Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Rhode Island Hockey Update !
The Burrillville Broncos Boys Hockey division I team captured their 23rd overall championship with a two game sweep of Cumberland the regular season division winner last night at Brown's Meehan Rink. 5-1 the final after a 3-0 victory Saturday night. Goalie Bryan McConnell made 24 saves and lost the second shutout with 30 seconds to go. He was named the MVP for his Burrillville Broncos. Riley Tupper scored a hat trick (3) goals and also had scores from Tom Libby and Kyle Pelletier. Captain Chad Stone added two more assists and received the most attention from Cumberland trying to shadow him. The 2015 Burrillville High School Football team also won their State championship this year for our Town.
The North Smithfield boys hockey team captured their division II State championship last night at Brown's Meehan Rink with a 3-1 victory over South Kingston. Again a red hot goaler proved to be the difference with Mark Pasquariello turning away 32 shots after turning away 28 on Saturday night. The three scores for North Smithfield were from Tom Mowry, Zack Walker and Noah Menard
Earlier last weekend LaSalle captured the State's highest division championship in 38 years with a win over Bishop Hendricken. Mount St. Charles was not in the final with a big rebuilding year.
Providence hosted the NCAA Tournament and the PC Friars a real long shot scored two wins to advance to the final 4 against Omaha University in Boston.
The Boston Bruins turned it around with two wins over the New York Rangers and the Carolina franchise
this weekend and now have a three point advantage for the 8th and final spot to earn a chance for the NHL Stanley Cup.
The North Smithfield boys hockey team captured their division II State championship last night at Brown's Meehan Rink with a 3-1 victory over South Kingston. Again a red hot goaler proved to be the difference with Mark Pasquariello turning away 32 shots after turning away 28 on Saturday night. The three scores for North Smithfield were from Tom Mowry, Zack Walker and Noah Menard
Earlier last weekend LaSalle captured the State's highest division championship in 38 years with a win over Bishop Hendricken. Mount St. Charles was not in the final with a big rebuilding year.
Providence hosted the NCAA Tournament and the PC Friars a real long shot scored two wins to advance to the final 4 against Omaha University in Boston.
The Boston Bruins turned it around with two wins over the New York Rangers and the Carolina franchise
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Father Holland Catholic School to close
" The decision to close a Catholic School is always a difficult one and even a painful decision for all those who love and support the school, "
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin said in a statement.
A meeting will be held for the parents on Thursday March 26, 2015 at 7 pm at the school, 180 Sayles Ave. Pascoag, R.I." Every effort will be made to place students at other Catholic schools in the region," the Diocese said. " teachers and staff will be provided a priority hiring status at other Catholic schools throughout the State.
The news was sent out Tuesday morning to the school's faculty and staff and by a letter format to the parents on Tuesday afternoon.
This is a direct result of the rapid decline in the projected enrollment and the increased financial deficits," the Diocese said.
53 years of operation in the village of Pascoag in the town of Burrillville, Rhode Island
St. Joseph School 1962
Northwest Catholic School 1978
Father Holland Catholic Elementary School 1993 to 2015
A meeting will be held for the parents on Thursday March 26, 2015 at 7 pm at the school, 180 Sayles Ave. Pascoag, R.I." Every effort will be made to place students at other Catholic schools in the region," the Diocese said. " teachers and staff will be provided a priority hiring status at other Catholic schools throughout the State.
The news was sent out Tuesday morning to the school's faculty and staff and by a letter format to the parents on Tuesday afternoon.
This is a direct result of the rapid decline in the projected enrollment and the increased financial deficits," the Diocese said.
53 years of operation in the village of Pascoag in the town of Burrillville, Rhode Island
St. Joseph School 1962
Northwest Catholic School 1978
Father Holland Catholic Elementary School 1993 to 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Burrillville 6 and Barrington 1 in Semi-Final Division 1 R.I. Schoolboy Hockey
Game two at Levy Rink in Harrisville, R.I. featured the home team Broncos not taking on the expected Prout High school who got knocked off in the first round but Barrington High. The broncos had a first round bye by claiming second place with a 15-3 regular season record behind a very good Cumberland,R.I. hockey team at 17-1 and the only loss to the Broncos.
The top scorer for the Broncos and team captain # 20 Chad Stone, a three generation Burrillville Bronco (Skippy, Jeff) male family member got injured at about the two minute mark in his right leg. The crowd was all watching to see how serious the injury was and he went to the rear of the bench area for treatment and then showed great leadership by going back out short shift and slight limp to keep the leg loose.
The starting 5 for the home team Broncos honored # 20 forward Captain Chad Stone, #11 forward Tyler Kearney, and #16 forward Riley Tupper . The defense paired starters were #18 Messier and #21 B. Robinson and the goalie starting was #00 W. Robinson who posted a sparkling goals against average of 1.43 and a save 0.928 %
Burrillville scored in the first period when at 13:01 #18 Messier scored on a tip-in from a blast from the point from defenseman #3 Nick Koprusak. The first of Nick's three point night and my second star selection for the soon to be lop sided contest.
Second period at 5:04 #20 Chad Stone extended the lead to two zip with a classic one timer from a pure goal scorer.Assists to #11 Tyler Kearney and again #3 Nick Koprusak. Come to think of it ,Nick's grandfather Jack and his dad also starred for the Broncos.
Chad Stone found his groove and scored number two at 10:16 to make it 3-0 zip. Barrington then closed the gap to 3-1 when #2 Steve Paras shot a 50 footer , 4 foot high that seemed to fool Bronco goaler Robinson.
The lead was restored to three goals when the Broncos #24 P.McConnell scored with #11 Tyler Kearney earning the only assist. #6 Bronco Bianco made it 5-1 with his first goal and the assist went to #24 McConnell.
Captain # Chad Stone completed the scoring with his three goal hat trick night with line mate #16 Riley Tupper earning the assist. This lop-sided contest ended with the Burrillville Broncos out shooting the Barrington team by a 30-11 advantage. Game two is Sat. 3-21-15 at Lynch Arena, Pawtucket at 7:15pm and should be over. Wayne G.Barber story and photo credits.
First Star * Burr. # 20 Chad Stone, 2nd Star * #3 Nick Koprusak and 3rd Star * #11 Tyler Kearney
On Sat March 21, Burrillville 7, Barrington 2 to move on to the championship series against Cumberland , regular season division winner next week end. Should be a good one . Cumberland's only loss this season was to the Bronco's.
The top scorer for the Broncos and team captain # 20 Chad Stone, a three generation Burrillville Bronco (Skippy, Jeff) male family member got injured at about the two minute mark in his right leg. The crowd was all watching to see how serious the injury was and he went to the rear of the bench area for treatment and then showed great leadership by going back out short shift and slight limp to keep the leg loose.
The starting 5 for the home team Broncos honored # 20 forward Captain Chad Stone, #11 forward Tyler Kearney, and #16 forward Riley Tupper . The defense paired starters were #18 Messier and #21 B. Robinson and the goalie starting was #00 W. Robinson who posted a sparkling goals against average of 1.43 and a save 0.928 %
Burrillville scored in the first period when at 13:01 #18 Messier scored on a tip-in from a blast from the point from defenseman #3 Nick Koprusak. The first of Nick's three point night and my second star selection for the soon to be lop sided contest.
Second period at 5:04 #20 Chad Stone extended the lead to two zip with a classic one timer from a pure goal scorer.Assists to #11 Tyler Kearney and again #3 Nick Koprusak. Come to think of it ,Nick's grandfather Jack and his dad also starred for the Broncos.
Chad Stone found his groove and scored number two at 10:16 to make it 3-0 zip. Barrington then closed the gap to 3-1 when #2 Steve Paras shot a 50 footer , 4 foot high that seemed to fool Bronco goaler Robinson.
The lead was restored to three goals when the Broncos #24 P.McConnell scored with #11 Tyler Kearney earning the only assist. #6 Bronco Bianco made it 5-1 with his first goal and the assist went to #24 McConnell.
Captain # Chad Stone completed the scoring with his three goal hat trick night with line mate #16 Riley Tupper earning the assist. This lop-sided contest ended with the Burrillville Broncos out shooting the Barrington team by a 30-11 advantage. Game two is Sat. 3-21-15 at Lynch Arena, Pawtucket at 7:15pm and should be over. Wayne G.Barber story and photo credits.
First Star * Burr. # 20 Chad Stone, 2nd Star * #3 Nick Koprusak and 3rd Star * #11 Tyler Kearney
On Sat March 21, Burrillville 7, Barrington 2 to move on to the championship series against Cumberland , regular season division winner next week end. Should be a good one . Cumberland's only loss this season was to the Bronco's.
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| #20 Captain Chad Stone reminds me of Edmonton Oilers #17 Jari Kurri , 5 time Stanley Cup winner with 1043 points in 754 career games and scored on 22% of his career shots ! |
Ponaganset 2 Johnston 1 in Division III R.I. Semi-Finals Schoolboy Hockey
Opening game at Levy Rink in Harrisville R.I. featured Ponaganset High 2nd place regular season at 13-2 facing a Johnston/No./Providence co/op who was in the 4th spot during the regular season at 8-4 The rink was spotless and the ice surface was manicured by the excellent staff and I think it was the fastest ice that I have seen this year. Start time 6:05pm
Ponaganset scored first in the first period with a nice goal from a defenseman #17 Ethan Seaderback who had garnered 12 goals in the regular season. Assists went to team scoring leader #21 Nate Morin and a second assist to #19 Caine on the power play man advantage.
In the second period Ponaganset extended their lead to 2-0 on the power play with #19 Caine's scoring on a pretty play. At the halfway point of the game with a whistle for an off side Ponaganset changed goalies form the starter #1 Tyler Petrella to #33 Curtis Briggs and the coach used his entire bench.
Johnston had their chances throughout the contest and closed the gap to one goal when #11 Threshier scored a few seconds after a faceoff. Threshier a senior forward accumulated 6 goals during the regular season for the team.The lone assist went to #9 DeCosta who had 12 total points during the 2015 campaign.
This best of three series moves to the R.I. Sports Center on 3/21/15 and my guess is that Johnston / No. Providence will tie it up for a game three on Monday. Final shots on goal were Johnston/ No. Providence 29 and Ponaganset 20. Wayne G. Barber Story and photo credits.
In the second period Ponaganset extended their lead to 2-0 on the power play with #19 Caine's scoring on a pretty play. At the halfway point of the game with a whistle for an off side Ponaganset changed goalies form the starter #1 Tyler Petrella to #33 Curtis Briggs and the coach used his entire bench.
Johnston had their chances throughout the contest and closed the gap to one goal when #11 Threshier scored a few seconds after a faceoff. Threshier a senior forward accumulated 6 goals during the regular season for the team.The lone assist went to #9 DeCosta who had 12 total points during the 2015 campaign.
This best of three series moves to the R.I. Sports Center on 3/21/15 and my guess is that Johnston / No. Providence will tie it up for a game three on Monday. Final shots on goal were Johnston/ No. Providence 29 and Ponaganset 20. Wayne G. Barber Story and photo credits.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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