Northeast Hurricanes 6 @ Ice Storm 44 | 6/24/07
Vermont Ravens 0 @ Ice Storm 41 | 7/8/07
Ice Storm 21 @ Chateauguay 13 | 7/16/07

Ice Storm 44, Northeast Hurricanes 6

COLCHESTER -- The Vermont Ice Storm blitzed the Northeast Hurricanes in their non-league semiprofessional football season opener, 44-6, at Colchester High School on Saturday night.

Austin Partain began the scoring on a 15-yard pass from Brad Ruderman.

In the second quarter, Ruderman fired TD passes of 64 and 13 yards to Matt Bombardier to go along with a Troy Canada punt return of 67 yards for another score.

In the third quarter Evan Hicks connected on a 47-yard field goal and Jason Young added an 11-yard TD run. The Ice Storm defense forced a safety in the Fourth quarter and Mike Jabour finished off the Vermont scoring with a 63-yard TD catch from Matt Paul.

Defensively, Donny LaFleur made eight tackles for Vermont and Kevin Fournier added 10. Fournier, Del Randall, Chris Coppins and Chris Lubinski each had sacks.

June 24, 2007 Burlington Free Press

Storm stop Ravens

By Steven Frank
Free Press Staff Writer

COLCHESTER -- The Vermont Ice Storm used speed and experience to dominate the Vermont Ravens 41-0 in preseason semi-professional football action Saturday at an unseasonably cool and damp Colchester High School.

The Ice Storm's defense allowed negative yards from scrimmage and one Ravens' first down. They didn't punt until 5:38 left in the game, and that resulted in a Ravens fumble. The Ice Storm recovered, leading to a 7-yard scamper by Akeem Williams for their seventh and final touchdown.

South Burlington's Jason Young got the Ice Storm on the board with 3:43 left in the first quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run. Kevin Fournier of Essex set up the score with a 20-yard fumble recovery on the Ravens' second possession of the game.

Ice Storm coach Doug Perez said. "In a game like this, you just want to get the win and get out of here."

Milton's John Fahey ran 21 yards for the Ice Storm's second touchdown. Quarterback Brad Ruderman threw five first-down passes on an 88-yard, second-quarter drive that culminated with Essex Junction's Jedediah Randall's 1-yard touchdown run.

Ruderman's 14-yard touchdown pass to Austin Partain (Essex) and Brian Therrien 5-yard touchdown run rounded-out the Ice Storm's offensive explosion.

The Ravens, a new Class-A squad in the Northeast Independent Football League (NIFL), came into the game after just 11 practices and one scrimmage. Their regular season starts Sept. 1 against the Massachusetts Fury at Applejack Field in Manchester.

"The guys played well; they were aggressive. I'm proud of the way they reacted to adversity. They came in against a well-oiled machine," Ravens coach Mike Salmon said.

The Ice Storm, in their seventh season, are a Class-AAA team competing in the Empire Football League. They complete a 3-0 preseason and go on the road for their opening league game Saturday against the Chateauguay (Quebec) Titans.

July 8, 2007 Burlington Free Press

Ice Storm win EFL Opener

Vermont Ice Storm 21, Chateauguay Titans 13: At Chateauguay, Quebec, the Ice Storm rallied from a 13-0 halftime deficit to win their Empire League opener.

Vermont's Brad Ruderman hit Troy Canada on a 36-yard TD pass, setting up Jason's Young's 5-yard scoring run to make it 13-7. On the next drive, Ruderman hit Austin Partain with a 13-yard TD pass and Jon Beaulieu made the extra point to put Vermont ahead 14-13. Young added a 1-yard TD run in the fourth to finish the scoring.

Ruderman completed 12 of 33 passes for 242 yards. Young picked up 77 yards on 12 carries while Partain caught five passes for 98 yards. Donny LeFleur and Adam Huizenga each had eight tackles for Vermont while Del Randall and Kase Long were in on four tackles each.

July 16, 2007 Burlington Free Press