Kyle Hentosh (4-3-7 - weekend) and Kyle Lynch (5-0-5 - weekend) - would combine to score all 7 goals in the first Albany game.  Both did a fine job on special teams as well and have continued to show a very strong work ethic in both games and practices.  Hentosh & Lynch's performances earned them the NEHL Co-Player of the Week Honors for the week ending 11/15/09.

The 98’s took on the Dual State Huskies on Sunday afternoon and used a balanced offensive attacked and continued their stingy defensive effort to take down a well coached Huskie team 7-1. The Vipers got all 3 lines on the score sheet as Kyle Lynch (4-0-4) led the charge, Robbie Murphy also chipped in with a couple of goals (2-0-2) and Brendan White (1-1-2) continued his torrid pace as he got the home team off on the right foot on some beautiful cycling by Noah Maercklein (0-1-1) and JT Chamberlain (0-2-2). Heath King (0-2-2), Kyle Hentosh (0-2-2) also had multi point games and Braden Haley, Aaron Dollin, Ryan Connearney and Dante Maribito all added single helpers. The Viper defense once again stood tall in front of Nick Fiorientino limiting the Huskies to very few scoring chances.

The Vipers hosted the third place PA Selects on Saturday morning in a big league game, The Vipers were trying to avenge a 3-1 loss earlier in the season where they let one slip away late in a game. The 98’s would play sound disciplined hockey for 45 minutes and skate away with a gratifying 2-1 win over the physical Selects. The visitors would go up 1-0 with 5 minutes left in the second on a screen shot, but just over a minute later Brendan White would answer to tie the game at 1 after one period, Noah Maerckelin and JT Chamberlain would pick up the helpers. The White line would continue their dominance in the game as they would score the game winner with 5 minutes left in the game as Whitey would jam one in on the doorstep as he was falling down, Noah Maercklein picked up his second assist. The story of the game would be the play of the Vipers defense of Heath King, Aaron Dollin, Greg McHale, Christian Kukas, Ryan Connearney and Matty Tauro, who after a rough first period settled down and would limit the Panthers to fewer than 10 shots on net and hardly any quality scoring chances. Aaron McDonnell would make a couple of big saves down the stretch as well.

The Vipers took on a strong NE Bulldogs team on Sunday afternoon at the Tsongas Arena, and sickness, vacations and injuries left the Vipers with their backs against the walls before the game even started. A nice 45 minute effort let the Vipers skate away with a 5-1 wine Vipers defense of Alex DelVento, Heath King, Aaron Dollin and Greg McHale played a strong game, as the defense has played well all year in front of Aaron McDonnell and Nick Fiorentino who combined for the win. JT Chamberlain (2-0-2), Kyle Lynch (1-0-1) Braden Haley (1-0-1) and Rob Murphy (1-0-1) were the goal scorers while Kyle Hentosh (0-2-2), Noah Maercklein (0-1-1) and Brendan White (0-1-1) on a goal from Chamberlain off a set face-off play added helpers. All 7 forwards hit the score sheet for the Vipers in a balanced attack.

5 Seconds is all that stood in the way of an impressive 2 game sweep by the Vipers but an Albany goal with just 5 seconds left salvaged a 4-4 tie for the Rats. Looking very fatigued and worn out the Vipers would make their share of mistakes but with 2:37 left on the clock Kyle Lynch would streak down the right wing, cut to the net and put one up under the bar to give the Vipers the 4-3 lead. Nick Fiorintino would stand tall in the cage for the Vipers as they tried to hang on. The Rats had just one last rush with their goalie pulled and they caught the Vipers backing in just a little to much as they would fire home the equalizer from the top of the slot to send the home fans away happy. Greg McHale would notch his first Viper goal in the first off a deflection to put the Vipes up 1-0, Kyle Lynch (2-0-2) would get his first of the game to put the visitors up 2-1 and JT Chamberlain would knock in a rebound to go up 3-1. The Vipers would head back down the Pike after taking 3 out of 4 points from the defending champions on their home ice, a very impressive feat considering they played very short for both games

The Vipers traveled to Albany to take on the defending league champs the Albany River Rats, and although Albany would jump out to a quick 1-0 lead 2 minutes into the game the Vipers would end up with the 7-3 win thanks to 4 goals from Kyle Hentosh and 3 goals from Kyle Lynch and some strong goaltending from Aaron McDonnell. The Vipers would make the trip minus 2 players from sickness and would loose defenseman Patrick McCarthy to a broken wrist in the first period but would turn in a gritty performance in the win. Hentosh (4-2-6) and Lynch (3-0-3) would both turn in impressive efforts. Dante Maribito(0-2-2) would help out on the green line, Matty Tauro would add an assist on Hentosh's fourth goal as he dove for a block at his own blue line that would spring the forward. Greg McHale would also add a helper as Hentosh would tip in one of his shots from the point. It was a big league win that would push the Vipers over the .500 mark

The Vipers went on the road to take on the East Coast Wizards and tried to avenge a 4-4 tie a few weeks back. The visiting team was able to pull away midway through the game and go on to a 6-3 win. Nick Firoentino and Aaron McDonnell shared the goaltending duties as the Vipers chipped in with 1 shortie and 1 power play goal. Kyle Hentosh (0-1-1) would pick off a pass at the Wizards blue line go to the net and slide a nice pass to Dante Maribito (2-1-3) for the shorthanded goal and a 4-2 lead, Kyle Lynch (1-0-1) would connect on the power play from Maribito and Aaron Dollin (0-1-1) to extend the lead to 5-2 before Noah Maercklein (2-0-2) would finish out the scoring with a helper from JT Chamberlain (0-1-1). Brendan White put the Vipers up 2-0 early in the game as well.

The Vipers showed why you need to play every second of every period as they used a goal with 1.2 seconds left in the first and a goal with 40 seconds left in the game to upend the home team Assabet Valley Patriots. The first period ended 0-0 as both teams had their chances in this very well played game by both teams. After a solid shift by the red line would produce an icing by AVP and an offensive zone face the Green line took full advantage as off a set play  Dante Maribito would win the draw and Kyle Lynch would do the rest as he slid it 5-hole for the 1-0 lead after 2. It would stay 1-0 until the 4 minute mark when AVP would cash in on the power play to knot it at 1. That's the way this one looked like it was going to end but with just 40 seconds left Ryan Connearney made a nice breakout pass to Kyle Hentosh up the left wing boards, Maribito trailed the play and took a nice drop pass from Hentosh, came off the wall and let a wicked slapper go from the top of the circle that hit up under the bar and in for the winner. Ryan Connearney and Christian Kukas played well defensively and goalie Aaron McDonnell stood tall between the pipes down the stretch. The win pulled the Vipers to .500 at 4-4-1 in the league after their 3^rd straight league win

The Vipers were up against the Crusaders in league action on Saturday for the first time and ended up on the right side of a 7-2 decision, against a nice scrappy Worcester team. The Vipers used  scoring from all 3 lines, solid defense and fine play between the pipes to grab the win. Ryan Connearney enjoyed a fine game on the blue line in front of goalie Nick Fiorentino who was rock solid in net making some fine stops but more importantly not giving up any second shots. The Green line of Dante Maribito (1-2-3), Kyle Hentosh (1-2-3) and Kyle Lynch (2-2-4) led the charge while the White line of JT Chamberlain (1-1-2) Noah Maercklein (1-0-1) and Brendan White (0-2-2) contributed as well. The Red line of Chris Goggin (0-1-1) Alex DelVento (1-0-1) and Robbie Murphy (0-1-1) continued their stretch of fine play. The Vipers played inspired hockey the whole day forcing the visitors into 10 penalties which would result in 4 Power Plays. The home team would also get a shortie from Dante Maribito to kick off the scoring.

For the second week in a row the Vipers took on the iron and came up just a bit short in this one as they fell 3-2 in NEHL action. Trailing 2-0 the Vipers would cut it in half on a great goal from Kyle Lynch who was set up with a nifty neutral zone pass from Kyle Hentosh. The Falcons would then deal the Vipers a crushing blow as they went up 3-1 while killing off a penalty with just 2 minutes to go in the second. The Vipers would win the third period and very nearly tie the game up late but couldn't bang one home. Brendan White with an assist from JT Chamberlain made it 3-2 late in the third. The Vipers would go on to play very good in the third and with just 2 minutes left would draw a Falcon penalty with some strong fore-checking. The Vipers would apply heavy pressure over the final 2 minutes off the game doing everything but putting the puck in the net. The best chance coming with the goalie pulled as Kyle Hentosh slid a back door pass to Kyle Lynch who thought he had the goalie down and out with an open net but the Falcon goalie made an incredible desperation save to preserve the win. Aaron McDonnell was once again strong between the pipes making many game changing saves, Patrick McCarthy chipped in with some physical play and Greg McHale played fine defensively as well.