2017 Winter classic, Premier vs C division

The annual display of some of the finest ball hockey players featured plenty of skill and offence in the sixth edition of the winter classic on Saturday night. The event had the Premier (A & B divisions) take on the C division. Both teams played like the game meant something as they valued ball possession over trying to be too fancy. Unfortunteley for the C side, it wasn’t nearly what they had hoped for. When you have players like Carl Ghilarducci , Phil DiGiacomo, Charles Plaisir , S.Sacco and company just to name a few coming at you, one can only hold on to dear life in hopes of surviving. Despite it all, the C side fared well enough getting four goals. M.Champgane, representing the Capitals was involved in all four tallies that included three assists. As for the Premier side, C.Plaisir felt like he was playing pond hockey as the Team Haiti rep scored at will. Plaisir riffled four goals in only twelve minutes. Nick Sbarra stood tall behind the C division bench with a game plan that not even Mike Babcock would have had much of a chance with. If players such as Payam Assadi can hit the net once in a while then maybe the score would have been a little more respectable. Payam Shot twice during the hardest shot competition that would have missed a soccer net. In the end, the players had fun and demonstrated how well they displayed their talents. Prior to the game, each player along with the net minders showed off some of their finest skills in the four competitions. Here is a summary of the 4 events:

Most accurate shooter:  Charles Plaisir 4/7 targets

Best wrist shot : George Vouloumanos 3/5 wins tie breaker vs Thomas Karasek

Best goaltender in wrist shot competition: Sandro Morante

Hardest shot: Carl Ghilarducci heat seeking missile of 103 mph

Breakaway challenge: Carl Ghilarducci

Best goaltender (breakaway competition) Midwin Dorismond  

Premier division Roster:

Midwin Dorismond G

Carl Ghilarducci

Jordan Velenosi

Hendrix Merone

Hovig Jerjian

Phil DiGiacomo

Sean Sacco

Gibson Aime

Yerick Derohannessian

Charles Plaisir

Jonathan Mandracchia

George Vouloumanos

C Division Roster:

Scott Sauk G

Sandro Morante G

Costa Fragkiudakis

Jason Rochon

Ellis Medrano

Eric Lemieux

Anthony DiPerna

George Lallis

Mathieu Champagne

Jimmy Pantelis

Thomas KaraseK

Payam Assadi

Final score:

11 Premier division    C division 4

Note: go to media on our site Hockeyballe.com to see pictures of the event. The pictures will be put up shortly