FRAMINGHAM, MA-The USA Hockey Select 15 Festival finished up this past Friday (Aug 1)and there was not only a large number of players with Junior Bruins ties but they also put forth good performances. There were 20 players and one coach that have played/will play for the black and gold on either the Junior Bruins-Empire, Little Bruins or the 1993 Junior Bruins AAA tournament team. The camp took place on the campus of St. Cloud State at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Several of the players listed below were among their team and Festival's leading scorers as well as garnering a lot of attention from the coaches and scouts in the arena. Coach Chris Masters helped guide the Gold TEam to the first place finish at the Festival. Their 4-1 record was tops among all teams and included a 13 person shootout in the final game that clinched top team status. In that shootout it was Massachusetts native Ryan Hubbard who stopped 11 of 13 shooters. In was Defensemen Brandon Tendeland (West Fargo, North Dakota) who got the sudden death shootout game winner.
The list of those who participated with Bruins ties are: Brendan Burke (AAA), Richie Prunesti (AAA), Matt Mahalak (AAA), Griffin Votolato (AAA), Jimmy Vesey (AAA), Kurt Krotz (AAA), Alex Gacek (Little Bruins and AAA-pictured right), Dylan Pike (AAA), JP Burnside (AAA), Ronald Fishman (AAA), Devin Albert (AAA), Vince Trochek (AAA), Anthony Terenzio (AAA), Stephen Brown (AAA), Derek Stahl (Junior Bruins-Empire and AAA), Ross Scherma (Little Bruins and AAA), Stephen Miller (Junior Bruins-Empire and AAA), Anthony Greco (AAA), Joey Yeadon (Little Bruins and AAA-pictured above left), Gord Donnelly (AAA) and Chris Masters (coach).