Thousand Islands-Alexandria Bay’s Tony Bobkoskie (6) gets a wide open chance off a two on one and rips a shot that goes just right of the net. Tony added two goal for the Islanders victory. Bobkoskie scored just 32 seconds into the game, then netted the Islanders’ third goal at 5:48 of the second period to guide Thousand Islands-Alexandria Bay to a 4-2 win over the Sandstoners. (Taylor Caswell photo) Game Gallery NCSN Broadcast
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Division II Semifinals
(#1) Salmon River 8, (#4) St. Lawrence Central
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(#2) Ogdensburg 6, (#3) Norwood-Norfolk 3
Division II Quarterfinals
(#3) Norwood-Norfolk 5, (#6) Malone 3
Division II Quarterfinals
(#4) St. Lawrence Central 6, (#5)
Tupper Lake 2
In a battle for the puck along the boards, St. Lawrence
Central’s Lukas Arquiett (12) protects the puck away
from Tupper Lake’s Rob Lalonde (7). Blake Baldwin
slammed four goals, while Devin Euto dished out three
assists to lead the St. Lawrence Central to a 6-2 win in
the Section X Division II quarterfinal in Brasher.
(Eric Foote photo)
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Tupper Lake’s Broyce Guerette (9) emerges out of the
scrum in front of the Lumberjacks net with the puck.
Kody Kocsis pitched in a goal and an assist, while Zach
Arquiett scored the Larries’ other goal in the 6-2 win.
St. Lawrence Central opened up a 3-1 lead in the first
period. After a scoreless middle frame, the Larries
replicated the 3-1 effort in the third. Kyle McLaughlin
turned aside 24 of 26 shots between the pipes for the
Larries. Tupper Lake finished its season at 1-19
overall. St. Lawrence Central awaits the outcome of the
Norwood-Norfolk vs. Malone game to determine their
opponent in the semifinals.
Malone goaltender Joey Brown (6) poked the puck away
through traffic in front of the net, after making the
initial save. The Norwood-Norfolk Icemen hammered
Brown with 70 shots on net and the gutsy seventh grader
turned in a spectacular 65-save performance.
However, third-seeded Norwood-Norfolk went on to defeat
the sixth-seeded Huskies 5-3 in the Section X Division
II quarterfinals. (Ryan Bercume photo)
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Norwood-Norfolk’s Brandon Short (4) jets toward the net
while protecting the puck from Malone’s defender Elliot
Vanier (14). For Norwood-Norfolk, Jake Mayette collected
two goals and two assists, Gunnar Brown added one goal
and two assists and Troy Kovach chipped in a goal and an
assist. Matt Myers netted the other goal.
Josh Tiernan had two assists, with single assists for
Brandin Cousineau, Brandon Short and Tyler Fobare.
Brandon Richards had 22 saves for the Icemen who advance
to play Ogdensburg in the semifinals. Scoring for
Malone were Jake Henning, Tanner Studlack and Shawn
Mulverhill with assists from Logan Harris, Kelsey Head,
Shawn Mulverhill and Tanner Studlack. Malone
finished its season at 2-18 overall.
Division I Semifinals
(#3) Thousand Islands/Alex Bay 4, (#2) Potsdam 2
(#1) Massena 4, (#4) Canton 0
Massena goaltender Connor Paquin (31) covers the puck before
Canton’s Mike Huber (17) can slam the rebound. The Red
Raiders chipped away with a goal in the first and second
periods, then added a pair of insurance markers early in the
third. Connor Paquin backstopped the effort with 20 saves in
a 4-0 win. (Grant Sharlow photo)
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Massena forward Dylan Stone (10) takes a shot on the Canton
net after maneuvering around Bears' defender Jay Proulx (2).
By Bob LaRue, North Country SportsNet
The Massena Red Raiders are headed back to the Section X
Division I championship, following a 4-0 semifinal win over
the Canton Golden Bears. Massena got on the scoreboard first
when Connor Dix lit the lamp on a set up from Brantley Adams
at 8:51 of the first period. The Red Raiders expanded their
lead to 2-0 in the second period when Hayden Wood delivered
the goal with Adams and Jake Holcomb assisting. Massena
tallied two insurance markers in the third stanza. Dylan
Stone threw a pass from the corner that Luke Bender
one-timed into the net to improve the lead to 3-0 at 3:43.
Adams closed the scoring with his third point of the game,
banging home a goal at 5:57 from bender and Grayson
Phillips. Goalie Connor Paquin backstopped the Raiders’
effort with a 20-save shutout. Canton netminder Jake Watson
closed the season with a 32-save performance. Massena
advances to play Thousand Islands-Alexandria Bay for the
Division I championship. Canton finishes its season at
3-15-3 overall.
Thousand Islands-Alexandria Bay’s Tony Bobkoskie (6)
gets a wide open chance off a two on one and rips a shot
that goes just right of the net. Tony produced two goals
in the Islanders' victory.
(Taylor Caswell photo)
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Potsdam’s Josh Locey (11) gets a break toward the net
and draws a hooking call as he is about to shoot but
Deryck Montant (1) gets his pad on the puck to prevent a
goal. Bobkoskie scored 32 seconds into the game,
then netted the Islanders’ third goal at 5:48 of the
second period to guide Thousand Islands-Alexandria Bay
to a 4-2 win over the Sandstoners. Ethan Whitton scored
the second goal just 28 seconds into the middle frame.
Shawn Martin added a goal and an assist in the second
period. Down 4-0 entering the third period,
Potsdam counterpunched with two quick goals – one
unassisted by Jacob Woods, the other by Trevor Kelleher
from Rob Scott – in less than four minutes. Potsdam has
several opportunities to draw closer, but was thwarted
by goaltender Andrew Swords.