Pelham’s Marc Flory earned another honor last night, this time from the Westchester Ice Hockey Officials Association. The first-team all-state forward won the Horton R. Shaw Memorial Scholarship, which goes to a college-bound senior who is also a referee and displays scholarship, athleticism and leadership in school and on the ice.
Flory is the fifth recipient to receive the award, which began in ‘06. Previous winners are Mike Tarnow (White Plains), Matt LoConte (Mount Pleasant), Greg Losee (John Jay) and Michael Messer (New Rochelle).
Flory has been a member of the WIHOA for four years and has refereed youth games throughout the county.
“I told him last night, he has all the tools and ability to go as far as he wants to go,” said referee in chief Larry Scapperotti, who has worked with Flory. “He’s confident, looks good on the ice, he skates, he’s big. He definitely has no problem doing college and if he’s really serious and interested he could probably go on his way to nationals, and depending on how hungry he is, the NHL.”
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Truly deserving of the accolades. Super talent as a player and a super kid off the ice
Marc, we are all so proud of you! Great player, student, and person. You will go far in life, no matter what you choose to do.
Marc is a very talented player but will never ever make it to the nhl he will be a good d3 college player.
Nhl in respect of refereeing, he has quickly risen through the ranks. Scapperotti says it is a reach. He takes his skill from hockey as well as his knowledge of the game, with his great attitude it makes him a great referee.
I hope to see him playing college hockey or atleast staying involved in the game. Would like to know where he is going
Any one know?
NHL???
Like the last comment said, Scapperotti was referring to Marc as a ref.
To nhl,
I just spoke with Marc today and he’s still deciding on a college. He wants to pursue a degree in computer science or software engineering. He wants to stay involved with the game and will try out wherever he ends up, but it won’t be a deciding factor.
Harold, I’m switching gears to lacrosse now. Is there a lacrosse blog?
There’s two: boyslacrosse.lohudblogs.com and girlslacrosse.lohudblogs.com
But don’t forget to check back here once in a while for updates on next season
Harold, will the Hagan Mamone Vc live be on demand?
to NHL???
even if the kid had a goal of the nhl; who are you to say he will never make it to the nhl. if you can’t offer something positive about marc, then give it a rest. marc is one of the nicest people i have known in my life, extremely humble about everything. you have some set of chimes saying anything negative at all. the best part is that he will far exceed in anything he does in life and won’t have to waste his time on a blog criticizing people. he will certainly have a life “outside the NHL” and will be a lot happier than most. congratulations marc on your achievements and for the journal news award. we are very proud and will always remember the good times that were shared.
Harold, is there a baseball blog?
You deserve it Marc. Not because you are a great hoceky player (which you are) but because you are a great kid. Here’s to you and best of luck in all your future endeavors…....
Most people are naysayers. Most people criticize players and coaches and refs from the safety of the sidelines. Meanwhile they never had the guts to play or coach or officiate. They are like the schmucky sports talk show dopes like Francessa, Russo , Michael Kay etc. None have ever done anything except talk about sports and people act like they know something.
Congratulations to Alex Hagen for winning the Puck Control Skills competition this week in St. Louis. He beat out the best from the country’s top 12 Teir 1 Districts. I believe he came 3rd in speed as well.
anyone have any extremely early league champ, d1 and d2 predictions for next year?
Hagen has proven Nothing to the rest of us! The only he has proven is that he can turn his back on his teammates.
“Mahopac Fan” yea sure… should be “bitter fan” or “jealous fan”. I’m sure Hagen is up all night thinking about proving himself to the jack asses who are trashing him on this blog. You must be another jealous player or bitter parent. Why would you care so much about Hagen’s commitment to travel before high school…oh!! your a jealous ETB player or parent.
Jealous? Why would anyone be jealous of him? All dues respect to his ability and he is good he has not really done that much. He is an elite player in our area and lets see what he does in the future. I have seen him play and he is good. I don`t agree with him stepping on his high school team in order to get what he needs but that is the approach many of todays travel players go about it. They go and play anywhere they can to get ice and exposure. The high school team used him as much as he used them so its a two edged sword. I think he will go to prepatory school and then who knows. Wish him luck he can score and handle the biscuit
I have to agree with Outside Observer. I have seen many players come and go these past years. He’s a good player…Simple that’s it. Maybe he’ll go to prep school and maybe he’ll play Juniors (Finally). But that’s about it…. Nothing more and nothing less! But we’ll be saying the same things next year….. JUST WAIT!
Just to clear it up I hope he does well. Sometimes we tend to hype kids up too much. The kid is a junior so lets keep that in mind. Hes a good player in this high school area. I would not place him at the very top in the state though but he could develop. He had an exceptional good high school season but there were players who had better years and were more dominant. I wish him the very best but while he is a good high player he is certainly not the best in our area. Just a junior so he still may develop into the best high school player next season if he is still here
I believe that Mike Tarnow, who won it in ‘06 went to Mamaroneck and not white planes…he now goes to Syracuse and still referees
He is a good kid, should get JN player of the year or something. When is all of that coming out anyway?