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NYNY HOCKEYHOCKEY February 2016 VOLUME 5 ISSUE 5 E-MAGAZINE Buffalo, Valley, Amherst, Syracuse Play Big! Rome, Tonawanda Help Community! NWHL Holds First All Star Game! Your Source For NYS Hockey News! LETTER FROM THE EDITOR/FEBRUARY 2016 NY HOCKEY NY HOCKEY ONLINE MAGAZINE E-Magazine Dear Readers: In This Issue: Well, here we are again in the middle of a great ADK Winter Classic ...................40 hockey season and very quickly heading into the Amherst Girls ......................56, 66 home stretch. Buffalo Stars................................53 This issue is jam packed with hockey features Coaching w/Gridley .................18 and photos from around New York State. Koz has Central Hockey ..........................22 been busy keeping track of the men’s college hockey Do It For Daron/RIT ..................11 scene, while Janet brings you up to date with the girls Draft Preview .............................17 and women’s hockey scene. East Hockey ................................34 Bob Janosz and Chuck Gridley are back with their monthly columns. Fingerlakes ..................................44 We would also like to thank all of you who have been sending Janet their Haseks Heros ..............................61 tournament results as well as other special hockey announcements. Many thanks Janosz Goaltending .................67 also go out to those who have sent in photos. The only thing I will ask is to please Like Father, Like Son ................36 keep sending them to us. Lockport HHOF .........................13 As always, we simply ask that you continue to pass our magazine around Maddie Grisko ............................63 to your friends and family to read. And if you know of any businesses that would North Hockey .............................39 like to advertise in the magazine and/or the web page, please feel free to have NYS Girls Recap ........................... 5 them contact us. NWHL ........................................5-10 Best wishes go out to all who are heading into their post-seasons with One Buffalo .................................12 playoffs or tournaments. Safe travels to all. Oswego Mites ............................23 Rome Hockey .............................31 Best Wishes, Syracuse Nationals ...................32 Tonawanda Lightning .............50 Randy Schultz USPHL ...........................................15 NY Hockey OnLine Magazine Valley Hockey ......................26, 31 West Hockey ...............................43 WNY Boys High School ...........45 WNY Girls High School ...........47 WNY Leaders ..............................63 Columnists NY Hockey On-Line (E-Magazine) Warren Kozireski, 3663 Irish Road [email protected] Wilson, New York 14172 Janet Schultz 716-751-6524 Randy Schultz nyhockeyonline@ Rob Sedia nyhockeyonline.com Chuck Gridley Publisher &Managing Editor NY Hockey OnLine is an equal opportunity employer. Randy Schultz Contents 2014-15 NY Hockey Online [email protected] All rights reserved Designer/Photographer NY Hockey OnLine is published monthly at no charge Janet Schultz and can be accessed via the publication’s website [email protected] www.nyhockeyonline.com www.nyhockeyonline.com www.nyhockeyonline.com Around New York State / Page 5 NWHL Notes NYS Girls Section III n its first season the NWHL have a listing of firsts! Among them now are the first Trade and the first Top seed Skaneateles (13-3-0) took on #2 seed ICoaching Resignation, along with the First NWHL All Alexandria Bay (8-1-1) on January 30. Alexandria Bay de- Star Game (see story following). The firsts involve New feated Skaneateles and advances to the NYS semi-finals on York teams. February 4. They will face Beekmantown. The All-Star Game was held in Buffalo and the first trade involved the New York Riveters. Section VII The Riveters acquired goaltender Chelsea Laden Albany Academies beat Lake Placid 5-0 in the semi-fi- from the Connecticut Whale. She appeared in one nals in Section VII . In the final match-up #1 Beekmantown game for the Whale on October 18, registering a 2.00 beat them 4-3 in Overtime to capture the Section VI title goals against average and a .947 save percentage. and move to the NYS semi-finals on Feb. 4 The Whale acquired Goaltender Shenae Lundberg who logged 28:56 minutes in a relief effort in October 18 and registered a .875 gals against average. Section X While there is a no-trade clause in the league, nei- Canton over Potsdam 5-4 and Massena beat Salmon ther goalie has one in her contract. River 5-1 in the semi-finals. The defending State Champion The first coaching resignation came from Connecti- Massena lost to Canton in the Section X Championship. cut Whale Head Coach Jake Mastel on January 29. Canton will face the Section VI winner on February 4. Heather Linstad, former head coach of the North- The Skaneateles-Ithaca game was forfeited due to too eastern and University of Connecticut women’s hockey few players. teams, will take over alongside assistant coach Lisa Giovanelli. “I’m very excited for this opportunity to work with such a talented group of athletes,” said Linstad. “They have clearly established a winning tradition early on in Connecticut, and I hope to build on that leading into playoffs.” Buffalo Goaltender Brianne McLaughlin (right) was named NWHL Player of the Week for January 19. McLaughlin replaced Kimberly Sass midway through the second period of Sunday’s Beauts-Riveters game with her team trailing 4-2. She made 23 saves on 24 shots over the final 34 minutes of play (regulation and overtime), allowing Buffalo to stage a three goal come- back en route to a 6-5 win. The Beauts goaltender also stopped two of three possible shootout attempts. Your Source For NYS Hockey News! NY HOCKEY E-Magazine www.nyhockeyonline.com Around New York State / Page 6 Around the NWHL By Randy Schultz and her new league. [email protected] But Rylan has never waivered. She has stayed the route that she t is truly hard to believe has planned for the NWHL. that a year ago at this time Rylan sat down with the Na- there was no National tional media in Buffalo and talked “IWomen’s Hockey League. And about the NWHL’s inaugural sea- now look how far we have come.” son. So said Dani Rylan, Founder “I think we have come a long and Commissioner of the newly way in our first season,” remarked formed NWHL. And no truer Rylan. “We have our first national words have ever been spoken. sponsor (Dunkin’ Donuts). “We A year ago nobody knew who plan on bringing in more sponsors Dani Rylan was. But last month as we go into year two and year The Hockey News three. listed her among their “We have a tangible list of the “100 Most product now. We have Influential and Pow- numbers that we can erful People In Hock- present to our spon- ey.” sors. It was March of “We know who our 2015 when it was an- fans are and how pas- nounced that a new sionate they are about women’s professional the game.” hockey league was be- Rylan actually feels ing formed. More im- that the League should portantly, the players have started a year ear- would be paid. lier than it did. There were the “I thought we skeptics. Many of should have started them. But Rylan in 2014, right after the moved ahead. Team Captains Hilary Knight and Emily Pfalzer with Guest Coaches Winter Olympics,” Four teams were stated the NWHL Com- created in New York, New England Patriots. missioner. “That (wom- Connecticut, Boston and Buffalo. Finally, on the weekend of Jan- en’s hockey) game was watched The NWHL began playing for real uary 22-24 the NWHL held its first- by 4.9 million viewers so the game in October. ever All-Star Weekend and Game had broadcast value and it had the On December 31 the Boston in Buffalo. speed and skill on the ice. Pride represented the NWHL in the Through it all Rylan held her “It was ready for the profes- first ever Women’s Outdoor Game ground and did things her way. No sional stage.” at the National Hockey League’s doubt there have been bumps in One point that Rylan stated Winter Classic, held at the home the road along the way for Rylan several times is that the NWHL of the National Football League’s moves at their own pace. www.nyhockeyonline.com Around New York State / Page 7 “We integrate ourselves slowly,” said Rylan. “The Probably the moment in the game that has gone more girls we influence into the game, may turn into viral was when Emily Field scored for Team Pflazer. Sabres or Bruins fans.” As part of the post-goal celebration, Field skated to She also spoke about the upcoming playoffs for the corner of the rink, threw her glove into the air and the Isobel Cup. when it hit the ice she, along with two other team- “March 4-6 will be the first round with one versus mates were “blown up” by the glove and fell to the four and two versus three in a best-of-three format. ice. March 11-13 will be the championship round.” Emily Pfalzer’s squad bested Team Knight by a Why Buffalo for the All-Star Game? 9-1 score. The Beauts captain and her draftees jumped “That was a no-brainer,” continued Rylan. “Buf- out to an early lead by capturing all four skills chal- falo has proven time and time again what a great lenge events, including Megan Bozek’s 88 mph hard- hockey town it is. est shot. “They have been host to several major hockey In the game itself, Kelley Steadman scored a pair events over the past few years, so we felt that they of goals en route to Most Valuable Player honors. would be the natural choice to host the first All-Star . Finally, at the end of the Game.