EULESS, Texas — Mid Fairfield’s chance at bringing home the national championship ended in excruciating fashion at the USA Hockey 15 Only National Championship.
One of the top teams in the 2005 birth year for many years, Mid Fairfield lost in a shootout to Florida Alliance in Sunday afternoon’s semifinals. The team coached by Marty St. Louis and Adam Delgado was the region’s top hope of winning a national championship at any age division.
Mid Fairfield cruised through the first two games of pool play, downing Team Alaska, 10-3, and Team Wisconsin, 3-0. Surprisingly, Mid Fairfield was upset, 5-3, by North Jersey Avalanche in the final game of pool play. After a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Junior Sabres in Saturday’s quarterfinal, the team bowed out by a score 2-1 at the hands of the Florida Alliance.
Center Brian Nicholas (Scarsdale, N.Y.) led the way offensively with two goals and five assists. His right wing, Salvatore Guzzo (Staten Island, N.Y.) had four goals and two assists. Both forwards along with center Ryan Fine (Center Moriches, N.Y.) and defensemen Drew Fortescue (Nyack, N.Y.), Aram Minnetian (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) and Lucas St. Louis (Riverside, Conn.) have all received invites to next week’s USA Hockey NTDP Evaluation Camp.