Josh Harris-Castleton State College
Harris guided Castleton (4-0-0) to its first-ever title in the Rutland Herald Tournament scoring two goals and four assists including the game-winner against Becker on Saturday night. For his efforts, the sophomore forward was selected to the RHI All-Tournament team.

Erick Cinotti-Castleton State College
In his first collegiate game of his career in the Rutland Herald Invitational (RHI) this past weekend, Cinotti turned away 25 shots against Becker for the win.

Castleton 14th in the Country

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Oswego	(17)	9-0-0	295	2
2	St. Norbert	( 2)	10-1-0	278	3
3	Norwich	( 1)	3-1-0	265	1
4	Bowdoin		3-0-0	224	4
5	Williams		4-0-1	195	8
6	Gustavus Adolphus		6-2-1	189	6
7	Neumann		6-2-1	137	12
8	Manhattanville		5-2-1	133	11
9	Adrian		6-2-0	131	7
10	Geneseo		7-2-2	122	9
11	Milwaukee School of		6-0-0	94	13
12	Hamline		5-3-0	78	5
13	Wisconsin-Stout		7-3-0	55	15
14	Castleton		4-0-0	41	NR
15	Buffalo State		6-2-1	37	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Amherst 27, Plattsburgh 27, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 19, St. Thomas 17, Middlebury 10, Lawrence 4, Nichols 4, Curry 3, Elmira 3, Massachusetts-Boston 3, Wisconsin-Superior 3, New England College 2, Wisconsin-River Falls 2, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2

Castleton captures first-ever Rutland Herald Invitational (RHI) championship

Rutland, Vt. – Sophomore forward Josh Harris (Torrance, Calif.) scored one goal and dished out two assists to lead Castleton to its first-ever Rutland Herald Invitational (RHI) title over Brockport, 5-1, in non-conference action on Sunday evening at Spartan Arena.

The Spartans improve to 4-0-0 on the season capturing their first-ever title in the RHI since its inception in the 2007-08 season. Castleton has made it to the championship round in all four RHI tournaments. The Golden Eagles fall to 0-9-1 overall.

Brockport opened up the scoring just four minutes and 31 seconds into the first period as junior center Ian Finnerty (Ardmore, Pa.) corralled a loose puck in the slot and sniped a wrist shot top-shelf over the glove of Castleton goaltender Seth McNary (Woburn, Mass.) for an early 1-0 lead.

The Spartans responded back just moments later (7:48) on a nifty breakaway goal from sophomore forward Josh Harris (Torrance, Calif.). After Castleton cleared its own defensive zone and transitioned up ice, Harris took a feed from teammate Justin Alonzo (San Jose, Calif.) in the neutral zone and entered the attacking zone one-one-one with Golden Eagles goaltender Joe Regan (Yonkers, N.Y.). Harris beat Regan deking forehand-to-backhand-to-forehand scoring just inside the right post to tie the contest up at 1-1.
Cody Ayers (Colorado Springs, Colo.) gave the Spartans a 2-1 lead late in the second period at 19:02 sending home a loose puck at the doorstep of Regan’s crease that was scrummed for by both teams.
In the third, Castleton exploded for three goals to secure the title.

Ben Schoeneberger (Vernon, Conn.) scored the first-of-three goals at 2:47 on the power play with a slapshot from the point that went in off of the left post past Reagan to give the Spartans a 3-1 advantage.
Tyler Atkins (Brockville, Ont.) notched his first goal of the season at 6:17 with a wrist shot that over the glove of Reagan into the top right corner for a 4-1 lead.

At 13:39 on the power play, Schoeneberger struck again with a slapshot from the blue-line for his third goal of the season with assists from Harris and Stuart Stefan (Delhi, Ont.).

Castleton returns to action on Friday, December 3 at Spartan Arena in ECAC East/NESCAC action against Colby at 7:00 p.m. Brockport hosts Oswego St. on Friday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m.

All-Tournament Team:
Forward, Tufts – Tom Derosa (Charlestown, Mass.)
Forward, Castleton – Josh Harris (Torrance, Calif.)
Forward, Castleton – Stuart Stefan (Delhi, Ont.)
Defense, Castleton – Tyler Atkins (Brockville, Ont.)
Defense, Castleton – Jonathan Lafrance (N. D. I. P., Que.)
Goalie, Brockport – Joe Reagan (Yonkers, New York)

2010-2011 Castleton State College Hockey Team

Castleton Earns 14 Points in USCHO.com Poll

USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll

November 22, 2010

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Norwich	(15)	2-0-0	295	1
2	Oswego	( 5)	9-0-0	284	2
3	St. Norbert		7-1-0	261	3
4	Bowdoin		2-0-0	228	6
5	Hamline		5-1-0	204	8
6	Gustavus Adolphus		5-2-1	150	7
7	Adrian		5-1-0	142	10
8	Williams		2-0-0	136	12
9	Geneseo		6-1-2	119	14
10	Amherst		2-0-0	95	NR
11	Manhattanville		3-2-0	86	5
12	Neumann		4-2-1	78	NR
13	Milwaukee School of		6-0-0	72	15
14	Middlebury		0-2-0	54	4
15	Elmira		4-4-1	40	11
15	Wisconsin-Stout		7-3-0	40	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Salem State 22, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 20, Wisconsin-Superior 20, Castleton 14, Lawrence 7, Marian 7, Buffalo State 6, Plattsburgh 6, Babson 3, St. Thomas 3, Wisconsin-River Falls 3, Morrisville 2, Becker 1, Curry 1, New England College 1

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankingsnew/#ixzz1677VRBm3

Seth McNary, Goalie of the Week

Goalie of the Week

Seth McNary-Castleton State College
Junior, Wobrun, Mass./Walpole (AtJHL)
McNary guided Castleton to a 2-0 week overall making 32 saves over the weekend. Against Saint Anselm on Friday, McNary turned away 21 saves to help the Spartans to a 2-1 victory. On Saturday, McNary stopped 11 shots in net to propel Castleton to a 4-2 win over New England College.

Late Goal Lifts Castleton State Men's Ice Hockey Past NEC

HENNIKER, N.H.—Castleton State College’s Dan Bell (Victoria, B.C) would net the game-winner with just 1:06 remaining in regulation lifting the Spartans past the New England College Pilgrims 4-2 Saturday afternoon at the Lee Clement Arena.

With the win the Spartans remain undefeated on the season improving to 2-0-0 overall and in conference play.  With the loss the Pilgrims even their overall and conference record at 1-1-0.

The two teams would battle through the majority of the first period before Castleton’s Kyle Richards (Halifax, N.S.) would fire a shot that would ricochet off an NEC defender and in with just 20 seconds remaining in the first.

The Spartans would extend their lead to 2-0 just 1:54 into the second periods as Colin Murray (Oshawa, Ontario) would rebound in a shot from Bell.  The Pilgrims would cut the lead to one at the 9:16 mark in the second as sophomore Jonathan Boxill (Bracknell, England) would fire in a breakaway shot assisted by Johan Qvarfordt (Sodertalje, Sweden) and Aaron Harvey (Milford, N.S.).

NEC would knot the game at 2-2 with just 4:58 remaining in regulation as Niko Uola (Turku, Finland) would net his team-high third goal of the season assisted by Phil Moore (Lower Onslow, N.S.) and Greg Jacques (West Hartford, Conn.).

Castleton would have an answer late as Dan Bell would one-time in the game-winner of a nice pass from Josh Harris (Torrance, Calif.) with just 1:06 on the clock.  Spartan forward Mike Cifelli (Havre De Grace, Md.) would tack on an empty-netter for Castleton in the final seconds.

Picking up the win in net Castleton was Seth McNary (Woburn, Mass.) who finished with 11 saves. NEC’s Aaron Harvey (Milford, Nova Scotia) had an impressive afternoon in goal for the Pilgrims recording 36 saves.

Castleton Faces Off at St. Anselm

In each of the past three seasons, the Castleton men’s ice hockey team has been upset by a lower seed in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) East Quarterfinal round at home. Headed into the 2010-11 campaign, head coach Alex Todd wants to overcome that trend.


“Every year we want to host playoff games,” said Todd. “This year, our top goal is to take advantage of home ice in the playoffs and advance to the semifinals.”

In order to reach that goal, Josh Harris and Stuart Stefan may have to replicate their scoring output from a season ago. Last winter, Harris led the club in points finishing the season with nine goals and a team-leading 19 assists. Stefan was the main goal scoring threat for Castleton lighting the lamp 16 times while adding eight assists. The Spartans will also need some of their younger players on the squad to emerge on the defensive side of the puck.

“The team will be young this year, but with our top scoring forwards returning our focus will be defense and helping out our goalies,” said Todd.  After struggling through his sophomore campaign, goalie Seth McNary appears poised to reclaim his first-year form that registered a 2.10 goals against average and two shutouts in 11 games. Defensemen Tyler Atkins, Jonathan Lafrance and Brad Barber will all be looked upon to secure the blue line in front of McNary this season.

Castleton opens up 2010-11 campaign, on the road, in ECAC East action against St. Anselm on Friday, November 19 at 7 p.m.  The Spartans first home contest at Spartan Arena will be against Becker at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 27 in the Spartan Invitational. Castleton will also be hosting Tufts and Brockport St. who play each other 3 p.m. The championship game of the Spartan Invitational will be held the following day at 3 p.m. while the consolation game will take place at 12 p.m.

Castleton Men's Hockey Schedule Poster 2010-2011

Castleton Men's Hockey Promo Poster 2010-2011

Coach Todd's Radio Show

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Support the Spartans

Friday, November 12th at 7:00 pm come support the Spartans at their annual Kickoff Dinner at The Palms in Rutland. Light fare and beverages will be served.  Mingle with the Spartan players and coaches and get the chance to win Spartan Hockey merchandise! There is a $20.00 fee at the door that will go towards the team's fund-raising efforts this season.  

Past Spartan Teams

 

The Castleton Spartans will start off their season on the road against St. Anselm College and New England College.  The games will be played Friday, November 19th at 7pm and Saturday, November 20th at 4:30pm.  This first weekend is always a tough weekend for the Spartans.  This year they hope to turn that around and come home with a 2-0 record to start the season.