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Detroit Red Wings @ Calgary Flames
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March 19/20
CCHA Championships @ Joe Louis Arena
Semifinals March 19
Northern Michigan @ Ferris State 4:30 p.m.
Third Place/Championship Game March /20
March 19
Detroit Red Wings @ Edmonton Oilers
March 20
Detroit Red Wings @ Vancouver Canucks
First Round OHL Playoffs
March 19
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds @ Plymouth Whalers
March 20
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds @ Plymouth Whalers
Kitchener Rangers @ Saginaw Spirit
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Ninety-two teams battle for Governor’s Cup at Capitol City Showdown
By Josh Curmi
Ninety-two teams from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Canada converged in Lansing on January 15-18 to compete in the 2010 Capitol City Showdown for the Governor’s Cup.
Teams skated at four Lansing area arenas, including Suburban Ice East Lansing, Munn Ice Arena, The Summit at the Capital Centre and Washington Park.
The Governor’s Cup is one of the biggest amateur tournaments in the state and included twelve divisions from Mite B to Bantam AA. Six of the 12 championship games were decided by two goals or less. Two finals went into overtime and one was decided in a shootout.
“We knew a lot of the top teams signed up to compete in this tournament,” said Ken Bayne, the coach of the Pee Wee AA Saginaw Badgers team. “Every team was a threat to win it all.”
Of the twelve championship teams, eleven were from Michigan, Including five local Lansing teams. The lone out-of-state team to win a title hailed from Winnetka, Illinois.
“It’s really something they look forward to, our kids mark it on the schedule and they are very excited about it a month ahead of time,” he said.
The size and logistics of the Capitol City Showdown meant months of planning but in the end all the hard work was worth it.
"We were excited to host so many teams in their quest for the Governor's Cup," said Suburban Ice East Lansing general manager Jeff Mitchell. "The competition and sportsmanship on the ice was outstanding and we are already looking forward to next year."
In addition to the spirited competition on the ice, some of the teams in the tournament were able to attend the Michigan State-Notre Dame game on Saturday night.
“We have been to several tournaments and this was a class act,” wrote Bryant Rappuhn of the Mite AA Bay County Blizzard. “We look forward to playing in it again next year.”
There were twelve division champions crowned at the 2010 Capitol City Showdown for the Governor’s Cup:
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Mite B – Capital Centre Pride The hometown Capital Centre Pride beat the Livingston Lightning, 5-1, in the Mite B final. The Pride took an early 1-0 lead on a goal from Dominic Rountree (assist to Cody Keast) before the Lightning’s Brent Wolf tied it with an unassisted goal with 52 seconds left in the opening period. Capital Centre took control with three second period goals from Joshua Drummond (Samual Signs), Joshua Rule (Ethan Chenault) and Keast unassisted. Rule added a third period goal to close out the scoring. |
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Mite A – Winnetka Warriors In the Mite A championship game the Winnetka Warriors shutout the Ann Arbor Wolves, 4-0. After a scoreless first period, the Warriors scored two goals apiece in the second and third periods. Drew Robinson scored (Katie Devine) with 8:45 in the second period. Jack Devine gave the Warriors a two goal lead with an unassisted goal with 4:01 left in the period. Jack Norehad scored two third period goals (unassisted, Logan Izenstark) to put the Wolves away. |
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Mite AA – Bay County Blizzard In an overtime thriller, the Bay County Blizzard defeated the Winnetka Warriors, 4-3. Victor Mancini (from Michael Andriot) gave the Blizzard a 1-0 lead with 7:12 left in the first period. The Warriors answered with a goal from Patrick Weimer (Henry Horne) with just over two minutes left in the period. Winnetka took the lead midway through the second period on Horne’s (William Katsen, Jack Schwartz) power play goal. The Blizzard tied the game with Kyle Kubiak’s unassisted goal late in the period.Kubiak (Tommy Papesh) struck again for the Blizzard giving them the lead early in the third period. The Warriors sent the game into overtime with just over three minutes left when Katsen found the back of the net. Eddie Symons scored the winning goal unassisted for the Blizzard with 2:33 left in overtime |
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Squirt B – Rochester Vipers Led by Zach Barrete’s hat trick the Rochester Vipers beat the Macomb Broncos, 8-1 in the Squirt B final. Barrette’s unassisted goal was the first of three for the Vipers in the opening period. Zach Djordjevic (Joel Bush) and Micheal Zyrek also scored. Three more Vipers goals in the second gave them a commanding 6-0 lead. Alex Beek and Dan Caton scored unassisted goals, Djordjevic (Dan Caton) scored his second of the game. Alex Ristic’s unassisted goal for the Broncos in the third period made it 6-1. Barrette (unassisted, Connor Falle) completed his hat trick with two third period goals. |
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Squirt A – Saginaw Badgers The Saginaw Badgers edged the Highland Park Falcons, 3-2 in the Squirt A title game. Aaron Hope (Brett Moccia) gave the Falcons the 1-0 lead with a power play goal. Jacob Kalandyk (Gavin Evans) answered for the Badgers just over a minute later to even the score at one. Jacob Seits’s unassisted goal with 1:19 left in the period gave the Badgers a 2-1 advantage. Seth Cohen’s goal tied the game for the Falcons, but the Badgers struck right back. Kalandyk’s unassisted and second goal of the game 41 seconds later proved to be the game winner for the Badgers. |
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Squirt AA – Chelsea Chiefs In the Squirt AA final between the Chelsea Chiefs and the Midland Northstars, the game went to a shootout with the Chiefs winning, 4-3. Chelsea scored first with Braden Steele’s (Jarret Boldt) first period tally. Each team scored a goal a piece in the middle period. Greg Landis tied the game with his unassisted goal for the Northstars. Ryan Van Dieden’s unassisted goal put the Chiefs back on top 2-1. Jacob McIntyre (Drew Wotta, Spencer Mazur) added to the Chiefs lead with just under ten minutes left in regulation. Landis scored his second unassisted goal of the night along with Gabe Leinberger (Travis Blackhurst) to send the game into overtime. No goals were scored in the overtime period, allowing for Cameron Smith to win it for the Chiefs in a shootout. |
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Pee Wee B – Troy Sabres The Troy Sabres blanked the Fraser Bruins, 5-0 in the Pee Wee B final. Three first period goals by Andrew Peters, Nick Omilian (Andrew Peters, Michael Abels), and Brandon Kaszubski (Constantine Kapatais) gave the Sabres the early advantage. Two power play goals, one in the second from Abels (Omilian,Peters) and Peters second unassisted goal of the game in the third period closed out the scoring. The Sabres had three total power play goals. |
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Pee Wee A – Lansing Capitals The Lansing Capitals used four first period goals to defeat the Macomb Mavericks, 6-0, in the Pee Wee A final.Andy Walker (Jason Polin), Bennett Sherman (Polin, Cameron Usiak), Jake Redman (Bo Bell), and Usiak (Devon O’Brien, Bell) all scored for the Capitals. Lansing added two more goals in the second period. O’Brien (Justin Smith) scored with 4:15 left and with just under two minutes remaining Sam Smalley (Bell) netted the Capitals sixth goal. |
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Pee Wee AA – Lansing Captitals In the Pee Wee AA championship game the Lansing Capitals beat the Macomb Mavericks, 6-3. Each team scored twice in the opening period. Lansing took a 1-0 lead on a goal from Adam Goodsir just 28 seconds into the game. Macomb tied it when Alex Potter (Aidan Shepherd) scored with 6:03 left in the first period. Kieran Durgan put the Capitals ahead 2-1 on an unassisted goal. The Mavericks tied it once again with Taylor Annas goal. The Capitals Caleb Wortz scored the only goal of the second period, giving Lansing a 3-2 lead after two periods. Macomb tied the game with Dante Krambeck’s (Potter) goal. However the Capitals took control as Tyler Papiersky (Durgan), Wortz added an unassisted goal, and Skylar Miller (Ethan Stutzman) scored for Lansing. |
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Bantam B – Capital Centre Pride The Capital Centre Pride edged the Mount Clemens Wild to claim the Bantam B title, 3-1. Mount Clemens opened the scoring just two and half minutes into the game with a goal from Drew Bender (Zachary Woelkers). Capitol Centre tied the game a minute later when Keegan Weckesser (Nick Simpson) scored. Neither team scored in the second, leaving the game tied at one heading into the third period.The Pride scored two goals 35 seconds apart in the third period to establish a two goal lead. JD Roy, unassisted and Nick Gilbert (Weckesser) provided the scoring. |
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Bantam A – Kentwood Falcons The Kentwood Falcons beat the Flint Icelanders, 5-3, for the Bantam A championship.Mitchell Hawes (Cullen Beaufait, Alex Christie) started the scoring the Falcons putting them in front 1-0. Less than a minute later the Icelanders tied the game with an unassisted goal from Connor Houle. Kentwood scored twice in the last five minutes of the period with goals from Alex Birkman (Jacob Durian, Ryan Fischer) and Beaufait. Beaufait scored his second unassisted goal to put Kentwood up 4-1 in the middle period. Flint’s Shawn Larsen (Travis Gilmer, Houle) scored to bring the deficit back to two. Nicholas Swain (Sherman Mowery, Sam Forstner) scored a late goal making it a three goal game. Flint’s Sean Smalley (Nick LaJoie, Austin Kuch) scored the only goal of the third period. |
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Bantam AA – Capital Centre Pride In a tight Bantam AA final, the Capital Centre Pride edged the Macomb Mavericks, 2-1. No scoring took place in the first period. Capitol City’s Brandon Benaglio’s unassisted goal with just under four minutes remaining in the second broke the 0-0- tie. Macomb tied the game with 11:55 left in the third period when Jake Wichlacz scored. The Pride answered quickly, a minute and a half later Jake Boldt (Matthew Luberto) scored the game winning goal. |
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