The New Canaan High girls ice hockey team, which won Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference and state championships, will be among the honorees at the sixth annual Hall of Fame SportsNight dinner on Oct. 16 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The team will be one of 15 community members recognized as the Sports Person of the Year. The dinner is sponsored by the Fairfield County Sports Commission.
The Rams defeated arch-rival Darien in both finals, avenging losses in the championship games to the Blue Wave in the 2008-09 season. New Canaan, which had just four seniors on the team, finished 23-1 and won at least 20 games for the sixth time in nine years. It was the fourth FCIAC title in six years for the Rams, including three straight from 2005-07.
Leading the way for head coach Rich Bulan were senior captains Maggie Burke and Shelby Barada, junior captain Jana Persky, senior four-year starting goalie Charlotte Spitzfaden, four-year starting defensewoman Kelsey Durkin and freshman scoring sensation Olivia Hompe.
The other Rams included juniors Erin Dalia, Elizabeth Lewis, Bailey Wright and Caroline Falcone, sophomores Abbey Buckenheimer, Lauren Campbell, Jenny Crandall, Kellianne Hickey, Britt Gardella and Molly Robustelli, and freshmen Madzie Carroll, Bea Eppler, Bianca Schultz and Corbett Ripley. Brendan Baranowski, Scott Craig and Mike Labrosciano were Bulan's assistant coaches.
The six newest inductees to the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame will be honored at SportsNight. The Hall of Famers are: Garry Cobb, the late Mickey Lione and Amanda Pape, all from Stamford; Stratford's John Hirschbeck, Bridgeport's Alvin Clinkscales and Trumbull's Vito Montelli. Pro golfer Ken Green of Danbury will receive the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award.
For more information and to purchase tickets contact Tom Chiappetta at the Fairfield County Sports Commission at (203) 251-8481 or via e-mail at tomchip21@aol.com. ESPN sports reporter Jeremy Schaap, a Westport resident, will be the featured speaker at the dinner.
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