The Make-A-Wish All-Star Hockey Classic returns to Guterson Fieldhouse on Saturday.
The Vermont and New Hampshire boys will meet for the 32nd time and the girls for the 27th time. The game will feature the top high school graduates from Vermont and New Hampshire.
The girls' game is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m., while the boys' game is scheduled to begin at approximately 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students (ages 7-17). Children 6 and under are free.
The Vermont women's team has won their last three matches against New Hampshire and leads the overall record with 12 wins, 10 losses and three ties. The New Hampshire men's team fought back last summer and leads with 20 wins, 9 losses and one tie.
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All proceeds from the event go towards granting special wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses, and the Hockey Classic has raised more than $345,000 for those wishes, according to Hockey Classic co-chair Cathy Fouts.
More information can be found on the Hockey Classic website at www.allstarhockeyclassicvtnh.org.
Roster:
Vermont Girls
BFA-St. Albans: With Ray Alexander, Bri Jarvis, McKenna Montgomery, Amber Pockett, and Arleigh Richard. Burlington/Colchester: Hannah Coughlin, Nora Moody, Camryn Pullin. Burl and Burton: Kaylin Downey, Skylar Smith. Kingdom Blade: Brook Lynn Choinière, Alexander Mosher. Missisquoi: Emily Airoldi. South Burlington: Sabrina Brunette, Kylie Burke, Taylor Tbrock. Spaulding: Ruby Harrington. Stowe: Isabel Donza. Woodstock: Hannah Gubbins, Gracelyn LaPerle.
coach: Christina Bellomo (Rutland), Molly Burke (Stowe) and Christy Lewicki (Burr & Burton).
Vermont Boys
BFA-St. Albans: Deegan Rathburn, Thomas Wilbur. Burl and Burton: Jack McCoy, Jake Murnaghan. Champlain Valley: Nicholas Menard, Travis Stroh, Alex Zukowski. Colchester: Drew Hale, Adam Maher, Brody Russell, Ben Sherman. Essex: Hunter driver. Hartford: Ezra Mock. Middlebury: Toby Draper. Mount Mansfield: Gavin Cowan, Owen Jones. Rice: Joseph Robb. South Burlington: James Bradley, Will Bradley, James Chagnon, Nick Kelly.
coach: JP Benoit (Champlain Valley), Ben Roberts (BFA-St. Albans) and Jordan Stearns (Middlebury).
New Hampshire Girls
Berlin Gorham Kennett: Ava Bartoli, Abby Brace, Olivia O'Neill. Bishop Brady: Finley Hollenberg. Exeter: Lillian Marie Blood. Hannover: Maeve Lee, Rory Seelig. Hollis-Brookline-Derryfield: Rachel Irving. Keenfall Mountain: Alix Dumont. Kingswood-Prospect Mountain: Jenny Baldwin. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge: Phoebe Ballard, Lily Hoegler, Olivia Pollard. Manchester Central-Memorial West: Jamie Webster. Oyster River – Portsmouth: Eliza Wheeler. Pinkerton: Riley Dunn, Emily Gosselin. St. Thomas Dover Winnacunnet: Juliana Grella, Christy Trudell.
coach: Shane Flood, Aaron House, Tom Jumper and Dave Sykes (Kingswood Prospect Mountain).
New Hampshire Boys
Berlin Gorham: Colin Melancon, Cam Paquet. Berlin Gorham Kennett: Sam Morris. Bishop Guertin: Joe DeKulski, Caleb Yang. bow: Brodie O'Neill, Billy Smethurst. Dover: Owen Karkasi, Caleb Malaska. Exeter: Matt Wallace. Hannover: Wyatt Seelig, Jack Wilkinson. Merrimack: Conor Dunn, Cam Keaveney. Pembroke Campbell: Cameron Plumb. Oyster River: Camden Minor. Wyndham: Ben Breen, Nate Crowley, Casey Kramer. Winnacunnet: Brady Thompson.
coach: Henrik Balvin (Exeter), Paul DiMarino (Exeter).
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