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JR Flyers 96 Team News

Game summaries are courtesy of Jim Emerick

• (19-NOV-2007) The JR Flyers were home this weekend for a pair of league games against the NJ Colonials and NJ Devils. On Saturday, the Flyers faced the Colonials and the JR Flyers were looking to avenge an early season loss. The game did not start well for the Flyers when the Colonials scored about 2 minutes into the game on a wrap around. The Flyers then woke up and tied the game just a few minutes later as Chandler Liero hit J.R. Barone in front of the net for the Flyers first goal. The Flyers then put it into high gear as they continued to pressure the Colonials and built a 4-1 lead thru 2 periods. The Flyers never stopped as they took this game 6-3.
  
  On Sunday, the NJ Devils visited Ice Line. Both teams came out fast as the action went end to end. The Flyers struck first as Sean Wacker shot one thru the pads of the Devils goalie to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead. The Flyers then scored again to take a 2-0 lead on one of the most exciting goals that anyone can witness. The Flyers were on a power play late in the 2nd period. They moved the puck in the zone with patience. As time was running out, the Flyers patience paid off as they found a wide open player next to the net and he stuffed it in as the buzzer went off. JR Barone then added another goal in the 3rd period as the Flyers took this game, 3-0.
  
  (12-NOV-2007) After a trip to Chicago the previous weekend, the JR Flyers entertained a pair of League games at Ice Line this weekend against Suffolk PAL. On Saturday evening, the Flyers came out strong and quickly converted to go up 1-0 early in the first period; this would set the tone for the rest of the game. The Flyers displayed skill and quickness as they continued to outplay Suffolk on offense and defense, and finish this game with a 17-1 victory.
  Shots: JR Flyers 57 Suffolk 12
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers again came out strong and picked up where they left off the night before. The Flyers continued with a strong offensive attack as they filled the net frequently with pucks on their way to a 13-3 victory.
  
  
  (6-NOV-2007) Nike Bauer Tourney, Chicago, IL
  The Flyers traveled to Chicago for the annual Nike-Bauer tournament. The competition would be tough as the JR Flyers were to face Mid Fairfield, Detroit Little Caesars, and Detroit Honeybaked in the preliminary rounds. The Flyers started against Mid Fairfield on Friday morning. The game was tight with Mid Fairfield leading 2-1 going into the 3rd. The Flyers just could not generate enough offense as MF took this game 4-2. In the afternoon on Friday, the Flyers faced Detroit Little Caesars. LC came out strong as the Flyers looked tired. The Flyers could not muster enough offense or defense as LC won this game, 7-1.
  
  On Saturday, the Flyers faced another team from Detroit, this time it was Honeybaked. Honeybaked started strong as they scored about 20 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Flyers continued their sloppy play as Honeybaked built a 4-0 lead after 1 period. The Flyers never recovered as they dropped this game 7-2. On Saturday night, the Flyers faced the Anchorage North Stars in their final game of the tournament. The North Stars were a big team but the Flyers had a huge speed and skill advantage. After the North Stars struck first to take a 1-0 lead, the Flyers put it into high gear using skill and speed to dominate the game as they never looked back and won, 9-1.

• (22-OCT-2007) The Long Island Royals visited Ice Line this weekend for a pair of league game match-ups. On Saturday, the Flyers came out fast and furious as they applied pressure to the LI goalie. The Flyers scored first with Cullen McNally back-handing a shot over the goalie to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead. The Flyers kept up the pressure with swarms of shots from both the points and in front of the net. The LI goalie did not crack and kept his team in it. The Royals tied things up early in the third and then put a PP goal in with about 6 min. left in the game to take the lead. The Flyers kept the pressure but could not find the net. The Royals added an empty net goal to win this game that was seemingly dominated by the Jr Flyers.
  Jr Flyers Goals: McNally
  Jr Flyers Assists: McKean
  Shots: Jr Flyers 37 Royals 13
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers looked to avenge themselves as they came out strong again. The LI goalie was up to the task once again as he steered shots away. The Flyers finally cracked the LI goalie as Kevin McGeary hit a wide open Sean Wacker in front of the net for the first goal of the game. The Royals came right back, scoring 7 seconds later to tie the game at 1. The Flyers then had enough as they starting ripping shots and finally breaking down the LI goalie as Joey Marooney, Cullen McNally, J.R. Barone and Wills Singley all added goals, giving the Flyers a 5-1 win.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Wacker, McNally, Marooney, Barone, Singley
  Jr Flyers Assists: McGeary, Hanaway, Marooney, Cohn, Wacker, Liero
  Shots: Jr Flyers 32 Royals 22
  
  
  (15-OCT-2007) After a day of practice on Saturday, the Jr Flyers hosted the Montclair Blues PW AA on Sunday. This game was no different than the first time these 2 teams matched up. It was a tight defensive battle all the way thru but the Blues came out on top with a 2-0 win.
  
  
  (11-OCT-2007) The JR Flyers made their annual trek north to Rochester to play in the 96 Invitational games. The Flyers were placed in a division with Cleveland Barons, Tampa Bay Jr Lightning and the Richmond Hills Stars. This turned out to be a tight division as all game between teams were close games. The Flyers 1st played the Barons on Friday night. This was a defensive battle which saw the Barons come out on top 3-1. On sat. morning, the Flyers came out strong against TB Lightning. Unfortunately, the Lightning struck first and added a few more which seemed to deflate the Flyers as TB took this game. Sat. afternoon, the Flyers faced Richmond Hill. The game was even and the score was 1-1 until RH scored the go-ahead goal with 3 min. left to play to win 2-1. The Flyers then faced the Buffalo Regals in the consolation round. The Flyers built a 3-1 lead but could not hold on as Buffalo scored the go-ahead goal with 3 min left to win 4-3. All in all, the kids played hard but just could not get the breaks they needed to win.
  
  
  (30-SEP-2007) On Saturday, the Flyers traveled to Pennsauken to play a NL game with the Flyers Youth team. The Flyers struck early and took a 2-0 lead. The FY then converted 2 PP goals to even the score. Cullen McNally put the Flyers up for good as he ripped a wrist shot past the goalie on the short side to give the JR Flyers a 3-2 win.
  On Sunday, the Flyers traveled to VF to face the Minutemen. The Flyers applied pressure but the VF goalie was up to the task. The Flyers finally broke the ice in the 2nd period as shot from the point was deflected into the net. The Flyers added 2 more goals, the last being an empty netter to win the game 3-0.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Emerick, Barone, Liero
  Jr Flyers Assists: Barbato, Cohn, McNally, Singley
  Shots: Jr Flyers 25, Minutemen 21
  
  (23-SEP-2007) After being on the road for the first couple of weeks, the Flyers finally got 2 home games this weekend. The CT Wolves visited Ice Line. In Saturday's game, the Flyers came out strong once again, but could not get the puck in the net. The Wolves took a 1-0 lead about midway thru the 2nd period. The Flyers fought but could not get on the board as they fell 2-0.
  On Sunday, the Flyers were not to be denied. They knew they had to find a way to win, and that they did as they beat the Wolves, 3-1.
  Jr Flyers Goals: McNally, Barone
  Jr Flyers Assists: Davis, Churchvara, Hanaway
  Shots: Jr Flyers 17, Wolves 28
  
  (17-SEP-2007) On Saturday, the Flyers visited the Avalanche for a league match-up. The Flyers played hard and the game was 1-1 after a period and half, but the Avalanche wore down the Flyers in the 3rd to take this game. On Sunday, the Flyers had a NL match-up with the Montclair Blues AA team. This game was even throughout with the game ending in a tie, 3-3. The Flyers then traveled to Mennen Ice Arena in the afternoon to face the NJ Colonials. The Flyers dominated most of this game but could not crack the Colonials goalie. The Flyers ended with a disappointing 2-0 loss.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone, McKean
  Jr Flyers Assists: Liero, Cohn
  Shots: Jr Flyers 23, Avs 24
  
  (9-SEP-2007) The Flyers traveled to Washington DC to face the Washington Little Caps at Kettler Iceplex. In game 1, the Flyers came out strong and looked like the dominant team early on. Unfortunately, the Flyers could not put the puck in the net. The Capitals then struck 1st late in the 2nd period. The Flyers appeared to tire and the Caps continued the pressure, eventually winning 5-2.
  Jr Flyers Goals: McKean(2)
  Jr Flyers Assists: McNally(2)
  Shots: Jr Flyers 24, Caps 23
  
  In game 2, the Flyers struck early in the game to finally get an early lead. The Caps kept fighting back though and kept the game even. The game was a see-saw battle as the score was 5-5 late into the 3rd. The Caps scored a goal with about 3 min. left then added an empty netter to ice the game, 7-5.
  Jr Flyers Goals: McNally, Wacker, McKean, Barbato, Cohn
  Jr Flyers Assists: McKean(2), Marooney, Wacker, McNally, Hanaway, Cohn
  Shots: Jr Flyers 25, Caps 29
  
  
  (4-SEP-2007) Pee-Wee AA Labor Day Tourney at Ice Line
  The Jr Flyers Pee-Wee minor hockey team started their season by entering the Pee-Wee AA Labor Day Tournament at Ice Line. The Flyers were in a division with the NJ Jaguars, Wintersport Royals and Hatfield Selects.
  
  The Flyers played their first game on Friday against the NJ Jaguars. The Jaguars had a size advantage but that would not scare the Flyers. They came out strong and played tough defense to beat the Jaguars in a close game, 3-2. Saturday morning, the Flyers faced a big and talented Wintersport Royals team. The Royals are supposed to be among the top pee-wee AA teams in the DVHL. The Flyers came out and battled and the game was tied at 2, until Wintersport got a goal midway thru the 3rd period and held on to beat the Flyers, 3-2. On Saturday afternoon, the Flyers played the Hatfield Select team. This game was a defensive battle as neither team wanted to put the puck in the net. The Flyers finally hit pay dirt as Joey Marooney fired a low shot past the Hatfield goalie late in the 2nd period. The Flyers then showed how good their defense and goaltending really is, by holding on to win this low scoring game, 1-0. The win put the Flyers in the playoff round against the Quakers. On Sunday morning, the Flyers faced off against the tough Quakers. The Quakers came out strong, as the Flyers struggled, losing the game 5-0. All in all, it was a good experience for the kids as they played against some strong AA teams which had both size and speed.

• (11-DEC-2006) On Saturday, the Ramapo Saints visited Ice Line for a league match-up with the Flyers. Once again, the Flyers dominated the game with a strong offensive attack, solid defense and goaltending, as they took this game 5-2.
  
  On Sunday, the NJ Avalanche visited Ice Line for a much anticipated match-up. The Flyers still remember the tough shoot-out loss they suffered in Silversticks to the Avalanche and they wanted to avenge that loss. The Flyers struck first as Chandler Liero put the puck past the Avalanche goalie. The Avalanche fought hard and took a 2-1 lead after 2 periods. But the Flyers were not to be denied as Derrick Hanaway knotted the score early in the third period. Then with about 3-1/2 minutes left in the game, Trevor Cohn took a pass in the zone from Matt Emerick and buried a backhand to give the Flyers the lead. The Flyers stayed firm and held on for an exciting 3-2 victory.
  JR Flyers Goals: Liero, Hanaway, Cohn
  JR Flyers Assists: Barbato, Davis, Barone, Emerick
  Shots: JR Flyers 20 Avalanche 20

• (4-DEC-2006) On Saturday, the JR Flyers faced the NJ Colonials at Ice Line. The Flyers were looking to avenge an early season loss to the Colonials. The Flyers came out strong and took control of this game early as Chandler Liero got the first goal of the game. The Flyers continued the pressure and with the help of a strong defense and goaltending, were able to win this one 6-0.
  JR Flyers Goals: Liero, Hanaway, Barbato (2), Wacker (2)
  JR Flyers Assists: Hanaway (3), Cohn (2), Barone, Barbato (2)
  Shots: JR Flyers 20 Colonials 18
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers traveled to Pennsauken for a non league match-up with the JR Phantoms AA team. The Flyers came out skating fast and furious but were unable to crack the Phantoms goalie, as he came up with stellar saves to keep his team in the game. The game was tied 1-1 late into the 3rd period when D.J. Barbato one-timed a pass for the eventual game winner. Flyers 2-1.
  JR Flyers Goals: Barbato, ?
  JR Flyers Assists: ?
  Shots: JR Flyers 30 JR Phantoms 13

• (28-NOV-2006) The Jr. Flyers started the Silversticks Tournament with a Friday match-up against AYHL league opponent Ramapo Saints. The Flyers jumped out quickly to a 3-0 lead but Ramapo fought back to make it 3-2. The Flyers then turned it up a notch and dominated play and finished this game with a 7-2 victory.
  
  On Saturday morning, the Flyers faced off against the Rappahannock River Rats. The Flyers struck early and often and to an 15-0 victory.
  
  Saturday afternoon, the Flyers faced off against the West Seneca Wings. The Wings jumped out early, building a 2-0 lead. The Flyers did not give up as J.R. Barone pushed the puck in the net with 6 seconds remaining in the first period to make it 2-1. The Flyers then turned it on and finished off the Wings with a 5-2 victory. The Flyers won their division and advanced to the playoff round.
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers faced a tough league foe, the North Jersey Avalanche. The Flyers lost twice previously to the Avalanche in close games prior to Silversticks. The Flyers struck first and eventually built a 2-0 lead. The Avalanche fought hard and scored 2 third period goals, the last with 33 seconds remaining to tie the score, forcing OT. The teams battled hard and played scoreless hockey thru 2 OT periods and a shootout had to be used to decide the game. It took 15 shooters to finally decide the winner and the Avalanche prevailed. What an exciting game!! The rink was crowded as many people witnessed probably the most exciting game of the entire tournament.

• (20-NOV-2006) The Suffolk PAL team visited Ice Line for a pair of home-home games this weekend. Suffolk started off the scoring in the first period but the Flyers quickly tied things up as J.R. Barone tipped a shot by Matt Emerick into the net. The Flyers pressured the entire game but the Suffolk goalie was up to the challenge, making some unbelievable saves. Even though the Flyers dominated this game, the Suffolk goalie kept his team in the game by steering away 46 of 50 shots, allowing them to squeak out a 5-4 victory.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone, Hanaway, Liero, Barbato
  Jr Flyers Assists: Emerick, Cohn, Hanaway
  Shots: Jr Flyers 50 Suffolk 13
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers looked to avenge the loss from the night before. The Flyers once again came out strong and dominated play, but this time, they were able to crack the Suffolk goaltender. The Flyers built a big lead early and never looked back, winning this game 11-4.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Hanaway (3), Barbato (4), Liero, Wacker, Barone (2)
  Jr Flyers Assists: Barbato (3), Emerick, Hanaway (2), Wacker, Cohn (2), McGeary, Singley, Barone
  Shots: JR Flyers 58 Suffolk 19

• (15-NOV-2006) On Saturday, the Jr Flyers faced the Jr Titans for a league match-up. The Flyers came out strong and scored quickly, just 24 seconds into the game as J.R. Barone netted the goal. The first period ended with the Flyers up 5-0. The Flyers continued to work hard and play team hockey as they routed the Titans, 16-0.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone (2), Marooney (5), Barbato (2), Hanaway (2), Wacker (3), Liero, Emerick
  Jr Flyers Assists: Barone (4), McGeary, Barbato, Liero (3), Marooney (4), Wacker (2)
  Shots: Jr Flyers 39 Titans 9
  
  On Sunday, the NJ Rockets visited Ice Line for a league match-up. The Flyers struck first with JR Barone netting the goal with an assist from Derrick Hanaway. The same duo connected once again, to put the Flyers up 2-0. This is all the Flyers would need as the defense and goaltending was strong and the Flyers took this game 4-1.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone (2), Wacker (2)
  Jr Flyers Assists: Hanaway (2), Marooney (2), Churchvara
  Shots: Jr Flyers 19 Rockets 16

• (6-NOV-2006) The Jr Flyers Squirt Major team traveled to Chicago this past weekend to compete in the prestigious Nike Bauer International AAA Invite tournament. The tournament hosted 32 Squirt teams from all across America, Canada and including a team from the Soviet Union.
  
  The Flyers started division play on Friday morning vs. the Madison Capitals at Lake Forest Academy. The Flyers came out strong and fast as they jumped all over the Capitals with 4 goals in the first period. The Flyers continued to pressure as J.R. Barone tallied 4 goals for the game and the Flyers finished with a convincing 9-4 win.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone (4), Barbato, Wacker (2), Cohn, Liero
  Jr Flyers Assists:
  Shots:
  
  Friday afternoon, the Flyers faced off against the Des Moines Buccaneers at Glacier Arena. The Flyers struck first with Trevor Cohn firing a shot in from the point. The Bucs played hard and tied things up but the Flyers were not to be denied as they built a 4-2 lead with goals from Derrick Hanaway, D.J. Barbato and Joey Marooney. The Flyers applied constant pressure using speed and skill but the Bucs goalie kept it close. They closed the gap to 4-3 but some late game heroics by Cameron Isen saved the game as the Bucs had a wide open shot with 1 second remaining; Isen slid across and made the save to preserve the 4-3 victory.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Cohn, Hanaway, Barbato, Marooney
  Jr Flyers Assists: Marooney, Barbato (2), Hanaway, Churchvara
  Shots: Jr Flyers 32 Bucs 10
  
  On Saturday, the Flyers had a division showdown with the hometown host, Chicago Chill. Both teams entered this game with 2 wins and the winner would take the division and advance to the playoff round. The Flyers once again showed why they are one of the top AAA teams at the tournament, using speed and skill to outplay the Chill. The Flyers continually pressured the Chill goalie and built themselves a lead on goals by JR Barone (2), Kevin McGeary, Joey Marooney and Michael Churchvara. The defense (Churchvara, Davis, Cohn, Emerick and McGeary) and goaltending (Osborne and Isen) was solid as the Flyers easily won this one, 5-1.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone (2), McGeary, Marooney, Churchvara
  Jr Flyers Assists: Barbato (2), Marooney, Wacker
  Shots: Jr Flyers 28 Chill 19
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers opened the quarterfinal playoff round against Mid-Fairfield Blues. The Flyers started strong and fast and once again showed their speed and quickness, building a 3-0 lead after 1 period. The Flyers were all over the Blues but allowed them to hang around and not put the finishing touches on them. This would prove costly as the Blues tallied 2 goals in the second and then eventually took the lead with 2 minutes left in the game on a power play goal. The Flyers constant pressure could not crack the Blue's goalie as they hung on to win and denied the Flyers a shot at playing the Soviet Red Army team and a possible trip to the Championship.
  Jr Flyers Goals: Barone, Marooney, McGeary
  Jr Flyers Assists: Barbato, Hanaway, McGeary, Osborne
  Shots:
  
  Overall, the Flyers played very well against some top competition. Hopefully, this will get them on track as they return home for League play and the Silversticks Tournament at Thanksgiving.

• (31-OCT-2006) The Flyers continued their road trip with a Saturday afternoon visit to Ramapo, NY to play the Saints. The Flyers came out strong and pressured the Saints early and often. The Saints goaltender was up to the challenge though and steered away shot after shot until Kevin McGeary fired a shot from the point that slipped past the netminder late in the first period. The Saints evened things up in the second period on a nice wrist shot. The Flyers pressured the entire game but the Saints goalie would not bend, as he stopped several good scoring attempts. The Flyers defense and goaltending (Isen and Osborne) were solid as this game ended as a 1-1 tie.
  Shots: Jr Flyers 28 Saints 17
  Jr Flyers Goals: McGeary
  Jr Flyers Assists:
  
  On Sunday, the Jr. Flyers finally got another home game as the Little Flyers visited Ice Line for this league match-up. The Little Flyers came out determined and applied pressure early with several power plays, but the Flyers held their ground. In the second period, Joey Marooney got things started to put the Flyers up 1-0. The Little Flyers fought back and evened it up later in the period. The game stayed 1-1 until midway thru the 3rd when the Flyers got a power play goal from Trevor Cohn and just seconds later, another tally by Joey Marooney. The Flyers then put this one away, adding another goal to take this one, 4-1.
  Shots: Jr Flyers 18 Little Flyers 15
  Jr Flyers Goals: Marooney (2), Cohn, ??
  Jr Flyers Assists:

• (24-OCT-2006) The Flyers traveled to Hackensack for a league game against the Avalanche, hoping to avenge an earlier OT loss in Rochester to the Avs. The Avs struck first but the Flyers quickly tied things up with a goal from Joey Marooney. The Avs added 2 more goals early in the 2nd period and that was all they needed to take this one from the road weary Flyers, 3-1.
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers finally got a home league game against the Mercer Chiefs. The Flyers showed how important it is to have home ice advantage as they came out strong and were flying all over the ice. The offensive zone passing was crisp, the shots were hard, defense and goaltending were solid and the Flyers looked like the team that won the league Championship last year. Flyers 7-2.

• (17-OCT-2006) On Saturday, the Jr. Flyers hosted a pair of NL games with the Jr. Phantoms and Red Bank Generals. The Flyers faced the Jr. Phantoms first and they came out sluggish and appeared to never hit their stride in this game. Despite this, they were able to build a 4-0 lead thru the middle of the 3rd period. The Phantoms did not give up and netted 2 goals late in the game but it was not enough as the Jr. Flyers took this game 4-2.
  
  In the second game, the Flyers faced the Red Bank Generals. The Generals came out fast and jumped on the weary Flyers. The Flyers stood their ground and then wore down the Generals as they got their second wind. The defense and goaltending were superb as the Flyers won this one, 3-1.
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers hosted a weary Quakers A2 team. The Flyers came out strong after a good night's rest and showed their speed early. The Flyers won this game with passing and speed.

• (12-OCT-2006) Rochester Tournament
  For the 3rd season in a row, the Flyers made the trip to Rochester, NY to play in the now famous, "Rochester 96 Games". The tournament had grown from 8 teams in 2004 to 32 teams in 2006, featuring clubs from all over the US and Canada. To get things started, the Flyers faced off against the Wisconsin Fire in a pre-tournament exhibition game on Friday night. The Fire was a big and fast team but that did not intimidate the Flyers. The Flyers built a 5-1 lead on a great all-around team effort and then held on as the Fire mounted a late comeback, 5-4 Flyers. 
  The Flyers started tournament play on Saturday morning, facing the Dual State Huskies (Mass.). The Flyers controlled this game most of the way but the Huskies kept it close, Flyers 4-2. In the nightcap, the Flyers faced the Kensington Valley Rebels (Mich.). The Flyers took the early lead on a goal by Derrick Hanaway. The Flyers never looked back as they took this game 5-3.
   
  Sunday morning, the Flyers faced off against the St. Louis Blues team. The Blues are a big, fast and well disciplined team. The Flyers gave a good strong effort, keeping it close for 2 periods, but lost to the eventual tournament champs, 9-2. The Flyers then played the NJ Avalanche in the 2nd place bracket. This bracket included teams such as Providence Capitals, Mid-Fairfield to name a few. The Flyers fought hard and built a 5-3 lead into the 3rd period but the Avalanche tied things up with about 1:30 left in the game to send this one into OT. The Avs then scored with about 1 minute left in the OT to win the game. The Flyers finished the weekend with a 3-2 record.
   
   
• (3-OCT-2006)  The Jr. Flyers continued their long September road trip this weekend with first a trip to LI to face the tough Gulls. The Gulls got things going with the first goal of the game. The Flyers struck back as Derrick Hanaway found J.R. Barone in front of the net for a game-tying goal. The Gulls then got a break as the referee raised his hand to call a penalty. The Flyers thought it was on the Gulls but it wasn't and the Gulls found an empty net to take a 2-1 lead. That was all they needed for the day as a road-weary Flyers dropped this game.
  Jr. Flyer Goals: Barone
  Jr. Flyer Assists: Hanaway
  Shots:
   
  On Sunday, the Flyers traveled to Mennen Arena to face the NJ Colonials. The Flyers grabbed an early lead as D.J. Barbato got free and fired a backhand into the net. The Colonials fought hard and kept the pressure on though, building a 4-2 lead after 2 periods. In the third, the Flyers struck early and often, scoring 4 goals in a 2-1/2 minute span to take the lead 6-4. The Colonials did not give up and eventually tied it up with 1:30 left in the game. The Colonials then fired another one in the net, leaving the Flyers stunned with a disappointing 7-6 loss. The Flyers will be ready next time to avenge this game.
  Jr Flyer Goals:
  Jr Flyer Assists:
  Shots:
   
• (26-SEP-2006) On Saturday, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Wall, NJ to face the Titans. The Flyers came out strong and controlled the play right from the start. The Titan's goalie was up to the challenge though. The Flyers finally broke the ice as Joey Marooney scored a short-handed goal early in the 2nd period. Kevin McGeary then connected for 2 quick goals as the Flyers then turned it on. The defense and goaltending was solid as the Flyers picked up a 7-0 league win.
  Jr Flyer Goals: Marooney, McGeary (2), Barbato (2), Barone, Churchvara
  Jr Flyer Assists: Fischer, Davis, McGeary, Liero, Marooney, Wacker
  Shots:
   
  On Sunday, the Flyers played their first home game as the NJ Jr Devils visited Ice Line. The Devils struck first just 51 seconds into the game. The Flyers quickly evened the score when Joey Marooney broke free and backhanded one into the net. D.J. Barbato put the Flyers up just minutes later. Sean Wacker and Trevor Cohn added goals in the second period to increase the Flyers lead to 4-2. The Flyers then tallied 4 more goals in the 3rd to put this league game away, 8-2.
  Jr Flyer Goals: Marooney, Barbato (2), Wacker, Cohn (2), Barone, McGeary
  Jr Flyer Assists: McGeary, Davis (3), Wacker, Marooney, Singley, Liero, Emerick, Barone
  Shots: Jr Flyers 25 Devils 10
   
• (19-SEP-2006) On Saturday, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Pennsauken to face Team Comcast. Team Comcast struck first to get things started. They then tacked on 2 more to take a 3-0 lead. The Jr. Flyers finally connected to make it 3-1 but Team Comcast struck right back. The Flyers did not give up but it wasn't enough, falling 6-3.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Wacker, Hanaway, Barbato
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Liero, Barbato
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 40
   
  On Sunday, the Flyers traveled to Reading to face the Reading Jr. Royals Squirt AA in a NL match-up. The Flyers took control of this game early and built a 3-0 lead into the 3rd period on goals by Joey Marooney, Chandler Liero and Derrick Hanaway. The Royals then snuck 2 into the net but the Flyers put it away and used strong defense to not allow any more Royal chances, 4-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, Barbato, Liero, McGeary
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barbato, Hanaway, Cohn
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 20
    
• (14-SEP-2006) The Jr. Flyers Squirt Major kicked off the '06 season with a pair of League games against the tough Long Island Royals. On Saturday, the Flyers looked a bit of weary from the long trip to LI. Both teams played hard but the Royals took the first game 5-1.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 18  
   
  After a good night's rest, the Jr. Flyers came ready to play on Sunday. Both teams played hard with goaltending and defense dominating the game. Both teams were limited in their scoring opportunities with the game ending in a hard fought 1-1 tie.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Churchvara
  Jr. Flyers Assists:
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 18

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• (27-FEB-2006)  JR FLYERS CAPTURE AYHL SQUIRT MINOR CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
  The JR Flyers ended their season in a big way by capturing the AYHL Squirt Minor Championship. To get to this point, the Flyers had to first play the tough Long Island Royals in the semifinal match-up. The Flyers came out strong and applied the pressure early and often. The offense moved the puck with precision, the defense shut down the Royals attack, and the goaltending was outstanding as the Flyers advanced to the Championship with a 6-2 victory. In the Championship game, the Flyers faced their division archrivals, the Mercer Chiefs. Once again, the Flyers came out strong and played a solid game all around, as they have done the entire season. As the final seconds ticked away, the celebration began. What a team effort! Congratulations to all the players and the coaching staff for an outstanding season!

• (21-FEB-2006) The Jr. Flyers had themselves a busy schedule, playing 4 non league games this President's Day weekend. On Saturday morning, the Flyers traveled to Wintersport to face the undefeated Wintersport Royals Squirt team. The Royals had a clear size advantage but the Flyers used their speed to even things up. The game was a defensive struggle as scoring chances were kept at a minimum for both teams. After a scoreless first period, the Royals got the first goal of the game, but the Flyers quickly evened it up when Joey Marooney got loose and fired the puck over the Royals goalie. That was all the scoring this game would see as the defense and goaltending kept this one a 1-1 tie.
  JR Flyers Goals: Marooney
  JR Flyers Assists:?
  Shots: JR Flyers 16 Royals 13
  
  Saturday afternoon, the "96" Ashburn Extreme visited Ice Line for the first of 2 games with the Flyers. This game was even thru the first period as both teams could not get the puck thru the strong goaltending of both teams. The Flyers finally broke the scoreless battle to get things rolling. The Extreme battled hard but the strong goaltending of Lucas Osborne and Cameron Isen kept them in check. The Flyers finally opened things up and ended up with a hard fought 5-2 victory.
  JR Flyers Goals: Wacker (2), ???
  JR Flyers Assists:
  Shots: JR Flyers 23 Extreme 20
  
  On Sunday morning, the Flyers faced the Extreme for the 2nd time this weekend. This time, the Flyers came out swarming and controlled play with speed and pin-point passing. The Flyers constantly pelted the Ashburn goalie with wide open shots. The Flyers dominated this game as the offense controlled play and the defense shut-down the Extreme attack, giving the Flyers a 5-2 victory.
  JR Flyers Goals:
  JR Flyers Assists:
  Shots: JR Flyers 35 Extreme 10
  
  The Delaware Blue Hens Squirt team visited Ice Line for a Sunday afternoon game. This game was another defensive struggle as both teams had trouble getting open shots. The JR Flyers defense was exceptional, not allowing any "good looks" for the Blue Hens. The Flyers appeared tired in the 3rd but still kept this game even for a 1-1 tie.
  JR Flyers Goals:
  JR Flyers Assists:
  Shots: JR Flyers 10 Blue Hens 13

• (13-FEB-2006) The JR Flyers took on the "95" Tri-State Selects in a non-league match-up. The Flyers came out strong and dominated play for the entire game with the Flyers winning this match-up, 11-0.
  Shots: JR Flyers 55 Selects 5
  
  
  
  (7-FEB-2006) On Saturday, the Jr. Flyers took on the much improved NJ Rockets team. The Rockets went up first with a quick goal just 3 minutes into the game. Then Joey Marooney evened the score a few minutes later with a shot over the shoulder of the Rockets goalie. Chandler Liero broke the tie early in the second period to give the Flyers the lead for good and Trevor Cohn added another as the Flyers won this league match-up, 3-1.
  JR Flyers Goals: Marooney, Liero, Cohn
  JR Flyers Assists: Davis, Cohn, Churchvara
  Shots: JR Flyers 20 Rockets 15
  
  On Sunday, the Mercer Chiefs came to Ice Line with playoff hopes on their mind. The Flyers came out strong and built a 2-0 lead with goals from JR Barone and Joey Marooney. The Chiefs played hard, knowing a playoff berth was on the line. They were able to come out on top of this game with a 5-2 victory.
  Although a disappointing loss for the Flyers, this ended league play, with the Flyers finishing in first place with a league record of 17-5-4 and advancing to the league playoff round February 25-26. Good Job Flyers!
  JR Flyers Goals: Barone, Marooney
  JR Flyers Assists: Churchvara, McGeary
  Shots: JR Flyers 20 Chiefs 25

• (31-JAN-2006) On Saturday, the JR Flyers faced off against the NJ Avalanche. The Flyers struck quickly with Joey Marooney scoring on a breakaway about 2 minutes into the game. The Avalanche came right back and evened the score at 1-1. The Flyers controlled play for most of the game but could not find the net as the Avalanche tacked on a few more goals and took this game 4-1.
  JR Flyers Goals: Marooney
  JR Flyers Assists: Churchvara
  Shots: Flyers 26 Avalanche 19
  
  On Sunday morning, the Flyers traveled to Ramapo to face the Saints in a non-league match-up. The Saints started quickly, scoring 2 goals in the first minute of the game. But the Flyers battled hard and tightened up on defense and knotted the score at 2-2 with about 4 minutes left in the game. The score stayed that way until the Flyers got last second heroics from Derrick Hanaway and D.J. Barbato. Hanaway made a "Hail Mary" pass to Barbato, who fired a shot from the top of the circle and beat the Saints goalie high with 4 seconds on the clock, giving the Flyers a 3-2 win.
  
  On Sunday afternoon, the Flyers traveled to Mennen Arena for a league match-up with the Colonials. The Colonials struck first to give them a 1-0 edge. The defensive battle continued until the Flyers finally tied things up late in the second period on a goal by Chandler Liero. Liero than put the Flyers up for good in the 3rd period with his second goal of the game. D.J. Barbato added an insurance goal and Lucas Osborne turned away the Colonials shots to give the Flyers their 16th league win, 3-1.

• (27-JAN-2006) The JR Flyers traveled to the Little Caesars Invitational to face off against some of the best Squirt Minor AAA competition in the country. The Flyers opened up on Friday morning against a tough Compuware team. The game was a defensive battle which remained scoreless until late in the 2nd period when Compuware got the first goal of the game. The Flyers fought hard and almost tied it late in the 3rd on a stuffer, but the puck did not cross the goal line. The game ended 1-0 with Compuware winning this hard battle.
  
  In the second game on Friday, the Flyers took on the Dallas Ice Jets. This game was a direct opposite of the first game with both teams exchanging a pair of goals in the first 5 minutes of the game. The seesaw battle continued as the game was tied 4-4 in the 3rd period, but the Flyers finally broke the knot and managed to pull ahead and finish off the Ice Jets, 7-4 for the victory.
  
  On Saturday morning, the Flyers took on the Mississauga Ice Dogs from the Canadian GTHL League. This game was an important one; if the Flyers wanted to advance to the playoff round, they would need a victory. The Flyers came out strong and showed they were a much faster team than the Ice Dogs. The Flyers used their speed and pressured offensively the entire game, out-shooting the Ice Dogs by an almost 3 to 1 advantage (shots 28-10), but the tough Ice Dogs goalie steered away all but one shot, and with a little help from the posts and crossbar, the Ice Dogs earned a 3-1 victory, eliminating the Flyers from the playoff round.
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers played a consolation game against Belle Tire. Once again, the Flyers came out strong and built a 2-0 lead going into the 3rd period. Belle Tire fought hard and tied the game about 2 minutes into the last period on a pair of goals a minute apart. The score stayed 2-2 until Belle Tire struck again with 90 seconds left in the game. The JR Flyers could not answer and the game ended in a disappointing 3-2 loss.

• (16-JAN-2006)  On Saturday morning, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Red Bank, NJ to face a tough Red Bank Generals Squirt AA squad. The Flyers got things rolling when J.R. Barone intercepted a pass less than a minute into the game and went in on a breakaway to put the Flyers up 1-0. The Flyers continued to play hard and built a 3-0 lead in the 2nd period on goals by Sean Wacker and Joey Marooney, but the Generals would not quit. The Generals scored their first goal of the game late in the 2nd period, then poured it on in the 3rd, scoring 4 unanswered goals to take the lead 5-3. Sean Wacker scored for the Flyers with 50 seconds left in the game to narrow the lead to 5-4. The Flyers pressured the last seconds of the game but could not push the puck across the goal line; Generals 5-4.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barone, Wacker (2), Marooney
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 18 Generals 33

• (09-JAN-2006) After spending 5 days in Ottawa over the Christmas holiday, the Jr. Flyers took to the home ice against the much improved NJ Rockets. The Flyers got things started in the 1st period when D.J. Barbato scored about 5 minutes into the game. Trevor Cohn added a goal near the end of the period to give the Flyers a 2-0 edge. The Flyers then built a lead in the 2nd period on goals by D.J. Barbato, Joey Marooney and Wills Singley, but the Rockets fought hard and showed the Flyers they are not to be taken lightly, by closing the gap with four goals in the second period. In the 3rd, the Flyers got an insurance goal from Derrick Hanaway and held on to earn a 6-4 league victory. The win boosted the Jr. Flyers league record to 15-3-4.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barbato (2), Cohn, Marooney, Singley, Hanaway
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Liero, Barone (3), Hanaway, Churchvara, Fischer, Wacker
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 25 Rockets 19
  
  On Sunday, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Ice World in Hatfield to play the always tough, Ice Dogs Squirt AA team. The Ice Dogs came into the game with size and physical play but the Flyers were not intimidated. The Flyers fought hard, moved the puck and used speed as their weapon as they earned a convincing 4-1 victory in this non-league match-up.
  Jr. Flyers Goals:
  Jr. Flyers Assists:
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 24 Ice Dogs 21

• (05-JAN-2006) Ottawa Bell Capital Cup Tournament
  (Wednesday, 28-DEC-2005) The Jr. Flyers decided to take their act north of the border for some tough competition at the Bell Cup Tournament in Ottawa. Many of the top Canadian and U.S. teams were there for this prestigious tournament. The Flyers opened up with a pair of Friendly games on Wednesday to get the kinks out after a long trip up. The Flyers were shorthanded as a couple of players could not make the trip and a few others battled the flu. Despite this, the Flyers faced off first against a good LA Hockey club. Playing with only 9 skaters, the Flyers showed how impressive a team they are as these kids showed determination and beat the LA team 2-1. The 2nd game was against the highly rated Rochester Americans; this game started immediately after the first, but this would not slow down our guys. Everyone stepped up and worked hard, finishing off a tremendous Amerks team with a hard fought, 3-2 victory.
  
  (Thursday, 29-DEC-2005) The Flyers opened the tournament with the Markam Waxers. The Flyers did not waste any time as Joey Marooney put the Flyers up less than a minute into the game. The Waxers tightened up and kept the game close as the first period ended at 1-0. D.J Barbato put the Flyers up 2-0 about halfway thru the 2nd period. The Flyers then got goals from Trevor Cohn and two from Sean Wacker in the 3rd period; this, along with solid defense and goaltending of Cameron Isen, gave the Jr. Flyers a convincing 5-0 win.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, Barbato, Wacker (2), Cohn
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Wacker, Liero, Churchvara, McGeary (2), Barone
  
  
  (Friday, 29-DEC-2005) The Flyers faced off Friday morning against the Westchester/Brewster NY team. Once again, Joey Marooney got things started less than 2 minutes into the game by hitting the back of the net. The NY team fought hard though and built a 2-1 lead after 2 periods. The Flyers finally tied things up when Chandler Liero scored his first goal. The Flyers then built momentum and took the lead just 40 seconds later as Joey Marooney scored his second of the game. Chandler Liero added one more goal and Kevin McGeary put one into an empty net late in the 3rd to give the Flyers their second victory in the tournament, 5-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney (2), Liero (2), McGeary
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Wacker (2), Barone, McGeary (2), Fischer
  
  (Friday, 29-DEC-2005) In the 2nd game on Friday afternoon, the Flyers would face the tough, Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs team. Both teams came into this game at 2-0 and the winner would automatically advance to the playoff round, while the loser would have to hope for a wildcard berth. The Bulldogs came out strong and kept the pressure on the Flyers while building a 2-0 lead after 1 period. The Flyers tried hard but where run down by the stomach virus and could not keep up with a strong and healthy Bulldogs team. Bulldogs 7-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Liero, Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barone, Liero

• (19-DEC-2005) The Jr. Flyers traveled to Montgomery Maryland for an early afternoon non-league match-up with the Montgomery Blue Devils Squirt team. The Flyers dominated play for the most part and shut down the Blue Devils offense, but the Montgomery goalie kept this game close. Jr. Flyers 3-0.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway (2), McGeary
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barone
  Shots: Jr Flyers 26 Blue Devils 5
  
  The Flyers then traveled down the road for a pair of non-league games (Saturday evening and Sunday morning) with the strong Ashburn Extreme Squirt team. Both games were tough battles but the Flyers continued their winning ways with a pair of victories, 5-2 and 4-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway (2), Marooney, Liero (3), Davis, Singley, Wacker
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Churchvara (2), McGeary, Singley, Barbato
  Shots: Jr Flyers 28 Extreme 16, Jr Flyers 26 Extreme 10

• (12-DEC-2005) On Saturday morning, the Jr. Flyers welcomed the Jr. Phantoms to Ice Line for the last league match-up between these two teams. The previous games were all close, hard fought games, and this one proved to be no different. The Phantoms struck first, about 1-1/2 minutes into the game. The Flyers quickly came back as Derrick Hanaway tied things up a few minutes later. The battle continued until Joey Marooney broke the tie with about 4 minutes left in the first period on a nifty backhand shot. The Flyers then built momentum and stretched the lead to 4-1 after goals by Kevin McGeary and Trevor Cohn. But the Phantoms would not quit and closed the gap to 4-3 late in the third period. The Phantoms applied pressure the entire third period but Lucas Osborne was up to the task and made some game-saving saves to keep the lead for the Flyers. The Flyers then put the game away when Chandler Liero found a wide open D.J. Barbato with a minute left in the game to seal the victory, 5-3.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway, Marooney, McGeary, Cohn, Barbato
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Singley, Wacker, Cohn, Emerick, Marooney, Liero, Barone
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 21 Phantoms 22
  
  Saturday afternoon, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Bridgewater to face the NJ Rockets. After a tight 1st period, D.J. Barbato got the Flyers on the board to take a 1-0 lead. The Rockets battled hard though and were able to take a 2-1 lead. The weary Flyers managed though to find a second wind and finally broke things open late in the second period with 2 goals within 10 seconds of each other. Derrick Hanaway finished the game with a hatrick as the Flyers took the victory, 6-3.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway (3), Barbato (2), Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barone, Emerick, Barbato
  Shots: Jr Flyers 26 Rockets 13

• (05-DEC-2005) After a weekend off over the Thanksgiving holiday, the Jr. Flyers hit the ice for a home-home non-league series with a tough Glaciers Squirt team. In game 1 at Ice Line, the Glaciers struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first period, but about 30 seconds later, the Flyers tied things up with a goal from Joey Marooney. Late in the first period, Wills Singley added his first of 2 goals to give the Flyers the lead for good. Kevin McGeary added 2 goals in the 3rd period as the Flyers controlled play for the rest of the game and earned a 7-3 victory.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, Singley (2), Emerick, McGeary (2), Cohn
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Churchvara, Fischer, McGeary (2), Davis, Wacker, Hanaway, Cohn (2), Marooney (3),
  Shots: Jr Flyers 34 Glaciers 32
  
  In the Saturday nightcap, the Glaciers came out strong and energized, looking to avenge the morning loss. The Flyers were up to the challenge though. After a tight first period, the Flyers finally broke things open in the 2nd period, building a 4-0 lead. The Glaciers fought hard though and narrowed the gap to 4-2 about halfway thru the 3rd period. The Flyers tightened up, ending this battle to earn the win, 4-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway (2), Davis, Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Wacker (2), Singley, Fischer
  Shots:
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers traveled to Mercer to face the tough Chiefs in a league match-up. The Flyers looked a bit sluggish early as the Chiefs built a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Flyers battled back and scored 3 unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead. After a goal by the Chiefs to tie the game, the Flyers took control and built a 5-3 lead late into the 3rd. Despite being out shot by the Mercer Chiefs, the Flyers then held on to pick up the win 5-4 while boosting their league record to 12-3-4.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barbato (2), Hanaway, Marooney, Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barbato, Wacker, Barone
  Shots: Jr Flyers 27 Chiefs 30

• (21-NOV-2005) Saturday evening, the Jr. Flyers hosted the Mercer Chiefs in a Division match-up. The game started with the Chiefs applying heavy pressure from the opening face-off but the Flyers would quickly turn things around as Joey Marooney found an opening and put the Flyers up 1-0. A few minutes later, Chandler Liero and D.J. Barbato both knocked in goals to put the Flyers up 3-1 after 1 period. The Flyers then saw Sean Wacker (2 goals), Derrick Hanaway, and Wills Singley tally goals in the 2nd period to help build a 7-1 lead. In the 3rd period, Chandler Liero notched his 2nd goal of the night to round out the scoring, giving the Jr, Flyers an 8-2 victory.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, Liero (2), Barbato, Wacker (2), Hanaway, Singley
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn, McGeary, Barone (3), Hanaway (2), Singley, Wacker (2), Barbato
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 30 Chiefs 14
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers took a road trip to Morristown to face a great NJ Colonials team. The Flyers got things going in the first period as Derrick Hanaway hit the back of the net with one of his 3 goals on the day. Kevin McGeary and Chandler Liero added goals in the first period as the Flyers went up 3-0. This is all the defensive minded Flyers would need as they shut down the Colonials for a convincing 5-0 win.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Hanaway (3), McGeary, Liero
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Wacker (2), Barone, Emerick
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 21 Colonials 14

• (14-NOV-2005) The red hot Jr. Flyers Squirt Minor team welcomed the Ramapo Saints to Ice Line for a Saturday afternoon league match-up. The Saints came out strong and the Flyers battled through a scoreless first period. However, the Jr. Flyers got things going in the second period when Joey Marooney fired a shot just under the crossbar for the first goal of the game. Just a few minutes later, Sean Wacker made it 2-0 in favor of the Flyers. Kevin McGeary tacked on 2 more goals in the 2nd period and the Flyers kept working hard. In the 3rd period, D.J Barbato scored 3 times to earn a hat-trick as the Flyers avenged an early season loss to the Saints and earned the victory, 8-4.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney (2), Wacker, McGeary (2), Barbato (3)
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn, Liero (2), Barbato (2), Emerick, Barone (2), Davis (2), McGeary
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 21 Saints 20
  
  On Sunday, the Flyers faced off against a tough LI Royals team that came into this game with only 1 league loss. The Flyers came at the Royals hard from the opening face off. Kevin McGeary put the Flyers up 1-0 in the 1st period and less than a minute later J.R. Barone made it 2-0. This is all the Flyers would need as the offense (Barbato, Wacker, Liero, Singley, Marooney, Hanaway, McGeary, Barone) provided great back checking, the defensive pairs of Churchvara-Cohn, Davis-Emerick were solid and the outstanding goaltending of Lucas Osborne and Cameron Isen, shut down the Royals to give the Jr. Flyers a well earned 4-1 victory.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: McGeary, Barone, Barbato (2)
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Marooney, Hanaway, Cohn, Emerick, Churchvara
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 28 Royals 18

• (09-NOV-2005) The Jr. Flyers traveled to Pennsauken, NJ for a Saturday afternoon game with their division rival, Philadelphia Jr. Phantoms. The Flyers started the scoring with J.R. Barone putting the puck past the Phantoms goaltender early, but the Phantoms struck back quickly and knotted the score at 1-1. The Flyers took control for most of the 2nd period, building a 4-1 lead, despite the absence of 3 players. The Phantoms mounted a comeback to pull within a goal, but the Jr. Flyers tightened up and held on for a hard fought 4-3 victory.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barone, Barbato, McGeary, Marooney
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Liero, Wacker, McGeary
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 25 Phantoms 21
  
  The NJ Colonials visited Ice Line for a Sunday league match-up. Once again, the Flyers got things going by opening up the scoring. The Flyers built momentum and 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period. If not for some stellar saves by the Colonials goalie, the lead could have been much more because the Flyers continually fired shots at the Colonials net minder the entire game. Not getting pucks over the goal line proved costly as the Colonials managed to tie the game with 6 seconds remaining in regulation to end this match-up in a 3-3 tie.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barone (2), Barbato
  Jr. Flyers Assists: ?
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 34 Colonials 13

• (31-OCT-2005) On Saturday evening, the Jr. Flyers traveled to Bridgewater to face the NJ Rockets. The Flyers started quickly with Joey Marooney scoring just 18 seconds into the game. The flow of the game settled down until D.J. Barbato hit the back of the net, giving the Flyers a 2-0 lead at then end of the first period. The Jr. Flyers then began to dominate play and built a 4-0 lead with goals from Wills Singley and Joey Marooney in the 2nd period. The Flyers had to buckle down in the 3rd because the Rockets were clearly picking up their pace, but the Flyers managed 5 more goals with Joey Marooney picking up another goal for a hat-trick. The Flyers defense (Churchvara, Cohn, Emerick, Davis) played solid despite missing Nick Fischer. Combined with great back-checking, the Flyers allowed only 4 shots by the Rockets the entire game as the Jr. Flyers picked up the victory, 9-1.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney (3), Barbato (2), Singley, Hanaway, Liero, Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Barbato, Cohn (2), Marooney
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 36 NJ Rockets 4
  
  On Sunday, a stout Frederick Fury Squirt AA team visited Ice Line for a non-league match-up. The Fury team brought a great game after traveling 2+ hours to fill in for a last minute cancellation and for that we thank the players and parents of the Frederick Fury hockey club. Both teams came out skating fast with back and forth action the entire game. The Jr. Flyers struck first with Chandler Liero scoring a goal about half-way thru the 1st period. It was at this point in the game that the Jr. Flyers really showed how important it is to work as a team. The Fury picked up the pace in the 3rd period, scoring two quick goals in what was beginning to be a quick comeback for the Fury. However, the Flyers buckled down and began moving the puck with patience and determination and With the help from a solid effort by the defense and goaltending from Cameron Isen and Lucas Osborne, the Flyers earned a hard fought victory, 6-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Liero, Barbato, Barone (2), Hanaway, Wacker
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Marooney, Liero (3), Hanaway, Barbato, Churchvara
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 29 Frederick Fury 20

• (27-OCT-2005) After stringing together three league wins the previous weekend, The Jr. Flyers Squirt Minor Team came into this weekend confident and ready to play.  On Saturday night, the Flyers faced off against the undefeated, highly rated, Long Island Gulls.  The Gulls started strong, taking a 2-0 lead after 1 period.  But the Jr. Flyers showed no fear and quickly turned things around.  D.J. Barbato got loose and scored on a breakaway to make it 2-1.  A few minutes later, defenseman Michael Churchvara made some nifty moves in the zone and shot the puck over the Gull's goaltender to knot the score at 2.  The Jr. Flyers then built momentum and dominated play, taking a 5-2 lead into the 3rd period.  The Gulls did not give up though and came back to knot the score at 5 with about 2 minutes left in the game.  The excitement continued as the Flyers almost pulled the game out with about 40 seconds left; Trevor Cohn stole the puck from a Gulls defenseman and shot one that hit the post and trickled inches from the goal line.  This exciting game ended as a 5-5 tie, but more importantly, gave the Jr. Flyers confidence that they can play with anyone in the AYHL.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barbato, Churchvara, Marooney, McGeary
  Jr. Flyers Assists:
  Shots: Jr. Flyers __,  LI Gulls  __
  
  On Sunday morning, the Jr. Flyers hosted the Suffolk PAL Squirt Minor team.  The Flyers started out fast with Joey Marooney scoring on a breakaway goal 2 minutes into the game.  Suffolk then tightened up, holding the score at 1-0 until Kevin McGeary put the Flyers up, 2-0.  The Flyers then began to dominate play.  The defense was solid with Matthew Emerick and Michael Churchvara keeping the Suffolk offense in check and Zach Davis and Nick Fischer each adding goals on shots from the point.  Cameron Isen was solid in net, picking up the shutout and win, 6-0.   
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, McGeary, Hanaway, Davis, Fischer, Barbato
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn, Churchvara, Barone (2), Singley, Marooney
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 41, Suffolk 15

• (20-OCT-2005) After a long weekend in Rochester at the 1996 AAA Invitational Tournament, the Jr. Flyers Squirt Minor team returned home to face-off against some familiar AYHL League foes. The Flyers finally welcomed their first league game at home against the always tough, Philadelphia Phantoms. The game started slowly with both teams playing somewhat cautious, but the Flyers opened the scoring in the first period with goals from D.J. Barbato and Kevin McGeary. The tempo of the game picked up with the Jr. Flyers building a 4-1 lead into the 3rd period. The Phantoms fought hard and closed the score to 4-3, but the Flyers picked up an insurance goal from Wills Singley to seal the victory, 5-3.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Barbato, McGeary, Marooney, Liero, Singley
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn, Hanaway, Singley, Barbato, Barone, Churchvara
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 26, Phantoms 28
   
  Sunday morning saw the Jr. Flyers travel to Pennsauken for a re-match with the Philadelphia Phantoms. The Phantoms came out hard, starting the scoring early in the first but the Flyers knotted the game soon after with a goal from Joey Marooney. The Flyers were able to turn it up a notch and build a 5-2 lead behind the Barbato, Liero and Barone line. However, that lead slowly slipped away as the Phantoms closed the gap to 5-4. The battle continued and the lead went back up to 7-4, again with the Barbato, Liero, Barone line sparking the Flyers. The Phantoms fought back to get it to 7-6 late in the 3rd period, but the Flyers hung on after some fabulous saves by Lucas Osborne with under a minute to go, to preserve the victory, 7-6.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney, Barbato (2), Singley, Liero (2), Wacker
  Jr. Flyers Assists: McGeary, Liero (2), Barone (3), Hanaway (2), Barbato
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 27, Phantoms 25
   
  The weary Flyers traveled back to Ice Line for a Sunday afternoon match-up with the NJ Colonials. The Flyers came out skating hard and fast, with a 31-8 shot advantage after 2 periods, but the Colonials goalie was up to the task, keeping his team in the game. The Flyers kept on plugging and with solid defense and goaltending from Cameron Isen and Lucas Osborne, the Flyers went on to win this league match-up, 4-2.
  Jr. Flyers Goals: Marooney (2), Hanaway, Barone
  Jr. Flyers Assists: Cohn (2), Barbato, Emerick
  Shots: Jr. Flyers 41, Colonials 21

• (13-OCT-2005) The 1996 Jr. Flyers Squirt Minor team attended the 2nd annual Rochester "96" AAA Invitational Games, October 8-10. The Rochester Americans hosted 16 teams at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY, with teams traveling from Canada and the US. The 1996 Jr. Flyers were in a division with the Guelph Jr. Storm, Monroe County Eagles and the defending tournament champions, South Shore Kings. On Saturday, the Jr. Flyers defeated the Jr. Storm 6-2 and the Monroe County Eagles 8-0. Trevor Cohn had 2 goals vs. the Storm and Derrick Hanaway tallied a hat-trick against the Eagles. Lucas Osborne and Cameron Isen teamed up to secure the shutout in net against the Eagles. The Flyers then faced the unbeaten South Shore Kings on Sunday morning. This game was to decide 1st place in the division. The Jr. Flyers came out strong and played a well balanced game, defeating the Kings, 8-3. Trevor Cohn and Kevin McGeary led the team with aggressive play, scoring four goals and just as many assists. The Jr. Flyers then advanced to the Quarterfinal against their AYHL foe, Mercer Chiefs. Again, the Jr. Flyers played a well balanced game against the always tough Chiefs and earned the victory, 6-2. This victory sent the Jr. Flyers to the tournament semifinals with a 4-0 record. The semifinalists were Detroit's Little Caesars vs. the Providence Capitals, and the Jr. Flyers vs. the Montreal Jr. Mustangs. The Jr. Flyers bowed out in the semifinal game to a highly skilled Mustang team, who went on to win the tournament by beating Little Caesars. Overall, this was a great effort by the players and coaching staff.

• (30-MAY-2005) The Philadelphia JR Flyers 1996 Squirt Minor team went 5-0 at the Philadelphia Shootout Tournament on Memorial Day weekend to capture the tournament championship.  The team defeated the Philadelphia Phantoms 4-1, Tri-State Stars 6-1 and Syracuse Stars 6-4 in the preliminary rounds.  They then went on to defeat the NJ Pro Tec Selects 4-1 in the semi-final game and the Philadelphia Phantoms 2-1 in the championship.  The team played very well, led by an explosive offensive attack and solid defense and goaltending.  The team is coached by Kevin McGeary and assisted by Dave Barbato and Rich Marooney.