BKN Aviators ~ Here Come The FISH

From the desk of:   THE SKATES OF FLATBUSH

BROOKLYN AVIATORS:   Here Comes That Garrett Peters and the Fins Again.  Let's Rumble.



Brooklyn dropped Friday night's face-off against the New Jersey Outlaws 3-2, in the first game of a three game weekend set off-Flatbush at Hangar Five.



After skating to a scoreless first period, the cross-Harbor rivals took turns scoring a pair of consecutive goals against each other.  The Outlaws from New Jersey went first.  Old friend Matthew Puntureri scored at 6:04 of the period.  Team mate Travis Kauffeldt made it a 2-0 game at the 8:14 mark.



Then Brooklyn's Coolest took their turn.  At 13:25, Jesse Felten made it a 2-1 game with his ninth goal of the season.  After KC Timmons got called for hooking at 17:53 to put N.J. on the power play, Andrew Owsiak scored short-handed for Brooklyn just before time expired on the penalty at the 19:27 mark.  The teams went into the 2nd intermission tied at two apiece.



Three times New Jersey put Brooklyn on the power play.  Three times the Aviators came up empty.  New Jersey's Kevin Cooper scored at the 3:01 mark of the third period, and that's all she wrote.  Friday night went to the visitors from New Jersey by a 3-2 final score.  Brooklyn's Josselin St. Pierre stopped twenty-six of twenty-nine shots in defeat.



Friday night's loss drops the A's home-ice record to five wins and five losses; two losses came in over-time.  Their overall record is now eight wins; six losses; four overtime losses; good for twenty eight points and tied with Danbury for fourth place.



The Hangar will have the unmistakable smell of Fish in the air tonight.  New nemesis; the Cape Cod Blue Fins; will be swimming into Jamaica Bay tonight for a game against the Aviators.  Cape Cod hasn't done very well in the standings this season and are 2-6 on the road.  But they put up one hell of a fight when they play Brooklyn.  Go figure....  For a team with half the A's point total (BKN-28 vs. CC-14), they've been an awfully hard Fish to reel in.  They lead the season series against Brooklyn so far three games to two.  Chris Ferizzoli of Flatbush and Cape Cod's Garrett Peters are their team's respective scoring leaders.



Tonight I expect no less an aggressive game than any other we've played against them so far this season.  These games have been quite entertaining to say the least.  Let's see how long everyone can keep their gloves on.  And maybe....a hockey game just might break out.



The A's will wrap up a weekend in the Hangar Sunday evening against the defending FHL Champs; Awkesasne Warriors.

Saturday Night's Alright for Fightin'...

Cape Cod Blue Fins

vs.

BROOKLYN AVIATORS

FROM

HANGAR FIVE, off FLATBUSH AVENUE

in the County of Kings

Mike.BTB

BKN Aviators ~ N.J. Outlaws Hold-Up A's Weekend

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN







BROOKLYN AVIATORS:  One Wrong Exit Off the Turnpike and What You Get is a Lost Weekend in Jersey.



Talk about losing your way in the Garden State.  The Aviators' short flight over the skies of New Jersey ended in a lost weekend for the locals.  Emelia Earhart once landed and took off from Floyd Bennett Field too ya know.  How'd that go?



After taking a game from the then first place 1000 Islands Privateers before the holiday, it was Black Friday and Bleaker Saturday for the Aviators in New Jersey this weekend.  In two games on consecutive nights on New Jersey's turf, the Skates of Flatbush dropped a pair to the Outlaws.  After hoping the A's could close the gap with three games against the circuit leaders, the two losses now drop Brooklyn ten points behind New Jersey and 1000 Islands who are tied for the league lead with thirty-two points each.



Friday's game ended in a 5-3 final.  After an opening period goal by Matt Atsoff put Brooklyn ahead at the 6:22 mark, five different New Jersey players proceeded to score the next five goals over the first two periods against Aviators' goalie Josselin St. Pierre, who was making his second start since being acquired.  After three second period Outlaw goals, two former A's scored two more in the second.  John Goffredo scored N.J. goal number four on the night.  Matthew Puntureri followed up with the fifth and final score for the Outlaws. 



The A's were pretty much toast after that.  They managed two third period goals; one by Casey Mignone on the power play at 12:21 of the third.  The second Brooklyn goal of the period came on Chris Oswiak's shot at the 15:30 mark.



In taking the loss, Josselin St. Pierre faced forty-three shots; stopping thirty eight.  Brooklyn managed thirty-three shots on goal and were 1 for 5 on the power play, while holding New Jersey scoreless in three opportunities.



In the second game on Saturday, the teams took turns dominating the first two periods before ending the third session in a stalemate which necessitated over-time to determine a winner.



New Jersey had their way with Brooklyn over the last half of the first period.  Three goals; the third coming short-handed; put Brooklyn behind 3-0 at the intermission.



In the second period, it was Brooklyn's turn to dominate.  Andrew Scampoli scored goal one of the period on a power play at 6:15; assisted by A's blueliners Ken Trentowski and KC Timmons.  Goal number two came at 13:07 when KC Timmons again figured in the scoring with his third goal of the season.  Then just before the second period ended, Casey Mignone tied the game at three with his goal at the 19:33 mark.



At 3:29 of the third period, Matt Atsoff put Brooklyn ahead 4-3; assisted by Andrew Owsiak and Jason Dolgy.  But a little under ten minutes later, a Ken Trentowski slash put New Jersey on the power play.  Matt Miller cashed in for the Outlaws with his second goal of the game.



Into over-time they went.  And it didn't last long at all.  At 1:32, Travis Kauffeldt got a shot past Josselin St. Pierre for a 5-4 New Jersey win.  It was the second consecutive night St. Pierre yielded five goals to the Outlaws.  He faced thirty-eight shots in this game and stopped thirty-three.  He now owns one win against two losses as a starter.



Brooklyn finishes the weekend with a 6-5-0-4 season record and sit in fourth place with twenty two points.  The A's are off till Friday night, when they take on Danbury at the Hangar.







Mike.BTB

BKN Aviators ~ Ex-Mates & Outlaws Ruin Hangar Five Opener

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN







BROOKLYN AVIATORS:  New Jersey Outlaws Spoil A's Opening Night.  The Rivalry Is Born!


MATTHEW PUNTURERI PROVIDES MAJOR ASSISTS AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.


Veni; Vidi; Puntureri. 



Former Aviators' forwards; Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo; made their triumphant returns to Brooklyn Saturday night by picking apart their former team, assisting on six of New Jersey's seven goals scored Saturday night against A's starting goalie; Thomas Lee.



The expansion New Jersey Outlaws made their first visit to Hangar Five and proceeded to announce their presence with authority on this, Brooklyn's Opening Night game.  They got to work right away scoring at the 3:38 mark of the first period on a Kevin Cooper goal; with the second assist going to Puntureri.



After KC Timmons got whistled for hooking 5:47 in, with less than twenty seconds left in Brooklyn's penalty kill, Travis Kauffeldt scored for N.J. assisted by Puntureri again, giving them a 2-0 lead.



Almost four and a half minutes later, KC Timmons assisted on Brooklyn's first score when Chris Jones' shot found net, cutting the New Jersey lead to one.



Then the Aviators lost their grip on the first period by surrendering two more New Jersey goals inside the nineteenth minute of play.  They gave up two goals within sixteen seconds of each other to be more exact.  At 19:08, Outlaw-Tyler Barr scored with John Goffredo credited with the sole assist.  Then at 19:28, Travis Kauffeldt scored his second goal of the period as Matthew Puntureri was credited with another assist and his third of the period.  The first session ended with New Jersey staked to a 4-1 lead.



KC Timmons figured into the A's scoring again, making it a 4-2 game by converting a power play goal in the opening minute of the second period.  But New Jersey put themselves up by three again when Luke Flicik score at 16:01 making it a 5-2 game, and remained that way after forty minutes of regulation.



New Jersey took to the ice in the third period intent on finishing off the A's.  And seven seconds into the period, they scored to make it a 6-2 game.  Travis Kauffeldt completed the hat-trick and Matthew Puntureri was credited with his fifth assist of the evening.



When Jesse Felton got whistled for tripping at 5:07, New Jersey's Kevin Cooper converted the man-advantage with his second goal of the game and giving the Outlaws a 7-2 lead.



With the game out of reach, the Aviators still showed a little fight in them before time expired.  Jesse Felton scored a power play goal at 10:12 and at 10:50, Anthony Monte followed up with Brooklyn's fourth goal of the night.



The New Jersey Outlaws took the first game of this new feud 7-4 on Brooklyn's home ice.  That won't sit too well around here.  The rivalry is born.

GAME THREE FINAL

New Jersey Outlaws  7

Brooklyn Aviators     4

NEXT GAME

Friday - November 4, 2011

BROOKLYN AVIATORS

@ 

Danbury Whalers

Mike.BTB

BKN Aviators ~ A's Touch Down in Brooklyn Tonight

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN AVIATORS

OPENING NIGHT at HANGAR #5

Air tower, clear the landing strip at Floyd Bennett Field.  The Aviators are finally coming home.  After opening the season in Lewiston , Maine on Thursday and playing in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Friday night, it's time for the local blades to take to their home ice off Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.



The Aviators took Game One of the season in a return match scheduled in Maine against the defending FHL champion, Akwesasne Warriors.  Two goals in the third period and playing shut-down defense over the last forty minutes Thursday, along with Thomas Lee's 29 saves helped the A's gain victory.



However, in Friday night's game against the Cape Cod Bluefins, two goals by Casey Mignone were good enough to get the A's into overtime.  But they couldn't manage to score another in the extra session.   Cape Cod beat them to it when Dan Gordon scored the winning goal past Brooklyn's starting goalie on this night, Pete Dundovich.



Although they were hard luck over-time losers Friday, the name of the game is points.  And the A's are making a five point landing as they arrive in Brooklyn.  Five points in their first two games puts the A's in an early season lead over the circuit as they head into their first game at home.



Opening Night at Hangar Five will be against the expansion New Jersey Outlaws who now sport two former Aviator players and fan favorites; Mattew Puntureri and John Goffredo.  New Jersey won their Friday night game against the Danbury Whalers at home after dropping their first game in Danbury as part of a home-and-home opening series.

LET'S GO AVIATORS!

TONIGHT

New Jersey Outlaws

VS.

BROOKLYN AVIATORS

From

HANGAR FIVE

FLATBUSH AVENUE, BROOKLYN

Mike.BTB