(everything unofficial as I didn't get the official box)
 
West    4  0  1  -  5
East    3  1  2  -  6
 
Shots on goal:  West 41, East 33
 
Penalties: None!
 
MVP West: Plante
    East: Rogles
 
Referees: Cole (HE), Gallagher (ECAC), Taylor (HE)
          (each was lineman for one period)
 
Local radio: Joe Carr with Kent Salfi
Local TV:    Dale Duff with Bob Norton
 
Attendance: about 5700 (sellout)
 
Face-mask of choice: the half-shield
 
This was a terrific event.  After the steak and lobster banquet Friday
evening, I wondered who could skate on Saturday, but the answer was most
everyone!
 
I gave the participants in a previous posting, so I won't repeat that
here, except that Minnesota-Duluth's Joe Biondi replaced Smolynski.
 
The first period featured fast skating, talented shooters, occasional
defense and lots of excitement.  In goal for the West was Tom Newman and
for the East was Grant Wood.  Both goalies had lots of action, but
didn't look very sharp.  Derek Plante opened the scoring at 0:29 as he
fired from the face-off circle on a 2-1 or 3-1 break.  At 3:14 Plante
gets his 2nd from Biondi, as Wood can't keep the puck under his pads and
Plante pokes it in.  Just 14 seconds later Jim Montgomery picks the
pocket of a West defender at the offensive blue line and skates in alone
and scores with a crossing backhand.  At 9:13, Mark Ouimet slowly takes
the puck the length of the ice and fires a slap shot from the top of the
face-off circle.  West 3 - East 1. At 9:52, Steve Dubinsky knocks in a
rebound from Ray Alcindor (Middlebury) and Greg Carvel.  At 11:42,
Montgomery steals the puck again at his offensive blue line and feeds
David Sacco.  West 3 - East 3. Finally, at 18:34, Biondi stuffed it home
from a pass from behind the net (sorry I missed the assist(s)).  Thus
endeth a wild 1st period: West 4 - East 3.
 
In goal for the West in the 2nd period was Shaun Graviston and for the
East was Chris Rogles.  This turned into a period of fast skating, some
hitting and defense and great goal-tending.  The only score was for the
East's Alcindor at 2:47 from Carvel and Jack Duffy.  Duffy, with some
nifty skating and stick handling advanced the puck to nearly the goal
line on the left boards.  A perfect pass in front of the goal crease
landed on Alcindor's stick and the puck goes in on the 2nd whack.  About
half way through this period, the shots were given as 20-20.  The 2nd
period ended tied 4-4.
 
The third period goalie for the East was Garth Snow;  the West started
with Graviston and at the midpoint in the period switched back to
Newman.  The GWG was scored at 6:30 of the 3rd period by Ryan Hughes
from Snow and (someone).  Hughes half-slap shot from the top of the
circle was tipped by West defenseman Michael Smith to fool Graviston.
At 6:51, Mark Kaufmann scored from 6 feet, with assists to Montgomery
and Sacco.  Snow and the East weathered a barrage of shots the rest of
the way, and allowed the final goal at 19:49 ...  the hat trick by
Plante while Newman, who played well in his half of the 3rd period, was
benched for a 6th skater.  Final: West 5 - East 6.
 
Not surprisingly, the best forwards of the game are frequently mentioned
in the scoring recap: Plante and Biondi were outstanding for the West,
while Montgomery and Alcindor excelled for the East.  My picks on
defense were Pat Neaton for the West and Aaron Miller for the East.
 
cheers,
 
Wayne Smith
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