Good luck to Tucker, Kiefer, Ryan, Connor, Nzoni, Chris and Brooke Reid in Nationals.

CVAC players combine forces for national hockey tourney March 29, 2013 By LOU REUTER - Senior Sports Writer (lreuter@adirondackdailyenterprise.com) , Adirondack Daily Enterprise Save | LAKE PLACID - Sixteen young, talented hockey players from the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference. That's the makeup of the Plattsburgh Roadrunners, a team that's heading to the 2013 Under-16 Boys National Championships. The squad, which is led by head coach Keith Clark of Lake Placid and includes players from the Blue Bombers, Saranac Lake, Beekmantown, Plattsburgh and other area high schools, will compete in the U16 national championship tournament April 3-7 in Troy, Mich. Members on the team from Lake Placid are Tucker Angelopolous, Kiefer Casler, Evan Damp, Connor Preston, Nzoni Thompson and Chris Williams. Chris Spicer will represent Saranac Lake. Article Photos Members of the Plattsburgh Roadrunners under-16 hockey team, pictured at the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, will compete in the national championships April 3-7 in Troy, Mich. Team members are Nathan Foster, Eric Bechard, Ryan Whalen, Chis Spicer, Connor Preston, Kyle Constanty, Jon Fine-Lease, Devin Clark, Kiefer Casler, Noah Gagnier, Tristin Archimbault, Andrew Bechard, Chris Wiliams, Michael Stetz, Tucker Angeloupolos, Ryan Damp and Nzoni Thompson. The team is coached by Dave Champagne, Matt Stetz, Keith Clark and Steve Gagnier. (Photo — Chelsea Preston) The Roadrunners qualified to represent the New York District in Michigan after finishing runner-up at the state tournament earlier this month in Amherst, where they posted a 2-2-1 record that included a heartbreaking 5-4 loss in double overtime to Cheektowaga in the championship game. Plattsburgh's exciting run to the state championship final began with two games on Friday, March 15. The Roadrunners opened with a fantastic finish in their first game, erasing a two-goal deficit late in the third period to earn a 2-2 tie with Nassau. Trailing 2-0, Michael Stetz netted Plattsburgh's first goal with just under three minutes left in the third to make it a 2-1 score. The Roadrunners were then awarded a penalty shot with four-tenths-of-a-second remaining when a Nassau defender dislodged his team's net under pressure from the Roadrunners. With a chance to tie the game, Beekmantown's Nate Foster buried the penalty shot to give the Roadrunners the tie. In their next game, the Roadrunners suffered a 3-2 loss to Clarence, the top-seeded squad in the West region. On Saturday, the Roadrunners topped the Long Island Rebels 7-1 to reach Sunday's semifinal round, where they blanked the Long Island 4-0. In the championship game, the Roadrunners battled back from 3-1 and 4-2 deficits, ultimately tying the contest at 4-4 with their goalie pulled to force overtime. Cheektowaga, however, netted the game-winner in the second overtime period. "We put this team together to try and supplement the high school schedule and give these players some more quality games," Clark said. "We had plenty of quality players but really never anticipated being so close in the state championships. "What a great honor to be able to represent the New York District in the national tournament," Clark added. "We will go with the attitude of enjoying the experience and competing hard."

Alicia Brandes Photos

Below is the link to photos from the season:

http://memories4u.zenfolio.com/f293344359


Below is the e-mail from Alicia Brandes regarding photo options:

Hello LP Boys' Hockey Team and Parents,

Congratulations on a great season!

If you'd like to order pictures you can order directly through my website.  Additional items that you can order through my website include Trader Cards, Memory Mates and Magazine Covers (images attached). 

Special note: the postage and handling defaults to USPS Priority Mail...you can switch it to USPS First Class for a savings of $4 + tx on the shipping page before the final checkout for 8x10 prints or smaller.

Additional items (images attached) you can order through me by e-mailing me at bbrandes@verizon.net...

* Poster/photo collage

8x10..........$14

11x14........$20

12x18........$24

16x20........$30

20x30........$37

11 oz. Mugs

1 image..........$15

collage...........$18

Playing Cards..........$15

* Photo CD

1 image $10

2-5 images $5 each

6-9 images $4 each

10-14 images $3.50 each

15-19 images $3 each

20-24 images $2.50 each

25+ images $2 each

Special**

a CD including all images of your child during 1 sport season.......$50

If you have any questions you can contact me at 523-7310 or bbrandes@verizon.net .

Thanks,

Alicia Brandes

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Final NYS Rankings

Final NYS Rankings for the 2012-2013 Season:


Lake Placid #15

Other Teams of Interest:

Beekmantown #3
St. Lawrence #4
Oswego #10
Plattsburgh #11
Queensbury #12

The Blue Bomber Flow

I hope everybody enjoyed the banquet.  Just got home and saw the Division II NY State Championship on channel 39.  

Our team this year had some players grow some great hockey hair (salads, flow, mullets etc..).  We even saw some great staches.  Here is a video from the Minnesota HS playoffs.  Hockey is a pretty big deal in Minnesota and their state tournament regularly sells out Xcel Energy Center (home of the Minnesota Wild). Well this guy has been putting together All-Hair Team for the last three years.  It is one of the funniest hockey videos, especially if you have ever been out in Minnesota.  The 2013 video is linked below.  Previous years can be googled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUkKOnXMmGg

And yes, these are HS players!

CVAC Recognition article in Enterprise

Kane named CVAC player of the year

March 6, 2013

By LOU REUTER - Senior Sports Writer

 

The Saranac Lake boys hockey team faced adversity all season long, due mainly to a rash of injures that left the Red Storm with a short bench heading into just about every game.

Meanwhile, Lake Placid's hockey team had one of its best campaigns in recent history before its run ended in a double-overtime loss during the Section VII semifinal playoff round.

The two teams, who have one of the most storied rivalries in the North Country high school hockey, combined to have seven team members recognized for their efforts by the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference and Section VII.

Article Photos

Eddie Kane, Lake Placid
Player of the year, first team
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Lake Placid had three seniors named to the All-CVAC team. Eddie Kane received the top honor as the league's player of the year and was also a first-team pick at forward. Blue Bombers defenseman RJ Reid was named a second-team all-star and Keegan Barney received honorable mention.

Kane was one of four seniors on a Blue Bombers squad that finished with a 15-5-2 overall record. The four-year varsity player finished second in the CVAC in scoring with 27 goals, 14 assists and 41 points playing in a league where three teams - Lake Placid, Plattsburgh and Beekmantown - all finished the regular season ranked in the top 15 in Division II in New York state.

"Eddie has been a CVAC all-star since his sophomore year, and it's nice to see him get that accolade," Lake Placid coach Keith Clark said. "He was our offensive leader. You have to be able to score goals to win, and Eddie was a guy who has that skill."

Reid was a formidable presence along the blue line for Lake Placid and played a key role defending against the most dangerous players on opposing teams. He finished the season with three goals and 10 assists.

"RJ had a real solid season," Clark said. "He was much more consistent this year than in previous years. He logged a lot of valuable ice time for us, and we often matched him up against other teams' top scorers and top lines."

Barney, a center, was second in scoring for the Blue Bombers with 11 goals and 10 assists.

"We're really going to miss Keegan," Clark said. "He was a fifth-year guy for us. He's a hard worker, he was a consistent force on offense for us, and he's a good guy who did a nice job unifying the team."

Banquet Update

Butch has only heard from a handful of parents about attending the end-of-the year banquet on Monday 3/11.  Again, if you plan on attending let Butch know via e-mail by Thursday.  We will give the Butler's a final count by Friday.  Butch's email is linked in the previous post.  

Players do not need to notify Butch.  Players are expected to attend the banquet and should notify me otherwise if they can not make it for legitimate reasons.  

Thanks,

Coach Clark

Lake Placid Blue Bombers' Team Banquet

We will have our end of the year team banquet on Monday, March 11th at Howard Johnson's.  The banquet will run from 5:30-7:00 PM.  At the banquet we will celebrate our season and hand-out awards for the year.  The cost of the banquet will be:

$7.00 per team member
$12.00 per family member

We encourage parents and family members to join us in celebrating our hockey season.

Players that are unable to attend due to legitimate reasons should notify Coach Clark by Thursday, March 7th.

Any family members that plan on attending should notify Coach Martin by Thursday, March 7th via email.  Coach Martin's email is butchmartin9@gmail.com

We need to give the Butler's an accurate count so please be prompt in letting Coach Martin know of you attendance.

Congratulations to the CVAC All-Stars

Congratulations to Eddie Kane, RJ Reid and Keegan Barney on being recognized by Section VII.

                                                         Eddie Kane
                                                         First Team - Forward
                                                         Section VII - League MVP

                                                          RJ Reid
                                                          Second Team - Defense

                                                        Keegan Barney
                                                        Section VII - Honorable Mention

Link to Eddie's Interview by Press Republican

Press Republican's High School Voice : Eddie Kane

http://hs-sports.pressrepublican.com/boys_hockey/x657735095/Varsity-Voice-Eddie-Kane

Plattsburgh Game in Enterprise

Hornets stop Bombers in OT

February 23, 2013

By LOU REUTER - Senior Sports Writer  

 

PLATTSBURGH - The Lake Placid hockey team's season came to a tough end Friday, as Plattsburgh claimed 3-2 victory in the second overtime in a Section VII semifinal game on the Hornets' home ice at the Ameri-Can North Sports Center.

It marked the third time the teams have met this season, with each squad winning once on the road in games decided by a single goal. Friday's rubber-match was expected to be a thriller, and that prediction held true as the contest couldn't have been much closer.

Jack Tolosky was the hero for the Hornets, scoring two goals including the game-winner with 2:19 remaining in the second overtime. Eric Bechard also netted a huge goal for Plattsburgh, scoring with 22 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into sudden-death.

Article Photos

Ryan Meyer takes control of the puck for Lake Placid while Tucker Angelopolous covers the net during Friday’s game.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

It appeared the Blue Bombers would be on their way to Wednesday's championship game when Nzoni Thompson scored with just 1:22 remaining in the third period to give Lake Placid a late 2-1 edge, but it turned out to be an advantage that didn't hold up.

Plattsburgh and Lake Placid traded goals in the first period during a game that saw both teams put 29 shots on net. The Hornets took a 1-0 lead on Tolosky's first of the game, which came at the 10:05 mark on a shot from a sharp angle that appeared to surprise Lake Placid goalie Tucker Angelopolous. The Blue Bombers pulled even when Shane McNierney buried a puck with 1:58 left in the period to send the teams into overtime deadlocked at 1-1.

After the second period and most of the third stanza went scoreless, Thompson gave third-seeded Lake Placid a 2-1 lead when he picked up a puck along the boards near the Hornets blue line, skated to the net and poked a puck past Plattsburgh goalie Robbie Knowles with 1:28 remaining the regulation.

The Hornets were able to pull Knowles from goal with 1:21 left on the clock for an extra attacker, and got the equalizer when Andrew Bechard top-shelved a wrist shot with 22 seconds left.

Just seconds before Bechard evened things up, the Blue Bombers were inches away from clinching the win with a potential empty-net goal when McNierney sent a puck from his team's zone down the ice. Instead of going in the net, the puck skimmed off the goal post and Lake Placid was called for icing. The Hornets then gained control of the puck on the faceoff in the Blue Bombers zone and tied the game.

Lake Placid outshot the Hornets 5-0 during the first extra session, which went a full 7:30 before heading into a second sudden-death period. The Hornets got the game-winner when John Fine-Lease sent a pass from behind the Lake Placid net to Tolosky, who slid the puck past Angelopolous from in close.

Both head coaches - Lake Placid's Keith Clark and Plattsburgh's Jamie Reidy - said either team could have come up with the win.

"We beat a very sound hockey team that is well coached," Reidy said. "We split during the regular season and we knew how close this game could wind up. It was a close as it could be. We both had 29 shots.

"When they got that huge goal from Thompson, who could be the best skater on their team, we weren't out of it," Reidy added. "In that situation, you don't look at it as being down a goal. Instead, you look at it as being a shot away. We got that shot and made the most of it."

"Our kids played really well," Clark said. "It was two good hockey teams going up and down the ice. It was a great high school hockey game. Both teams played hard and competed hard.

"We were off a little in the second period, but we had a good first period, I think we had the edge in play in the third period and even in overtime," Clark added. "Plattsburgh was fortunate enough to come up with that goal, and it was a nice goal."

The game was the final time seniors Eddie Kane, Keegan Barney, Ryan Meyer and RJ. Reid played in a Lake Placid uniform, and Clark credited all four with providing the leadership that enabled the Blue Bombers to put together a 15-5-2 record this season."

"I personally want to thank our four seniors," Clark said. "I think they took this program and moved in a direction where we were once at. They all had a great year. Yeah, we will miss those guys."

The second-seeded Hornets will now face top-seeded Beekmantown for the Section VII title Wednesday at the SUNY Plattsburgh Field House. The winner of that game will advance directly to the state Division II final four in Utica.

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Plattsburgh 3, Lake Placid 2, 2OT

Hornets	1	0	1	0	1	—	3
Blue Bombers	1	0	1	0	0	—	2

Scoring

First Period

1. PHS, Tolosky, 10:05; 2. LP, McNeirney, 13:02.

Third Period

3. LP, Thompson (Strack), 13:32; 4. PHS, A. Bechard (E. Bechard, Maston), 14:38.

Second Overtime

5. PHS, Tolosky (E. Bechard, Fine-Lease), 5:11.

Shots on goal: PHS 29, LP 29.

Saves: PHS, Knowles 27; LP, Angelopolous 26.

Boys' Weekly Schedule #15 - 2/18-2/22

Monday 2/18          3:30 PM              Meet at Rink (32)
                               4:15-5:30 PM     On-Ice Practice (32)

Tuesday 2/19        4:30 PM               Meet at Rink (32)
                             4:45 PM               Off-Ice Warm-Up
                             5:30 PM               On-Ice Warm-Up
                             6:00 PM               Lake Placid vs Saranac

Wednesday 2/20 3:45 PM                Meet at Rink (32)
                            4:15-5:15 PM       On-Ice Practice

Thursday 2/21     3:45-4:00 PM      Video - Location TBA
                            4:45-5:45 PM       On-Ice Practice (USA)

Friday 2/22         4:15 PM               Bus leaves from Athlete's Entrance
                           5:45 PM               Off-Ice Warm-Up
                           6:30 PM               On-Ice Warm-Up
                           7:00 PM               Lake Placid vs. Plattsburgh - Semi-Finals

Saturday 2/23     OFF

Sunday 2/24      OFF

If win on 2/22 we will practice Monday 2/25 and Tuesday 2/26
CVAC Championship Game is Wednesday 2/27 at Plattsburgh State


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Boys' Hockey Weekly Schedule #14 2/11-2/17

Mon 2/11              OFF - Dino will be at school 10th period

Tues 2/12              3:45 PM             Meet at Rink (32)
                             4:15-5:30            Practice (32)
                             5:45-6:00 PM     Video Session

Wed 2/13                4:30 PM           Meet at Rink (32)
                               4:45 PM           Off-Ice Warm-Up
                               5:30 PM           On-Ice Warm-Up
                               6:00 PM           Lake Placid vs. NCCS
                               (Senior Recognition Game)

Thurs 2/14              4:00 PM             Meet at Rink (USA)
                               4:30-5:30            Practice (USA)

Fri 2/15                 4:15 PM              Depart LPHS
                             5:30 PM              Arrive at Ameri-Can Center
                             6:30 PM              On-Ice Warm-Up
                             7:00 PM              Lake Placid vs. Plattsburgh

Sat 2/16                OFF

Sun 2/17              Noon                  Meet at Rink (32)
                            12:30-1:30 PM   On-Ice Practice (32)


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CVAC Final Standings

CVAC Update

RESULTS:


Results:

Date:       Away:                   Home:

12/5            Saranac Lake 1             Plattsburgh 2


12/11          Saranac 1                      Lake Placid 7


12/12          Plattsburgh 3               Saranac 0


12/19          NCCS 2                        Saranac Lake 4


12/19          Beekmantown 1           Plattsburgh 2


1/2               Plattsburgh 0               NCCS 2

1/3               Lake Placid 3               Beekmantown 6

1/9               Lake Placid 2               Saranac Lake 2

1/9               Saranac 2                      Plattsburgh 4

1/9               Beekmantown 7           NCCS 2
1/11             Saranac 1                      Beekmantown 10
1/16             Beekmantown 3           Saranac Lake 0
1/16             NCCS 2                        Saranac 1
1/17             Plattsburgh 4               Lake Placid 2
1/23             Lake Placid 3               NCCS 2

1/26             Saranac Lake 0            NCCS 2
1/29             Beekmantown 4          Lake Placid 3
1/30             Saranac 1                     Saranac Lake 5
2/2               Lake Placid 3              Saranac 1
2/2               NCCS 0                       Plattsburgh 3
2/4               Saranac 1                     Saranac Lake 4
2/6               NCCS 0                       Beekmantown 5
2/9               Saranac Lake 1            Lake Placid 8
2/9               Saranac 2                     NCCS 2
2/11            Plattsburgh 0               Beekmantown 4
2/13            NCCS 1                        Lake Placid 4
2/13            Plattsburgh 2               Saranac Lake 1
2/13            Beekmantown 10        Saranac 1
2/15            Lake Placid 1              Plattsburgh 0
2/16            Saranac Lake 1           Beekmantown 1


FINAL STANDINGS: 

Beekmantown      8-1-1    (17 points)
 
 
Plattsburgh           7-3-0    (14 points) 
Lake Placid          6-3-1    (13 points)
Saranac Lake        3-5-2    (8 points)
  

NCCS                  3-6-1    (7 points)  
Saranac                0-9-1    (1 point)                                                                                       

Winter Carnival Update

Having worked through many different scenarios and concerns from the four teams involved below is the schedule for the weekend.  The tournament is no longer and will be replaced with the title "Winter Carnival Hockey Games."


Saturday      Noon             Lake Placid vs. Saranac Lake

Saturday     2:30 PM         Shaker-Colonie vs. Middlebury

Sunday      1:00 PM          Lake Placid vs. Shaker-Colonie

Blue Bombers should report the rink on Saturday at 10:30 AM wearing shirt and tie.  Make sure to have warm-up clothes as well.

Currently most players have their gear in the locker room.  As far as we know it is fine to stay there for the night until the game on Saturday.  If that changes we will call the players.