27
Worcester Academy @ Greenwich, 3:30 pm
Canterbury @ Gunnery, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ Southfield, 4:00 pm
Holderness @ Tilton, 4:00 pm
New Hampton @ Proctor, 4:30 pm
Thayer @ BB&N, 4:45 pm
Winchendon @ Williston-Northampton, 5:00 pm
Pomfret @ Tabor, 6:30 pm

Sat. Feb. 28
Cushing @ Choate, 1:00 pm
Thayer @ Tabor, 1:30 pm
St. Mark's @ Groton, 2:00 pm
Andover @ Exeter, 2:00 pm
Deerfield @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:00 pm
Milton @ Noble & Greenough, 2:00 pm
Holderness @ New Hampton, 2:00 pm
Governor's @ Brooks, 2:00 pm
St. George's @ Middlesex, 2:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ Canterbury, 2:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ BB&N, 2:30 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Proctor, 2:30 pm
Kimball Union @ Vermont Academy, 2:30 pm
Winchendon @ Pomfret, 2:30 pm
Lawrence Academy @ St. Paul's, 3:15 pm
Tilton @ Rivers, 3:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Taft, 4:45 pm
Kent @ Westminster, 7:00 pm
 
**End Of Regular Season**

Sun. 2/22/15

Girls Prep Rankings as of Feb. 22

Here are our unofficial Girls Prep Rankings as of Sun. Feb. 22. Best of luck to all teams in their run to the playoffs.

Div. I
1. Williston
2. Nobles
3. Kent
4. Pomfret (tie)
    St. Paul's
6. Tabor
7. Westminster
8. Choate
9. Loomis
10. Andover

#1-3 is very close. #6-9 are very tight, too.
Tabor's fortune depends on two games:
Tabor-Pomfret make-up game, and St. Paul's vs. Lawrence Academy

Div. II
1. Rivers
2. Worcester Academy
3. Southfield
4. Berwick (tie)
    Canterbury
6. St. George's
7. Proctor
8. Gunnery
9. Brooks
10. KUA

# 6 and #7 are very close, #8-10 are very tight, too. 

Mon. 2/16/15-updated Sat. 2/21

Girls Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 16, 2015

Mon. Feb. 16
Boston Blades @ Exeter, 4:30 pm (S)
Milton @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 17
Noble & Greenough @ Lawrence Academy, 4:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Choate, 5:00 pm
Pomfret @ Loomis-Chaffee, 6:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 18
Millbrook @ Canterbury, 2:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:00 pm
Darien HS @ Pomfret, 2:00 pm (S)
Exeter @ Tabor, 2:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Westminster @ Taft, 2:30 pm
St. Mark's @ Thayer, 3:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Middlesex, 3:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 3:00 pm
Brooks @ Groton, 3:00 pm
BB&N @ St. Paul's, 3:15 pm
Deerfield @ Cushing, 3:15 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Newton CD, 3:30 pm
Winchendon @ Worcester Academy, 4:00 pm
Milton @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Governor's @ Rivers, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
Dana Hall @ Pingree, 4:00 pm
Berwick @ Winsor, 4:15 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Andover, 4:30 pm
Berkshire @ Choate, 4:30 pm
Stanstead College @ Brewster Academy, 4:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Gunnery, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ Proctor, 4:30 pm
Southfield @ New Hampton, 5:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Kents Hill, 6:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 20
Berwick @ Pingree, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
Newton CD @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:45 pm
Thayer @ Noble & Greenough, 4:45 pm
Middlesex @ Brooks, 5:00 pm
Andover @ Milton, 5:15 pm
Lawrence Academy @ BB&N, 5:45 pm
Worcester Academy @ Holderness, 7:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 21
Exeter @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 12:30 pm
Governor's @ Lawrence Academy, 1:00 pm
Southfield @ Berwick, 1:00 pm
Winsor @ Portsmouth Abbey, 1:30 pm
Choate @ Taft, 2:00 pm
Tabor @ Brooks, 2:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Hebron, 2:00 pm
Pomfret @ Cushing, 2:15 pm
St. Mark's @ BB&N, 2:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Tilton, 3:00 pm
St. George's @ Groton, 3:00 pm
Milton @ Brewster Academy, 3:15 pm
Noble & Greenough @ St. Paul's, 3:15 pm
Deerfield @ Hotchkiss, 3:30 pm
Thayer @ North Yarmouth Academy, 3:30 pm
Lawrenceville @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Westminster @ Berkshire, 4:30 pm
Rivers @ Proctor, 4:30 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Williston-Northampton, 5:00 pm -- new start time is 3:15 pm
Canterbury @ Winchendon, 5:00 pm
Greenwich @ Darien HS, 7:30 pm (S)

Mon. Feb. 23
Beaver Country Day @ Newton CD, 4:00 pm
Exeter @ Berwick, 4:45 pm
Berkshire @ Canterbury, 5:00 pm
Greenwich @ Millbrook, 5:00 pm
New Hampton @ Brewster Academy, 5:30 pm

Mon. 2/9/15

Prep Girls Rankings

Here are the unofficial girls prep rankings as of Mon. Feb. 9th. These numbers are drawn from the reported results here at the U.S. Hockey Report. Any missing games or innacurate results could skew the figures, so if anyone sees a missing league game, or an innacurate result, please send an email to information(at)ushr.com with "Girls Preps" in the subject line. Thank you in advance.

A couple of interesting points: Tabor has no wins or ties in power games. They are 0-4-0 against DI teams over .500. However, Tabor has beaten Lawrence twice. And Lawrence, which is just a game under .500 in Div. I play (6-7-3), could help themselves as well as Tabor if they do indeed reach the .500 mark.

Also, Berwick has played no Div. I teams, but is scheduled to play Exeter on Fri. Feb. 27th.

Div. I
1. Kent
2. Williston
3. St. Paul's (tie)
3. Nobles (tie)
5. Pomfret
6. Loomis (tie)
6. Westminster (tie)
8. Andover
9. Choate
10. Exeter
11. New Hampton
12. Tabor

Div. II
1. Worcester
2. Rivers
3. Southfield
4. Berwick
5. Gunnery
6. Canterbury
7. Proctor
8. St. George's
9. Hebron (tie)
9. Brooks (tie)
11. Greenwich
12. Governor's
13. Holderness
14. Groton

Sun. 2/8/15

Girls Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 9, 2015

Sun. 2/8/15 ----- Between  the weather of the past 10 days and the weather on our doorstep now, game schedules could become a real mess. Please send all postponements/make-up dates/cancellations to information (at) ushr.com. Also, if a game can't be made up -- i.e. a true cancellation -- let us know. Finally, if you could make the appopriate changes on your team's schedules, we should be able to stay on top of this. Thank you.

Mon. Feb. 9  (unlikely)
Berwick @ Newton CD, 4:15 pm
Milton @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm
Beaver Country Day @ Pingree, 5:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Lawrence Academy, 6:00 pm -- postponed, makeup TBA

Tues. Feb. 10 (don't count on it)
Vermont Academy @ Groton, 4:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 11
New Hampton @ Kents Hill, 12:00 pm
Proctor @ Brewster Academy, 2:00 pm
Gunnery @ Millbrook, 2:30 pm
Greenwich @ Taft, 2:30 pm
Middlesex @ St. Paul's, 3:00 pm
Governor's @ Thayer, 3:00 pm
Groton @ Noble & Greenough, 3:15 pm
Kimball Union @ Exeter, 3:30 pm
Rivers @ Worcester Academy, 4:00 pm
BB&N @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Pomfret @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Canterbury @ Kent, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ Vermont Academy, 4:00 pm
Brooks @ Holderness, 4:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Newton CD, 4:00 pm
Milton @ St. Mark's, 4:15 pm
Westminster @ Deerfield, 4:30 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Hotchkiss, 4:30 pm
Berwick @ Hebron, 4:30 pm
Southfield @ Winchendon, 4:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Pingree, 4:30 pm
Choate @ Williston-Northampton, 4:45 pm
Andover @ Tabor, 5:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 5:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Cushing, 5:30 pm

Thurs. Feb. 12
Hotchkiss @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:30 pm

Fri. Feb. 13
Rye Country Day @ Portsmouth Abbey, 3:00 pm
Newton CD @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ Thayer, 4:00 pm
Andover @ Governor's, 5:00 pm
Proctor @ Southfield, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ BB&N, 5:30 pm
Cushing @ Rivers, 5:30 pm
Brooks @ Berwick, 5:30 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Westminster, 6:00 pm
Tabor @ St. Paul's, 6:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ St. George's, 6:15 pm

Sat. Feb. 14
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Cushing, 12:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Choate, 1:00 pm
Thayer @ Lawrence Academy, 1:00 pm
Exeter @ New Hampton, 1:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Pingree, 1:30 pm
Taft @ Hotchkiss, 2:30 pm
Gunnery @ Kingswood-Oxford, 2:30 pm
Holderness @ Proctor, 2:30 pm
Milton @ Middlesex, 2:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Governor's, 2:45 pm
Pomfret @ Tabor, 3:00 pm
St. George's @ Brooks, 3:00 pm
Berkshire @ Deerfield, 4:00 pm
Westminster @ Noble & Greenough, 4:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
Winchendon @ Kents Hill, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ St. Mark's, 4:15 pm
Worcester Academy @ Vermont Academy, 4:30 pm
Canterbury vs. Hebron, 5:30 pm – at Exeter
Kent @ Millbrook, 7:00 pm

Sun. Feb. 15
Canterbury vs. Kents Hill, 10:45 am – at Exeter
Winchendon @ Hebron, 12:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Hotchkiss, 1:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Berkshire, 2:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 16
Boston Blades @ Exeter, 4:30 pm (S)
Milton @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm

Sun. 2/1/15 -- With more bad weather on the way, we'll need coaches to help with all schedule changes. If there any needed corrections below -- or any games are cancelled (looks likely!) -- please let us know at information@ushr.com Please include "Girls" in the subject line. Thank you.

Girls Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 2, 2015
Mon. Feb 2
Tilton @ Holderness, 2:45 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Hebron, 4:45 pm
Berwick @ Exeter, 4:45 pm
Hotchkiss @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Pomfret, 6:00 pm -- postponed to Tues. 2/17 at 6:00 pm

Wed. Feb 4
Stanstead College @ Tilton, 12:00 pm
Gunnery @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:00 pm
Holderness @ Hebron, 2:30 pm
Millbrook @ Kingswood-Oxford, 3:00 pm
Kent @ Greenwich, 3:00 pm
Brooks @ Thayer, 3:00 pm
Middlesex @ Groton, 3:00 pm
Kimball Union vs. Kents Hill, 3:00 pm – at Exeter
Worcester Academy @ Southfield, 3:15 pm
St. Mark's @ St. Paul's, 3:15 pm
Exeter @ Andover, 3:15 pm
Cushing @ New Hampton, 3:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ Tabor, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ Noble & Greenough, 4:00 pm
Dana Hall @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:00 pm
Choate @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
Pomfret @ Westminster, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Taft, 4:30 pm
Berwick @ North Yarmouth Academy, 4:45 pm
Proctor @ Vermont Academy, 4:45 pm
BB&N @ Governor's, 5:00 pm
Milton @ Lawrence Academy, 5:00 pm
Canterbury @ Lawrenceville, 5:00 pm
NEWHL @ Deerfield, 6:15 pm (S)

Thurs. Feb. 5
Canterbury @ Hill School, 4:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 6
Cushing @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Berwick, 4:00 pm
New Hampton @ St. Paul's, 4:00 pm
Milton @ Rivers, 5:15 pm
Exeter @ Noble & Greenough, 5:15 pm
Winchendon @ BB&N, 5:30 pm
Hebron @ Middlesex, 5:30 pm
Tabor @ Lawrence Academy, 6:30 pm

Sat. Feb. 7
North Yarmouth Academy @ Holderness, 11:30 am
Worcester Academy @ Winchendon, 12:00 pm
Andover @ New Hampton, 1:30 pm
Governor's @ Groton, 1:30 pm
Southfield @ Middlesex, 2:00 pm
Thayer @ Milton, 2:30 pm
Tilton @ Pingree, 2:45 pm
St. Mark's @ Tabor, 3:00 pm
Beaver Country Day @ Berwick, 3:00 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Vermont Academy, 3:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Brooks, 3:45 pm
BB&N @ Exeter, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Kimball Union, 7:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 9
Milton @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Lawrence Academy, 6:00 pm