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98s Skate By Rats - Move to 2-0 / U15 TIER 1 - SPLIT

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 10:05AM
The 98s continued their solid play in the highly scouted East Coast Prep Cup, and suffocated the Neponset Valley Rats with great team defense in a 3-0 win. Tenders Aaron McDonnel and Zach Laraimee werent tested often but when they were they were up to the challenge. The defenseman in front of them did a tremendous job at holding the blueline and denying any clean penetration into the zone. The forwards used a relentless forecheck coupled with some excellent neutral zone defense in really limiting chances for the Rats. Kyle Lynch (2 goals) would get the Vipers on the board as Kyle Hentosh (2 assists) dumped a pass down to Dante Maribito who carried behind the net and slid a nice pass to Lynchy who was camped out front and buried it 5 hole before the Rats goalie had any idea the puck was coming. The Vipers would then use the PP to go up 2-0 as Steven Tettoni would collect Kyle Hentosh's rebound at the right face-off dot and would unleash a one-timer laser up under the bar. Lynchy would dig for a loose puck and eventually knock in the third goal. The Vipers would kill a 5 on 3 penalty for nearly 4 minutes late in the third, with Lynchy, Henny,Maercklein, Whitey, Dante, JT, Tettoni, Kukas, Connearney and Cappadona providing solid penalty killing.
 

East Coast Prep Cup Preview / U15 TIER 1 - SPLIT

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 2:31AM
Oct 20 2011 |08:45 AM
Groton, MA (Youth1) - This weekend the East Coast Prep Cup kicks off at the 1998 birth year. Sixteen teams will meet, with the top six moving on to the playoffs and the top two teams receiving a bye into the semi-finals. The teams seeded number three through six will play in the quarterfinals.
Here is a look at the four teams in each division:
Penguins Division - No. 13 New Jersey Rockets, Providence Capitals, TPH Thunder and Ulysses Odyssey
Pioneer Division - Mid Fairfield Blues, Greater Boston Vipers, Top Gun and Neponset Valley River Rats
Spartans Division - No. 8 Boston Jr. Eagles, No. 6 New Jersey Colonials, Rhode Island Saints and Westchester Express
Wild Boars Division - Bay State Breakers, Connecticut Jr. Bobcats, Long Island Gulls and Pittsburgh Hornets
Top Six Prediction
1- New Jersey Colonials- Despite having a bit of a rough time at the Warrior Tournament, this team is loaded. The key is the preliminary game against the Boston Jr. Eagles. The winner of that one should be the top seed.
2- New Jersey Rockets- With their schedule, they should cruise into the playoffs.
3- Mid Fairfield Blues- The Blues got themselves on the right track this weekend and although they are in the most well balanced division, they should be in the playoffs for sure.
4- Boston Jr. Eagles- They could end up as the top seed depending on their game with the Colonials, which is Friday night at 8:15 pm. The winner of that game should finish as one of the top seeds.
5- Long Island Gulls- The Gulls have some very high-end players and are underrated. The important game will be when they take on the Bay State Breakers.
6- Top Gun- This is another very underrated team. They have a win over the South Shore Kings and a tie with the Boston Jr. Eagles.
Notes
1- The Pioneer Division is very tricky. Greater Boston Vipers and Neponset Valley River Rats are equally capable of making the playoffs.
2- Despite picking the Gulls to win the Wild Boars division, any one of the three other teams are capable of making noise as well.
 

98-Elites Complete Sweep with 5-3 Win / U15 TIER 1 - SPLIT

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 1:25PM

The Vipers would score 3 first period goals and fight through some sloppy play to complete the sweep over the CT Bobcats with a 5-3 win. The line of Kyle Lynch (3-2-5) Kyle Hentosh (0-4-4) and Dante Maribito (1-2-3) would provide all the scoring in this one as they also netted 3 power play goals. Steven Tettoni, Chrsitian Kukas, Aaron Dollin and Dom Cappadona would provide some strong play on the blueline. Steven Tettoni would rifle a power play goal from the right faceoff circle to get the home team on the board.  The Vipers would execute a perfect face off play for the 5th and final goal as Kyle Hentosh would win the draw to Lynchy who would roof a nice wrister from the top of the circle. Zach Laramie and Aaron McDonnell would again share the duties betwen the pipes.

 

98-Elites Respond With Convincing Win / U15 TIER 1 - SPLIT

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 1:23PM

With a complete shake-up of personell the 98 Vipers put forth a solid effort in a nice 5-1 win over a very strong CT Wolfpack team. Rejuvenated behind 3 brand new lines and 5 different goal scorers the Vipers came out with a bit of energy looking to back from their poor effort the day before. Alex Delvento got the home team on the board with a nice wrist shot through trafic for the 1-0 lead halfway through the first, Ross Wahl and Evan Daddario picked up the helpers.The Vipers would then go on to score 4 unanswered goals in the second to secure the win, the goals included 2 shorty's and one power play goal. JT Chamberlain would slam home a rebound goal after some nice forechecking by linemates Kyle Lynch (1-2-3) and Braden Haley. The next 2 goals would be of the shorthanded variety as Dante Maribito and Lynchy would exchange shorty's both executed with quickness and hard work, Dom Cappadona and Ryan COnnearney would pick up the helpers. Aaron Dollin on a screen shot from the point would round out the scoring in this one as again the Vipers would do a good job creating traffic in front of the cage. Alex Delvento, Ross Wahl and Aaron Dollin would chip in with fine efforts and Aaron McDonnell and Zach Laramie would stand tal between the pipes

 

98 Elites Slump Continues / U15 TIER 1 - SPLIT

Saturday, October 15, 2011, 3:09PM

With yet another disappointing effort turned in by the Vipers they have now dropped 3 out of their last 5 as an opportunistic NV Rats team capitalized for a 3-1 win over the home team. The Vipers held a decisive advantage in both shots on goal and territorial play but once again got away from the little things that they do that make them a successful team. The Vipers shook off a slow start in the first 5 minutes of the game and trailed 1-0, but started to wrestle control of the game away and began to apply heavy pressure, they were met with some fantastic Rat goaltending and thats the way it would go for the entire game. The Vipers cut the lead to 2-1 with 10 minutes left in the game but thats as close as they would get as 2 minutes later the Rats would drop in another soft goal. Ross Wahl continues to play some fine hockey for the Vipers.