Christian Brothers Academy Ice Hockey: Welcome
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Christian Brothers Academy (Albany)
Varsity Ice Hockey
Sponsored by Christian Brothers Academy of Albany, NY.
Mr. James Schlegel is the principal of the grade 6-12 all-male school
Mr. Dave Doemel is the Athletic Director for CBA
For further information about Christian Brothers Academy call the Director of Admissions at (518) 452-9809 ext. 105 or visit our web site at www.cbaalbany.org
2011-2012 results:
CDHSHL Semi-finalists; finished season with overtime loss to state final four and section 2 champ Saratoga Blue Streaks
All-star team links: Times Union ; CDHSHL
Dean McMahon, CDHSHL 1st team all-star,
Times Union 2nd team;
John Bassett, 2nd team CDHSHL all-star,
Times Union 2nd team;
Evan Van Epps, CDHSHL honorable mention
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| John Bassett with Assistant Coach Blaine Drescher and Dean McMahon at Union. |
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| Bassett, McMahon, Nicholas Parente, Sam Vincent, John Gosstola |
Dean McMahon and John Bassett were honored at the Capital District High School Hockey League finals at Union College on Thursday as members of the league's all-star teams. The game was won by Saratoga over Shen, 5-1. CBA lost in the semi-finals in overtime to Saratoga. Good luck to the Blue Streaks representing Section 2 in the state tournament.
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| Dakota Smith "stood on his head" in net. Photo via Saratogian |
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Sherrill Column: The Blue Streaks ice hockey team's triumph over CBA proved to be one for the ages
(The following is an excerpt from column, link to the full column below)
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The Saratoga players and coaches said they weren’t worried. They had confidence. They knew they were going to win.
That’s a lie.
The
Blue Streaks trailed 2-1 heading into the third period. Saratoga
continued to pepper CBA goalie Dakota Smith with shots, but nothing got
past him.
The clock kept ticking, down to 10 minutes left, 5 minutes left, 3 minutes left.
Saratoga can say they weren’t worried, but they were.
Torres’ frustration at every missed
opportunity tells the real story. Standing next to him, I thought I had
lost hearing in my left ear a few times after missed chances for the
Blue Streaks. (Luckily, it returned.)
Then, there was CBA.
The Brothers played a great game.
They
ran two lines against an incredibly deep hockey team, and almost pulled
it off. Smith stood on his head in net for the game. It’s hard to
imagine a team playing any harder.
They were able to skate with
Saratoga for two periods, capitalizing on their opportunities when they
came. In the third, the tank was empty.
And still, CBA almost
pulled it off. For just shy of 13 and a half minutes CBA tucked the
puck in front of their net and blocked shots like they were defending
the Alamo.
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Read the rest of the column here.
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Dakota Smith stood on his head in net for CBA with 32 saves in the game,
including 10 in the third period. Saratoga took a 1-0 lead on a Brendon Wormley goal, before
CBA scored back-to-back goals in the second period. John Bassett and Brad Harrison scored the goals to give the Brothers a
one-goal lead heading into the third. Mike Layman scored a power play goal with just 1:37 left in regulation
and Saratoga went on to win 3-2 in overtime on a Nick Winters goal. The
defending champion Streaks advanced to their third straight Section II
Final.
"I
was telling the seniors in the locker room, ‘It’s unfortunate that we
lost, but what a way to go out,’" CBA assistant coach Blaine Drescher
said after the game. "They left everything on the ice. That’s all I can
say."
Read the full story from the Saratogian here.
Tuesday, February 14
John Bassett had two goals, including the game-winner, to lead
5th-seed CBA to an upset over 4th-seed Bethlehem 4-2 in the CDHSHL
quarterfinals at Bethlehem.
Dean McMahon had two assists and Dakota Smith stopped 31 shots for the Brothers.
Here is a link to the Sidelines blog, with the game video.
Friday, February 3
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Vote for Evan Van Epps in the Spotlight Newspapers' poll on the best CDHSHL Division 1 player. Evan is third overall in points in CDHSHL play.
Tuesday, January 31
Check out the video featuring Evan Van Epps, Brad Harrison, Dakota Smith and Dean McMahon. McMahon earned Fox 23 High School Sports Show Player of the Week honors.
Saturday, January 28
From the Post-Star:
CBA 2, Queensbury 1
LAKE GEORGE -- Down by one goal heading into the third period, Queensbury's Kyle Fitscher scored off a Kade Kirby assist to tie things up, but CBA's Evan Van Epps scored the eventual game winner off a John Bassett pass.
Dakota Smith had 34 saves for CBA. Dean McMahon had the first goal for CBA on assists from Van Epps and Bassett.
CBA (9-4, 9-7-1) 0 1 1 - 2
Queensbury (4-5, 7-10) 0 0 1 - 1
First period - None.
Second period - 1, CBA, McMahon (Van Epps, Bassett), 9:14.
Third period - 2, Queensbury, Fitscher (Kirby), 7:57; 3, CBA, Van Epps (Bassett), 10:23
Goalies-saves - Smith (CBA) 34; Orban (Q) 20.
Monday, January 16
CBA Brothers won the last two Capital District High School Hockey League games in thrilling style.
Evan Van Epps scored at 3:10 of overtime to lift visiting CBA past Glens Falls 2-1 in a Capital District High School Hockey League game on Thursday night. The Brothers (5-6-1, 5-3) took a 1-0 lead on Dean McMahon's goal 1:16 into the third period. The Indians (6-5-2, 3-2) came back to tie the score at 1 on Matt Girard's tally 1:32 later. Kyle Stockman had 35 saves for CBA and Tyler Mello stopped 15 shots for Glens Falls.
Here is the link to the Times Union story.
On Saturday night, the Brothers played a solid game with contributions from many players.
Kyle Stockman
finished with 25 saves for the Brothers.
Jan 14 2012
GM 0-0-1-1
CBA 1-3-2-6
1st period:
CBA 7:13 Zach Swanteck (g) Evan Van Epps (a) Dean McMahon (A)
2nd period:
CBA 14:33 John Bassett (G) Chris O'Keffe (A) McMahon (A)
CBA 4:38 Swanteck (G) McMahon (A) Bassett (A)
CBA 2:45 Bassett (G) Swanteck (A) Brad Harrison (A)
3rd period
CBA 14:16 O'Keefe (G) Bassett (A) Van Epps (A)
CBA 5:58 Bassett (G) Cody Greenwald (A)
John Bassett was named a top performer by the Times Union in James Allen's Athlete of the Week column published today.
Evan Van Epps, Dean McMahon and John Bassett were all featured in the Times Union hockey midseason report.
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The Brothers extended their winning streak to 3 games with a 2-1 victory over Burnt Hills Friday at the Albany County Hockey facility. Sidelines, the Times Union's High School sports blog, has the entire game video posted online. See it here. Below is Fox News high school sports show coverage.
Thursday, December 29
Click here for link toYNN coverage of the Brothers' 4-0 win over La Salle. CBA hockey alumni played a spirited game prior to the La Salle game at the Albany County Hockey Facility. Here is the link to the Times Union's Sidelines blog which includes videos of both La Salle and Bethlehem games. Below is the Fox 23 high school report:
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In the first of two high school hockey events at the Times Union Center this year, CBA on Saturday defeated Guilderland/Mohonasen 6-4.
Evan
Van Epps had two goals and an assist and defenseman John Bassett had two
goals to lead CBA. Andrew Mundweiler of Guilderland/Mohonasen had 2
goals and an assist.
The game was held prior to the Albany Devils hockey game against Springfield.
“We are here to win games, and we also want to give back to the community,” said Christopher Ciceri, Albany Devils’ CEO, about the high school games.
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December 17
CBA vs. Guilderland/Mohonason @ 3:30 pm
Albany Devils Game @ 7pm
Tickets are just $15!
Friday, September 23
SAVE THE DATE:
Wed. Dec 28 Alumni Game followed by game vs. LaSalle
Alumni game starts at 4:30; varsity game vs. LaSalle at 6:30
