From the desk of: THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Taking Body Blows and Counter Punching; Coach Miller's Boys Will be Fighting to the Very End.
So where are we? Who are we? And what are we doing? Sorry, since attending Ace's birthday party in The Hangar two weeks ago, I've had New York Giants of the brain.
The A's are currently skating with the second division in fifth place. Although Brooklyn (55) has more total points than fourth place Akwesasne (51), the Warriors lead the Aviators by percentage points. Cape Cod, Delaware, and Danville, round out the FHL trailers.
New Jersey has been, and still is the clear cut power of the circuit with 93 points this season. Second place 1000 Islands trails them by thirteen points. And Danbury has recently made a climb in the standings (59 points) into third place.
Fourteen games remain on the schedule. The A's will have between their February 2nd game versus Danbury, and March 4th, to earn themselves a spot along with the top seeds for a hopeful spot in the playoffs. The team's situation does not seem as dire as they faced last year with twenty-some games left in the season. They just need a little consistency right now.
Who are we? For starters, back-up goalie; Peter Dundovich; was waived on January 27, by the Boss-Man Coach Miller. Goalie Richard Scarsella came and went. Adam Avramenko was then signed to back-up Josselin St. Pierre but has since been loaned out to the CHL. So that leaves rookie Jeff Rose as Flatbush's back-up goalie. Back on January 24th, Jarrett Rush and Andrew Owsiak were packing up to play for ECHL clubs but have since returned. And lastly, Brendan Baumgartner was traded to the 1000 Islands Privateers for defensemen Vinny Geonnetti.
No Brooklyn. Although several players remain, this is not the same team that went on a torrid twenty-some game winning streak last season and steamrolled into the playoffs. Coach Miller continues to tinker with this roster as he has all season. Over that time, too many games were lost, specifically earlier on in the schedule, for a failure to secure wins during regulation time and thus finishing many nights shy one additional point.
What are we doing? For starters, we're suffering from a lack of identity. Are we still a team led by veterans; Chris Ferazzoli; K.C. Timmons; Jesse Felten; Chris Scampoli; and Casey Mignone? Or did our gumption exit along with Vladimir Nikiforov; Stephen Obelnicki; and some of last year's favorites like Puntureri, and Goffredo? And of the newer class? Rookie; Matt Atsoff; Trent Trentowski; Lucas Schott; Steve Koich; will they be making this their team?
Secondly, we're bobbing up and down like an ocean buoy. The month of January is representative of just how up and down this season has gone for the Floyd Bennett Aviators. They started the month losing their first five contests. Then went on a five game winning streak which was snapped this past Saturday by the Whalers in an 8-2 drubbing up in Danbury. And so the A's end the month with a 5-6 record.
When they resume play Thursday, the Whalers and Brooklyn will play a home and home starting in Danbury. The series then comes to Hangar Five on Saturday night. They'll finish the weekend in New Jersey as they take on the Outlaws again, whom they finally defeated this season for the first time.
We need to gain some altitude Boys.
Mike.BTB
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Time to Round-Up The Outlaws
From the desk of: THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH
TEAM LEADERS:
After twenty Aviator games this season, Andrew Owsiak has taken over the team lead in points with twenty-seven, versus twenty-six for long time team leader Chris Ferazzoli. Andrew Owsiak is also tied with Jesse Felten for the team lead in goals with twelve. While Chris Ferazzoli still leads the team with sixteen assists. Jesse Felten leads all Flatbush skaters with a stellar +15 rating.
Between the pipes, Peter Dundovich actually owns the League's best Goals Against Average with a 2.19 mark. But that is based on seven games played as Brooklyn's back-up goalie. The rest of the League's regular goalies are averaging about twelve starts by now. Dundovich owns a 3-1 record. The A's starting goalie, Josselin St. Pierre is 5-3 since signing on to replace Thomas Lee. Josselin has a 3.51 GAA in ten games.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Thursday and Friday the Coolest Guys in Brooklyn are headed to New Jersey for another back-to-back set against the first place Outlaws. And they aren't in first place for nothing. In four meetings this season, the Aviators are winless against them. Additionally, New Jersey has outscored Brooklyn in those four games by a 20-13 margin. Overall this season, New Jersey is 18-3 with fifty-six points. 1000 Islands is in second place with fifty points. Then Brooklyn and Danbury are locked in a tie for third with thirty-six points each.
The New Jersey Outlaws sport three of the League's top ten scorers:
2) - Kevin Cooper-44 points;
4) - Travis Kauffeldt-40 points;
6) - and former Brooklyn favorite, Matthew Puntureri with 37 points.
The A's will then return to The Hangar for a Saturday tilt against Cape Cod again. Brooklyn is fresh off sweeping a pair of games against the Blue Fins last weekend. Their season series is now tied at four games apiece. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Cape Cod Blue Fins are in sixth place with twenty-two points.
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: State of The Hangar.
TEAM LEADERS:
After twenty Aviator games this season, Andrew Owsiak has taken over the team lead in points with twenty-seven, versus twenty-six for long time team leader Chris Ferazzoli. Andrew Owsiak is also tied with Jesse Felten for the team lead in goals with twelve. While Chris Ferazzoli still leads the team with sixteen assists. Jesse Felten leads all Flatbush skaters with a stellar +15 rating.
Between the pipes, Peter Dundovich actually owns the League's best Goals Against Average with a 2.19 mark. But that is based on seven games played as Brooklyn's back-up goalie. The rest of the League's regular goalies are averaging about twelve starts by now. Dundovich owns a 3-1 record. The A's starting goalie, Josselin St. Pierre is 5-3 since signing on to replace Thomas Lee. Josselin has a 3.51 GAA in ten games.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
Thursday and Friday the Coolest Guys in Brooklyn are headed to New Jersey for another back-to-back set against the first place Outlaws. And they aren't in first place for nothing. In four meetings this season, the Aviators are winless against them. Additionally, New Jersey has outscored Brooklyn in those four games by a 20-13 margin. Overall this season, New Jersey is 18-3 with fifty-six points. 1000 Islands is in second place with fifty points. Then Brooklyn and Danbury are locked in a tie for third with thirty-six points each.
The New Jersey Outlaws sport three of the League's top ten scorers:
2) - Kevin Cooper-44 points;
4) - Travis Kauffeldt-40 points;
6) - and former Brooklyn favorite, Matthew Puntureri with 37 points.
The A's will then return to The Hangar for a Saturday tilt against Cape Cod again. Brooklyn is fresh off sweeping a pair of games against the Blue Fins last weekend. Their season series is now tied at four games apiece. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Cape Cod Blue Fins are in sixth place with twenty-two points.
Mike.BTB
Monday, December 05, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Stepping Up in the Standings
From the desk of: THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn Rewarded Themselves With a Six-Pack of Points This Weekend For a Job Well Done.
The Skates of Flatbush spent the weekend in Hangar Five taking on the visiting Danbury Whalers and 1000 Islands Privateers. Their dual victories earned them six more points and inched them a little closer to the circuit leaders. After the FHL's weekend schedule concluded Sunday in Danbury, the Brooklyn Aviators now find themselves in third place with twenty-eight points; thirteen points behind first place New Jersey, and only eight points behind 1000 Islands who occupy second place.
Friday Final:
Danbury Whalers - 2
Brooklyn Aviators - 4
In quite the civil game by their standards, dotted by mere charging; roughing; and boarding penalties; the Aviators took advantage of extra-man advantages two times in eight opportunities; first to tie the game in the second period, then to seal the deal in the third.
Half way through the first period, Anthony Iaquinto started Brooklyn's night with a goal assisted by Jordan Bernier and KC Timmons. Then a little over four minutes later, Danbury struck back with an inexcusable short-handed goal, tying the game at one each.
Danbury jumped ahead in the second with a go-ahead goal at the 4:33 mark. Then a tripping minor to Danbury's Kelly Miller opened the door for Chris Ferazzoli's power play goal the the 5:06 mark which tied the score at two. At 8:10 of the second period, Andrew Owsiak followed-up and put Brooklyn ahead 3-2 with his seventh goal of the season.
When Danbury's Adam Blanchett got whistled for slashing at 3:39 of the third period, Chris Ferazzoli took the opportunity to score on the ensuing power play, upping his team lead in goals to ten, and increasing Brooklyn's lead by two.
And with the score set at 4-2, the game went final. Josselin St. Pierre made the start in net for Brooklyn and stopped thirty-three shots of the thirty-five he faced. It's his third win this season since being signed to replace former goalie; Thomas Lee.
Saturday Final:
1000 Islands Privateers - 3
Brooklyn Aviators - 6
In their second ever trip to Brooklyn, the 1000 Islands Privateers were looking pretty good after one period at the Hangar. They were leading 1-0 on a Ryan Pearson goal scored a little shy of the half way mark. They also held Brooklyn scoreless after allowing them two power play opportunities. The A's weren't without their chances however as they put seventeen shots on net during the period.
The second period? Not so pretty for the Privateers. Brooklyn lined up the cannons and opened fire lobbing four volleys past 1000 Islands goalie Matt Anthony. Ken Trentowski fired off the first two goals of the period. His first was unassisted and came at the 2:26 mark. A little over two minutes later at 4:32, Jason Dolgy assisted on Ken Trentowski's second goal of the period. The next blow against the Privateers hit it's mark at 10:13, when Jesse Felton gave Brooklyn a 3-1 lead. And the final Aviator shot to find net this period came at the 15:32 mark, scored unassisted by Casey Mignone.
The Privateers spent the better part of the third period trying to mount a comeback and came close. They made it a 4-2 game at just 1:34 into the final session. Then made it a 4-3 game at exactly 13:00 on a Michael Richard goal.
But Brooklyn got play going their way again and made it a 5-3 game when Matt Atsoff made 1000 Islands pay for a boarding penalty called against Jeff Winchester. His power play goal came after the 17:45 mark.
Having to take the necessary step of pulling the goalie for an extra attacker, 1000 Islands suffered the riskier side of the move. Jesse Felton scored his second goal of the night into an empty net at 19:41 to give this game an ultimate 6-3 final.
Josselin St. Pierre picked up his third win versus one loss (...and an OT loss). He faced thirty-seven shots and turned back thirty four. So far in his short time minding Brooklyn's net, he's sporting a .905% saves percentage and a 3.38 goals against average.
Next weekend should be a lot of fun folks. The A's will be hosting three games at Hangar Five starting Friday night, Dec 9th against the first place New Jersey Outlaws. After dropping a pair of back-to-back games on their ice recently, it would be nice to get a measure of pay-back against some of the A's former team-mates and anything generally associated with New Jersey. Hey! Rivalries need to start some how. Right?
Saturday is thefight game I'm really looking forward to. The Cape Cod Blue Fins are coming back to Flatbush. If you're in the neighborhood Saturday night, I assure you, this match-up will not disappoint. Drive down Flatbush Avenue and check this one out.
Sunday, we welcome back an old competitor in the Akwesasne Warriors; whom we met and lost to in last season's FHL Championship series.
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn Rewarded Themselves With a Six-Pack of Points This Weekend For a Job Well Done.
The Skates of Flatbush spent the weekend in Hangar Five taking on the visiting Danbury Whalers and 1000 Islands Privateers. Their dual victories earned them six more points and inched them a little closer to the circuit leaders. After the FHL's weekend schedule concluded Sunday in Danbury, the Brooklyn Aviators now find themselves in third place with twenty-eight points; thirteen points behind first place New Jersey, and only eight points behind 1000 Islands who occupy second place.
Friday Final:
Danbury Whalers - 2
Brooklyn Aviators - 4
In quite the civil game by their standards, dotted by mere charging; roughing; and boarding penalties; the Aviators took advantage of extra-man advantages two times in eight opportunities; first to tie the game in the second period, then to seal the deal in the third.
Half way through the first period, Anthony Iaquinto started Brooklyn's night with a goal assisted by Jordan Bernier and KC Timmons. Then a little over four minutes later, Danbury struck back with an inexcusable short-handed goal, tying the game at one each.
Danbury jumped ahead in the second with a go-ahead goal at the 4:33 mark. Then a tripping minor to Danbury's Kelly Miller opened the door for Chris Ferazzoli's power play goal the the 5:06 mark which tied the score at two. At 8:10 of the second period, Andrew Owsiak followed-up and put Brooklyn ahead 3-2 with his seventh goal of the season.
When Danbury's Adam Blanchett got whistled for slashing at 3:39 of the third period, Chris Ferazzoli took the opportunity to score on the ensuing power play, upping his team lead in goals to ten, and increasing Brooklyn's lead by two.
And with the score set at 4-2, the game went final. Josselin St. Pierre made the start in net for Brooklyn and stopped thirty-three shots of the thirty-five he faced. It's his third win this season since being signed to replace former goalie; Thomas Lee.
Saturday Final:
1000 Islands Privateers - 3
Brooklyn Aviators - 6
In their second ever trip to Brooklyn, the 1000 Islands Privateers were looking pretty good after one period at the Hangar. They were leading 1-0 on a Ryan Pearson goal scored a little shy of the half way mark. They also held Brooklyn scoreless after allowing them two power play opportunities. The A's weren't without their chances however as they put seventeen shots on net during the period.
The second period? Not so pretty for the Privateers. Brooklyn lined up the cannons and opened fire lobbing four volleys past 1000 Islands goalie Matt Anthony. Ken Trentowski fired off the first two goals of the period. His first was unassisted and came at the 2:26 mark. A little over two minutes later at 4:32, Jason Dolgy assisted on Ken Trentowski's second goal of the period. The next blow against the Privateers hit it's mark at 10:13, when Jesse Felton gave Brooklyn a 3-1 lead. And the final Aviator shot to find net this period came at the 15:32 mark, scored unassisted by Casey Mignone.
The Privateers spent the better part of the third period trying to mount a comeback and came close. They made it a 4-2 game at just 1:34 into the final session. Then made it a 4-3 game at exactly 13:00 on a Michael Richard goal.
But Brooklyn got play going their way again and made it a 5-3 game when Matt Atsoff made 1000 Islands pay for a boarding penalty called against Jeff Winchester. His power play goal came after the 17:45 mark.
Having to take the necessary step of pulling the goalie for an extra attacker, 1000 Islands suffered the riskier side of the move. Jesse Felton scored his second goal of the night into an empty net at 19:41 to give this game an ultimate 6-3 final.
Josselin St. Pierre picked up his third win versus one loss (...and an OT loss). He faced thirty-seven shots and turned back thirty four. So far in his short time minding Brooklyn's net, he's sporting a .905% saves percentage and a 3.38 goals against average.
Next weekend should be a lot of fun folks. The A's will be hosting three games at Hangar Five starting Friday night, Dec 9th against the first place New Jersey Outlaws. After dropping a pair of back-to-back games on their ice recently, it would be nice to get a measure of pay-back against some of the A's former team-mates and anything generally associated with New Jersey. Hey! Rivalries need to start some how. Right?
Saturday is the
Sunday, we welcome back an old competitor in the Akwesasne Warriors; whom we met and lost to in last season's FHL Championship series.
Mike.BTB
Friday, December 02, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Take On Danbury Whalers; Round IV
From the desk of: THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Skates of Flatbush Are Looking to Settle the Score in Another Friday Night Rumble Versus Danbury.
Having dropped a pair of tough road games against the New Jersey Outlaws last weekend, the Brooklyn Aviators will be trying to get things turned around this week with the help of some friendly home scheduling. First up in Hangar Five is a Friday night wrangling with our rivals from Danbury, Connecticut.
The A's have not lost three games in a row this season. They'll be trying to get back into the win column against the Whalers. But against Danbury nothing is ever easy.....or painless. We've faced Danbury three times and lost twice to them. The Whalers defeated the A's 3-2 in their only visit to the Hangar earlier this season. While up in Danbury, the two teams have split a pair. And in the last game played between the two, Danbury came out on top 3-1 in a game marred by a third period pair of fighting majors.
New Jersey now sits atop the Federal Hockey League standings with a 12-2 record and thirty-five points. In second place with an 11-2-1 record and thirty-three points is 1000 Islands. The Akwesasne Warriors defeated 1000 Islands Thursday night and so gained ground on them. They are currently in third place, now owners of a 9-4-1 record good for twenty-seven points.
Then we speak of Brooklyn. In fourth place, the Aviators are sporting a 6-5-4 record this season; good for twenty-two points. Hot on our tails is Danbury with seven wins and seven losses; good for twenty-one points. So Friday night's game between these rivals will definitely be affecting the standings.
Saturday, the 1000 Islands Privateers return to Flatbush Avenue for another go at the Aviators. Last time here, Brooklyn dispatched the then first place club by a 5-2 final score. As of Thursday night, Privateers' winger Justin Levac was second in the League in scoring in both goals and points with thirteen and thirty respectively. Brooklyn's Chris Ferazzoli continues to lead the A's in scoring, and is tied for eighth in the League with twenty-four points.
The A's will be pressing forward without the services of another team scoring leader; Vladimir Nikiforov. He was recalled by his former Bloomington organization in the CHL.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Skates of Flatbush Are Looking to Settle the Score in Another Friday Night Rumble Versus Danbury.
Having dropped a pair of tough road games against the New Jersey Outlaws last weekend, the Brooklyn Aviators will be trying to get things turned around this week with the help of some friendly home scheduling. First up in Hangar Five is a Friday night wrangling with our rivals from Danbury, Connecticut.
The A's have not lost three games in a row this season. They'll be trying to get back into the win column against the Whalers. But against Danbury nothing is ever easy.....or painless. We've faced Danbury three times and lost twice to them. The Whalers defeated the A's 3-2 in their only visit to the Hangar earlier this season. While up in Danbury, the two teams have split a pair. And in the last game played between the two, Danbury came out on top 3-1 in a game marred by a third period pair of fighting majors.
New Jersey now sits atop the Federal Hockey League standings with a 12-2 record and thirty-five points. In second place with an 11-2-1 record and thirty-three points is 1000 Islands. The Akwesasne Warriors defeated 1000 Islands Thursday night and so gained ground on them. They are currently in third place, now owners of a 9-4-1 record good for twenty-seven points.
Then we speak of Brooklyn. In fourth place, the Aviators are sporting a 6-5-4 record this season; good for twenty-two points. Hot on our tails is Danbury with seven wins and seven losses; good for twenty-one points. So Friday night's game between these rivals will definitely be affecting the standings.
Saturday, the 1000 Islands Privateers return to Flatbush Avenue for another go at the Aviators. Last time here, Brooklyn dispatched the then first place club by a 5-2 final score. As of Thursday night, Privateers' winger Justin Levac was second in the League in scoring in both goals and points with thirteen and thirty respectively. Brooklyn's Chris Ferazzoli continues to lead the A's in scoring, and is tied for eighth in the League with twenty-four points.
The A's will be pressing forward without the services of another team scoring leader; Vladimir Nikiforov. He was recalled by his former Bloomington organization in the CHL.
FRIDAY NIGHT
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BROOKLYN AVIATORS
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Mike.BTB
Friday, November 25, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Making a Move on First Place
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: After Knocking 1000 Islands Out of First Place, the Skates of Flatbush Seek to do the Same Against the New Jersey Outlaws.
*FHL NEWS ~ VERMONT WILD CLUB FOLDS:
Prior to this season's start, Brooklyn Head Coach Rob Miller stressed the necessity of all Federal Hockey League member club's ability to finish out their season schedules was paramount to establishing not only a strong foundation for the League, but to also gain much needed credibility for the two year old circuit if they are to survive.
At this level, players must have a certain degree of confidence in a League's operational viability before they commit. We hockey fans in Brooklyn have been given a small dose of understanding into this matter with the coming and going of the Brooklyn Aces. Lest we forget some of our current Aviators were cajoled into coming to Brooklyn from the more established southern circuits.
The FHL took a bold step step forward into expansion this season by adding teams in New Jersey, Cape Cod, Danville, and Vermont. And now the Federal Hockey League has announced The VERMONT WILD will cease operations immediately. The ramifications for the league are wide and varied. First and foremost, the League must address rescheduling.
The A's take on another one of those expansion teams tonight. Brooklyn's Coolest are headed to New Jersey where they will take on the currently in first place Outlaws for two games on consecutive nights on their ice. This is still somewhat of an implied rivalry as true tensions between the teams are yet to materialize due to the teams having played each other infrequently. That should start changing tonight. With two wins in New Jersey, the Aviators can pull up along side the first place teams. None the less, the Outlaws sport two former popular Aviators that should get this rivalry kicked-up a notch. Former Brooklyn forward, Matthew Puntureri, was recently named FHL Player of the Week.
In their last game Wednesday night at the Hangar, the Skates of Flatbush welcomed the then first place 1000 Islands Privateers and gained victory with a 5-2 final score. Goalie Thomas Lee was waived on Nov. 23rd. Making his first start against 1000 Islands, new pick-up, goalie Josselin St. Pierre, made the start and gained his first win as an Aviator. Josselin was a member of the Privateers last season. He faced twenty-six shots on goal from his former team and turned back twenty-four.
In another transaction, Coach Miller waived Anthony Monte and signed two forwards; RW-Joseph Pelle Jr.; and C-Jason Dolgy. And in making his debut for Brooklyn, Jason Doly who comes to us via the Vermont Wild situation, scored a power play goal at 12:48 of the second period Wednesday night, and assisted on another. At the time, Dolgy's goal put Brooklyn ahead of the Privateers 2-0.
Also joining in on the scoring against 1000 Islands was Chris Ferazzoli who started the night with his eighth goal of the season at the 4:40 mark of the opening period. Casey Mignone and Matt Atsoff chipped in with a goal apiece. And Vladimir Nikiforov took over the team lead with his ninth goal of the season on an empty netter at the 19:01 mark of the third period.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: After Knocking 1000 Islands Out of First Place, the Skates of Flatbush Seek to do the Same Against the New Jersey Outlaws.
*FHL NEWS ~ VERMONT WILD CLUB FOLDS:
Prior to this season's start, Brooklyn Head Coach Rob Miller stressed the necessity of all Federal Hockey League member club's ability to finish out their season schedules was paramount to establishing not only a strong foundation for the League, but to also gain much needed credibility for the two year old circuit if they are to survive.
At this level, players must have a certain degree of confidence in a League's operational viability before they commit. We hockey fans in Brooklyn have been given a small dose of understanding into this matter with the coming and going of the Brooklyn Aces. Lest we forget some of our current Aviators were cajoled into coming to Brooklyn from the more established southern circuits.
The FHL took a bold step step forward into expansion this season by adding teams in New Jersey, Cape Cod, Danville, and Vermont. And now the Federal Hockey League has announced The VERMONT WILD will cease operations immediately. The ramifications for the league are wide and varied. First and foremost, the League must address rescheduling.
* * * *
The A's take on another one of those expansion teams tonight. Brooklyn's Coolest are headed to New Jersey where they will take on the currently in first place Outlaws for two games on consecutive nights on their ice. This is still somewhat of an implied rivalry as true tensions between the teams are yet to materialize due to the teams having played each other infrequently. That should start changing tonight. With two wins in New Jersey, the Aviators can pull up along side the first place teams. None the less, the Outlaws sport two former popular Aviators that should get this rivalry kicked-up a notch. Former Brooklyn forward, Matthew Puntureri, was recently named FHL Player of the Week.
In their last game Wednesday night at the Hangar, the Skates of Flatbush welcomed the then first place 1000 Islands Privateers and gained victory with a 5-2 final score. Goalie Thomas Lee was waived on Nov. 23rd. Making his first start against 1000 Islands, new pick-up, goalie Josselin St. Pierre, made the start and gained his first win as an Aviator. Josselin was a member of the Privateers last season. He faced twenty-six shots on goal from his former team and turned back twenty-four.
In another transaction, Coach Miller waived Anthony Monte and signed two forwards; RW-Joseph Pelle Jr.; and C-Jason Dolgy. And in making his debut for Brooklyn, Jason Doly who comes to us via the Vermont Wild situation, scored a power play goal at 12:48 of the second period Wednesday night, and assisted on another. At the time, Dolgy's goal put Brooklyn ahead of the Privateers 2-0.
Also joining in on the scoring against 1000 Islands was Chris Ferazzoli who started the night with his eighth goal of the season at the 4:40 mark of the opening period. Casey Mignone and Matt Atsoff chipped in with a goal apiece. And Vladimir Nikiforov took over the team lead with his ninth goal of the season on an empty netter at the 19:01 mark of the third period.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
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Mike.BTB
Sunday, November 20, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Flatbush Faithful Get First Two Wins
From the desk of:
THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH - THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Skates of Flatbush Finally Gain Their First Two Home-Ice Victories; But Needed to Hurt Some Feelings Along the Way.
In the first meeting between the Danville Dashers and Brooklyn Aviators, our gracious and most hospitable Flatbush Avenue Skaters allowed the visiting team from Illinois to score the opening goal midway through the first period SATURDAY night in Hangar Five. The token offering and respectful welcome to Kings County are just some of the classy reasons why our local hockey club are The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn. Hospitality has it's limits though. And on Flatbush Avenue, well...the definition of that word changes a little. But how is a team from Illinois supposed to know that? ...Answer; - gotta learn the hard way.
The locals responded with four first period goals. The first one should have served as an omen for Danville. It came on a short-handed effort by Brooklyn's Steve Koich at the 12:02 mark. Danville should have dashed away then, before Vladimir Nikiforov put Brooklyn ahead at 17:52 with his eighth goal of the season. Then inside the final minute of the first period, Andrew Owsiak effectively put an arrow through the Dashers' night with two more goals within twenty-one seconds of each other.
Ouch!
Danville came out fighting to start the second period however. After Ken Trentowski's period opening goal at 2:55 put Brooklyn up 5-1, Danville's Chris Affinati decided to drop gloves with Brooklyn's Jari (Rocky) Balbotowski. Two minutes later, the Dashers netted their second goal of the game scored by Ryan Stern to make it a 5-2 game.
It was a nice try on their part. Any Brooklynite can appreciate the effort. But alas, it was a mistake on their part. And Brooklyn showed them just how much they didn't appreciate Danville's behavior in our Hangar. For good measure and to teach the expansion team a lesson for the next time, the A's went on to score another four-pack of goals. Between 8:01 and 16:17 of the period, Jesse Felton sandwiched a Casey Mignone goal with two net-finders of his own; - Felton's second came on a power play. Andrew Owsiak completed a hat-trick with his goal at the 16:41 mark to make this a 9-2 affair after just forty-minutes of hockey. Danville scored one more inconsequential goal in the third period but wound up leaving Brooklyn a wounded animal.
Sorry guys.
Peter Dundovich started in net for Brooklyn after Thomas Lee started Wednesday and Friday night's games. Peter stopped 22 of 25 shots on net for his second win.
Saturday's victory over Danville was Brooklyn's second consecutive home-ice win. After posting an 0-2-2 record playing on Flatbush ice, the Aviators finally gained their first win inside Hangar Five the night before. The home crowd's first taste of victory this season came against our newest adversary; the Cape Cod Blue Fins. Brooklyn did some Friday night fishing off Jamaica Bay and enjoyed their fresh catch with a 5-3 filleting-o-The-Fish. Brooklyn's first home-ice win also evened the season series between these new enemies at two games apiece.
After Friday night's opening period of civilized hockey ended in a 1-1 tie thanks to goals by Cape Cod's Steve Brown and Brooklyn's Jesse Felton, the A's got the better of the Fins during a ferocious second period mix of delinquency and thuggery, with just a pinch of Hockey for taste.
Brooklyn's Chris Ferazzoli scored at 0:35 into the period. More than just making this a 2-1 game, his goal lit a fuse that set-off the rest of the night. For just over a minute later, Aviator's defenseman Jarrett Rush tapped into his inner pugilist and earned a swath of penalty minutes after he picked a fight with Cape Cod's Brad Surdam. As tossed gloves made their way back to their rightful owners, short-tempered Jarrett was charged with two minutes for Instigating, another five for the Fighting Major, and an additional ten minute Game Misconduct, for a total of seventeen penalty minutes. That translates to one thousand and twenty seconds of Goon Time. Now that's how you seize the moment with conviction. No more hockey game for you.
A little under six minutes later, hostilities resumed as Brooklyn's Colin Ronayne and Cape Cod's Kevin McCreedy took swipes at each other. The hey-makers didn't stop there. At the 10:00 mark, Brooklyn's Anthony Iaquinto and the Cape's Luke Frey decided they'd introduce each other to their fists as well.
With about three minutes left in the second period, at least Jesse Felton still had enough composure to score his second and third goals of the game for a hat-trick. His goal at 17:05 put Brooklyn ahead by a 3-1 score. His third goal of the game then came on a power play at 18:53 which extended Brooklyn's lead to 4-1, and which also turned out to be the game winning goal.
In the final period, of all things, a hockey game broke out again. The return of sportsmanship allowed Cape Cod to actually use athleticism and skill to get back in this game. But, apparently Casey Mignone didn't get the memo and got whistled for slashing at the 7:45 mark. The Blue Fins' Anthony Sarno scored on the ensuing power play to make this a 4-2 game.
With time running out on the Blue Fins, the decision was made to pull the goalie in favor of the extra skater. At 19:07, that decision paid off. Garrett Peters' goal brought the Fins to within a goal. Continuing to gamble with that strategy in order to tie, the riskier aspect of the plan materialized and ended Cape Cod's night with a loss instead. Brooklyn's Vladimir Nikiforov scored on an empty net at 19:22 to send the Blue Fins off into the Jamaica Bay night to sleep with the rest of the fishes.
Aviators' starting goalie; Thomas Lee; faced forty-three total shots, and turned back forty for his third win of the season and a job well done; for Cape Cod out-shot Brooklyn in this game 43-32.
...And with two more wins under their belts, a successful weekend against the Federal Hockey League's bottom two teams comes to an end. But Brooklyn and Cape Cod will have little time to heal their wounds. They have a quick turn-around this week and will face-off against each other again Tuesday night up in Hyannis.
Can't wait!
LINKS:
Federal Hockey League
Brooklyn Aviators
Cape Cod Blue Fins
Danville Dashers
Mike.BTB
Friday, November 18, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Friday Night Fillet-O-Fish
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Skates of Flatbush Have a New Adversary on the Block This Season.
Entering tonight, the A's have lost their last two straight games both to the Danbury Whalers. Since last season, the two teams have cultivated a fierce rivalry together. Whenever Brooklyn and Danbury get together, they literally make a mess. At some point in the game, the ice gets littered with dropped gloves as opposing players go off and fight in a corner somewhere. They've competed in tough games against each other for sure. But Danbury remains just that; our rivals.
There's a new team in the FHL folks, that has now officially earned this Brooklyn hockey fan's ire. They might be new, but after only three games against them, The Cape Cod Blue Fins have officially been declared an adversary....by me!
Back on October 28th, in our first meeting against Cape Cod, the Fish posted a 3-2 overtime win in Hyannis. Then on November 5th, Cape Cod made their inaugural visit to Brooklyn and slapped us up inside Hangar Five with a second consecutive overtime victory over the A's; this time by a 5-4 score. The Aviators finally gained a measure of revenge in their return visit to Hyannis on November 11th with a 6-1 clubbing of the Fish. Tonight, we invite the Blue Fins back to Hangar Five again for what I hope will be a season series tying win for Brooklyn's Coolest. More importantly, the A's are still skating for their first win on home-ice. They are 0-2-2 when playing off Flatbush Avenue in this young season. And so, it's time to take back the block Boyz...
As mentioned, Brooklyn has lost two straight. Both team's last game was Wednesday night. The Blue Fins defeated Danville 6-1 for their third win and seventh point of the season. The A's have twelve points and sit in fourth place. Cape Cod is seventh in the circuit. Garrett Peters is their stand-out scorer with seven goals and ten points. Chris Ferazzoli continues to be Brooklyn's lead scorer with six goals and fourteen points.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Skates of Flatbush Have a New Adversary on the Block This Season.
Entering tonight, the A's have lost their last two straight games both to the Danbury Whalers. Since last season, the two teams have cultivated a fierce rivalry together. Whenever Brooklyn and Danbury get together, they literally make a mess. At some point in the game, the ice gets littered with dropped gloves as opposing players go off and fight in a corner somewhere. They've competed in tough games against each other for sure. But Danbury remains just that; our rivals.
There's a new team in the FHL folks, that has now officially earned this Brooklyn hockey fan's ire. They might be new, but after only three games against them, The Cape Cod Blue Fins have officially been declared an adversary....by me!
Back on October 28th, in our first meeting against Cape Cod, the Fish posted a 3-2 overtime win in Hyannis. Then on November 5th, Cape Cod made their inaugural visit to Brooklyn and slapped us up inside Hangar Five with a second consecutive overtime victory over the A's; this time by a 5-4 score. The Aviators finally gained a measure of revenge in their return visit to Hyannis on November 11th with a 6-1 clubbing of the Fish. Tonight, we invite the Blue Fins back to Hangar Five again for what I hope will be a season series tying win for Brooklyn's Coolest. More importantly, the A's are still skating for their first win on home-ice. They are 0-2-2 when playing off Flatbush Avenue in this young season. And so, it's time to take back the block Boyz...
As mentioned, Brooklyn has lost two straight. Both team's last game was Wednesday night. The Blue Fins defeated Danville 6-1 for their third win and seventh point of the season. The A's have twelve points and sit in fourth place. Cape Cod is seventh in the circuit. Garrett Peters is their stand-out scorer with seven goals and ten points. Chris Ferazzoli continues to be Brooklyn's lead scorer with six goals and fourteen points.
Friday Night
Cape Cod Blue Fins
vs.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
From
Hangar Five off Flatbush Avenue
BROOKLYN
Mike.BTB
Saturday, November 12, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Road Rage in Cape Cod; Danbury Tonight
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: A Hockey Game Broke-Out During the Cape Cod Friday Night Fights.
After suffering two over-time losses in two meetings against the Cape Cod Blue Fins this season, the A's finally exacted a measure of road rage Friday night. In meeting number three, Brooklyn won convincingly by a score of 6-1 up in Hyannis, Mass. The win also snapped a two game losing streak and comes on the heals of an over-time loss to Vermont on Thursday.
After making a relief appearance in Thursday night's game, Coach Miller gave goalie Peter Dundovich the start in Cape Cod. And he did not disappoint. He faced fifty-one shots and stopped fifty to secure his first victory of the season. The game was a much needed confidence builder for Brooklyn's back-up goalie that will no doubt earn him more starts in the coming weeks.
Vladimir Nikiforov scored in the first period. KC Timmons and Jordan Bernier added goals in the second period. Chris Ferazzoli took care of everything else. He scored a goal in each period; two on the power play, and one at even strength for a hat trick.
That's the way the game turned out. But this is what really happened.
I guess after two previous hotly contested games against each other, the two teams may have already had enough of each other and perhaps wanted to express themselves a little bit because the game got chippy quite early. The first period was an exchange of trips, roughing and slashes. But by the second period, sportsmanship took a back seat as play really degenerated. First period slashing and roughing turned into second period Fighting; Boarding; Instigating; Misconducts; and Third-Man-In majors.
All that good will towards each other carried over into the third period as they acted out this time with another Unsportsmanlike penalty, more trips and cross-checks too.
In total, Brooklyn was arraigned on sixteen counts of thuggery worth forty-nine minutes, while Cape Cod was charged with thirteen violations and fifty-one minutes of punk time.
What a great win!
So while Brooklyn's blood is still boiling, it seems like a perfect time to take on our chief rival; Danbury Whalers; tonight in The Hangar and see if we can finally secure our first home-ice win of the season.
Yeah!
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: A Hockey Game Broke-Out During the Cape Cod Friday Night Fights.
After suffering two over-time losses in two meetings against the Cape Cod Blue Fins this season, the A's finally exacted a measure of road rage Friday night. In meeting number three, Brooklyn won convincingly by a score of 6-1 up in Hyannis, Mass. The win also snapped a two game losing streak and comes on the heals of an over-time loss to Vermont on Thursday.
After making a relief appearance in Thursday night's game, Coach Miller gave goalie Peter Dundovich the start in Cape Cod. And he did not disappoint. He faced fifty-one shots and stopped fifty to secure his first victory of the season. The game was a much needed confidence builder for Brooklyn's back-up goalie that will no doubt earn him more starts in the coming weeks.
Vladimir Nikiforov scored in the first period. KC Timmons and Jordan Bernier added goals in the second period. Chris Ferazzoli took care of everything else. He scored a goal in each period; two on the power play, and one at even strength for a hat trick.
That's the way the game turned out. But this is what really happened.
I guess after two previous hotly contested games against each other, the two teams may have already had enough of each other and perhaps wanted to express themselves a little bit because the game got chippy quite early. The first period was an exchange of trips, roughing and slashes. But by the second period, sportsmanship took a back seat as play really degenerated. First period slashing and roughing turned into second period Fighting; Boarding; Instigating; Misconducts; and Third-Man-In majors.
All that good will towards each other carried over into the third period as they acted out this time with another Unsportsmanlike penalty, more trips and cross-checks too.
In total, Brooklyn was arraigned on sixteen counts of thuggery worth forty-nine minutes, while Cape Cod was charged with thirteen violations and fifty-one minutes of punk time.
What a great win!
So while Brooklyn's blood is still boiling, it seems like a perfect time to take on our chief rival; Danbury Whalers; tonight in The Hangar and see if we can finally secure our first home-ice win of the season.
Yeah!
TONIGHT
Danbury Whalers
(2-3-0)
vs.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
(3-1-3)
From
HANGAR FIVE off FLATBUSH AVENUE,
BROOKLYN
Mike.BTB
Thursday, November 10, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Vermont Has WILD Third Period
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Extra Session is Proving to be a Problem. They Drop Another Over-Time Game, This Time to the Vermont Wild.
Brooklyn's Coolest swung open the doors to Hangar Five for Thursday night's first ever contest against the visiting Vermont Wild. One of this years FHL expansion teams, the Wild were still in search of their first victory this season as they arrived on Flatbush Avenue for this evening's game.
Anthony Iaquinto started off the Aviators' weekend by putting the team up early in the first period when he netted Brooklyn's first goal at the 2:31 mark. He was assisted by Colin Ronayne and Jarrett Rush. At the 15:34 mark of the first period, Jesse Felton received a whistle for tripping. A minute and a half later, Vermont's Anthony Pisano scored on the power play to knot the game at a goal apiece.
Vermont's James Brooks got called for holding just before the first period expired. So the A's started the second period on the power play. Brooklyn cashed in and regained the lead on Chris Ferazzoli's goal at the 1:23 mark. He was assisted by Chris Jones and Vladimir Nikiforov.
At 15:49 still in the second, the Wild got whistled for a check-from-behind penalty putting Brooklyn on another power play. Only this time, Brooklyn's PP suffered a breakdown twenty-two seconds into the man-advantage and allowed Vermont's Jason Dolgy to score short-handed and tie the score at two all. But with five seconds left before the second period expired, a Chris Jones shot found net to put the Aviators back on top by a 3-2 score heading into the second intermission. Jones' goal was assisted by Jesse Felton and Andrew Owsiak.
Then in the third period, things got very WILD for Brooklyn; maybe a little too Wild. Vermont spent the first ten minutes of the period tying the game for a third time, and finally taking their first lead of the night by scoring three straight goals. A 3-2 Aviator lead suddenly became a 5-3 deficit. All three goals; two coming from Vermont's Konstatine Kalmikov; came at even strength.
Over the following several minutes, the A's regrouped and roared back to tie this game at five goals apiece. Chris Jones scored on a power play; assisted by K.C. Timmons and Vladimir Nikiforov. Then at the 13:36 mark, Casey Mignone tied the game at five.
But unfortunately that's the way regulation time ended. The Aviators were headed towards over-time yet again. And in the extra sessions this season, they haven't fared too well. Tonight turned out to be no exception either. The Aviators dropped this over-time game as well as the end came rather quickly I might add. Just twenty-nine seconds into the over-time, Vermont's Jason Dolgt, scored for Vermont and gave the Wild their first win of the season.
Tomorrow the Aviators touch down in Cape Cod to play those slippery Fish again. Two times this young season, they beat us in over-time; most recently last weekend in The Hangar. So it's high time the A's snag a hook in the Blue Fin's mouths ....and reel in a win this time in Hyannis.
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Extra Session is Proving to be a Problem. They Drop Another Over-Time Game, This Time to the Vermont Wild.
Brooklyn's Coolest swung open the doors to Hangar Five for Thursday night's first ever contest against the visiting Vermont Wild. One of this years FHL expansion teams, the Wild were still in search of their first victory this season as they arrived on Flatbush Avenue for this evening's game.
Anthony Iaquinto started off the Aviators' weekend by putting the team up early in the first period when he netted Brooklyn's first goal at the 2:31 mark. He was assisted by Colin Ronayne and Jarrett Rush. At the 15:34 mark of the first period, Jesse Felton received a whistle for tripping. A minute and a half later, Vermont's Anthony Pisano scored on the power play to knot the game at a goal apiece.
Vermont's James Brooks got called for holding just before the first period expired. So the A's started the second period on the power play. Brooklyn cashed in and regained the lead on Chris Ferazzoli's goal at the 1:23 mark. He was assisted by Chris Jones and Vladimir Nikiforov.
At 15:49 still in the second, the Wild got whistled for a check-from-behind penalty putting Brooklyn on another power play. Only this time, Brooklyn's PP suffered a breakdown twenty-two seconds into the man-advantage and allowed Vermont's Jason Dolgy to score short-handed and tie the score at two all. But with five seconds left before the second period expired, a Chris Jones shot found net to put the Aviators back on top by a 3-2 score heading into the second intermission. Jones' goal was assisted by Jesse Felton and Andrew Owsiak.
Then in the third period, things got very WILD for Brooklyn; maybe a little too Wild. Vermont spent the first ten minutes of the period tying the game for a third time, and finally taking their first lead of the night by scoring three straight goals. A 3-2 Aviator lead suddenly became a 5-3 deficit. All three goals; two coming from Vermont's Konstatine Kalmikov; came at even strength.
Over the following several minutes, the A's regrouped and roared back to tie this game at five goals apiece. Chris Jones scored on a power play; assisted by K.C. Timmons and Vladimir Nikiforov. Then at the 13:36 mark, Casey Mignone tied the game at five.
But unfortunately that's the way regulation time ended. The Aviators were headed towards over-time yet again. And in the extra sessions this season, they haven't fared too well. Tonight turned out to be no exception either. The Aviators dropped this over-time game as well as the end came rather quickly I might add. Just twenty-nine seconds into the over-time, Vermont's Jason Dolgt, scored for Vermont and gave the Wild their first win of the season.
Tomorrow the Aviators touch down in Cape Cod to play those slippery Fish again. Two times this young season, they beat us in over-time; most recently last weekend in The Hangar. So it's high time the A's snag a hook in the Blue Fin's mouths ....and reel in a win this time in Hyannis.
FRIDAY NIGHT
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
vs.
Cape Cod Blue Fins
From
Hyannis, Mass.
Mike.BTB
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ WILD Weekend Starts Thursday
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Coolest Will Try and Finally Skin The Fish Friday Night. But First They Welcome FHL New-Comer, the Vermont Wild, to the Hangar on Thursday.
Those Fish did it again. For the second time in as many meetings, the Cape Cod Blue Fins beat Brooklyn in over-time. Last Saturday, they came to Flatbush Avenue to do it too. But Brooklyn's Coolest will get another chance to see if they can finally turn the tables on Cape Cod in what will be their third meeting this season when Brooklyn travels to Hyannis Friday evening for their only road game of the up-coming weekend.
In last week's loss against the Fins, new-comer Vladimir Nikiforov continued his grand arrival on the team by notching his first hat-trick as an Aviator; coming in part on the strength of two short-handed goals. Jordan Bernier was the other Brooklyn goal scorer. After two weeks and five games, Chris Ferazzoli leads the team with nine points. Vladimir quickly has found his way to second on the list with eight points. And Jordan Bernier is the third leading point scorer for Brooklyn with six. Goalie Thomas Lee suffered the hard-luck loss. He made thirty-three saves on thirty-eight Blue Fin shots on goal. He has started four of Brooklyn's first five games.
Week Three of the season picks up Thursday evening at Hangar Five. Brooklyn will host one of the FHL's newest teams, the Vermont Wild, who are making their first ever trip into the Borough of Kings. Vermont is having a rough start to their season and are still seeking their first victory. Right Wing Jon Esposito is their leading scorer after four games with six points; all goals.
After their game in Cape Cod this Friday, the Aviators will return to Hangar Five for another scrum against the rival Danbury Whalers this Saturday to wrap up the weekend's action. The A's put a hurting on them in last week's encounter up in Connecticut.
In the standings so far (prior to the Wednesday night game between Danville and Akwesasne), three teams were tied for the circuit lead with twelve points; 1000 Islands; Akwesasne; and New Jersey. Then comes Brooklyn in fourth place with eight points after five games.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: The Coolest Will Try and Finally Skin The Fish Friday Night. But First They Welcome FHL New-Comer, the Vermont Wild, to the Hangar on Thursday.
Those Fish did it again. For the second time in as many meetings, the Cape Cod Blue Fins beat Brooklyn in over-time. Last Saturday, they came to Flatbush Avenue to do it too. But Brooklyn's Coolest will get another chance to see if they can finally turn the tables on Cape Cod in what will be their third meeting this season when Brooklyn travels to Hyannis Friday evening for their only road game of the up-coming weekend.
In last week's loss against the Fins, new-comer Vladimir Nikiforov continued his grand arrival on the team by notching his first hat-trick as an Aviator; coming in part on the strength of two short-handed goals. Jordan Bernier was the other Brooklyn goal scorer. After two weeks and five games, Chris Ferazzoli leads the team with nine points. Vladimir quickly has found his way to second on the list with eight points. And Jordan Bernier is the third leading point scorer for Brooklyn with six. Goalie Thomas Lee suffered the hard-luck loss. He made thirty-three saves on thirty-eight Blue Fin shots on goal. He has started four of Brooklyn's first five games.
After their game in Cape Cod this Friday, the Aviators will return to Hangar Five for another scrum against the rival Danbury Whalers this Saturday to wrap up the weekend's action. The A's put a hurting on them in last week's encounter up in Connecticut.
In the standings so far (prior to the Wednesday night game between Danville and Akwesasne), three teams were tied for the circuit lead with twelve points; 1000 Islands; Akwesasne; and New Jersey. Then comes Brooklyn in fourth place with eight points after five games.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Vermont Wild
vs.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
(2-1-2)
From
Hangar Five off Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn
Mike.BTB
Saturday, November 05, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ A's Harpoon Whalers; Blue Fins Are Next
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: After Spearing the Danbury Whalers, the Kings County Coolest are Looking to Hook Some Blue Fins.
Mission accomplished. The sortie over Danbury hit it's mark; eight times to be exact. Return to base.
Brooklyn's Coolest quieted down the Friday night Danbury crowd with a three goal barrage in the first period, then sent the Whalers' faithful home gagged after Brooklyn dropped another five goals on them in the third.
Newest Aviator, Vladimir Nikiforov opened up the scoring midway through the first period with a power play goal; his first as an Aviator. Brooklyn followed that up with two more goals before the first period expired. Jordan Bernier scored at even strength at the 17:36 mark, assisted by Nikiforov, making the score 2-0. Then just as the period expired, Chris Jones scored the A's second power play goal of the period, unassisted.
Danbury got one back in the second period when centerman Chris Siefert scored on A's starting goalie Lee Thomas. Brooklyn's defense kept the Whalers' shots against their goalie limited to roughly ten per period. Thomas faced thirty-one shots in total; stopping thirty while the A's finished the night with fifty-three shots. Other than the lone Danbury goal, it was all Aviators this night.
Brooklyn scored at 3:10 into the third period on Jordan Bernier's second goal of the game; assisted again by Nikiforov. Then over the next seven minutes, Brooklyn continued to lace Danbury with four more goals.
Chris Ferazolli and Vladimir Nikiforov joined Bernier as Brooklyn's multiple goal scorers of the evening. Ferazolli cashed in after Bernier's earlier third period goal. Then new blue-liner Ken Trentowski snuck in his first goal as an Aviator to make the game a 6-1 affair.
On a later power play, Chris Ferrazolli scored his second goal of the period at the 7:57 mark. Then forward Vladimir Nikiforov capped off one hell of an Aviator debut for himself, in what was an overall formidable performance by Brooklyn, with his second goal and fifth point of the night, as he had three assists on the evening as well.
Tonight, a little pay-back is in order. In game two of the season, the Cape Cod Blue Fins defeated Brooklyn 3-2 in overtime up in Hyannis, Mass. Back home in the Hangar this evening, it's time for Brooklyn to even the score with those Fishy characters.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: After Spearing the Danbury Whalers, the Kings County Coolest are Looking to Hook Some Blue Fins.
Mission accomplished. The sortie over Danbury hit it's mark; eight times to be exact. Return to base.
Brooklyn's Coolest quieted down the Friday night Danbury crowd with a three goal barrage in the first period, then sent the Whalers' faithful home gagged after Brooklyn dropped another five goals on them in the third.
Newest Aviator, Vladimir Nikiforov opened up the scoring midway through the first period with a power play goal; his first as an Aviator. Brooklyn followed that up with two more goals before the first period expired. Jordan Bernier scored at even strength at the 17:36 mark, assisted by Nikiforov, making the score 2-0. Then just as the period expired, Chris Jones scored the A's second power play goal of the period, unassisted.
Danbury got one back in the second period when centerman Chris Siefert scored on A's starting goalie Lee Thomas. Brooklyn's defense kept the Whalers' shots against their goalie limited to roughly ten per period. Thomas faced thirty-one shots in total; stopping thirty while the A's finished the night with fifty-three shots. Other than the lone Danbury goal, it was all Aviators this night.
Brooklyn scored at 3:10 into the third period on Jordan Bernier's second goal of the game; assisted again by Nikiforov. Then over the next seven minutes, Brooklyn continued to lace Danbury with four more goals.
Chris Ferazolli and Vladimir Nikiforov joined Bernier as Brooklyn's multiple goal scorers of the evening. Ferazolli cashed in after Bernier's earlier third period goal. Then new blue-liner Ken Trentowski snuck in his first goal as an Aviator to make the game a 6-1 affair.
On a later power play, Chris Ferrazolli scored his second goal of the period at the 7:57 mark. Then forward Vladimir Nikiforov capped off one hell of an Aviator debut for himself, in what was an overall formidable performance by Brooklyn, with his second goal and fifth point of the night, as he had three assists on the evening as well.
Tonight, a little pay-back is in order. In game two of the season, the Cape Cod Blue Fins defeated Brooklyn 3-2 in overtime up in Hyannis, Mass. Back home in the Hangar this evening, it's time for Brooklyn to even the score with those Fishy characters.
Saturday Night is Alright for Fighting...
Cape Cod Blue Fins
vs.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
From
HANGAR FIVE
off Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn
Mike.BTB
Friday, November 04, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Friday Night Rumble in Danbury
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Week Two Cleared For Take-Off; Mission - Danbury.
It's that time; it's FHL week two and the A's are opening the doors to Hangar Five and taking-off for Connecticut. Friday night, Brooklyn's Coolest will head up to Danbury for their first meeting against the Whalers. Then Saturday, the Aviators return to Hangar Five for a rematch against the Cape Cod Bluefins who defeated the A's in over-time last time they met in Hyannis.
The first place New Jersey Outlaws may have ruined our home-ice opener this season and they'll surely need to pay for that...eventually. But right now they're still second-in on Brooklyn's rivalry depth chart. Danbury however; - The Danbury Whalers? Now you speak of the Brooklyn Aviators' true rival. After the inaugural season of FHL play, this has developed into a fierce Tri-State area rivalry indeed. And the folks of Danbury are without a doubt very supportive of their team and fill the seats, which should add some electricity to this initial Friday night match-up of the season.
One thing is very clear about the Danbury team thus far, they are very strong up the middle. Center - Kelly Miller leads Danbury scoring after two games with three goals and three assists; good for six points. Center-Chris Seifert and Center-Joe Dabkowski are Danbury's other two multiple goal scorers.
Casey Mignone is Brooklyn's leading goal scorer so far with a pair. And newcomer Chris Ferazolli leads the team in points with four on the strength of three assists.
Whalers' goalie-Rick Niedert has made both of Danbury's starts so far. A's Coach Miller rotated his goalies last week. Lee Thomas made two starts for the A's while Peter Dundovich started in net once. On a side note, Peter's lone start against Cape Cod last week is still something bordering bizarre.
The A's signed a pair of players during the week. Coach Miller signed Forward - Vladimir Nikiforov from the ECHL, and picked up more defensive help from the SPHL by signing Defenseman - Ken Trentowski. Both should be in uniform for Friday's game.
New Jersey leads the circuit with four games played and nine points. Brooklyn trails in fourth place with four points after three games and Danbury is fifth with three points after two games played.
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Week Two Cleared For Take-Off; Mission - Danbury.
It's that time; it's FHL week two and the A's are opening the doors to Hangar Five and taking-off for Connecticut. Friday night, Brooklyn's Coolest will head up to Danbury for their first meeting against the Whalers. Then Saturday, the Aviators return to Hangar Five for a rematch against the Cape Cod Bluefins who defeated the A's in over-time last time they met in Hyannis.
The first place New Jersey Outlaws may have ruined our home-ice opener this season and they'll surely need to pay for that...eventually. But right now they're still second-in on Brooklyn's rivalry depth chart. Danbury however; - The Danbury Whalers? Now you speak of the Brooklyn Aviators' true rival. After the inaugural season of FHL play, this has developed into a fierce Tri-State area rivalry indeed. And the folks of Danbury are without a doubt very supportive of their team and fill the seats, which should add some electricity to this initial Friday night match-up of the season.
One thing is very clear about the Danbury team thus far, they are very strong up the middle. Center - Kelly Miller leads Danbury scoring after two games with three goals and three assists; good for six points. Center-Chris Seifert and Center-Joe Dabkowski are Danbury's other two multiple goal scorers.
Casey Mignone is Brooklyn's leading goal scorer so far with a pair. And newcomer Chris Ferazolli leads the team in points with four on the strength of three assists.
Whalers' goalie-Rick Niedert has made both of Danbury's starts so far. A's Coach Miller rotated his goalies last week. Lee Thomas made two starts for the A's while Peter Dundovich started in net once. On a side note, Peter's lone start against Cape Cod last week is still something bordering bizarre.
The A's signed a pair of players during the week. Coach Miller signed Forward - Vladimir Nikiforov from the ECHL, and picked up more defensive help from the SPHL by signing Defenseman - Ken Trentowski. Both should be in uniform for Friday's game.
New Jersey leads the circuit with four games played and nine points. Brooklyn trails in fourth place with four points after three games and Danbury is fifth with three points after two games played.
FRIDAY NIGHT
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
(1-1-1)
vs.
Danbury Whalers
(1-1-0)
From
Danbury, Connecticut
Mike.BTB
Friday, October 28, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Flyin' High; Win Game One
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Comeback Against Defending Champs In Season Opener With Disciplined Play and Composure.
For the Aviators, the memory of losing and watching the Warriors hoist the Championship Trophy on home ice to end Brooklyn's most previous season no doubt rushed back to their minds upon taking the ice Thursday night in Lewiston, Maine for a return engagement against Akwesasne. But for a night, the Aviators displayed more discipline and composure than did the defending FHL champions. And for Coach Miller, watching both characteristics play directly into their Opening night victory must have been especially satisfying considering many of his players are still learning how to play together. For their efforts in the season's first game, they adhered to many key fundamental values. The A's won Thursday night by grinding the game out a little longer than the Warriors did, and playing an increasingly cleaner and sharper game against the Warriors the longer the contest went on.
It seemed over the first two and one half periods, the A's carried the play; spent less time in the box; got more shots on net; and appeared to be the more disciplined team. Yet Akwesasne and the scoreboard were unyielding, reflecting a 2-1 score in the Warriors' favor after fifty minutes of regulation time.
Over that span, Akwesasne even put Brooklyn on the man-advantage three times as many as the A's allowed the Warriors. Both teams combined to go a woeful 0-12 on the PP to that point. And frustratingly, the Aviators accounted for 0-9 of that. Chris Ferazolli wound up scoring the first goal of the Aviators' season at even strength. At the time, his score only served to cut a 2-0 Akwesasne lead in half. But the defense and Thomas Lee set about ensuring Ferazolli's goal would factor into the outcome.
The Warriors opened the FHL's 2011-2012 scoring this season at 15:55 of the first period on a Miguel Delisle goal past A's starting net minder; Thomas Lee. And that's how the initial period ended. Brooklyn managed thirteen shots on goal in the period as Akwesasne unleashed seventeen with one finding net. Penalties put Brooklyn on the PK three times but they held the Warriors scoreless during the man advantages.
Brooklyn clamped down and limited the Warriors to just four shots on goal the entire second period. Yet one shot still managed to find net behind Thomas Lee. At the 7:03 mark of the second session, Akwsasne's Pierre Dagenais scored to make it a 2-0 game.
Then, just under four minutes later at the 10:50 mark, Chris Ferazzoli's first goal of the season finally put Brooklyn on the scoreboard. He was assisted by Jordan Bernier and Chris Jones. Brooklyn put fifteen shots on goal during the second period and behind their defense, the A's game started to gel. But the second period ended with the A's still down by a 2-1 score.
While the teams traded second period goals, they traded second period punches as well. Things began to get chippy back when Akwesasne's Carter Trevisani and Brooklyn's Jordan Bernier closed out the first period with roughing penalties. Then tempers flared between Akwesasne's Ahmed Mahfouz and Brooklyn's Anthony Iaquinto when they dropped the gloves at the 10:58 mark of the second session. Both received five for fighting. And bad attitudes prevailed the rest of the period.
Midway through the third period and two power play opportunities later, the Aviators' tying goal still remained elusive. Then, at 13:23 of the third, Brooklyn's patience was rewarded. Their attention to detail finally paid off when Anthony Iaquinto scored for Brooklyn and tied the game at two apiece. The assists came from Andrew Owsiak and Jarrett Rush.
At the 14:14 mark, Akwesasne's penchant for penalties this night opened the door to another Hangar-sized opportunity. Brooklyn cashed in as the power play finally hit pay dirt when Jordan Bernier buried the go-ahead goal to make it a 3-2 game. The goal was assisted by Andrew Scampoli.
After allowing seventeen shots on goal in the first period, the defense kept the number of shots against goalie Thomas Lee relatively low the rest of the way. Four shots in the second period and eight in the third were all Akwesasne could muster. Meanwhile, Brooklyn peppered Warriors' goalie David Plouffe with fourteen shots in the third period and forty-two overall. Additionally, the Aviators did very well to stay out of the box. And even though Brooklyn's power play was 1-10 Thursday night, they scored on the one opportunity that mattered most; their last.
And so Aviators' victory number one came in rather dramatic fashion Thursday night. If this game is an indication, then it's going to be a fun Winter folks.
Game two of the new season will be Friday night in Cape Cod against the Blue Fins before the Coolest Guys In Brooklyn come home for their Saturday Night Showdown against their newest rival, the New Jersey Outlaws, who now feature former A's fan favorites, Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo.
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Comeback Against Defending Champs In Season Opener With Disciplined Play and Composure.
For the Aviators, the memory of losing and watching the Warriors hoist the Championship Trophy on home ice to end Brooklyn's most previous season no doubt rushed back to their minds upon taking the ice Thursday night in Lewiston, Maine for a return engagement against Akwesasne. But for a night, the Aviators displayed more discipline and composure than did the defending FHL champions. And for Coach Miller, watching both characteristics play directly into their Opening night victory must have been especially satisfying considering many of his players are still learning how to play together. For their efforts in the season's first game, they adhered to many key fundamental values. The A's won Thursday night by grinding the game out a little longer than the Warriors did, and playing an increasingly cleaner and sharper game against the Warriors the longer the contest went on.
It seemed over the first two and one half periods, the A's carried the play; spent less time in the box; got more shots on net; and appeared to be the more disciplined team. Yet Akwesasne and the scoreboard were unyielding, reflecting a 2-1 score in the Warriors' favor after fifty minutes of regulation time.
Over that span, Akwesasne even put Brooklyn on the man-advantage three times as many as the A's allowed the Warriors. Both teams combined to go a woeful 0-12 on the PP to that point. And frustratingly, the Aviators accounted for 0-9 of that. Chris Ferazolli wound up scoring the first goal of the Aviators' season at even strength. At the time, his score only served to cut a 2-0 Akwesasne lead in half. But the defense and Thomas Lee set about ensuring Ferazolli's goal would factor into the outcome.
The Warriors opened the FHL's 2011-2012 scoring this season at 15:55 of the first period on a Miguel Delisle goal past A's starting net minder; Thomas Lee. And that's how the initial period ended. Brooklyn managed thirteen shots on goal in the period as Akwesasne unleashed seventeen with one finding net. Penalties put Brooklyn on the PK three times but they held the Warriors scoreless during the man advantages.
Brooklyn clamped down and limited the Warriors to just four shots on goal the entire second period. Yet one shot still managed to find net behind Thomas Lee. At the 7:03 mark of the second session, Akwsasne's Pierre Dagenais scored to make it a 2-0 game.
Then, just under four minutes later at the 10:50 mark, Chris Ferazzoli's first goal of the season finally put Brooklyn on the scoreboard. He was assisted by Jordan Bernier and Chris Jones. Brooklyn put fifteen shots on goal during the second period and behind their defense, the A's game started to gel. But the second period ended with the A's still down by a 2-1 score.
While the teams traded second period goals, they traded second period punches as well. Things began to get chippy back when Akwesasne's Carter Trevisani and Brooklyn's Jordan Bernier closed out the first period with roughing penalties. Then tempers flared between Akwesasne's Ahmed Mahfouz and Brooklyn's Anthony Iaquinto when they dropped the gloves at the 10:58 mark of the second session. Both received five for fighting. And bad attitudes prevailed the rest of the period.
Midway through the third period and two power play opportunities later, the Aviators' tying goal still remained elusive. Then, at 13:23 of the third, Brooklyn's patience was rewarded. Their attention to detail finally paid off when Anthony Iaquinto scored for Brooklyn and tied the game at two apiece. The assists came from Andrew Owsiak and Jarrett Rush.
At the 14:14 mark, Akwesasne's penchant for penalties this night opened the door to another Hangar-sized opportunity. Brooklyn cashed in as the power play finally hit pay dirt when Jordan Bernier buried the go-ahead goal to make it a 3-2 game. The goal was assisted by Andrew Scampoli.
After allowing seventeen shots on goal in the first period, the defense kept the number of shots against goalie Thomas Lee relatively low the rest of the way. Four shots in the second period and eight in the third were all Akwesasne could muster. Meanwhile, Brooklyn peppered Warriors' goalie David Plouffe with fourteen shots in the third period and forty-two overall. Additionally, the Aviators did very well to stay out of the box. And even though Brooklyn's power play was 1-10 Thursday night, they scored on the one opportunity that mattered most; their last.
And so Aviators' victory number one came in rather dramatic fashion Thursday night. If this game is an indication, then it's going to be a fun Winter folks.
Game two of the new season will be Friday night in Cape Cod against the Blue Fins before the Coolest Guys In Brooklyn come home for their Saturday Night Showdown against their newest rival, the New Jersey Outlaws, who now feature former A's fan favorites, Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo.
FRIDAY NIGHT
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
vs.
Cape Cod Bluefins
From
Somewhere in Massachusetts
Mike.BTB
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Season Opens Thursday
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Cleared For Take-Off! Time to Drop the Puck.
The Brooklyn Aviators were involved in another trade. On October 24th, the League announced Brooklyn center John Goffredo was part of a three team trade that ultimately landed Goffredo in New Jersey with the expansion Outlaws. The trade reunites John Goffredo with former Aviator team mate; Matthew Puntureri; who was traded to the Outlaws over the summer. John Goffredo was originally dealt to the Danbury Whalers for right-winger Anthony Monte. Danbury then turned and traded Goffredo to New Jersey completing the three team deal.
Anthony Monte will join another off-season acquisition, Chris Ferazzoli. Chris Ferazzoli played in the SPHL last season. The thirty-one year old last appeared at Hangar Five in 2009-2010 when he visited with the N.J. Rock Hoppers who played the then Brooklyn Aces of the old ECHL circuit.
Final rosters were due to be submitted to the League this afternoon. Team rosters are limited to eighteen dressed players with two additional inactive players. The Aviators last day cuts were as follows:
C - Michael Guera
C - Joseph Harcharik
G - Jeremy Dupont
G - Michael Younes
LW - Anthony Longo
The face of the Aviators is taking on a very different look heading into this season. Local favorite and Staten Islander; Anthony Longo; makes another very popular player from last season who will not be on this year's Opening Day roster. His release comes in addition to the fore-mentioned trades of Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo. Additionally, last season's League stand-out goalie Kevin Druce also will not be returning.
One more player's appearance will merely be delayed in a manner of speaking. Returning right winger, Michael Thompson won't be ready right away. Coach Miller suspended the forward for twenty games. What ever the case may be, that must have been no small infraction to warrant twenty games.
Coach Miller went down south in search of much needed defensemen. He came back with a pair; James Rettig and Brian Dunford. They will join returnees, Jarrett Rush and KC Timmons, along with acquired Nicholas Kuqali on the blue line.
The second Federal Hockey League season kicks off tomorrow when the Brooklyn Aviators and the defending champion Akwesasne Warriors square off from Maine. The A's will then play Cape Cod before coming back to Brooklyn for their home ice opener this Saturday against the New Jersey Outlaws.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Cleared For Take-Off! Time to Drop the Puck.
The Brooklyn Aviators were involved in another trade. On October 24th, the League announced Brooklyn center John Goffredo was part of a three team trade that ultimately landed Goffredo in New Jersey with the expansion Outlaws. The trade reunites John Goffredo with former Aviator team mate; Matthew Puntureri; who was traded to the Outlaws over the summer. John Goffredo was originally dealt to the Danbury Whalers for right-winger Anthony Monte. Danbury then turned and traded Goffredo to New Jersey completing the three team deal.
Anthony Monte will join another off-season acquisition, Chris Ferazzoli. Chris Ferazzoli played in the SPHL last season. The thirty-one year old last appeared at Hangar Five in 2009-2010 when he visited with the N.J. Rock Hoppers who played the then Brooklyn Aces of the old ECHL circuit.
Final rosters were due to be submitted to the League this afternoon. Team rosters are limited to eighteen dressed players with two additional inactive players. The Aviators last day cuts were as follows:
C - Michael Guera
C - Joseph Harcharik
G - Jeremy Dupont
G - Michael Younes
LW - Anthony Longo
The face of the Aviators is taking on a very different look heading into this season. Local favorite and Staten Islander; Anthony Longo; makes another very popular player from last season who will not be on this year's Opening Day roster. His release comes in addition to the fore-mentioned trades of Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo. Additionally, last season's League stand-out goalie Kevin Druce also will not be returning.
One more player's appearance will merely be delayed in a manner of speaking. Returning right winger, Michael Thompson won't be ready right away. Coach Miller suspended the forward for twenty games. What ever the case may be, that must have been no small infraction to warrant twenty games.
Coach Miller went down south in search of much needed defensemen. He came back with a pair; James Rettig and Brian Dunford. They will join returnees, Jarrett Rush and KC Timmons, along with acquired Nicholas Kuqali on the blue line.
The second Federal Hockey League season kicks off tomorrow when the Brooklyn Aviators and the defending champion Akwesasne Warriors square off from Maine. The A's will then play Cape Cod before coming back to Brooklyn for their home ice opener this Saturday against the New Jersey Outlaws.
2011-2012
Federal Hockey League
Federal Hockey League
OPENING GAME
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
vs.
Akwesasne Warriors
From
Lewiston, Maine
Mike.BTB
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