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Rochester Juniors take Tim Horton Memorial Cup

April 11, 2025

BY RANDY SCHULTZ –

BUFFALO, NY — Ares Miller (Aquinas High School) scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Rochester High School Junior All-Star team to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo High School Junior All-Star team. With the win Rochester won the Tim Horton Memorial Trophy in game one of the 19^th Annual Scotty Bowman Showcase presented by AMR played at the KeyBank Center.

The game was played in two 22-minute halves, instead of the traditional 17-minute periods.

Miller opened the scoring in the game with a shorthanded goal at 8:47 of the first half. Zac Haines (Portside HS) got the lone assist.

Rochester increase its lead to 2-0 at 13:13 of the first half on an unassisted goal by Mikey Dossier (Aquinas HS). Less than three minutes later Rochester scored again, this time David Pollard (Pittsford HS) scoring what turned out to be the game-winning goal. Zach Broccolo (Webster Schroeder HS) got the only assist.

In the closing moments of the first half Buffalo closed the 3-0 Rochester lead to 3-2. Their first goal was scored by Ben Martin (Kenmore East HS), unassisted, to make it 3-1.

That was followed with a goal by Athan Bailor (Lockport/Niagara Falls HS) at the 20:14 mark. Assists on that goal went to Donovan Heacock (Grand Island HS) and Max Gilbert (St. Joes).

Rochester held Buffalo scoreless in the second half of the contest, but scored two more goals to make the final score, 5-2. Miller scored his second goal of the game at 3:42 of the second half. Cam Hall (Webster Thomas HS) got the only assist.

Nicholas Scott (Webster-Schroeder HS) rounded out the scoring for Rochester at 4:34 of the second half. Assists went to Mikey Dossier (Aquinas HS) and Miller.

All three goalies got equal playing time in the game for Rochester including Lennon Suplicki (Hilton HS), Wilson Szydlo (Pittsford HS) and Matthew Ulrich (Canandaigua HS). It was the same for Buffalo with Caleb Hennings (Williamsville South HS), Machala Musty (Hamburg HS) and Carson Oates (Clarence HS).