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Midget Majors Draw
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In the opening game
the Jr Flyers played
the
18U Vermont
Development team,
an All Star team of
Vermont High School
Players. The Jr
Flyers scored 2
goals in the first
half for a 2-0 lead.
In the 2nd half the
flood gates opened,
the Jr Flyers scored
7 more on the way to
a 9-0 romp. |
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The 2nd game was
against the
Seacoast Kings,
a CT prep school all
star team. In the
game the Jr Flyers
did everything but
score. outshooting
the Seacoast team
23-10 at the half
but trailed 0-2. The
barrage continue
with the Jr Flyers
firing shots and the
CT goaltender
stopping everything.
Final shots 45-28 Jr
Flyers but where it
counted the Seacoast
King had the 5-0
win. |
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The final game of
the showcase was
against the always
strong
Little Bruins
team. This fast
paced game saw the
Little Bruins jump
out to a 5-1 lead.
The Jr Flyers
battled back but
could not score that
tying goal. The
Little Bruins won
6-5. |
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Notes: Little Bruins
first line that did
all the scoring
consisted of players
committed to
Boston College,
Union College, and
St Lawrence.
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There were over 100
scouts (20 NHL)
signed in to the
tournament.
Jr Flyers players
Andrew Lamont
and
Eric Knodel
caught the attention
of a couple of
Division 1 schools
that will continue
to follow their
progression this
season. |
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Scouts Seen at the
Stands at our games:
Bentley, Utica, St
Michaels, Vancouver
Canucks, UVM, UNH,
Columbus Blue
Jackets, Clarkson,
Carolina,
Washington, Buffalo,
Robert Morris,
Princeton, RIT,
Hobart, Dartmouth,
Norwich, UMASS
Amherst and Lowell,
Quinnipiac, Uconn,
Oswego, Union, and
OHL scouts.
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1998 Jr Flyers Win
Another Championship! |
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98 DIVISION
Final Game:
Philadelphia Jr.
Flyers 3, Valley Jr.
Warriors Elite 2
The final game featured the Valley Jr.
Warriors
against the
Philadelphia Jr.
Flyers. It
was a back-and-forth
battle from the
start as neither
team wanted to give
up the title! The
Warriors struck
first with a goal at
the 9:31 mark of the
first period off the
stick of
John Folsom.
The Flyers drew even
in the second period
thanks to a goal by
Connor Leighton.
The Warriors
responded just 26
seconds later when
Brandon Lafata
scored to give his
team a one-goal
lead! The Flyers
went on to score two
unanswered goals
from that point on,
however. It was
Kyle Fiore
off a feed from
Ed Russell
who lit the lamp at
the 1:01 mark of the
second period to
even things up
heading into the
third period.
Fiore and Russell
paired up again in
the same manner with
the game winner with
just seven minutes
left in the game.
The Warriors had
several solid
scoring chances in
the game’s final
moments but were
unable to capitalize
as the Flyers skated
to an exciting 3-2
win. |
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Article from Jr
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1994 Jr Flyers
Champions Again! |
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94 DIVISION
Final Game:
Philadelphia Jr.
Flyers 4, Valley Jr.
Warriors Elite 3
Just when overtime appeared imminent, the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
found a way to win
with just 38 ticks
left on the game
clock. The Flyers
had battled the
Valley Jr. Warriors
Elite all
game long and
captured the ’94
title thanks to a
goal by
Michael Covach
in the final
seconds of
regulation. Leading
up to that dramatic
ending, the teams
had exchanged leads
all game long. The
Warriors jumped on
the board first
after a goal by
Dan Doherty
at the 11:05 mark of
the first period.
Travis Acker
and
CJ Sturges
scored in a span of
2:31 for the Flyers
to snatch a 2-1
lead. The advantage
was short lived as
Casey Shea
found the back of
the net to even the
contest once again.
After a scoreless
third period, the
Flyers took a lead (Matthew
Menta was the
scorer) only to have
the Warriors counter
less than 40 seconds
later courtesy of a
Sam Kurker
tally! With only six
minutes left in the
game, the teams
exchanged good
scoring chances only
to have
Covach seal
the deal for the
Flyers and give them
the 4-3 win. |
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The Valley Jr.
Warriors Elite and
Philadelphia Jr.
Flyers made sure
there was no doubt
as to what teams
would face off in
the division finals.
The Warriors were
dominating in their
8-1 semifinal win
against the
Seacoast Spartans.
In that game, Nick
Owen and Sam Kurker
both finished with
two goals and one
assist. The Flyers,
meanwhile, came off
a scoreless first
period by scoring
four goals in the
second period to
break out to a 4-2
lead. The team –
spearheaded by six
different scorers –
claimed a 6-3
victory and a chance
to meet the Warriors
in the afternoon
finals. |
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Article from Jr
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Another Jr. Flyers Alumni to play
professionally. |
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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -
Brandon Jackmuff
'08 has signed a contract to play
professionally in the
Oberliga in Germany with Herne Eissport
Verein 2007.
The Oberliga is the third level of
professional play in Germany. |
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Jackmuff (West
Deptford, NJ) was a four-year letterman
for the Ephs at forward and led the team
in goals (12) and assists (13) and
points (25) in 2007-08. He earned Second
Team All-NESCAC honors as a senior. In
his eph career Jackmuff netted 49 goals
and assisted on 33 for 82 points in 93
games. |
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Brandon is one of
four non-Europeans allowed on a team
roster and he will be playing alongside
former NESCAC foe Tom Maldonado who was
the captain of the team at Middlebury
last season. |
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"I'm
not necessarily trying to make a career
out of hockey but I couldn't see passing
up such an amazing opportunity,"
said Jackmuff.
"This will be the first time that I
can focus on just hockey and not have to
worry about school, working, or anything
else, so I am excited to see how the
first year goes. The fact that I'll be
in Europe doesn't hurt." |
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The games in the
Oberliga will be played on an
Olympic-size ice sheet, which is wider
and longer than the Williams ice sheet
and most Division 3 sheets. "I expect
the players to be both more skilled and
faster in Europe than what I have played
against the past four years in Division
3," said Jackmuff. " I'm extremely
anxious and excited to get over there
and get on the ice." |
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Brandon's contract with Herne Eissport
Verein 2007 includes travel
arrangements, car, apartment, salary and
runs through March.
"The situation is the best I could've
hoped for coming out of Division 3 and
having had no prior pro or European
hockey experience under my belt." |
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Jr. Flyers 18U
Finalist at EJHL Summer Showcase |
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Malboro, MA- The New
Hampshire Monarchs Jr's defeated the
Philadelphia Junior Flyers 3-0 to win
the 2008 Eastern Summer Showcase. |
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The Jr Flyers
opened the tournament with a 9-2 win
over the Capital
District Selects #2 team, mostly
Empire League players. The second game
of the round was another 9-0 blowout of
the Ct Wings,
an independent Jr aged team. The
Wings would
win their division and lose a play in
mini game against
Tri State Selects 4-0. The third
game of the round would be a 5-1 win
over Bridgeton
Academy, a PG prep school in
Maine. |
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In the quarter final Mini game the
Jr Flyers
defeated a much improved
TriState selects
Jr B team. 3-2. Then 90 minutes
later play the Semi Final mini game. The
Jr Flyers would face the
NJ Raptors.
The Raptors advanced by defeating the
HOA Bullets
4-0 in the quarter finals. |
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The Jr Flyers
defeated the
Raptors 1-0 in semi final mini
game. setting up a match in 20 minutes
against the NH
Monarchs #1 team. |
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The Monarchs controlled play from the
opening faceoff, peppering goalie
Justin Fielding
throughout much of the period. Fielding,
however, was up to the challenge, and
his strong play, as well as that of the
Flyers’ defense, kept the Monarchs off
the board in the early part of the first
period. |
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The scoreless tie was broken with 7:49
left in the first half when the puck was
sent to Jamie
Ferullo, who was stationed in the
high slot. Ferullo one-timed the puck
and caught Fielding off guard. The
Flyers, for their part had a few prime
scoring chances, but the Monarchs’
defense held them to only three shots,
all of which were deflected by
Connor Shannon.
Once the puck dropped for the second
half, the Flyers made it apparent they
would not go down easy. They put seven
shots on Monarchs goaltender
Nick Therrien,
but none of them found the back of the
net. Indeed, Therrien only let two goals
in throughout the tournament and led
with a 0.77 goals against average. |
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Ryan
Randall made the score 2-0 with a
neat top-shelf goal from the slot, and
Ferullo
netted a goal with 3:11 remaining to
seal the game.
Aaron Kesselman and
Mike Atsalis
assisted on Ferullo’s second goal. |
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The Monarchs
advanced after a tense 2-1 win over the
Green Mountain
Glades, which could only get
resolved after a sudden-death shootout
following overtime and a five-round
shootout.
Philadelphia, led by the strong
goaltending of
Fielding (1.92 GAA, .909 save
percentage) and Paul Kenny (who led the
tournament with a .961 save percentage),
reached the final thanks to Kenny’s
18-save shutout of the
South Jersey
Raptors team.
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Eric
Millisor, an immensely talented
playmaking defenseman from the
HOA Bullets,
led the tournament in scoring with
sixteen points. His fourteen assists
also led the tournament and were double
that of second-place
David Macalino of
the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers. Macalino
and teammate Andrew Lamont tied for
second in scoring with thirteen points.
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The Eastern Hockey
Showcase staff would like to
offer its congratulations to the
Monarchs and
Flyers and thank all
participating teams for making the 2008
Summer Showcase a success.
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Chris Campanale Named
2008 Captain of AIC |
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Key Statistics:
Campanale
started to find his way as a sophomore,
posting six goals, nine assists, and 15
points in 33 games for the
AIC Yellow Jackets.
He ranked sixth in team goals and points
and eighth in assists. He saw limited
action as a freshman, posting no points
in 10 games. |
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What He Does:
Campanale
has good size at 6 feet, 190 pounds. He
spent much of his sophomore season
playing on a third line with left winger
Tom Mele and center David Turco, and all
of them return for next season. The
right winger even drew time with
talented center Jereme Tendler late in
the season.
Campanale shows smarts on the ice
and in the classroom: he is a Dean’s
List student at AIC and a member of the
Atlantic Hockey
All-Academic team, majoring in
sports and recreation management. |
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AIC head coach Gary Wright on
Campanale: “He is a tremendously
committed individual, both on the ice
and in the weight room, and his
character and coachability is beyond
reproach. We are sure glad to have him
at AIC.’’
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1998 Team Captures
Championship |
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It is
difficult
to say
whether
it was
hotter
on the
sands of
Virginia
Beach
or on
the ice
of the
Chilled
Ponds
Arena,
as the ’98
Jr.
Flyers
Squirt
Major
Team
went
undefeated
to
capture
the
Championship
of the
2008
Virginia
Beach
Summer
Sizzler
Tournament
this
past
weekend.
Over the
course
of the
three
day
tournament,
the 98’s
faced
off
against
challenging
opponents
including
the
Washington
All
Stars,
Toms
River
Ice
Devils,
and the
Carolina
Sting.
The Jr.
Flyers
won the
#1 Seed
after
the
round
robin
play
which
gave
them an
automatic
berth in
the
Championship.
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Two
quick
goals by
the
Toms River
Ice
Devils
in the
first
minute
of play
of the
Championship
game
caught
the
attention
of
everyone
in the
arena.
Demonstrating
true
determination,
grit,
teamwork,
and love
of the
game,
the Jr.
Flyers
got
focused
and took
control.
Scoring
once in
the
second
period,
three
times in
the
third,
and
keeping
the
Devils
scoreless
after
that
first
minute
of play,
the
championship
was
theirs
to take
back to
West
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Skating
together
since
only
April
22nd,
this
team
displayed
a
cohesiveness
that
makes
winning
not only
possible
but
extremely
fun.
Under
the
tremendous
coaching
efforts
of
Rob
Lewis
and
Mark
Schaeffer
the ’98
Jr.
Flyers
Squirt
Majors
are
proving
that
opponents
need to
take
notice
when
they see
their
name on
the
score
sheet. |
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Q&A from NJP on
Dominic Morrone |
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Dom Morrone |
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Tell us about
yourself? What are
your hobbies or
interests? |
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I grew up in
Washington Twp. and
have lived there my
whole life. I spend
my off season in Sea
Isle City at the
beach. Some hobbies
are lifting, open
hockey with my
buddies, reading and
running (I don’t
enjoy this hobby ha)
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How long have you
been playing ice
hockey? Tell us what
youth teams and
levels you played? |
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I started playing
hockey around 6 or
7. I started off
playing AA with the
Gladiators and
Hollydell
Hurricanes. Than I
moved on to AAA in
8th grade with Jr.
Flyers out of West
Chester, PA. I
played there until I
graduated. |
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Who was your
greatest hockey
influence as you
grew up |
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Eric Lindros. The
guy was a stud. |
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Who was your
favorite coach on
youth teams prior to
High School and why? |
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I would have to
say Gerry Marks. He
was my coach bantam
minor and major
year. He was all
about having fun and
developing our
skating. Younger
guys don’t want to
work on systems and
breakouts, we just
want to play games
and have fun and
that’s what we did. |
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Article on NJ Power Rankings |
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Midget Majors Ramp Up
to Championship! |
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The Jr
Flyers Midget Major
team got off to a slow
start.
Justin Fielding first
shot on goal would be a
breakaway giving the
Suffolk Selects
skating out of the
RINX in
Hauppauge NY a
1-0 first period lead. The
scoreless 2nd period was all
Jr Flyers. They outshot
Suffolk 17-3 but goaltender
Ryan
Cummings was hanging
in tough. Finally the Jr
Flyers got on the board when
Kyle
Curley roofed a
Sean
Coll rebound to tie
the game at 1-1. Less than 2
minutes later
Matt
Grabert blew a shot
by the Suffolk goalie,
assisted by
Brian
Christie. The Flyers
appeared to be in control
until an interference
penalty lead to a Suffolk a
power play that tied the
game at 2-2. The Jr Flyers
continued to press, but with
1 1/2 minutes to play a
breakdown occurred and
Dan
O'Donohue scored on a
2 on 1. Suffolk held on to
win despite being out shot
47-22
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The 2nd game
the Jr Flyers would face the
winless
NJ Huskies, a summer
select team skating out of
the
Rock Ice Pavilion in NJ.
After a scoreless 1st period
the Jr Flyers would go to
work. Eric Knodel (Kyle
Curley) scored on a power
play.
Sean Coll (Dan Dupell, Zach
Sarig) closed out the
2nd period added another.
The Jr Flyers would score
four more times to end the
game 6-0.
Andre
Lamont (David Macalino),
Andrew Lamont (David
Macalino, Don Olivieri), Don
Olivieri (David Macalino)
and Olivieri on the
power play unassisted. final
shots were 54-12 |
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The 3rd game would be
against the
Protecselect a summer
select team out of
Protecponds in Summerset NJ.
The Jr Flyers jumped out to
a 3-0 lead in the 1st
period. Goals were scored by
Sean
Coll (Dan Dupell, Dan
Kasper), a
Tom
Seravalli (Matt O'Brien,
Brian Christie) power
play and
Matt
Grabert (Zack Sarig).
Protec's
Corey
DeFranco (Mike Lysyj, Andrew
Shapiro) opening the
scoring. The Jr Flyers came
right back and scored 3 more
goals by
Dan
Dupell (Sean Driscol), Steve
Karpinski (David Macalino),
and Tom Seravalli (Matt
O'Brien, Brian Christie).
Protec used a power play
goal by
Gabe
Capozzi (Kevin Redmond,
Andrew Shapiro) to
end the 2nd period 6-2.
Mark
Moskowitz (Chris Tamminga,
Blaise Leal) scored
another power play goal and
Don Pelligrino added
another 16 seconds later to
close the game back to 6-4.
With more than half the 3rd
period left the two teams
traded goals. Jr Flyers,
Kyle
Curley (Sean Driscoll, Brian
Newman) scored but
David
Magnollay from protec
added one back. With 8
minutes left Tom
Seravalli (Dan Kasper)
gave the Jr Flyers some room
when he completed his hat
trick. Protec's
Gabe
Capozzi (Mike Lysyj, Kevin
Redmond) completed
the scoring for a 8-6 Jr
Flyers win. Final shots were
37-33. |
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One of the best games of the
tournament would be the semi
final game against the 3-0
#2
Team Kanaly. The
Team Kanaly goaltender
training formed team is
located in Southampton NJ.
This game started like the
others with another
scoreless first period. The
Jr Flyers seemed to have the
edge out shooting Team
Kanaly 12-4 after one. Then
the game started to picked
up. The Jr Flyers scored
first when
David
Macalino roofed the
puck over the goalies stick
hand. Late in the 2nd period
the Jr Flyers were called
for interference.
Matt
Grabert needed only
10 seconds to steal the puck
and score on the breakaway,
roofing the puck in the same
upper stick hand side for
the 2-0 lead. The game
continued back and forth
until 5 minutes into the 3rd
period when
Dean
Malanga (Mike Seyglinski)
beat
Fielding halving the
lead.
Sean Coll (Andrew Lamont)
put the game away for the Jr
Flyers scoring with 1:32
left. Kanaly's
Tom
Zerbo (Ken Yasenchock)
made a nice rush and
scored at the buzzer. Final
3-2 with shots 36-20 Jr
Flyers. In the other
semifinal match Bike Line
defeated a pesky Suffolk
team 5-1. |
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This was the game some
people were waiting for.
Pitting
#1
Bike Line, a team
made up of former Jr Flyers
18U and current Jr B players
against
#3 Jr
Flyers. The game was
not a scrub fest but a fast
pasted game that rivaled the
winter season. The Jr Flyers
David
Macalino (Andrew Lamont)
scored first for 1-0
lead. Bike Line tied the
game 2 minutes later. The Jr
Flyers regained the lead 68
seconds later,
Sean
Coll (David Macalino).
Bike Line scored a power
play goal halfway through
the 2nd to tie the game at
2-2.
Andrew Lamont (Sean Coll)
scored in the final minutes
of the 2nd. for the 3-2
lead. The Jr Flyers had a
good 3rd period and added to
the lead.
Sean
Driscoll (Dan Dupell, Eric
Knodel) and David Macalino
scored for a 5-2 final.
Shots on goal 32-18 Jr
Flyers. |
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2000 Jr. Flyers
Start Summer with Championship! |
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The
2000
Jr. Flyers Mite Major
team is off to a fast start.
With tryouts as recently as
late April and a limited
number of practices since,
the Mite Major team showed
good early chemistry and
team play in its initial
games, going 4-0-1 over the
Memorial Day weekend and
winning the championship of
the
Philadelphia Memorial Day
Shootout at Ice
Line over quality teams from
New
York, New Jersey and
Maryland. In its
first game against the
New
Jersey Revolution,
the team showed both
offensive firepower and
depth ( in amassing 47 shots
on goal, with each of its 3
lines scoring twice) and
defensive and goaltending
strength, as they prevailed
6-0. The solid defense
continued in their second
game as they defeated the
Syracuse Stars 4-0.
The third and final game of
the preliminary round
brought a tense struggle
against a game
Sound
Shore Selects team
that produced a 4-4 tie (and
hope for a rematch in the
playoffs). Entering the
playoffs as the top seed,
the 2000 squad dispatched
the
Montgomery Blue Devils
in the semifinal
round by a score of 5-3,
setting up the hoped for
rematch with the
Sound
Shore Selects in
the championship game. The
final did not disappoint as
it took overtime to decide
it with the Jr. Flyers
taking home the trophy with
a thrilling 5-4 win. The
team demonstrated admirable
resilience on a number of
occasions in the tournament
as they battled back from
behind. |
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1994 Jr. Flyers
Heat Up for the Summer! |
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The
Junior Flyers Bantam Major
team fired up their
grills and melted the ice as
they became this years
champions in the
Philadelphia Shootout
Memorial Day Tournament
for the second year
in a row. |
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The Junior Flyers went up
against some great talent
from teams such as
Eastern Showcase, Washington
All Stars, Protechockey
Selects, and
Sound
Shore in order to
advance to the finals to
meet district rivals,
Team
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The Flyers jumped out early
to a 2-0 lead despite
aggressive end to end play
by both teams. Team Comcast
battled back with some
creative goals of their own
only to find themselves
still down by two and the
end of two. By buzzers end
of the third, the Junior
Flyers skated away repeat
champions and look fresh and
sharp for the upcoming
season. The Junior Flyer
Family would like to thank
this year’s participants. |
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Matt DeLuca earns Defensemen of the
Year Award |
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Last Wednesday night the MET
League recognized all the
individuals who over
achieved last season at the
AMHL awards banquet. It was
also a night of gratitude to
the Long Island Royals who
won the Keegan Cup and the
Junior B National
Championship. The night was
filled with laughter and fun
as well as acknowledgement
of how dedicated and hard
these players worked last
season.
We would like to recognize
these players on a great
season and we look forward
to the 2008-2009 hockey
season.
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Matt DeLuca |
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MVP Award – Joe Reagan –
Long Island Royals
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Rookie of the Year –
Connor Anthoine –
Portland Jr. Pirates
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Goaltender of the Year –
Joe Reagan – Long Island
Royals
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Defensemen of the Year –
Matt DeLuca –
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
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Defensive Forward of the
Year – George Lotito –
NJ Jr. Titans
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Offensive Defensemen of
the Year – Nick Rossi –
Long Island Royals
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Coach of the Year –
Gerry Higgins – Long
Island Royals
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Keegan Cup & National
Champions – Long Island
Royals
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