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
Hockey coach Blaine Drescher is CBA's new Athletic Director.
Drescher recently received a Masters of Science degree in Sports Management from SUNY Cortland where he was student assistant coach on the hockey team under head coach Joe Baldarotta. He has also held a number of other coaching positions, including assistant varsity baseball and hockey coach at CBA and for North Colonie Youth Baseball league. In addition to taking on the responsibilities of Athletic Director, Drescher will serve as head coach for the CBA varsity hockey team.
While a student at CBA, Drescher played varsity soccer, hockey and baseball. His name sits on top of the Brothers’ all time leader board for points and assists in hockey. Having the opportunity to play for CBA coach Dave Doemel and to intern last year under Doemel's leadership as a part of the Sports Management curriculum for his Masters degree, Drescher says he was inspired to strive for the same level of dedication and passion that Coach Doemel has in order to make CBA the best it can be.
Contact Coach Drescher at drescher@cbaalbany.org
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
CBA hockey graduating class 2013
Friday, April 5
CBA honors 2012-2013 team
Many players were honored as CBA held its annual hockey
banquet in March. The players attend the banquet in CBA Dress Blues, a CBA hockey
tradition. Head coach Blaine Dresher awarded varsity letters to all players,
individual awards were presented and the outgoing seniors were recognized.
Here are the awards:
John Bassett, Most Valuable Player
Kyle Stockman, Paul Lovejoy (Class of 1971) Memorial Award,
in honor of a player who has made an outstanding contribution to CBA hockey.
Robbie West, Sean Mesick were awarded Most Improved Players.
David “Lizard” Lazzaro was awarded the Unsung Hero Award,
given to the player whose commitment and dedication behind the scenes was an
integral part of the team’s success.
Mike Betts earned two
awards, The Heart Award , given to the player whose effort and desire exhibited
his true commitment to leave everything he had on the ice. Betts also earned the Dennis Patrick Murphy Award.
(Murphy is the found of the CBA Hockey program. The award is given to the player
who demonstrated the same dedication and commitment ot his team, school and
family that Dennis Patrick Murphy showed to all of us.
Sunday, February 24
Bassett, Stockman honored at Union College ceremony
Third team All-Stars
John Bassett, Capital District High School Hockey League Co-Player of the Year, and Kyle Stockman, the league's third team goalie, were honored at the CDHSHL Division 1 finals at Union College Thursday. In the finals, Saratoga High School won its fourth-straight championship with a 4-0 win over Shen.
Third team All-Stars for Section 2: Matt DiVietro (F) , Niskayuna/Schenectady; Nick Van Liew (F) - BHBL/BS; Lucas Maloney (F) - Niskayuna/Schenectady; Nick Hart (D) - BHBL/BS; Andrew Serafino, Shaker/Colonie and Kyle Stockman.
Congratulations to CBA defenseman John Bassett for earning Capital District High School Hockey League Player of the Year. Bassett was a second team pick in his junior year and earned honorable mention his sophomore year. John is joined by forward Tyler Bullard of Saratoga in earning the league's top award. CBA goalie Kyle Stockman earned 3rd team honors as a junior.
Bassett is the second CBA player to earn Player of the Year honors. The first player to win the honor was Tristan Newkirk in 2006-2007.
The Brothers earned a tie for fourth place in the Capital District High School Hockey League. Four teams play Monday and the winner of those two games face league champion Saratoga and second-place Shen. The Brothers earned a first-round bye and advance to the quarterfinals for a rematch with Bethlehem at the Bethlehem rink Wednesday at 7 p.m. Warmup is 6:30.
CBA's Kyle Stockman leads in the Spotlight News' poll asking: Who is the best goaltender in the Capital District Hockey League? Kyle finished the regular season with a .911 goals against average while playing 815 minutes, more than any other league goaltender.
The CBA Brothers finish a week's schedule of 3 CDYHL games with Senior Night against Shenendehowa Saturday at Albany County Hockey Facility. Senior night activities are scheduled to begin at 6:30 and parents of seniors are asked to be in attendance and ready for the festivities by 6:15. Game time is 7 p.m. Go Brothers!
LAKE GEORGE -- Chase Crawford’s second-period goal was the only scoring CBA needed in a 1-0 Capital District hockey win over Queensbury on Tuesday at the Lake George Forum.
It was Queensbury’s Pink the Rink game to honor Anne Dennett, who is battling breast cancer.
Kyle Stockman earned the shutout, stopping all 19 Queensbury shots.
Joe Robinson made 12 saves and Teddy Nolan added 11 for Queensbury.
CBA (8-2-2, 9-5-3) 0 1 0 — 1
Queensbury (3-4-2, 7-7-3) 0 0 0 — 0
First period — None.
Second period — 1, CBA, Crawford (O’Keefe, G.Stockman), 10:12.
Christian Brothers Academy hockey player Zach Swanteck forced overtime on a goal with 7.7 seconds left in a 3-3 tie with Shenendehowa last Friday, and provided the game-winner the next night with 2:10 to go in a 1-0 triumph against LaSalle.
Swanteck, a senior forward, tipped in a shot by Grant Stockman in the La Salle game. Goaltender Kyle Stockman made 12 saves for the shutout.
Shenendehowa hockey player #2, Ryan Mortka crashes to the ground with CBA player
CLIFTON PARK– The celebration started in the closing seconds at Clifton Park Arena. A portion of smiling Shenendehowa students clad in green filed out of the stands, while those who remained sang the song of victory.
Zach Swanteck's goal with 7.7 seconds left capped a CBA rally as the Brothers battled back to salvage a 3-3 tie Friday night against a Shen team that came into the game riding a four-game win streak.
The outcome looked bleak for CBA (6-5-2, 5-2-1) with a faceoff in its own zone and 13 seconds left in regulation. But the Brothers got the puck up the ice, and John Bassett's lunging pass to Swanteck turned into the equalizer.
"I've been a part of a lot of CBA hockey teams that have come into this building with the tradition of Shenendehowa hockey, you've got the students in your ear," CBA coach Blaine Drescher said. "We just kept fighting. I think half the people were in the parking lot, and we just kept battling."
Drescher gets a weekly reminder of Bassett's dedication when, instead of sleeping in on Saturday mornings, Drescher attends the Bassett-inspired weightlifting sessions at 7 a.m. as a team-building exercise for the team.
"That is the last thing I want to do is to wake up early and go to the weight room and it's the last thing he wants to do," Drescher said. "But, I'll do it because I know how important it is to him."
On the ice, Bassett, a senior defenseman, specializes in tormenting opposing goaltenders while providing CBA with a steady defensive presence on the blue line.
After leading all Section II defensemen in scoring with 15 goals last season, Bassett's ability to find the back of the net is once again evident as he ranks second overall in the league with nine goals in just nine games through Saturday.
Bassett, who has four assists so far this season, began skating at an early age and picked up his scoring touch while playing forward as a youth before switching to defense in high school.
GLENS FALLS -- Sean Glennon and John Bassett scored CBA’s
first two goals in the first 1:27, and Glens Falls couldn’t recover in a
3-1 Capital District High School Hockey League loss to the Brothers.
John Myers scored the Indians’ goal on a Logan Akins assist early in the second period. Sean Kuhn recorded 14 saves.
CBA (4-2, 4-3-1)3 0 0 — 3
Glens Falls (1-3, 2-6)0 1 0 — 1
First period — 1, CBA, Glennon, :20; 2, CBA, Bassett (West), 1:27; 3, CBA, Matos (Mackarowski, O’Keefe), 10:01.
Second period — 4, Glens Falls, Myers (Akins), :37.
Congratulations to Zack Swanteck, CBA senior forward, who scored three times Friday in a 6-1 win against South Glens Falls/Hudson Falls on the Brothers' home ice. He was named as a
"Top Performer" in James Allen's high school column in the Times Union. Swanteck also scored Saturday during a 2-0 win over Niskayuna at Schenectady County rink. The boys continue a stretch of road games this week with a game Friday at Burnt Hills/Ballston Spa at the Schenectady County rink. Game time is 8:30.
Thursday, November 29
CBA blanks La Salle
CBA kicked off its league season with a 5-0 win over La Salle at Hudson Valley Community College. John Bassett scored two goals, Chris O'Keefe had a goal and an assist and Zach Swantack had two assists in the league opener for both teams. Kyle Stockman had 26 saves in the shutout. Also scoring goals were Mike Betts and Liam Glennon. Nick Makarowski added an assist. CBA's overall record going into Friday's game against defending Section II champ Saratoga is 1-1-1.
COLONIE — Christian Brothers Academy and Mamaroneck advanced to Saturday's final at the Albany County Holiday Hockey Tournament at the county rink in Colonie.
CBA tied Shaker/Colonie 4-4 and advanced on penalty shots in its opening-round game Friday, while Mamaroneck edged Bethlehem in overtime 5-4.##
CBA (0-0-1) took a 3-1 lead on second-period goals by John Bassett, Liam Glennon and Zach Swanteck, but Mike Minneau tallied with seven seconds left in the period to get S/C (0-0-1) close. Sean Phillips scored less than one minute into the third period to pull the Jets even at 3-3.
Chase Crawford's goal with 10:52 left in the third period put CBA back in front before Minneau struck for his third marker of the game with 34 seconds left in regulation for S/C. The two teams played a scoreless overtime period, which led to penalty shots. The Brothers outscored the Jets 5-4 to advance.
In the finals:
COLONIE — Once Trey Herlitz-Ferguson got on track, there was nothing Christian Brothers Academy could do to stop him.
#The senior forward recorded a hat trick to lead Mamaroneck to a 7-5 victory over the Brothers in the finals of the Shaker/Colonie Thanksgiving Hockey Tournament Saturday at the Albany County Hockey Facility.
#Herlitz-Ferguson scored twice in a 34-second stretch of the first period to give the Tigers (2-0-0) a 2-1 lead, and he added his third goal midway through the second period to put Mamaroneck ahead 4-2.
#“We didn’t have an answer for him all (day),” said CBA coach Blaine Drescher. “He really made us chase him in our defensive zone.”
#CBA (0-1-1) did its best to stay with Mamaroneck in the goal scoring department. Five different players tallied for the Brothers.
#“That’s one positive I took from this weekend,” said Drescher. “It was really good knowing we could put up nine goals in two games.”
#Grant Stockman got CBA on the scoreboard first when he blasted a long shot into the upper right corner of the goal 2:30 into the first period. The 1-0 lead held until Herlitz-Ferguson scored the first of his two goals with 3:54 left in the frame. Mamaroneck added two goals before the period expired to build a 3-1 advantage.
#John Basset scored off a feed from Zach Swanteck with 9:44 left in the second period to help CBA close the gap to 3-2 before Mamaroneck struck for two more goals to extend its advantage to 5-2. The Brothers pulled within two goals three times in the third period, but that was as close as they got.
#Ted Bellis contributed three goals for Mamaroneck, while Swanteck, Chase Crawford and Nick Mackarowsky scored goals for CBA.
The Brothers begin their Capital District High School Hockey League season Wednesday when they play LaSalle at Hudson Valley Community College.
Sunday, October 21
Alumni: Save the date
Alumni game this year is 12/29/12 at 9:30 pm after a CBA tournament game. More details to follow. Alumni: Please email cbahockeyboosterclub@hotmail.com if you plan on attending.
John Bassett with Assistant Coach Blaine Drescher and Dean McMahon at Union.
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.
Dakota Smith "stood on his head" in net. Photo via Saratogian
(The following is an excerpt from column, link to the full column below)
....
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.
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."
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.
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
CBA beats Queensbury at Lake George Forum
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Friday, December 2
Advance tickets for Times Union Center game on sale now
Albany Devils High
School Hockey Match-Up Night!
December 17
CBA vs. Guilderland/Mohonason @ 3:30 pm
