West Haven Mite A hockey team had a solid weekend of hockey. On Saturday, the Westies battled against South Windsor 8U A with a hat trick from Landon Alling and additional goals from JP Beebe, Brayden Gagliardi and Quinn Uscilla.
Uscilla and Jack Weiss each had an assist, and the rest of the team kept the South Windsor goalie on his heels with multiple shots from Maddy Bruder, Gabriella Jenei, Weiss and Austin Picard. Finn Mclaughlin made a number of clutch saves in net.
West Haven finished the weekend strong against Hamden 8u A Gold with multiple goals from Alling and Picard.
The Westies spread the scoring around with Ava Healy, Beebe, Bruder, Gagliardi, Jenei, and Weiss also on the scoreboard, and assists from Uscilla, Jenei and Picard. McLaughlin was a force again in goal.
The West Haven Mite B hockey team spent the weekend on the road and received solid contributions from the entire roster.
The weekend kicked off with a flurry of goals by the Mite B’s. On Saturday, the Westies traveled to Shelton to play Shelton RiverHawks B.
The Westie sticks were on fire, with multiple goals each from Chase Liston, Luke Salkins, Blake Bova, and Parker Vitelli, as well as an additional goal from Maddie Demayo. A strong defensive effort was led by Callen Tagliatela with Dean Azano playing a strong game in net.
On Sunday, the Westies traveled to Stamford to take on Darien Mite Blue. Azano again led the way in net, with strong contributions from Rylan Jacob and Darcy Jacob at both ends of the ice.
Salkins had a terrific offensive game, while Liston, Tagliatela, and Bova had multiple shots on net throughout the contest.
The West Haven Mite B hockey team began this weekend on the road with an offensive barrage. Traveling to South Windsor to play the South Windsor Knights B team, the Westies were led by a dominant effort in net from Bova.
Vitelli and Salkins each scored multiple goals, with Dean Azano contributing another goal to the effort. Tagliatela made multiple strong defensive plays to limit the South Windsor offense.
On Sunday, the Westies returned home to Bennett Rink to take on Darien Blue in a rematch from a week prior. Salkins and Azano provided scoring, while Rylan Jacob contributed on both ends of the ice. Bova was in goal again and stopped many shots, including multiple highlight reel saves. Vitelli contributed multiple shots on net in the effort.
The West Haven 18U Midget team won a pair of games this weekend, topping the Whalers and Southern.
West Haven traveled to Cromwell on Saturday and rallied twice to defeat the Whalers, 3-2. Trailing, 1-0, the Westies evened the contest on a superb individual effort by Cam DelVecchio.
The Westies again trailed by a goal, but Mike Madera sent Jayden Spreyer in for the tying goal in the second period. West Haven scored the go-ahead goal in the final five minutes when Zack Fonda scored off assists from Madera and Yousaf Ullah for the 3-2 win.
Javed Ullah and Jayson Gherlone were each stellar between the pipes for the Westies.
West Haven closed the weekend with a 9-2 victory over Southern at the Bennett Rink Sunday afternoon. DelVecchio led the offense with three goals and an assist, Ullah had two goals and an assist, and Madera and JJ Alling each had a goal and two assists as 10 different players were in the scoring column.
Fonda and Eli Gregory each had two assists, with Dante Hardt and Connor Bunnell also scoring. Will DelVecchio also had an assist in the win, and Javed Ullah and Gherlone both played well in goal.
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