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reds should have no problem with IP 2night

Correct, IF they are as good as they say they are

mamo bat ithaca 5-0. cant imagine what suffern will do to them…

I smell a KPV victory over LP. their due. Should b a good one.

I believe it,s Jackass. One word no break, just saying

Postman. Weird post. Not sure who it’s directed at. Boring because every team in d1 except suffern is weak. So there’s no room for argument. Same stuff with Pelham and rye, they are top dogs in d2, nobody fears any of the teams from Brewster I A. There’s nothing to argue about. That being said postman. I’ll be shocked if suffern makes the championship state game. They’re not that great either.

I think Eli made a comment about people like you… something about getting ready to play, he is a doer.. you are a talker who cant do, and possibly never were able to. With the growth of media there are a ton of people Mike Fran being the biggest, who love to talk about how people can be better at something that he cant do, and never could. Very similiar to the people on this blog who say suffern should be doing this, suffern should be playing this team.. if you are so good at it, why aren’t you the coach or AD for suffern??

And what ate you postman? A coach? A player? Why don’t you take all your angry energy and apply it to your job at Walmart, the kids clothing section is a mess!!!! Take some pride in your section will ya? Clown.

Because the mail never stops…......

...I can’t stand Mike Fran…bloviator.

Tension is in the air – could we talk to the AD and coach at Suffern to see if they went to wooden sticks maybe the rest of the section would follow their lead

When does Iona go on their trip to play teams in Sweden?

My thoughts on section 1 hockey, it is the best hockey we have in the area for public schools and we should enjoy it and forget about comparing it to other leagues. Very few players will make it to D-1 colleges or the NHL in the area, the two that I know in the area who have a shot skate out of the BIA (for you BIA haters) and they are Steve Santini and Joe Wegwerth. Most of the real elite players who can afford it or get some help end up in the Prep schools. But I will say I love section 1 hockey – it is exciting and yes I know Suffern right now is the best team – but you never know what can happen in a one game elimination in the playoffs.

to Ok Terrific yes they lost to very good teams in up state but to only lose to them buy one goal is not bad and am telling u nowsuffern going to win this year state

3-2 iona after 1

4-4 after 2

Stopped by to catch the 2nd period of the game at RCDS. Two evenly matched teams that have more depth than an ETB or Brewser, but not the top end talent of those 2 Section One teams. 24 on RCDS stood out. The rest of the skaters on the two teams were solid, if not spectacular. I would put the two teams just behind ETB and Brewster and just ahead of New Ro and Mamo.

Fanotgame they play 18 minute periods section 1 15 min periods correct? It seemed like it was a much faster paced game. It was evenly matched.

3-0 Suffern

I liked the 18 min periods. The RCDS ice is fast. I expected the pace to be faster than it was, though.

KPV – LP updates?

5-0 end of first

6-0 Mounties

Wow 5-2 town is suprising.Finish the job boys.would be a great win.

The Iona V RCDS game was terrific ! Very evenly matched with fast paced back and forth action the entire game ! Clean game and absolutely great game to watch . Bad break for IONA—- but thats hockey !

9-0 Suffern

Suffern can’t find a competitive game.
As for the playoffs, it is almost impossible for Suffern NOT to make it to the semi’s of the state at least. If they get knocked off before the championship game again, I’m thinking that the 1992 team sold their soul to the devil to win that state championship, and in return all other state contenders will lose in the semi’s in heartbreaking fashion. It just can’t happen again. I think they get to the championship this year.
Mamaroneck vs. Pelham tomorrow. Any chance Mamaroneck can play a tough game verse Pelham? I had my doubts vs. Rye and was wrong, so I am hopeful that Mamk can give Pelham a tough game.

Yorktown Final?

10-0 Suffern (Final)
Rocket, I bet Mamaroneck plays Pelham tough, if they jump out on them early, if not it may be a long night.

Just think Mamo vs. Pelham is a close game w/o Reilly playing.

Brewster final town-5 brewster-4 . Brewster looked slow slow slow. I think the long lay off hurt them. As always they gave the puck to Joe and watched. Skill wise I thought Brewster should have handled them put the defense played as sloppy as you could be. Daly played a great 1st period and kept it to a 0-0 game. I dont like to blame refs on the outcomes of games but these two guys were a complete joke. Wegworth was held,hooked and in the last 2 minutes of the game actually tackled and the refs didnt call a thing. I think its a disgrace that just because a player is superior then others on the ice he shouldnt get any calls. Hes obviousely stronger then anyone on the ice so it doesnt look as bad when someone does something to him but as a hockey player its was obvious, I was kinda shocked they werent making any calls. They also missed a clear goal he scored in the 2nd period wegworth went top corner and it popped out but of course they missed it.. I dont understand how u can miss a goal when the net actually moves but whatever. Town played a tough grinding game and wore brewster out at times. Their passing around the net was too much for Brewster’s defense. The defense completly missed assignments and Daly had no shot on a majority of the goals. Brewster’s D also pinched way too much giving Town a number of off man rushes. Feel bad for Brewster as the Rye team was in the stands and was prob laughing that this was one of the teams that they needed to worry about in sectionals. The two teams that played physical with Brewster and grinded out the game beat them (pac and town). If Brewster wants to make any noise in sectionals they better clean up their defense.

Mamo still missing their top two D-men. Going to be very tough for them to hang with Pelham

stopped to check out the brewster yorktown game tonight. it had it all from chanting chickens to wegwerth popin kids. not a bad comeback at the end either

rye won 4 – 0 not impressed

I play for rcds and I can tell you that we didnt play that good of a game of a game tonight. Also I saw some of you say you wanted to see us play more. Wensday night at rcds vs. kingswood oxford, it will be a good game.

all the excuses why brewster lost there is only one reason they lost they were out played and brewster over plays wegwerth and they where him out brewster needs to run a few lines they will go no where in playoffs like this.

every year seems to be a well-coached team. Kids always know where to go and what to do when they get there.

Does anyone know if the journalist who writes these articles has a connection to Pelham? There seems to be a subtle, yet pervasive bias in many of the pieces he writes. Whether it’s a photo, reference, or endorsement, the championing is overt.

I don’t see any mention in Mike’s piece above. But why shouldn’t he reference one of the strongest teams in the section? Conspiracy? No, and sort of a pathetic theory on your part.
Let me guess… ETB fan, Bertram?

Hey facts,
Ever since those “top 2 d men” have been out, mamk has played much better and are winning.

Ok Terrific – Mamo has won 5 out of last 6 with Danehy missing 2 games and Schiff missing all, so you partially correct. They are learning how to play without them and did a smart thing by taking one of their best skaters, who was playing on the third line, and put him back on D. This has also meant that the third line has been getting less ice time, which has allowed the first two lines to get more into the flow of the game.

In the end though, it will be very difficult for them to do anything wthout these two plyers. You win games from the goal on out and next to your goaltender, the D men are most vital to a teams success. Look no further than the Rangers this year to validate this point.

I too am curious to see if #10 plays for Pelham tonight. With that being said let me start by stating that I root for the Pelicans and am very surprised at the way coach Witz is allowing this to play out. I recall a few years back he sat 2 players for missing a practice because of travel hockey. And then I hear that in what might be the only chance for payback from last years state semi they don’t show up with full squad? Has last years coach of the year gone soft? Hate to stir the pot but if this were ETB there would be 200 hundred comments bashing them.

Facts,

Mamaroencks D men are keeping it simple, something they have never done in the past and are focusing only on D. The D men that took their place are playing D… and thats it. The third line player that was moved to D, should have been one of their top 4 d men to begin with, but Mamk often falls in love with the flash and dash of individual talent on D…. and never reign them in.
If you think that having only two lines of offense is going to help Mamk, you are very wrong. Good teams will wear them down. And because some of Mamaronecks forwards on the first two lines don’t backcheck or play any sort of defense in their own zone…. I think Pelham will dismantle Mamaroneck and win. But hey, I thought Rye would win too and was happily wrong.
It is not a coincidence that since these injuries, mamaroneck is playing much better and winning games. Maybe they are realizing KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.
As for NED,
I can’t tell if you are ripping Mike, or teasing him. Watch it, you don’t want to get banned or else there goes your writing career that your mom likes to brag about. I think you may have stumbled on a new name for Combotown…. Lets morph ours together and now call them …....
COMBOSCOTOWN !!!!!!! I think that is a winner.

Please ned be quie..We’re lucky to have this blog.Seriously, if you don’t wanna chat hockey please stop posting

Theres a huge difference between “travel hockey” and junior A. That might be the explanation

Rocket fuel-thanks for letting me know.I know you guys like to goof off sometimes and he is a contributor peace

Thanks Fuel.

Some people are a bit sensitive.
Dougherty gets enough hate mail and threats, someone needs to keep it light around here.

I have watched more hockey in my life than I care to admit, so I know obvious late hits when I see them. And no, my son was not getting manhandled or outplayed on the ice. Perhaps these late hits are okay in Junior A. I cannot speak to that. In Section 1 ice hockey, few players get away with it the way Wegwerth was last night. He is a heck of a player, but the refs should have called him the same way they call everyone else. When a player starts to skate at a player when the puck is already gone, that is not finishing a check. I don’t blame him for doing it. If the refs are not going to call it, you might as well take advantage of what they give you and see if you can intimidate the other team’s players (although I don’t think Yorktown was intimidated by him last night).

Rocket

You are correct that it will be tough for Mamo to hang with Pelham playing prmarily two lines. However, aside from when playing against Pelham and Suffern, this strategy works out quite well because most Section 1 teams lack depth. It certainly worked out well against Rye where the 3rd line only saw a couple of strategic shifts – ie. offensive zone – each period.

Perhaps if Chap had his best players on the ice more often they would have beat teams such as Scarsdale and New Ro earler in the year? Instead he just rolled three lines trying to “build” depth. But guess what – the depth he had last year is not there this year and maybe he has recently resigned himself to this fact? We’ll see….

While we are on the topic – no so at last weeks L/P-Mahopac game – Mahopac parents & players continue to clap & mock opposing player in the lobby after the game, I guess they can’t tell L/P players from their own, there was no Mahopac player exiting before or after the L/P player, you all know who you are….no class….the L/P parents cheered for their players after their first league win for the same reason those claim Mahopac did, the only difference is the L/P parents refrained and showed respect for the Mahopac players when they exited or else you would have already heard and read about it.

OK first off, you can have your opinion, and I can have mine. Just because we don’t agree doesn’t mean either of our opinions is stupid. Fact is fact,the third line was playing an equal amt to the first two lines earlier. Could that be why they struggled maybe? Who know? Second, the Rye game was a total team effort. There were few quality scoring chances for Rye, and that was due to soild play bythe D and responsible defensive play by the forwards. The goaltending was there to thwart Rye on the few opps they did generate. Third – you are wrong on the goal scorers in the Rye game. Goals scored by Bellis, Mullaney and Ferguson – ALL FORWARDS!!! Lastly – I agree with you, they will probably struggle to keep it a game vs. Pelham. Pelham is a very deep team that has played plenty of quality opposition – unlike Rye.

marcel woods …....... 10 will play tonight so that should take care of your curiousity issues. questioning whether witz is getting soft is not your concern; its always the coaches call. taking him to task when you don’t know all the facts is really sad. gee …...... we are so blessed you are a pelham fan; if you weren’t, witz would need to wear armor to the rink.

the officials need to call better games, its getting worse not better. this needs to be addressed before the playoffs begin or this blog will be flooded.

0-0 end of 1. Pel mamk game

Final score 6-0 Pelham. Shots 36-11 Pelham. After first period Mamo had total of only 4 or 5 shots.

everybody poking at wegwerth, late hits, one man show, blah blah blah, gues what? kids only a sophmore, got 2 more years around this league. All you haters better check yourself. just sayin…

Section 1 Hockey, so your point is that it’s hockey, so there are no rules and anything goes? It’s hockey not figure skating, so don’t complain if a kid hits high? It’s hockey, not figure skating, so don’t complain when a kid uses his stick as a weapon? It’s hockey not figure skating, so don’t complain when a kid hits from behind? Late hits are illegal under the rules. End of discussion. If you think he did not make multiple late hits in the Yorktown game, then just explain why the hits were legal. “It’s hockey, not figure skating,” is not a legitimate argument or point.

Section 1 Hockey, you obviously did not understand a word I said, or the point I was making. If you think that the size of the Yorktown crowd is relevant to the point under discussion, so be it. I don’t think we are going to get anywhere, so we’ll just disagree on what constitutes a late hit and leave it at that.