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The 98Vipers have been sporting pink laces and pink tape this month in support of Cancer Awareness month.  The boys took this cause upon themselves showing a great deal of responsibilty and maturity. 

The Vipers looking to simply put forth a better effort than the day before did just that, unfortunately it was only for a period, lack of effort and poor decision making all over the ice led to the undefeated Falcons cruising to the 6-1 victory. The Vipers would jump out to the 1-0 lead just  4 minutes in but that is all they could muster up in this one. Braden Haley finished off a nice forecheck by the red line for the goal and Evan Daddario picked up the helper. Nick Fiorentino got the nod in net and played well despite not much support from his teammates.

Deciding that they weren't going to win any 1 on 1 battles, win any races and completely forget how to play disciplined 3 zone hockey was a bad way to start the weekend as a hungrier Nashua team upended the the visitors 6-2. Kyle Hentosh was 1-1-2, Kyle Lynch added a goal, and Dante Maribito and Steven Tettoni picked up helpers. The lone bright spot for the Vipers was the play of Nick Fiorientino and Brendan White. Nick came in  for relief and played with a lot of energy and confidence between the pipes coming up with many saves and a couple of the spectacular fashion. Whitey was everywhere and was clearly the best player on the ice for both teams

The Vipers looking to rebound from a questionable effort on Saturday did in a big way as they rolled on the road. The Vipers had to overcome some questionable play by the Cyclones as it was very obvious as to what their game plan would be on this day, and as the Cyclones were tagged with a 5:00 minute major game penalty late in the second period the Vipers made them pay as they went on to score 5 power play goals on the 5 minute major and put the cyclones away. The green line would lead the way offensively as they posted some big numbers lead by Dante Maribito's 4 goals and 3 assists, Kyle Hentosh (2-3-5) and Kyle Lynch (2-3-5) rounded out the scoring, The white line was lead by Noah Maercklein's 2-3-5 while JT Chamberlain ( 2-0-2) and Brendan White(0-2-2) would hit the scoresheet, and the red line who played a solid game, filled with nice energy and solid forechecking also checked in with Evan Daddario picking up a goal and Ross Wahl and Braden Haley adding the helpers. Ryan Connearney would also add 2 assists and the Vipers would also get strong performances out of Aaron Dollin, Christian Kukas, Steven Tettoni, Alex Delvento, and Patrick McCarthy. Nick Fiorentino would go the distance in the nets.

The 98s put forth half an effort on Saturday afternoon in Malden and a very talented Seacoast team made them pay as they took down the home team 3-1. The Vipers certainly had their chances but could not finish on this day, and they did not take care of business in their own end as they were anything but difficult to play against in the D-Zone as they handed the Spartans 2 of the 3 goals. The Vipers lone goal came off a 2 on 1 that was started by Alex Delvento and set up by Dante Maribito winning a race then sliding a pretty pass to Kyle Hentosh who finished it off with a nice deke to cut the lead to 3-1. The Vipers would keep on the pressure with the goalie pulled but could not get any closer as the Spartans finished off a solid effort. The Vipers would come up short on a penalty shot in the second that would have made the score 2-1, but the Seacoast goalie made a nice save. Alex Delvento chipped in with some solid play from the Vipers.