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Cupertino Cougars
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That's All She Wrote - Cougars Are Swept
March 23, 2002The Bantam-A Cupertino Cougars quest for a NORCAL crown was dealt its third and final strike Saturday evening when the Oakland Bears skated past the Cougars by a 4-0 score. Cupertino's hopes of putting their best hockey on display at the tournament never came to fruition as they were outscored in the three-game sweep by a 16-1 margin.Oakland wasted little time getting on the board, cashing in on a one-timer at 13:48. Cupertino's first offensive threat came during a power play that started at 10:43. One minute into the man-advantage, Jordan Yindiphol sent in a slapshot that Nathan Zebrowski tipped toward the net. The shot was blocked by the goalies pads, giving Zebrowski a second chance on the rebound, but that shot was stopped and covered. Devin Ernst snapped off a decent shot with 6 seconds left on the power play, but his shot was stopped as well. This game featured some big hits, but Oakland never backed down. Dustin Thomas delivered a jarring check at 7:45, but later in the shift the Cougars took a penalty, wiping out any momentum gain that might have come from the physical play. Eric Blumenthal and Ashley Ocampo led the successful penalty kill, the first of five for the Cougars. But the key play came from goaltender Addison Lee who made a spectacular cross-ice stop on a last-second pass during a 2-on-1 break. Lee added another heads-up save at 1:35 when a Bears player came out of a scrum along the boards with the puck with no one left on defense in front of Lee. A defensive breakdown led to the second Bears goal, which came just a few seconds later. Too much room was opened up in front of the net and the Bears took advantage, circling in and waiting for the perfect time to snap the shot home. Lee closed out the period with a nice glove save at the buzzer.
Oakland opened the second period 11 seconds into a 2:00 power play. They used the man-advantage to continue to carry the action in the opening minutes of the period. It took a great pokecheck from Eric Blumenthal to stop a potential open-ice shot at 14:40. Blumenthal made another nice play, icing the puck on the penalty kill. The Bears took their turn in the box at 12:50 and the Cougars applied some good offensive pressure. Ian Brown whipped a good backhander on net at 11:25. Daniel McCarthy ripped a shot on the rebound, but the goalie made the save. After killing the penalty, Oakland committed another infraction at 10:10. The forward line of Zack Hitchcock, Daniel Willenborg, and Derek Fredericks applied good pressure but they were unable to cash in. At 8:23, Blumenthal raced end-to-end, sending a shot on goal that was kicked back out. Ben Dines was positioned for the rebound but his shot was stopped and held. It was then Cupertino's turn to take a seat in the box, and the result was another unsuccessful power play for Oakland. The penalty kill effort was led by a blocked shot from Hitchcock, two icing plays from Michelle Chee, an icing play from Daniel Willenborg, and back-to-back saves from Addison Lee. At 5:15. Michelle Chee and Devin Ernst broke in on a 2-on-1. Chee passed to Ernst but his shot was rejected. Ashley Ocampo and Ian Brown walked in on another 2-on-1 at 3:45, and again Oakland's goaltender came up with the save. Oakland then went right back the other way, schooling the Cougars on how the 2-on-1 is supposed to be done. The result was Oakland's third goal of the contest. Sloppy defense led to the Bears' fourth goal as well. Oakland was able to get off a clean shot through a partial screen, making it 4-0 with just 46 seconds remaining in the period. Ian Brown made a nice individual play off the next faceoff, maneuvering through the defense and releasing a shot that was stopped and covered.
Neither team scored in the final period, though there were some nice plays. Addison Lee made a great breakaway save at 13:30. A huge hit by Daniel McCarthy led to a turnover and a quick slapshot from Jordan Yindiphol that was gloved. Nathan Zebrowski keyed a successful penalty kill that began at 8:25. At 3:20, Yindiphol sent another shot on goal and James Ady was right there to hammer away at the rebound, but the goaltender was ready for the rebound effort and he covered Ady's shot. The final minutes were anticlimactic except for one more hammering check, this one coming from Devin Ernst was a nice way to finish what was otherwise a disappointing game.
So ends the season for the Cupertino Cougars. The team ends the year 9-9-4 in NORCAL regular season play and 12-19-6 overall. It was certainly an up-and-down season, with the Cougars seeming to peak around the time of the President's Day tournament. After having played excellent games in defeating Santa Clara, High Sierra and Stockton in late January and early February, the team played a couple of stinkers against Oakland and Belmont. But they returned to form in Riverside and came back home to play a solid game against San Jose. Two wins and a tie followed, including a great win in a rematch against Oakland. But then Cupertino lost their final two regular season contests, as well as all three NORCAL playoff games, scoring only two goals in that five-game stretch. While a few more wins would have been enjoyed by all, the team ends the season with many new friendships between kids and parents alike.
0, Oakland, 4
BOX SCORE
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL Cupertino 0 0 0 0 Oakland 2 2 0 4 Scoring Summary
First Period
Scoring: 1, Oakland, Champi (Policarpio), 13:48. 2, Oakland, Bordeaux (unassisted), 1:25. Penalties: Tan, Oakland (high-sticking), 10:43; Thomas, Cupertino (tripping), 7:17; Hopper, Cupertino (charging), 0:11.
Second Period
Scoring: 3, Oakland, Rock (Policarpio), 3:36. 4, Oakland, Anderson (Rotolo, Champi), 0:46. Penalties: Tan, Oakland (2:00 checking from behind & 10:00 misconduct), 12:50; Corbi, Oakland (slashing), 10:10; Dines, Oakland (hooking), 7:44.
Third Period
Scoring: None. Penalties: Thomas, Cupertino (interference), 8:25; Anderson, Oakland (holding), 5:15; Ocampo, Cupertino (high-sticking), 1:53.
Plus/Minus: even(Dines, Thomas, Ady, Hopper, Ernst, Chee); -1(McCarthy, Chibidakis, Yindiphol); -2(Hitchcock, Fredericks, Willenborg, Brown, Zebrowski, Ocampo, Howe); -3(Blumenthal).Hits: 5(Thomas); 4(Ernst); 3(Yindiphol); 2(Blumenthal); 1(Brown, McCarthy, Ocampo, Chee).
SHOTS ON GOALPower-play Conversions: Cupertino - 0 of 4; Oakland - 0 of 5. Goalies: Cupertino, Lee (40 shots, 36 saves; record 0-2-0). Oakland, Bradley (19 shots, 19 saves).
Cupertino 5 9 5 --19 Oakland 12 15 13 --40
Daniel McCarthy - Good play in tournament overall - landed another big hit today - plus/minus of -1
Michelle Chee - One of the team's most consistent players in over the weekend - plus/minus of even
Ian Brown - Good puck movement and aggressive forechecking - good scoring chances just missed
March 23, 2002For the most of Saturday's win-or-else playoff game versus the Stockton Colts, the Cupertino Cougars looked like the better team. They pressed the action and applied good offensive pressure. They outshot the Colts, 32-26 and goaltender Addison Lee was sharp in net. But a fluke goal that deflected off a defenseman's skate in the first period, and a nifty conversion on a second-period breakaway gave Stockton a 2-0 lead that they would protect on their way to a 4-1 victory. Cupertino has been eliminated from any hopes of a NORCAL championship and they will instead focus on tonight's game against the Oakland Bears, in hopes that they can end the season on a positive note, and knock the Bears into hibernation while they're at it.Stockton's play was the best at the onset when they took it right to the Cougars. Addison Lee was called upon to make two saves on the first Colts rush up the ice. Lee added a solid stop on a point-blank shot at 12:42. At 10:42, Cupertino picked up a penalty and Oakland would convert thanks to the help of an unintentional deflection. Icing plays from Derek Fredericks and Eric Blumenthal helped kill off the first Stockton rushes, but on a shot through traffic at the tail end of the power play, the puck hit a blade suddenly changed direction, slipping right through Lee's 5-hole to make it 1-0. Cupertino's first decent shot on goal came from Kelli Howe on a slapshot at 15:18. The momentum slowly began to shift as Cupertino found a little extra jump. The forward line of Devin Ernst, Ben Dines, and Michelle Chee really helped inspire the Cougars with an excellent shift that began around the 4:00 mark. Ernst had a steal inside the Colts' zone at 3:38, but his pass to Ben Dines was just off his stick. Howe followed up with two more good slapshots from inside the blueline, but neither lit the lamp. On the next shift, James Ady let loose a one-timer that was stopped by the Stockton netminder. At 2:12, Daniel McCarthy broke up an odd-man rush with a nice steal. Daniel Willenborg picked off a pass at the 1:00 mark and he broke into the Colts' zone with two defenders on the chase. Willenborg did a good job to shake off the chasers and get off a decent shot, but it was nabbed and held. Addison Lee added a tough save of his own at 0:22 and the first period ended with the Colts up, 1-0.
Cupertino opened the second period finishing out a penalty kill. Nathan Zebrowski sacrificed his body with a diving block on a slapshot at 14:44. The puck deflected directly to another Colts player who tried to rip a shot past Addison Lee. But Lee reacted like a cat and made the save. Cupertino went on their first power play at 11:46 but were unable to score despite a great shift from Zebrowski Ashley Ocampo, Ian Brown, Kelli Howe and Eric Blumenthal. By this time, all the Cupertino lines were clicking. Stockton had the perfect remedy however. After gaining control of the puck deep in their own zone, an outlet pass and a perfect head-man pass found a Stockton skater a step behind the Cougars defense. In a blink of an eye, Cupertino's momentum was dealt a top-shelf death blow that made it 2-0. But to the team's credit, they didn't lay down and die. Lee made a big glove save at 8:04. James Ady collected a pass from behind the net at 5:54 and slung a hard shot on goal that was stopped and held. At 5:38, Tarra Chibidakis made a smart defensive play to break up a 2-on-1. Lee delivered a perfectly timed poke-check on a breakaway that came after a long Cougars shift resulted in an ill-timed line change. Ady tried to hammer home a puck that deflected his way at 1:23, but that shot was stopped as well. Devin Ernst and Ben Dines moved in on a 2-on-1 at 0:21, but Ernst's shot was gathered in up high by the Stockton goaltender.
Jordan Yindiphol was the next Cougar, and the first of the third period, to have a shot rejected. His slapshot at 13:39 was deflected out of play. The Colts then stuck a fork in the Cougars, connecting on a one-timer feed and shot at 13:21 to make it 3-0. More frustration ensued for the Cougars, as they continued to apply pressure, but had nothing to show for it. Cupertino would generate 14 shots in the third period alone, one more than their entire game total from the day before. Dustin Thomas' shorthanded slapshot was gloved at 9:15. Eric Blumenthal nearly snuck a knucklepuck through at 6:02 - then he followed that up with a rifle-shot that 5:42 that was gathered in and held. Ian Brown> made a nice move off the ensuing faceoff, delivering a shot that was stopped at 5:35, but Stockton picked up what would be the first of three penalties in a 3:02 span. At 5:20, Brown misfired on a great rebound chance and it was rapidly becoming apparent that the Cougars were simply snakebit on this day. On the next shift, Blumenthal sent in another slapshot that Devin Ernst deflected into the ready goaltender's pads. Finally, with the goaltender pulled for the extra skater, Cupertino would pick up a 6-on-4 power play goal at 2:02. Daniel Willenborg got the monkey off the Cougars' back, ripping home Ben Dines' feed from behind the net to make it 3-1. Eric Blumenthal added the second assist on the play. Stockton added an empty netter at 1:14 to account for the final 4-1 score.
BOX SCORE
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL Cupertino 0 0 1 1 Stockton 1 1 2 4 Scoring Summary
First Period
Scoring: 1, Stockton, Silvernail (Tong), 9:29 (pp). Penalties: Thomas, Cupertino (cross-checking), 10:42; Brown, Cupertino (tripping), 0:38.
Second Period
Scoring: 2, Stockton, Calhoun (Silvernail, Tong), 8:36. Penalties: Sandoval, Stockton (roughing), 11:46; Pawloski, Stockton (tripping).
Third Period
Scoring: 3, Stockton, Sweet (Sandoval, Tong), 13:21. 4, Cougars, Willenborg 1 (Dines, Blumenthal), 2:02 (pp). 5, Stockton, Pawloski (Tong), 1:14 (en). Penalties: Hitchcock, Cupertino (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:56; Tong, Stockton (interference), 4:22; Colon, Stockton (slashing), 2:33; San Vicente, Stockton (roughing); Thomas, Cupertino (roughing), 2:13.
Plus/Minus: even(Dines, Brown, Ocampo, Chibidakis); -1(McCarthy, Hopper, Chee, Ernst, Howe, Willenborg, Fredericks, Thomas, Ady, Zebrowski); -2(Hitchcock, Blumenthal, Yindiphol).
Hits: 1(Yindiphol, Dines, Fredericks. Ady, Hopper, Thomas).SHOTS ON GOAL
Power-play Conversions: Cupertino - 1 of 5; Stockton - 1 of 3. Goalies: Cupertino, Lee (25 shots, 22 saves; record 0-1-0). Stockton, Matthews (32 shots, 31 saves).
Cupertino 8 10 14 --32 Stockton 8 10 8 --26
Daniel Willenborg - Collected Cougars first goal of playoffs on power play one-timer
Kelli Howe - Fired several shots on goal from her defensive position - solid all-round play
James Ady - Skated aggressively and had some of the Cougars' best scoring chances
GP W L T PTS GF GA GFA GAA 22 9 9 4 22 61 68 2.77 3.09
2001-2002 Regular Season Schedule Date Day Time Location Opponent Game # Result 7-Oct-2001 Sunday 1:15PM Belmont Belmont 065TM1 W, 4-2 13-Oct-2001 Saturday 4:40PM San Mateo Tri-Valley 074HP1 W, 4-2 20-Oct-2001 Saturday 6:20PM San Mateo Santa Clara 084HR1 W, 4-3 21-Oct-2001 Sunday 2:30PM Oakland Oakland 085ON1 T, 2-2 3-Nov-2001 Saturday 6:20PM San Mateo Tri-Valley 104HR1 L, 5-3 10-Nov-2001 Saturday 11:20AM San Mateo Stockton 114HK1 T, 0-0 18-Nov-2001 Sunday 2:00PM San Jose San Jose 125JN1 L, 5-0 1-Dec-2001 Saturday 4:40PM San Mateo High Sierra 144HP1 L, 4-1 2-Feb-2002 Saturday 11:25AM San Mateo Stockton 234HK1 W, 4-0 9-Feb-2002 Saturday 3:15PM Oakland Oakland 244OO1 L, 5-1 10-Feb-2002 Sunday 11:30AM Belmont Belmont 245TK1 L, 6-2 23-Feb-2002 Saturday 6:20PM San Mateo San Jose 264HR1 L, 3-1 24-Feb-2002 Sunday 11:15AM Oakland Tri-Valley 265OK2 W, 6-4 2-Mar-2002 Saturday 11:25AM San Mateo Oakland 274HK1 W, 4-3 9-Mar-2002 Saturday 3:30PM Reno High Sierra 284UO1 T, 4-4 16-Mar-2002 Saturday 4:40PM San Mateo Belmont 294HP1 L, 6-0 17-Mar-2002 Sunday 2:00PM San Jose San Jose 295JN1 L, 3-1
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Cougars NORCAL Playoff Record GP W L T PTS GF GA GFA GAA 3 0 3 0 0 1 16 0.33 5.33
Date Time Location Opponent Result 22-Mar-02 3:15 PM SJ South Rink @ San Jose L, 8-0 23-Mar-02 11:15 AM SJ Center Rink @ Stockton L, 4-1 23-Mar-02 7:15 PM SJ South Rink @ Oakland L, 4-0 San Jose Jr. Sharks take NORCAL crown in 7-1 romp over Stockton
GP W L T PTS GF GA GFA GAA 4 2 2 0 4 10 10 2.50 2.50
2001-2002 Preseason Schedule Date Day Time Location Opponent Game # Result 8-Sep-2001 Saturday 11:25AM San Mateo Santa Clara 024HK1 W, 4-3 16-Sep-2001 Sunday 8:00PM Berkeley Tri-Valley 035DR1 L, 4-3 22-Sep-2001 Saturday 4:40PM Vallco High Sierra 044VP1 W, 2-0 23-Sep-2001 Sunday 4:15PM Stockton Stockton 045NP1 L, 3-1
GP W L T PTS GF GA GFA GAA 8 1 5 2 4 18 24 2.25 3.00
Desert Coyotes President's Day Tournament
Date Time Tournament Location Opponent Result 15-Feb-02 10:05 PM Desert Coyotes Arapahoe T, 2-2 16-Feb-02 1:20 PM Desert Coyotes Littleton T, 2-2 16-Feb-02 7:30 PM Desert Coyotes La Jolla W, 6-2 17-Feb-02 5:50 PM Desert Coyotes Desert Coyotes L, 3-1
11th Annual Glacial Garden Turkey Shoot
Date Time Tournament Location Opponent Result 22-Nov-01 1:30 PM Turkey Shoot Glacial Gardens Desert Coyotes L, 3-0 23-Nov-01 9:00 AM Turkey Shoot Glacial Gardens Anaheim L, 3-2 23-Nov-01 6:00 PM Turkey Shoot Lakewood Beach City L, 4-2 24-Nov-01 6:00 AM Turkey Shoot Glacial Gardens Aliso Viejo L, 5-3 25-Nov-01 - Turkey Shoot Glacial Gardens Won by Aliso Viejo -
Click on players' name for his or her bio Player # Games Goals Assists Points Hits +/- PIM James Ady 17 18/31 5/9 2/2 7/11 9/21 -1/-1 11/29 Eric Blumenthal 7 22/37 3/4 4/9 7/13 20/31 -6/-19 20/26 Ian Brown 10 20/29 3/4 7/9 10/13 13/21 even/-1 30/36 Michelle Chee 18 17/31 3/4 5/7 8/11 7/9 -2/-6 0/0 Tarra Chibidakis 11 14/24 0/0 3/3 3/3 10/14 -4/-6 8/18 Ben Dines 5 21/36 3/4 3/8 6/12 7/10 -12/-21 4/6 Devin Ernst 21 20/35 7/11 4/5 11/16 31/47 -1/-7 10/14 Derek Fredericks 7 22/37 7/10 2/5 9/15 9/11 +6/-2 0/2 Zack Hitchcock 23 22/33 6/7 10/12 16/19 18/20 +2/-7 18/24 Matt Hopper 77 22/37 2/4 5/7 7/11 12/25 -3/-5 12/22 Kelli Howe 38 15/26 1/1 1/2 2/3 3/4 -1/-13 4/8 Daniel McCarthy 9 22/37 0/0 6/7 6/7 16/25 -1/-7 4/6 Ashley Ocampo 39 16/31 4/5 8/12 12/17 3/7 even/-5 2/6 Dustin Thomas 99 20/35 3/7 8/13 11/20 37/67 +2/+1 78/125 Daniel Willenborg 24 16/28 4/6 5/5 9/11 0/0 -3/-9 0/0 Jordan Yindiphol 68 22/37 8/10 6/7 14/17 38/61 +3/+5 12/22 Nathan Zebrowski 15 21/35 2/4 8/10 10/14 8/14 -4/-13 6/10 Goalies & Bench - 22/37 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 - 10/16 Team Totals - 22/37 61/90 86/123 148/213 241/387 -25/-116 229/370 League Play/All Games
Goaltenders
Goaltenders (Regular Season): Click on players' name for his bio Player # Games Shots Goals Saves Save % GAA W L T Addison Lee 32 16.67 428 48 380 88.8% 2.88 7 6 3 Sarsh Levine 34 5.33 123 20 103 83.7% 3.75 2 3 1 Empty Net - - - - - - - - - - Goalie Totals - 22 551 68 483 87.7% 3.09 9 9 4
Goaltenders (Overall): Click on players' name for his bio Player # Games Shots Goals Saves Save % GAA W L T Addison Lee 32 27.75 706 80 626 88.7% 2.88 8 14 5 Sarsh Levine 34 9.25 190 36 154 81.1% 3.89 4 5 1 Empty Net - - 2 2 - - - - - - Goalie Totals - 37 896 116 780 87.1% 3.14 12 19 6
(Regular Season) Team Games Shots Goals Shot % PPlay PPlay % PKill % SHG ENG Cougars 22 492 61 12.4% 17-95 17.9% 75.9% 0 1 Opponents 22 551 68 12.3% 19-79 24.1% 82.1% 3 0
(Overall) Team Games Shots Goals Shot % PPlay PPlay % PKill % SHG ENG Cougars 37 799 90 11.3% 24-146 16.4% 77.9% 0 1 Opponents 37 898 118 13.1% 29-131 22.1% 83.6% 3 2
NORCAL Bantam-A Standings Team W L T PTS San Jose 22 0 0 44 Stockton 11 10 1 23 Oakland 10 9 3 23 Cupertino 9 9 4 22 High Sierra 10 10 2 22 Tri-Valley 6 12 4 16 Santa Clara 5 14 3 13 Belmont 6 15 1 13
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NORCAL Playoff Action from March 22-24 Stockton and Oakland skated to an exciting 2-2 tie after the Colts netted a goal in the final three minutes of the contest. San Jose skated to back-to-back shutouts over Cupertino and Oakland before defeating Stockton 5-3 in the final game of the preliminary round. By virtue of Stockton's better goal differential vs. Oakland's, they get the pleasure of facing San Jose again tomorrow in the NORCAL Bantam-A championship game.
On Sunday, the San Jose Jr. Sharks completed their undefeated regular and NORCAL post-season drive by pasting the Stockton Colts, by a 7-1 score. Best of luck to the Jr. Sharks in their quest to bring a CAHA championship back to northern California!
Cupertino Cougars Bantam-A Overall RecordTeam W L T PTS Cupertino 12 19 6 30
Coaches and Team Support
Coaches:Head Coach - Dave Guy - hockeydir@aol.com Assistant Coach - Mike Metcalfe - hockeydirector@yahoo.com Team Support:
Team Manager: Ernie Chee
Tournaments: Andy & Cheryl Blumenthal
Team Parent: Kay Yindiphol
Web Page: Jeff Fredericks - Jfredericks@colliersparrish.com
Regular Practice Schedule:
(All practices at the San Mateo Ice Chalet)Type Day/Date Time Dry Land Every Monday TBD Shared Ice Every Friday 9:45-11:00 PM Full Ice Every Monday 8:30-9:45 PM Practice Times are Subject to Change
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