The 98s continued their solid play in the highly scouted East Coast Prep Cup, and suffocated the Neponset Valley Rats with great team defense in a 3-0 win. Tenders Aaron McDonnel and Zach Laraimee werent tested often but when they were they were up to the challenge. The defenseman in front of them did a tremendous job at holding the blueline and denying any clean penetration into the zone. The forwards used a relentless forecheck coupled with some excellent neutral zone defense in really limiting chances for the Rats. Kyle Lynch (2 goals) would get the Vipers on the board as Kyle Hentosh (2 assists) dumped a pass down to Dante Maribito who carried behind the net and slid a nice pass to Lynchy who was camped out front and buried it 5 hole before the Rats goalie had any idea the puck was coming. The Vipers would then use the PP to go up 2-0 as Steven Tettoni would collect Kyle Hentosh's rebound at the right face-off dot and would unleash a one-timer laser up under the bar. Lynchy would dig for a loose puck and eventually knock in the third goal. The Vipers would kill a 5 on 3 penalty for nearly 4 minutes late in the third, with Lynchy, Henny,Maercklein, Whitey, Dante, JT, Tettoni, Kukas, Connearney and Cappadona providing solid penalty killing.