On Saturday the 98 Vipers hosted the Manchester Flames for a non-league tilt that saw the Vipes take a 5-2 decision against a good Flames team. The Vipers scored first in the second period on their first shorthanded goal of the season, as Kyle Hentosh stole a pass on his own blue line and raced in on a partial breakaway, his attempt was stopped but Dante Maribito was there to collect the rebound and send the Vipers on their way. The Home team would go up 4-0 before the visitors would answer with two late goals. Goaltender Andrew Krajeski came up huge in the first period making some very nice stops to keep the game scoreless. The Vipers would also hit on the power play as well as Maribito (2-0-2) found the net from Kyle Lynch (0-1-1) and Kyle Hentosh (0-2-2), Heath King (2-0-2) from JT Chamberlain and Noah Maercklein from Rob Murphy and Brendan White would finish out the scoring