Guilderland hockey holiday tourney
GUILDERLAND The Guilderland hockey team has made some strides since they were beaten badly in their Thanksgiving tournament.
The Skating Dutchmen hosted their second tournament of the season this week playing well against a pair of teams from downstate.
Guilderland lost to Mahopac, 4-2, on Saturday and lost to Mamaroneck, 5-4, in a shootout on Friday.
In Saturdays contest, the Dutchmen tied Mahopac at the end of the first period after goals by Aaron Cahill and John Potts.
Cahill scored the first goal of the contest with 12:16 left in the opening stanza. He was assisted by Tim Montgomery and Jon Fogel.
Mahopac tied the game just 30 seconds later on a goal by Dominick Varrone. He was assisted by Nick Aloslo.
Potts gave Guilderland the lead with 8:30 left in the first period. He was assisted by Colin Burg.
Mahopac tied the game with 51 seconds left in the first quarter. Varrone got his second tally of the game with assists from Alex Stevenson and Aloslo.
There were no changes in the second period as neither team scored.
Mahopac took the lead with 14:37 left in the third and final period. Rob Fitchett scored with an assist from Varrone and Aloslo.
Mahopac sealed the game with a goal from Fitchett. Varrone and Aloslo assisted on the tally that gave Mahopac a 4-2 lead.
Adam Gray made 34 saves in goal for Guilderland. Chris Mammaro made 21 for Mahopac.
Shootout
Fridays contest was much more exciting. Mamaroneck scored two goals to tie the score, 3-3, and force overtime and, when the game wasnt decided in the extra frame, the contest went to a shootout.
Mamaronceck got goals from Alex Weisberger and David Ives to edge out the Dutch in the shootout.
Cahill scored the lone goal fin the shootout or the Dutchmen.
Guilderland had a 2-0 lead with 8:22 left in the second quarter.
Potts scored in the first period to give Guilderland an early lead. Brian Tobin assisted on the tally.
Tim Montgomery scored in the second period with assists from Cahill and Fogel.
Mamaroneck scored with 2:31 left in the second stanza. Alex Weisberger got the tally with assists from Brian Conner and David Solon.
The Dutchmen responded with a goal by Potts. Havard Brustad and Jeff Geisendorf assisted on the tally.
Mamaroneck scored two goals in the third period and held Guilderland scoreless.
Michael Chiapparelli scored with 2:35 left in the period and Sean Hagan scored with assists from Joe Van Valen and James Satalich to tie the game.
The overtime session was scoreless and went to the shootout.
Each team had nine chances; Mamaroneck made two goals and Guilderland had just one.
Gray made 39 saves in goal for the Dutchmen.
Losing to LaSalle
The Dutchmen opened play in the Capital District High School Hockey League with a 6-3 loss to LaSalle Institute on Tuesday.
Guilderland trailed, 3-0, after the first period but played even with the Cadets in the next two frames.
Jay ONeil scored the first goal of the game for the Cadets. He was assisted by Conor OBrien and Tom Phibbs.
Chad Cassidy scored the second goal with an assist from Peter Ryan and Zac Crowley scored the third with an assist from Craig Ware.
LaSalle took a 4-0 lead on Cassidys second goal of the contest. He was assisted by ONeil.
Montgomery scored the first goal for the Dutchmen with 6:48 left in the middle period. Cahill and Brustad assisted on the tally.
Phibbs put LaSalle up 5-1 with an unassisted goal with 5:28 left in the middle stanza.
Ben Fogel cut the lead to three with a tally, coming with 2:55 left in the second period. He was assisted by Montgomery.
LaSalle scored first in the third period with 1:38 remaining. Peter Bonelli got the tally with an assist from Justin Luzinas.
Steve Marciano closed out the scoring for Guilderland with six seconds left in the contest. John Potts and Kyle McKenty assisted on the goal.
Gray stopped 31 shots for Guilderland and LaSalle goalie John Daley made 18 saves.
Next up for Guilderland is a trip to the Clinton Tournament on Thursday and Friday. The Dutchmen then return home for a match against Burnt Hills/Scotia-Glenville on Dec. 30.