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Harwell, Jadowich Selected in 2013 QMJHL Draft

Jun 092013

The 2013 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Entry Draft finished up on Saturday (6/8/2013) and four players with ties to Connecticut were among those selected in this year’s 14 round event:

Round	Pick	Team	Player	Position	Last Team	Hometown	College Commitment
3	52	Quebec	Callum Booth	G	Salisbury School	Montreal, QC
4	68	Sherbrooke	Chase Harwell	F	Selects Academy U16	Southbury, CT	Quinnipiac University (2016)
10	170	Moncton	Stephan Seeger	F	Brunswick School	Stamford, CT
14	251	Blainville-Boisbriand	Austin Jadovich	D	Avon Old Farms	Simsbury, CT

While big congratulations go out to these four, one can’t help but notice the disparity between the number of players with ties to Connecticut and those from our neighbor directly to the north, Massachusetts. Between junior, prep, high school and other locally born players, Massachusetts saw 36 players go off the board on Saturday. Time to step up our game, CT…

2012-2013 CHSCA All-State Boys Hockey Team

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Mar 152013

The 2012-2013 Connecticut boy’s ice hockey all state team as selected by the Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association (CHSCA)

DIV.	TEAM	PLAYER	SCHOOL	POS.	YR.
1	1st	Andrew Gore	St Joseph	D	Sr.
1	1st	Austin Hansen	West Haven	F	Sr.
1	1st	Avery Clair	Glastonbury	F	Sr.
1	1st	Bill Vizzo	Notre Dame – West Haven	F	Jr.
1	1st	Brendan Hathaway	Darien	F	Sr.
1	1st	Chase Gabor	Glastonbury	G	Sr.
1	1st	Christian Keator	St Joseph	F	Sr.
1	1st	Dan Dupont	Xavier	D	Sr.
1	1st	David White	Fairfield Prep	F	Sr.
1	1st	Henry Stanton	New Canaan	F	Jr.
1	1st	Matt Beck	Fairfield Prep	G	Jr.
1	1st	Mike Collins	Darien	G	Sr.
1	1st	Sean Henry	Fairfield Prep	D	Sr.
1	2nd	Billy D’Amore	Fairfield Prep	D	Sr.
1	2nd	Christian La Croix	Notre Dame – Fairfield	F	Jr.
1	2nd	Darren Capobianco	Notre Dame – West Haven	D	Sr.
1	2nd	Greg Zullo	Notre Dame – West Haven	F	Sr.
1	2nd	Joe O’Connor	Hamden	D	So.
1	2nd	John Gethings	Xavier	F	Jr.
1	2nd	Liam Smith	Ridgefield	F	So.
1	2nd	Mike Falanga	East Haven	F	So.
1	2nd	Stephen Mettler	New Canaan	D	Jr.
1	2nd	Stone Denbok	Notre Dame – Fairfield	G	Jr.
1	2nd	Tom Dupont	Cheshire	D	Sr.
1	2nd	William Waesche	Greenwich	D	Sr.
2	1st	Dan Silvestri	Fairfield Warde-Ludlowe	D	Sr.
2	1st	Dylan Podbielski	North Branford	F	Sr.
2	1st	Evan Isaacs	Newtown	F	Sr.
2	1st	Kevin Murphy	Watertown-Pomperaug	F	Sr.
2	1st	Kevin Robinson	Fairfield Warde-Ludlowe	F	Jr.
2	1st	Matt DePalma	New Milford	G	Sr.
2	1st	Nikolas Nuzzolo	Amity	G	Sr.
2	1st	Patrick Melanson	Northwest Catholic	F	Sr.
2	1st	Ryan Moore	Guilford	D	Sr.
2	1st	Steven Lambrinakos	Trinity Catholic	F	Sr.
2	1st	Tyler Hanley	Newtown	D	Sr.
2	1st	Zachary White	Milford	F	Jr.
2	2nd	Adam Shea	Amity	F	Jr.
2	2nd	Avery Boissy	Fermi-Enfield-E Granby-Stafford	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Ben Lavallee	Milford	D	Jr.
2	2nd	Cole Savona	Stamford	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Evan Cedrone	East Catholic	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Henry Lee	Wilton	D	Sr.
2	2nd	Jake King	Suffield-Granby-Windsor Locks	F	So.
2	2nd	Jeff Demers	Farmington-Avon-Windsor	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Jeff Greenwood	Northwest Catholic	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Joe Accarpio	Wethersfield	D	Sr.
2	2nd	Matt Horton	Guilford	F	So.
2	2nd	Matt Oman	Hand	D	Sr.
2	2nd	Matt Paolini	Trumbull	G	Sr.
2	2nd	Pat Dowd	Wethersfield	F	Sr.
2	2nd	Robert Petrillo	Branford	D	Sr.
2	2nd	Scott Martin	Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury	D	Sr.
2	2nd	Sean Stewart	Staples-Weston-Shelton	F	Jr.
2	2nd	Tyler Phillipson	Westhill	G	Sr.
2	2nd	Zach Powers	Conard	D	Sr.
3	1st	Anthony Chiaramonte	Norwalk-McMahon	G	Jr.
3	1st	Bailey Brown	New Fairfield-Immaculate	F	Sr.
3	1st	Brendon Quirion	Rocky Hill-Rham-Middletown	F	Sr.
3	1st	Brendon Richard	Newington-Berlin-Manchester	F	Sr.
3	1st	Cody Albert	Sheehan	F	Sr.
3	1st	Drew O’Leary	Newington-Berlin-Manchester	G	Sr.
3	1st	JP Shimko	Joel Barlow	D	So.
3	1st	JR Peritti	Bolton-Coventry-Rockville	F	Sr.
3	1st	Kaden Batzinger	Lyman Hall-HK	F	Sr.
3	1st	Kyle Whalen	Rocky Hill-Rham-Middletown	F	Sr.
3	1st	Ryan Kiernan	Sheehan	D	Sr.
3	1st	Will Thompson	Hall-Southington	D	Sr.
3	2nd	Andrew Loya	Shepaug-Litchfield-Nonnewaug	F	So.
3	2nd	Anthony Arena	Norwalk-McMahon	D	Sr.
3	2nd	Cameron Earle	Bolton-Coventry-Rockville	G	Sr.
3	2nd	Derek Lyon	Lyman Hall-HK	F	Sr.
3	2nd	Jason Steele	NFA-St Bernard-Bacon	D	Sr.
3	2nd	Justin Pratte	Newington-Berlin-Manchester	D	Sr.
3	2nd	Justin Rose	Hall-Southington	F	Sr.
3	2nd	Juston Gagnon	EO Smith-Tolland-Windham	D	Jr.
3	2nd	Ross Brancati	EO Smith-Tolland-Windham	F	Jr.
3	2nd	Ryan Dobos	New Fairfield-Immaculate	G	Jr.
3	2nd	Ryan Suchsland	Norwalk-McMahon	F	Jr.
3	2nd	Shane Dushay	Masuk	F	So.

In addition, the following individual awards were also given out:

DIVISION 1 MVP – David White (F – Fairfield Prep)
DIVISION 2 MVP – Patrick Melanson (F – Northwest Catholic)
DIVISION 3 MVP – Cody Albert (F – Sheehan)
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR - Michael Richetelli (Amity)

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees!

Newington HS hockey forward BJ Richard featured on ESPN Sportscenter

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Mar 132013

Newington/Berlin/Manchester boy’s hockey player BJ Richard’s recent exploits against New Fairfield/Immaculate in the D3 boy’s hockey playoffs have landed him on ESPN’s Sportscenter.

In the clip, Richard carries the puck up the right wing and proceeds to skate through three defenders before sending a wrist shot past New Fairfield/Immaculate goaltender Ryan Dobos. Newington/Berlin/Manchester went on to win the game 4-2, advancing to the state semifinals at Yale’s Ingalls Rink.**

Below is a low quality capture of the video on Sportscenter:

Here is the original game footage:

** Newington/Berlin/Manchester defeated Masuk 4-1 in the semifinals and are slated to play Rockville/Bolton/Coventry/Lyman Memorial in the Division 3 boy’s hockey finals on 3/16 at Yale.

Where are they now? 2012 CT Boys All-State Hockey Team

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Feb 262013

Taking a look back at the 2011-2012 Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association Boy’s All-State Ice Hockey Team one year later to see where they’ve taken their hockey (or other athletic) careers:

DIV.	TEAM	NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	2012-2013 SEASON
1	1st	Andy Varga	Hamden	G
1	1st	Colby Cretella	Notre Dame – West Haven	F	Phillips Exeter Academy
1	1st	Danny McMullan	Ridgefield	D	Connecticut Oilers (EJHL)
1	1st	Dave Canfarotta	Notre Dame – Fairfield	F	Trinity-Pawling School
1	1st	David White	Fairfield Prep	F	Fairfield Prep
1	1st	Drew Mozzer	Glastonbury	F	Cushing Academy
1	1st	Ethan Holdaway	Glastonbury	F	Westminster School
1	1st	Joseph Bonazelli	South Windsor	F	Penn State University (ACHA – D2)
1	1st	Kyle Leyerzapf	West Haven	D	Central Connecticut State University (ACHA)
1	1st	Max Rothston	Darien	G	South Kent School
1	1st	Sean Wilkinson	Ridgefield	F	College of the Holy Cross (playing lacrosse)
1	1st	Tom Worsfold	Fairfield Prep	D	Connecticut Oilers (Empire)
1	2nd	Aaron Lickwar	Fermi-Enfield	G	Fermi-Enfield-Manchester
1	2nd	AJ Unker	Fairfield Prep	F	Williston Northampton School
1	2nd	Christian “CK” Keator	St. Joseph	F	St. Joseph High School
1	2nd	Dominic Bazzano	Windsor-Avon-Farmington	F
1	2nd	Hank Glick	Darien	D
1	2nd	Jake Granito	New Canaan	F	Millbrook School
1	2nd	Joe Bianchi	Amity	F	Curry College (NCAA – D3)
1	2nd	Mike Lee	Hamden	D	The Gunnery
1	2nd	Mike Troiano	West Haven	F	Trinity-Pawling School
1	2nd	Riley Wikman	Fairfield Prep	G	University of Dayton (ACHA – D2)
1	2nd	Stephen Marsico	East Haven	F	Loomis Chaffee School
1	2nd	Tyler Carbone	Cheshire	G
2	1st	Christian Blais	Newtown	F	Loomis Chaffee School
2	1st	CJ DelVaglio	Stamford	F
2	1st	Craig Wargo	Milford	F	University of Massachusetts-Amherst (ACHA – D2)
2	1st	Kenny Cairns	Lyman Hall	G	Southern Connecticut State University (ACHA – D3)
2	1st	Matt Lis	Wethersfield	D	Bridgton Academy
2	1st	Michael Ahearn	Trumbull	F
2	1st	Michael Allwein	Newtown	G
2	1st	Rob Celentano	Branford	F
2	1st	Ryan Borsari	Watertown-Pomperaug	F
2	1st	Ryan Moore	Guilford	D	Guilford
2	1st	Tom Padrevita	Suffield-Granby-Windsor Locks	D
2	1st	Zach White	Milford	F	Milford
2	2nd	Dylan Podbielski	North Branford	F	North Branford
2	2nd	Garrett Richardello	East Catholic	D	Washington College (playing baseball)
2	2nd	Jack Fitzgerald	Guilford	F	Westminster School
2	2nd	Jarrett Rennie	Hand	F
2	2nd	Jonathan Meissner	Wilton	D	Junior Players Golf Academy of Hilton Head Island (playing golf)
2	2nd	Kevin Murphy	Watertown-Pomperaug	F	Watertown-Pomperaug
2	2nd	Lorenzo Stellato	New Milford	D	New Milford
2	2nd	Lukas Znosko	Westhill	F	Brewster Bulldogs (Empire)
2	2nd	Matt Kobyra	Wilton	F	Hotchkiss School
2	2nd	Michael Deane	Hand	D
2	2nd	Nick Burgio	Suffield-Granby-Windsor Locks	G
2	2nd	Patrick Dowd	Wethersfield	F
2	2nd	Riley MacDonald	Staples-Weston-Shelton	G	Elon University (ACHA – D2)
2	2nd	Sam Amendola	North Branford	D	Eastern Connecticut State University (ACHA – D2)
3	1st	Angus Deane	Rockville-Manchester-Stafford	F	Eastern Connecticut State University (playing lacrosse)
3	1st	Brendon Quirion	Rocky Hill-RHAM-Middletown	F	Rocky Hill-RHAM-Middletown
3	1st	Cody Albert	Sheehan	F	Sheehan
3	1st	Drew O’Leary	Newington-Berlin	G	Newington-Berlin
3	1st	Luiz Dibble	Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury	G	Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury
3	1st	Mike Mattson	Joel Barlow	F	Taft School
3	1st	Nick Briganti	Newington-Berlin	F	Connecticut Wolfpack (MJHL)
3	1st	Paul Kindzierski	Masuk	D
3	1st	Richie Henderson	Norwalk-McMahon	G
3	1st	Ryan Hasselberger	Rockville-Manchester-Stafford	D
3	1st	Ryan Kiernan	Sheehan	D	Sheehan
3	1st	Steven Segiet	Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury	F	University of North Texas (ACHA – D2)
3	2nd	AJ Massaro	Northwest Catholic	F	Springfield College (ACHA – D2)
3	2nd	Blake Biancamano	St. Bernard-Bacon Academy-NFA	F	Southern Connecticut State University (ACHA – D3)
3	2nd	Frank Bishop	Bolton-Coventry-Lyman Memorial	D
3	2nd	Jack Ryan	Shepaug-Litchfield-Nonnewaug	F
3	2nd	Jason Steele	St. Bernard-Bacon Academy-NFA	D	St. Bernard-Bacon Academy-NFA
3	2nd	John Gradante	Hall/Southington	G	Central Connecticut State University (ACHA – D2)
3	2nd	Matt Tavani	Rocky Hill-RHAM-Middletown	D
3	2nd	Nick Blaszka	Brookfield-Bethel-Danbury	D	Walpole Express (MJHL)
3	2nd	Patrick Callahan	Joel Barlow	F
3	2nd	Patrick Melanson	Northwest Catholic	F	Northwest Catholic
3	2nd	Ralph Folino	Housatonic/Northwestern	D
3	2nd	Tanner Vaughn	Northwest Catholic	D

Got an update to this list? Let us know!

Trinity College Hockey Benefit Game for the Wounded Warrior Project

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Feb 082013

Trinity College Hockey
Koeppel Community Sports Center
Trinity College
175 Britain Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

General admission — no cost!

Suggested donation:

$5 dollars for adults
$1 for students

All proceeds from the game will go directly to Wounded Warrior Project.

Go out, see some great hockey and support a great cause!

Connecticut Pro Hockey Round-Up: 2/6/2013

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Feb 062013

Milford, CT native Mark Arcobello received his first call-up to the NHL – Photo: Steven Christy

Just eight days after undergoing an emergency appendectomy, New Canaan native Max Pacioretty was back in the lineup on Sunday for the Montreal Canadiens and recorded an assist on David Desharnais’ game-winning goal against the Ottawa Senators.

Anaheim Ducks forward Nick Bonino (Farmington, CT/Farmington HS/Avon Old Farms) posted his first NHL hat trick against the LA Kings and Hamden native Jon Quick.

It’s been a whirlwind two weeks for Mark Arcobello (Milford, CT/Fairfield Prep/Salisbury/Yale). After being selected as a starter in the 2013 AHL All-Star Game and responding with a three-point performance in helping to lead the West to a 7-6 win, he received his first call-up to the NHL by the Edmonton Oilers. Congratulations, Mark!

R.J. Gates (Plainville, CT) scored the game-winner with 1:55 remaining as the “visiting” Pennsylvania Blues defeated the Danbury Whalers 5-3 on 2/2/13. Former Ridgefield High School/South Kent School standout Tyler Scott (Ridgefield, CT) had 55 saves in net for the Blues while CCSU alum Joe Dabkowski (Glastonbury, CT) finished with 2 assists.

Former Quinnipiac forward Brandon Wong is averaging a point-per-game for the ECHL’s Greenville Road Warriors.

The Winningest High School Hockey Programs in Connecticut, 2008-2012

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Feb 052013

With all the talk of Connecticut high school hockey realignment happening, one of the ideas being bandied about is placing teams based on past performance. (Whether that is going to be by straight wins-and-losses, CIAC points or some other convoluted formula, remains to be seen.)

From a straight winning percentage perspective, below is a list of the winningest boy’s ice hockey programs in the state of Connecticut over the past four seasons (2008-2012):

** Since some co-ops only recently came into existence (think: Fermi-Enfield, Windsor-Farmington-Avon), in order to calculate a single season total for those seasons where some members teams were still independent, an average was used.

Example:

2013 UPDATE: Former Connecticut High School Players at NE Prep Schools

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Jan 292013

At the close of the 2011-2012 Connecticut high school hockey season, several local players chose to make the jump to prep school hockey. Below is a look at how some of those players are faring in their first season at the varsity prep hockey level:

PLAYER	POS.	HOMETOWN / CT HS HOCKEY TEAM	CURRENT PREP TEAM	2012-2013 STATS (through 1/27/13)
AJ Unker	F	Westport, CT / Fairfield Prep	Williston-Northampton	13 games – 8g, 5a, 13pts
Alex Esposito	F	West Haven, CT / Notre Dame-West Haven HS	Loomis-Chaffee	18 games – 12g, 4a, 16pts
Brendan Strobel	F	Trumbull, CT / Trumbull HS	St. Thomas More**	4 games – 1g, 5a, 6pts
Christian Blais	F	Sandy Hook, CT / Newtown HS	Loomis-Chaffee	16 games – 0g, 2a, 2pts
Colby Cretella	F	Guilford, CT / Notre Dame-West Haven HS	Exeter	16 games – 11g, 9a, 20pts
Dave Canfarotta	F	Stratford, CT / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS	Trinity-Pawling	17 games – 3g, 2a, 5pts
Drew Mozzer	F	Glastonbury, CT / Glastonbury HS	Cushing Academy	21 games – 3g, 0a, 3pts
Dylan Hart	F	New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS	New Hampton	18 games – 2g, 6a, 8pts
Ethan Holdaway	F	Glastonbury, CT / Glastonbury HS	Westminster	17 games – 5g, 6a, 11pts
Frank Zumbo	F	Bridgeport, Connecticut / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS	Williston-Northampton	13 games – 5g, 4a, 9pts
Frankie Sullivan	D	Fairfield, CT / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS	Westminster	16 games – 3g, 7a, 10pts
Jack Fitzgerald	F	Guilford, CT / Guilford HS	Westminster	17 games – 8g, 5a, 13pts
Jake Granito	F	New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS	Millbrook	no stats
Jeff Smolicz	D	Berlin, CT / Newington-Berlin Coop	St. Thomas More	11 games – 3g, 3a, 6pts
Jeremy Germain	F	Hamden, CT / Hamden HS	Choate	18 games – 7g, 5a, 12pts
Jon Venter	D	Guilford, CT / Guilford HS	Canterbury	20 games – 0g, 3a, 3pts
Matt Kobyra	F	Wilton, CT / Wilton HS	Hotchkiss	15 games – 4g, 2a, 6pts
Matt Lis	D	Wethersfield, CT / Wethersfield HS	Bridgton Academy	23 games – 2g, 11a, 13pts
Mike Lee	D	Hamden, CT / Hamden HS	Gunnery	23 games – 1g, 7a, 8pts
Mike Troiano	F	West Haven, CT / West Haven HS	Trinity-Pawling	10 games – 0g, 1a, 1pts
Spencer Manchuck	F	New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS	Northfield-Mount Hermon	20 games – 2g, 7a, 9pts
Stephen Marsico	F	East Haven, CT / East Haven HS	Loomis-Chaffee	17 games – 1g, 6a, 7pts
Tyler Manchuck	F	New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS	Northfield-Mount Hermon	18 games – 0g, 2a, 2pts
Will Brophy	D	Fairfield, CT / Fairfield Prep	Westminster	17 games – 1g, 2a, 3pts

** Brendan Strobel began the 2012-2013 season at Trumbull High School before transferring to St. Thomas More in January 2013.

01/27/13 Connecticut High School Hockey Scores, Recaps

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Jan 272013

BOY’S HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY SCORES

Visitor	Score	Home	Recaps/Box Scores
Windsor/Farmington/Avon	5-4	Conard
St. Bernard/Bacon/NFA	3-2 (OT)	East Haven	Norwich Bulletin, New Haven Register
West Haven	4-2	Milford
Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury	4-1	Newtown
Notre Dame-West Haven	7-1	Hamden	New Haven Register
Glastonbury	8-1	Fermi/Enfield/East Granby
Xavier	1-2	Moses Brown	New Haven Register
Amity	4-1	Immaculate/New Fairfield
Sheehan	3-9	Branford	New Haven Register,
Northwest Catholic	3-4 (OT)	East Catholic
Norwalk/McMahon	0-8	Trumbull	Stamford Advocate
Simsbury	5-4 (OT)	South Windsor
Tri-Town	2-6	Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks
E.O. Smith/Tolland/Windham	9-3	Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth	New Haven Register
Fitch/East Lyme/Ledyard	0-8	Rocky Hill/RHAM/Middletown
Cheshire	2-1	Guilford	Cheshire Herald, New Haven Register
Masuk	1-5	Watertown/Pomperaug
New Milford	2-3	Notre Dame-Fairfield	Danbury News-Times
Trinity Catholic	1-4	New Canaan
Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe	4-0	Westhill	Stamford Advocate
Bolton/Coventry/Rockville/Lyman Memorial	1-1 (OT)	Newington/Berlin/Manchester
Darien	9-3	North Haven
Greenwich	1-3	Ridgefield	Greenwich Post, Ridgefield Press

GIRL’S HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY SCORES

Visitor	Score	Home	Recaps/Box Scores
Branford	4-7	West Haven	New Haven Register
Darien	6-1	Trumbull/St.Joseph	Stamford Advocate

Seven Connecticut Wolfpack players selected for AJHL All-Star Game

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Jan 252013

The Connecticut Wolfpack have seven players skating in the 2013 Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL) All-Star Game:

TEAM	#	NAME	POSITION	HOMETOWN
Team Blue	7	Zach Stein	Defense	Enfield, CT**
Team Blue	8	Anthony Beaumont	Forward	Lester, PA
Team Blue	10	Nick Belger	Forward	Yorkstown Heights, NY
Team Blue	11	Vincent Caligiuri	Forward	Shoreham, NY
Team Blue	16	Joe Quintana	Forward	East Setauket, NY
Team Red	9	Ori Benyamini	Forward	North Woodmere, NY
Team Red	20	Gene Lane	Goaltender	Plymouth, MA

** Zach Stein was a 2010 Division 2 All-State hockey honoree for Enfield High School.

The game will be played this Sunday (1/27/13) at Iorio Ice Arena in Walpole, Massachusetts.

For complete All-Star rosters and game details, click here.

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