1992 Division 2 Salmon River Shamrocks
By the skin of its
Toothe, Pittsford became the first Section 5 team to
reach a State final. Panthers goal tender Nelson
Toothe made 41 saves to upset heavily favored Canton
in the Division 2 semi-final 8-4. Matt Garver, a
center on Pittsford devastating first line scored
four goals and added 2 assists.
In the
championship final, with Pittsford holding a 6-5
lead midway through the third period, Salmon River's
Ray Jock scored a breakaway goal to tie the score.
Jock later scored the go ahead goal with a slap shot
from just inside the red line, then added an
empty-net goal[ his 5th goal of the game ] to ice
Salmon River's 4th State Championship title 8-6.[
Jock also scored 2 goals in the Shamrocks 4-2
semi-final win over Rye.
Salmon River
earned their trip to Utica under very unusual
circumstances. Due to a measles epidemic in Glens
Falls, the Regional qualifying game, played at
Salmon River's home rink in Fort Covington, was
played without fans in an empty arena. The Salmon
River students still found a unique way to make
their presence felt, however. During the week they
decorated the whole arena with Shamrocks.
1992 Division 1 Suffern Mounties
The Division 1
finals saw the return of two teams very familiar
with state tournament play; Suffern, who reached the
semi-finals in four of the last five years and
Massena a four time finalist and 2 time state
champion.
Massena
dominated Aquinas Institute 8-3 in the semi-finals,
while Suffern registered a 3-2 win over Seton
Catholic of Plattsburgh on a long shot that
deflected into the air that Seton's goalie lost in
the ceiling lights.
The
championship game saw Massena and Suffern trading
goals in a hard fought defensive struggle. Trailing
by a goal in the final minute of play, Suffern coach
John Orlando pulled goalie
Rob Cerabona to get
an extra attacker in the offensive zone. With 30
seconds remaining in regulation time, Dan White's
pass found Rob Stevens, Suffern's leading scorer,
alone in front of the Massena net. Stevens the
wristed a 10 footer to tie the game. Then at 3:05 of
the first overtime period, Stevens scored again to
give Suffern their first ever State Championship. It
was the only time in the game that the Mounties had
the lead..
