Hudson, NH – A challenging winter has come and gone, but the five teams at Cyclones Academy handled the adversity well and continued to post excellent overall grades. In a year with constant change, starts and stops, daily adjustments, government shutdowns and mandates, and plenty of other adversity, the student athletes at Cyclones Academy never stopped putting up results.
Overall, Academy teams posted a GPA of 3.5 over the winter months. Cyclones Academy 18U Premier and 16U Elite led the way with a 3.6 GPA for the quarter, while 16U Premier checked in with a 3.5 team GPA. 18U Elite (3.4 GPA) and 15U (3.3 GPA) both also excelled in the classroom.
Every quarter, players can accomplish the feat of ‘Top Scholar’. In order to qualify, students must consistently be at or over a 92 average. A number of players hit that mark during the most recent quarter.
15U: Mclane Baillie, Nick Blanchette, Kaiden Cianci, Owen Cross, Brayden King and Jake Scott
16U Elite: Tanner Bilby, Cole Brooks, Cole Curtiss, Perry Jacobs, Jacob Lulek, Anthony Rodriguez and Alex Walker
16U Premier: Zachary Cestero, Matthew D’Ortona, Alex German, Gavin Krutz, Joey Lomtevas, Wyatt McAvoy, Henry McRoberts and Neil Patasse
18U Elite: Billy Dougherty, Victor Gonzalez, Mason Green, Joe Heinzelman and Cam Hebert
18U Premier: Christian Cotter, Scott Creman, Zachary Garnsey, Kobe Ottosen, Colin Rowbotham and Noah Trathen
Congratulations to all of our ‘Top Scholars’ for the most recent quarter, and congratulations to all of our student athletes at Cyclones Academy for a job well done!
Hudson, NH – Another busy weekend has come and gone at Cyclones Academy. This weekend, our Academy teams concluded the month of February and made final preparations for the 2021 USPHL Playoffs, which come up this coming weekend.
Here’s a look back at the weekend that was at Cyclones Academy!
15U: Coach Chris Zuccaro’s team just knows how to win hockey games. They won their fourth in a row on Saturday morning, paying a visit to the New Hampshire Avalanche at the Ice Den. 15U pulled out a 3-2 victory, as Matthew Ketcham slammed the door shut in goal. Cameron Diluzio, Nick Blanchette and Owen Cross scored the goals in the victory.
16U Elite: Coach Greg Lenti’s team split the weekend with a 1-1-0 record for the second weekend in a row. Once again, 16U Elite opened things with a Saturday victory. In the friendly environment known as Cyclones Arena, 16U Elite knocked off Bishop Guertin JV by a final score of 4-1. Jory Veenstra, Tanner Bilby, Colin Browning and Cole Curtiss lit the lamp in the win.
Sunday was not as kind. 16U Elite went on the road to Merrill Fay Arena and fell by a final score of 3-2 to the New England Wolves. Kell Kirtley and Alex Walker lit the lamp in the loss.
16U Premier: Coach Tim Plummer’s team also split a pair of games this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, 16U Premier knocked off Academy 15U in an exhibition tilt at Cyclones Arena. On Sunday? 16U Premier was toppled by a score of 5-1 by the New Hampshire Avalanche at the Ice Den.
18U Elite: It was a relatively quiet weekend for 18U Elite, who played just once. On Sunday night, 18U Elite won a thriller, 2-1 in overtime, over the Avalanche. Jonathan Rubio opened the scoring for the Cyclones, while Billy Dougherty scored the overtime winner. Peyton Brendel was sensational in goal, and collected the victory.
18U Premier: Just like with 18U Elite, it was a short weekend for Coach JT Henke’s team that ended on Sunday afternoon. 18U Premier got a pair of goals from Anthony Domina and an insurance marker from Luc Fricchione as they skated to a 3-1 win on home ice against the Wolves. Ty Smith and Colin Rowbotham split the game in goal, with Smith getting credited with the victory.
Hudson, NH – Another busy weekend has come and gone at Cyclones Academy. Once again, our Academy teams took to the ice in the State of New Hampshire as they barrel towards the end of February. 15U and 16U Elite both scored big victories on the weekend, while all of our teams were in action.
Here’s a look back at the weekend that was at Cyclones Academy!
15U: Coach Chris Zuccaro’s team has really found their groove in 2021. They only took the ice once this past weekend, but made it count on Saturday against Bishop Guertin JV. 15U knocked off Bishop Guertin by a final score of 5-1, winning their third straight game in the process.
Nick Blanchette, Kaiden Cianci, Owen Cross, Cam Diluzio and Levi Strunk all scored in the win for 15U, which is now 14-11-1 on the season
16U Elite: Coach Greg Lenti’s team split the weekend with a 1-1-0 record. They opened it up with a big victory on Saturday, doubling up the New England Wolves by a final score of 4-2. Brady Stevens, Cole Curtiss, Kell Kirtley and Emmit Sullivan lit the lamp in the win, which was 16U Elite’s second in a row.
The weekend concluded with a loss, however. Returning home after a big win on Saturday, 16U Elite dropped a tightly contested 3-2 decision to the New Hampshire Monarchs at Cyclones Arena on Sunday. Jory Veenstra and Kirtley both scored in the defeat.
16U Premier: Coach Tim Plummer’s team also split a pair of games this weekend with the Wolves and Monarchs. The results, however, were flipped. On Saturday, 16U Premier knocked off the Monarchs by a final score of 3-1 at Cyclones Arena. Joey Lomtevas lit the lamp twice, while Justus Harrison tacked on a goal of his own. Henry McRoberts assisted on all three goals in the win, while Derek McGrew, Alex German and Ian Fries also collected helpers.
On Sunday, however, the defense wasn’t as stout. The Wolves fired seven goals home, defeating 16U Premier by a final score of 7-3 at Merrill Fay Arena.
18U Elite: It was a relatively quiet weekend for 18U Elite, who played just once. On Sunday night, 18U Elite was blanked by a final score of 3-0 against Cyclones 18U Prep at Cyclones Arena.
18U Premier: Just like with 18U Elite, it was a short weekend for Coach JT Henke’s team that ended on Thursday afternoon. Over at Tri-Town Ice Arena, 18U Premier was doubled up by a final score of 4-2 against the New Hampshire Monarchs. The loss came on the heels of a 3-1 victory for 18U Premier just four days earlier against the Monarchs at Cyclones Arena.
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