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Private Wins Private vs. Public All-Star Game

Posted On: Friday, February 27, 2009
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By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.com

Nick Sorkin’s hockey All-Star game appearance started with a stumble – literally.

During player introductions, the Bullis senior was tripped by public schools foe Jake Lynes of River Hill and nearly took a spill.

But Sorkin had the last laugh, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the private schools’ 4-1 victory over the public schools in Friday’s Private vs. Public Inaugural All-Star Game in Rockville.

“I’ll get him back for that one,” said Sorkin, who scored 45 points this season in just 13 games played. That’s second most in the state to Georgetown Prep’s Justin Butler, who notched 70 points in 19 games.

There were many smiles and much laughter during Friday night’s festivities. The idea for the game, which rose money for the Montgomery Cheetah’s Youth Hockey Program, was conceived just three weeks ago by organizer John Pflieger, Jr.

There was a public vs. privates hockey All-Star game five years ago before it was stopped because of a supposed lack of interest in high school hockey. Since then, many Maryland public schools have created hockey teams.

This past season Wootton won its second straight Maryland Scholastic Hockey League title while Calvert Hall took the Mid Atlantic Prep Hockey League crown.

“I had a great chance this year to watch some real outstanding hockey and these kids have put on a great show tonight,” Phlieger Jr. said. “The public schools have doubled the number of programs they have and I think they’ve shown tonight they are very, very competitive.”

But not competitive enough to beat the privates. Sorkin scored his first goal off an assist from Landon’s David Mann just a few minutes into the game.

He then followed up with his second goal just about four minutes later off an assist from teammate Alec Helman.

“You’re always trying to do something special,” Sorkin said, before addressing the rivalry. “They think they can hang with us.”

While the two teams often shared banter back and forth, there was still a tinge of competitiveness throughout.

DeMatha’s Casey Thrush put the private schools up 3-0 in the third period with help from assists by Helman and Sorkin.

 Atholton’s Paul Fletcher got the public schools on the board with a goal with one minute, 24 seconds remaining off an assist from Jon Cohen of Wootton.

Georgetown Prep’s Butler capped off the scoring with a goal with 13 seconds remaining on an assist from Good Counsel’s Michael Chen.

“It’s all fun and games in the locker room — we all talk a little joking smack,” Helman said. “But the joking doesn’t go that far. We’ve got to win.”

The game also featured a charity shoot out between players and Miss Virginia, Tara Wheeler, who was a hockey goalie for Penn State and who tried out for the US Women’s Olympic Hockey Team.

Helman and Sorkin had two of the more memorable shots. Helman slid head first into Wheeler, knocking her back into the goal. Sorkin picked up the puck with his stick and dribbled it in the air while moving towards the net before pulling a fancy move to beat her.

Wheeler did stop 19 of 24 penalty shots, however.

“I’m tough,” Wheeler said with a laugh. “I’m keeping my goaltending skills up.”

ALL-STAR ROSTERS
*nicknames given by event organizer Rhett Butler

PRIVATE SCHOOL ALL-STARS
Justin “The Dynamic and Dangerous” Butler, Georgetown Prep
Ryan “The Talented” Bunting, Landon
Michael “The Tough” Chen, Good Counsel
Devin “Catch Me If You Can” Drewyer, Georgetown Prep
Charles “Fast Feet” Gage, Landon
Shaun “The Comptetitor” Gibbons, DeMatha
Patrick “Hard Hitting” Hall, Georgetown Prep
Alec “The Crafty Scoring Machine” Helman, Bullis
Brian “The Towering” Kelly, DeMatha
David “Leader of the Bears” Mann, Landon
Blake “Intimidating” Shue, Landon
Nick “Man With The Hands” Sorkin, Bullis
CJ “Grease Lighting” Sweigart, Georgetown Prep
Casey “Mr. Awesome” Thrush, DeMatha
Zach “Do It All” Walz, Calvert Hall
Michael “The Awesome” Ward, Landon
Zach Weiner, Bullis
Kenneth “Human Brick Wall” Maclean Jr., Calvert Hall
Matt “Shut Them Down” Tyler, Gonzaga

PUBLIC SCHOOL ALL STARS
Zach “Attack” Abelman, Walter Johnson
Adam “The Excellent” Altieri, Glenelg
Josh “Bring It” Bretner, Wootton
Richard “The Great” Brogden, Magruder
Jon “Get It Done” Cohen, Wootton
Paul “The Powerful” Fletcher, Atholton
Jonathan “All Talent All The Time” Freel, Magruder
Adam Goodman, Jewish Day School
Mike “Superstar” Greene, Northwest/Germantown
PJ “The Gifted” Hall, Wootton
Chris “Mr. Wonderful” Kelly, Whitman
Jake “The Scoring Threat” Lynes, River Hill
Patrick “Heading to the Naval Academy” Maguire, Richard Montgomery
Mike “Mr. Magnificent” Murtyn, Churchill
Michael “The Enforcer” Owen, Magruder
Dylan “The Gifted” Skarupa, Wootton
Andrew “The Rain Maker” Stein, Wootton
Zack “Mr. Everything” Wolfe, Whitman
Griffin “Stop Them All” Farha, Churchill
Chris “Can’t Touch This” Hogan, Wootton
Stefan “The Terminator” Theunissen, Richard Montgomery

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