U15 SPLIT - TIER 1: News

The 98 Vipers went up to the North American Winter Championships in Marlboro on Friday night to take on the powerful Mercer Chiefs of New Jersey.  It took the Vipers  some time to dust of the Christmas cheer, but it was to little to late for the Vipers as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Chiefs. The Vipers found themselves on the wrong side of a 3-0 score before they would get anything going.Just 10 seconds into the third period Kyle Lynch would chip the puck down low to Dante Maribito who would then feed Kyle Hentosh high in the slot and he would fire a one-timer through the 5-hole to get the Vipes on the board, The same line would hook up again as Hentosh (2-0-2) would bang home a rebound under the goalies glove to make it a 4-2 game and the momentum had swung, Maribito(0-2-2) and Lynch(0-2-2) would again pick up the helpers. Just under a minute later Chris Goggin would finish off a nice rush by JT Chamberlain by stuffing in the rebound to make it a 1 goal game with just under 4 minutes to play, thats as close as they would get though as the Chiefs would add an empty netter with 10 seconds left to seal the game. The Vipers will take on the Boston Jr Terriers in Game 2 Saturday morning