Varsity Boys Offensive Player: #11 Zackarie Michaud
The varsity boys captain had a massive month in October, as he and his linemates, Ryan Dwyer and September Offensive Player of the Month Kamyl Chemrouk, continued to put the puck in the net. At the October CPSHA weekend hosted by the Rothesay Netherwood School, Zackarie had 6 points in 4 games, highlighted by a hat trick in a 5-2 win over the Ridley College Tigers. The second-year Spartan looks to continue his torrid start to his senior season as the Spartans look ahead to a busy month of November that features the TCF Bank International Invitational tournament in Minnesota and the Stanstead Showcase.
Maxim has picked up right where she let off last season to lead a deep Spartan offensive attack, scoring 7 goals and 10 assists in 10 games. Primarily playing on a line with Rosalie Tremblay and Isabelle Michaud, the trio has been able to dominate the offensive zone through high-level skill and creativity and strong team system play to create high-quality scoring chances and score timely goals. Individually, Maxim has found offensive success across even strength, power play and penalty kill by creating space with her size and beating goalies with her powerful shot.
The weather has not quite turned to real hockey weather here in Stanstead. The leaves are beginning to change colours and there is a distinct chill in the air at night, but days have been filled with some late September sun and warmth. Despite Mother Nature’s desire to hold onto summer, this past weekend was time for the Pat Burns Arena to open its doors to Varsity Boys Hockey action. With a 4-game week, the boys began by dropping their first CPSHA game to rival Bishops College by a score of 7-5 in a high energy, offensive game.
Congratulations to our varsity boys and prep girls hockey teams, both of whom came from behind to earn their respective league championships this past Sunday.
Words are hard to find right now. It is hard to try to write something as if it is in the past, when I want to keep this amazing feeling present, I want to stay in this moment. My sense of joy for our boys, pride for our program and school and personal relief for feeling that our job was done well are all working together to make waking up the last couple days to be extra special.
This past weekend, varsity boys hockey won both of their games, the first against the #3-ranked Kimball Union Academy and the second against New Hampton School. Leading the offensive charge in both games was team captain Jaxon Pierce (Grade 12, Fredericton, NB). Jaxon scored on the first shift of the game against Kimball Union and scored both the first and second goals against New Hampton school on Sunday. Besides finding himself on the scoresheet for 3 goals in 2 games, Jaxon’s work ethic was on full display all weekend. Congratulations, Jaxon!