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Central Section ...............................12Coaching With Gridley ...................10Colin Kennedy Tourney .................41College, Men’s Central ...................14College, Men’s East ........................19College, Men’s North .....................24College, Men’s West .......................34College, Women’s Central ..............16College, Women’s East ...................22College, Women’s, North ...............26College, Women’s West ..................36Collegiate Club Hockey .................39Dynamo Hockey ...............................7East Section ....................................18Hart, Dudley .....................................8Hockey in Harlem ..........................11Hockey Therapy .............................29High School Girls News ...................6Kaleta, Chris .....................................4Kid’s Page .......................................43North Section ..................................23Prince Returns ................................37RIT Rings .......................................28Sled Tournament/Buffalo .................5Tim Horton Classic .........................38Tompkins Cortland 40th .................13USA Hockey ...................................41West Section ...................................27

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The surname Kaleta is very fa-miliar to hockey fans in west-ern New York due largely to

the older Patrick Kaleta, who strolls the wing for the Buffalo Sabres look-ing to hit anything that moves; when the NHL is playing that is. But there is another hockey player from the Kaleta clan playing hockey this season—Chris as a senior for-ward with SUNY Cortland—and he is having quite a campaign. Tied for the team lead with 17 points on 11 goals and six assists, Kaleta is on pace to finish with 21 goals and 11 assists, which would surpass his three year college total of 17 goals and 10 assists over 65 career games. “I just want the best for my team-mates and all I can ask for is to make the playoffs since we haven’t made it since I’ve been here,” said Kaleta after a November conference tilt. “I need to pick up my game and keep battling and maybe more pro-duction. He entered the mid-season break tied for fourth in the SUNYAC con-ference in points per game (1.38), tied for third in goals per game (.88), tied for second in power play goals (4) and tied for second with two game-winning tallies.

His hat trick November 10th at Morrisville was the first of his col-legiate career. His head coach at Cortland, Joe Balderotta, certainly thinks very highly of his captain. “I’ve been doing this (coaching) for 30 years and I’ve never seen a better leader and that’s the highest compliment I can give him. He’s a true hockey guy which means he has integrity, he’s tough, he’s funny and he’s a good person—all of those things. “He’s a wonderful guy to have on the team and a joy to coach. I kind of thought that someday he would be a captain, but he’s really taken to the role and, if you talk to any of the players, they’ll tell you he’s the best captain they ever played for. “He’s not pretty, but he’s great at chipping and rebounds and he’s tough to move. He’s more skilled than people give him credit for too.” As some fans would ex-pect sharing the Kaleta name, Chris was tied for the team lead in penalty minutes, but as for taking a different hockey route than his brother and choosing college over Canadian juniors, he replied, “he (Patrick) had an opportunity to play in the OHL

(Ontario Hockey League) and we went in the first two rounds and I was never drafted so I kept going playing in Buffalo and they wanted me here (Cortland).“I played (with the Jr. Sabres) for five years and enjoyed every minute of it. I love playing hockey and will go as long as I can.” After two seasons at St. Francis High School, the soon-to-be 25-year old (February 13th) spent five sea-sons with the Buffalo Lightning/Jr. Sabres where his high total for one season was 13 goals and 13 assists in 2006-07.

With the NHL lockout, his Buf-falo Sabres brother was able to catch his first game this season in person. And they’ve probably seen more of each other this fall than in any recent one. After the holiday, the 6’2”, 210 lb. son of Sandra and Thomas has 12 games remaining in his college playing career with seven of those on home ice. Then? “I’m just going to worry about this for now and, if something hap-pens, I’ll take any opportunity I can get and work hard to do whatever I can. “But right now I want to focus on this year.”•

CHRIS KALETA -POWER

FORWARDBy Warren KozireskiPhotos by Darl Zehr

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BUFFALO HOSTS USA SLED HOCKEY CLASSIC

By Randy SchultzPhotos by Janet Schultz

The third annual USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the National Hockey League and

hosed by the Buffalo Sabres, took place at Northtown Center at Amherst in Williamsville from November 9-11. The event was part of November’s “Come Play Hockey Month,” a joint effort of USA Hockey and the NHL. Each of the 14 competing teams were affiliated with NHL clubs includ-ing the Sabres, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Ava-lanche, Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Fly-ers, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals. The week-end culmi-nated with the Nov 11 championship games. In the ‘A’ Division, the Stars took home the title by defeating the host Sa-bres, 3-2. The ‘B’ Division crown went to the Capitals, who beat the Hurri-canes, 6-0 in the title contest. Norm Page, a USA Sled Hockey rep, who also works with Hasek’s He-roes, coordinated this event. “Western New York has been a hotbed for sled hockey,” said Page. “This tournament was supposed to be

held in Chicago. “But they had some problems with the ice. I got a call about eight weeks ago asking if I thought Buf-falo could host the tournament instead of Chicago. “We just scrambled to make this happen because we didn’t want to lose this event. I went over the people at Northtown and asked them if they thought they could provide enough ice for us to play 35 games over a three-day period of time. “Thanks to Brad Waltz and Erik Guzdek, the duo coordinated every-

thing for us. They talked to other people and soon things were coming together.” “Amherst Youth hockey helped us quite a bit, especially moving time and

other things around for us. And they made it happen. “Surprisingly, instead of having 10 teams like we originally thought we were going to have, we had 14. “We also had two teams this year that were made up entirely of military veterans. One was the Buffalo Sabres Warriors team and the other repre-sented the Washington Capitals. They faced each other in one of the games.” While it was a weekend of com-petitive hockey, it also had some interesting side stories going on. “It is always a great time just to be playing hockey,” commented Mason Newbold, who resides in Lockport and played for the Sabres ‘A’ Division sled hockey team. “But this year was a little different. “There was a team representing the New York Rangers. Most were from the New York City area.

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Buffalo’s Mason Newbold

Buffalo’s Adam Page


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“Many had been hit by Hurricane Sandy and had sustained damage to their homes. I found out from some of them that there were a couple of players who didn’t make the trip because they lost their home. “For most of them, this was a chance just to get away from their situation for the weekend and think about something else. While they didn’t win many games, I think just being here helped.” Kathleen Garvey played on the Buffalo Sabres Vet-erans team. She found the weekend very entertaining. “You get to meet a lot of new friends,” remarked Garvey, a native of Buffalo. “You have people coming in from all parts of the country. “We talk to a lot of the players from other teams and find out things about them. We make a lot of new friends that way.

“And we’re really here to have some fun and play hockey. That’s really what this is all about.” •

NYS High School Girls HockeySection XI

Potsdam 12 ptsCanton 8 ptsMassena 7 ptsSalmon River 3 ptsSt. Lawrence 0 pts

Section VIIBeekmantown 9 ptsLake Placid 6 ptsAlbany Academies 0 ptsSaranac Lake 0 pts

Section IIIIthaca 6 ptsSkaneateles 6 ptsAlexander Bay 4 1/2 ptsOswego 1 1/2 pts

WNY GIHFMonsignor Martin 12 ptsWilliamsville 12 ptsKenmore 11 ptAmherst/Sweethome 7 ptsOrchard Park/Frontier 7 ptsWet Seneca 4 ptsLancaster 0 pts(Standings are latest posted on websites for Decem-ber. If you have updated information please forward to [email protected])

Right: WNYGIHF Lancaster vs Williamsville (Photo by Janet Schultz)

By Kathy Griffiths

The Dynamo Harrow Hockey Team capped off an excitingspring season by taking

the silver metal in St. Catherines. What makes this team soextraordinary, besides their in-credible sea-son they had, is that the team is the combination of truly elite 2003 players from Ohio, New York, Southern Ontario andToronto, Canada. Coach Kenneth M. Franasiak stated “These young men came together and truly bonded as a team. This was a great oppor-tunity for young hockey play-ers to play with their peers from throughout North America in a very competitive elite level play.” This tournament is one of the

most prestigious youth hockey tournaments in North America featuring the top teams across the world. Over 100 teams trav-eled to Southern Ontario in April for three days of exciting hockey competition. The Dynamo Team impres-

sively skated their way into the finals where they secured a Silver medal with outstanding per-formances. What is even more impressive is that they did it with a total of 10 players. The Harrow Spring program will allow players to play together throughout North Ameri-ca. Our coaching staff did a tremendous job from our skills coach (Rick Ferroni) to the Goalie and Assistant Coach.

Coach Ken Frana-siak said “We are very, very proud of our boys. “We had a fabulous season and truly look forward to next spring. To see what these remarkable eight and nine year old young men can do is a true testament to their hard work and dedication. “The entire coach-ing staff is extremely proud as well as the entire organization. These Dynamo Harrow

Hockey boys have amazing skills and heart. Their hard work and drive made it a real pleasureto watch and we’re proud to be part of such an exciting season. “We are already in the process of actively preparing for next sea-son.” The program runs from April to the beginning of June. They play three to four tournaments, allin southern Ontario with their home ice will be at the Gala Cen-ter in Niagara Falls, Ontario The program will be similar to last year’s and consist of a broad spectrum of coaches from the U.S. and Canada focusing on skill development, team play and some good old fashioned hockey fun. Additional information is available at www.harrowspring-hockey.com.•


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It is a Thursday morning in late Au-gust at Cazenovia

Rink in Buffalo. Out-side the temperatures are hovering around 75. Inside the rink the temp is around freez-ing. Professional golfer Dudley Hart is seated at a table watching two of his children skating around the rink. So what is one of the top professional golfers in the world do-ing in a hockey rink on a bright, sunny August day? Shouldn’t he be playing golf? “I love the game of hockey and my kids are involved in it,” answered Dudley. “They were asked to come down to participate in some ice skating activities with the Buffalo Shamrocks. “So I decided to tag along.” While the Rochester native may know a lot about hockey and has even played it, there is no doubt that golf is where his heart is. “I grew up playing hockey in the West-ern New York area,” recalled the 44 year-old Hart. “I played in the Buffalo Southtowns area right up until I would have gone into the Pee-Wee level of the game. “That’s when my family moved to the Miami, Florida area. That kind of ended my hockey career. “I was a goalie up until that time. My passion for the sport came from my dad. He had season tickets for the Buffalo Sabres. “I grew up playing hockey in the winter and golf in the summer. Of course once I got to Florida my hockey career was finished and I played golf 12 months a year.

“I think that turned out to me a good move on my part,” he continued with a big smile. “I don’t know how far I would have gone with my goaltend-ing career.” Which is an understate-ment. Hart turned pro in 1990 and joined the PGA Tour in 1991. Hart has won two tour-naments on the PGA Tour, the first coming in 1996 at the Bell Canadian Open. The second was at the 2000 Honda Classic. He also finished in a three-way tie for first in the

2004 EDS Byron Nelson Championship, which he and Robert Damron lost in a playoff to Sergio Garcia. Although Hart has won only two PGA tournaments,

he is considered one of the most consistent players on the Tour. He has more than four dozen top-10 finishes, including several second and third place finishes. A resident of Clarence, while Hart spends a great deal of time on the golf course, he still reserves some time for the ice rink. “What I love about this game of hockey, and what I have learned about the sport since I began playing it as a kid, is the type of athlete that plays the game,” who is mar-ried to wife Suzanne and have triplets, Ryan, Rachel and Abigail. “I’ve gotten to know a lot of NHL players, interestingly enough

through golf. “Hockey players love to play golf. The classiest group of athletes I’ve ever met are hockey players. Hockey is a true team sport. “That’s why I like the fact that my kids (Ryan and Rachel) are involved in the game. It’s a team sport and you

Golf and Hockey: Dudley Hart Loves Both

by Randy Schultz

“The classiest group of athletes I’ve ever met are hockey players.”

-Dudley HartProfessional Golfer

can learn so much by being on a team. “It’s a great sport to stay active with in the winter time. They have a great group of friends that they hang around with. “My son and daughter just can’t get enough of it.” So why was Hart a goalie? “Because I got to play all the time,” answered Hart. “I would also watch them on TV and nobody ever messed with a goalie. “I think the goalie is the most important part of a hockey team. I don’t care how great your team is scoring-wise, if you have a bad goalie you’re probably going to struggle. “But I just simply wanted to play the whole game and be out there all the time. And being a goalie afforded me that opportunity. “I enjoyed being that important part of the team. The last line of defense, so to speak. “I also remember those early morning hours for practice as well as some of the game. I’ve gone through that again now with my kids, although now they’re getting older and practices don’t come as early. “Thank goodness I’ve always been a morning person, so those early mornings I had to get up as a kid, around five or six, really didn’t bother me.” Although Dudley lost contact with hockey after mov-ing to Florida, he did his best at trying to reconnect with it in later years. “When the NHL expanded to Florida with the Pan-thers, I was one of the first 15 or 20 people who signed up for season tickets,” said Hart. “Hockey wasn’t on TV as much down there either. “But I did my best at keep track of what was going on, hockey-wise.” Interestingly, Hart moved his family back to Western New York just before the triplets were of school age. “I remember my years in school here in Western New York,” remembered Hart. “I didn’t want my kids getting their school education in Florida. “So that’s why we moved back here to Clarence.” And immediately got involved with hockey as a par-ent. “I talked to a friend of mine, Bill Wippert, who had his daughter involved in the Shamrocks hockey organization,” continued Hart. “The Shamrocks became a great fit for my kids and our family.” Another close friend of Hart’s is Sabres head coach, Lindy Ruff. “I got to know Lindy back in the mid-1990s when he was an assistant coach with the Panthers,” said Hart. “He was taking some golf lessons from my brother in-law.

“We were introduced to each other and have been friends ever since.” Just how addicted to hockey is Hart today? “I’m a season ticket holder with the Sabres,” Hart respond-ed. “I take my kids on at least one road trip a year. “I’m involved as a hockey parent. I love watching my kids play. “I watch them have fun with it. “When I’m on the road playing golf, I don’t miss games. I’ve got it on my laptop computer. “ Unfortunately for the last three years Hart has been on the sidelines with his golf game. He suffered a herniated disc in his back in 2003. Following his return, Hart had to take six more months off in 2007 to care for his wife who had a softball-sized tumor removed from her lungs. In 2009 Hart had spinal fusion surgery. “I got into coaching with my kids teams,” stated Hart. “It helped me keep my sanity and kept me busy. “It’s fun to teach kids. I had a blast doing it. “And I now have a greater respect for those coaches and the time and effort they have to put into coaching. “In the end it was fun. And having fun is what is all about when you are playing youth hockey. “That’s what the Shamrocks are all about. They’re organized and they want their players to have fun. “You want them to get better. Learn a team sport. “I want my kids to achieve their dreams. I’ve already achieved mine. “I don’t care what their dream is. But have one and make the most of it. “And have fun.”•


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Coaching Hockey?...................There’s an App for that!

Part of our job in the USA Hockey Coaching Education Program is to give coaches the tools they need to be successful. Well, there is a new

and exciting tool to tell you about. It’s called “Mo-bile Coach. It’s an app for Iphone, Ipad and Droid produced by USA Hockey. Here is the link: http://www.usahockey.com/MobileCoach.aspx The app contains a vast array of resources including practice plans, manuals, skills PDF’s and videos, and best of all it’s free to USA Hockey mem-bers. Here are some things that you will find on “Mo-bile Coach”: •Small-AreaGames •DrylandTraining •GoaltendingDrills&Videos •BodyContactInstruction •Muchmore Mobile Coach is easy to access, but before doing this you must create a log-in profile which requires a current registration number. It’s easiest to create the log-in on a desktop computer using the link below: http://mobilecoach.usahockey.com/jkc-usah/ If you click ‘Create App Log-in’ in the upper left corner, it’s a very simple process. Once you have created a log-in profile, you can download the app on your smart phone and/or tablet. You’ll notice on the right side of the screen, each practice plan, video, etc. has a small square with an arrow. With a few simple clicks, you can share your

favorites via traditional email, Facebook or Twitter. Keep in mind – this product is still very new and we will be updating the app as soon as content is developed. I’m very excited about the potential of this new coachingtool.Butdon’ttakemywordforit.Here’swhat Ron Rolston, Head Coach of the Rochester Americans recently said about “Mobile Coach” ”As technology continues to shape the land-scape of hockey, USA Hockey has provided coaches at all levels with an educational and informational app that is both forward thinking and practical. The USA Hockey Mobile Coach is an invalu-able tool and learning resource that will empower coaches to have an even greater impact on player development.” Please take the time to check this out……it only takes a minute. And remember….it’s free to all USA Hockey registered coaches.

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Nineteen Eighty-seven. The average income that year was $24,350.

The cost for a gallon of gas was 89 cents and a stamp cost 24 cents. The Simpsons were seen on tele-vision for the first time and the mov-ies “Three Men and a Baby,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Lethal Weapon” and “Dirty Danc-ing” hit the silver screen. In sports the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. The Min-nesota Twins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series. The Edmonton Oilers squeezed by the Philadelphia Flyers in seven to win the Stanley Cup. In the winter of 1987 a group

of 40 children, ages 9-12 years old, began participation in an organization called Ice Hockey In Harlem. Today, a quarter of a century later, Ice Hockey In Harlem continues to grow, already having thousands of children pass through their doors and going on to live successful lives. So just what is Ice Hockey In

Harlem? “It is an opportunity-based orga-nization,” answered John Sanful, a director with

the organiza-tion. “The mission begins with teaching kids from the community on

how to play hockey. “Learning how to play hockey will help kids in several dif-ferent ways. It will help them build self-confi-dence; learn the value of teamwork and discipline. “It will then

translate off the ice as well. It will translate into them being better stu-dents, have more confidence in school and help them gain a hunger to move on beyond high school. “That is what we’ve seen for the past 25 years. We’ve seen students go from being squirts in the program to graduating from high school and go-ing on to college. “And in many cases we’ve seen them grow into adults and have fami-lies and being productive members of the community themselves. “Ice Hockey In Harlem is a very powerful organization and has a very powerful influence in the commu-

nity.” They have come a long way since that first

year when those 40 youngsters put on mismatched, second-hand equipment and skated onto the Lasker Rink ice. That is an outdoor rink located at the northern end of Central Park. With Co-Founders Dave Wilk and Todd Levy combining with former New York Ranger Pat Hickey, the 40 kids were soon skating like pros. By year number five Ice Hockey In Har-lem had expanded to 125 participants. Last year the number hit 193 and this year there are 225. But it’s more than the numbers for Sanful.

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“Ice Hockey In Harlem is a very powerful organization and has a very powerful influence in the community.”

John SanfulIHIH Director

Hockey--Making a Difference for a Lifetime!

by Randy SchultzPhotos Contributed by Ice Hockey in Harlem

Central New York State Hockey

Ithaca Shooting Stars 19U with Championship Trophy!

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TGHA Celebrates 40 Years!

19U Ithaca Stars Win Championship

During the December 7-9 week-end,TompkinsGirlsHockeyAssociation(TGHA)hostedthe

14th annual Ithaca Shooting Stars In-vitational tournament with 23 teams playing in five age levels. Four Ithaca Shooting Stars teams (19U, 14U, 12U and 10U) competed with other girls from across New York State and from Colorado. This link accesses the association website for all game results: https://sites.google.com/site/ithaca-girlshockey/home The 19U Ithaca Shoot-ing Stars won its age level Championship on Sunday defeating the Southern Tier, 5-1. To advance to the finals, Ithaca defeated West Seneca, 3-1, Colora-do, 1-0, and tied Southern Tier0-0.GoalieAliPacestopped 23 shots when shutting out Colorado. Anastasia Lyon led the of-

fense in the cham-pionship game with two goals, and Marlena Doerr had two assists and one goal.RachelBrockand Aiya Taylor also scored. The team is coached by Jeff Luschwitz who is assisted by Peter Seznec and Eddie Ramos.

The 14Us tied Webster 1-1, de-featedBinghamton6-1,andlosttoCNY, 0-5. MacRae McCarthy had two goals and one assist while Maddie Blockandonegoalandtwoassists.GoalieEmilyEdwardsstoppedabout80 shots in three games. Aaron Pundt and JR Reynolds guide this team. Ithaca’s 12Us were defeated by Amherst twice, and by Camil-lus. Catherine Eisenhut stopped 70 shots in three games. Eric Eisenhut coaches and is assisted by CJ Delvec-chio and Tom Hartshorne. The 10Us lost to Cazenovia twice,andBinghamtononce.Madeline Hall scored twice against Binghamton.TheyarecoachedbyMarnieCryer,BrianCraneandJohnDuthie. This team recently played an exhibition scrimmage at Madison

SquareGardenbetweenperiodsofthe Frozen Apple game when Cor-nell men’s hockey played Michigan. This year’s tournament coincides withthe40thanniversaryofTGHA.On November 18, 1972, Cass Park opened and the first ice-time us-ers were the brand-new members ofTGHA.Therewasacelebratoryice time on November 18, 2012 for current and alumni players, parents, coaches and fans, with refreshments and brief remarks by one of the founding players, Linda Dominick Hemmerich. A guest book was open for sig-natures that day and throughout the tournament weekend. Alumna Julie Crowley offered tournament participants and current families special offers at her stores, Ithaca Coffee Company Triphammer andGatewayCommons. Since a significant part of the girls hockey experience are the relationships and connections one makes and maintains, everyone was encouraged to use the coupon offers with at least one other hockey team member or friend. In addition, some alumnae are making donations to theTGHAScholarshipFund.•

Celebrating 40 Years of

Hockey!(Submitted by Mary Grainger, TGHA)

COLGATE

The Raiders were on a bit of a role

winning five of their last seven prior to the holiday break and

tied for fifth in ECAC. And they were doing it offensively on the back of freshman Tyson and Tylor Spink and Kyle Baun. All three stood top-ten in the nation in points per game by rookies. At the annual banquet, the Silver Puck Club and head coach Don Vaughan awarded Assistant Athletic Director for Medical Services Steve Chouinard with the 50th Silver Puck at the Hall of Presidents at Colgate. Choui-nard has been working with the men’s hockey team in multiple capacities since arriving at Col-gate 17 years ago. New Jersey Hitmen captain Andrew Black has committed to the Raiders for fall 2013.

CORNELL

The season of streaks contin-ues with the latest a four-game

unbeaten run prior to their annual Florida run before New Year’s. Greg Miller, Joel Lowry and John Esposito have combined to account for more than half of the team’s goal total so help will need to emerge from else-

where moving forward.Sophomore forward Cole Bardreau was named to the prelimi-nary roster for the U.S. National Team for the 2013 International Ice

Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia. Senior forward John Esposito scored three goals, including both game-winners in the men’s hockey

team’s home sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence, to earn ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honors for the period ending December 2nd. Tri-captain Nick D’Agostino is one of 20 national candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, which is pre-sented annually to an NCAA Division I senior that has notable achievements in four areas of excellence — commu-nity, classroom, character and compe-tition. D’Agostino has emerged as one of the nation’s top point-producing defensemen, leading the Big Red with six power-play goals en route to

All-Ivy League Second Team and All-ECAC Hockey Second Team selec-tions last season. He posted career-highs in goals (8) and points (20) last season, producing a whopping five game-winning goals. Outside of the rink, he has been involved in a service trip with the Portal De Belen Foundation to Don Juan, Dominican Republic, Feed My Starving Children, the United Way Day of Care and the Ithaca Youth Hockey Association. He is also a three-time member of the School of Industrial and Labor Rela-tions’ Dean’s List in 2011 and 2012. The Big Red has scored 15 of its 27 goals (55.6 pct.) this season in the third period of its first 11 games. Cornell is the only team among the country’s 59 Division I programs to have scored more than half of its goals in the third period.

CORTLAND

In a five team mix for three playoff spots at the midway point, the Red

Dragons seem just a step away from being scary down the stretch if their

3-3 tie against nationally ranked Plattsburgh is any indication. Chris Kaleta (An-gola) and Michael Lysyj were each off to their best offensive seasons

with 11 goals apiece with Adam Bevi-lacqua and A.J. Moyer also in double

figures. Sophomore David Moore scored his first goal as a Red Dragon December 8th against New England College.

ELMIRA

Winners of just one of their

last four, the Soar-ing Eagles will test themselves at the Cardinal Classic in Plattsburgh and at home against

Oswego when the schedule resumes. Their next ECAC West tilt is at Naza-reth January 17th. Freshman Michael Collins led the team in goals and points and was just one of only six players to play in all 11 contests. HAMILTON

The Continentals have just one win and two ties total, but all-but-one

of their eight games has been a one-goal or tied affair. Defenseman Marco Brelish was leading the team with four assists at the break. Williamsville native Matt Tetro of the Spring-field Pics of the EJHL has committed to play at

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Cortland Youth Hockey Will hold their Fire On Ice Tournament on February 22-24.

Elmira New Bylaws will be voted on at the January 9 meeting.

Ithaca YHA The Sport International Acad-emy will return to Ithaca for the 24th year on August 19-23. For informa-tion go to http://siha.com

Oswego Minor OMHA skat-ed with the Oswego High School Varsity Boys Ice Hockey Team on December

26. Oswego will hold their Power Play Tournament on January 11-13.

Salmon River Salmon River held a Three on Three Kids Pond Hockey Tournament in December. Clinton Comets Clinton Youth Hockey saw Curry College play Hamilton as part

of a fundraiser for the organization. The Pee Wee Travel Team won the 2012 Frank Barber Tourna-ment in New Hartford.

Liverpool High School The Liverpool High School Boys Ice Hockey Team is 4-5-1 with their next game played on January 3. LHS is part of Section III.

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Hamilton this coming fall.

HOBART

Undefeated in conference play and with just one loss overall,

the nationally ranked Statesmen were making a statement through the first half. Their school record 13 game unbeaten string to start the season was broken by Oswego in the final game before the break. Goaltender Nick Broadwater stood fourth in the nation in goals against, third in save percentage and tied for second in shutouts as the team was averaging just 1.64 goals per game. Eight players were scoring in double figures through the first 14 games led by Frank Salituro’s nine goals and ten assists. The team has over four weeks off before resuming on the road January 12-13.

MORRISVILLE

The rebuilding Mustangs have just one win over their first 15 con-

tests.

It’s all juniors atop the scoring chart led by Mike Dolman, Ryan Marcus and Jamie Nelson. Junior defenseman Kevin Gaughran picked up his second career assist earlier this season.

OSWEGO

The second best offense and the sixth best defense is a tough

combination to beat and the Lakers had only been beaten twice—both to nationally ranked opponents and both by one goal. Paul Rodrigues was number one in the nation in points per game and assists per game with linemate Luke Moodie sixth in points and seventh in goals while senior defensemen Zach Josepher and Jesse McConney were among the top five in ppg by defense-man with both well over a point per game. Rodrigues and Andrew Hare were named the SUNYAC Player of the Week and Goaltender of the Week respectively for the period ending Dec. 9th.

Rodrigues netted a goal in each game against ninth-ranked Utica and fourth-ranked Hobart while Hare compiled 74 saves and a .949 save percentage. Eli Kim-Swallow registered his first collegiate goal against Potsdam November 30th.

UTICA

With only two

losses, but both in-con-ference, the Pioneers were ranked ninth in

the country as one of five New York State teams in the top-fifteen.Transfer Louis Educate is showing his stuff in a new league with a team-leading nine goals and ten assists through 11 games. Jon Gaffney is next with 8-7. Defenseman Cody Adams would finish with 100 career games played with every game remaining in the regular season.•

Cornell

TheBigRed’sonlygamein December proved to

be a 4-2 win over St. Law-rence University. They went on break until January 12 and 13 when they face NortheasternandBostonon-the-road. BrianneJennerleadsthe scoring with 9 goals/10 assists followed by Jillian Saulnier, 5 goals/13 assists and Lauri-ane Rougeaux, 1 goal/11 assists. Akwesasne’s Olivia Cook has 3 goals/2 assists. GoalieLaurenSlebodnick,with10gamesplayed,hasa1.77GAAand .924 save %. TheBigRedare10-3overalland6-0 in their conference.

Colgate

Colgate played only one regular game in December, a 2-1 win

over Clarkson. They then went to the Nepean Invitational AA Exhibition on December 30 and return to the ice at theUniversityofVermontonJanu-ary 5 and 6. Their next home game is January 18 against Clarkson. BrittanyPhillipshas4goalsand6 assists leading the team in points, followed by Jenna Klynstra with 3 goals/7 assists. GoalieAshlynneRandowasnamed ECAC Rookie of the Week as she pushed aside 35 shots ina 4-3 loss to St. Lawrence.

Oswego

Sporting a 6-5-1 overall record as they come into the New Year,

Oswego took Chatham 6-1 and 4-0 early in the month, followed by a 1-2 loss to Amherst. The team held it’s annual Food and Toy Drive to benefit the United Way. They also hosted a Holiday Skate which raised a record $800 for the SEFA/United Way. They return home January 5 and 6 against St. Norbert. Leading the scoring is Melissa Seamont with 4 goals/10 assists and OliviaBoersen4goals/7assists. New York players sporting some statistics for Oswego are LIzzy Marks (Penfield/Rochester Edge) 2 goals/2 assists;ErinGanely(Baldwinsville/Syracuse Stars) 1 assist; Chelsea Hunt (Brockport/BuffaloBisons)2goals/2assists. Hamburg’sBridgetSmithhasplayed in 9 games and has a .935 save%and1.54GAA.

Elmira

The Soaring Eagles are 11-1-1 overall and leave

2012 with two wins over Neumann and one over Williams College. They open 2013 against Manhattanville on January 4 and Hamilton College on January 5. Ashton Hogan has 12 goals/3 assists for a total 15 points, leading the team.

Tanis Lamoureux has 6 goals/9 as-sists. Rochester’s Ashley Ryan has 6 goals/5 assistsf for 11 points. LindsayBurrowswasnamedtothe ECAC Honor Roll after posting two goals in a 6-0 win over Wil-liams. She scored her first goal of the season and first of the game in thesecondmatch-up.Burrowswasnamed Elmira Female Athlete of the Week for December 9. Elmira jumped up two spots placing #3 in the USCHO.com rank-ingsputtingthembehind#2Gusta-vus and #1 Plattsburgh.

Utica

Utica comes into the New Year with a 4-5 overall record after

two December losses; 3-1 to Hamil-ton and 1-0 to Amherst. They are back on the ice January 2 against Middlebury and January 5 vs Manhattanville on home ice. Megan Myers is leading the scor-ing with 5 goals/3 assists followed by Meghan McMahon, 2 goals/3 assists. Other New York natives contributing


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are Samantha Pucci , Caitlyn Moccaldi, Nicole Kieffer and Lindsay Norton, all with assists. GoalieJenniferHamel(Ithaca/Northwood)wasnamedECACWGoalieoftheWeekforstopping17of18 shots in the loss to Amherst. Hamel has played in 7 gamesandhasa1.85GAAand.909save%.

Cortland

The Red Dragons ended the semes-terwitha1-1tieatBuffalofollowed

bya3-2losstoBuffalo.TheironlyDe-cember win came when they defeated Potsdam 6-1. Chelsey Wright (#21) has 7 points

ontheseason(1G/6A).MaggieCorbetisat4goalsandanassist;MaggieGiamo(OrchardPark/RIT)(#2)has3

goals and an assist and Abbie Adams (Potsdam/Corwell Typhoons) has a goal and 3 assists. Other New York-ers on the stat sheet areBuffalo’sChelsieHausberger with 2 goals; Erika Osborne (Sharon Springs) withanassist;GinaTomei(Bronx)2assists; Kellie Micillo

(Sayville) a goal and anassistandBrianna

Rossi (Stormville) two goals and an assist.

GoalieDeannaMeunier(#30) was named ECACW

GoaltenderoftheWeek for December 2 after stopping 66 of 69 shots in two games against Potsdam. The Red Dragons return to the ice at home to Hamilton on January 8.

Hamilton

With a loss and two wins in December Hamilton is 6-2-0 overall.

Katie Zimmerman leads the scoring with 11 goals and2assistsfor13points.AbbyRunyon(Fairport/Buf-faloBisons))hastwogoalsand4assistsandsitsatfourthinthescoring.JillTokarczyk(NorthTonawanda/BuffaloBisons)hasanassist. Zimmerman was named NESCAC Women’s Hockey Player of the Week for the second time in her career. She had 5 goals and an assist in wins over Potsdam and Utica. She is fifth on the team in 47 points for her career; first in DIII with 1.38 goals per game and fourth in DIII with 1.62 points per game.

Syracuse

The Orange are 9-8-1 overall as they start 2013. They finished the first se-

mester with a 4-3 win over Robert Morris and dropped two to Clarkson. They re-turn to the ice January 5 against Colgate. Leading the scoring are Holly Carrier-

Mattimoe (16 pts), Nicole Ferrara (14 pts), Shiann Dark-angelo and Margot Scharfe with 12 pts. each and Melissa Piacentini with 11 pts. BothjuniorKallieBilladeauandseniorforwardHolly Carrie-Mattimoe were named to the CHA Weekly HonorRollfortheweekofDec.10.Billadeaurecordeda season-high 42 saves against No. 2 Clarkson while Carrie-Mattimoe notched a three-point weekend against theGoldenKnights.•


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ARMY

Five victories at the break already surpasses their wins

total from all of last season and the Black Knights sat in third two points out of second at the break with at least one game-in-hand on the teams ahead of them. Freshman forward R.J. Burns made his first collegiate goal memorable—a short-handed game-winner to beat Bentley November 29th. Army sophomore Mac Lalor was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Co-Player of the Week for the period ending December 16th after his first career two-goal game. Lalor was moved to forward for the first time in his Army career for the non-conference matchup at Merrimack. Instead of his usual right defenseman spot, he played right wing in the contest.

HUDSON VALLEY CC

Ranked third in the nation and winners of three straight heading into the break, the Vikings have had little

trouble scoring goals averaging six per game. William Huber (Hopewell) leads the conference in scoring with 16 goals and 15 assists over ten games with James Murphy (Long Island) next on the team and tied for third in NJCCA with 22 points including 13 goals.

MANHATTANVILLE

Ranked 15th at the close of the first half, the Valiants only three losses have come on the road and only one

of those was a conference game.Mark Rivera was among the top-20 nationally in assists per game with blueliner Anton Racklin top ten in points per game among defenseman. Matt Coleman was also in the top 20 in freshmen scoring.

Forward Matt Coleman and defenseman Nick Giuffrida (Shoreham) of the Springfield Pics of the EJHL have commit-ted to the Valiants beginning Fall 2013.

R.P.I.

Just one win and one tie in ECAC action found the

Engineers in a three-way tie for last, but were showing signs of

coming out of their funk with three wins and a pair of ties over the last six games before the holiday. It doesn’t get any easier with five of their first six games after Christmas against ranked opponents. Freshman Mike Zalewski (New Hartford) netted his first collegiate goal against Quinnipiac December 1st. Freshman Mark Miller (Massena) recorded his first collegiate goal against Mercyhurst, while classmates Za-lewski and Craig Bokenfohr got their first assists. Rensselaer senior defenseman Nick Bailen (Fredo-nia) is one of 20 student-athletes nationwide to have been chosen for consideration for the Senior CLASS Award in men’s hockey. A dual major in Business and Management and Economics, Bailen has a cumulative grade point aver-age of 3.91. He was named All-ECAC Hockey First Team and AHCA National All-America Second Team following his sophomore season. The Engineers meeting with Yale December 7th marked the 100th time the two teams have played.

UNION

Ranked 13th in Division I near the end of December, the Dutchmen will look to make a bit of a run with

five straight road games against unranked opponents start-ing with the Catamount Cup in Vermont December 29-30. Kyle Baun led Colgate to a weekend sweep of Massa-chusetts with six points and earned ECAC Hockey Player

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and Rookie of the Week honors for the period ending De-cember 2nd. He had his best weekend output of his career as he tallied three goals and three assists in the two games. As of the end of the December portion of the sched-ule, Union is 31-0-7 when scoring three or more goals in a game since last season. Sophomore defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere was one of 27 players named to the preliminary roster for its 2013 U.S. National Junior Team. The players will be audition-ing for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part in the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2012-Jan. 5, 2013, in Ufa, Russia. Final cuts will come after the second camp in Helsinki, Finland, Dec. 19-23. The final 23-player U.S. National Junior Team roster will be announced Dec. 23. Gostisbehere and senior Greg Coburn were among the top ten nationally in points per game by d-men. Midway through the 2012-13 season, Union has two players nearing 100 career points. Senior forward Wayne Simpson (95 points) and junior forward Daniel Carr (89

points) could become the ninth and tenth players to join the Union College Century Club in the Division I era.•

East News and NotesValley Hockey In December the Valley Youth Hockey Association hosted 11 teams in the “Crouse Hospital Hockey 4 Hearts” Tournament, a charity tournament to raise funds to purchase defibrillators for placement at various locations within the City of Syracuse, New York. The event was a joint effort between Valley Youth Hockey, and the City of Syracuse. Major spon-sors included Crouse Hospital/Sports Care Express and Pediatric Cardiology Associates. Through this effort over $5,000 was raised for the purchase of defibrillators. The tournament included Squirt and PeeWee “house” teams. The winners of each division were as follows: Squirt “Black” Division: Ithaca 1, Coached by Jon Par-

menter; Squirt “Gold” Division: Valley “Red”, Coached by Rodney Kirkby; PeeWee Division: Camil-lus 2, Coached by Mike McMa-nus.

Westchester Winter Classic Tournament Results

The Aviators, Dragons, Philadel-phia Jackals and Syracuse Stars took part in the Winter Classic at Aumen Pond in Williamsport, Pa in December. Friday Games:Dragons 4 Jackals 3Aviators 5 Stars 1Dragons 0 Aviators 0 (Under the winter sky at night this game went into a 4-on-4 overtime; a three-man shootout and with 7 shooters they still ended 0-0)

Saturday GamesJackals beat AviatorDragons 3, Stars 0 with Stars goalie facing over 50 shots

Dragons come into finals with 3-0 record; Jackals, 2-1 record.The Jackals kept the Dragons scoreless for the first time in tour-nament history and the outcome was Jackals 2, Dragons 0.

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“A few weeks ago I was in a food store in Harlem,” recalled Sanful. “I was wearing an Ice Hockey In Harlem t-shirt. “A person came up to me and asked about the program. I explained about Ice Hockey In Harlem and the fact that it had been around for 25 years. “The woman looked at me and said that she knew all about the program from her husband. He had played for the Ice Hockey In Harlem when he was a kid. “That said it all for me. Harlem is a unique area in New York and Ice Hockey In Harlem has been a com-mon thread for many people living there.” It should be understood that all the participants of the ice hockey program are from Harlem. “All of our kids live north of 110th St. from west to east,” added Sanful. “Besides the kids, we have a lot of their parents who participate with their kids as well. “It doesn’t matter if they simply attend games or help out with the teams, they are there for their kids.” Throughout the quarter of a cen-tury of success, Ice Hockey In Harlem has grown a strong relationship with the National Hockey League’s New

York Rangers. “The Rang-ers have been a wonderful and generous partner of ours almost from the beginning of our exis-tence,” said Sanful. “They have provided resources for our scholar-ship fund, our special events as well as our winter sports

celebrations. “That has included providing access to their players for camps, autograph sessions and clinics. They have been great.” Ice Hockey In Harlem services children from the age of 4 through 18. Education plays an important role in the success of the participating skat-ers, especially those ages 9 through 13. Students are required to attend weekly classroom sessions as a condi-tion for participation in the hockey program. Ice Hockey In Harlem also uses hockey as a central reference for the study of geography, history, social studies, math, reading and writing. Because of their efforts, IHIH re-cently received a $25,000 grant from USA Hockey partner RBC. “That grant will enable us to travel with our teams to locations where we might not have been able to travel before,” stated Sanful. “We travel to play teams in the New York City, Westchester community, New Jersey and Connecticut areas. “It came at a very good time. It will help our travel program. We also have kids in learn to skate programs right on up the ladder.” While IHIN may not have pro-duced an NHL number one draft pick, they have produced solid, outstanding

citizens. “A few months ago, I ran into a young man by the name of Lydell Harrigan,” said Sanful. “I found out he had gone through our program. “Today, not only is he an out-standing citizen, but he is a New York City police officer. That’s not a number one draft pick, but in my eyes he is just as good.” So what is ahead for IHIH for the next 25 years? “We want to get more kids in Harlem interested in hockey,” an-swered Sanful. “We want to be rep-resented at every event in the Harlem community. “We want to increase the amount of kids involved in hockey, as well as the educational opportunities our program offers. “We launched a college readiness program this year for kids 13 to 17. We want them to visit colleges, talk to college reps and get an idea as to what is available to them out there. “Our goal is to make kids life long fans of hockey. Hopefully their kids will become fans of hockey. “We already have second genera-tion kids coming to our program who had their father or mother involved in the program ahead of them. “We want them to also become educationally involved with our pro-gram. We want them to know all of their options. “In the end we not only want to produce hockey players and fans, but outstanding citizens as well. “We’re not only involved in our community, but we’re continually trying to make it better as well. We’re trying to keep our kids away from gangs and gang violence.“That is what we’re all about and will continue to be about for the next 25 years.”•

The Engineers ended the fall semester with wins over

Princeton 4-3, Brown 3-0 and Yale 4-3, after 6 losses and a tie. They will start the New Year against Dartmouth January 4 and Harvard January 5, both at home.

With a 5-11-2 overall and 3-5-0 conference, Alexa Gruschow is leading the team with 9 goals and 7 as-sists for 16 points. She is followed by Jordan Smelker and Taylor Horton, each with 12 points. Clarence Center (NY) native Jenn Godin has four assists.

Union

Ending 2012 with a 5-9-3 overall and 0-5-3 confer-

ence, Union will return to the ice against Harvard on January 4 and Dartmouth on January 5. Courtney Turner has four

goals and five assists, leading the Union scoring. Amherst’s Haley Welch has 1 assist. Alex Tancrell-Fontaine scored the tying goal and her first career goal in a 1-1 final against Yale.

Manhattanville

With Hurricane Sandy taking their arena, the Valiants

are playing out of Terry Conners Rink in Stamford, Ct. They aren’t letting Sandy affect them as they end the first semester with a 6-3-1 overall record and 2-1-0 in the conference.

Their December loss came at the hands of #1 ranked Plattsburgh and their only December win came on Pink the Rink Night against Southern Maine, 6-1. Katie Little leasdds the scoring with 7 goals, 4 as-sists tied with Mary Rose Morrison with 4 goals and 7 assists.

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CANTON

Offense was a premium with the Roos scoring

two or fewer goals in seven of their last eight contests before the break. John Payne and Trevor Wight stood 1-2 on the team scoring chart with Corey Frizell leading the team in assists with seven.

CLARKSON

A .500 record through the season’sfirsthalffoundthe

Golden Knights in the middle of the tightly packed ECAC stand-ings. Freshman Greg Lewis was selected has ECAC Hockey Goal-tender of the Week for December 10 after strong performances in two Golden Knight victories over archrival St. Lawrence. Lewis made 59 saves on 61 shots against the Saints. With just two non-conference games remaining (UMass-Lowell January 4-5) and one non-con-ference win, the Knights are in dangeroffinishingwiththefewestnon ECAC wins in their history dating back to joining the confer-ence in1961-62. They had just two non-conference wins in 2008-09 and 1975-76 under new all-time coaching wins leader Jerry York.

PLATTSBURGH

It was ho-hum usual for the Car-dinals with a 6-1-1 conference

record and tied for second with Geneseo one point behind Os-wego. Only two players were av-eraging a point per game (Mark Constantine & Luke Baleshta) and only six players had played in all 11 contests—tied for fewest in the SUNYAC—so expect the Cardi-nals to settle in a bit in the second half. Mathieu Cadieux was named SUNYAC Goalie of the Week for the week ending December 2nd. Cadieux made 63 combined saves in a three-point weekend for Plattsburgh State to earn confer-ence honors for the second time this season. Sam Foley was been named SUNYAC goalie of the week for the week ending November 25th asheearnedhisfirstcollegiatewin and shutout against St. Thom-as.

POTSDAM

The Bears are in a stretch of 13 straight road contests

that won’t end until they return “home” February 8th. They last were home November 25th.

Mike Arnold’s ten goals had him tied for third nationally and hisfivepowerplaygoalsweresecond while Trevor Cope stood top-20 in assists per game and had 11 overall.

ST. LAWRENCE

Winners of just two of their last eleven before the holiday,

the Saints are seeing their 6-1 non-conference start evaporate. Kyle Flanagan (Canton) and Greg Carey have accounted for 37% of the team’s points and 44% of the goals, so others must emerge in 2013 for the team to re-verse the recent trend. Four home games in January and February may help. Carey scored his 50th career goal against Vermont December 15th. The next win by the Saints will be the 1,000th in program history in this, their 75th season of com-petition.•

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The Alexandria Bay Girls Var-sity Hockey Team started the 2012-2013 season with a new

head coach. Lindsey Steblen stepped up to take over the position after the former coach decided not to con-tinue coaching the team. Lindsey is a former Division 1 player from Ohio State. Brian Hudon rounds out the coaching staff as Lindsey’s assistant. Alexandria Bay is a combined team from five different school districts. These schools are Alexandria Bay Central, Thousand Islands, Indian River Central, General Brown and Immaculate Heart Central. Since this is the only girls varsity program in this area, it is open to girls that need a place to play. Alexandria Bay is still a fairly young team with the majority of the players being in tenth grade. The team’s only senior this year is Jessica Prance, who is also the team’s leading scorer and leader. Junior players

this year include Ashley Dobmeier play-ing forward, Amanda Lingenfelter and Mikayla Kolb are protecting the goalie. Sophomores include Kiah Hudon, Molly Aznoe, Mikayla Benny, Jarah Papin, Molly Russell, Taylor Kiechle, Haley Aubertine, Kayla Rios, and Taylor Singer. Freshman players include Samantha Griswold, Maddy Cullen, and Sydney Aubertine.

Rounding out the roster are two 8th graders, Emilie Walti and Kyleigh Prance and the lone 7th grader, Taylor Hudon. Alexandria Bay is lucky to have three goalies on the roster this year. The oldest being Kayla Rios and Taylor Singer in the 10th grade and Samantha Griswold who is a freshman this year.

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Northern Notes......Adirondack Youth Hockey is hold-ing their Cabin Fever Registration. Register before January 31 and skate through March. Go to www.ADK-hockey.com

...The Artic Foxes Women’s Ice Hockey Team is holding their 2013 Tournament at Clifton Park in Febru-ary. They are looking for teams in B, C, D level. This is a Rec Exhibition tournament. Contact Molly at [email protected] for details. If you have a Rec C or D team and want some competition, let the Artic Foxes know. They are looking to schedule some games.

...Bethlehem Squirt B Eagles won the Skaneateles Squirt Shootout Tourna-ment in December. The Team won 5 straight games in 3 days with 5 consecutive shootouts.

...Capital District Hockey Association

Player Erik James “EJ” was injured in a car accident. He has had many surgeries and is rehabiliting. He is ex-pected to make a complete recover. EJ is a member of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway team as a forward.

...North Country Cougars are hold-ing their PeeWee Cup January 8 and 9; Mite/Squirt Cougar Classic, Jan. 22-23 and the Bantam Cougar Classic Jan. 29-30

...Northwoods Schools: The Boys Junior team is 12-7-1; Girls Varsity is 13-12-5; Boys Midget: 21-7 and the Boys High School is 11-6-3 going into 2013. The Boys Midget team was the first Northwoods team to win the Brooks Pingree Championship.

...Saratoga Youth will hold the White Out Weibel even on January 30 with Saratoga Springs taking on Shenen-dowa High in a cross-town rivalry matchup. This event will raise money for the American Cancer Society. They will hold their Learn to Skate, Learn to Play Session II beginning January 7.

...Schenectady Youth...The Capital District Hockey Teams will battle for the Mayor’s Cup on January 26. Games time is 7:30 p.m. at Times Union Arena. RPI will faceoff against Union College for the title. The Shatterpoint Tournament will be held March 8-10 for Squirts and Marhc 15-17 for Pee Wee and Ban-tams. Contact [email protected] for information.

...The Troy-Albany 20th Rink Rat Tournament will be held February 15-18 during Hockey Across America. This is for ABC Squirts, Pee Wees, Bantams, Midgets, Girls 12U, 14U 16U and 19U as well as Sled. Contact [email protected]

...The Troy Albany Girls 14U team won their second tournament this season at the Ithaca Shooting Stars Tournament.

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Clarkson

The Knights started December with a 1-2 loss to Colgate but came

back the following weekend with a two-game win over Syracuse. They stand at 15-3 over-

all and 9-1 in the conference as they begin 2013. Three Ontario, Canada natives lead the scoreboard with Jamie lee Rattray having 15 goals and 16 assists; Carley Mercer, 8 goals, 19 assists and Erin Ambrose, 2 goals and 19 assists. Ambrose was named to the ECAC Honor Roll for De-cember 3 and 11. Mercer was named to the ECAC Honor Roll for the week of December 3, while teammate Shannon MacAlay received the honor the following week. Goaltender Erick Howe was named ECAC Goaltender of the Month for November and was named to the ECAC Honor Roll Dceember 11. Howe has played in 17 games and has a .939 save percentage and 1.53 GAA. The Knights return to the ice on January 3 against Boston College and January 4 against Northeastern.

St. Lawrence

The Saints have a 10-7-1 overall record as they end 2012. The beat

Penn State, in its inaugural season, 3-1 and 4-2 before losing to #3 Cornell, 4-2. Amanda Boulier has 3 goals and 18 assists for 21 points, followed closely by Kelly Sabatine with 9 goals and 11 assists. Goalie Carmen MacDonald has played in 16 games and has recorded a 2.59 GAA and .904 save percentage.

CantonIn its inaugural season the Kangaroos find themselves with a 3-9-1 overall record. They hosted the Canton Jamboree in early December beating Oswego 4-1 and tying the University of Vermont 2-2 in OT. They followed with a loss to John Abbott Col-lege, 1-11.

The Roos will come back on the ice January 19 and 20 against Stevenson, another inaugural team and travel to the Catamount Challenge in Vermont, playing the Univer-sity of Vermont, University of Buffalo, and University of Colorado. Winthrope (NY) native Grace Lyon leads the score-

board with 9 goals and 2 assists, followed by Karley Cree (Hogansburg) 5 goals/4 assists. Goalie Alyssa Altschuler has started in 7 games and has a .866 save percentage and Goalie Victoria Taylor has started in six games and has a .860 save percentage. Canton’s first goal was scored by Devyn Hutcheson of Oswego in a 8-2 loss to Northeastern University on

October 27. The second goal in the team’s history was scored by Lyon.

Plattsburgh

With wins over Buffalo State Col-lege and Manhattanville College

Plattsburgh has a 10-0-1 record and is 4-0-0 in the conference. Jenny Kistner has 8 goals/10 assists and Teal Grove has 9 goals/7 assists, leading the scoring. Plattsburgh plays Oswego at home on January 12 and 13.

Potsdam

Potsdam ended 2012 with a tie and win over

St.Michaels. They scored a win and loss to Cortland and a loss over Hamilton. The team traveled to the

St. Michaels Holiday Classic to play Nichols and St. Mi-chaels. Dawna Salvarinas was named ECAC Goalie of the Week for December 2 after she stopped all 28 shots in a 2-0 victory over Cortland. Izzy Fayerman was named ECAC Player of the Week for December 9 and Sally Mooney was named to the ECAC Honor Roll that same week.•


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Rings

To be a part of a National Cham-pionship hockey

team is very special. But to win it on a team from your hometown makes it even better. That is the situation that Kristina Moss found herself in last season. The Webster, NY na-tive was a member of the 2012 NCAA Division III Champion RIT women’s hockey team. On December 16 Moss and the rest of the team were

honored with championship rings at a ceremony held at the Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester. “This is the most exciting day of my life,” commented Moss, mo-ments after receiving her champion-ship ring. “We had been waiting for this for so long. “It is an amazing feeling. It’s so unreal. “I really didn’t know what to ex-pect when I opened the box and saw the ring inside. The ring is amazing and I really didn’t know what to say or do. “It’s also very special that I live right here in the area. It was more exciting that I got to win a National Championship in front of my family and friends. “That is one of my more favorite

parts about winning the champion-ship.”

The Tigers claimed their first NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey National Champi-onship back on March 17, 2012 when they defeated Norwich University, 4-1, at Ritter Arena.

“It was almost surreal,” recalled Moss, now a senior on the RIT team.

“The buzzer had gone off, we were standing on the ice as a team with our hats on. “And they brought the cham-pionship trophy out. We just looked around and couldn’t believe what was happening.” RIT head coach Scott McDonald was happy for Moss. “It’s always special to win a Na-

tional Cham-pionship and get the ring,” stated Mc-Donald. “But it’s even more special when you win it on a team from your hometown. “Kristina is a very solid player for us. She was heav-ily recruited coming out of high school

(Moss had played hockey for the Buf-falo Bisons organization). We were very fortunate that Kristina chose RIT to play for. “She has been a solid player for us and a very important part of that championship team.” The Tigers have built a winning tradition since the program’s incep-tion in 1975. Since women’s hockey became an official NCAA Champion-ship sport in 2001, RIT has become a national power, appearing in the NCAA Tournament three times (2007, 2011 and 2012), while hosting the last two NCAA Division III Women’s Ice

Hockey Champion-ships. Last season RIT set a single-season record with 28 wins, finish-ing with a record of 28-1-1. After finish-ing up in fine style at the Division III level, RIT announced in the spring they would be playing Division I hockey for the 2012-

2013 campaign. “It has been quite a change for us,” said Moss. “The game seems a bit faster at the DI level. (Continued on Page 35)

Webster’s Moss Receives Championship Ring

as RIT Women Cap Off Last Season!

by Randy SchultzPhotos by Janet Schultz


NY Hockey OnLine West / Page 29

Daniel Ohar is a Vietnam veteran. Three years ago Ohar was involved in an

accident that left him disabled and wheelchair-bound. Back in the early spring it was announced that the Buffalo Sabres Foundation, Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association and National Fuel joined together with the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare Sys-tem. The plan was to provide recre-ational on-ice services to local veter-ans using sled hockey and traditional stand-up hockey as a driving force for physical and emotional rehabilita-tion. Two new teams evolved from this and were called the Buffalo Sabres Sled Vets and the Buffalo Sabres War-riors. The three organizations involved have committed a total of $90,000 per year for the next three years to support the program. The funding will pay for equipment, uniforms and ice time, as well as tournament and travel costs. The partnership is a culmination of a relationship that started in the fall of 2011. That is when a free clinic, open to any disabled veterans in the WNY area, was held at Riverside Ice Rink. That first clinic, run by Norm Page, a USA Hockey Sled Disabled representative, drew 15 veterans who

experienced sled hockey for the first time. Since then more than 75 veterans have participated in eight on-ice clinics. Enter Ohar. “I broke my back about three years ago,” re-

called Ohar. “I got involved with the Veterans, who were taking care of me. “I had heard about this sled hockey and tried out for it. It’s been great so far. “I had never played the game before my injury. I wish I had now. “It was quite a bit for me to learn, especially the balance part. I really don’t have any stomach muscles, so it is hard for me to stay up sometimes. “I’ve been in it now for about a year. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. “I enjoyed it right away. There was a learn-ing curve for me, espe-cially when it came time to try and control the puck

and balance myself all at the same time. “With sled hockey everything is done with the hands and your arms.” Ohar admits that he has had his fair share of adjustments with life since his accident. “This has been a great outlet for

me,” continued Ohar. “I also do hand cycling. “It’s also been great to be on this team. I’ve gotten to meet a lot of other veterans who have worse injuries than I do. “I think I’m doing pretty well. I have half my body working. “There are a lot of guys around who aren’t so fortunate.” Ohar has a very interesting thought on life. “I’m a Christian and I believe that everything happens for a reason,” stated Ohar. “This was a real hic-cup in my life. “You just try and find your way and see what works for you. You try to stay strong. “The stronger I am, the less of a burden I am.”

Ohar’s wife and biggest supporter, Jenny, has seen the difference sled hockey has made in her husband’s life.

(Continued on next page)

Hockey Provides Therapy for Vet!

by Randy Schultz


“The veterans hospital had called and asked Daniel if he was interested in playing hockey,” commented Jenny. “So last January he came out for his first time on the ice. “He immediately came alive. In my estimation, this is the best thing that the VA could have ever done, collabo-rating with the Sabres and National Fuel. “Just being around the guys has been great. They all encourage each other. “The minute he hits the ice, he is smiling from ear to ear. And his skill level is still growing. “He is an amazing human being. To get out there and skate around the way he does, using his arms to move with and shoot the puck with. “He is my hero. I’m amazed at how strong and confi-dent he is on the ice. “In everyday life, things can be tough at times for him. But put him out on the ice and he is an entirely different person. “It helps him get through those tough days. I don’t

know where he gets his strength from. “It’s a joy to watch him come alive on that ice. It makes it all worthwhile.” According to Page, the Sabres vet hockey programs are growing faster than anticipated. “We knew there were a lot of vets out there, ones who could play stand-up hockey and others who could play sled,” said Page. “But we had enough that we could field two teams. “And with vets like Dan, he is one of those success stories. He has really caught on with the game and really enjoys playing it and being around the team. “I know that with the success we’ve had in Buffalo, we have become a great example for other cities who want teams to follow. And we’re very proud of that accomplishment. “For something that started a little over a year ago to grow so quickly is amazing. And then to have 30 athletes to go Dallas Texas four months after our program started and field two

teams, I’ve never seen that before. “Finally, to have the Sabres and National Fuel jump in with their generosity, that pulled everything together for us. It was just what we needed.” It was Page who came to the Veteran Affairs Office in Buffalo and met with Pamela Kaznowski. “Norm came to my office one day,” remembered Ka-znowski. “We met, we discussed and we talked. “Those talks led to other meetings and before you knew it we have what you see here today. We’ve now actually had close to 100 come through our doors asking about hockey. “A lot of this has been done by word of mouth. One veteran knows another veteran and it just keeps growing. “I work with the vets as their recreation therapist. “This has proven once again that Buffalo is a hockey town. It is just a wonderful opportunity for our vets to take part in.”•

Dan Ohar and wife, Jenny

Ohar is greeted by Sabre’s Alumni Rick Dudley

Marty assists Ohar with gear prior to Tournament!

West News and Notes


2012 Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles Thanksgiving Tournament Results

By Dan Stinis, Niagara Jr Purple EaglesTournament Director

On Behalf of the Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles I would like to express our sincere ap-

preciation to all the teams for partici-pating in this seasons Thanksgiving Invitational. Just as your teams, our volunteers work hard to make these events a fun and enjoyable experience for everyone! It was great to see many children playing with so much excite-ment as well as having so many en-thusiastic spectators. It’s memorable weekends like these that truly indicate what youth hockey has to offer and we hope to share more of them with you in the future.

Congratulation to all the Division Winners and Runner Ups!

Mite Marvel Champions – Erie Lions Black Erie Lions Black 5 vs Buffalo Bisons Black 2

Mite Avengers Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles –B Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 8 vs Amherst Knights Black 1

Squirt Minor Champions – Buffalo

Shamrocks Buffalo Shamrocks 2 vs Mentor Cardinals 1

Squirt Major Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 4 vs Fort Erie Meteors 3

Pee Wee Minor Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 4 vs Buffalo Shamrocks 2

Pee Wee Major Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 3 vs Whitby Wildcats 0

Bantam Minor Purple Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 5 vs Cheektowaga Warriors 2

Bantam Minor Eagle Champions – Buffalo Shamrocks Buffalo Shamrocks 4 vs Clifton Park Eagles 3

Bantam Major Champions – Niagara Jr Purple Eagles Niagara Jr Purple Eagles 4 vs Syracuse Blazers 1

Girls 14U Champions – Ancaster Avalanche Ancaster Avalanche 5 vs West Seneca Wings 0

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CHILDREN OF YOUTH HOCKEY AND OUR NIAGARA JR PURPLE EAGLES!!!!

Bisons Continue Winning Tradition

By John Cleary

The Buffalo Bisons continue to hold on to the top spot as far as Tier I organizations are con-

cerned in New York State. The Buf-falo Bisons field girls teams at all five age levels- U10, U12, U14, U16 and U19. All teams maintain a minimum of a top 20 rank in the Nation at the Tier I level. The U10 Bisons are a obviously young team with a bright future under the leadership of David Carlon. The team participates in the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League that plays in Southern Ontario. The team has played in a number of tournaments this year including the Bauer Invita-tional in Detroit last month. Dave is also associated with a spring / sum-mer program that adds additional skill development for those kids that are looking for a little extra in the off-season. The Bisons look forward to having this next group of girls come through the ranks of top hockey in the region. Our U12 team continues to thrive with the coaching of Matt Robinson who is in his third year with the Bisons. The U12 team is a solid participant at the Tier I level and also plays in the LLFHL in Southern On-tario and played in the Bauer event. The team is currently ranked 16th in the Nation. (Continued on next page)


The U14 team under the coach-ing of Scott Welch is off to another successful year and is currently ranked 7th in the Nation. After an overtime loss in the championship game at the Stoney Creek Show-case and getting to the quarter-finals at the Bauer Invitational the team has gone into what they consider a quiet period as many of the girls are participating in the local high school leagues. The team made the decision to cut back on the scheduling of prac-tices and games so that the play-ers can play on their high school teams and also tend to their stud-ies. For those players that want or need additional ice, the organiza-tion provides two optional weekly practice sessions. The U14 team will kick back up for the Con-necticut Polar Bear Tournament over the December holiday before pushing for the State tournament in March that Syracuse is hosting. The U16 team is being led by Dave Smith when he is free from his duties of coaching the Canisuis College Men’s Varsity Hockey Team. The U16 team is also off to a solid start this year and has par-ticipated in the Cleveland Ignite and the Manon Rheume Invita-tional among others. The U16’s will also be at the Polar Bear over the holiday. The U19 team is also coached by Scott Welch and is cur-rently ranked 11th in the Nation. The U19 team has also gone into a similar split season mode to al-low the girls to play for their high school teams and will participate in the Polar Bear. The U16 and U19 teams are hosting the State Championships in March.

In general, all Bisons teams have a skating skills session each week throughout the season and this additional attention with pro-fessional instructors proves to be extremely valuable in a player’s development. The Bisons equally provide a goalie skills session each week with Bob Janosz taking the lead. Bob runs a number of local camps and also is a professional goalie coach. The USA Hockey Tier I Na-tional Championships for the U14, U16, and U19 this year is being held is San Jose, CA the first week in April. We hope that all three of the Bisons teams will be fortunate enough to represent NYS at this prestigious event.

Maksymum Players Named to Prospects!

Six members of the U16 AAA Maksymum team were selected for the Eastern Junior Elite

Prospects League All Star Event to be held January 20-12 at Hookset, NH. Defensemen Matthew Buchbinder and Matt Damelio; Goalie Monty Cunningham and Fowards Ritchie Francis, Chris Peters and Austin Pien-iaszek have been selected. Alternates to the event were Goalie Shane Fuller and Defenseman Jake Schultz. Maksymum Coach Dave Maksymiu has been selected as the Coach.

Buffalo Stars Honored

The Buffalo Stars Youth Players of the Week during December includ-ed Alexander Hunt, age 10, Goalie for the Squirt Majors (Dec. 5); Gianni Vona, 9, defense, Squirt Majors (Dec. 12) and Alec Dobinski, 10, offense, Squirt Majors (Dec. 19). The Buffalo Stars named Brennan Conway, forward, as Junior Spotlight Player of the Week for Dec. 2 and An-thony Avarella, forward, for the week of Dec. 16. Alex Lynch of the Midget U15 team was named Student/Athlete of the Month for December. Stars Forward Patrick Schmelz-inger was named to the Annual Em-pire Junior Hockey League All Star Game in Hookset, NH in January. Schmelzinger is a junior at James-town High School and is a second year veteran of the Stars. He is also the 2012-13 Captain. The All-Star game is a four team showcase that features the best play-ers from the three Empire Confer-ences and the State Hockey League. The Buffalo Stars Bantam Majors moved into first place in their division with a victory over the Coyotes.

Wheatfield Blades

The Squirt Minors won the Detroit MoTown Tournament, even playing up a division.

After a 7-3 loss to Ottawa in the first game, the Blades came back by beating the undefeated Bowling Green team 4-3 and West Mall 7-1. They faced Bowling Green in the semi-finals and won 1-0. IN the finals they faced an undefeated Ottawa team and beat them 5-2. Congratulations to the Blades. The Blades March Madness Mite Tournament will be held March 1-3 at Hockey Outlet. Space is limited and registrations are due January 15. Contact [email protected] or go to www.wheatfieldblades.com The Blades will be holding sum-

mer hockey sponsored by M36--Mat-thew Barnaby.

Other News......Our sympathy to the Batavia Ram-parts organization on the passing of Collin Crane. Collin was killed in a automobile accident on Deember 8....Canandaigua will hold an Adopt-A-Brave Skating Clinic on January 11. This is limited to 23 participants and each will skate 50 minutes with a member of the Canandaigua High School Varsity Ice Hockey Team. For information call Mark at (716) 393-0065 or email [email protected] Niagara Junior Purple Eagles will host their Patriots Day Tourna-ment o February 16-18 at Dwyer Arena. Contact Sandy Sargeant for information at [email protected] Chautaugua County Youth Hockey Association...the NCCYHA is holding Steelers in the Stands on January 5. Players and families will attend the Fredonia State University Ice Hockey Game vs New England College at 3 p.m. Other family activi-

ties will also be held. NCCYHA will hold their Disco Night Fundraiser on January 26 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for families and friends of the Association. Music will be provided by the Disco Duck Band of Buffalo. Tickets are $5 per person for hockey families and $10 for the general public....The Rochester Special Hockey team will take part in the Albany MLK Tournament in January and host the Rochester Special Hockey Invita-tional Tournament at the MCC Sports Center in April. ...The Tonawanda Lightning will hold their 21st Annual Tonawanda Light-ning Tournament March 10-17. This is for Girls/Squirts/PeeWees/Bantams/Midget and High School teams. Con-tact Tom Griffith, [email protected] for information....Webster Cyclones will hold their WYHA 13th Annual Boulter Clas-sic House Tournament March 1-3 for Squirt A-Bantam A and March 8-10 for Midget B and Girls 17U. On-line registration is available at their web-site: www.whya.com or by contacting Charlie Reagan at [email protected].•


Regals Hosting Tournament

On January 19 through 21, the Buffalo Regals 2003 team will be playing host to 10 teams in a Super Series Tournament. There will be teams from Dallas, Phoenix, London Ontario,

Mississaugua, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Local teams playing include the Regals, West Seneca and Rochester. The highlight of this tournament is that Dallas and Phoenix will be

playing their tournament game against each other at the outdoor rink in East Aurora.

“I was able to book this game and thought it would be a great experi-ence for the two teams,” said Terrence Miller, organizer.

All other games will take place at holiday Twin Rinks.

BROCKPORT

The Golden Eagles ended

a five-game los-ing streak in the

final game before their four-plus week layoff, and were hoping the second half return of freshman goaltender Jared Lockhurst after missing seven games. The team was getting bal-anced scoring with only fresh-man Jesse Facchini in double figures thanks to nine assists. Top recruit Chase Nieuwendyk had four points in five games since his return. The team has a trip east for two games before SUNYAC play resumes January 18th home versus Buffalo State.

BUFFALO STATE

A pair of wins in their final two conference games

of the first half salvaged a disappoint-ing start and put the Bengals in the middle of the packed SUNYAC with five teams separated by two points. Mike Zanella (Ithaca) stood fifth nationally in goals per game with 12 in 13 games to pace the offense along with Nick Melligan (Sanborn), who led the squad with ten assists. Goaltender Kevin Carr was rounding back into form after a rough early November.

CANISIUS

The Griffs were playing some of their best hockey in years with

a four game unbeaten run sandwiched around a pair of one-goal losses to finish the first half.

Tony Capobianco earned two-straight Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week accolades in late No-vember and early December. He is the first Griff to receive the honor in consecutive weeks since the program joined the conference in 2003. Sophomore Logan Roe netted his first collegiate goal November 30th at Connecticut. Jr. Sabres forward Nolan Sheeran (East Amherst) has committed to the Griffs beginning in 2014.

ERIE CC

The Kats were fifth nationally at the end of December with a 7-5

overall record and were averaging well over six goals per game. Erik Mueller (Hamburg), Ryan Rogalski (Lancaster) and Matt Shu-mate (Niagara Falls) had eclipsed the 20-point mark with Matt Malley (North Tonawanda) one point away. Goaltender Daniel Fulton (Buf-falo) has five of the team’s first seven wins.

FREDONIA

Winners of just one of their last seven games, the Blue Dev-

ils were still in the playoff hunt among a five team group within two points of the final

three postseason spots. Offense was a trouble spot with Mat Hehr leading the team in scoring with eight points including four goals. Freshman Taylor Bourne also was tied for the team lead with four goals. Defenseman Darrin Trebes (Williamsville) has committed to play for the Blue Devils start-ing next fall according to the Jr. Sabres website.

GENESEO

The nationally ranked Knights ran off four

consecutive victories to finish the first half. Their only conference loss of the first half was to the team they are chasing—first place Oswego. Sophomore defenseman Jack Caradonna was among the top scorers on defense in the nation with a team-best 13 points with juniors Zachary Vit and Rich Manley at 12 and ten points respectively. Sophomore Bryan Haude (Hil-ton) stopped all 28 shots he faced to record the first shutout of his career December 7th against Brockport.

MONROE CC

The top-ranked and defending champi-

on Tribunes continue to run through their conference opponents and took a nine-game

winning streak into Christmas. Mike Boyd and Dan Turgeon tied for the team lead in scoring while goaltender Tom Dehr (Varysburg) stood third nationally in save percent-age and goals against.


Western New YorkMen’s College Hockey Report

by Warren Kozireski

NAZARETH

The upstart Golden Fly-

ers were 4-3-1 in non-conference play, but were still looking for their first ECAC West win through mid-year. Junior Russian Mark Zavorin had taken over the team lead in scoring with 15 points and nine goals with sophomore Julius Tamsy and senior Ben Waldman (Pittsford) next at 13 and 12 points. Ed Zholshek had all four of the team’s wins in goal.

NIAGARA

The Purple Eagles en-

tered the break undefeated in conference play, ranked 16th in the nation, in first place with a five-point cushion on their closest opponent and on a Division I best 12-game unbeat-en run. Giancarlo Iuorio was named AHA Player of the Week for the period end-ing December 2nd after his five-point weekend against Sacred Heart. He previous was named the conference’s Player of the Month for November with teammate Carsen Chubak named Goaltender of the Month. As of Dec. 20th, Chubak is ranked first in the nation in three goal-tending categories--save percentage (.959), goals-against average (1.25) and shutouts (5). Iuorio leads the team in goals (12) and points (20), and is 11 points away from reaching the 100-point club. He was ranked second in the nation in goals-per game (0.75), and 16th in the nation in points-per game (1.25). Head coach Dave Burkholder registered his 200th career victory

December 7th on home ice against Sacred Heart.

R.I.T.

After earning points in

just three of their first ten games, the Tigers were

beginning to show signs of pulling out of their funk with three ties and two wins over the last six prior to the break. They still have a way to go to avoid being on the road in the play-offs for the first time since joining the Atlantic Hockey Conference. Mike Colavecchia was named Atlantic Hockey Association Player of the Week for the period ending De-cember 9th after recording six points on three goals and three assists in a weekend sweep of Sacred Heart. Freshman defenseman Alexander Kuquali netted his first collegiate goal on home ice against Sacred Heart November 30th. He added another one night later and was named AHA Rookie of the Week for the period ending December 9th. Junior forward Ben Smith was named AHA co-Player of the Week for the period ending December 16th after his two-goal effort at Niagara including a shorthanded tally. The defensive pair of Chris Sara-cino and Greg Noyes continue to rack up the points. Saracino is tied for fifth nationally in scoring by defensemen, with 14, while Noyes is right behind with 13 points. They are the second-highest scoring defensive duo in the nation behind Bentley.


(RIT Continued from Page 28)

“That’s why we’re already set-ting our sites at a DI championship.” On hand at the ring ceremony were Kristina’s parents, Gary and Joan Moss. (Pictured with Kristina above) “I didn’t want to cry,” said Joan. “It has been amazing. “Winning a National title doesn’t happen everyday. It doesn’t happen to everybody. “She has a lot of family and friends that come out and support her and that has been great.” “We’re very proud of Kristina, as well as all of her team-mates,” added Gary. “What is even more amazing is the fact that a lot of these girls who came together as a team at RIT last year, played against each other a lot when they were growing up. “For them to come together the way they did last year is amaz-ing. They got the job done. For Moss and the rest of her teammates from that team, the ring is what brought everything together. “This ring brought every-thing together,” said Moss, who is studying Healthy System Admin-istration at RIT. “This ring and the memories from it will bond this team together forever. “It is something we will never forget.”•

RIT

A loss, win

and tie brought RIT to the conclusion

of the fall semester. They are 7-9-3 overall and 2-3-3 in their inaugural season with the CHA as a DI school. Ariane Yokoyama and Kourtney Kunichika each have 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points this year. Captain Kim Schlattman has 8 goals/2 assists and Celeste Brown, 6 goals/4 assists. Others listed at the top of the stats are Tenecia Hiller, 5 goals/5 assists; Katie Hubert, 4 goals/6 assists; Webster’s Kristina Moss has 6 assists on the season. CHA honors went to Goalie Ali Binnington as she was named CHA Goaltender of the Week for December 16 after stopping 46 of 48 goals in a 1-0-1 weekend against Lindenwood and Brown was named CHA Player of the Week for December 16 after posting season highs of 2 goals and 3 assists and a plus 3 in a 5-1 win over Lindenwood. In the second game against Lindenwood she had 5 shots on goal in the 1-1 tie. The Tigers return to the ice on January 4 and 5 at Robert Mor-ris. Highlight of the semester was a special ceremony at which each player received their DIII Championship rings. (See Related story on Page 29)

Buffalo State

The Bengals are 4-6-1 as

they move to the New Year. Courtney Carnes has 4

goals and 6 assists for 10 points on the season followed by Kara Goodwin, 3 goals/5 assists and Lauren

Mallo, 1 goal/6 assists. Familiar faces to the New York community are Melissa Ash (Binghamton/Syracuse Stars) with 3 goals/2 assists; Nikki Kirch-berger (Buffalo/Buffalo Regals), 4 goals/2 assists; Jeyna Minnick (Rochester/Edge) 3 goals/2 assists and Christina Zandri (Baldwins-

ville/Syracuse Nationals) 3 goals/1 assist. Kirchberger was named

ECACW Rookie of the Week for December 9 after she scored the Bengals first two goals in a 3-2 victory over Cortland. Both goals were unassisted at even strength. Goaltender Jordan Lee was named to the ECAC Honor Roll for her performance in the games against Cortland. She had a .925 save percentage and 1.46 GAA in those games. The Bengals Pinked the Rink December 7 and 8 with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Adrian College will come to face the Bengals on January 5 and 6.

University of Buffalo The Lady Ice Bulls are on the road in January facing cross-town Niagara University on Janu-ary 18. They then board the bus to play at the University of Ver-mont’s Catamount Champion-ship Tournament on January 25 through 27. (Continued

on next page)


Western New YorkWomen’s College Hockey Report

by Janet [email protected]@gmail.com

Carnes

Kirchberger

Lee

Spencerport native Shane Prince left home in the summer of 2008 at the

age of 16 to play hockey north of the border for the Kitchener Rangers in Ontario Hockey League. Four years, a junior trade to Ottawa, being drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and the first two months of his professional career later, Prince returned to Rochester December 21st as a member of the Binghamton Senators to play his former hometown team. “I was excited going into this game and had so many family and friends out to support me,” said the just turned 20 year old (November 16th). “Your whole career you work hard to get to this level and to play be able to come back and a game in my hometown is awesome and not something everyone gets to experience.” Prince had injury trouble earlier this season, but is rounding into form showing the offensive skill set he was drafted for. In 16 games this season, he has scored four goals with four assists and has earned one of the coveted spots on the Senators power play unit.

Included among the four goals was a third period game-winning goal to beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4-3 December 19th complet-ing the first multi-goal game of his professional career. He had a three-assist game against Syracuse December 2nd in just his 11th pro con-test. “Every time you come into a new league things are going to be different and you need to get used to a few things, but I’m back from my

injury and back to 100% now.” Prince arrives to his professional career with an offensive pedigree. He set career highs last season with the Ottawa 67’s of 43 goals and 90 points and added seven more goal and 16 points over 18 playoff contests. He finished the regular season fourth in the league in goals and points and was named co-winner of the team’s Humanitarian Award. Prince and Binghamton will be back in Rochester on March 13th. “I went to a lot of games here (Blue Cross Arena) when I was growing up and you always have the mindset that you’ll play here some day and that time came tonight and it was a lot of fun.”


Prince Returns

By Warren Kozireski

UB Continued...

The top four scorers this season are: Chrissy Wolcott (Cheektowaga/West Seneca Wings) at 14 goals/4 assists) Katelyn Bothwell (Buffalo/Buffalo Bisons) 10/2; Shauna Clair (Williamsville/Oswego State Lakers) 6/6 and Fallon Waxman, (Dix Hills/Long Island Lady Icers) 4/7. In goal for the Lady Ice Bulls is Chelsea Peter-son (Jamestown Lady Lakers) with a 3-4 record and Melinda Reeb (Lockport/Niagara University Purple Eagles) with a 1-3-1 record.

NU Women’s Club

The Purple Eagles are 10-0-1 coming into the New Year. The bid a fond farewell to Senior Erika Wenzke and Jessica Schug after the

Wheatfield Blade’s 6-4 win. Uncertain of a double-header against Ohio State, the Purple Eagles left Ohio with a 9-4 win and 4-4 tie. Lauren Fontaine leads the scoreboard with 32 goals and 6 assists for 38 points followed by Natasha Fryer with 25 goals and 4 assists. They return to the ice on January 18 against the University of Buffalo Lady Ice Bulls and then go on the road to SUNY Geneseo on January 26 and Cornell’s Club team on January 27.•

Tim Horton Classic--The Place To Be!By Randy Schultz

Each year since its inception, the Tim Horton’s

Backyard Classic has grown.Itwillbenodif-ferent for 2013. “This year, for the firsttime,theBack-yard Classic will be held at The Rose Garden in Williams-ville,” said Nick Pen-berthy, a 20 year-old sophomore at SUNY Cortland and East Amherst native. “This will be thefifthyearwe’vedonethisevent. “Thefirstyearitwasheldatthe Penberthy Backyard Rink

inEastAmherst.Ithasgrownso much every year that we’ve had to expand now to a new location which will be able to host more teams and players.” The Fifth Annual Tim Hor-ton’s Backyard Classic will be held on January 12 and 13. So how did this event get started? “Ihadbeeninvolvedinthe varsity hockey program at

Williamsville North High School,” recalled Penberthy. “And one December night (back in

2008)Icame up with the idea of holding a tourna-ment to raise money to help kids who didn’t have the op-portunity to play hockey. “Iknew

about the group of kids who be-longed to the Hasek’s Heroes organization. They give under-privileged kids the opportunity to play hockey. “My family had always had an ice rink in the backyard to playhockeyon.SoIdecidedon that December night to or-ganize this hockey tournament to raise money for Hasek’s Heroes. “Thatfirstyearwehad24kids play hockey and we raised $500. And it has been going ever since.” Because of the new loca-tion, this year’s Classic has a capacity for 92 teams, totaling 368 players, that will play on our outdoor ice rinks. January 12 will feature the Adult and Middle School Divi-sions. January 13 will have the High School and College Divi-sions. “Another person who has been very important to our cause is Chris Taggart, who serves as co-chair of the event,” continued Penberthy. “He is huge with many of our sponsorships. “He got deals on the plastic that we use to construct the rinks with. The same thing with the wood used for the rinks.” Taggart takes everything in stride. “We’ve gotten a lot of co-operation from different busi-nesses around the Western New York area,” commented Taggart.

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Nick Penberthy

Chris Taggart

Medaille

The Medaille Men’s Hockey team trav-

eled to Philadelphia, November 16-18 to participate in the East Coast Showdown Tournament hosted by Widener College. Other teams partici-pating were members oftheDVCHL(DelawareValleyCollegiateHockeyLeague) from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Washington, DC. Medaille opened the tournament against American University (Washington, DC) ending in a2-2tie.GoalswerescoredbySimonFedakandJoshSmith.GoalieChrisKoesterwasnothingbutsolid in net. The second game was against Rowan University (NJ), starting out with a quick goal by Rowan.Bythesecondperiod,theMavsturneduptheheattobeatRowan10-4.GoalswerescoredbyJosh Smith (4), Tyler McLaughlin (2), Matt Territo (2),GioGullo,andFreshmanKevinDietrichnettedhis first goal of his college career. Freshman Derrick Ford was strong in net for Medaille. GamethreewasagainstRutgersUniversity(NJ)and again the Mavs brought out the horse power by scoring first. Matt Cieslak opened the scoring in the1stperiod,followedbyEricGrzechowiak,JoshSmith (2), Tyler McLaughlin, Matt Territo and Eric Schlegel. Final score 7-1 giving Medialle 2 wins. Medialle ended up in a 3 way tie with California University at Pennsylvania and Shippensburg Uni-versity (PA). After all tie breakers were met, Medaille finished4thoutof12teams.•

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(Tim Horton Tourney Continued from Page 39) “Different companies have donated dif-ferent items that we use for the tournament. “Plus we had between 30 and 40 vol-unteers who helped construct the four rinkswewillbeusing.Itallgoestoagreatcause.” Penberthy is studying Childhood Educa-tion at SUNY Cortland. “ThatisanotherreasonIgotinvolvedin this,” added Penberthy. “Hasek’s Heroes introduces city youth to ice hockey and life skills. “This year’s proceeds will be used to help build an educational resource center forthekidstouse.InourpreviousfourClassic’s we’ve raised over $20,000 for Hasek’s Heroes.” To register for the Backyard Classic go online at www.timhortonsbackyardclassic.com.•

FIFTH ANNUAL TIM HORTON BACKYARD CLASSIC

JANUARY 12 & 13The Rose Garden (Restaurant)

Wiliamsville, New York

Information/Registration:www.timhortonsbackyardclassic.com

Josh Smith

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USA Hockey News

US Takes The Gold Medal Team USA defeated Sweden 3-1 to capture the Gold at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia. Prior to the semi-final match-up, Team USA beat Sweden 3-2 in over-time; German, 8-0, Slovakia 9-3 and the Czech Republic 7-0. Their losses came at the hands of Finland 5-1, Russia 2-1 and Canada 2-1 earlier in the tournament. However in the Semi-final match Team USA beat Canada 5-1 sending them to the Gold Medal Round. This is the third gold medal for Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championship. The Men’s National Team in-cluded Fairport’s Cole Bardreau and Binghamton’s Tyler Biggs.. Bardreau is a member of Cornell’s Men’s Ice Hockey Team and Biggs plays for the Oshawa Generals. Coaching the team is former Buf-falo Sabre, Phil Housley.

U17 National Team Four New Yorker’s were among those named to the 2013 U17 National Team that took part in the 2013 World U17 Hockey Challenge in Quebec. Nathan Billitier, Spencerport, Brandon Fortunato, North Hills, Ryan Hitchcock, Manhasset and Alex Tuch, Baldwinsville made the final cut. Billitier is a Defenseman from the Rochester Stars Jr. team and has a verbal commitment to Notre Dame of the CCHA. Fortunato is from the Long Island

Royals and is committed to Harvsrd of the ECACH. Hitchcock plays for the NJ Rock-ets Jr. B MJHL team and has plans to go to Yale of the ECACH. Tuch is a member of the Syracuse Stars Jr. B Team in the EmJHL and is committed to Boston College of the HEA. As of press time the final games were being played.

U17 Edged by Russia The US U17 (mens) team lost to Russia 6-4 in the semi-finals. New York’s Sonny Milano (Mass-apequa) had two asists and Nathan Billitier (Spencerport) had two assists and Alex Tuch (Baldwinsville) and Ryan Hitchcock (Manhasset) each had a single assist in that game. Team USA was undefeated going into that game. They will face Quebec on January 4. The World U17 Challenge is being played in Drummondville and Victoriaville, Quebec.•

Women’s Winter Camp Players Named Emily Pflazer, Getzville; Court-ney Burke, Albany and Kelly Stead-man, Plattsburgh were named to take part in the 2012 US Women’s Team Winter Camp that was held in Colo-rado Springs December 26-31. In ad-dition Cornell’s Alyssa Gagliardi and RPI’s Jordan Smelker were invited. The camp provided intrasquad scrimmages for coaches to evaluate players that will be named to the 2013 IIHF Women’s Worlds this spring.

U18 Women Advance to Gold Medal Round Team USA posted its fourth-straight shutout victory of the 2013 IIHF U18 Women’s World Champion-ship by defeating the Czech Republic 10-0. The now face Canada (Jan. 5)! That is old news since they have faced the Canadians in every final since the tournament’s inception in 2008. The U.S. took the gold in 2008, 009 and 2011. To get to the finals Team USA beat Russia, Czech Republic (twice) and Sweden.

Sled Team Wins Worlds The US Sled Team brought home the gold after playing in the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. They won with a shut-out over Canada. New York natives playing for the Red, White and Blue were Lancaster’s Adam Page, Buffalo’s Alexi Salamone and Paul Schaus.All three play for the Buffalo Sabres Sled Hockey Team. In their first game they beat Team Norway 3-1 followed by a win over Japan, 8-0. It was their only loss, but it was to Canada in game 3, 2-1. They rallied back and beat Norway 4-1 be-fore facing the Canadians once again and taking them 1-0.

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Colin Kennedy, a former hockey player from NY State passed away unexpectedly in his sleep six years ago. His family established the Colin F.

Kennedy Fund in his memory at the time of his death. The fund supports Quad A for Kids, an organization that offers children the opportunity to participate in a variety of social activities that promote teamwork, sportsmanship and academics. Fund raising for the Colin F. Kennedy Fund revolves around an annual ice hockey tournament held over Thanksgiving weekend. Through the generosity of our family and friends, the annual Colin Cup has enabled the Colin F. Kennedy Fund, through Quad A For Kids, to make grants for programming to the following organiza-tions: • Camp Daydreams • Rochester Hispanic Youth Baseball • Cameron Community Ministries • Summer Safe Haven The 2012 tournament, the fifth year for this charity event, featured four teams skating for the coveted cup. This year’s event also included a raffle of hockey items from people like Brian and Stephen Gionta, both NHL players and Greece, NY natives. With the entry fee and post tournament celebration proceeds, this year’s event raised approximately $7,000 to benefit the Colin F. Ken-nedy Fund. The 2012 cup went to Team Kennedy, featuring

Colin’s 6 brothers, his sister in-law and father. They won the tournament after a hard fought battle with the Team Langdon, featuring Steve Langdon, retired Boston Bruin and Rochester American, and his 4 sons. 2012 Tournament Winners – Team Kennedy, featuring Bridgett, Martin, Patrick (kneeling), Martin (Sr.), Carroll and Conleth Kennedy and family friend, James Sullivan. Team Langdon featured former Boston Bruin and Rochester American Steve Langdon and his four sons. For more information on the Colin Cup or to make a donation, please visit www.colin-cup.com .

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