It's time for championship playoffs to begin in New York. I asked for teams to let me know where they are playing and who is hosting to that Hockey New York State can provide some coverage of what is happening across the State. We are hoping to run a complete rundown in our April issue. So here is what you have provide me with.
First from Alexandria Bay, hosts of the NYSAHA Tier III 16U Midget States.
Action begins there on Friday, March 16 when Great Neck takes on Niagara in Game 1. Other teams taking part in Division I are Louisville and NCYHAA, along with Great Neck and Niagara County. In Division II it will be Bear Mountain, Valley, Alexandria Bay and Batavia. Competition continues on Saturday and Sunday.
The Westchester Vipers have a number of teams going to the States including their Squirts, who are seeded #2 and will be playing in Niagara on March 2-4; PeeWees, also seeded #2 in the East Section, will be in Oswego, March 9 through 11. At the same time as the PeeWees, their Bantams will be in Clinton after being seeded #2 in the East and their Midget U16's were seeded #3 from the East and will play in Massena March 16-18.
The Niagara Junior Purple Eagles will host the final Squirt Tier II tournament March 3-5 at Dwyer Arena on the Niagara University campus. Seven teams from Niagara were Tournament Bound this season and five of them have qualified for states including their Squirts, PeeWees, Midget 18U and Girls 12U and 16U teams.
Among the teams coming to Niagara are the PAL Blue Knights, Clarence, Bethlehem, Syracuse, Westchester, Hartford and Saratoga.
Amherst Youth Hockey is hosting the Girls 16U Tier II Tournament to the Brewster Lady Bulldogs, Buffalo Hornets, Potsdam Ice Storm, Adirondack Northstars, Amherst Knights, Binghamton Blizzard, Troy Albany Ice Cats and West Seneca Wings on March 9, 10 and 11.
Amherst is also hosting the Girsl 14U Tier II Tournament with teams from the Brewster Lady Bulldogs, Buffalo Regals, Lake Placid Lady Bombers, Chazy Lady Flyers, Amherst Knights, Ithaca Shooting Stars, Potsdam Ice Storm and Rochester Edge.
The Buffalo Bisons are hosting the NYS Girls Tier I Hockey Championships for 12U, 14U and 16U. Games will be held at the newly renovated North Buffalo Rink on Tacoma Street in Buffalo. They will welcome teams from Syracuse Nationals, Long Island Lady Islanders and their own 12U, 14U and 16U teams.
In other notes:
The Buffalo Regals 19U team will be going to Potsdam for the State Tournament and their 14U will be heading to Amherst.
The Regals 14U team had a 10-2 record in Q games and will play in Tier II States.
The West Seneca Wings Girls 12U team will play at the State Tournament in Saranac Lake after placing first in the Great Lakes Girls Hockey League U12 TB division.
If you're team is heading to states, boys or girls, please email hockeynys@gmail so we may follow the progression of these tournaments, and perhaps cover the event.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
WNYGirls Varsity Quarterfinals--Kenmore, West Seneca and Orchard Park Move On!
In the Second Annual WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Federation Quarterfinals Kenmore, West Seneca and Orchard Park/Frontier will move on to Semi Finals on Wednesday (February 29).
Kenmore upset Amherst/Sweethome (Katz) 4-0 in game one at Northtowns Ice Center. Brianna Mathias put the first goal in the net with assists from Alyssa Dollendorf and Emily King at the 6:03 mark of the first period.
After that it was Kenmore’s Kate Miller, unassisted to bring the first period to a 2-0 game.
No pucks got past goalies Lauren Pray and Maddy Utz in the second period but the Katz tried with 10 shots on goal and Kenmore with 8 sog.
Kate Miller opened the scoring for Kenmore unassisted and the final one went in off the stick of Alyssa Dollendorf, also unassisted.
Kenmore Goalie Pray made 34 saves and Katz Goaltender Utz made 21.
In game two it was West Seneca overpowering Lancaster 12-0. Lancaster, who has not won a game all season, put in a lot of effort in this game but just couldn’t get the puck past West Seneca’s Alyssa Gates.
Opening the scoring for West Seneca was Erin Gehen at the 3:21 mark of the first period. Four more goals went in from Jessica Dolac, Nicole Kirchberger and Molly Sikorski. Assisting in those were Emily O’Shei, Kristein Dikorski and Gehen.
In the second period West Seneca put in five more with Jillian Schrader getting her first for the night, Kirchberger with two, Gehen with number two, M. Sikorski with her second and Brianna Carlin with her first.
Assisting in the second period were O’Shei, Jordan Weisenberg, Dolac and Gehen.
West Seneca tallied three more in the third period with Carlin, Kathleen Zimmer and Kristen Sikorski assisted by Gehen, K. Sikorski, O’Shei and Kirchberger.
Lancaster had 5 shots on goal while West Seneca had 76.
The third and final game of the series saw Williamsville face their same foe from last year’s championship games. Williamsville took the 2011 League Championship and Orchard Park/Frontier took the 2011 Section VI championship.
Orchard Park came up the winner and will move on to the semi-finals after defeating Williamsville 2-1 in overtime.
The first period remained scoreless but at 9:45 of the second Bernadette O’Connell shot one past Williamsville’s Theresa Meosky, unassisted.
Second period ended 1-0 but Williamsville answered back at the 12:31 mark of the third period when Sarah Scolnick, assisted by Emily Koestler and Alexis Skibitsky, put one in the net. With 23 shots on goal for Williamsville and 20 for OP/Frontier, they moved into overtime.
At 1:55 of the fourth period O’Connell shot one in assisted by Ava Simoncelli and Katie Page to end the contest at 2-1.
In the semi-finals on Wednesday it will be #1 seeded Monsignor Martin facing Kenmore at 7 p.m. and West Seneca facing off against Orchard Park/Frontier at 9 p.m.
The Championship game will be held Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m. at the Northtown Arena.
Captions:
Kenmore and Amherst/Sweethome face off in Game One of the WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey Quarterfinals.
Kenmore celebrates a victory.
Lancaster Goalie Madeline Norton faced 76 shots on goal; making 64 saves.
West Seneca celebrates a victory.
Orchard Park/Frontier meet Williamsville, a repeat from last season's Championship game.
Orchard Park/Frontier girl's celebrate a victory and move on to the Semi-finals.
(Photographs by Janet Schultz)
Monday, February 27, 2012
Super Sunday XVIII Results
Super Sunday XVIII was held yesterday (Feb. 26) at First Niagara Center. Here are the results:
Mixed School Championship: It was Iroquois/Alden over City Honors/Cardinal O’Hara 9-3. This was Iroquois’ fifth consecutive league title.
Large School Club: Hutch Tech 5; St. Francis 3. This was Hutch Tech’s 22nd appearance and their second consecutive win. They are 13-9 in Super Sunday overall action.
Small School Club: Starpoint took Cheektowaga 5-2. This is Starpoint’s 2nd consecutive win.
In Federation play:
Large School Championship went to Niagara Wheatfield as they shutout Williamsville North 4-0. Niagara Wheatfield now faces West Genesee on the road to the States.
The Small School Championship went to Kenmore East as they beat Williamsville East 9-2. Kenmore now faces Batavia Notre Dame.
In the Private School Championship St. Francis beat Canisius 4-1. It was St. Francis’ first Federation win since 1999 and they move on to facer St. Anthony’s in the State final at Nassau Colisieum on Sunday.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
WNY Girls Varsity Playoffs Set
With Monsignor Martin drawing a bye for the first round with a 16-1-1 record for 33 points. the play opens with #4 Kenmore playing #5 Amherst/Sweethome at 4 p.m. Kenmore went 7-10-1 on the season and Amherst/Sweethome (Katz) went 6-12-0.
In game two it will be #2 West Seneca facing #7 Lancaster. West Seneca was 16-2-0, one point shy of the first place position and Lancaster went with no wins this season. Game two begins at 6 p.m.
At 8 p.m. it will be Orchard Park/Frontier (#6) against Williamsville (#3). Orchard Park/Frontier has a 6-12-0 record and Williamsville had 11 wins, 7 losses on the season.
The second round of the playoffs is scheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 29) evening at Northtowns.
Bring your girls out to watch some hard-hitting, fast-paced and skilled hockey.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Schedule for Tier I Girls Playoffs in Buffalo
Saturday, March 17
9 a.m. Buffalo Bisons 12U vs Syracuse Nationals 12U
10:30 a.m. Buffalo Bisons 14U vs Syracuse Nationals 14U
12:30 p.m. Buffalo Bisons 16U vs Long Island LAdy Islanders 16U
2:30 p.m. Syracuse Nationals 12U vs Buffalo Bisons 12U
4:30 p.m. Syracuse Nationals 14U vs Buffalo Bisons 14U
7 p.m. Long Island Lady Islanders 16U vs Buffalo Bisons 16U
State Champions in each group will proceed to the USA Tier I National Championship in Marlborough, Massachusetts on March 28.
All games will be held at the North Buffalo Rink on Tacoma. This rink has been refurbished and welcomes all visitors.
Bisons host girls state hockey championships
The Buffalo Bisons Hockey Organization is hosting the New York State Girl’s Tier I Hockey Championships for the U12, U14 and U16 age groups.
The Bisons will host 6 teams and 200-plus visitors from across New York State on the weekend of March 17th. Games will be on Saturday starting at 9a.m. and continue throughout the day at the North Buffalo ice rink on Tacoma Avenue.
The State Champions in each age group will proceed to the USA Hockey’s Tier I National Championship in Marlborough MA beginning on March 28th.
The Bisons U16 team is currently ranked number one in the nation and is hoping to keep their momentum through the state event and on to the national tournament. The team recently won the highly regarded Connecticut Polar Bear Holiday Invitational at the U19 age level. A majority of the Bisons U16 team played at the U14 level last year that won the state event. They went on and participated in the US nationals losing in the semi-finals in overtime.
The U14 team is currently ranked 6th in the nation and is looking to redeem themselves from last year’s state event where they finished second to rival Syracuse. The two teams have played four times this year with the Bisons outscoring the Syracuse team by a total of 18-2 in the games. The U12 team is currently ranked 17th in the nation and will also be facing rival Syracuse for the State title. These two teams have played four times this year with each winning two games.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Coaches Named for Team USA Womens U18
Jeff Kampersal, head women's ice hockey coach at Princeton University, will serve as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team for the 2012-13 season. Meanwhile,Courtney Kennedy, assistant coach at Boston College, and Steve Guider, head coach of the Blaine Girls' High School Team in Minnesota, will serve as assistant coaches.
"We've got a terrific staff, each who brings something a little bit different to the table," said Reagan Carey, director of women's hockey for USA Hockey.
The 2012-13 season includes the USA Hockey Women's National Festival (August 2012/Blaine, Minn.), the 2012 Women's Under-18 Series, a three-game competition against Canada (Aug. 16-19/Blaine, Minn.) and culminates with the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World U18 Championship in the winter.
Kampersal is serving as coach of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team for the first time after having been involved in multiple USA Hockey Women's Select Festivals and Player Development Camps. He has been the head coach for 15 years at Princeton and his teams have averaged better than 17 wins per season, more than four wins more per season than in the first 17 years of the women's program. In 15 seasons, he has amassed a 233-184-41 record behind the Princeton bench.
A 1992 graduate of Princeton, Kampersal served as the captain of the men's hockey team as a senior. An All-Ivy League and All-ECAC selection, Kampersal shares the school record for consecutive games played with 107. Kampersal played high school hockey at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass., and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2009. A 10th-round selection of the New York Islanders in the 1998 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Kampersal played for the East Coast Hockey League's Richmond Renegades and the American Hockey League's Capital District Islanders.
Kennedy is currently in her fifth season on the Boston College coaching staff after serving as the head coach of women's ice hockey at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, Mass., for three years. A mainstay on the U.S. Women's National Team from 2001-06, Kennedy was on the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Teams in 2002 (silver) and 2006 (bronze). She also played for Team USA when it captured the gold medal at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship. She currently sits on the Executive Board of USA Hockey as an Athlete Director. Kennedy began her collegiate career with Colby College before transferring to the University of Minnesota. In 2001, she was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the most outstanding women's college player, after making the top-10 in 1998. In 2008, Kennedy was inducted into the Minnesota Hall of Fame.
Guider has over two decades of coaching experience. Currently in his 10th season as head coach of the Blaine Girls' High School Team in Minnesota, Guider has accumulated multiple coaching awards including the Charlie Stryker Coach of the Year in 2004 and Butch Nash Outstanding Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008. He has been the head goalie coach at the USA Hockey Girls' Player Development Camps for the last 11 seasons. Additionally, Guider has been involved in a number of the U.S. Women's National Team camps and events.
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