posted 12/07/2011
Jan 22, 2012
SQUIRT
Penguins vs White Sabres
The Squirt Penguins and the White Sabre’s had the fans on the edge of their seats in a close fought battle. In the end the Penguins prevailed despite a stellar performance by the White Sabre’s goalie Noah Spiecz. Noah spoiled 4 breakaway attempts of the Penguin’s. The White Sabre’s opened the scoring in the first period on a nice wrist shot by Jacob O’Donnell that beat the Penguin’s goalie high glove side. Jacob was set up on a nice feed from Matt Murphy. The Penguin’s goalie, Jack DeMeo, stood strong for the remainder of the game to earn the win. The Penguin’s 1st tally came from James Luby who came streaking down the left side to score at the buzzer just before the 1st period ended. Brian Colmerauer sprung James loose on a nice breakout pass to earn the assist. Brian Colmeraeur score the game winning goal on a quick wrist shot right off of the faceoff he won from the right circle in the White Sabre’s zone.
BANTAM
Blackhawks 2 vs. Penguins 1
A spirited match between practice partners ended in a 2-1 win for the Blackhawks. Goalies Griff Capolla and Zak Wirfel kept a zero-zero tie until deep into the third period, when Mike Boyd scored off a rebound from a Chris Leonard shot. Josh Yetman added the Hawks second goal with a nice feed from Alex Pumm and B-man Hoskin. The Penguins took control for the last 2 minutes and Locke Wischman finally beat Capolla on shot from Derek Dorr. B-man’s stingy D, iced the game late in the third as the Blackhawks held on for the win.
January 8, 2012
PEEWEE
White Sabres = 4, Penguins =3
In net for the White Sabres is #11 Travis Barlog
And in net for the Penguins is #6 Jared Lux
January 15, 2012
PEEWEE
White Sabres = 5, Blackhawks =3
January 8, 2012
PEEWEE
White Sabres = 4, Penguins =3
In net for the White Sabres is #11 Travis Barlog
And in net for the Penguins is #6 Jared Lux
First Period: Sabres take the lead with a goal by defensemen #3 Jacob Schinzel. Penguins come back with a goal by #10 Steven Heimburg. Sabres forward #14 Michael Venstresca puts one in the back of the net to give the Sabres a 2 to 1 lead at the end of the first period.
Second Period: The lone goal scored by the White Sabres #1 Evan Shanley. Sabres lead 3 to 1.
Third Period: Evan Shanley for the Sabres scores another goal early in the period to give the Sabres a 4 to 1 lead. Penguins mount a comeback late in the third period with 2 goals by #1 Devin Doyle. The last minute in the period was intense with Sabres having a tough time to get it out their zone and pressure by the Penguins. Penguins could not put the puck in the net and the Sabres win the game by a score of 4 to 3.
Week of 12-18-11
MITES
Blackhawks 9, Sabres 3
Another full house at the town arena saw the Mite Blackhawks beat the Blue Sabres 9-3 on Sunday. It was a back and fourth game in the first period with strong play by both teams. Nicholas Szlapak was huge in the net for the Hawks allowing only 3 goals on 23 shots. Owen Quinlivan and Ryan Spiesz continued with strong play on their lines. Scoring for the Hawks were Joey Muldowney, Aidan Meade and Ryan Walsh. Quinlivan and Sammy Chiavetta both had assists. # 15 for the Sabres led the way for them scoring 2. Sticht and Fay played very well for the Sabres.
Hamburg Municipal Hockey Association
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Pee Wee Division –8 AM
Bruins vs. Penguins
(Hamburg, NY) The Hamburg Bruins used a quick start and some strong defense to dispatch the Penguins by a score of 2-0 on the Nike Base pond.
In the game’s first minute, the Bruins controlled the puck from the opening face of and gained the Penguins’ zone. Cody Flett found and open Brian Pienta for a quick marker to make the game 1-0 in favor of the Black & Yellow.
Both teams had chances repeatedly in the first period but failed to capitalize on opportunities afforded them. Not until the 2:50 mark of the first stanza did the Bruins up their lead. Anthony Obrochta worked the break out play to perfection to find a cruising Flett. Flett threaded another pass to Pienta who found a propitious bounce and recorded his second goal of the morning.
The game became a defense struggle. Dave Lauria had his best game of the year defensively shutting down numerous Bruins’ forays into the Pens zone. The Bears found his equal in the form of Colt “45” Randon and Tom DiSimone.
The quickly improving Tyler Kowalski and heady Steven Heimburg kept the Pens in contention all game long. The defensive pairing of Connor McMillan and Jonah Kozak thwarted the Penguins time after time.
Lucas Waite and Tristan Higgins tried to give the Bruins a greater advantage but were stymied by the play of the Penguins keeper Jared Lux. 180 feet away, Nick Merlino wove a masterful web of style and acrobatics to earn the shutout for the Bruins.
Jordan “Freight Train” Rusin, Matt Cook, and Jacob Rauker played strong with endless pressure through forechecking.
Week of Dec 11, 2011
MITES
Blackhawks 2, Stars 1
A packed house at Leisure saw a tight one as the Blackhawks edged the Stars 2-1. Ryan Walsh stunned the Stars with a great game in the net . Ryan McCarthy and Zach Easton played great games on defense for the hawks. Crazy legs Muldowney netted both goals for the Hawks. The Stars lone goal was scored on a great play by Komorowski. Next week the Hawks take on the Blue Sabres.
SQUIRTS
White Sabres 4, Penguins 2
The Penguins came out of the gate flying in this game, jumping out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal from Brian Columerauer. Some solid goaltending from Noah Spiesz kept the game close until the Sabres got their offense going, scoring a goal late in the 1st period by Jake O'Donell to tie the score. A spectacular glove save by Noah Spiesz early in the second period seemed to change the momentum of the game, with a beautiful breakaway goal shortly there after coming off the stick of Christian Maeder after the "Toyota Save of the Game" to give the Sabres a 2-1 lead which held up through 2 periods. A goal by Jenna Dickson early in the 3rd period gave the Sabres a 2 goal lead which was short lived as James Luby got the Penguins back to within a goal at the 5 minute mark of the 3rd period. Eddie Travis then put the last goal of the game into an empty net to seal the victory for the Sabres.
Bruins 6, Islanders 3
The Bruins topped the Islanders 6 - 3 on December 11, 2011. The game was a lot closer than the score as each team traded goals and went into the third period tied at three. The swift skating Traina bagged two for the Islanders along with #7 Marzulo. Michael Willard had a helper. Bruin's goals were scored by Michael Stuhr with two and Taylor Vogel with one. Plenty of helpers were provided by Ryan Chwojdak, Zach Eisenmann, Cole Moon and Caroline Dubill. The tight battle, with Bruin Yellow and Islander Orange continued into the third when the Technicolor contest broke open with goals by Moon and Aaron Burns. Stuhr completed his hat trick and the scoring to make it 6 - 3 Bruins. Haden Nowak, Madeline Ferro, Kyle Duderwick and Dubill had assists.
PEEWEE
Pee Wee Sabres (white) = 7, Bruins = 1
Sabres on home ice, take to the Bruins for the first time this year.
Between the pipes for the Sabres is #11 Travis Barlog and for the Bruins is Nick Merlino.
The first period was controlled by the Sabres with goals by #1 Evan Shanley, #2 Owen Bean, #12 Michael Donner and #6 Sean Riley. Great passing and strong Defense give the Sabres a 4 to 0 lead at the end of the first period.
Second period: Evan Shanley scores his second goal with a deek on Bruins goalie Nick Merlino.
Third period: Trying to guard his shutout, Sabres goalie #11 Travis Barlog had one put past him by Bruins forward #3 Tristen Higgins. Sabres quickly race back and get two more goals by #9 Jonathen Seier.
Sabres win over the Bruins by a score of 7 to 1.
BANTAM
Penguins =1, Blackhawks =1
In a hard hitting, physical game, the Penguins and Blackhawks skate to a 1-1 tie. The Penguins scored first on a nice one-timer by John Busse, set up with a perfect pass from Locke Wischmann. Towards the end of the 2nd period, Alex Vasiloff put one in with a pass from Dan Salansky. No scoring in the 3rd period thanks to Griff Cappola and Zak Wirfel, both having great games between the pipes.
Week of 12/4/11
MITE
Blackhawks 4, Ducks 4
Blackhawks took early lead on Ducks with 2 goals By Sammy Chiavetta. Ducks goalie made a ton of great saves. After a great back and forth game it ended in a 4-4 tie. Joey Muldowney and Ryan Walsh also scored for the Blackhawks. Ryan Spiesz and Nathan Holst played strong games for the Hawks. Mike Riegle and Kyle Keane scored 2 goals each for the Ducks. What is being billed as the game of the year features Hawks v Stars next Sunday at Leisure.
SQUIRT
Blue Sabres vs Penguins
The Dec 4th, 12 pm Squirt House game, between the Blue Sabres and the Penguins was an exciting hard fought game. The Penguins came out the gate strong by scoring the first three goals from Jack Kernitz, who had banged one off the post just a few seconds prior. Jack DeMeo followed shortly after with a quick wrist shot to the far side and Brian Colmerauer skated his way to a breakaway goal to put the Penguins up by three. The Sabres scored 2 power plays goals from Tyler Witkowski and Owen Gifford mid way through the 3rd to pull within one. Finally with just a few minutes left on the clock Seth Heeter went hard to the net and scored to preserve the win for goalie Brandon Kempski.
PEEWEE
White Sabres = 4, Blackhawks = 1
BANTAM
Penguins =2, Blue Sabres =1
Sabres goalie: #11 Travis Barlog
Blackhawks goalie: #1 Szabala
Fast moving, high speed game between the Penguins and the Blue Sabres. Great defensive game with no scoring the first 2 periods. The Sabres scored 1st with a nice unassisted goal by Josh Best. The Penguins answered back quickly 1 minute later with a goal by Locke Wischmann assisted by Derek Dorr. Jacob Fiorello scored the game winner with 20 seconds left on the clock.
Week of 11/27/11
MITES
Blackhawks 4, Penguins 2
Mite blackhawks got their first win 4-2 over Penguins . Great goaltending by Dominik Szalapak. Joey Muldowney scored 2. Sammy the bull Chiavetta got 1 as did Aidan Meade.
First period: Sabres take the lead with a behind the goal shot that hit the goalies skate and went in by #6 Sean Riley.
Second Period: Sabres take a Two goal lead with a goal by #12 Michael Donner. Shortly afterwards, Sean Riley of the Sabres score his second goal of the evening..
Third period: Blackhawks make an attempt to get back into the game with a high flying shot by #11 Dylan Winter. With 1:14 seconds left in the game, #12 Michael Donner scores his second goal of the night.
The game ends with a score of Sabres 4, Blackhawks 1
SQUIRT
Bruins vs Penguins
The Bruins and Penguins skated to a 2 -2 tie this Sunday. Early saves by Penguin goalie Chris Brooks kept the game scoreless through the first period. Near the end of the second period, Bruin Zack Meinczinger put one home off a nice feed from Taylor Vogel. The Penguins put pressure on the Bruins and finally solved goalie Michael Stuhr with just under six minutes to go. Seth Heeter scored off a feed from Jocob Valachos. Then less than two minutes later the Penguins scored again from a nice shot from Brandon Goodwin. Peyton Simmons supplied the pass. However, the Bruins were not done with this see-saw battle. With under two minutes to go Aaron Burns scored on a nice skating play to knot the game at two a piece.
BANTAM
Bruins-4, Penguins-4
The Bruins and Penguins skate to a 4-4 tie. The Penguins jumped out to a 2 goal lead in the 1st period with goals by Locke Wischmann and Derek Dorr. Jacob Fiorello and Derek Dorr had the assists. The Bruins responded quickly in the 2nd, scoring the next 3 goals. Brendan Solinski, Calvin Gath and Matthew Niles had the goals and Mitch Knihinicki, Jordan Tasker and John Kwiatkowski each had an assist. The Penguins scored 2 more with goals by Locke Wischmann and Andrew Solowski. Brendan Zimmerman assisted. The Bruins Jordan Tasker added 1 in the 3rd to tie the game. Brendan Solinski and Johnathon Strawbrich got the assists.
Week of 11/20/11
SQUIRT
Penguins vs Islanders
On Sunday Nov. 20th 2011, there was a hard fought battle between the Squirt Islanders and the Penguins. The Islanders struck quick scoring shortly after the puck was dropped to start the game on a goal by #5 Dzman. The Penguins quickly turned the tide with 5 unanswered goals by Jack Demayo, Peyton Simmons, Jack Kernitz, Jerret Torgeson, and Chris Brooks. The Islanders had a never give up attitude and closed the gap with two quick goals late in the 3rd period by #14 Wright and # 16 Randon. The Islanders pulled their goalie for the final push though, Penguins goalie, Jacob Valachos held on for the win.
PEEWEE
Hamburg Hawks Hockey Association
Sunday, November 20, 2011 – 6:30 PM
Nike Base
Pee Wee Division
Bruins – 7 Blackhawks – 0
(Hamburg, NY) The old adage states, “Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.” When a fortuitous bounce or two and a display of talent combine on a given evening, the results can be devastating. The Pee Wee Bruins combined some great play and a goalpost or three into a 7-0 victory over a persistent Blackhawks team.
After nearly eight minutes of scoreless hockey, the Bruins’ Tristan Higgins put the “Black & Yellow” on the scoreboard. Higgins capitalized on great passing from Connor McMillan and Jacob Rauker to give the bears a 1-0 lead. Barely, a minute and a half later, the B’s would increase their lead by one goal courtesy of Lucas “I can’t” Waite. Waite backhanded home an opportunity courtesy of “Commander” Cody Flett and Matt Cook. Cook’s play at defensive allowed the play to cycle back to the net for the goal.
The Bruins took the 2-0 lead into the break when the “Professor” Higgins upped the Bruins’ lead to 3-0. Jonah Kozak moved the loose puck up the ice where it was deposited in the ‘Hawks net at the 7:50 mark of the second. The Bruins would keep up their assault on the ‘Hawks net but were turned aside by keeper Elliot Szabla.
On the other end of the pond, Bruins’ net minder Nick “The Magician” Merlino thwarted seemingly endless Blackhawks rushes. Merlino and his friendly goalposts turned away Dylan Winter and Jared Milley. Merlino’s big plays were the catalyst for more offense 180 feet away.
Merlino kicked a shot into the corner where it was corralled by Ben “The Mongoose” McEwen. The “Mongoose” saucered a pass to a speeding Colt “45” Randon who then created a 2-1 break with Tom DiSimone. Randon threaded the black disc to an open DiSimone who ripped a shot to the low right side for a 4-0 Blackhawks advantage.
Before the second period would reach its coda, “Professor” Higgins would enter the realm of the hallowed Hockey Trinity for the first time in the 2011-2012 season. McMillan tossed a “McMIllicious” pass over to Flett who found the Good Dr. unimpeded to nimbly deposit his third biscuit in the cage for a hat trick and a 5-0 Bruins’ lead at the end of two periods of play.
The ensuing third period held to form as the Bruins continued the team’s offensive output. McMillan recorded a marker at 8:51 of the third courtesy of Kozak and Higgins. Higgins fed a puck into the corner where Kozak won the battle to put the puck in position for McMillan to finish a tic tac toe play and a 6-nil lead.
Brian Pienta put an exclamation point on the evening adding a seventh goal for the B’s. Jordan “Freight Train” Rusin toiled the dirty work and mined gold as he found Pienta in the slot. Pienta wasted no time finding the “five hole” for the 7-0 final.
Defensively, Connor Higgins, Anthony Obrochta, Tyler “Roadhouse” Dalton, and Max Gotthelf played stellar defensively to ensure Merlino his first clean sheet of the season.
Ben Taylor’s heady play for the Blackhawks should not go unnoticed as the ‘Hawks played tough from start to finish.
House League Play 11/13/2011
MITE
Stars 10 Penguins 2
On Sunday, the season opener for the Hawks Mites, the Pittsburgh Penguins met the Dallas Stars at the Nike Base. The first period started out a little slow until the Stars 'Moose' Mancuso punched in a goal in the 1st period from his defense position in a pinch mode. That was followed by a goal from Jarrett Jou, in the first period. The Penguins put up a fight with a goal late in the 2nd period from Kozub. The Stars answered with several more goals including one each from Jones and Komorowksi. The Penguins' Kozub scored again in the 3rd on a breakaway with a fantastic pass from the defense to a breaking winger. However, the Stars ended up pulling it out with Jou and 'Moose' Mancuso both receiving a hat-trick in a 10-2 victory.
SQUIRT
Blue Sabres 3 Penguins 3
The Squirt Blue Sabres and Penguins had the fans on the edge of their seats in an exciting 3-3 opening game tie. James Luby started the scoring early in the first period on a rebound shot from Brian Colmerauer to put the Penguins up 1-0. The tide quickly changed when Bryan Rechen scored on a feed from Sam Ruffino to tie the game. Just 1minute and 36 seconds later Edward Van Etten set up Brandon Novia for a wrist shot from near the point to put the Sabres up by one. The Sabres held the lead despite the Penguins peppering goalie Mason Gonzalez with a number of shots until Brian Colmerauer tied the game on an unassisted breakaway at 5:12 of the second period. The scored stayed knotted until 4:36 left in the 3rd when Brian Rechan scored, from in front of the net on a redirected tip in from a beautiful feed from Sam Ruffino from deep in the right corner, a highlight reel goal. Time was quickly running down when the Penguins pulled their stellar goalie Maximillion Haak for the extra attacker. Brian Colmerauer scored on his second breakaway of the game to tie the game as time ran out. The fans really got their money’s worth in this exciting matchup.
PEEWEE
Bruins 3 Penguins 2
Hamburg Municipal Hockey Association
Sunday, November 13, 2011
6:15 AM – Leisure Rinks
(Helsinki, Finland) The Pee Wee Bruins and Penguins kicked off the 2011-2012 Hamburg Hockey Season before the first glint of sunlight hit the Eastern horizon. The crispness and light frost of the early morning air gave a European feel to two teams eager to start the new hockey campaign. Both teams’ work ethic was obvious, but in the game’s waning moments, Tommy DiSimone turned the contest’s final minute into the Bruins’ finest hour.
Thirty five seconds after the Penguins tied the game at 2-2, DiSimone outraced the defense to score the decisive goal in a 3-2 Bruins victory over the feisty Penguins in an evenly matched game.
In a chess match between head coaches Bob Flett and Dave Lauria, the Penguins made the first move courtesy of the alliterative Devin Doyle. Doyle capitalized on great work from teammate Sam Attea to break the first period stalemate and give the Pens a 1-0 advantage at the 5:04 mark of the first stanza.
The Penguin defense thwarted successive rushes by the Bruins backstopped with the stellar goalkeeping of Jared “Subway” Lux. With only 1:57 left on the first period clock, McMillan opened the Bruins 2011 account with a nifty assist from DiSimone to knot of the game 1-1.
The second period turned into a defensive struggle and goaltending battle as the Pens’ Lux and the Bruins’ Nick “The Magician” Merlino stonewalled shot after shot at both ends of the pond. The Bruins Brian Pienta and Jordan “Freight Train” Rusin witnessed seemingly sure goals turned aside by Lux while Merlino was equal to the task against Trevor Fadale and the ferocious Anthony Ferro.
Austin Lederhouse created opportunities with his play for the Pens while Ben “The Mongoose” McEwen did his best Bobby Orr impression with end to end rushes from his defensive position.
The game looked sure to end in a 1-1 deadlock, but don’t tell that to the Bruins and Penguins. After nearly 24 minutes of scoreless hockey, the teams combined for three goals in the final 1:22 for a frenetic, fantastic finish to the season opener.
With less than 90 seconds on the clock, the Bruins Colt “45” Randon picked up a loose puck at center ice that he transitioned over to defense mate Jonah Kozak. Kozak used the sideboards to find a speeding Cody Flett who finally solved the Lux enigma to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
Undaunted, the Pens forged a comeback only 10 seconds later. Steve Heimburg and Dave Lauria used puck movement to spring Doyle who ripped in his second of the contest to tie the game at 2-2.
With the crowd in a frenzy and the game in the balance, Coach Flett must have had Guy Fieri on speed dial because it took the Bruins less than a “minute to win it” with DiSimone’s goal from McMillan and Gotthelf. Jacob Rauker’s tough left wing play opened up space on the ice to send DiSimone on the decisive breakaway after Tyler “Roadhouse” Dalton intercepted a Penguins pass headed for the Bruins’ zone.
The Bruins will catch an early morning flight back to Hamburg for a Sunday evening contest at the Nike Base Arena next Sunday evening.
Islanders 5 Blackhawks 1
The Peewee Islanders got off to a great start of the season with a convincing 5-1 victory over the Blackhawks.
The Islandesr started the scoring at 7:30 of the first period with Keegan O'Connor knocking in a loose puck in front of the Blackhawks goalie Elliott Szabala. Islander goalie Joe Lotempio kept the Blackhawks off the scoreboard with some great saves.
The second period the Islanders poured it on with 3 goals. O'Connor got his second of the game by deflecting in a pass from Jeff Heferle from the point. Austin Kennedy scored his first of the season on a breakaway halfway through the second. O'Connor completed his hat trick with an unassisted goal late. J. Milley scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks on a rebound shot from Dylan Winter.
Colin Bartoo completed the scoring with a great shot from the right circle over a sprawling Szabala.
The 3 stars of the game went to: 1st O'Connor(Islanders); 2ndMilley(Blackhawks); 3rd Kennedy(Islanders)
BANTAM
Blackhawks 4 Blue Sabres 2
Timely goals, tough defense and solid goaltending paced the Blackhawks to a 4-2 win over the Blue Sabres. Josh Yetman open the scoring with a nice feed from Mike Boyd. Alex Vasiloff put the Hawks up 2-0 with a pretty unassisted goal. T.J. Wolf, off a tape to tape pass from Josh Best got the Sabres back in the game. Boyd picked up his second point with a rebound off a Tyler Jacobs point shot to give the Hawks their two goal cushion. Alex Pumm made it 4-1 with tic-tac-toe passes from Dan Salansky and Reese Schara. T.J. got his second of the game, off a mad scrum, as the Sabres looked like angry hornets buzzing around the nest. But the Blackhawks behind stellar goaltending of Brandon Anderson and Griff Coppola wear able seal the deal!
