By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA In his final season at his former home of London, Ontario, Alex Tidd helped the London Junior Knights win the 2017 Ontario Hockey Federations Bantam AA championship. Now, in his junior season with the Pittsford High School team, Tidd is doing his best to help the Panthers win a Section V Class A title. He's certainly a big reason the Panthers are … [Read more...] about Pittsford upends top-seeded McQuaid in hockey semifinals
Playoff life on the rink just ducky for Spencerport hockey team
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Last year, hockey was a chore, a burden really, for the Spencerport Rangers. How could it be anything but demoralizing? When you go 2-17-1, rarely are you going to find coming to the rink fun. Even more rare is the chance of a joyous feeling leaving the rink. And now, here we are a year later, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a group of hockey … [Read more...] about Playoff life on the rink just ducky for Spencerport hockey team
Webster Thomas enjoys a sectional semifinal feast of goals
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Wednesday was game day for the Webster Thomas Titans hockey team, which meant it was also team breakfast day. For more than a dozen years, dining together at T's Family Restaurant in Webster Square has been an etched-in-maple-syrup, game-day hockey tradition for the Titans. On Wednesday night, the Titans feasted again, this time on the Irondequoit … [Read more...] about Webster Thomas enjoys a sectional semifinal feast of goals
Your Sunday Big Ditch Six Pack: Paetsch, Oglevie lead Rochester Amerks
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Now in the twilight of his career and playing for a team with a stable of young defensemen, Nathan Paetsch doesn't get on the ice very often anymore with the Rochester Americans. Andrew Oglevie also hadn't played much lately, although his time at suite level was due to injury, not a coach's decision. Both, however, made big contributions to Sunday … [Read more...] about Your Sunday Big Ditch Six Pack: Paetsch, Oglevie lead Rochester Amerks
Your Big Ditch Brewing Amerks Six Pack from Friday night
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For the first time in 43 days, the Rochester Americans are no longer officially in first place in the American Hockey League's North Division. The Amerks lost 1-0 on home ice to the Syracuse Crunch on Friday and now sit percentage points behind their Thruway rivals, with a rematch at the Onondaga County War Memorial on Saturday night. The Amerks … [Read more...] about Your Big Ditch Brewing Amerks Six Pack from Friday night