Verizon Jr. Purple Eagles win Patriot’s Day Tournament

Lewiston Porter Sentinel, March 18, 2006

The Grand Niagara Verizon Junior Purple Eagles Squirt Minor Travel team won the 2006 Patriot’s Day Tournament, held Feb. 18-20 at Niagara University’s Dwyer Arena. After the Purple Eagles lost to Hamburg by a score of 4-2, the team convincingly defeated Scarborough 11-0 and Parma 2-1 to advance to the championship game. The tournament final pitted Grand Niagara once again against Parma. Playing their fourth game in three days, the Purple Eagles stayed sharp as they beat Parma 3-1 on goals by Adam Babiarz, Joey DeMunda and Ryan Ball. Shown in the above photo (left to right) are (front row) goaltending coach Cory Quinn, Justin Quinn and Tyler Shotwell; (center row) Cody Treichler, Mathew Paonessa, Sean Richardson, Reynaldo Santana, Lucas Hurtt, Michael Colosi, Joey DeMunda and Ryan Ball; (back row) head coach John McKenna, Jacob Burford, Adam Babiarz, Brandon Sabha, Justin Nichols, Mark McKenna, Ryan Britt, assistant coaches Tim Ball and Ron Hurtt and office assistance Cullen Ball.