The 98 Vipers made the long trek to Connecticut to take on the Wolfpack and forgot to get out of the car when they got there as they mailed in a very lackluster performance. Kyle Lynch would score both goals and Dante Maribito and Kyle Hentosh would pick up the helpers.
The 98s used 5 goals in the first 4 minutes of the second period to run away with this one as they swept the season series with the Cyclones with a 9-1 win. Brendan White had a big day chipping in with 2 goals and 2 assists, Noah Maercklein (0-3-3), Kyle Lynch (1-2-3) and Dante Maribito (2-1-3) would also have big days. The Vipers would also get 2 goals each from Evan Daddario and Braden Haley as the Vipers used their most balanced scoring attack of the season.Kyle Hentosh (0-2-2) was the other multiple scorer and Steven Tettoni, Patrick McCarthy, JT Chamberlain and Ross Wahl all added single helpers. Aaron McDonnell and Nick Fiorentino split the duties in the cage
The 98s would look for the sweep of the physical Glades on Sunday morning and did just that with a solid 3-0 win for the season sweep of the Glades. Aaron McDonnell would get the call between the pipes for this one and would turn in a solid effort for the home team, as both Viper goalies would turn in gems this weekend. Kyle Lynch would get the Vipers on the board in the first on the PP as the Vipers would execute a perfect face off play. Kyle Hentosh would slide a pass to Christian Kukas who would bang a one timer to the net that was saved but Lynchy was there to bang in the rebound, although not credited with an assist the play could not have been executed with out Dante Maribito winning the draw. Kyle Lynch would score his 2nd of the game in the second as he would score an incredible shorty splitting the D and toe dragging the goalie and finishing upstairs for the 2-0 lead. Ross Wahl would score on a nice rebound goal in front as he was falling down, a very pretty goal that rewarded his line for a nice shift. Evan Daddario and JT Chamberlain picked up the helpers on that one. This one would get a bit chippy in the third but the Vipers would remain disciplined and stretch their record to 7-0-3 in their last 10 NEHL games. Christian Kukas would turn in maybe his finest effort all year from the blueline playing a very solid physical game. Steven Tettoni and Ryan Connearney also chipped in with solid efforts from the point
The 98s went on the road to face the once beaten and very strong Falcons, and despite winning the 5 on 5 battle 3-1 they tied the war 3-3 as the Falcons would score 2 PP goals in the second to earn the tie. The Falcons would jump out front quickly just over a minute into the game, but Dante Maribito (2-0-2) would tie the score as both his goals would be set up by Kyle Lynch (0-2-2) and Kyle Hentosh(0-2-2). The Falcons would go ahead with their first PP goal with 4 minutes left in the first, but with just 1 minute left tin the first the Vipers again tied the score on Maribitos second goal. The Falcons would go up 3-2 early in the second but just 16 seconds later the resilient Vipers would answer again as Noah Maercklein would take a feed from Brendan White and snap a wrister to the top corner as he was getting drilled to tie things up at 3. The third would belong to the keepers as both goalies would come up big, and Nick Fiorentino would continue his torrid pace and play lights out in the third period. The Vipers had the edge in the third period and were swarming the Falcons cage for the last 2:35 of the game but could not pop the game winner in. After a shaky first period the Viper D of Christian Kukas, Steven Tettoni, Aaron Dollin Ryan Connearney, Alex Delvento and Patrick McCarthy did a great job of stepping up and taking away time and space from the talented Falcon forwards.