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)
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