The fans really came out to support the Majors this weekend as the boys worked hard to give them a good show ... and even though they went down 2-0 in the first, the crowd never waivered in their support !!! The team was thrilled to have such a strong showing for an away game and look forward to big crowds this weekend as The Majors host the MPHL weekend . Puck drops Friday ,12:15 at home against Bishops . Looking forward to a great weekend , please check the website for the weekend schedule .

 

 

MPHL Crossover Weekend 

 The Majors had a pretty good start to the back half of the MPHL season on the weekend at Ridley College.

   The weekend started with an impressive 7-1 victory over St. Francis. The Majors held a 40-15 edge in shots.

   Pat Campagna, with two goals, Thomas Byrne shorthanded, Justin Romeo on the power play, Riley van der Kooy, Cameron Dempsey and Michael Mastroianni, who also had two assists, scored.

    Mark Nesbitt was solid in goal.

   After losing 7-1 to Gilmour, in which Noah Donaghy scored, the Majors bounced back with a strong 4-3 victory over Loyola.

   Anthony Carella and Dempsey both had a goal and two assists, while Campagna and Thomas Byrne had one goal each.

   Mark Morrison turned aside 27 shots for the win.

   After a 5-1 loss to Lake Forest, in which van der Kooy scored again, the Majors closed out the weekend against    Shady Side and came up just short, losing 3-2 in overtime.

    Donaghy and van der Kooy scored, while Kieran Molony was good in goal.

   The Majors are back in action at home Friday at 3 p.m. against Catholic Central.

 

 

Santa visits the Majors !!!

 

Your St Michael's Majors wish you all a safe and Happy Holiday !!!

 

 

 

The Majors have a great MPHL weekend in Stanstead, Quebec.

They returned home with a couple of very impressive victories to close out the weekend. Noah Donaghy was awarded Majors player of the weekend .

On Sunday, the Majors defeated Ridley, 2-1, in overtime, with Anthony Carella scoring the winning goal, unassisted .

Justin Romeo, unassisted, opened the scoring , in the first period .

Mark Nesbitt, who was named the game’s MVP, was excellent and stopped 31 shots.

On Saturday, the Majors defeated Rice, 5-1.

Thomas Byrne opened the scoring midway through the first period, with assists to Romeo and Luke Fitzgerald.

Rice tied the score in the final seconds of the period, but the Majors scored three times in the second to take control.

Fitzgerald from Romeo put the Majors ahead 2-1 early in the second, then Noah Donaghy, from Alejandro Maese and Ryan Marinelli made it a two-goal lead. Cameron Dempsey, from Donaghy and Maese, made it 4-1 after two.

Carella from Marinelli finished off the scoring in the third.

Mark Morrison was excellent in goal, turning aside 26 shots. Donaghy was named the game MVP.

On Friday, the Majors started strong in their opening game against Bishops, with Donaghy scoring twice in the first period to give them a 2-0 lead. The first was assisted by Dempsey and Christian Melatti, the second came on the power play from Maese and Tyler Herbst.

  Bishops pushed back hard and led 3-2 after two periods, then made it 4-2 early in the third before Joe Gagne cut the lead, from Romeo and Fitzgerald, but the comeback fell short, Bishops winning 4-3.

  Kieran Molony was excellent in goal and was the game MVP.

  In the second game, Stanstead defeated the Majors, 4-0, but Nesbitt was terrific, stopping 44 shots and was named the game MVP.

  Next up, a Wednesday visit to St. Andrews at 4 p.m.

 

SMC picks up their first CISAA season win 

The Majors picked up their first win of the CISAA season on Wednesday.

And it was impressive.

The Majors carried the play throughout the game, generated a bunch of good scoring chances, and finally wound up beating Appleby, 3-1, at St. Michael’s Arena.

Appleby actually opened the scoring late in the first period on a power play. But the Majors kept pressing.

They tied the game early in the second period on the power play, with Lucas Fisher scoring, assists to Tyler Herbst and Noah Donaghy.

The Majors took the lead 10 minutes later, Alejandra Maese scoring unassisted.

Ryan Marinelli, with assists from Maese and Fisher, added the insurance goal late in the third.

Mark Nesbitt was solid in goal.

SMC vs SAC 

The combination of illness and injuries conspired against the Majors on Wednesday.

With a depleted roster, down to just 13 skaters and two goaltenders, the Majors put up a good fight, but eventually succumbed to St. Andrew’s College, losing 5-0 at home.

Mark Nesbitt and Keiran Molony shared the net for the Majors.

Luckily, the Majors have a few days to get healthy before they resume action next Wednesday, with a home game against Appleby at 3 p.m.

The Majors depart the next day to Stanstead, Quebec, for a four-game MPHL weekend, before visiting St. Andrew’s on December 7 to close out the pre-exam schedule.

 

CISAA Weekend 

It isn’t exactly breaking news, but it remains that if you don’t score goals, you don’t win games.

The Majors found that out on the weekend.

The Majors opened their CISAA weekend Friday evening with a hard-fought game against Ridley. The Tigers rode a 1-0 lead into the final minutes of the game and added an empty-net goal to win, 2-0.

Ridley kept goaltender Mark Nesbitt busy, outshooting the Majors, 38-18.

On Saturday at home, the offence disappeared again, as Nichols defeated the Majors, 2-0.

After falling behind by a couple of goals to Appleby on Sunday morning, the Majors finally found the back of net.

First, Alejandro Maese cut the lead midway through the first period, with assists to Riley Van der kooy and Brendan Byrne.

Just five minutes later, Joe Gagne tied the game, with assists from Noah Donaghy and Cameron Dempsey.

The game remained tied until early in the third period when Appleby scored the game-winning goal on a power play and hung on for a 3-2 victory.

Next up for the Majors, a home game Wednesday at 3 p.m. against St. Andrew’s College.

 

CISAA 2016-17 Season Opener 

 

They sometimes say hockey can be a game of inches. Or centimetres.

The Majors would agree.

In their CISAA season opener Wednesday at the St. Michael’s Arena, the Majors dropped a 2-1 decision to Upper Canada College, but missed earning a better result by an inch here, a centimetre there.

In a spirited third period alone, the Majors had several near misses, including a puck swept off the goal line, two hit posts and a couple of missed wide-open nets.

The good news is the game was very even from the beginning and the Majors created good scoring chances throughout.

UCC opened the scoring in the first period and led 2-0 after two.

But the Majors brought it in the third. Noah Donaghy, finally wearing his favoured number 13, put the Majors on the board 1:36 into the final period, with Thomas Finn earning the assist.

Mark Nesbitt was solid in goal.

The Majors welcomed back defenceman Patrick Yau and forward Lucas Fisher from injury. Michael Zabaneh remains sidelined.

Next up for the Majors is a game Friday against Ridley at SAC, a home game Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against Nichols, and a meeting with Appleby on Sunday morning at UCC.

 

MPHL 2016-17 KICK OFF WEEKEND 

 

The St. Michael’s Majors kicked off their Midwest Prep League hockey season with an impressive 1-0 victory over Loyola on Friday morning.

Riley Van der Kooy scored on a set up from Brendan Byrne with 4:51 left in the second period.

Mark Nesbitt was excellent in goal, stopping 18 shots, to earn the shutout.

In the second game of the weekend, the Majors were missing a few players due to injury and lost 7-1 to a veteran Lake Forest team tonight.

The Majors were down 2-1 after one, 5-1 after two. The goal was scored by Brendan Byrne, assisted by Van der Kooy.

On Saturday, the Majors absolutely dominated Shady Side, but ran into a hot goalie. After falling behind by a goal, the boys rallied quickly with a goal from Brendan Byrne, assisted by Van der Kooy. The Majors took the lead with a goal scored by Ale Maese, assisted by Van der Kooy again. But late in the third period Shady tied the game, sending it to overtime and it ended 2-2.

On Saturday night, again missing a few boys, the Majors were beaten 7-1 by St. Francis. Ryan Marinelli scored for the Majors, assisted by Channey Kim and Justin Romeo.

The Majors wrapped up the weekend Sunday with a tough 2-1 loss to a strong and older Gilmour Academy team. It was tied after two periods, Van der Kooy from Brendan  Byrne accounting for the Majors goal, but Gilmour took the lead later in the third period.

Next up for the Majors a home game against Upper Canada College on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

 

Majors Lose close contest to Ulysses from Montreal

 

The Majors had a great battle against Ulysses College of Montreal on Saturday evening coming out on the short end of a 3-1 game.  With the score 2-1 late in the game, and the Majors pressing, an empty net tally by the host team secured thier victory in front of a large and boisterous crowd.

 

Mark Nesbitt was solid in net again, and deserved a better eventual fate.

 

Score sheet results not available at this time.

 

After the three exhibition games on the road, the coaches are very happy with the play of the boys and suggest that it bodes well for the future as they head into the regular season in November.