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The Icemen opened up the tournament with a 5-2 win over Performe Plus.   Performe Plus started the scoring off in the first period with back to back goals.  Marc Gatcomb (MXI-EHF) got the Icemen started with a goal late in the first period making the score 2-1 Performe Plus after 1 period.  The Icemen tied it up in the 2^nd with a goal from Cam Barbagallo(Top Gun-EHF) and then took the lead with another goal from Marc Gatcomb.  Performe Plus finished the 2^nd period off with a late goal sending both teams to the locker room between periods with the Icemen on top 3-2.  The third period was all Icemen.  The Icemen came out storming with a goal from Cam Barbagallo (his second) and finished off the scoring with a nice goal from Jack Nisbet (BJT-EHF).  Icemen goalie Jimmy Scannell(BJT-EHF) had a fantastic game in net and earned the "Player of the Game " award.  Final score 5-2 Icemen.

The Icemen were back a few hours later to play the second game of the round robin against Hurricanes.  The Icemen started the scoring with the only goal of the first period from Jacob Mendeszoon( VJW-NEHL) assisted by Mikey Bermingham (MMF-EHF) and Jack Swarbrick(Top Gun-EHF).  The Hurricanes tied it up with the only goal in the second period sending the teams into the locker room tied 1-1 after 2 periods.  Once again the third period belonged to the Icemen who came out flying with 4 unanswered goals.  Marc Gatcomb started it off with a goal assisted by Sean Doherty(SSK-EHF) and Jason Dobay(BJT-EHF) and then Jack Nisbet made it 3-1 with a goal assisted by Sean Doherty.  Mendeszoon then made it 4-1 with a goal assisted by Swarbrick and Doherty(his 3^rd assist of the game).  Mendeszoon completed his "hat trick" with a late goal assisted by Swarbrick(3^rd assist of the game) and Cam Barbagallo.  Jacob Mendeszoon earned the "Player of the Game" award.  Final score 5-1 Icemen.

The Icemen's next match up was against Rockets Rive-Nord.  The Rockets scored the only goal of the first period making it 1-0 Rockets after 1.  The Rockets scored an early goal in the second period making it 2-0 Rockets after 2 periods.  Once again the Icemen came out flying in the third period with three unanswered goals.  Cam Barbagallo started the Icemen off with a goal assisted by Jacob Mendeszoon.  Sean Doherty then tied things up with a goal assisted by Marc Gatcomb and Jack Nisbet.  Doherty then got the go ahead goal with 5:23 remaining in the game after receiving a nice pass from Jack Nisbet.    The Rockets did not go away, tying the game with only 36 seconds remaining.   Icemen goaltender Jimmy Scannell had another great game in net.   Sean Doherty  also played great and received the "Player of the Game" award.  Final score tied 3-3.

A few hours later the Icemen played their final game of the round robin against the Montreal Metro Ice Dragons.  The Icemen waisted no time in this contest scoring 5 first period goals.  Cam Barbagallo opened up the scoring with a goal assisted by Joe Dunlap(Top Gun-EHF).  Jack Nisbet scored with assists going to Gatcomb and Doherty.  Barbagallo got his second of the game assisted by Dunlap.  Marc Gatcomb scored assisted by Nisbet and Anthony Nazarian(Top Gun-EHF) closed out the first period scoring with assists going to Dunlap and Nisbet.  First period ended with the Icemen on top 5-1.   Defensemen Jason Dobay opened up the second period scoring with a goal assisted by Dunlap and Nazarian.  Cam Barbagallo scored with assists again going to Nazarian and Dunlap.  Jake Aleksa(Top-Gun-EHF) closed out the second period scoring with a power play goal assisted by Mendeszoon and sending both teams to the locker room after 2 periods with the Icemen on top 8-1.  Defensemen Mikey Bermingham scored an unassisted 3^rd period goal making the final score 9-2 Icemen.  Joe Dunlap had a great game (5 assists) and Jack Nisbet earned the  "player of the game " award for his outstanding effort.  The win secured the Icemen the #1 seed going into the semi finals and also kept the Icemen undefeated in round robin tournament play so far in the 2008 season (6-0-1).

The Icemen were matched up against the  Cantonniers Elites AAA for the semi-final game.   The first and second periods went scoreless with both teams having good scoring chances turned away by fantastic goaltending.  Again, the Icemen came out of the locker room for the third period and put the game away.   Cam Barbagallo started things off with a goal assisted by Dobay and then Barbagallo scored another unassisted goal to make it 2-0.  Jacob Mendeszoon scored assisted by Swarbrick and Aleksa and Jack Swarbrick closed out the scoring with a goal assisted by Dobay and Aleksa.  Cam Barbagallo received "Player of the Game" honors and Jimmy Scannell recorded the shutout.  Final, 4-0 Icemen.

The win put the Icemen in the finals against  Performe Plus .  6 games in 3 days proved to be a little too much for the Icemen.  The reinforced Performe Plus team took a 4-1 lead after 2 periods with the Icemen only goal coming from Sean Doherty assisted by Gatcomb.  The 3^rd period proved to be much of the same with Perfome Plus winning the game 6-1.  Marc Gatcomb received the"Player of the Game"  award for his outstanding play throughout the tournament.  Defensemen  Joe Nagle(BJT-EHF) and Austin Marini(BJT-EHF) both had strong defensive performances throughout the tournament.

The '99 Boston Icemen will finish the 2008 tournament season June 27^th - 29^th with the "Boston Icemen Ice Breaker" tournament in Marlboro, Ma.

2000 Take Skater's Edge Gold

The 2000 Icemen continued their solid tournament play at the Skater's Edge in Marlboro. Going undefeted in parity round the Icemen faced Westchester Selects (W 6-0), Shamrocks (W 6-5), Connecticut Selects (W 10-1) Red Rangers (W 10-0).

Talling 31 goals for and only 6 against, the Icemen took the first seed in the Championship game facing the Shamrocks. The Icemen took gold winning big 7-4.

Taking the Ice for the weekend were defensemen Everett, O'Connor, Callow and Harris; forwards Walhstrom, Krammer, Brinkley, LaRossa, Moore, Flaherty and Lockhart.

Goaltender Joe Maly with another strong performance in net.