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
Saturday, March 26, 2011
N.Y. AVIATORS ~ Alive And Well; Game Four Tonight
From the desk of: The Coolest Guys In Brooklyn
NEW YORK AVIATORS: A's Gain Life In Game Three. Will Try And Tie Series Tonight. A Deciding Game Five Would Be Played In Brooklyn.
Throughout these playoffs, the big period has undone or propelled all participating teams. This series has been no different. Last night, the New York Aviators rode a big second period to victory over the Akwesasne Warriors and are now officially back in this series. Although the A's are still down two games to one. A victory tonight by the Aviators would tie this series and bring it back to Brooklyn for a Game Five Show-Down Monday night at the Hangar where the FHL will finally crown a champion.
Last night in Ontario, Canada - The Aviators opened up the scoring when Casey Mignone (assisted by Warren Galloway; Angelo Serse) scored four and a half minutes into the game. At the 12:47 mark, Akwesasne tied the score 1-1 and that's the way the period would end.
Andrew Scampoli put the Aviators up by a goal again at 7:39 (assisted by KC Timmons) of the second period. Then at 9:22, KC Timmons got called for a hooking penalty that the Warriors cashed in on with a power play goal at the 10:12 mark.
At 10:25, the Aviators struck right back with the first of three unanswered goals they'd score to close out the second period. John Goffredo's goal (assisted by Andrew Scampoli; Jesse Felten) put New York up 3-2. At 13:34 N.Y.'s Nicholas Kuqali got whistled for a holding penalty. On the ensuing penalty kill, A's Nick Vandelbeld scored a pick-me-up, unassisted, shorthanded goal for the visiting team, which put them up 4-2. And at 15:54, Angelo Serse gave the Aviators a 5-2 lead (assisted by Stephen Obelnicki) they'd take into the second intermission.
Half way through the final period, Akwesasne closed the score to 5-3. But that's as close as they would get. The New York Aviators sealed the game when Stephen Obelnicki scored, unassisted, on an empty Warrior's net.
A's goalie Kevin Druce faced 42 shots and stopped 39 of them. He reversed the trend of the last two games when Akwesasne turned the third period into their personal skating sessions and mounting comebacks. Seventeen of Akwesasne's forty-two shots on goal came in the third period. On this night, Kevin Druce stayed solid and has given the Aviators life.
The final score of 6-3 says the skaters from Brooklyn are indeed alive and well. A win tonight and the series comes back to the Borough of Kings for a decisive Game Five.
Let's Go Aviators!!
TONIGHT
GAME FOUR
FEDERAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Akwesasne Leads Series 2-1
NEW YORK AVIATORS
vs.
Akwesasne Warriors
Ontario, Canada
Update
The Game Went Final
The Game Went Final
NEW YORK AVIATORS: A's Gain Life In Game Three. Will Try And Tie Series Tonight. A Deciding Game Five Would Be Played In Brooklyn.
Throughout these playoffs, the big period has undone or propelled all participating teams. This series has been no different. Last night, the New York Aviators rode a big second period to victory over the Akwesasne Warriors and are now officially back in this series. Although the A's are still down two games to one. A victory tonight by the Aviators would tie this series and bring it back to Brooklyn for a Game Five Show-Down Monday night at the Hangar where the FHL will finally crown a champion.
Last night in Ontario, Canada - The Aviators opened up the scoring when Casey Mignone (assisted by Warren Galloway; Angelo Serse) scored four and a half minutes into the game. At the 12:47 mark, Akwesasne tied the score 1-1 and that's the way the period would end.
Andrew Scampoli put the Aviators up by a goal again at 7:39 (assisted by KC Timmons) of the second period. Then at 9:22, KC Timmons got called for a hooking penalty that the Warriors cashed in on with a power play goal at the 10:12 mark.
At 10:25, the Aviators struck right back with the first of three unanswered goals they'd score to close out the second period. John Goffredo's goal (assisted by Andrew Scampoli; Jesse Felten) put New York up 3-2. At 13:34 N.Y.'s Nicholas Kuqali got whistled for a holding penalty. On the ensuing penalty kill, A's Nick Vandelbeld scored a pick-me-up, unassisted, shorthanded goal for the visiting team, which put them up 4-2. And at 15:54, Angelo Serse gave the Aviators a 5-2 lead (assisted by Stephen Obelnicki) they'd take into the second intermission.
Half way through the final period, Akwesasne closed the score to 5-3. But that's as close as they would get. The New York Aviators sealed the game when Stephen Obelnicki scored, unassisted, on an empty Warrior's net.
A's goalie Kevin Druce faced 42 shots and stopped 39 of them. He reversed the trend of the last two games when Akwesasne turned the third period into their personal skating sessions and mounting comebacks. Seventeen of Akwesasne's forty-two shots on goal came in the third period. On this night, Kevin Druce stayed solid and has given the Aviators life.
The final score of 6-3 says the skaters from Brooklyn are indeed alive and well. A win tonight and the series comes back to the Borough of Kings for a decisive Game Five.
Let's Go Aviators!!
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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