By Janet Schultz
The Western New York Ladies Varsity Ice Hockey Federation coaches have named the 2024-25 WNYGVIHF All-Fed Groups.
Named to First Staff had been Forwards Abby Zimmerman, Bella Jayme and Izzy Bourgeault. On protection Jocelyn Smaczniak and Savanna Samplinski and in purpose, Ella Celej.
Additionally they chosen Maya Griffin as Offensive Participant of the 12 months and Jenny Wild, Defensive Participant of the 12 months.
Clarence/Amherst/SweetHome’s Nicola Adimey was named Coach of the 12 months.
Zimmerman is a senior on the Niagara County Girl Warriors. She sits in third place on the 12 months’s scoring listing with 16 video games performed and logging 23 objectives and 13 assists for 36 factors.
Jayme performed for Kenmore/Grand Island/Lockport and logged 18 objectives and 14 assists in 18 video games performed.
One other KenGIL participant, Bourgeault additionally put KenGIL on the scoreboard with 16 objectives and 13 assists in 18 video games.
Maintaining different groups from scoring and aiding on scoring had been Smaczniak, a junior who performs for Frontier/Franklinville/Lakeshore/Orchard Park and Samplinski, a senior from KenGIL. Smaczniak performed in 17 video games and had 5 objectives and 25 assists. Samplinski had 4 objectives and 17 assists on the season in 18 video games.
The goaltending within the league was superb as soon as once more this season. The Coaches chosen Celej from CASH for the primary crew honors after she posted 689.98 minutes between the pipes, making 409 saves on 443 pictures. She had two shutouts and a .923 save proportion. Celej is a goalie who retains her eye on the puck and makes fast strikes to cease the opponent.
Named to Second Staff All Fed had been Forwards Emily Lysiak a sophomore from Lancaster/Iroquois/Depew/Alden; Sophia Phillips, a junior from Hamburg/Eden/West Seneca and Gabby Sojda, a eighth grader from FFLOP. On Protection: Gabe Lowell, a junior from St. Mary’s of Lancaster and Morgan Cooper, sophomore from HEWS. In purpose Ella Buczynski, sophomore from HEWS.
Buczynski is third on this 12 months’s Goaltending listing with 867.20 minutes performed, making 417 saves on 451 pictures and a .925 save proportion. She logged 5 shutouts. She performs with ardour and fast strikes to make saves.
Lysiak performed in 19 video games for LIDA and scored 21 objectives with 15 assists for 36 factors. Phillips, had 19 objectives and 13 assists in 18 video games and Sojda sits at #2 this season with 26 objectives and 26 assists for 52 factors in 22 video games.
Lowell performed in 18 video games and posted 2 objectives and 6 assists for 8 factors and Cooper performed in19 video games with 3 objectives and 9 assists.
On Third Staff All Fed it was Sam Latini of NICo; Brynn Cafferty, LIDA; Avery Szczesek, St. Marys taking part in Ahead. On protection Addison Cherry, Monsignor Martin and Layla Osinski, LIDA. In purpose Monsignor Martin’s Kate Kelley.
Kelley, a pressure to be handled by every crew. She performed 775 minutes between the pipes, confronted 825 pictures and stopped 735 of them. The 825 pictures is nearly twice what different goaltenders this season confronted. She is a junior from Sacred Coronary heart Academy and the crew’s solely goalie.
On Ahead Latini is a sophomore from Starpoint and positioned fourth on the scoring leaderboard this season. She scored 21 objectives and 15 assists in 17 video games. Cafferty is a Junior at Lancaster and scored 12 objectives and 16 assists in 19 video games for LIDA. Sczcesek, a junior performed in 17 video games, scored 17 objectives and three assists over the season.
Our gamers of the 12 months, Griffin, a senior offensive participant from FFLOP and Jenny Wild, a junior defender from CASH made a lot affect on the league for his or her respective groups. Griffin performed in 21 video games and logged 26 objectives and 27 assists for 53 factors. Wild performed 16 video games, scoring 8 objectives and 6 assists for 14 factors. Her contribution might be seen on the ice retaining the puck going to her scorers and retaining the opposite crew at bay.
Honorable mentions went to Allison Besancon of Williamsville; Maya Adimey, CASH; Lilah Cudney, FFLOP; Brooklyn Forcucci, FFLOP; Riley Kumrow, St. Mary’s; Kelsey Barrett, HEWS; Rachel Repair, FFLOP, Ella Johnston, KenGil and Betsy Accurso, St. Mary’s.
CASH’s Nicola Adimey was named WNYGVIH 2025 Coach of the 12 months. Adimey started as an assistant coach with the Amherst/Sweethome crew within the 2012-13 season and have become Head Coach within the 2013-14 season. With a really younger crew this 12 months she ended the season with a 7-6-3-1 report. Adimey was additionally acknowledged by Bee Publications because the Co-Coach of the 12 months with HEWS Eric Cooper.
WNYGVIH Founder and Head Coach for Williamsville, Rick Hopkins, obtained the Dr. James Rusin Award. The consideration is given annually to somebody for his or her dedication and promotion of the Western New York Ladies Hockey Federation. Hopkins has labored tirelessly for the previous 20 years to convey ladies varsity ice hockey to the world and to develop it. He manages the groups, the teaching and official staffs and no matter else must be executed. As well as he serves because the WNY Ladies consultant to Part VI and to NYSPHSAA.
This 12 months’s Part VI Championship went to Frontier/Franklinville/Lakeshore/Orchard Park and the Non-public Championship went to St. Mary’s of Lancaster.
FFLOP went on to play Webster within the WNY Regionals. They received 4-1 and headed off to the New York State Championship in Utica. There they confronted Skaneateles within the first spherical, shedding 3-1. Maya Griffin was named one of many NYSPHSAA Sportsmen of the 12 months.
The WNYGVIH Federation will enter their sixteenth season with the 2025-26 season.
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