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A Brief
Bulldog
History
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Michael Pietro and
Michael Devoll- '96 |
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| The Canton High
School Boys' Varsity Soccer team began in 1984 under
head coach Steve Deneno. After one season, Deneno
handed the reigns over to George Gianaloudis.
Gianaloudis built the program into a competitor in
the Hockomock League. The 1985 season saw the first
Bulldog on the All-Hockomock League team as defender
Chris Conway (class of '86) was honored. In 1988,
the squad qualified for the MIAA state tournament for
the first time in its young history. |
Coach Gianaloudis with team
captains Jamie Goodrich, Jeff Gaboury and Andy Morgan
in 1985. |
1993 saw the coaching duties taken over by
Danny Erickson (class of '89). |
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Richie Daniels- '98 |
In the past 11
years, the Bulldogs have become a power in Eastern
Mass. Soccer.
In that time period the team has:
- won two Hockomock League Championships (1997
and 2006)
- qualified for 9 State Tournaments
- advanced to the Sectional Final twice (2007
and 2002)
- advanced to the Sectional Semi-Final twice
(1997 and 2006).
After a tough season in 2005, where the Bulldogs
record was 3-9-5, the 13-2-5 record and Hock Championship of 2006 was
especially impressive.
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The 2007 and 2002 Cinderella Stories
Despite the fact that the Bulldogs won Hock titles in
2006 and 1997, it was during two, less-impressive
regular seasons, that the team has advanced furthest
in the State Tournament. The 2007 and 2002 teams
qualified for the Tourney with little room for error,
and ended up with historic runs to the Sectional
Finals.
2007
After graduating 9 starters from the Hock
Championship team, the team posted an impressive
7-5-5 regular season record and qualified for the
Tourney with a #12 seed. The tournament starting
eleven included- 5 juniors and 3 sophomores. A
3-1 win over #5 Holliston was followed by a
Quarter-final win over a tough #13 Bishop Stang team,
2-1. The team then faced #1, undefeated Medfield and
after playing to a 2-2 draw, won a penalty shoot-out
to advance to the final. The #10 seeded Sharon Eagles
finally stopped the upstart squad in the final, 4-2.
2002
After a disappointing
8-8-2 regular season record, the squad entered the
South Sectional Tournament as the #19 seed (out of 21
teams). That's when the fun began. On its way to the
Championship game, the underdog Bulldogs ousted #14
seeded Medfield, #6 seeded Somerset, #3 seeded
Hingham, and #2 seeded Dighton-Rehoboth, before
facing the top-seeded and undefeated Duxbury Dragons.
A tremendous first half of play in the Final left the
game scoreless at the break. But two quick Duxbury
goals in the beginning of the second half proved to
be too much for the Bulldogs to recover from.
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Year by Year Record
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Season |
Record |
Postseason Information |
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1984 |
4-12-0 |
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1985 |
5-9-2 |
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1986 |
3-8-5 |
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1987 |
6-6-4 |
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1988 |
8-5-4 |
MIAA Tournament-1st
Round loss to Cohasett |
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1989 |
9-6-1 |
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1990 |
10-4-4 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated Boston Latin in 1st Round
Quarterfinal loss to Framingham |
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1991 |
6-8-2 |
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1992 |
2-14-0 |
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1993 |
7-5-4 |
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1994 |
8-6-6 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated Dighton-Rehobeth in Preliminary
1st Round loss to Jeremiah Burke High |
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1995 |
3-12-3 |
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1996 |
3-12-3 |
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1997 |
17-3-1 |
Hockomock Champions-
MIAA Tournament- Defeated Old Rochester in 1st Round
Defeated Oliver Ames in Quarterfinals
Semi-Final loss to Duxbury |
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1998 |
12-6-1 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated Randolph in 1st Round
Quarterfinal loss to Oliver Ames |
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1999 |
9-6-3 |
MIAA Tournament-
Preliminary Round loss to Plymouth North |
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2000 |
6-6-7 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated Old Rochester in Preliminary
1st Round loss to Duxbury |
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2001 |
9-6-5 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated Diman Voc. in 1st Round
Quarterfinal loss to Duxbury |
| 2002 |
12-9-2 |
MIAA Tournament-
Defeated #14 Medfield in Prelim., #3 Hingham in 1st
Rnd., #6 Somerset in Quarterfinal, #2
Dighton-Rehoboth in Semi-Final, and lost to #1
Duxbury in Final. |
| 2003 |
9-6-4 |
MIAA Tournament- 1st
Round loss to King Philip- 1-0 |
| 2004 |
7-10-0 |
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| 2005 |
3-9-5 |
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| 2006 |
13-2-5 |
-MIAA Tournament-
Seeded #3- Defeated #14Walpole in 1st Round 4-0,
Defeated #6 Medfield in Quarterfinal Round 3-1, Lost
to #7 Medway 4-1 in Semi-Final |
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2007 |
10-6-5 |
-MIAA Tournament-
Seed#12- Defeated #5 Holliston in 1st Round, 3-1,
Defeated #13 Bishop Stang in Quarterfinal Round, 2-1,
Defeated #1 Medfield 3-2 (in shootout) in Semi-Final,
Lost to #10 Sharon in Final, 4-2. |
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Total |
181-176-76 |
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Notable
Statistics Best Team Record (by percentage)
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1. |
1997 |
17-3-1 |
.833 |
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2006 |
13-2-5 |
.775 |
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3. |
1990 |
10-4-4 |
.667 |
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4. |
1998 |
12-6-1 |
.658 |
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5. |
2007 |
10-6-5 |
.595 |
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The
1997
Hockomock Championship winning goal celebration
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Andy Erickson- '91 |
Career
Scoring
Leaders
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Andrew MacDonald- '99 |
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Name- Class |
Goals |
Assists |
Total Points |
| 1. |
Andy Erickson- '91
(*single season record-1990) |
45
(25) |
20
(7) |
65
(32) |
| 2. |
Eric Langlois- '94 |
31 |
19 |
50 |
| 3. |
George Thomas- '00 |
31 |
18 |
49 |
| 4. |
Bill Anastasiadis- '04 |
27 |
21 (record) |
48 |
| 5. |
Danny Corcoran- '07
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30 |
12 |
42 |
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Jeff Shea- '05 |
32 |
9 |
41 |
| 7. |
Doug Richmond- '92 |
21 |
16 |
37 |
| 8. |
Matt Aucoin- '03 |
26 |
9 |
35 |
| 9. |
Richie Daniels- '98 |
18 |
13 |
31 |
| 10. |
Danny Erickson- '89 |
17 |
13 |
30 |
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Goalkeeping Records
Games Played
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Name- Class |
Games Played |
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1. |
Michael White- '07 |
53 |
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2. |
Wes Rawding- '00 |
38.5 |
| 3. |
Danny Boreham- '02 |
38 |
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4. |
Michael Close- '95 |
36 |
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Career
Shutouts
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Name- Class |
Shutouts |
Danny
Boreham- 02 |
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Michael
White- '07 |
16 |
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Danny
Boreham- '02 |
12 |
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Wes
Rawding- '00 |
12 |
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Single Season Shutouts
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Brendan Ryan preparing for shoot-out in 1997. |
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Name-Class |
Shutouts |
Year |
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Michael White- '07 |
10 |
2006 |
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Brendan Ryan- '98 |
8 |
1997 |
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3. |
Devin O'Gorman-
'09 |
7 (active-2007) |
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Career Lowest
Goals Against Average (at least 24 starts)
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Name- Class |
Goals |
Games |
G.A.A. |
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Danny Boreham-
'02 |
40 |
38 |
1.07 |
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Wes Rawding- '00 |
54 |
38.5 |
1.41 |
| 3. |
Brendan Ryan-
'98 |
61 |
34.5 |
1.77 |
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Single Season
Lowest Goals Against Average (at least 10
starts)
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Name- Class |
Goals |
Games |
G.A.A. |
Year |
Brendan Ryan |
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Brendan Ryan-
'98 |
9 |
15.5 |
.58 |
1997 |
| 2. |
Danny Boreham-
'02 |
17 |
18 |
.94 |
2000 |
| 3. |
Michael White-
'07 |
20 |
20 |
1.0 |
2006 |
| 4. |
Adam Castonguay-
'03 |
17 |
16.5 |
1.03 |
2002 |
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All Star
Honors
Hockomock League MVPs- Just one- DJ Murray- 2006 Season
2-Time
All-Hockomock Recipients
| Name- Class |
Years Selected |
Coach Danny
Erickson in 1988. |
| Jeff Shea- '05 |
2003, 2004 |
| Billy
Anastasiadis- '04 |
2001, 2003 |
| Danny Boreham-
'02 |
2000, 2001 |
| Wes Rawding- '00 |
1998, 1999 |
| George Thomas-
00 |
1998, 1999 |
| Richie Daniels |
1996, 1997 |
| Jared Richmond-
'95 |
1993, 1994 |
| Eric Langlois-
'94 |
1992, 1993 |
| Doug Richmond-
'92 |
1990, 1991 |
| Andy Erickson |
1989, 1990 |
| Danny Erickson |
1987, 1988 |
Eastern
Massachusetts All-Stars
| Name- Class |
Year(s) Selected |
Keith Conroy- '98 |
| Danny Corcoran-
'07 |
2006 |
| DJ Murray- '07 |
2006 |
| Jeff Shea- '05 |
2004 |
| Billy
Anastasiadis- '04 |
2003 (game MVP) |
| Adam Castonguay-
'03 |
2002 |
| Danny Boreham-
'02 |
2000 |
| George Thomas-
'00 |
1998 & 1999 |
| Rob Conroy- '99 |
1998 |
| Keith Conroy-
'98 |
1997 (game MVP) |
| Richie Daniels-
'98 |
1997 |
| Brendan Ryan-
'98 |
1997 |
| Jared Richmond-
'95 |
1994 |
| Eric Langlois-
'94 |
1993 |
| Andy Erickson-
'91 |
1990 |
| Danny Erickson-
'89 |
1988 |
All-State Players
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Name- Class |
Year Selected |
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Danny Corcoran- '07 |
2006 |
| DJ
Murray- '07 |
2006 |
| Jeff
Shea- '05 |
2004 |
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Billy Anastasiadis- '04 |
2003 |
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George Thomas- '00 |
1999 |
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Brendan Ryan- '98 |
1997 |
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Richie Daniels- '98 |
1997 |
| Andy
Erickson- '91 |
1990 |
All-New
England Players
DJ Murray-
'07- 2006 Season
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