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Super Saturday

January
30

Suffern takes on Greece Athena/Odyssey, the No. 1 team in the state; Mamaroneck and White Plains meet with second place in League 1 on the line; and Iona Prep is likely in a must-win situation against Stepinac — just some of the highlights from a huge 12-game schedule Saturday.

First, let’s review what happened on Friday. This weekend got off to an incredible start. Robert Caffrey (two goals and two assists) tied the game with a tenth of a second left in regulation, and Nick Belger (two goals, one assist) scored the winner with 1:29 left in overtime as Lakeland/Panas defeated Kennedy/PV 5-4. Sean Sullivan had a hat trick and Luke Martin made 40 saves for K/PV, which came in with a 2-11 record (L/P was 12-4).

Later Friday, Ossining took control of League 3 with a 4-1 win over New Rochelle. Jake Towers had two goals and an assist and Joe Riley made 21 saves. New Rochelle eighth grader Mark Umbro scored less than 24 hours after receiving oxygen because of the carbon monoxide leak. Here’s the full story.

We got three other scores —  Zac Hiller had two goals and one assist and scored in the shootout (along with Jake Jaeger) as Suffern defeated Lancaster 2-1 in a shootout after the game ended in a 3-3 tie. Chris Mastocola had two goals and four assists and Tyler Perrelle had a hat trick as Mahopac defeated John Jay 8-5 to get to .500 in League 1. And Matt Willows had five goals and an assist, Jake Shuman had three goals and four assists, and Chris McIndoe made 20 saves as Clarkstown North shut out Brewster 8-0.

I’ll update this post if more information comes in, but moving on to Saturday:

Suffern will play at 3 p.m., the same time a Sport-O quadrupleheader of Sleepy Hollow/Irvington-Nyack/TZ, Pearl River-Greeley, Clarkstown South-Fox Lane and North Rockland-John Jay starts up. At 6:30, E/T/B plays a rematch with Brewster at the Ice Hutch (the Eagles won 10-5 to start the season), and at WSA there’s a good doubleheader of Ossining-Pawling and Scarsdale-Mount Pleasant. 

At 8:15, I’ll be at Hommocks for Mamaroneck-White Plains, at 8:30 is the big CHSHL game between Iona Prep and Stepinac, (UPDATE: and at 8:50 there’s a League 1 game up at Brewster between Mahopac and Pelham).

Here are some quick predictions: I know nothing about Greece Athena/Odyssey (or Greece Athena Arcadia or Olympia), but I’ll take my chances picking the undefeated No. 1 team in the state. I also like a revenge-minded Mamaroneck to beat White Plains, and Iona Prep, which dearly needs the game, to beat Stepinac. 

Over at Sport-O, I think North Rockland will bounce back against John Jay, Pearl River will beat Greeley again, SH/I dominates Nyack/TZ and Clarkstown South squeeks by Fox Lane. Back in Westchester, Brewster keeps it close but falls again to E/T/B and Ossining keeps the momentum going against Pawling. I realize there hasn’t been an upset yet, so here it goes — a resurgent Mount Pleasant takes out Scarsdale.

Please post your updates here today, along with your thoughts from last night’s games. Feel free to make predictions, but if it’s getting late (after 3 p.m.) make sure you say PREDICTION so no one thinks it’s a real score.

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Friday schedule

January
30

A lot going on in the past 24 hours, from state executive meetings to Section 1 realignment to power rankings to poisonous gas, so if you haven’t checked out the blog lately don’t forget to scroll down. There’s also a lot of teams in action today. 

The doubleheader at the Ice Hutch should be interesting — Ossining-New Rochelle in a battle of one-loss teams in League 3, and ETB-Mount Pleasant, with the Ice Cats coming off their biggest win of the season. The quadruple-header at Brewster is Lakeland/Panas-Kennedy/PV, Brewster-Clarkstown North, Mahopac-John Jay and Carmel-Byram Hills. Yorktown visits Newburgh, a team is beat 3-2 earlier this season, and Suffern is up at Lancaster, a team it beat 4-2 earlier this season. And Fordham Prep (12 points) visits Chaminade (11 points), with the winner putting itself in really good playoff position.

I’ll be at Ossining-New Ro (I have to go back to the office so I can’t stay for ETB-MP, unfortunately). Please post all the scoring updates you have.

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Carbon monoxide leak at Ice Hutch

January
30

Matt Willows had all four goals and Jake Shuman had three assists as Clarkstown North defeated White Plains 4-1, but Tigers coach Howie Rubenstein gave the No. 1 star to someone else after yesterday’s game. You can read about it here. Also, today’s notebook has a note on Ossining, which has a big weekend ahead — New Rochelle tonight and Pawling tomorrow. 

Speaking of the Ossining-New Rochelle game, it should be on as scheduled, 6 p.m. at the Ice Hutch, after the rink was evacuated last night for a carbon monoxide leak that sent one New Rochelle hockey player to the hospital.

Workers were completing repairs this morning on a heater that malfunctioned and sent carbon monoxide into rink as practice was winding down. Michael Jellen, 15, from New Rochelle had a headache on the ice and took some oxygen from firefighters who arrived about 8:20 p.m. after people reported a noxious odor.

His father took him to Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville for a blood test. The youth was feeling better this morning and plans to play tonight. His father, also Michael, wants assurances that the rink will be safe. The city’s Building Department and Fire Department will monitor the repairs and test the air to be sure it’s clean, Deputy Fire Chief Michael Corrado said.

The youth’s father also wanted an apology from a rink official who told the kid as he was inhaling oxygen that the official didn’t know what the problem was because the rink was well ventilated. Rink manager Ed Witz this morning said he didn’t know who made the comment but apologized for it, saying it was “uncalled for.”

In addition to shutting off all the heaters last night and allowing the outside air to ventilate the bubble, fire officials asked the Ice Hutch management to contact people who had used the rink earlier in the day to make sure they had not fallen ill from the carbon monoxide exposure.

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Power rankings

January
30

The top five didn’t change, but the next five did

1. Mamaroneck (13-2-1): Goalie Luke Glaser has given up just 11 goals in his last 10 games, including back-to-back shutouts over Cortland and Pelham. 

2. Suffern (13-2-1): The Mounties bounced back from their first league loss in a big way, defeated Rye Town/Harrison 10-0 and Monroe-Woodbury 3-1. 

3. Clarkstown North (16-0-1): The Rams have one game left against a League 1 team — they face Suffern on Feb. 13. 

4. Pelham (11-6): The top line of Marc Flory, Andrew Emerson and Mike Mamone have scored 51 of the Pelicans’ 58 goals.

5. Stepinac (10-8-1): Stepinac is in the best position of any team in the CHSHL — it has the most games left (three) and the most points (15). The Crusaders (7-4-1) are two points ahead of Iona Prep (6-7-1) and three ahead of Fordham Prep (6-7).

6Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville (5-2): At full strength, they’re a real sleeper pick in Division I.

7. White Plains (9-6-2): Next five games all against top 10 teams: Mamaroneck, Pelham, Suffern, Rye and Scarsdale.

8. Scarsdale (10-4-1): I wish they didn’t lose to John Jay, but still have to give them credit for recent winning streak.

9. North Rockland (9-4-1): Loss to Mount Pleasant was a shocker, and now two straight league losses have them in a three-way tie for third in League 2.

t10. Rye (7-8): Could get above .500 in League 1 with a win over RTH Monday.

t10. Iona Prep (11-8-1): Can a team this talented really miss the playoffs entirely?

Also receiving votes: Fordham Prep (8-10), Ossining (12-1-1), New Rochelle (10-2-1), Sleepy Hollow/Irvington (8-1-2), Somers/North Salem (10-6)

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