Hockey Day In Lockport Coming This Month
Hockey Day In Lockport will be held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Hope to see you there.
New York Raptors Report
BY MICHAEL MEYERS –
In early October the New York Raptors participated in the two-day Frankenfest in West Orange, New Jersey. The Raptors first game was against the New York Polar Bears.
The Raptors defeated the Polar Bears, 8-7. Michael Meyers scored the winning goal for the Raptors.
The Raptors moved on to play the Woodbridge Central Stars. The Stars defeated the Raptors, 7-4.
On the second day of the tournament the Raptors played the Nova Cool Cats. The Raptors lost to the Cool Cats.
The Raptors record for the season is one win, two losses and no ties.
(Photo provided by New York Raptors)
Defense Shines As #12 Cornell Men’s Hockey Sweeps #11 Minnesota Duluth
THACA, N.Y. — Senior forward Gabriel Seger registered his first career multi-goal game, and freshman Ben Robertson posted his first collegiate multi-point night, guiding the No. 12-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team to a 3-0 shutout of No. 11-ranked Minnesota Duluth before another over-capacity crowd of 4,316 at Lynah Rink on Saturday night.
Junior goaltender Ian Shane recorded his ninth career shutout, shoving aside all 17 shots he faced from Minnesota Duluth (3-2-2).
Joining Seger and Robertson on the scoresheet was junior captain Kyle Penney, earning his second consecutive game-winning goal after opening the scoring in a three-goal second period for the Big Red (2-0-0).
Matthew Thiessen earned the start in goal for Minnesota Duluth, stopping 12 of the 15 Cornell shots he faced.
“We knew [Minnesota Duluth] going to have a big push coming out,” Mike Schafer ’86, the Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey, said. “I thought we just got off to a slow start and didn’t do the things we did last night. In the second, we did. We kicked it in, got pucks deep, got tight on defense and forced the issue.”
Neither team generated much offense in the opening 20 minutes of play, as the teams combined for just four shots on goal.
Cornell opened the scoring early in the middle stanza when Penney capitalized on a perfectly executed deke by sophomore forward Dalton Bancroft. Robertson received the secondary assist on the opening tally.
Seger potted the first of his two goals on the night 83 seconds after Penney, redirecting a shot from the point by junior defenseman Hank Kempf.
Just past the halfway point of the game, Seger netted his second goal of the night when he received a pass from Robertson that was threaded through traffic in the low slot.
“To find the seam, he shows great poise,” Schafer said regarding Robertson’s backdoor pass to set up Seger’s second goal. “He’s a lot like Joakim Ryan and Yanni Kaldis. He’s very similar to those two. He’s got good vision, he can shoot it, and he’s able to thread passes. That was a great pass backdoor to Gabe going to the net.”
The Big Red had to kill off a five-minute major for interference over the final 2:44 of the contest, which also turned into a 6-on-4 situation with Minnesota Duluth having pulled their goaltender. During the penalty kill, Cornell blocked a pair of shots and Shane made two saves of his own.
GAME NOTES
• Cornell and Minnesota Duluth met for the sixth time on Saturday night, with the Big Red taking the lead in the all-time series, 3-2-1.
• The pair of victories over Minnesota Duluth marks Cornell’s first time it swept a weekend series against a ranked opponent since defeating the Bulldogs’ NCHC rival, North Dakota, on Jan. 5-6, 2021. It was the first such occurrence at Lynah Rink since sweeping No. 13-ranked Arizona State on Jan. 11-12, 2019.
• The Big Red’s one goal allowed is the fewest conceded for Cornell in its first two games of a season since 2017 when it posted an 8-1 ledger over Alabama-Huntsville.
• Shane’s shutout was the ninth of his collegiate career and is now tied with Andy Iles ’14 for the eighth-most shutouts by a Cornell netminder. It was his first time blanking an opponent at Lynah Rink since posting a 21-save shutout of top-ranked Quinnipiac this past Jan. 20.
• Under Schafer, Cornell has won its last 23 games when shutting out an opponent and improved its mark to 109-0-7.
• Cornell has won its last 27 games while ahead when going into the second intermission. With Schafer at the helm of the Big Red program, its mark is 399-22-27 in those circumstances.
• The 2-0-0 start is the seventh time in the last 11 seasons the Big Red has opened the year with two consecutive victories. It is the 15th time under Schafer that Cornell has posted a pair of victories in its first two contests.
UP NEXT
Cornell will open ECAC Hockey and Ivy League play next weekend when it travels to New Haven, Conn., and Providence, R.I., to take on Yale and Brown, respectively. Puck drops for both contests are slated for 7 p.m. Both games will air live on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, whcuradio.com).
(Cornell Men’s Hockey Photo)
Buffalo State Women Looking to Rebound
Story and Photos by Janet Schultz© NYHOL
The Buffalo State Bengals Women’s Ice Hockey Team hasn’t seen a playoff spots since their loss in the semi-finals of the NEWHL in 2017-18. This season Head Coach Rachel Grampp, now in her third season as Head Coach, is looking to see what the team can do in their conference. The NEWHL has dissolved and those colleges are now playing in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).
“Our returners are strong,” said Grampp. “I have some high expectations for them this year but I like what I see so far.
“They are showing great strides this year.”
Grampp, who served as interim head coach for the past two seasons, is the seventh head coach in the 24 year history of the program.
Last season Gramp brought on Hannah Nelson as her assistant. Nelson, Libertyville, Illinois, is a graduate of Trine University where she played ice hockey and lacrosse. She also coached at the National level with the U15 USA Team.
“It helps having some consistency with an assistant and Hannah (Nelson) is back this year” said Grampp. “We think the same when it comes to practice and plans; recruiting, we like the same players and the same style of player. Having an assistant like her makes things easy.”
She has seen a lot of leadership on the team through a leadership group they have formed. It’s coming from the sophomores, juniors and seniors and she has seen a lot of development from those who stepped into the group.
“So now I just look for that person who will say ‘I am Captain of the ship, so let’s go,’” said Grampp.
“The group has been working well together so far.”
Goalie Jessica Auge is a mainstay in the net for the Bengals. Last season she played in all 25 games logging 1500.43 minutes between the posts and Grampp is looking for her to play to her full potential this season. This season there is a backup as Chelsea Kingston from Sault St. Marie and the Soo Jr. Greyhounds.
“The D core is fairly young with one senior and 2 juniors so we will be relying on the younger players back there,” said Grampp.
“I think the Forward group has a lot of grittiness and a lot of speed to it. They want to be aggressive so we will play a little more aggressive this year than we have in the past based on the type of players and the number of players we have,” she continued.
Getting into the playoffs is the goal, and has been the goal, of the Bengals.
“They are motivated for the playoffs and it’s nice to see that,” she continues. “It’s more their goal than it is mine.”
“It’s going to be tough (making the playoffs) but I think we can do it,” said Grampp.
SUNYAC, without having started its regular season, is becoming a highly competitive conference. With an ‘on’ night and a team with a bad bounce, Grampp feels they can compete with anybody, especially if they play the way she knows they can.
One more addition to the team are the fans. There seems to be a group that has shown up for their first two exhibition games and rooted them to victory.
“In the Stevenson game we scored to tie the game and the players skated over to those fans, it was cool to see that,” said Grampp. “In my four or five seasons of being here I don’t think we’ve ever seen that.”
“It’s pretty cool to see the community and the student athletes come together and support each other.”
The Bengals have four of their top scorers from last season returning in Vanessa Willick, Emma Ramseier, Madi Digges and Carys Ursell. As a high school player, Willick was 16th in the WNYGVIH Federation career scoring list after posting 49 goals and 48 assists (97) in 70 games for Williamsville High School.
Buffalo State opened their season with two exhibition games, winning both. First an 6-5 OT win vs Stevenson and then a 7-1 win over Hilbert College. They now have four non-league games, October 27 and 28 vs Neumann and November 3 and 4 vs Chapman, before SUNY Plattsburgh comes to town on November 10 at 3 p.m. for the first SUNYAC game.
For those following New York State-born players the Bengals include Bethany Horvatits (Elma), Gabby McCory (Buffalo), Molly Leggett (Grand Island), Maddie Braun (E.Aurora), Sydney Radecki (Lancaster), Alexa Groh (Elma), Lilli Adimey (Amherst) and Rylee Garrow (Akwesasne).
Whether on or off ice, or in the classroom, Grampp sees them as the hardest working team in SUNYAC and as long as they work hard she isn’t asking for anything more.
Nazareth Looking to Continue their Championship Ways
Story/Photos by Janet Schultz© NHOL
The Nazareth Women’s Ice Hockey Team will be defending the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) title as they hit the ice this season.
Head Coach Chris Baudo knows that is a challenge with 19 freshmen/sophomore players, but he also knows they will be competing at the high level they have for the past five years.
“Our goal is always to reach the mountain top and win championships,” said Baudo. ““It’s about the everyday process to win the day and get better.”
“The team we are today will not be the team we are in two or three months,” he continued. “There is a lot of growth for us.
Nazareth is coming off a 22-6-1 season with the UCHC championship trophy in their possession. More than that, they also have the 2022 championship that came after a 27-2-0 record. In their first year of play (2018-2019)they went 19-5-2.
The team has leadership in their Juniors and Seniors. They can roll four lines and seven defense which should wear their competition down. Baudo won’t be relying on six forwards and four “D” but will play everyone with different people chipping in on any given day.
“Our players share an identity of how to compete. They will make the other teams defend and will make it hard for them to play against our defensive zone,” Baudo shared.
In addition their goaltending is experienced with McKinley Hoff and Mia Paquin returning and the addition of Rebecca Mullaby from Tabor Academy.
Baudo has watched as the players connected both on and off ice but knows that working with youth will be a challenge in garnering continuity in structure and the way they want to play.
“It’s a challenge but we can grow,” said Baudo.
“Two years ago when they went 27-2 there were 15 seniors on the team they basically told me ‘stay out of the way coach, we know what we are doing’ and they embraced the identity of the team” explained Baudo.
“We have all of that now but we are young. It’s exciting and awesome.”
Katie Cascio agrees.
“I think we can win because we have great leadership. The upper classmen are leading the way and the underclassmen are excited,” she said. “
“We all have to start somewhere and we all have the same goal in mind,” she said.
“The Nazareth fans are going to see a young team but one that comes out hard all the time, consistently playing 200 feet, floor checking, back checking, blue paint, getting pucks to the net and one that competes together and a group that supports each other,” said Baudo.
“We want them to be just as excited for back checks as they are for goals,” he continued.
“I hope they see that from a playing perspective as well as a cultural one.”
“We love our group and what we have here,” said Baudo. “It’s a different challenge every year and this year we are young and will rely on the group of captains.”
Cascio Looking for Championship in Senior Year
Senior Defender Katie Cascio started skating at two years old and by the time she was three she was giving hockey a try.
“My brother (Joe) was playing and I wanted to do what he did,” she explains.
“I haven’t had anything make me work so hard but there is such a reward with it,” she explains. “Nothing is more rewarding than winning a ACHC Championship and sharing the experience with teammates. It’s the best feeling in the world.”
Cascio has experienced two ACHC Championships and is looking to add the third as she completes her collegiate hockey career.
The hockey experience has also given her leadership skills that she will take into the business world as she prepares for a career in marketing.
She does have advice for those young players in high school and travel hockey programs. Advocate for yourself.
“Don’t be afraid to speak up in case your Coach isn’t helping you out and don’t be afraid to ask the coach to do something.”
C is referring to contacting college coaches about wanting to play. While college coaches may not be able to contact a high school player directly, the high school coach can be the middleman and she found that college coaches like a player who can advocate for themselves.
“Also have an open mind,” said C. “When I was in the recruiting process I thought I wanted to go to a big school but found that even though Naz is small, I fell in love with it.”
Cascio began her play with the Arrows out of NY and then moved to the Long Island Waves, girls hockey program (now known as the Lady Islanders). She also played with the North American Hockey Academy and the Bishop Kearney Selects 19U AAA team.
She is the daughter of Joe and Alicea Cascio.
Holtz Pegged as Seventh Hamilton Head Women’s Hockey Coach
Kayte Holtz, previously the assistant women’s hockey coach at Hamilton College for the past 10 seasons, has been named the team’s head coach.
The Continentals have a record of 122-84-22 since Holtz joined the coaching staff prior to the 2013-14 season. She has helped guide the team to eight postseason appearances and has coached six all-America selections, three NESCAC players of the year, a NESCAC rookie of the year and 15 all-conference picks.
“I am grateful and excited for the opportunity to continue to lead the women’s ice hockey program at Hamilton,” Holtz said. “As head coach, I look forward to working with talented student-athletes who are driven academically and have an intrinsic drive to work and compete. I love the Hamilton community and am honored to have the chance to continue to actively make a difference in the lives of student-athletes so they can enter the real world as respectful, inclusive and strong individuals. It is my hope that every Hamilton women’s hockey player will graduate proud of what they have achieved in the classroom, in the community and on the ice.”
Holtz helped guide Hamilton to its best season in team history in 2022-23. The Continentals smashed their previous team record for wins in a season of 16 by going 22-6-2, finished second in the conference standings, played in the NESCAC championship final for the first time, made their first NCAA championship appearance, and advanced to the national semifinals after they defeated Nazareth College and Adrian College. Hamilton was ranked fourth in the final USCHO.com Division III Top 15 poll of the season. The Continentals had two players on the all-America team, the conference player of the year and three all-NESCAC team selections.
“As the search process unfolded, it became evident that Kayte was best positioned to assume the leadership role of our women’s hockey program,” Director of Athletics Jon Hind ’80 said. “Her many varied experiences as both an accomplished player and coach in the NESCAC have afforded her great understanding of how to be successful in our community.”
Hamilton finished in the top five in Division III in penalty kill and scoring defense in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Holtz and the Continentals have made it to the conference semifinals or further every year since 2019.
A 2013 graduate of Bowdoin College, Holtz earned first team all-America honors as a senior after she helped the Polar Bears to the NESCAC title and the quarterfinals of the NCAA championship. Holtz was first team all-NESCAC three times and was named a team captain her senior year. She finished her Bowdoin career with 68 goals and 55 assists for 123 points in 106 games. Holtz held the team record for career short-handed goals with six when she graduated, and she played in every single game.
Holtz has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology. She is from New Berlin, Wis.
(Photo provided by Hamilton College Women’s Hockey)
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Amerks Come From Behind To Defeat Charlotte
| By Warren Kozireski — |  | ||
Rochester score three goals over the final five minutes of the third period to overcome a 3-1 deficit and defeat visiting Charlotte 4-3 Wednesday night in AHL hockey.
Buffalo Sabres prospects Juri Kulich (5), Aleksandr Kisakov (3) and Isak Rosen (3) netted the three late goals.
Michael Mersch had earlier tied the game 1-1 with a power play goal in the first period with an assist from 2022 first round draft choice Matt Savoie, who was playing in his first regular season professional game on a rehab assignment from Buffalo.
“Crazy game…we had a lot of penalties in the first and second, but we kept playing good five-on-five the whole game and it paid off in the end,” Rosen said. On his game-winning goal, Rosen deadpanned: “Won the face-off, then I faked (a) shot, take it around there and throw it on net–it was all planned, so it was good.”
“We had a lot of reasons to go away tonight; their goaltender was very good, we had some penalties go against us…and it felt like most of their good chances went in,” Rochester head coach Seth Appert said.
Rochester improved to 3-1-1-0 on the young season and host Laval Friday.
Haley Skarupa Named Head Scout For U.S. Women’s National Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Olympic gold medalist Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Md.) has been hired as the head scout for the U.S. Women’s National Team program it was announced by USA Hockey.
Skarupa will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and recruiting potential players for the various levels on the U.S. Women’s National Team, including the Olympics, Women’s World Championship, Select Series and Under-18 Women’s World Championship.
“It’s an honor to be named U.S. Women’s National Team Head Scout,” Skarupa said. “After representing the U.S. as a player for many years, it’s a full-circle moment to now join the staff. I’m excited to hit the ground running and look forward to helping the U.S. Women’s National Team at every level.”
“Haley brings a wealth of hockey experience and knowledge that will be incredibly valuable to our program as we move forward,” said Katie Million, director of women’s national team programs for USA Hockey. “Haley knows what it takes to compete at an elite level and will use that experience to help identify like-minded players. We’re excited to welcome her to our staff.”
ABOUT SKARUPA
Most recently, Skarupa spent time working with the Washington Capitals as a hockey ambassador, assisting the Capitals marketing and youth hockey department in efforts to expand girls and youth hockey development opportunities withing the Mid-Atlantic region.
As a player, Skarupa spent 10 years as part of the U.S. Women’s National Team Program (2009-2019), highlighted by helping Team USA earn gold at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She was also part of U.S. gold medal teams at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship and the 2011 IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship. Skarupa, who played four seasons (2012-16) for Boston College, also competed professionally in the NWHL for the Connecticut Whale (2016-17) and Boston Pride (2017-18). She also played in the PWHPA for Team Women’s Sports Foundation and Team Sonnet from 2020-23.
(Photos by USA Hockey)
Future Islanders: Danny Nelson
By Warren Kozireski —
The New York Islanders scouting staff obviously saw something in U.S. National Tea, Development Program center Danny Nelson.
Projected 98th in The Hockey News Draft Preview, the 6’2”, 212 lb. center was taken 49th overall in the second round in Nashville this past June.
Now in his first month in his first season of collegiate hockey as a true freshman with Notre Dame, he is playing the middle on the second line with a senior and a graduate student.
“Definitely been a lot of stuff this summer; a lot of fun,” Nelson said. “But it’s nice to be back in the swing of things playing hockey. It’s good to play with a couple of guys and have a lot of experience, so they obviously help me, and I try to help them the best I can. They let me know how it’s going to be and how the pace is going to be and help me adjust to this—I’m enjoying it.”
Nelson netted a goal in his second game—a 3-0 win over Clarkson. In 92 combined games over the USHL schedule, the USNDP program’s games played against college teams at the World Junior U-18 tournament, he scored 33 goals with 38 assists.
“I do have the puck; they gave it to me luckily. It’s pretty nice to be able to keep that one. I have a couple, but I’m trying to add more—that’s the goal now.
The Maple Grove, Minnesota native played with Green Bay in the USHL before joining the National program. He has not been shy during his initiation to college hockey with a team-leading 11 shots through the first two games. And he has shown a knack in the faceoff circle as well going 21-13 in the third game against RIT.
“It’s been good; just adjusting to school and obviously getting used to the pace, but it’s been a good transition so far. I wouldn’t say there have been too many big surprises. Last year we got to play quite a few college games, so I kind of knew what to expect, so honestly, I wasn’t too surprised about anything.”
Some other outlets, including his write-up in the Draft Preview, are making a big deal about a position change from defense to forward delaying his development. But he was asked to play defense for only one year due to roster shortages.
“Not a big deal because I played forward all the way growing up and just one year of defense and I feel, if anything, it just helped me even more. I don’t think it hurt me at all.”
As a bonus, Nelson is playing this season for the first time with his older brother, Henry, on the Fighting Irish. They are one of three sets of brothers on this year’s team and 17th in Notre Dame hockey history.
“It’s been awesome; it’s been fund to spend time with him and be able to hang out with him at the rink and our dorms and all around campus and a couple of classes too, so it’s been a great time.”
The Islanders will be patient with their 2022 second round selection, but his skating ability and size should push the issue after he spends at least a season in the weight room between weekends adding to already large frame.
(Photo’s Provided by Notre Dame Hockey/Athletic Department)
Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Introduces Official League Logo
| PWHL logo represents its athletes, six original teams, and a new beginning for women’s hockey TORONTO, ON – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has revealed the league’s official logo ahead of its inaugural season. The unique mark projects a bold simplicity that undeniably represents the sport and its athletes, with a stylized ‘W’ to highlight women, and crossed hockey sticks and a puck that nestle perfectly within the middle of the letterform. “We love the prominence of the ‘W’ used in a clean and strong design that celebrates PWHL trailblazers and their legacy across women’s sports,” said Stan Kasten, PWHL Advisory Board member. “When people see the logo, they will recognize how it represents women and immediately know it’s about hockey. The ‘W’ symbol speaks for itself but offers versatility to fit nicely when used inside our PWHL lettering.” Key Design Elements: |
| The logo’s primary color is purple, a color that signifies power and is often associated with ambition, both symbolic of PWHL players and the league’s formation. The color is a continuation of the purple carpet entrance used at the inaugural and foundational PWHL Draft. The ‘W’ was chosen as the focal point of the design to emphasize the league’s athletes.The crossed hockey sticks in the central apex of the ‘W’ provides the visual of a face-off. This element was chosen to illustrate a new beginning in women’s hockey, in the same way a face-off takes place at the beginning of every game. The logo is made up of six distinct pieces, a numeric portrayal of the six players on the ice for each team and emblematic of the league’s first six teams.The logo is adaptable to form a secondary design that uses the stylized ‘W’ within PWHL text.The PWHL logo reveal was teased in social media posts by players from all six teams including Boston’s Hilary Knight, Minnesota’s Kendall Coyne Schofield, Montreal’s Laura Stacey, New York’s Abby Roque, Ottawa’s Brianne Jenner, and Toronto’s Blayre Turnbull. The branding was created by Younts Design Inc., a creative studio that assists a wide range of clients in providing unforgettable design that reinforces brands across print, web, and environmental graphics. Based in Baltimore, MD, YDI has worked with sports organizations that include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies. |
Chase Clark Named Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Week
By Matthew Janik —
BOSTON – Sophomore goaltender Chase Clark (Williamsville, N.Y.) has been named Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week, for the week ending on Oct. 22, as announced by the league office.
Clark played both games over the weekend at RIT and finished with a .923 save percentage after stopping 60 of 65 shots across the weekend. On Friday, he made 27 saves against 30 shots in a hard-fought, 4-2 loss. On Saturday, Clark followed up with 33 stops against 35 shots to pick up his first collegiate win in a 5-2 Pios victory.
Clark has made 139 saves against 153 shots to post a .908 save percentage through the first four games of the season.
SHU (1-3-0, 1-1-0 AHA) is back in action this weekend, when it hosts Niagara on Oct. 27-28. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday at Martire Family Arena in Fairfield.
(Atlantic Hockey/Sacred Heart Hockey Photo)
Hilbert Scores First-Ever Goal in Loss to Buffalo State
Photos and Story by Janet Schultz, NYHOL;
Hilbert College Women’s Ice Hockey Team scored their first-ever goal at 12:54 of the second period in a 7-1 loss to Buffalo State College. Megan Moceri, a freshman from Michigan, scored on the powerplay making history for the program.
The game was all Buffalo State with Quinn Murray opening the scoring at 17:14 of the first period. Then the next two goals came quickly with Sydney Radecki scoring at 19:09 and Vanessa Willick dropping one in just seconds later at 19:53. Radecki and Willick are familiar to WNY’ers having played in the WNY Girls Varsity Ice Hockey League and putting points on the board for their respective teams.
First period ended 3-0 in favor of the Bengals.
It looked like that might continue with JoJo Running Rabbit scoring at 8:41 of the second and then Moceri took the puck right past Goalie Jessica Auge. Emma Ramseler answered back at 17:57 and the second ends 5-1 Buffalo.
Murray and Grace Zwolak scored in the third for the Bengals and they come away with a weekend sweep after beating Stevenson 6-5 in overtime on Thursday.
Hilbert’s Brook Thompson made 43 saves and Buffalo’s Jessica Auge stopped 12 shots on goal.
Looking at some hometown players, Hilbert has Kaitlin Crowle, from Rush-Henrietta High School, Brooke Kwiecien, of Perry Central and Courtney Wesolowski, Buffalo, who attended Holy Angels.
For Buffalo State it’s Gabby McCrory, Buffalo, Cazenovia Chiefs; Molly Leggett, Grand Island, Kenmore-Grand Island of the WNYGVIH; Maddie Braun, East Aurora and the Hamburg Hawks; Quinn Murray, Stuyvesant, Albany Academy and Troy-Albany Ice Cats; Sydney Radecki, Lancaster, Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew of the WNYGVIH and the Buffalo Regals; Rylee Garrow, Akwesasne, Salmon River, St. Lawrence Steel; Bethany Horvatits, Elma, Cazenovia Chiefs and Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew of the WNYGVIH; Vanessa Willick, Williamsville, Buffalo Bisons and Williamsville High School of the WNYGVIH; Alexa Groh, Elma, Niagara Junior Purple Eagles and Lilli Adimey, Amherst, Buffalo Bisons and Clarence/Amherst/SweetHome of the WNYGVIH.
Up next for Hilbert will be an exhibition game against Stevenson on October 21 and then it’s a home opener vs Kings College on October 27 at 6 p.m. and October 28 at 2 p.m. Hilbert plays home games at the Hamburg Nike Arena.
Buffalo State will host Neumann College in a home opener on October 27 and October 28, both games at noon.
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