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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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Time To Teach FISH a Lesson
From the desk of: THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: You Can't Let Something Like a Broken Bus Get In Your Way! Get Back To Work and Beat THE FISH.
Oh...! What happun?
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to Danville last week.... We had a..., uh..., a little hiccup in the season folks. Last weekend's games scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights against the Dashers out in Danville, Illinois, were cancelled because the... uh, Aviators' team bus broke down.
I know a guy who could have fixd it! He's got an awesome set of tools.
While someone attends to the bus, the A's have hockey to be played tonight in The Hangar. Smell that? That's right. that unmistakable waft of Cod Fish can only mean one thing.... - Well, make that two things if you're familiar with Jamaica Bay. But that smell can only mean one other thing; the Cape Cod Blue Fins are in town.
Man, I'm really starting to dislike these guys. We're ten points better than them in the standings. But they've played us like we were the Washington Generals on ice. The Fish lead the season series four games to two and have won the last two meetings. The Blue Fins shut-out the A's 3-0 last time they met.
Missing games last week have taken a toll in the standings. The A's are now twenty-two points behind the FHL leading New Jersey Outlaws. The 1000 Islands club is running a loose second with forty-four points this season. Then there's the pack - Danbury is in third place with 33 points, Akwesasne is next with 32 points, followed by the A's with 31 points.
And by the way..., your Aviators have a newly named Captain. Coach Miller tabbed defenseman Jarrett Rush as the team's next Captain. He will be sporting the "C" on his jersey for the first time tonight against the Blue Fins. The promotion to Captain fills the void left open when former Captain, Steve Obelnicki, was lost for the season to injury. Additionally, fellow defenseman KC Timmons and Andrew Owsiak have been named the Alternates.
Now that everything is in place and we are on home-ice.... Let's Get It On!
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: You Can't Let Something Like a Broken Bus Get In Your Way! Get Back To Work and Beat THE FISH.
Oh...! What happun?
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to Danville last week.... We had a..., uh..., a little hiccup in the season folks. Last weekend's games scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights against the Dashers out in Danville, Illinois, were cancelled because the... uh, Aviators' team bus broke down.
I know a guy who could have fixd it! He's got an awesome set of tools.
While someone attends to the bus, the A's have hockey to be played tonight in The Hangar. Smell that? That's right. that unmistakable waft of Cod Fish can only mean one thing.... - Well, make that two things if you're familiar with Jamaica Bay. But that smell can only mean one other thing; the Cape Cod Blue Fins are in town.
Man, I'm really starting to dislike these guys. We're ten points better than them in the standings. But they've played us like we were the Washington Generals on ice. The Fish lead the season series four games to two and have won the last two meetings. The Blue Fins shut-out the A's 3-0 last time they met.
Missing games last week have taken a toll in the standings. The A's are now twenty-two points behind the FHL leading New Jersey Outlaws. The 1000 Islands club is running a loose second with forty-four points this season. Then there's the pack - Danbury is in third place with 33 points, Akwesasne is next with 32 points, followed by the A's with 31 points.
And by the way..., your Aviators have a newly named Captain. Coach Miller tabbed defenseman Jarrett Rush as the team's next Captain. He will be sporting the "C" on his jersey for the first time tonight against the Blue Fins. The promotion to Captain fills the void left open when former Captain, Steve Obelnicki, was lost for the season to injury. Additionally, fellow defenseman KC Timmons and Andrew Owsiak have been named the Alternates.
Now that everything is in place and we are on home-ice.... Let's Get It On!
TONIGHT
Cape Cod Blue Fins
vs.
BROOKLYN AVIATORS
FROM
HANGAR FIVE
Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
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
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ A's Can't Fight Off Danbury
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Danbury Whalers Ride a Big Second Period to Defeat A's, While Brooklyn Uses Their Fists in the Third.
The first period of play was a quiet affair. Danbury edged out Brooklyn with ten shots on goal versus nine for the A's. However, no shot found net during the opening session for either team. Twice Danbury put Brooklyn on the power play. But the A's could not cash in on the man-advantages.
To start the second period, one shot; one goal. Danbury's Chris Seifert took the first shot on goal of the period and scored inside the opening minute against Brooklyn goalie Thomas Lee.
At 1:32 of the period, Andrew Scampoli was called for tripping. Brooklyn killed that penalty off. Then midway through the period, Brooklyn put Danbury on the power play again when blue-liner Ken Trentowski got whistled for a hooking minor. The A's turned Danbury away again.
So after two successful Brooklyn kills, the Whalers decided to do their damage at even strength. At the 13:45 mark and with their ninth shot of the period, Danbury scored their second goal of the game. Then, a little less than a minute and a half later, the Whalers buried home yet another puck past Thomas Lee for a 3-0 Danbury lead.
The two teams each finished the second period with eleven shots on goal. And over the first two periods, Danbury held a one shot lead; 21 to 20. The problem for Brooklyn was Thomas let three of them get by in one period. Jordan Bernier and Chris Owsaik led the A's with three shots apiece, but none were finding their way past Whaler's goalie Nick Niedert.
Both teams were 0 for 2 on the power play in a relatively clean contest through forty minutes of Hockey. But as expected when these teams get together, that would all change.
What the Aviators needed was a good old fashioned grinding come-back. But I guess what they couldn't take care of with stick handling and scoring, they decided to take care of with their fists instead. So to set the mood, Brooklyn's Jari Bolbotowski fought with Danbury's Paul Arnott Jr. two minutes into the final session. That bought both players five for fighting and an additional ten minutes each for fighting misconducts.
Although there was no change in score to this point, minutes later at 5:13 of the third period, player comportment took a back seat again. Brooklyn's Jarrett Rush and Danbury's Chris Clark decided another fight was in order. They too received five for fighting, without the misconducts however.
At 12:13, the Aviators went on their third power play of the game after roughing was called against Danbury. But for a third time, they failed to cash in on the man-advantage.
...And well, that's the way this game almost ended. Danbury's goalie Nick Niedert turned back thirty-two shots and was within nineteen seconds of securing a shut-out. But as if to throw one last punch before breaking out of Danbury, at the 19:41 mark of the third, Jarrett Rush scored for Brooklyn to happily ruin Niedert's shut-out.
Danbury now leads the season series against Brooklyn two games to one. It's like that sometimes.
Friday night, we take on the Cape Cod Blue Fins. That game should be hot!
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS: Danbury Whalers Ride a Big Second Period to Defeat A's, While Brooklyn Uses Their Fists in the Third.
The first period of play was a quiet affair. Danbury edged out Brooklyn with ten shots on goal versus nine for the A's. However, no shot found net during the opening session for either team. Twice Danbury put Brooklyn on the power play. But the A's could not cash in on the man-advantages.
To start the second period, one shot; one goal. Danbury's Chris Seifert took the first shot on goal of the period and scored inside the opening minute against Brooklyn goalie Thomas Lee.
At 1:32 of the period, Andrew Scampoli was called for tripping. Brooklyn killed that penalty off. Then midway through the period, Brooklyn put Danbury on the power play again when blue-liner Ken Trentowski got whistled for a hooking minor. The A's turned Danbury away again.
So after two successful Brooklyn kills, the Whalers decided to do their damage at even strength. At the 13:45 mark and with their ninth shot of the period, Danbury scored their second goal of the game. Then, a little less than a minute and a half later, the Whalers buried home yet another puck past Thomas Lee for a 3-0 Danbury lead.
The two teams each finished the second period with eleven shots on goal. And over the first two periods, Danbury held a one shot lead; 21 to 20. The problem for Brooklyn was Thomas let three of them get by in one period. Jordan Bernier and Chris Owsaik led the A's with three shots apiece, but none were finding their way past Whaler's goalie Nick Niedert.
Both teams were 0 for 2 on the power play in a relatively clean contest through forty minutes of Hockey. But as expected when these teams get together, that would all change.
What the Aviators needed was a good old fashioned grinding come-back. But I guess what they couldn't take care of with stick handling and scoring, they decided to take care of with their fists instead. So to set the mood, Brooklyn's Jari Bolbotowski fought with Danbury's Paul Arnott Jr. two minutes into the final session. That bought both players five for fighting and an additional ten minutes each for fighting misconducts.
Although there was no change in score to this point, minutes later at 5:13 of the third period, player comportment took a back seat again. Brooklyn's Jarrett Rush and Danbury's Chris Clark decided another fight was in order. They too received five for fighting, without the misconducts however.
At 12:13, the Aviators went on their third power play of the game after roughing was called against Danbury. But for a third time, they failed to cash in on the man-advantage.
...And well, that's the way this game almost ended. Danbury's goalie Nick Niedert turned back thirty-two shots and was within nineteen seconds of securing a shut-out. But as if to throw one last punch before breaking out of Danbury, at the 19:41 mark of the third, Jarrett Rush scored for Brooklyn to happily ruin Niedert's shut-out.
Danbury now leads the season series against Brooklyn two games to one. It's like that sometimes.
Friday night, we take on the Cape Cod Blue Fins. That game should be hot!
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
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
Friday, October 14, 2011
BKN Aviators ~ Doors to Hangar Five Open October 29th
From the desk of: THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN
Back in July the organization officially dropped "New York" from their name and opted instead to more accurately represent the Borough of Kings and the local crowds who cheer for them inside Hangar Number Five off Flatbush Avenue.
As the start of the second Federal Hockey League season draws closer, Coach Rob Miller is busy scouting and finalizing his roster. Many of the Coolest Guys from last season will be returning. Unfortunately, two very popular players and key contributors from the previous season's success will not. But all players starting this season forward; whether returning from last season or are new faces to the team, and any future club member, will now represent and play as:
To drop the puck on the 2011-2012 campaign, the Aviators and Akwesasne Warriors will pick up where left off last season, which is on Warriors home-ice where Akwesasne's home team defeated the A's three games to one to win the Federal Hockey League Inaugural Championship back in March.
Brooklyn and Akwesasne will officially start the FHL season on Oct. 27th. The A's will play a second road game on Oct. 28th against the Cape Cod Blue Fins. Then, Brooklyn's home-ice opener will be on Saturday, October 29th, versus one of the three new additions to the League; the New Jersey Outlaws.
The Federal Hockey League is an eight team circuit now. The returning member clubs from last season are Brooklyn; Akwesanse; 1000 Islands Privateers; and the Danbury Whalers. Last year's Broome County Barons are now this year's Cape Cod Blue Fins.
The three new teams joining the League for the 2011-2012 season are the Danville Dashers; New Jersey Outlaws; and the Vermont Wild.
One of the most popular players not returning to the A's this season is the 5'10" little bull and (now former) crowd favorite; Matthew Puntureri. He was traded to the New Jersey Outlaws back in May. The transaction was an unfortunate situation Coach Miller admitted was made due to financial considerations.
You don't just seemingly and suddenly ignite like the A's did last season and roll off a 21-game winning streak and finish the regular season in first place only after playing at such a ferocious pace as they did to close out last season, without riding your Goalie like an old WWII Flying Tiger. The Aviators did just that, and their goalie was Kevin Druce. He also will not be returning this season.
But many familiar names to us locals are returning for another campaign at Hangar Five. Forwards -Andrew Scampoli, Steve Obelnicki, Anthony Longo, Jesse Felton, Michael Thomson, Casey Magnone, John Goffredo, and Nick Vandenbeld are some of the returning skaters.
On Defense - The truth is, we're thin. KC Timmons and Jarrett Rush will be back on the blue line. Nicholas Kuqali makes three signed defenseman. After that, this is perhaps the team's biggest issue and Coach Miller's toughest challenge ahead. Coach hopes to solidify his blue line through scouting the southern circuit before the season's opener.
In goal tender Kevin Druce's absence, the Aviators will mostly likely go with a tandem of Peter Dundovich, and Ryan Scott in net this season.
We'll see what new players earn a Brooklyn jersey once Training Camp concludes. Until then...
...Let's Go A's!
Mike.BTB
BROOKLYN AVIATORS HOCKEY CLUB ~ 2011-2012:
Coach Miller Making Final Preparations Before Take-Off.
Back in July the organization officially dropped "New York" from their name and opted instead to more accurately represent the Borough of Kings and the local crowds who cheer for them inside Hangar Number Five off Flatbush Avenue.
As the start of the second Federal Hockey League season draws closer, Coach Rob Miller is busy scouting and finalizing his roster. Many of the Coolest Guys from last season will be returning. Unfortunately, two very popular players and key contributors from the previous season's success will not. But all players starting this season forward; whether returning from last season or are new faces to the team, and any future club member, will now represent and play as:
THE BROOKLYN AVIATORS
This just reaffirms what I've been saying about them generally being regarded as,
The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn!
To drop the puck on the 2011-2012 campaign, the Aviators and Akwesasne Warriors will pick up where left off last season, which is on Warriors home-ice where Akwesasne's home team defeated the A's three games to one to win the Federal Hockey League Inaugural Championship back in March.
Brooklyn and Akwesasne will officially start the FHL season on Oct. 27th. The A's will play a second road game on Oct. 28th against the Cape Cod Blue Fins. Then, Brooklyn's home-ice opener will be on Saturday, October 29th, versus one of the three new additions to the League; the New Jersey Outlaws.
The Federal Hockey League is an eight team circuit now. The returning member clubs from last season are Brooklyn; Akwesanse; 1000 Islands Privateers; and the Danbury Whalers. Last year's Broome County Barons are now this year's Cape Cod Blue Fins.
The three new teams joining the League for the 2011-2012 season are the Danville Dashers; New Jersey Outlaws; and the Vermont Wild.
One of the most popular players not returning to the A's this season is the 5'10" little bull and (now former) crowd favorite; Matthew Puntureri. He was traded to the New Jersey Outlaws back in May. The transaction was an unfortunate situation Coach Miller admitted was made due to financial considerations.
You don't just seemingly and suddenly ignite like the A's did last season and roll off a 21-game winning streak and finish the regular season in first place only after playing at such a ferocious pace as they did to close out last season, without riding your Goalie like an old WWII Flying Tiger. The Aviators did just that, and their goalie was Kevin Druce. He also will not be returning this season.
But many familiar names to us locals are returning for another campaign at Hangar Five. Forwards -Andrew Scampoli, Steve Obelnicki, Anthony Longo, Jesse Felton, Michael Thomson, Casey Magnone, John Goffredo, and Nick Vandenbeld are some of the returning skaters.
On Defense - The truth is, we're thin. KC Timmons and Jarrett Rush will be back on the blue line. Nicholas Kuqali makes three signed defenseman. After that, this is perhaps the team's biggest issue and Coach Miller's toughest challenge ahead. Coach hopes to solidify his blue line through scouting the southern circuit before the season's opener.
In goal tender Kevin Druce's absence, the Aviators will mostly likely go with a tandem of Peter Dundovich, and Ryan Scott in net this season.
We'll see what new players earn a Brooklyn jersey once Training Camp concludes. Until then...
...Let's Go A's!
Mike.BTB
Monday, March 14, 2011
N.Y. AVIATORS ~ Game 5; Beat Danbury in OT - Reach FHL Finals
From the desk of: The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn
NEW YORK AVIATORS: The Coolest Guys In Brooklyn win Round One Clincher in Over-Time.
Game One of FHL Finals at Hangar #5 next Friday night!
The Federal League's Southern Division playoff series came down to a final Game Five. The Aviators and Danbury Whalers split the first two games in Brooklyn then split the next two in Danbury. Today, the deciding Game Five was played in Brooklyn's Hangar #5 at Floyd Bennett Field. But when regulation time expired, we still had no winner. Overtime would be needed to decide which team would take on the Akwesasne Warriors for the Federal League's Inaugural Championship.
In a game played by Danbury with far more discipline than Saturday's Game Four penalty riddled affair, it was an Aviator this time who was ejected from this contest for poor usage of his stick. With less than two minutes remaining in regulation time, N.Y.'s John Goffredo was a assessed a four minute double-minor for high-sticking and given the obligatory ten minute major with the accompanying ejection. Otherwise, both teams kept the penalty count respectable.
NY's Christopher Holmes started this afternoon's scoring with a goal (assisted by Angelo Serse; Anthony Longo) at the 9:02 mark of the first period. But two minutes later, Danbury's Chris Seifert tied the score at the 11:04 mark. That's the way the first period would end. New York had fifteen shots-on-goal to the Whalers' eight. New York was 0 for 1 on the PP.
To start the second period, the home ice crowd watched their A's jump out to another lead when Matthew Puntureri scored at the 2:09 mark (assisted by Jesse Felten; Jarrett Rush). But the Danbury Whalers had other ideas for the crowd. They answered back quickly to bring silence among Hangar #5's rooters. At 3:42, Matt Caranci scored to tie the score at two apiece. Then slightly more than a minute later, Chris Seifert would put the Whalers ahead for the first time in this game. Both teams committed three penalties each and went a combined 0-6 on their respective power plays during the second period.
Danbury held on to their 3-2 lead beyond the half way point of the third period. But at the 13:13 mark, New York's Nick Grove (assisted by Jesse Felten; Nick Vandenbeld) scored to get the game tied again. And that's the way regulation time would end; tied 3-3.
After the regular season and a full five games during the first round playoff, it still wasn't enough to decide a Southern Division participant for the Championship Series.
So to overtime they went. It would be the second time these teams would wind up in overtime this series. But The Coolest Guys In Brooklyn didn't make their fans wait too long for this series to reach it's conclusion. They gave the Brooklyn fans their moment of jubilation at the 3:56 mark of the extra period. Fittingly, it was Aviator favorite Matthew Puntureri (assisted by Jesse Felten) who netted home the game winning goal for Brooklyn's skaters. It was his second and obviously the more dramatic goal of the game for Matthew.
In the end, the final score on the big red scoreboard at the Hangar would read Aviators 4; Danbury Whalers 3. The A's, Brooklyn's Pro Hockey team, would be heading to the Championship Series versus the Akwesasne Warriors.
* N.Y. Goalie Kevin Druce picked up another win while stopping 21 of 24 shots.
* Shots On Goal Totals ~ N.Y. 33; DAN 24
* Jesse Felten ~ 3 assists; 3 points
* Matthew Puntureri ~ 2 goals; game-winning goal
You can start previewing the Championship match-up
and crunching the numbers
Mike.BTB
NEW YORK AVIATORS: The Coolest Guys In Brooklyn win Round One Clincher in Over-Time.
Game One of FHL Finals at Hangar #5 next Friday night!
The Federal League's Southern Division playoff series came down to a final Game Five. The Aviators and Danbury Whalers split the first two games in Brooklyn then split the next two in Danbury. Today, the deciding Game Five was played in Brooklyn's Hangar #5 at Floyd Bennett Field. But when regulation time expired, we still had no winner. Overtime would be needed to decide which team would take on the Akwesasne Warriors for the Federal League's Inaugural Championship.
In a game played by Danbury with far more discipline than Saturday's Game Four penalty riddled affair, it was an Aviator this time who was ejected from this contest for poor usage of his stick. With less than two minutes remaining in regulation time, N.Y.'s John Goffredo was a assessed a four minute double-minor for high-sticking and given the obligatory ten minute major with the accompanying ejection. Otherwise, both teams kept the penalty count respectable.
NY's Christopher Holmes started this afternoon's scoring with a goal (assisted by Angelo Serse; Anthony Longo) at the 9:02 mark of the first period. But two minutes later, Danbury's Chris Seifert tied the score at the 11:04 mark. That's the way the first period would end. New York had fifteen shots-on-goal to the Whalers' eight. New York was 0 for 1 on the PP.
To start the second period, the home ice crowd watched their A's jump out to another lead when Matthew Puntureri scored at the 2:09 mark (assisted by Jesse Felten; Jarrett Rush). But the Danbury Whalers had other ideas for the crowd. They answered back quickly to bring silence among Hangar #5's rooters. At 3:42, Matt Caranci scored to tie the score at two apiece. Then slightly more than a minute later, Chris Seifert would put the Whalers ahead for the first time in this game. Both teams committed three penalties each and went a combined 0-6 on their respective power plays during the second period.
Danbury held on to their 3-2 lead beyond the half way point of the third period. But at the 13:13 mark, New York's Nick Grove (assisted by Jesse Felten; Nick Vandenbeld) scored to get the game tied again. And that's the way regulation time would end; tied 3-3.
After the regular season and a full five games during the first round playoff, it still wasn't enough to decide a Southern Division participant for the Championship Series.
So to overtime they went. It would be the second time these teams would wind up in overtime this series. But The Coolest Guys In Brooklyn didn't make their fans wait too long for this series to reach it's conclusion. They gave the Brooklyn fans their moment of jubilation at the 3:56 mark of the extra period. Fittingly, it was Aviator favorite Matthew Puntureri (assisted by Jesse Felten) who netted home the game winning goal for Brooklyn's skaters. It was his second and obviously the more dramatic goal of the game for Matthew.
In the end, the final score on the big red scoreboard at the Hangar would read Aviators 4; Danbury Whalers 3. The A's, Brooklyn's Pro Hockey team, would be heading to the Championship Series versus the Akwesasne Warriors.
* N.Y. Goalie Kevin Druce picked up another win while stopping 21 of 24 shots.
* Shots On Goal Totals ~ N.Y. 33; DAN 24
* Jesse Felten ~ 3 assists; 3 points
* Matthew Puntureri ~ 2 goals; game-winning goal
2010-2011
Federal League Championship Series
Akwesasne Warriors
vs.
NEW YORK AVIATORS
Game One of the Inaugural Federal Hockey League Championship Series
Friday, March 18, 2011 @ Brooklyn's Aviator Sports Complex.
Federal League Championship Series
Akwesasne Warriors
vs.
NEW YORK AVIATORS
Game One of the Inaugural Federal Hockey League Championship Series
Friday, March 18, 2011 @ Brooklyn's Aviator Sports Complex.
You can start previewing the Championship match-up
and crunching the numbers
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Mike.BTB
Sunday, March 13, 2011
N.Y. AVIATORS ~ Beat Danbury; Force Decisive Game Five
From the desk of: The Coolest Guys in Brooklyn
N.Y. AVIATORS WIN GAME FOUR !!
FINAL:
New York Aviators 7; Danbury Whalers 0
Series Tied 2-2
New York Aviators: First Round Elimination Showdown
Brooklyn will host a decisive Game Five Match-Up against the Danbury Whalers on SUNDAY afternoon.
Sunday's Winner Will Move On To Play For
The FHL Inaugrual Championship
Brooklyn; - At stake? - Who gets to represent the Southern Division in the Federal Hockey League's Inaugural Championship Series? The Northern Division Champs; the Akwesasne Warriors, have already settled their business and wait for the conclusion of this Southern Division match-up.
Last weekend, the Aviators and Whalers split the first two games played in Brooklyn. With the series now in Connecticut, Friday night the Whalers defeated the A's to take the series lead and put themselves in a position to clinch a spot in the Championship Round with a win tonight.
So in Game Four, being down two games to one and facing elimination in this best 3 out of 5 first round series, Brooklyn's own New York Aviators, staked themselves to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Matthew Puntureri (assisted by John Goffredo; Andrew Scampoli) at the 8:56 mark of the opening period. The Aviators out-shot Danbury thirteen shots-on-goal versus six against during the first period.
After the first intermission, the A's quickly increased their lead by cashing in on a holding penalty called against Danbury's Leland Fidler with a power play goal off the stick of Andrew Scampoli (assisted by Michael Thomson; KC Timmons) at the 1:10 mark of the second period to make the score 2-0. Then, at the 8:23 mark of the second period, the Aviators tacked on another goal to make the score 3-0 after Nick Grove scored (assisted by Casey Mignone; Stephen Oblinicki).
The A's maintained furious pressure on Danbury's goalie Peter Vetri; peppering him with thirty-three shots through the first period and a half. On the other side of the ice for New York's goalie, Kevin Druce's defense only required him to stop 10 shots over the same 30 minute span of time. Then, all that peppering of Peter Vetri led to Brooklyn's fourth goal and their third of the second period. Matthew Puntureri scored his second goal of the game (assisted by Nick Grove; Michael Thomson) this time coming on the power play.
The A's fourth goal resulted from Danbury's eighth penalty. The Aviators would capitalize on two of those opportunities going 2 for 8 to that point. The Aviators, being somewhat more disciplined, limited the Whalers to 3-0 on their PP chances through the first two periods.
After 40 minutes of Hockey, the Aviators led 4-0. The Danbury Whalers were limited to a measly 12 shots-on-goal while the New York Aviators took target practice on Danbury's Peter Vetri with 43 shots (30 in the second period).
Early in the third period, the Aviators third different scorer of the night would add his name to the box score. At the 1:17 mark, Brett Dickinson (assisted by Matthew Puntureri; KC Timmons) scored on another power play following yet another Danbury penalty. This time, a boarding penalty was called against Danbury's Devin Guy, just 0.35 seconds into the period. This made the score 5-0 in favor of the visiting Aviators. Then, less than three minutes later, Andrew Scampoli (assisted by Nick Vandenbeld; Jarrett Rush) scored his second goal of the night (to join Matthew Puntureri in that regard) at the 3:56 mark of the period to put the New York Aviators firmly in control of this game by a score of 6-0 and seemingly putting this contest out of reach for the home-ice Whalers.
There was a roughing penalty committed by Danbury's Devin Guy at the 20:00 mark of the first period that could have been a foreshadowing of things to come. The zebras would whistle-up eight different infractions against the Whalers mostly of the roughing, slashing, and fighting variety during the second period alone. The Danbury Whalers had one ejection ~ Corey Fulton; last seen taking his 15 minutes of penalty time and an ejection to the locker-room midway through the second period.
Danbury's Lucas Schott then took it upon himself to pick up the level of indiscretions for the Whalers. He accumulated all 18 of his penalty minutes after Corey Fulton's departure. I'd assume there's no correlation there...right? Well..., he picked up where Fulton left off regardless. Danbury's Lucas Schott was called for tripping at 12:09, but was also slapped with a 10:00 unsportsmanlike/misconduct penalty. So, naturally, you guessed it; The New York Aviators cashed in to make the score 7-0 favoring New York as Jarrett Rush (assisted by Matthew Puntierri) scored on the resulting power play with his first goal of the game.
The more Danbury tried to bully their way through this game, the more the Aviators made them pay for it on the scoreboard. The Danbury Whalers had ten penalties against the Aviators four. Four of those penalties were for roughing, to include two 10:00 minute majors. A boarding; slash; and a cross-check rounds out the scope of the Whalers' offensive effort tonight. None of which got them on the scoreboard though. Danbury did mount more of an effort over the third period and managed to out-shoot the A's over the period. It never amounted to much though. The A's woefully out-shot the Whalers 51-22 tonight.
The Aviators managed to do what they absolutely needed to do in order to extend this series and bring it back home. And they did it in convincing fashion by shutting out the Danbury Whalers after suffering a crushing OT defeat the night before on Friday. Now, both teams will board their respective team buses and head back to Brooklyn and play a decisive Game Five at Hangar #5 to see which of the two teams will get to go play for the FHL's Inaugural Championship against the Akwesasne Warriors.
C'mon Brooklyn! - They will drop the puck on tomorrow's Game Five Do-Or-Die Series Final at 3:05pm. Come out to Floyd Bennett Field and let's show Danbury how we do it. Show up and cheer on the Coolest Guys In Brooklyn with me as they try to win a clincher on home-ice. If we want our Brooklyn Hockey Club to become big, we need to start by making tomorrow Huge!
Mike.BTB
N.Y. AVIATORS WIN GAME FOUR !!
FINAL:
New York Aviators 7; Danbury Whalers 0
Series Tied 2-2
New York Aviators: First Round Elimination Showdown
Brooklyn will host a decisive Game Five Match-Up against the Danbury Whalers on SUNDAY afternoon.
Sunday's Winner Will Move On To Play For
The FHL Inaugrual Championship
Brooklyn; - At stake? - Who gets to represent the Southern Division in the Federal Hockey League's Inaugural Championship Series? The Northern Division Champs; the Akwesasne Warriors, have already settled their business and wait for the conclusion of this Southern Division match-up.
Last weekend, the Aviators and Whalers split the first two games played in Brooklyn. With the series now in Connecticut, Friday night the Whalers defeated the A's to take the series lead and put themselves in a position to clinch a spot in the Championship Round with a win tonight.
So in Game Four, being down two games to one and facing elimination in this best 3 out of 5 first round series, Brooklyn's own New York Aviators, staked themselves to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Matthew Puntureri (assisted by John Goffredo; Andrew Scampoli) at the 8:56 mark of the opening period. The Aviators out-shot Danbury thirteen shots-on-goal versus six against during the first period.
After the first intermission, the A's quickly increased their lead by cashing in on a holding penalty called against Danbury's Leland Fidler with a power play goal off the stick of Andrew Scampoli (assisted by Michael Thomson; KC Timmons) at the 1:10 mark of the second period to make the score 2-0. Then, at the 8:23 mark of the second period, the Aviators tacked on another goal to make the score 3-0 after Nick Grove scored (assisted by Casey Mignone; Stephen Oblinicki).
The A's maintained furious pressure on Danbury's goalie Peter Vetri; peppering him with thirty-three shots through the first period and a half. On the other side of the ice for New York's goalie, Kevin Druce's defense only required him to stop 10 shots over the same 30 minute span of time. Then, all that peppering of Peter Vetri led to Brooklyn's fourth goal and their third of the second period. Matthew Puntureri scored his second goal of the game (assisted by Nick Grove; Michael Thomson) this time coming on the power play.
The A's fourth goal resulted from Danbury's eighth penalty. The Aviators would capitalize on two of those opportunities going 2 for 8 to that point. The Aviators, being somewhat more disciplined, limited the Whalers to 3-0 on their PP chances through the first two periods.
After 40 minutes of Hockey, the Aviators led 4-0. The Danbury Whalers were limited to a measly 12 shots-on-goal while the New York Aviators took target practice on Danbury's Peter Vetri with 43 shots (30 in the second period).
Early in the third period, the Aviators third different scorer of the night would add his name to the box score. At the 1:17 mark, Brett Dickinson (assisted by Matthew Puntureri; KC Timmons) scored on another power play following yet another Danbury penalty. This time, a boarding penalty was called against Danbury's Devin Guy, just 0.35 seconds into the period. This made the score 5-0 in favor of the visiting Aviators. Then, less than three minutes later, Andrew Scampoli (assisted by Nick Vandenbeld; Jarrett Rush) scored his second goal of the night (to join Matthew Puntureri in that regard) at the 3:56 mark of the period to put the New York Aviators firmly in control of this game by a score of 6-0 and seemingly putting this contest out of reach for the home-ice Whalers.
There was a roughing penalty committed by Danbury's Devin Guy at the 20:00 mark of the first period that could have been a foreshadowing of things to come. The zebras would whistle-up eight different infractions against the Whalers mostly of the roughing, slashing, and fighting variety during the second period alone. The Danbury Whalers had one ejection ~ Corey Fulton; last seen taking his 15 minutes of penalty time and an ejection to the locker-room midway through the second period.
Danbury's Lucas Schott then took it upon himself to pick up the level of indiscretions for the Whalers. He accumulated all 18 of his penalty minutes after Corey Fulton's departure. I'd assume there's no correlation there...right? Well..., he picked up where Fulton left off regardless. Danbury's Lucas Schott was called for tripping at 12:09, but was also slapped with a 10:00 unsportsmanlike/misconduct penalty. So, naturally, you guessed it; The New York Aviators cashed in to make the score 7-0 favoring New York as Jarrett Rush (assisted by Matthew Puntierri) scored on the resulting power play with his first goal of the game.
The more Danbury tried to bully their way through this game, the more the Aviators made them pay for it on the scoreboard. The Danbury Whalers had ten penalties against the Aviators four. Four of those penalties were for roughing, to include two 10:00 minute majors. A boarding; slash; and a cross-check rounds out the scope of the Whalers' offensive effort tonight. None of which got them on the scoreboard though. Danbury did mount more of an effort over the third period and managed to out-shoot the A's over the period. It never amounted to much though. The A's woefully out-shot the Whalers 51-22 tonight.
The Aviators managed to do what they absolutely needed to do in order to extend this series and bring it back home. And they did it in convincing fashion by shutting out the Danbury Whalers after suffering a crushing OT defeat the night before on Friday. Now, both teams will board their respective team buses and head back to Brooklyn and play a decisive Game Five at Hangar #5 to see which of the two teams will get to go play for the FHL's Inaugural Championship against the Akwesasne Warriors.
C'mon Brooklyn! - They will drop the puck on tomorrow's Game Five Do-Or-Die Series Final at 3:05pm. Come out to Floyd Bennett Field and let's show Danbury how we do it. Show up and cheer on the Coolest Guys In Brooklyn with me as they try to win a clincher on home-ice. If we want our Brooklyn Hockey Club to become big, we need to start by making tomorrow Huge!
Sunday - March 13, 2011
FEDERAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Southern Division
Series Tied 2-2
GAME FIVE
Danbury Whalers
vs.
NEW YORK AVIATORS
From Hangar No. 5 ~ Floyd Bennett Field
BROOKLYN, New York
SEE YOU THERE!
Let's Go Aviators
Mike.BTB
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