Results BC 2007

Herman Steen Wins Boston!

(stats and results below write-up)

In one of the most exciting Elites finals to date, Herman Steen bested Kenny Dubois 4 games to 3, to win the 2007 Boston Challenge Stiga Table Hockey Championships. To reach the finals, Steen beat fellow Swedish countryman and 2005 Boston champion, Pontus Eriksson. That series also went the distance, with game 7 going into overtime. Kenny Dubois beat 2003 Boston Challenge winner, Junior Gelinas of Shawinigan Quebec, 4 games to 1 in the other semifinals.

The B group winner was Matt Rogers of Groveland, MA. He beat Stephen Klump of Ottawa, ON 3-0. The semi-finalists were Dana Rogers, Matt's father and Gino Bossio of Montreal, QC.

The C group was won by Len Mecca of Cherry Hill, NJ, 3 games to none, over Vic Handel of New Haven, CT. The semi-finalists were Bill Boyd of Arlington, TX and Kevin Rafferty of Laguna Hills, CA.

Special thanks go out to Peter Tererri and Kimberly Bowens for their excellent work entering scores, taking pictures and overall help. Also to Lindsey LaPorte for her help running the timing CD, puck gathering and other tasks. And to Al Cousineau, my longtime friend, for helping during the loadout.

Thank you to Mike and Kenny for all the help during the event and thanx to all the players and friend that also helped and stayed with us all day. It was a very special event this year and it couldn't have happened without the help of so many people. Thank you all again!

Elite Group Final Standings

Player GP W L T Pts GF av GA av (+/-) so

Kenny Dubois 15 13 1 1 27 79 5.27 35 2.33 44 1

Pontus Eriksson 15 13 1 1 27 89 5.93 24 1.60 65 4

Herman Steen 15 12 3 0 24 65 4.33 29 1.93 36 2

Junior Gelinas 15 10 3 2 22 78 5.20 42 2.80 36 3

Bernie Kunzler 15 8 5 2 18 51 3.40 40 2.67 11 0

Steve Bernstein 15 8 6 1 17 48 3.20 53 3.53 -5 0

Carlo Bossio 15 5 4 6 16 50 3.33 50 3.33 0 0

Denis Maille 15 7 7 1 15 42 2.80 64 4.27 -22 0

Chris Didomizio 15 5 6 4 14 45 3.00 56 3.73 -11 0

Kent Richter 15 5 7 3 13 51 3.40 55 3.67 -4 0

Alain Gamache 15 5 10 0 10 40 2.67 56 3.73 -16 0

Joe Puopolo 15 4 9 2 10 40 2.67 61 4.07 -21 0

Reggie Stefaniszyn 15 3 8 4 10 43 2.87 68 4.53 -25 1

Pascal Theriault 15 4 10 1 9 47 3.13 57 3.80 -10 1

Mike Caponetti 15 0 10 5 5 34 2.27 54 3.60 -20 0

Matt Didomizio 15 0 12 3 3 29 1.93 87 5.80 -58 0

Elite Group Scores

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1 Pontus Eriksson 2:5 5:4 4:1 12:0 3:0 9:1 6:0 4:2 6:3 3:1 6:1 3:3 6:2 8:0 12:1

2 Kenny Dubois 5:2 4:1 5:2 6:2 7:0 3:3 5:6 4:1 8:2 5:2 5:3 5:3 4:3 6:2 7:3

3 Kent Richter 4:5 1:4 6:3 5:2 2:7 3:4 5:2 2:4 2:2 2:5 4:2 5:7 3:3 4:2 3:3

4 Carlo Bossio 1:4 2:5 3:6 3:3 7:3 2:1 5:5 2:1 4:4 5:4 2:3 4:4 3:3 3:3 4:1

5 Denis Maille 0:12 2:6 2:5 3:3 2:1 3:2 1:7 3:7 8:3 1:4 6:4 0:5 4:2 4:2 3:1

6 Pascal Theriault 0:3 0:7 7:2 3:7 1:2 3:5 3:5 2:3 3:5 3:3 3:0 5:8 3:2 3:4 8:1

7 Steve Bernstein 1:9 3:3 4:3 1:2 2:3 5:3 6:4 1:4 6:5 2:4 4:1 0:5 4:2 4:2 5:3

8 Chris Didomizio 0:6 6:5 2:5 5:5 7:1 5:3 4:6 0:4 3:1 1:4 4:3 1:6 1:1 3:3 3:3

9 Herman Steen 2:4 1:4 4:2 1:2 7:3 3:2 4:1 4:0 6:1 4:2 4:1 6:3 5:2 5:2 9:0

10 Reggie Stefaniszyn 3:6 2:8 2:2 4:4 3:8 5:3 5:6 1:3 1:6 1:1 2:6 0:10 4:4 1:0 9:1

11 Bernie Kunzler 1:3 2:5 5:2 4:5 4:1 3:3 4:2 4:1 2:4 1:1 2:3 5:2 5:4 5:2 4:2

12 Alain Gamache 1:6 3:5 2:4 3:2 4:6 0:3 1:4 3:4 1:4 6:2 3:2 2:5 3:2 3:4 5:3

13 Junior Gelinas 3:3 3:5 7:5 4:4 5:0 8:5 5:0 6:1 3:6 10:0 2:5 5:2 3:2 6:3 8:1

14 Mike Caponetti 2:6 3:4 3:3 3:3 2:4 2:3 2:4 1:1 2:5 4:4 4:5 2:3 2:3 1:5 1:1

15 Joe Puopolo 0:8 2:6 2:4 3:3 2:4 4:3 2:4 3:3 2:5 0:1 2:5 4:3 3:6 5:1 6:5

16 Matt Didomizio 1:12 3:7 3:3 1:4 1:3 1:8 3:5 3:3 0:9 1:9 2:4 3:5 1:8 1:1 5:6

Elite Group Play-offs

Rd of 16
Qtr Finals

1 Kenny Dubois 9 4 8 1 Kenny Dubois 2 4 6 7

16 Matt Didomizio 1 1 1 9 Chris Didomizio 0 2 5 3

9 Chris Didomizio 3 3 3 5 4 Junior Gelinas 6 4 4 3 4 7 3

8 Denis Maille 4 2 2 3 5 Bernie Kunzler 5 5 3 4 3 4 1

5 Bernie Kunzler 3 4 5 3 Herman Steen 7 6 4 4

12 Joe Puopolo 2 3 3 6 Steve Bernstein 3 0 1 3

4 Junior Gelinas 4 7 7 2 Pontus Eriksson 8 6 5 5

13 Reggie Stefaniszyn 3 3 4 7 Carlo Bossio 3 4 0 1

2 Pontus Eriksson 5 9 4

15 Mike Caponetti 2 1 1 Semifinals

7 Carlo Bossio 3 2 4 7 1 Kenny Dubois 4 6 5 5 5

10 Kent Richter 2 3 0 0 4 Junior Gelinas 1 3 4 6 0

6 Steve Bernstein 2 1 5 7 3 3 Herman Steen 3 4 2 2 2 1 3

11 Alain Gamache 4 6 3 2 0 2 Pontus Eriksson 2 5 1 4 5 0 2

3 Herman Steen 5 4 4 Finals

14 Pascal Thériault 1 3 2

1 Kenny Dubois 1 3 3 3 6 3 1

3 Herman Steen 9 2 4 4 2 2 4

B Group Final Standings

Player GP W L T Pts GF av GA av (+/-) so

Matt Rogers 13 11 1 1 23 63 4.85 26 2.00 37 1

Gino Bossio 13 10 1 2 22 61 4.69 18 1.38 43 4

Stephen Klump 13 9 2 2 20 63 4.85 27 2.08 36 4

John Power 13 8 2 3 19 52 4.00 24 1.85 28 2

Dana Rogers 13 8 5 0 16 31 2.38 28 2.15 3 2

Nick Tripolitis 13 6 4 3 15 37 2.85 28 2.15 9 1

Steven Puopolo 13 6 4 3 15 37 2.85 30 2.31 7 1

Len Mecca 13 5 6 2 12 33 2.54 32 2.46 1 1

Kevin Rafferty 13 4 6 3 11 30 2.31 34 2.62 -4 3

Victor Handel 13 4 8 1 9 31 2.38 46 3.54 -15 0

Russ Guertin 13 4 9 0 8 28 2.15 58 4.46 -30 1

Bill Boyd 13 2 9 2 6 21 1.62 58 4.46 -37 0

Dana Boisvert 13 1 10 2 4 18 1.38 63 4.85 -45 0

Tom Forbes 13 0 11 2 2 10 0.77 43 3.31 -33 0

B Group Scores

Steven Puopolo

1:1

2:2

3:2

8:1

1:3

2:1

0:7

3:4

2:5

6:1

5:0

1:1

Nick Tripolitis

1:1

5:1

2:3

4:2

0:4

2:2

2:5

0:2

5:2

6:0

2:2

4:2

Kevin Rafferty

2:2

1:5

4:5

1:2

5:1

0:5

0:2

2:7

3:3

2:2

4:0

5:0

1:0

Stephen Klump

2:3

3:2

5:4

7:0

6:2

4:3

3:3

3:4

5:5

4:0

8:1

8:0

5:0

Dana Rogers

2:3

2:4

2:1

0:7

5:1

1:4

3:0

1:4

2:1

4:1

3:1

4:0

Dana Boisvert

1:8

2:4

1:5

2:6

1:5

0:8

3:2

1:4

1:5

2:5

0:7

2:2

Gino Bossio

3:1

4:0

5:0

3:4

4:1

8:0

5:2

3:3

1:1

5:2

7:2

8:2

5:0

Len Mecca

1:2

2:2

2:0

3:3

0:3

2:3

2:5

1:3

1:7

4:1

6:1

5:1

4:1

Matt Rogers

7:0

5:2

7:2

4:3

4:1

3:3

3:1

3:5

7:1

7:3

6:3

3:1

John Power

4:3

2:0

3:3

5:5

1:2

5:1

1:1

7:1

5:3

5:1

1:3

7:1

6:0

Victor Handel

5:2

2:5

2:2

0:4

1:2

5:2

2:5

1:4

1:7

1:5

5:3

2:4

4:1

Russ Guertin

1:6

0:6

0:4

1:8

1:4

7:0

2:7

1:6

3:7

3:1

3:5

4:3

2:1

Bill Boyd

0:5

2:2

0:5

0:8

1:3

2:2

2:8

1:5

3:6

1:7

4:2

3:4

2:1

Tom Forbes

1:1

2:4

0:1

0:5

0:4

2:2

0:5

1:4

1:3

0:6

1:4

1:2

*Group B Play-offs*
Round of 7

1	Matt Rogers	bye				Semifinals

4	John Power	3	2		1	Matt Rogers	5	5
5	Dana Rogers	4	3		5	Dana Rogers	0	3

2	Gino Bossio	4	5		2	Gino Bossio	5	3
7	Steven Puopolo	1	2		3	Stephen Klump	7	4

3	Stephen Klump	5	6			Finals
6	Nick Tripolitis	4	2
					1	Matt Rogers	3	10	7
					2	Stephen Klump	1	0	0


*Group C Play-offs*
Round of 7						Semifinals

1	Len Mecca	bye			1	Len Mecca	4	6
					5	Bill Boyd	2	2
4	Russ Guertin	2	4	3
5	Bill Boyd	3	3	4	3	Victor Handel	4	1	3
					2	Kevin Rafferty	2	8	2
2	Kevin Rafferty	5	3
7	Tom Forbes	0	2			Finals

3	Victor Handel	8	6		1	Len Mecca	4	3	4
6	Dana Boisvert	3	1		3	Victor Handel	3	1	3