LoHud Hockey Blog

The first couple of weeks of the season are slow, but we’ve got a couple of promising teams on the ice today. Rye Country Day is a fun team, go check them out before we’re done. Harvey also has some talent and might be among the 10 best in the power rankings once they prove they have chemistry, as well.

Post scores if you’re out watching, I have computer training all day, so I’m staying in.

Wednesday, Nov. 30
Sleepy Hollow/Irvington vs. Nyack/Tappan Zee
Portledge at RCDS, 5 p.m.
Harvey vs. Fieldston, at Riverbank State Park, 6:15 p.m.

Girls
RCDS at Canterbury

Yesterday
Brewster 3, Pawling 2
New Rochelle 5, Rye Town/Harrison 3
ETB 6, Pearl River 4

We’ve had some interesting back and forth in the past over some of the worst songs to ever hit the airwaves, so with that in mind, I’m going to post a weekly music video. And the selections will come from the ‘80s. I know, it was a bad hair decade. These are the songs I listened to in high school and college. These are the songs I now play to get back at my kids for subjecting me to LMFAO.

First up is Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello, a modern-day Buddy Holly. I like this song for obvious reasons …

Carmel Rams
Conference: I
Last year’s record: 10 – 11
Head coach: Thomas J. Domicoli
Assistants: Jim Oliver, Mike Lauria
Home rink: Brewster Ice Arena
Returning lettermen: 14
Forwards: Abdulla Salih, Connor Carroll, Jackie Barnes, James Sallabarry, Dan Smith, Paul Garafalo, Mike McCabe, James McQuade, Tyler Spirdigliozzi, Tyler Alphonsetti, Matt Rattigan, Mike Gamby.
Defensemen: Austin King, Kevin Murphy, JR Gamby, Austin Ludwig, Brendan Smith, Paul Murphy Robert McQuade.
Goalies: Gray Barnes, Ryan Smith, Joe Stallone.
Rivalry game: Mahopac
Outlook: “With many returning players and new editions we are expecting to improve upon last years record. We only lost two key players from last year, and we have more than filled the holes left behind and not only have become a deeper team, but a more talented team across the board.” – Thomas Domicoli

We’ve actually got a pretty good matchup with RTH and it’s senior-dominated lineup going against New Rochelle, which is young but very experienced. And finally … Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville hits the ice. The question is, who’s going to be in uniform? Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

Tuesday, Nov. 29
Rye Town/Harrison vs. New Rochelle, 8:30 p.m. at the Ice Hutch
Pearl River vs. ETB, 6:30 p.m. at the Ice Hutch
Brewster vs. Pawling, 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Pawling

Yesterday
No games scheduled

Sean Henderson
Brewster
The week that was: The sophomore forward (14) had four goals and two assists in a 12-4 win against Fox Lane, three goals in a 5-3 win against Carmel and three goals in a 6-3 win over New Rochelle in the McLaughlin Division finale at the Conference I Preseason Icebreaker tournament.

Varsity coaches wishing to nominate a player should e-mail supporting information to mdougher@lohud.com by noon on Monday.

Pearl River Pirates
Conference: IV
Last year’s record: 7-12-0
Head coach: Tony Capone
Assistants: Brian DelSavio
Home rink: Sport-O-Rama
Returning lettermen: 17
Top Forwards: Mike Henry, Chris Alexander, Connor McMorrow, Brendan O’Dea, Pat Burns, Kevin Murphy.
Top defensemen: Gary Healy, Aedan Brown, Max McGee, Kyle McDonald, Pat Gannon, Brian Metcalfe.
Goalies: Lowell Hunt, Liam McArdle.
Rivalry game: Nyack/Tappan Zee.

A new policy goes into effect on Thursday requiring folks who post comments on LoHud.com to do so via Facebook, which essentially means the veil has been lifted. Names will be named. That policy will not apply to blog comments … at least for now.

Believe it or not, even the craziest hockey fanatics are far more civil than some of the knuckleheads who push very personal agendas by attaching comments to online stories.

For the record, I like the setup we have here now. The blog is mostly fun. I’d like to keep it that way. That being said, please stick with a username. And don’t steal one that’s already in play. Yesterday, we had one individual comment under chshl, iona, dump and chase and foxes. That kind of behavior could potentially force a change somewhere down the road.

Hendrick Hudson Sailors
Conference: I-B
Last year’s record: first year in Section 1
Head coach: Steve Grilli
Assistants: Bob Dalton, Mike Grean, Rick Dalton
Home rink: Brewster Ice Arena
Returning lettermen: 13 (team played at club level)
Forwards: Kevin Brennan, Scott Cole, Brett Dalton, Paul Dorsa, Matthew Ledwin, Brett Malinowski, Ian Melomo, Darren Perilli, Dillon Persaud, Tyler Schunk, Ben Solnick, Sean Sweeny.
Defensemen: Conor Briggi, Brian Ciboso, Chris Ciboso, Kenny Garrett, Jake Rose, Nick Rose, Matthew Solnick.
Goalies: Zach Shapiro, Michael Ciofalo.
Rivalry game: Too soon to tell
Outlook: We’re all excited about our inaugural season playing in Section 1. Our players are working hard at practices, on and off the ice. Our objective for the season is to take one game at a time. Hopefully, we will learn a little more about our identity as a team with each game played. We’re looking forward to a fun and competitive season.” – Steve Grilli

Here’s the first list of the regular season, based on a very small body of work. We’re going to find out more about Suffern later this week when it heads upstate and we’ve got a head-to-head clash between Mamaroneck and White Plains. Pelham and Rye both play Shaker-Colonie, so we should get some idea how they stack up this weekend.

LoHud Hockey Power Rankings
Week 1

1. 1. Suffern (2-0) – Only the names have changed
2. 2. Pelham (1-1) – Survived a little adversity
3. 3. RCDS (0-0)- Open against Portledge on Wednesday
4. 4. Rye (0-0) – Start with Shaker-Colonie on Friday
5. 6. Mamaroneck (1-1) – Got more experience upstate
6. nr Mahopac (3-0) – Loving the new system
7. 7. ETB (0-0) – Gets under way tomorrow vs. Pearl River
8. 5. Iona Prep (0-2-1) – Looking for a spark
9. 8. White Plains (2-1) – Dealing with a learning curve
10. nr Brewster (3-0) – Supporting cast is pretty good

Division I
1. 1. Suffern
2. 2. Mamaroneck
3. 3. ETB
4. 8. Mahopac
5. 4. White Plains
6. 6. New Rochelle
7. 5. Clarkstown
8. nr RTH

Division II
1. 1. Pelham
2. 2. Rye
3. 4. Brewster
4. 3. John Jay
5. nr Yorktown
6. 6. Scarsdale
7. 7. Greeley
8. nr Byram Hills

It’s a quiet day except for a scrimmage here and there. The only downside to the Icebreaker Tournament is the fact that most of Conference I is now off until later in the week.

Monday, Nov. 28
No games scheduled

Yesterday
Conference I Preseason Icebreaker Tournament at BIA
Orlando Division
Mahopac 7, John Jay 6 – Championship
Byram Hills 5, Lakeland/Panas 2
Greeley 5, Kennedy/Putnam Valley 2
Somers 7, NFA 2

McLaughlin Division
Brewster 6, New Rochelle 3 – Championship
Yorktown 5, Carmel 2
Pawling 4, Hen Hud 3
Fox Lane 3, Ossining 1

White Plains Invitational
Monroe Woodbury 7, White Plains 1
Clarkstown 4, Stepinac 3

St. Anthony’s 8, Iona Prep 2