Four Brockport High and two Hilton Cadets were among the Rochester senior and junior rosters for the 12th annual Scotty Bowman Showcase, which took place on Sunday, April 10 at First Niagara Center.
The Scotty Bowman Showcase consists of all-star hockey games between high school-aged players from the Buffalo and Rochester areas.
Hilton senior Jesse Edwards and Frank Gaffney and Brockport senior Mitchell Henshaw battled Buffalo based seniors while Brockport juniors Alec Rockow, Patrick Viscardi and Walden Grady did the same.
Gaffney led the Cadets in goals (15) and points (41) – good for fourth in Division II while Edwards led Hilton with 17 assists while garnering 30 points.
Henshaw led the Blue Devils with 42 points, good for third in Division II, with a team-high 16 goals and 26 assists. Viscardi and Rockow had 29 and 23 points respectively.
The first game began at 11 a.m. with high school juniors from the two cities facing off against one another for the Tim Horton Memorial Cup. The next game followed at 1 p.m. between high school seniors from each city.
Rochester beat Buffalo in both games and was awarded the Scotty Bowman Cup, named after Buffalo Sabres former head coach Scotty Bowman, the winningest coach in NHL history. Bowman was in attendance to present the Bowman Cup to the victorious senior team.
