T1ER East Showcase: Day 2 Complete

The T1ER East Showcase is wrapped up for day two at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The day featured exciting contests from teams at the 18U and 16U levels. Click here to see all the results.

18U:

In an 18U exposure showdown, the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks defeated the competition from the Wasatch Renegades during Sunday's T1ER showdown. For the first period, the Hat Tricks opened the scoring when Jeffrey Saul lit the lamp from a setup by Eli Morrison and Matt Thornton. Later in the second, the Renegades tied the score at one, as Easton Massengale got it done from Casen Youngman’s assist. Then, minutes later, Saul would grab the go-ahead lead for the Jr. Hat Tricks all by himself. Before the middle frame’s buzzer blew, another familiar name also capitalized while unassisted, as Morrison buried one past Kaleb Wood. Way later into the third, with less than a minute on the clock, Saul collected a natural hat-trick as a Hat Trick.

The New Jersey Jr. Titans Affiliates defeated the Long Island Arrows 9-6 in a scoring frenzy. In the first period, John Walsh of the Arrows would light the lamp first, unassisted. But two minutes later, the Jr. Titans would tie things up, as Terence Levassuer scored off a feed from Eduardo Gubaldze. Minutes after that, the same duo would score again and take the lead. And a minute after taking the lead, Jersey would net another, as Gubeladze fed Jacen Doumas to tuck one in past the netminder of Carter Pickens. But shortly thereafter, the Arrows responded and decreased their deficit to a single goal, as Phil Uspensky got it done. Though going into the middle frame, the Jr. Titans brought back their two-goal lead when Keane Brushaber scored off an initial play from Jeb Purdy. However, that lead lasted for a minute, as the Arrows quickly responded to put them within one again; Peter Menexas shot top-frame over Colin Burke to make it 4-3. But it did not take long for New Jersey to take back their lead again, as two minutes after the Arrows’ goal, Jackson Mosley and Devyn Tarlton scored seconds apart to make it 6-3. After 8:18, the Jr. Titans continued their scoring streak, as Adam Shelowitz set up for Doumas to net his second of the game. Minutes after that, Lavassuer also picked up his second of the game to make it 8-3. But then 30 seconds later, the Arrows responded with a late goal, as Walsh scored his second goal. Then, almost two minutes later, the Arrows gave up the puck to the Jr. Titans on their power play opportunity and allowed Lavassuer to secure his natural hat-trick while shorthanded. In the third, the scoring subsided for the Jr. Titans, but the Arrows still had gas left in the tank to net a pair. Just a minute apart from each other, Ethan Lock and Charlie Taylor racked up a goal each to make the final score 9-6. Lock was assisted by Taylor, with Taylor's goal being set up by Vittorio Marino. 

The Seattle Jr. Kraken took down Mount Academy to conclude Sunday's exposure slate with plenty of goals recorded. In the first period, Andrew Eaton fed Kruz Barnes to light the lamp first for the Kraken. Minutes apart, respectively, the Jr. Kraken would score back-to-back to grab a three-nothing lead. At 11:51, Brandon Carlson capitalized on a saucer pass from Sean Selvar. Then, over two minutes later, Arnet Clemen scored insurance for his club on the power play, as the cycle came from Henry Hlinka and Max Germann. Into the second, Mount Academy picked up its first of the game to offer breathing room, as Nathan St. Pierre-Maltais scored unassisted. However, 40 seconds later, the Jr. Kraken responded to return their three-goal lead when Ryan Li scored the response goal. Then shortly after, both teams would trade off goals, as St. Pierre-Maltais made a repeat and resurrected the two-goal trail. 40 seconds after, however, the Jr. Kraken quickly responded once again, as Hlinka capitalized on the power play. In a paralleled dynamic, the Academy responded again from the opposition's goal, as Cohen Paul scored on Ezekiel Jenrich. Moments later, to cap off the middle frame, the Kraken’s White capitalized on the PP when he was set up by Liam Cain. Minutes into the third, Hlinka opened the scoring frenzy for the frame and grabbed his third point of the game without help. Following, however, St. Pierre-Maltais scored a natural hat-trick for the Academy. But Hlinka wanted to do the same thing himself, as he responded and grabbed his own 'hatty' unassisted again. Moreover, before the final buzzer, the Jr. Kraken made it 9-4 when Cullen Roger was fed by Cain to seal the deal.

16U: 

In a 16U T1ER showdown, the guest teams, Boston Hockey Academy and Mount Academy, went head-to-head during Sunday's slate. For the first period, Mount Academy opened the scoring when Cache Smith lit the lamp from assists by his linemates, Aiden Van Rensburg and Braiden Rossiter. Then, with about a minute to play before the first buzzer, Boston tied it up, as Shane Baker got it done; George Golden and Madden Kelly cycled it. Since the second period was absent of goals, the third period made up for it, as Boston would later go on a tear. But at first, Smith for Mount Academy would grab his second of the game to break the tie. However, the one-goal lead lasted for two minutes, as Boston would score four unanswered in a span of 11 minutes. The tie goal was rendered by the unassisted Kelly. Then the go-ahead was scored by Baker and was set up by Victor Caspery. After that, for the last two, Boston capitalized on two power play opportunities to seal the deal. The first one was scored at 1:20 by Roman Gerr and sauced by Insarzhan Bakhytuly, and then 20 seconds later, they wasted no time to continue that scoring streak when Christian Reinhart fed Kelly to secure his second of the game.

In a heated T1ER showcase between a guest team and an affiliated team, the Jr. Hat Tricks were taken down by the Boston Advantage 7-5 during Sunday's matchup. For the first period, Tommy Ryan opened the scoring for Boston. Then, minutes later, the Jr. Hat Tricks tied things up when Joseph Troncone was set up by Nathan Nesbitt. Then, for the middle frame, Danbury quickly went back to work to break the tie, as Michael Suarez scored while short-handed. Minutes later, Breydan Brennan tucked one in to tie the game at two when Jayden Kingsbury sauced to him. But Boston still had gas left in the tank to notch a couple of more, as a minute later, Ryan picked up his second of the game without help. And with just five seconds before the second buzzer, Boston would score another, as Brayden Logan and Ben Carlisle cycled for Ryan Grennell to bury one past Rowan Fair. Four minutes into the third, Suarez grabbed his second of the game to give the Jr. Hat Trick some breathing room. However, the breathing room quickly faded as Boston would score again to increase their ever-growing lead, when Brennan punched in another goal. Over a minute after, though, the Hatricks took no exception to their trail and would continue to score, as Will Widomski capitalized on the power play. But shortly after, Boston would do the same thing and score on their own power play opportunity, with Brayden Magnett getting it done. With about six minutes to play in the game, the club grabbed another to make it 7-4, when Grennell got himself another point. To cap it all off, the Hat Tricks pressured and capitalized on another power play run, as Nick Funaro would be the recipient.