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The 2020 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Hockey team. Compiled by Dave Stewart. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Skater of the Year Catherine Martin Darien, Junior, Defenseman Stats: Helped lead a Wave defense which allowed just 21 goals and pitched eight shutouts in 19 games […]
The defending champions are back on top of the GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll as the CIAC playoffs begin. Fairfield Prep hopped over Darien to the top spot in a bit of a split vote; three teams got first-place nods. The Jesuits are seeking their third straight Division I title, and they’re coming off […]
FORWARDS Kori Bartko (Avon), Nora Birmingham (Ellington), Demeri Carangelo (Hamden), Maddie Epke (Guilford), Kaleigh Harden (New Canaan), Nelle Kniffin (Darien), Meghan Lane (Wilton), Grace Melanson (Simsbury), Taylor Nowak (West Haven). DEFENSEMEN Tess Csejka (Amity), Shelby Little (Avon), Catherine Martin (Darien), Brooke McNabola (West Haven), Sydney Orszulak (Greenwich), Julia Swanson (East Catholic). GOALIES Caitlyn Caldon (South […]
This week’s GameTimeCT top 10 poll looks a lot like last week’s as the regular season comes to an end. But two tweaks hit the bottom. Simsbury, riding a four-game winning streak into the playoffs, hopped back in at No. 9. Notre Dame-Fairfield hung on, leaving Hand on the outside after two weeks at No. […]
FIRST ROUND Monday, March 2 No. 7 EAST CATHOLIC/GLASTONBURY/SOUTH WINDSOR (ETB) 1, No. 10 WEST HAVEN/SHA 0 WHSHA 0 0 0 – 0 ETB 0 0 1 – 1 ETB: Mary McKiernan 1g. Saves: WH – Hannah Davey 22; ETB – Caitlyn Caldon 34. No. 5 SUFFIELD CO-OP 4, No. 12 NOTRE DAME-FAIRFIELD CO-OP 0 NDFF […]
FINE PERFORMANCES
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): The senior goalie was once again solid as she collected 29 saves in a 1-0 victory over the Avon co-op on Friday. Caldon also …
When New Canaan won FCIAC and state championships last winter, it may have seemed like a familiar sight. In reality, it hadn’t happened in a while for the Rams, who had last won a conference title in 2012, and last took th…
The 2020 CCC Girls Basketball Tournament will begin Thursday, Feb. 20 with the first round at the sites of the eight higher seeds and conclude with the final three rounds at Glastonbury High School. The quarterfinals will be held all day Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. at Glastonbury. The semifinals will be Tuesday, Feb. 25 […]
Back on opening night, after his Simsbury team had defeated defending state champion New Canaan 3-2, coach Paul Melanson was clear that he had faith in both of his goalies, who had split time in that game.
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Nora Birmingham, Suffield co-op: Birmingham, a senior co-captain, had a hat trick as the Suffiel…
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Madison Andrews, Stamford/Westhill/Staples: Andrews scored four goals as SWS snapped a four-game…
With Greenwich goalie Jessica Ware and Simsbury netminder Tori LaCroix turning away shots from all angles, it became clear as Tuesday’s ice hockey game progressed that one goal would decide the matchup between the two top-…
FINE PERFORMANCES
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, ETB’s senior goalie, collected 27 saves in a 4-3 win over West Haven/SHA at Bennett Rink on Saturday. ETB has won six…
The East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor co-op (ETB) visited Boston last week to face Matignon High School at the Warrior Ice Arena, the practice facility of the Boston Bruins.
The event was about much m…
DARIEN — The wheel that is the top of the state girls ice hockey standings is about to go for a spin.
With goals from three of its senior captains, Darien handed Simsbury its first loss of the season as the…
Styles, to borrow a phrase from an entirely different sport (at least at this level), make fights. And maybe that’s what we’re seeing this season in Connecticut boys hockey. This team has no answer for that team’s size. But that team has no answer for that other team’s speed. And that other team can’t handle […]
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. This winter we are going to mix it up and pit the sports against each other. Each week we will take one girls basketball, one boys basketball and one hockey uniform and let you pick the best one. Last week, Notre Dame Girls Basketball won with 44% of the vote. Let’s […]
MIDDLETOWN – Respect. That’s what Simsbury has been playing for all season. Their quest continued Saturday afternoon at the Spurrier-Snyder Rink at Wesleyan University. “I’ll keep it simple: We’re not getting the respect up north that the teams down south are getting,” Simsbury coach Chris Day said. “For the four years I’ve coached we […]
TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, a senior, stopped all 20 shots she faced as ETB blanked defending state champion New Canaan, 2-0, on Sunday at the Newin…
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Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
Northwest Catholic boys hockey coach Dan Melanson says he’s good at counting his blessings, and the first month of this season has given him chances to do so.
The Lions played without eight regulars, ill or…
Simsbury was one victory away from returning to the state championship game for the first time since winning back-to-back titles in 2014 and 15 when they ran into the New Canaan steamroller in the semifinals last March.
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Demeri Carangelo, Hamden/Wilbur Cross/Sheehan/Lyman Hall: Carangelo passed a career milestone as she notched her 100th career point in the Hamden’s 6-1 victory over Daniel Hand on Dec. 23. Ca…
The 88th New Haven Register All-State Football Teams presented by GameTimeCT.com. Compiled by Pete Paguaga, Sean Patrick Bowley and Michael Fornabaio. Written by Michael Fornabaio. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. Portraits by Peter Hvizdak, Arnold Gold, Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. Video montages by Pete Paguaga. For second team, third team and honorable mention […]
TRUMBULL — The girls basketball season is less than a week old but the talk in the Trumbull gymnasium Thursday night was all about preparing for the state tournament in March.
With two teams ranked in the G…
STORYLINES TO WATCH
NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
Kate Bellissimo, Junior, Forward, Darien: An All-FCIAC first team selection as a sophomore, Bellissimo will be a key weapon on what could be one of the fastest lines in the FCIAC. She had one of the Wave’s two goals in a s…
DARIEN — For two girls ice hockey teams who play in different conferences and who’s schools are more than 80 miles apart, New Canaan and Simsbury have become quite familiar with each other over the years.
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NEWTOWN — Defense typically wins championships, and Newtown is 48 minutes away from proving that adage true once again.
Two state playoff games, two shutouts and commanding performance that resembles champi…
