Varsity Game Notes
Updated 11/11/2004, including Updated Playoff Ladder
Varsity Game Notes
Updated 11/11/2004, including Updated Playoff Ladder
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Game Index
(Click on a game to go to the detail summary)
Canada Trip - December 2003
Game 01/07/2004 Vs.
Win-Dale
W 5 - 1
Game 01/08/2004 Vs. Cape Elizabeth L 3 - 5
Game Advance for
Maranacook
Game 1/08/04 vs Maranacook W
4-1 Kennebec Journal results
Game 1/15/04 vs Falmouth;
L 4 - 1
Game Advance for Yarmouth
1/17/04
Game 1/17/04 vs Yarmouth L
3 - 1
Game 1/19/04 vs Leavitt
W 5 - 2
Game Advance for Lisbon by
Peter Blais
Game 1/23/04 vs Lisbon W 11-2
Game 1/29/04 vs Freeport/Old Orchard W 6-0
Game 1/31/04 vs Gorham W 13-3
Game 2/5/04 vs Leavitt W 6-2
Advance for Game vs York 2/7/03
Game 2/7/04 vs York W 5-2
Game 2/10/04 vs Scarborough T 3-3
Game 2/11 vs Gorham W 12-4
Advance for 2/14/04 Game vs Cape
Game 2/14 vs Cape W 2-1 OT
Game 2/16 vs Yarmouth L
0-3
Advance for 2/24/04
PLAYOFF Game vs York
Playoff Game 2/24 vs YORK W 5-4 MaineToday.com article
Playoff Game 2/24 vs YORK W 5-4 York County Coast Star article
Whoa Baby! Playoff Game 2/28 vs Yarmouth WIN 2-1
PressHerald Article
GREELY vs Yarmouth
West Regionals vs Fryeburg Academy
L
4-5
and some Photos
Press Herald Article on
the West Regionals
Orono runs over Gardiner to Face Fryeburg and
Mango in the State Championships
Fryeburg’s
six starters have one goal
Fryeburg
beats Orono 7 - 4 for the Class B State Championship.
Forecaster Article "A season to remember" By Peter Blais
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Final Maine Principals Heal Points
Playoff Ladder:
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Canadian trip helps Greely build team spirit
By PETER BLAIS (reprinted with permission from the Falmouth Forecaster)
Greely (maroon) and Alexander Galt players congratulate one another following their game during Greely’s recent annual trip to Sherbrooke.
Freshmen working with upperclassmen to erect an 80-soda-can pyramid in one of their hotel rooms. An afternoon of bowling followed by an evening pizza party. Five-hour card games during a 170-mile bus ride. A couple of hockey games against Canadian high school competition. Idle pursuits? No. Team building.
That was the goal of the Greely boys’ varsity hockey team’s annual three-day trek to Sherbrooke, Quebec, just before Christmas. The highlight for the players, coaches and adults who made the trip was the two games against Alexander Galt Regional High School in nearby Lennoxville. The Rangers held their own against their Canadian hosts, winning the first 5-3 and losing the second 4-2. But just as important to the future success of this year’s Ranger’s hockey program might have been what happened away from the ice.
"It’s more than just the games," says junior forward Ben Daigle. "It’s the little stuff, like bowling or going out to dinner, having the time to talk to each other and build relationships for three straight days. We get to know the coaches better, too. It’s even more important for the younger players. I know something about all of them after the trip."
Greely head coach Barry Mothes has been taking his team on similar excursions for the past seven years. The first three were to Stowe, Vt., before scheduling conflicts necessitated a move. The last four years, Sherbrooke has played host to the visiting Rangers.
"Originally I wanted to find a way for us to travel together and get in some hockey against teams we didn’t usually play," says Mothes, a Travel-level, youth-hockey participant while growing up in Manchester, N.H., with fond memories of his own. "I enjoyed my experiences and wanted them [Greely players] to have that chance at least once a season during high school."
The itinerary has been fairly consistent the past four seasons, with minor
tweaks here and there. Players arrive at the high school around 7:30 a.m. Friday
and stow their gear under the bus before taking off on the five-hour trip north.
Parents head up in separate cars. After checking into the hotel, the group
travels to the Bishop University rink in Lennoxville for their first game
against the Alexander Galt Pipers.
"In general, I think our caliber of play is a little better, but they always seem to be a lot bigger," says Daigle.
"We have ended up playing some games there that have really helped our team pull together," Mothes says. "It might be a close game or being involved in a feisty contest where we have come out with a win. In some intangible ways, that has helped move our team along in terms of development. In the first game this year we thought we had a couple tough calls go against us and the game got a little chippy. It turned into a real tight contest, but we hung on and got a nice win."
That "chippy" game was the main topic of discussion among players and coaches as the bus traveled north to Drummondville for a Quebec Major Junior Hockey game the team watched together that evening. "It’s fun when we play those kind of games," Mothes says, "because we can enjoy reliving them together afterward. That stuff goes a long way."
Saturday begins with a second game against the Pipers followed by visits to a favorite retail hockey store, dinner at an Italian restaurant and an evening at the hotel relaxing and building soda-can pyramids. "Since we get to spend a lot of time together at the rink during the season," Mothes says, "it’s more the away-from-the-rink stuff [the players remember], whether it be having a meal, going bowling, or just going back to stay in the same hotel, bumping into each other in the hallways, playing cards, watching a hockey game on TV. Normally [at home] we come to the rink separately and leave separately. We’re all busy and don’t get a lot of down time. The Sherbrooke weekend goes by fast, but we do have a little down time when we can hang out together."
The tweak to this year’s schedule came Sunday, normally simply a travel day back home. The Greely Hockey Boosters rented 90 minutes of ice at the Bishop’s College School rink. The refurbished brick structure is among the oldest ice arenas in North America. Roughly two-thirds the size of a regulation ice surface, it was the perfect venue for a game of all-Greely shinny (pond hockey) pitting freshmen, sophomores and coaches against a team of juniors and seniors. The players wore their new Booster-supplied matching maroon gloves for the first time and enjoyed the freedom of gliding up and down the ice unencumbered by hockey pants or shoulder pads.
"I’m always looking for ways to get a little more skating in," says Mothes, a devout hockey historian. "I love that rink and the college was great getting us in. I also thought there might be some kids on the trip who wouldn’t get much ice time and this would be fun for them. We’ll try to keep that part of the plan."
The plan is to return in December 2004. "I’m really looking forward to going again next year," Daigle says.
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Posted 1-06-04
Game Notes for Win-Dale Game January 7 - By Pete
Blais
This is Win-Dale's eighth season as a combined unit, but the first in Western Class B for the joint Winthrop High and Hall-Dale High squad. The Ice Dogs, who finished with a .500 record last year, are off to a 2-3 start this season with wins over Leavitt (4-2) and Freeport (3-2). Last Saturday, Win-Dale trailed defending state Class B champion Cape Elizabeth by just two goals with eight minutes remaining. "We were pretty happy with that, but just ran out of gas," fourth-year head coach Dave St. Hilaire commented on what turned into a 9-3 defeat at the hands of the Capers.
The Ice Dogs boast a talented first line of sophomore left wing Sam Frost (2 goals, 6 assists), junior center Nate Frechette (7 goals, 2 assists) and senior right wing Adam Beal (3 goals, 5 assists). Win-Dale returns three of its four starting defensemen from a year ago, led by junior captain Dave St. Hilaire, the coach's son. Senior goalie Brandon Ellis is a three-year starter and third-team All-East netminder a year ago.
Greely and Win-Dale met back on Dec. 13 at Kennebec Ice Arena with the Rangers taking a 5-3 victory. Senior Jesse Blais scored two third-period goals with senior Andrew Bisbing, sophomore Sam Sheldon and junior Pat Fogg adding one apiece. Greely is 2-1 during the regular season with wins over Win-Dale and York (6-3) and a loss to Freyburg Academy (6-1). The Rangers played their last regular-season contest Dec. 22 at York, but were 1-2 in the Maine High School Invitational during Christmas vacation and lost a 3-2 overtime heart-breaker to Falmouth during the annual Dudley Cup competition on New Year¹s Day.
After juggling three lines during much of the pre-season, 10th-year Greely head coach Barry Mothes has settled on two threesomes of late with Fogg centering for Bisbing and junior Ben Daigle while Blais skates between junior Nick Spaulding and senior Jeff Fannon. Sheldon has also seen significant time on both lines.
Defensively, freshman goalie Billy Bolduc has played very well in net helped by a four-man defensive rotation of seniors Bob Harwood and Ryan Green, junior Colin Filliter and freshman Drew Bowden. Junior Alex Calder and sophomore Brad Allen have filled in where needed in the defensive end. Sophomore blueliner Brian Godin is expected back from an arm injury this week.
Tonight is the first contest of a four-games-in-six-days stretch for the Rangers who play Cape Elizabeth tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Portland Ice Arena, Maranacook at Family Ice Center at 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, and Lisbon at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston at 8 p.m. on Monday.
Game Results from http://www.centralmaine.com/sports/stories/305722.shtml
GREELY 5, WIN-DALE 1: The Rangers scored five straight goals on their way to a Class B win over the Icedogs in Falmouth.
Nate Frechette scored 29 seconds into the second period on a powerplay to give Win-Dale (2-4) a 1-0 lead. Pat Fogg then scored twice, and Ryan Green had a goal and an assists in the first to give Greely (3-1) the lead for good. Espau Spaulding and Andrew Bisbing added goals for Greely, and Ben Daigle, Jesse Blais added assists. Billy Bolduc stopped seven shots to earn the win. Brandon Ellis had 23 saves for Win-Dale.
From MaineToday.com
Win-Dale - 0 1 0 1
Greely - 0 3 2 5First Period: No scoring.
Second Period: 1 WD Frechette (unassisted) :29 (pp). 2 G Fogg (Bisbing,Green) 1:57. 3 G Green (Fogg) 6:51. 4 G Fogg (unassisted) 6:57.
Third Period: 5 G Spaulding (Blais Green) 9:42. 6 G Bisbing (Ben Daigle, Pat Fogg) 13:36 (pp).
Shots on goal:Win-Dale 3-2-3: for 8. Greely 5-12-11: for 28.
Power-play opportunities:Win-Dale 1 of 5; Greely 1 of 5.
Goalies:Win-Dale Ellis (28 shots-23 saves). Greely Bolduc (8-7).
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Jan 8 Game vs Cape Elizabeth at PIA L 3 - 5
Our Rangers played a close fought game on Caper home ice in front of a large crowd at the Portland Ice Arena. Our Boys jumped out to an early lead with a goal by Jesse Blais, and held that lead for most of the first period. Cape tied the score and went up by a goal, but Bobby Harwood tied it again with a a wrist shot from the right point that was screened or went in off a Cape defenseman. Dan Rautenberg and Brett Brown of Cape scored 2:23 apart late in the second period to snap the 2-2 tie. Ben Daigle brought the Rangers within a goal by scoring on a nifty play on a rebound from a Bisbing shot at the beginning of the third period.
Scoring Greely
- 1 1 1 -3
Scoring Cape Elizabeth - 1 3 1 - 5
First Period:1 G Blais 1:35. 2 CE Currier (Huebener) 12:27.
Second Period:3 CE Livada (Kierstead Rautenberg) 5:13 (pp). 4 G Harwood 8:20. 5 CE Rautenberg (Kierstead Croteau) 11:12. 6 CE Brown 13:35.
Third Period:7 G Daigle (Bisbing) 2:43. 8 CE Balfour (Holden Rich) 3:18.
Shots on goal: Greely 5-11-8:24. Cape Elizabeth 10-11-11:32.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 0 of 3; Cape Elizabeth 1 of 3.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc (32 shots-27 saves). Cape Elizabeth Bernstein (24-21).
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Jan 10 Game Advance - Maranacook by Peter Blais
Barring a tie, one of tonight’s teams will slip back to the .500 mark while the other will jump a couple games ahead of that treading-water level. Maranacook enters this contest with a 4-3 record while Greely stands 3-2.
The Black Bears are coming off a hard-fought 3-2 setback at Yarmouth and an 8-1 thrashing of Gorham earlier this week. Greely fans should also take note of Maranacook’s 7-1 pre-season win over Fryeburg Academy, the same Fryeburg squad that trounced the Rangers 6-1 in Greely’s Dec. 10 regular-season opener.
"We’ve improved this season," said fourth-year Coach Rick Sirois, whose team was knocked out of last year’s Western Maine Class B quarterfinals by eventual state champion Cape Elizabeth. "We seem to have good chemistry and the kids are working toward one goal, to go farther in the playoffs."
Senior wing Piner Markovchick is the Black Bears’ "inspirational leader," Sirois said. "He gives 110 percent, hits hard and shoots well." Classmate Jimmy Oliver, who has at least one goal in every game, centers for Markovchick and junior Dustin Ouellette (2 goals vs. Gorham).
Junior goalie Kyle O’Connor, who kicked aside 30 shots against Yarmouth, "has kept us in every game this year," Sirois said. He has been assisted by an able defensive corps that includes senior co-captain Tyler Simpson and 6-foot-5-inch junior Tom Martinelli.
The Rangers put up a strong showing in Thursday night’s 5-3 loss to fleet-skating Cape Elizabeth. The Rangers jumped out to a 1-0 lead and were tied 2-2 midway through the second period with the defending state champs. Cape’s two goals late in the second period proved too much to overcome. Seniors Jesse Blais and Bob Harwood, along with junior forward Ben Daigle, tallied a goal apiece for the Rangers. Freshman Billy Bolduc stopped 32 shots.
The night before, junior center Pat Fogg (2 Goals, 2 Assists) and senior defenseman Ryan Green (1G, 2A) led the Rangers over Win-Dale by a 5-1 score. Senior Andrew Bisbing and junior Nick Spaulding also lit the lamp for Greely. The defense held the Ice Dogs to just eight shots.
Greely has spread its scoring around through its first five regular-season games. The line of Bisbing (4G, 5A), Fogg (4G, 4A), and Daigle (2G, 2A) has totaled 10 goals while the trio of Blais (4G, 6A), senior Jeff Fannon (2G, 1A) and junior Nick Spaulding (1G, 5A) tallied seven strikes. The defense has also chipped in with some timely scoring with Harwood (1G, 3A) and Green (1G, 2A) major contributors.
"Getting contributions from a lot of different sources is very positive," said Rangers Coach Barry Mothes. "And we’ve gotten a few more points out of our defensemen, which has led to some rebound goals. We’ve made some major improvements in our play over the last few weeks. The Canada trip and High School Invitational during Christmas week were important games for our development. We’ve played against some really good in- and out-of-state teams and that’s shown we can play well against just about anybody."
The Rangers go up against Lisbon Monday at 8:20 p.m. at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston. They return to Family Ice Center Thursday at 8:15 p.m. versus Falmouth.
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Kennebec Journal Game Results Jan 10 Vs Maranacook
GREELY 4, MARANACOOK 2: In Portland, four different Rangers scored as Greely earned the Class B win. Ryan Green, Pat Fogg, Andrew Bisbing and Nick Spaulding each scored for Greely (4-2). Bill Bolduc made 10 saves. Jimmy Oliver scored both goals for Maranacook (4-4). Kyle O'Connor made 31 saves.
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1/15/04 GREELY VS FALMOUTH
Game Notes from
the Press
Herald
FALMOUTH 4, GREELY 1:
Robbie Grygiel and Nick Galli scored early in the second period on odd-man rushes to give the Yachtsmen (6-3) a 3-1 lead against the Rangers (5-3) at Falmouth.
Peter Gustavson of Falmouth opened the scoring on a breakaway 3:43 into the first period for Falmouth.
Jesse Blais answered three minutes later for Greely. After Grygiel's goal on a 2-on-1 at 1:21 of the second and
Galli's on a
3-on-2 at 2:44, Galli sent Jake Winn in on a breakaway for the final score at 12:21 of the second.
Greely - 1 0 0 1
Falmouth - 1 3 0 4
First Period:1 F Gustavson 3:43. 2 G Blais (Fannon Spaulding) 6:47.
Second Period:3 F Grygiel (Lundquist) 1:21. 4 F Galli (Winn Jordan) 2:44.
5 F Winn (Galli) 12:21.
Third Period:None.
Shots on goal: Greely 10-9-6:25. Falmouth 10-12-8:30.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 0 of 3; Falmouth 0 of 2.
Goalies: Greely Billy "bad boy" Bolduc (30 shots-26 saves). Falmouth Paul (25-24).
The above description of Jesse's goal isn't really adequate, as it was
probably the prettiest goal of the season so far. It was a tic-tac-toe
goal from Jeff Fannon and Nick Spaulding, with the last pass to Jesse coming
through the slot, who wristed it into the top corner before Trevor could
blink. Quite a goal; worth at least 3 points in my book.
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01/17/2004 Game Advance by Peter Blais
GREELY VS YARMOUTH
This is always a fun one. Greely (5-3) vs. Yarmouth (7-1).
The Clippers, ranked second in the most-recent Western Class B Heal Point standings, are riding a five-game winning streak since suffering their only loss of the season (4-1) to Falmouth back on Dec. 22. Yarmouth will also be out for a bit of revenge over the Rangers, who won both regular-season contests a year ago. The teams tied 2-2 in this year’s pre-season contest.
"We’re a veteran team with nine seniors and six juniors," says seventh-year Coach Scott Matusovich. "We are a little more offensive-minded than in the past. And our two goaltenders, Alex Bubier and Ben Colello, have been doing a great job keeping the puck out of the net."
Forwards Andrew Pires (17 points), Pat Delaney (15) and Ross Fletcher (14) are the top three scorers. With Pires expected to sit out tonight with a shoulder injury, Matusovich says he will likely skate Peter Langer with Delaney and Fletcher. Jon Miller, Tony Tocci and Charlie Mercer (a junior transfer from Rhode Island) will be the second unit with Eli Scherr, Gary Dugas and Mike Outwin the third line.
Defensively, the Yarmouth coach says, the Clippers have been led by Andrew Sweeney, Loren Joyce and Will Macleod, with solid contributions from Greg Henkes, Nate Allen and Casey Prentice. Joyce’s third-period goal broke a 1-all tie and proved to be the game winner in last night’s 3-1 Yarmouth victory over Win-Dale.
The Rangers, ranked 4th in the Heal Point race, share something in common with the Clippers — a 4-1 loss to Falmouth. Greely tied Thursday’s game 1-1 on a Jesse Blais goal midway through the first period. But three unanswered Yachtsmen strikes in the second frame put the game out of reach. Earlier in the week, Greely routed Lisbon 9-1. Seven different Rangers scored, with Jeff Fannon and Ben Daigle registering two goals apiece.
Well-balanced scoring has been the Rangers’ trademark thus far this season. Greely has five players with at least four goals apiece. No skater has more than six. If past form holds true, 10th-year Coach Barry Mothes will skate Pat Fogg between Andrew Bisbing and Daigle with Blais centering for Fannon and Nick Spaulding. Sam Sheldon, Brad Allen, Tyler King and Sam Wilcox will share duties on the third line.
Freshman goalie Billy Bolduc has put together a fine first season, holding five of Greely’s first eight opponents to three goals or less. He has been helped by a defense that has limited opponents to 12 or fewer shots in four games and holds an overall 282-160 shot-on-goal advantage. Defensemen Ryan Green, Bob Harwood, Colin Filliter, Alex Calder and Drew Bowden have all contributed to that roughly 2-to-1, shot-on-goal advantage.
On a friendly side note, Greely and Yarmouth parents and friends are invited to the traditional "Pie Night" festivities for dessert and coffee between periods of tonight’s game. Hopefully a slice or two will remain for the players by game’s end.
Greely next plays Monday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Leavitt before returning home to face Lisbon at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24.
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Game Results from MaineToday.com
YARMOUTH 3, GREELY 1: Pat Delaney scored two goals and the Clippers (8-1) converted 3 of 4 power plays against the Rangers (5-4) at Falmouth.
Ross Fletcher also had a goal and Alex Bubier made 23 saves for Yarmouth.
Ben Daigle scored for Greely.
Yarmouth - 1 1 1 3
Greely - 0 1 0 1
First Period:1 Y Delaney (Miller Joyce) 5:13 (pp).
Second Period:2 Y Delaney (Miller) 13:37 (pp). 3 Greely Daigle (Filliter) 13:52.
Third Period:4 Y Fletcher 12:00 (pp).
Shots on goal: Yarmouth 8-9-4: 21.
Greely 8-8-8: 24.
Power-play Opportunities:Yarmouth 3 of 4; Greely 0 of 4.
Goalies:Yarmouth Bubier (24 shots-23 saves).
Greely Bolduc (21-18).
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1-19-04 Game Results from MaineToday.com
GREELY 5, LEAVITT 2:
The Rangers (6-4) scored five goals in an eight-minute span of the second period to slip past the Hornets (5-8) at Auburn. Ben Daigle, Andrew Bisbing, Jesse Blais, Nick Spaulding and Jeff Fannon scored for Greely. Billy Bolduc made 16 saves for the Rangers, who outshot Leavitt, 43-18.
Greely - 0 5 0 - 5
Leavitt - 0 1 1 - 2
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1 L Bourgoin (Chaisson) :10. 2 G Daigle (Fogg Bowden) 3:34. 3 G Bisbing (Daigle) 3:51. 4 G Blais 7:15 (sh). 5 G Spaulding (Daigle
Fannon) 11:11. 6 G Fannon (Daigle Spaulding) 11:33.
Third Period: 1 L Chaisson (Longchamps) 6:37.
Shots on goal:
Greely 18-16-9: 43.
Leavitt 8-6-4:18.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 0 of 3; Leavitt 0 of 4.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc (18 shots-16 saves). Leavitt Gauthier (43-38).
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01/23/2004 Game Advance by Peter Blais
GREELY VS LISBON
This is the second meeting in the last 12 days for these two Western Class B schools. Greely won that January 12th game 9-1 at Lewiston. Seven different Rangers scored with Ben Daigle and Jeff Fannon popping in two goals apiece.
It has been a tough season for the 0-10 Lisbon. The Greyhounds have a number of new players and new leadership, according to first-year coach Craig Bouchard. Wayne Smith is the top scorer on a team that was shut out by Gorham and tallied single goals against York, Yarmouth, Fryeburg Academy and Greely. Goaltender Justin Blouin, who faced 55 shots in the first Greely game, "has played well despite our record," Bouchard notes.
"They just like playing hockey," Bouchard says of his players. "Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to put the offense together. It’s a combination of young skaters and new coaches. Everyone is making adjustments."
Greely is coming off a 5-2 win against Leavitt in Auburn. All five Ranger goals came in the second period with Daigle (who also had three assists), Andrew Bisbing, Jesse Blais, Nick Spaulding and Fannon scoring. That much-needed victory came on the heels of back-to-back losses to Falmouth (4-1) and Yarmouth (3-1).
The Rangers are 6-4 overall and stood sixth in the most-recent Western B Heal Point standings. Their next two games, both at Family Ice Center, are Thursday, Jan. 29 at 8:15 p.m. against Freeport/Old Orchard Beach and Saturday, January 31 at 8:20 p.m. versus Gorham.
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1-23-04 Game Results from MaineToday.com Greely 11 - Lisbon 2
GREELY 11, LISBON/MONMOUTH 2: Ben Daigle had four goals and an assist, and Andrew Bisbing added two goals and five assists to lead the Rangers (7-4)
at Falmouth. Ben Lake and Pat Reny scored for Lisbon/Monmouth.
Lisbon/Monmouth - 0 0 2 2
Greely -
3 5 3 11
First Period: 1 G Daigle (Fogg Bisbing) 2:10. 2 G Fogg (Bisbing Green) 5:01
(sh). 3 G Daigle (Fogg Bisbing) 9:28.
Second Period: 4 G Allen 3:29. 5 G Bisbing (Fogg Calder) 5:34. 6 G Daigle
(Fogg Bisbing) 9:22. 7 G Bisbing (Daigle Calder) 9:57. 8 G Daigle (Bisbing
Bowden) 14:38.
Third Period: 9 L/M Lake 2:28. 10 G Spaulding 3:36 (pp). 11 G King
(Harrison Sheldon) 5:13 (pp). 12 G Filliter 6:55. 13 L/M Reny 14:12.
Shots on goal: Lisbon/Monmouth 2-5-4:11. Greely 26-15-22:63.
Power-play Opportunities: Lisbon/Monmouth 0 of 3; Greely 2 of 4.
Goalies: Lisbon/Monmouth Blouin (55 shots-44 saves) Littlefield (8-8).
Greely Bolduc (4-4) Gormley (7-5).
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1-29-04 Game Results from MaineToday.com Greely 6 - Freeport/Old Orchard Beach 0
GREELY 6, FREEPORT/Old Orchard Beach 0: Pat Fogg scored four goals as the Rangers (8-4) shut out the Sea Falcons (4-9) at Family Ice Center in Falmouth.
Fogg notched a natural hat trick when he scored three straight goals during a 1:42 span of the third period.
Keegan Pettit stopped 32 shots for the Sea Falcons.
Greely -
1 0 5 6
Freeport/OOB - 0 0 0 0
First Period: 1 G Allen 5:16.
Second Period: None.
Third Period: 2 G Fogg (Daigle Bisbing) :38. 3 G Fogg (Bisbing Daigle) 2:01. 4 G Fogg (Daigle Bisbing) 2:20. 5 G Daigle (Green) 9:46 (pp). 6 G Fogg (Bisbing) 11:00 (pp).
Shots on goal: Greely 14-11-13:38. Freeport/Old Orchard Beach 5-7-5:17.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 2 of 4; Freeport/Old Orchard Beach 0 of 2.
Goalies: Greely Billy Bolduc (17 shots-17 saves). Freeport/Old Orchard Beach Petit (38-32).
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1-31-04 Game Results from MaineToday.com Greely 13 - Gorham 3
GREELY 13, GORHAM 3: Sophomore center Sam Sheldon scored his first Varsity hat trick as the Rangers (9-4) pounded out a victory over Gorham Rams (4-11) at the Family Ice Center.. Andrew Bisbing and Ben Daigle each had three goals and three assists. Nick Spaulding added two goals and two assists, and Jesse Blais had a goal and three assists for Greely, which led 5-0 after one period. Mark Schmidt, Grant Gushee and Alex Dahms scored for Gorham.
Gorham - 0 1 2 3
Greely - 5 2 6 13
First Period:1 Greely Daigle (Bisbing Green) 3:05. 2 Greely Spaulding (Fannon Blais) 5:12 (pp). 3
Greely Spaulding (Green Blais) 9:30. 4 Greely Bisbing (Daigle
Fogg) 10:02. 5 Greely Blais (Fannon Spaulding) 11:01.
Second Period:6 Greely Daigle (Fogg Bisbing) 2:06. 7 Greely Bisbing (Daigle) 8:01. 8 Go Schmidt (Grandmaison) 8:56.
Third Period: 9 Greely Bisbing (Daigle Fogg) :40. 10 Greely S. Sheldon (Filliter) 5:08. 11
Greely Fannon (Spaulding Blais) 7:37. 12 Go Gushee (Keene) 10:07 (pp). 13
Greely S. Sheldon (Allen) 11:02. 14 Go Dahms (Grandmaison Schmidt) 13:03. 15
Greely Daigle (Bisbing) 13:20. 16 Greely S. Sheldon (King Godin) 13:57.
Shots on goal: Gorham 5-7-3:15. Greely 14-9-9:32.
Power-play Opportunities: Gorham 1 of 2; Greely 1 of 4.
Goalies: Gorham Chaisson (20 shots-13 saves) Boucher (12-6). Greely Bolduc (12-11) Gormley (3-1).
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2-5-04 Game Results from MaineToday.com
Greely - Leavitt W 6-2
GREELY 6, LEAVITT 2: The Rangers (10-4) went 3 of 7 on the power play against the Hornets (7-10) at Falmouth.
Ryan Green and Andrew Bisbing scored power-play goals and Pat Fogg added two even-strength goals to give Greely a 4-1 advantage after the first
period. Green added a second-period goal and Jeff Fannon had a third-period goal for Greely.
Leavitt - 1 0 1 2
Greely - 4 1 1 6
First Period:1 G Fogg (Bisbing Daigle) :22. 2 G Green (Filliter Daigle) 1:38 (pp). 3 L Longchamps (Legee) 8:52. 4 G Bisbing (Green Filliter) 11:18 (pp). 5 G Fogg (Bisbing Daigle) 14:09.
Second Period: 6 G Green (Blais Filliter) 12:03 (pp).
Third Period: 7 G Fannon (Blais Spaulding) 5:06. 8 L Cyr (Pelletier
Boulay) 6:56.
Shots on goal: Leavitt 3-2-7:12. Greely 12-7-9:33.
Power-play Opportunities: Leavitt 0 of 7; Greely 3 of 7.
Goalies: Leavitt Gauthier McBride. Greely Bolduc (10 saves).
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Game Advance for GREELY vs York 2/7/03 by Pete Blais
Playing the top teams tough and beating the teams you are supposed to beat. That could describe both York’s and Greely’s seasons.
The Wildcats (9-6, ranked third in Western Class B) lost a pair of close games to No. 1 Cape Elizabeth (5-3, 5-2) and No. 2 Yarmouth (5-1, 4-2), but won nine of their other 11 games, including a 5-3 victory over Fryeburg and a 6-4 triumph over Class A Kennebunk.
One of the Wildcats’ other two losses came against the Rangers by a 6-3 score back on Jan. 3 at Biddeford. Jeff Fannon had a pair of goals and Jesse Blais a goal and three assists for the Rangers in that contest, as Greely jumped out to a 5-1 lead after two periods and then withstood a third-period Wildcat rally that pulled the home team within two midway through the third period. Junior forward Tim Berrigan scored all three goals for the Wildcats that evening.
Berrigan is York’s leading goal scorer this season. Senior right wing Tyler Ruger is the overall point leader.
Defense has been a pleasant surprise for York, which returned just one of their top five defensemen, Will Curley, from a year ago. In fact, the Wildcats boast the last two Western Class B Defensemen of the Month: junior Tom Ohlson in December and classmate Chris Powers in January.
The Wildcats are young elsewhere on both offense and defense with sophmores Chris Knox and Sean Hynes along with freshmen Dan Graziano and Chris Meehean making significant contributions, according to second-year coach Michael Vessey.
York is coming off a frustrating 7-2 loss to Massabesic, a game in which the Wildcats outshot the Class A Mustangs 25-7 through the first two periods, but still trailed 3-1 at the end of the second frame.
Like York, Greely (10-4, sixth in Western Class B) has played tight games against the cream of Western B, losing by two goals to front-runners Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth and three scores to Class A Falmouth. The Rangers won 10 of their other 11 contests, the only remaining blemish being an opening-game loss to Fryeburg Academy.
Greely won its fifth straight with a 6-2 win over Leavitt Thursday evening. Senior defenseman Ryan Green and junior center Pat Fogg each had a pair of goals with Andrew Bisbing and Fannon chipping in one apiece. The Rangers outshot the Hornets 33-12.
Greely plays its next two games on the road at the University of Southern Maine against Scarborough at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and Gorham at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The Rangers close out their regular season against the top two teams in the division: at home against Cape Elizabeth at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 and at Yarmouth at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16.
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2-7-04 Game Results GREELY 5, YORK 2:
Andrew Bisbing had a hat trick, including two first-period goals, as the Rangers (11-4) built a 4-0 lead against the Wildcats (9-7) at Falmouth. Ben Daigle and Jeff Fannon also scored for Greely. Tyler Ruger and Eric Murdough each had a goal for York.
York - 0 0 2 2
Greely - 3 1 1 5
First Period: 1 G Bisbing :19. 2 G Bisbing (Fogg Daigle) 9:42. 3 G Daigle
(Fogg Green) 14:57.
Second Period: 4 G Fannon (Blais Spaulding) 4:16.
Third Period: 5 Y Ruger 4:50. 6 G Bisbing (Harwood Daigle) 11:20 (pp). 7 Y Murdough 11:54.
Shots on goal: York 3-8-6:17. Greely 10-7-7:24.
Power-play Opportunities: York 0 of 2; Greely 1 of 5.
Goalies: York Benson (24 shots-19 saves). Greely Bolduc (17shots-15 saves).
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2-10-04 Game Results GREELY 3, Scarborough 3:
GREELY 3, SCARBOROUGH 3: Scott Laliberte's goal 6:42 into the third period completed the comeback as the Red Storm (10-8-1) rallied from a 3-1
third-period deficit to tie Greely (11-4-1) at Gorham.
Greely - 2 0 1 0 3
Scarborough - 0 1 2 0 3
First period: 1 Greely Fannon (Blais) 3:50. 2 Greely Allen (unassisted) 5:41.
Second period: 3 Scar York (Tsujiura) 9:13 (pp).
Third period: 4 Greely Daigle (Fogg) 3:44. 5 Scar Libby (unassisted) 4:54. 6 Scar Laliberte (Waller Libby) 6:42.
Overtime: None.
Power-play opportunities: Greely 0-for 4. Scarborough 1 for 3.
Shots on goal: Greely 7-9-10-8: 34. Scarborough 4-9-8-6: 27.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc. Scarborough Lovett.
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2-11-04 Game Results GREELY 12, Gorham 4:
GREELY 12, GORHAM 4: Jesse Blais scored a hat trick and added two assists, and Sam Sheldon and Jeff Fannon added two goals each to lead Greely (12-4-1) over the Rams (4-15) at Gorham. Adam Tanguay scored a pair of goals for Gorham.
GOAL SUMMARY
Greely - 3 3 6 12
Gorham - 0 2 2 4
First Period: 1 Greely Filliter (Blais Fannon) 3:44. 2 Greely Blais (Daigle
Bisbing) 11:05. 3 Greely Fannon (Blais Green) 11:43.
Second Period: 4 Greely Bowden (Spaulding Fannon) :42. 5 Go Tanguay 2:20. 6
Greely Fogg (Daigle) 6:17 (sh). 7 Greely Blais (Sheldon) 8:30. 8 Go Schmidt 13:45.
Third Period: 9 Greely Blais (Spaulding) :41. 10 Go Keene (Schmidt) 3:51. 11 Go Tanguay (Schmidt) 6:21 (pp). 12
Greely Fannon (Filliter) 7:21. 13 Greely Sheldon 8:05. 14 Greely Daigle (Fogg) 9:21. 15
Greely Allen (Sheldon Green) 12:33. 16 Greely Sheldon 12:42.
Shots on goal: Greely 13-13-14:40. Gorham 3-6-9:18.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 0 of 2; Gorham 1 of 3.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc (18 shots-14 saves). Gorham Chaisson (40-28).
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Game Advance for GREELY vs Cape 2/14/03 by Pete Blais
Greely goes up against the top two teams in Western Class B in its final two games, beginning with tonight’s contest against No. 1 Cape Elizabeth. The Capers (16-2) are coming off Thursday’s huge 3-1 victory at No. 2 Yarmouth that solidified the defending state champs hold on the division lead.
Defenseman Jeff Croteau had a goal and an assist against Yarmouth to lead the Capers, who gained a split in their season series with the Clippers. Cape Elizabeth launched 30 shots at Yarmouth goalie Alex Bubier, while holding the Clippers to 14 shots. Kyle Dancause and Dan Rautenberg also scored for the Capers.
"It was a good game," said fifth-year Cape Elizabeth Coach Steve Ouellette. "We skated hard for three periods and got contributions from a variety of people. It might have been our best defensive game of year."
Defense has been one of Cape’s strengths this season. The defending state champs have held all their opponents, except one, to three goals or less. Western Class A-leading St. Dom’s scored nine times on the Capers back on Jan. 12. Cape’s only other loss was a 3-2 setback to Yarmouth on the last day of January.
"We play nice defense on a regular basis," said Ouellette, who counts just one senior, Lucas Huebener, among a six-man defensive rotation that includes underclassmen Croteau, Brett Brown (recently returned from a shoulder injury), Zach Juliano, Pat Kertes and Evan Bagley. Ryan Hatch and Matt Bernstein split time in goal.
Offensively, the Capers skate three lines: Rautenberg, Paul Kierstead and Tom Rich; Bryan Holden, Drake Livada and Joel Balfour; Garret Currier, Mike Kertes and Kyle Dancause. Rautenberg is the leading scorer with Kierstead second. But the Capers have excellent offensive balance. All three skaters on Currier’s line as well as Holden have at least 15 points apiece.
"We usually go with three lines the whole game," Ouellette said. "That’s been one of our keys over the last few years."
Cape won the first meeting with Greely by a 5-3 count back on Jan. 8 at Portland Ice Arena. Rautenberg and Brown scored late in the second period to snap a 2-2 tie. The Rangers’ Ben Daigle cut the lead to 4-3 early in the third. But Balfour answered less than a minute later to put the game away for Cape.
"Whenever Greely got on the board, we were able to answer the call," Ouellette remembered of that contest. "We’re expecting a very tough game [tonight]. Greely always seems to play us even tougher on its home rink."
Greely (12-4-1, ranked 4th in the most recent Heal Point standings) has put together a nice run over the past four weeks. The Rangers are undefeated in their last eight games (7 wins, 1 tie), although they haven’t played a team as strong as Cape Elizabeth over that stretch.
Jesse Blais had a hat trick and two assists, while Jeff Fannon and Sam Sheldon added two goals apiece in Wednesday’s 12-4 win at Gorham.
Team-leading scorer Andrew Bisbing struck three times with Daigle and Fannon chipping in a goal apiece in last Saturday’s 5-2 home victory over Leavitt.
In between was Tuesday’s somewhat-frustrating 3-3 tie with Class A Scarborough, which rallied with two third-period goals to knot up the Rangers at the University of Southern Maine. Fannon, Brad Allen and Daigle tallied for the Rangers.
A win tonight over Cape Elizabeth and/or in Monday afternoon’s regular-season-ending game at Yarmouth (4 p.m.) could help the Rangers move up another notch in the standings. The Western Maine Class B playoffs begin with the quarterfinal round on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
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2-14-04 Game Results GREELY 2, Cape 1 in OT:
GREELY 2, CAPE ELIZABETH 1: Jeff Fannon scored on a rebound 34 second into overtime to lift the Rangers (13-4-1) past the Capers (16-3) at Falmouth.
Jesse Blais scored for Greely, and Dan Rautenberg scored for Cape.
Greely 2-1 OT
Cape Elizabeth - 0 1 0 0 1
Greely -
0 1 0 1 2
First Period: No scoring.
Second Period:1 G Blais (Green Daigle) 1:03. 2 CE Rautenberg (Kierstead) 6:53.
Third Period:None.
Overtime:3 G Fannon (Blais Green) :34.
Shots on goal: Cape Elizabeth 9-10-8-0: 27.
Greely 4- 4- 4-2: 14.
Power-play Opportunities: Cape Elizabeth 0 of 1; Greely 0 of 2.
Goalies:Cape Elizabeth Bernstein (14 shots-12 saves). Greely:
Sir William Bolduc (27-26).
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2-16-04 Game Results GREELY 0, Yarmouth 3:
Andrew Piers had a goal and an assist as Yarmouth earned a 3-0 victory over Greely in a Class B hockey game at Travis Roy Arena on Monday. The Clippers improved to 14-3-2 with the win while the Rangers fell to 13-5-1. Loren Joyce opened the scoring at 3:06 of the first period, assisted by Piers and Pat Delaney. Charlie Mercer scored at 6:13 from Jon Miller.
Greely - 0 0 0 0
Yarmouth - 2 0 1 3
First Period:1 Y Joyce (Piers Delaney) 11:54; 2 Y Mercer (Miller) 8:47
Second Period: none
Third Period: 3 Y Piers (Henkes) shorthanded 11:41.
Shots on goal: Greely 5-6-7-18; Yarmouth 6-7-6-19.
Power-play opportunities: Greely 0 of 10; Yarmouth 0 of 5.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc (19 shots-16 saves) ; Yarmouth Bubier 18-18).
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Playoff
Game Advance for GREELY vs York 2/24/03 by Pete Blais
This is the third meeting this season between two teams that have also made a habit in recent years of getting together in the playoffs.
Greely won both of this year’s regular-season contests — 6-3 at Biddeford on Dec. 22 and 5-2 here at Family Ice Center on Feb. 7.
While the Rangers held the upper hand this season, the Wildcats have had the last laugh in the playoffs of late, eliminating Greely from Western Class B postseason contention in 2001 and 2003. York won last year’s quarterfinal 3-2 in double overtime at Biddeford.
Greely is the No. 3 seed in Western Class B and earned home ice thanks to a 13-5-1 campaign in 2003-04. The Rangers had a strong second half, going undefeated in nine straight games (including a 2-1 overtime win against No. 1 seed Cape Elizabeth) before closing out the regular season with a 3-0 loss at Yarmouth.
York is the No. 6 seed, finishing the regular season with an 11-7 mark.
The winner of tonight’s quarterfinal contest will meet the victor of the Yarmouth/Leavitt playoff game, which is being held in Yarmouth this evening. That semifinal match-up is scheduled for either 5 or 8 p.m. on Saturday at Portland Ice Arena. Saturday’s second semifinal will feature Cape Elizabeth, which earned a first-round bye as the regular-season champion, against the winner of tonight’s third quarterfinal contest, No. 4 Maranacook against No. 5 Fryeburg Academy.
For those looking farther down the road, the Western Class B regional final will take place Tuesday, March 2 at the Cumberland County Civic Center and the Class B state final at Lewiston’s newly named Colisee (formerly the Central Maine Civic Center) on Saturday, March 6.
Enjoy the playoffs.
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2-24-04 Playoff Game Results
GREELY 5, York 4:
It’s
Greely at the wire
By PAUL BETIT Staff Writer
2004 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. http://sports.mainetoday.com/highschool/stry.html?id=0402250212
Bisbing lifted the rebound of a shot by
Ryan Green into the left side of the goal with one-tenth of a second left to
finish off the Wildcats, who had knocked Greely out the playoffs two of the past
three seasons. “I saw the puck right around the boards,” said Bisbing,
who scored twice during the waning moments. “I was yelling, ‘Shoot it! Shoot
it!’ There was a rebound there, and the next thing I know the guys were going
crazy.”
Bisbing’s winning goal came 15
seconds after
The Rangers (
It was an incredible end to an exciting
game.
“I feel badly for (
“We really got into trouble with
penalties in the third period, and they took advantage,” said Mothes.
The Rangers did kill three other penalties in the final period, however.
“We played hard, and they played very hard,” said Mothes, whose team
advances to faces second-ranked
Greely held a 33-19 edge in shots.
“It was a very good game,” York
Coach Mike Vessey said. “There were one or two minor defensive breakdowns that
they took advantage of. I would have liked a few more shots from our team, but
our kids played their hearts out.” “Let’s face it, when a game goes
down to the last second, it’s pretty even.”
Staff Writer Paul Betit can be
contacted at 725-8795 or at:
Greely 5-4
York - 1 1 2 4
Greely - 0 3 2 5
First Period: 1. Ruger (Ohlson Berrigan) 10:30 pp.
Second Period: 2. Greely Fogg 3:07; 3. Fogg (Bisbing)
5:37; 4. Y Berrigan (Powers) 10:02; 5. G Allen
(Filliter Bisbing) 13:10.
Third Period: 6. Y Ruger (Ohlson) 7:02 pp2; 7. ; 8G Bisbing
(Filliter) 13:32. Y Berrigan (Ohlson) 14:44; 9. G Bisbing (Green)
14:59.
Shots on goal:
York 6- 7-6: 19;
Greely 12-15-6: 33.
Power-play opportunities: York 2 of 6; Greely 0 of 2.
Goalies: York Benson (33 shots-28 saves). Greely Bolduc (19-15).
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Other 2-24-04 Playoff Story GREELY 5, York 4
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/yorkstar/ys2_26_s3.htm
Last-second
goal stuns
By Carl Pepin
Sports Editor
It was payback time for the
The Rangers have been
knocked out of the West B tournament by
Tyler Ruger scored a power
play goal to give the Wildcats a 1-0 first period lead on Tuesday evening
(assists from Tom Ohlson and Tim Berrigan).
Greely answered with a tally
at
Ruger scored his second
power play goal of the night (from Ohlson) at
Bisbing scored what appeared
to be the deciding score with only
Bisbing then stunned the
Wildcats and sent his own team into delirium with his score in the final moment
of play.
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Playoff Game 2-28-04
GREELY 2, Yarmouth 1
Completely Partial Post Game notes by webmaster (2/28 - right
after the game) [additional notes after reading the Press
Herald]
It was another fantastic finish for the Greely Rangers, as Jeff Fannon scored with under one minute remaining to propel the Rangers into the Regional Finals against Fryeburg. The Portland Ice Arena was filled to beyond capacity as Yarmouth and Greely fans were packed elbow to elbow, cheering wildly for their teams.
Greely started the game on fire, and completely owned the first period, giving the Clippers no real offensive chances. Andrew Bisbing scored for the Rangers, on a wicked wrist shot that seemed to carom around the inside of the net. [assists by Pat Fogg and Ben Daigle] Billy Bolduc was amazing, covering all angles like a 4-season veteran. Barry Mothes used the entire Ranger bench against the Clippers and it worked very effectively, as everyone seemed to stay very sharp.
Pat Delaney scored for Yarmouth in the second period, and Yarmouth began to create more offensive chances. The Rangers remained calm, even throughout a number of Yarmouth power plays on close (read between the lines) calls. The Rangers pulled through, sticking to their game, and the play remained very close with each team getting chances. Junior Ben Daigle was injured and left the ice for a portion of the period after he received what looked like a knee to knee contact. Ben returned to a thunderous applause, and continued to be a major influence in the game. Jeff Fannon scored with just under one minute remaining in the third period, on a third rebound off the Yarmouth goalie, Bubier. [Assists by Sophomore Sam Sheldon and Senior Jesse Blais] After time-outs by both teams, Yarmouth pulled their goalie for an extra skater. Again Billy was spectacular and held the line, and the Rangers pulled off an upset.
The battle of the cheering crowds was a close battle
also. Greely fans pulled out to an early lead with the G-R-E-E-L-Y cheer,
only to have Yarmouth battle back with their Y-H-S cheer and their jeering
cheer, "WE CAN'T HEAR YOU". But in the end the Yarmouth cheers
were drowned out by the frenzied Greely fans who dominated the decibels.
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Third
time is right time as Greely goes to final
By PAUL BETIT Staff Writer http://sports.mainetoday.com/highschool/stry.html?id=0402290288
The Rangers totaled one goal in two
losses to the Clippers. “We lost to them twice and we knew we had to take it
to them the third time,” said Fannon, who scored the winner after
The game was played at a breakneck
pace.
“When we played these guys on Feb.
16, we were just hanging onto the puck too long, trying to stickhandle around
one more forechecker in our end,” Greely Coach Barry Mothes said. Saturday
night, the Rangers, who have gone
Greely (
“We turned it into a 15-minute game
and I thought we had more chances (in the third ),” Yarmouth Coach Scott
Matusovich said.
Greely freshman Billy Bolduc made 12 of
his 22 saves in the third. “We dominated play in the third period,”
Matusovich said. “We had chance after chance and (their goalie) made some nice
saves.”
Staff Writer Paul Betit can be
contacted at 725-8795 or at: pbetit@pressherald.com
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From the Press Herald 2/29/03
Greely - 1 0 1 2
Yarmouth - 0 1 0 1
First Period: 1 G Bisbing (Fogg Daigle) 1:39.
Second Period: 2 Y Delaney (Pires) 10:29.
Third Period: 3 G Fannon (Sheldon Blais) 14:19.
Shots on goal: Greely 7-6-6:19. Yarmouth 6-5-12:23.
Power-play Opportunities: Greely 0 of 2; Yarmouth 0 of 3.
Goalies: Greely Bolduc (23 shots-22 saves). Yarmouth Bubier (19-17).
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Western Regional Finals Game 3-2-04 GREELY 4, Fryeburg 5
The Greely Rangers ran headfirst into a wall tonight, a 4-ft high, 6-ft wide wall by the name of Joe Mango. Mango was the most significant reason that Fryeburg pulled out this victory, as the Greely Rangers outshot the Raiders by a 47 - 17 margin. A great number of those shots were quality shots and shots off rebounds.
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Opening lineup for the National Anthem, sung by Greely Lady Ranger Molly Hamel
and Haley Roy.
Colin had a fine night, and several rugged checks.
Billy Bolduc concentrating on the puck
Andrew Bisbing putting the puck on the net.
Andrew taking one on the chin for the team.
Ben Daigle out front. We had plenty of chances.
Jesse Blaise looking for the puck.
Ryan Green unloading a shot from the right point. Ryan got a goal and and
two assists.
More chances with our Boys all alone out front.
Bobby Harwood breaking out the puck .
Ben Daigle putting the brakes on a Raider.
Mango has the net covered. His pad spread looks like it's post to post.
Greely breaking the puck in.
Fryeburg has this rebound protected.
Bobby Harwood heading up the ice.
Greely seemed to own the front of the Fryeburg net
This was the winning goal. I think that the puck is just coming off the
Fryeburg stick. Might be under
Billy's left pad or going 5-hole.
The score may have gone to Fryeburg, but the game was won by our boys...
Greely exhibited exemplary sportsmanship during the post-game. All of
MSAD51 was proud.
Lineup during the awards for Runner up and Regional Champs.
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Raiders add final upset
By TOM CHARD Staff Writer http://sports.mainetoday.com/highschool/stry.html?id=0403030196
The fifth-seeded Raiders (17-5) knocked off a higher-seeded team for the third straight game, including top-ranked Cape Elizabeth Saturday in the semifinals. As in that game, Mango made several outstanding saves - and he had to, as Greely (15-6-1) outshot Fryeburg, 47-13.
The Raiders withstood ferocious pressure from the Rangers in the final minute. Greely, in the regional final for the first time in six years, seemed to have taken the momentum, rallying from a 4-2 deficit early in the third period to tie it at 4. Those two goals came just over a minute apart, but Fryeburg responded to the pressure. Jordan DeLong's second goal of the game at 8:59 of the third proved to be the clincher. DeLong scored unassisted by sheer will at the goal mouth. Then Mango did the rest.
He made a great save on Jesse Blais at the 10:50 mark, then another on Ben Daigle, who shot straight on from 12 feet. But DeLong also caught a break between those saves when a Greely player in the crease fanned at a shot on an open net. "We didn't lose because we didn't have good shots," said Greely Coach Barry Mothes. "Their goalie made enough saves to help them win the game. He played the same type of game against Cape. They beat us on a number of one-on-one plays."
The Raiders jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Nick Lawrence and Bo Apt. Apt's goal was on a power play. While Greely's offense featured strong passing, Fryeburg's scoring came on strong individual efforts. Lawrence's goal was at the end of a rink-long rush. When the Raiders took a 3-0 lead early in the second period, it appeared they would breeze to the win. But the Rangers' shot domination finally started to pay off, although their first goal was somewhat of a fluke. Mango momentarily took his eye off Ryan Green's shot from outside the blue line as Greely closed to 3-1. When Andrew Bisbing tipped in a shot by Green four minutes later, it was 3-2. Bisbing went off for high-sticking with seven seconds left in the second period, and Kris Charlong scored a power-play goal 1:08 into the third to give the Raiders a 4-2 lead. The Rangers rallied again on two straight goals by Blais. His second goal prompted a Fryeburg timeout, and the Raiders regrouped.
"I seem to play better when there's more pressure," said Mango. "I make the big saves when I have to. "This team pulled it together midway in the season. We've been playing great since." Fryeburg, which is in its third season of varsity competition, will play Saturday at 1 p.m. in the state championship at The Colisee in Lewiston against the winner of tonight's Eastern Maine final between Orono and Gardiner.
After Tuesday's game, the Fryeburg crowd was chanting "Travis Roy, Travis Roy," in Mango's direction. The Travis Roy Award goes annually to the top schoolboy hockey player in the state, and Raiders fans made it clear who they felt the recipient should be.
Staff Writer Tom Chard can be contacted at 791-6419 or at: tchard@pressherald.com
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Greely
0 2 2 – 4
First Period — 1, FA, Lawrence, (UN) 1:40; 2, FA, Apt (Delong) 5:55(pp).
Second Period — 3, FA, DeLong (Apt, Charlong) 4:33; 4, G, Green (Allen)
9:36; 5, G, Bisbing (Green) 13:09.
Third Period — 6, FA, Charlong (Lawrence) 1:08(pp); 7, G, Blais
(Spaulding, Green) 6:11; 8, G, Blais (Filliter) 7:39; 9, FA, DeLong (un) 8:59.
Shots on goal — Fryeburg Academy 17.
Greely 47.
Power-play Opportunities — Fryeburg Academy 2 of 3; Greely 0 of 3.
Goalies — Fryeburg Academy, Mango (47 shots-43 saves). Greely,
Bolduc (17-12).
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Fryeburg’s six starters have one
goal
By PAUL BETIT Staff Writer
http://sports.mainetoday.com/highschool/stry.html?id=0403060243
A group of iron men have brought
“Obviously, the depth factor is huge with us,” Fryeburg Coach Fred Apt said. “We just don’t have the depth a lot of the other schools have.” That handicap hasn’t kept the Raiders from advancing to the state final in only their third season of varsity competition. But it has prompted the team to adopt a more deliberate style. “We obviously like to slow the game down as much as we can,” Apt said. “We’d like to score some more goals, but we’re not going to wear ourselves out doing it.”
In man-advantage situations, the Raiders sometimes are content to just maintain possession of the puck, a tactic normally used by teams trying to kill off a penalty. “Even on power plays, we sometimes don’t go all out,” Apt said. “We look at it as two minutes where the other team can’t score.”
The leader of the team’s iron men is Nick Lawrence, a
senior defenseman who has scored a team-high 39 goals. He rarely came off
the ice during the regional tournament. During a 3-1 win against
top-seeded
Others on the 13-man roster see spot duty, but those six players carry the bulk of the load. “We’ve got a lot of guys who didn’t play much hockey before they came here,” Apt said. “We’ve got three guys on the team who never even skated before this season. This is what we have to do be successful.” Apt, Charlong and DeLong form a potent forward line. Between them, the three players have scored a total of 93 goals. “There are times now where teams which normally play three lines use two lines against us to try to match up with us,” Apt said. “We actually tire some teams out.”
The Red Riots, meanwhile, routinely alternate four forward lines and use as many as five defenseman during a game.
Staff Writer Paul Betit can be contacted at 725-8795 or at: pbetit@pressherald.com
Fryeburg completes its run
By PAUL BETIT Staff Writer
LEWISTON — Veteran Fryeburg Academy was just too much for a young Orono hockey team Saturday.
The Raiders took a big lead and held off the Riots for a 7-4 victory to
capture their first Class B hockey championship before 1,500 fans at The Colisee.
"That top line they have is just phenomenal," Orono Coach Greg
Hirsch said. "I´ve got to give them all the credit in the world."
Fryeburg´s top line of Kris Charlong, Jordan DeLong and Bo Apt scored all but
one of its team´s goals.
The Raiders, who tended to slow the tempo during the regional playoffs, opened it up against an Orono team that included just two seniors. "In our last two games we were outshot by a lot," said Fryeburg goalie Steve Mango, who made 21 saves. During the regional tournament, he totaled 111 saves in three games. "We wanted to play more offense." Fryeburg (18-5) held a 3-1 lead after a fast-paced first period.
The Raiders opened the scoring three minutes into the game when DeLong put in a low shot through a screen in the top of the slot after picking up a loose puck inside the blue line. DeLong´s 40th goal of the season came on the first shot of the game. At 5:12, John Tuell made it 1-1 by sliding a backhander from the left side of the slot under Mango´s pads. Exactly two minutes later, Fryeburg regained the lead. Charlong lifted the puck into the left side of the goal from the slot after receiving DeLong´s centering pass from the left circle for his 35th goal of the season. With 1:01 left, DeLong scored a short-handed goal on a breakaway. "We just came out and tried to win 15 minutes per period," said Raiders defenseman Nick Lawrence, who had a goal and two assists. "That´s what we did all through the playoffs."
Fryeburg led 5-3 through two periods.
Less than four minutes into the second, Apt and Charlong scored to make it 5-1. The Riots (17-4) scored twice in the last two minutes of the period. At 13:14, Dylan Hendrickson finished a two-on-one break. With 39 seconds left, Jacob Roeder stole the puck and finished off a breakaway with a backhander. The two goals came after play was stopped for nearly 20 minutes while medical personnel tended to Derek Smith of Orono, who was taken to a hospital with a head injury.
"I think we played with a little bit more confidence after that happened," Hirsch said. "Things might have been different if we had started out that way." The Raiders, making their first appearance in a state final in their third varsity season, regained their three-goal edge 5 1/2 minutes into the third period when Apt tipped in Charlong´s pass for a power-play goal, his 18th of the season. Less than a minute later, Travis Bryant finished off a breakaway with a backhander for Orono, making its first appearance in a state final in six years. With 2:39 left, Nick Raymond of Fryeburg lifted the puck into the right side on a breakaway for a power-play goal, his team-high 41st goal of the season, to complete the scoring.
Staff Writer Paul Betit can be contacted at 725-8795 or at: pbetit@pressherald.com
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A season to remember
By PETER BLAIS (reprinted with permission from the Falmouth Forecaster) http://www.theforecaster.net/story.php?storyid=527
(Falmouth Forecaster Editors Note: Peter Blais is the father of Greely hockey players Jesse and Sam. Over the past couple of weeks, he and his wife, Sue, rode the roller-coaster of emotion that is being a parent during playoff hockey. The Rangers won games and stole hearts all the way up to a gutwrenching one-goal loss to Fryeburg in the regional final. For Blais, and everyone else who was along for the ride, the memories of the last four months will long be treasured).
It was a wonderful season to be a supporter of a Greely boys' hockey team that reached the Western Maine Class B finals for the first time in years and came within a skate blade of advancing to the state finals.
As the proud parent of two of the players and an unabashed Rangers' fan, here's a personal Top 10 Memories List of this past season.
10. The annual pre-Christmas, team-bonding trip to Sherbrooke, Quebec. Playing a pair of games against Alexander Galt Regional High School in nearby Lennoxville was the main purpose. Watching the younger players become part of the team mix was the highlight.
9. A 3-2 overtime loss in the annual Dudley Cup game against Falmouth on New Years Day. Granted the outcome wasn't what we wanted, but such a tight game, especially against a Class A Yachtsmen squad that eventually advanced to the Western Maine semifinals, was the first indication that this particular Greely team could compete with just about anybody.
8. A nine-game unbeaten streak between Jan. 19 and Feb. 14. The Rangers outscored their opponents 65-19 over that stretch. More importantly, it turned a team teetering on the brink of mediocrity with a 5-4 mark at the start of the streak into a playoff-bound squad that took a 13-4-1 record into its final two regular-season games against defending state champ Cape Elizabeth and longtime rival Yarmouth.
7. A 2-1 overtime victory over Cape Elizabeth on Feb. 14. Jeff Fannon's goal off a rebound 34 seconds into overtime was a Valentine's Day present that ensured Greely of the third seed and home ice in the first round of the playoffs.
6. For pure drama, the 5-4 quarterfinal playoff victory over York was the best game of the season. The Wildcats tied it with 15 seconds left and a raucous crowd was settling in for an expected overtime, when Andrew Bisbing unexpectedly stuffed in a shot with less than a second left to send the Rangers into the next round. Bisbing's center-ice belly flop following the goal earned a perfect 10 from the Greely judges jumping up and down in the stands.
5. The third time was a charm for the Rangers in the Feb. 28 semifinals against Yarmouth. The Clippers had beaten Greely by 3-0 and 3-1 counts during the regular season. But freshman goalie Billy Bolduc made big save after big save for 45 minutes, giving Jesse Blais, Sam Sheldon and Fannon a chance for a three-man rush that ended with Fannon jamming the puck in the net with 41 seconds left and sending Ranger fans into a stands-stomping frenzy.
4. A Western regional final win that would have sent Greely to its first state championship game would have been a storybook ending. It wasn't to be. Fryeburg Academy, a much better team than its No. 5 seed would indicate, jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a seemingly unbeatable Joe Mango in net. Fittingly, Greely's seniors led their team back. Ryan Green, Bisbing and Blais (twice) scored to get the Rangers back even at 4-4. But it wasn't quite enough. The Rangers outshot the Raiders 47-17, including a flurry of Greely shots in the final minutes. But a late Raiders goal and Mango were the difference.
3. Seeing the crowds at the final few regular-season and playoff games. The regulars were there. But there were also a number of non-hockey people. Basketball, track, skiing, soccer, lacrosse, baseball and track people. Students and neighbors who wanted to see a good game and show their appreciation to a team that had livened things up while winter wound down. The players were obviously grateful for their support. Those new fans, who from the noise they made, were obviously taken with what they saw from this team and will hopefully become regulars next season.
2. Sitting at one of this season's hockey parental gatherings, gazing around the room and realizing that many of my dearest friends and fondest memories were here. Most of those relationships started, or at least were nurtured, over a cup of hot coffee in a cold rink while watching our kids skate around orange cones at 6 a.m. Here's a tip for anyone whose kids are considering playing this terrific sport. If an acquaintance criticizes hockey's early-morning commitments and blabbers something like “Thank God my kids don't play hockey,” just nod and walk way. Trust me. They don't have a clue what they are talking about. I didn't know it then, but one of the luckiest days of my life occurred 12 years ago when my then 6-year-old son asked, “Dad, do you think I could play hockey?”
1. Watching proudly as the Greely and Yarmouth players lined up to shake hands after their semifinal game at Portland Ice Arena. The line came to a halt as these young men, many of whom had played with and against each other on youth hockey teams for a dozen years, hugged, patted backs, tapped helmets and wished each other well.
As Bobby Orr said, “It's wonderful how ice can be so warm.”
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