Youth Hockey

In its regular season finale, the West Haven Mite C hockey team took on the Wallingford Hawks Mite C’s.  The two teams played a series of competitive games this year, and this one was no different as West Haven posted the victory. 

West Haven went up 1-0 early on a Logan Minio goal, as he received a pass from Kyle Johnson and finished past the Hawk’s goalie.  The two combined again to put West Haven up 2-0, and Minio finished the hat trick after he scored from a pass from Ben Trenchard.  Trenchard and Minio would assist on a Johnson goal. 

Trenchard added one himself after he put pressure on a Wallingford defenseman, forcing him to cough up the puck which Trenchard picked up and took in on a breakaway and put through the 5-hole for the goal. Jax Guarino added the final goal for West Haven, scoring a great back-hand shot after Brady Salkins gave him a nice pass. 

The Pee Wee A team hosted Western Major at Edward L. Bennett Rink on Sunday morning.  Western came away with a 4-3 win after an evenly played game.

The Westies dominated early and controlled played throughout the first period but Western got on the scoreboard first and led 1-0 at the first break. West Haven outshot Western, 12-6, in the period.
Just over a minute into the second period the Blue Devils tied the game. Ronnie Mastroni picked up a loose puck, skated to the net, and deposited a backhand. Two minutes later, Mike Page carried over the blue line and hit Ethan Kelly with a pass. Kelly went right back to Page who roofed the shot for a 2-1 lead. Western tied the game midway through the second and it remained tied into the third period.
Western scored in the first minute to regain a one-goal lead. It looked worse when the Blue Devils went down a man for four minutes. The team rallied to kill off the penalties and then immediately tied it.  Page corralled the puck and hit ahead to Brady Price leading to a breakaway.  Price buried the chance and it was tied 3-3 with 3:57 to play. 

Western came back and won the game with a goal 1:21 later.  The Westies pulled their goalie but could not get the equalizer.

Greg Galasso started in net and stopped 9 shots. Jacob Silva played the second half of the game and had 12 saves. Western outshot West Haven 25-23 for the game.

The Westies are the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Pee Wee Tier 4 state championship and begin play Wednesday, March 4 at the Newington Ice Arena. Western Major is seeded fifth.

West Haven Peewee A split a pair of games last week as the Blue Devils lost to Wallingford A , 8-3, before knocking off the Darien 12U girls team, 5-2.

On Saturday morning on the campus of Choate Rosemary Hall, the Westies took on Wallingford A.  The home team controlled the play early and led 5-0 after one period. Matthew Kelly, Alex Bowery, and Mastroni scored for West Haven. Silva (10 saves) and Galasso (9) split time in goal for the Westies.

On Sunday morning at the Edward L. Bennett Rink, the Blue Devils hosted the Darien IceCats Tier 1 girls.  The IceCats took an early 1-0 lead 3:15 into the first, before Page found the puck and snapped in a wrist shot to tie the game at 1-1 less than a minute later. Later, Page dug the puck off the boards where Bowery buried the loose puck and the Westies led 2-1 after one period.

Page scored the only goal of the second period when he chipped the puck ahead to himself and snapped in a wrist shot that snuck through the five-hole. Mastroni made it 4-1 with a power play goal four minutes into the third period and he capped the scoring for the Westies when he took Sean Studley’s faceoff win, split two defenders, and roofed his shot. 

Galasso went the distance in net for West Haven and made 19 saves. The Westies outshot the IceCats, 28-21.

The goal for the West Haven Peewee AA travel hockey team at the beginning of the season was to win the Tier 2 state championship. Mission accomplished.

The state tournament began on Thursday as West Haven faced a tough Yale 07 AA team. The Westies finished with a 3-1 victory.

On Saturday, West Haven shut out Northwestern 2-0, and later in the day finished in a 2-2 tie with Wonderland, moving on to the semifinals on Sunday as the top seed.

The Westies battled Greater New Haven Warriors and played like a team that would not be denied a bid for a shot at the state championship. Collectively, West Haven peppered GNH, resulting in a 5-2 victory, moving on to the last step in completing the goal of winning the state championship.

On Sunday evening, the Westies faced Wonderland AA, a team they previously tied, 2-2. To make things more difficult, West Haven would need to beat Wonderland in its own rink.

West Haven was not to be denied, using first period goals by Brody DiNuzzo and Gabe Locklear to take a two-goal lead, before cruising to a 4-0 title-clinching victory. Billy Mascari and Locklear added goals which were more than enough for Nate Kempton, who posted the shutout in goal.

The West Haven Peewee AA team consisted of Zach Goetze, John Donohue, Nick Salzano, Beckett Stenz, Mascari, Nicky Stevens, Kempton, Tyler Donroe, DiNuzzo, Tim Donohue, Thomas Porto, Nick Eberhart, Connor Benz, Locklear, and Jack Aloi.

West Haven will now take its 48-9-4 record to the Regionals, which take place the weekend of March 13 in Rhode Island. 

The season has come to an end for the West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team. Playing in the Tier 3 state tournament, the Westies were eliminated in the state quarterfinals last weekend.

The Westies opened the state tournament playing the eventual state runner-up, Putnam. With the game even at one, Putnam scored three short-handed goals in a span of 3:23, on its way to a 12-5 victory.

Mickey Dowd led the offense with three goals, while Cam Delvecchio and Jayden Spreyer each added a goal and an assist. Matt Wezenski, Kyle Droney, Haygen Axelrod and Michael Madera all had assists in the contest.

In the second contest of the tournament, West Haven led late, but watched as Greenwich A scored the equalizer with 18.5 seconds remaining in a 4-4 tie. Dowd had two goals, Spreyer added two goals and an assist, Wezenski added a goal, and Will Giaquinto and Madera each had assists.

Wezenski gave West Haven a 1-0 lead 2:29 into the contest off an assist from Giaquinto, before Greenwich scored the next three goals for a 3-1 advantage.

West Haven got within 3-2 with 4:41 left in the second on a goal by Spreyer, before Dowd evened the contest 40 seconds into the third with a power play goal off an assist from Spreyer.When Dowd scored his second of the game off assists from Spreyer and Madera, West Haven held a 4-3 lead with 7:19 to go.

The season ended with a 4-0 loss to Wallingford in the quarterfinals.

The West Haven Bantam B travel hockey team headed to West Hartford to play in the Governor’s Divisional state tournament.

On Wednesday, the Westies faced host West Hartford B at Loomis Chaffe and after a 45 minute school lockdown, solid goaltending, a goal from Zack Fonda (Javed Ullah assisted) and a game-winner from Yousaf Ullah (Matt Wright assisted), West Haven posted a 2-1 victory.

In Saturday morning’s game against Northwestern A1, Alex Kurowski started the scoring by redirecting a shot from Deklan Loehfelm and got his second of the game unassisted. Yousaf Ullah, off assists from Kurowski and Fonda, added a goal a minute later. Matty Wright added a third period goal to seal the 4-2 win.

In their second game of the day and the final game of the tournament, the Westies took on Ridgefield A. Fonda, off an assist from Cody Rocchio, scored in the second period to open the scoring. Yousaf Ullah added a goal in the third period which would hold to be the game winner in a 2-1 win, sealing a first place seeding for the semifinals.

Early Sunday morning, the Westies had to face Echo A, whom they had previously lost to less than two months ago. Trailing after letting two first period goals in, the Westies fought back and Wright rallied a goal in the second on an assist from TJ Levenduski.

Echo opened the third period with a goal, but the Westies did not quit and answered right back when Fonda, off an assist from Ashley Welch, got the Blue Devils within one. With two minutes left in the game, Danny Johnson, off an assist from Rocchio, tied the game.

With a minute left in the game, Wright put the Westies on top when he got past the Echo defense and scored. Fonda, off an assist from Taylor Alfano, sealed the win with an empty net goal.

In the finals, the Westies had to face a recharged West Hartford team. Despite a first period goal from Yousaf Ullah, the Westies were unable to find the back of the net for the rest of the game and ultimately lost the game, 3-1. 

The West Haven Mite C team played twice this weekend, going 1-1.  On Saturday, the team hosted the Hamden Mite C’s, with the Westies coming out on top, 11-4.  Hamden jumped to an early lead, but West Haven quickly answered when Logan Minio converted a breakaway after Ben Trenchard played him a pass through two defenders.  The Minio-Trenchard connection continued when Trenchard scored his first career goal off a Minio pass.  Anthony Parise, Brady Salkins, Jax Guarino, and Kyle Johnson also scored, and Julius Stokes played great defense, protecting Evan Harrison in goal. Joe Mondo made a few great passes to help West Haven keep possession. 

On Sunday, the Westies traveled down the Merritt to take on New Canaan in its outdoor rink.  The Mite C Winter Classic saw the Westies play hard, but they came up just short,8-7. 

Minio kept up his scoring ways, netting four, the first off a great pass from Johnson. Johnson added a goal of his own, as did Salkins and Parise, who also picked up an assist. Harrison made several big stops, and Mondo played great defensively. Trenchard and Guarino fought hard for the puck along the boards.

The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team downed the Whalers, 8-2, in a Connecticut Hockey Conference matchup at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell on Sunday.

The Blue Devils harpooned the Whalers behind a powerhouse offense guided by Cameren Lipford (4 goals) and a staunch defense steered by Kyle Guarino and Andrew Grillo. The defensive tandem aided stalwart goaltender Alex Werle throughout the game by keeping the puck out of the West Haven zone.

Despite a slow start for both teams, the Westies struck first. At 6:25 of the opening period, Lipford rebounded Kyle Guarino’s shot from the right point to put the Blue Devils up, 1-0.

The Whalers tied it less than a minute into the second before Westies’ center Grady Schulte fired the go-ahead goal on a wrist shot high to the glove side, assisted by forward Michael D’Aiuto. The Blue Devils never looked back. Forward Dhruva Garani scored in front of the net at 8:46 of the period to make it 3-1.

Lipford deked his way into the Whalers’ zone and launched a wrister high to the glove side to give the Westies a three-goal lead. Defenseman Gavin Coady then took the puck from behind his own net and went coast-to-coast before wristing it past the Whalers’ goaltender at 6:11 of the second.

Forward David D’Aiuto continued the onslaught, burying a shot from the slot to make it 6-1. The Whalers cut it to 6-2 with 43 seconds left in the period.

Just 21 seconds into the third, Lipford drained a shot between the pipes on a pass from forward Aedan Guarino. Lipford made it 8-2 on a wrist shot high to the blocker side to close out the contest. Center Tyler Silva assisted on the play.

The West Haven Peewee A hockey team split a pair of games on Sunday and now stand at 13-12-0 in CHC league play. The Westies lost to Hamden A, 11-6, and then rebounded to defeat Ridgefield A, 4-1.
Sunday’s first game was at Louis Astorino Rink in Hamden versus the Green Dragons. The Blue Devils jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the opening minute. Ethan Kelly, in his first game back since breaking his wrist in early October, knocked the puck back to Leo Mazuroski for a shot from the blue line.  Ronnie Mastroni tipped it in at the far post, before Hamden scored four goals for a 4-1 lead at the first intermission.

Mike Page scored a power play goal with a wrist shot to make it 4-2 just 1:27 into the second, but Hamden responded with five goals for a 9-2 lead at the second intermission. Sean Studley converted Ethan Kelly’s pass on a 2-on-1 to make it 10-3 early in the third period. Studley scored a short-handed goal with 3:36 to play off a nice stretch pass up the middle from Mazuroski.  Page buried Mastroni’s pass from behind the net on a power play, then recorded a hat trick when he redirected Jonathan Charbonneau’s point shot in the final minute to make the score 11-6. 

Greg Galasso made 14 saves over the last two periods.  Jacob Silva made 9 saves in the first period for the Westies.

The Westies then returned home to Edward L. Bennett Rink for an evening game against Ridgefield A.  The Lions dropped the Blue Devils, 4-3, last week.

This time, the Westies came out strong and dominated puck possession early in the game.  Mastroni gave West Haven a 1-0 lead midway through the opening period when he wristed home a pass from Ethan Kelly. 

One minute later, the Westies struck again. Dylan Bosworth passed to Ryan Pniewski for a shot from the point through a screen. Brady Price cleaned up the rebound for a 2-0 lead.  The Lions scored a power play goal and it was 2-1 at the break.

Five minutes into the second period, Mazuroski one-touched a pass to Studley as he broke out of the Westies zone. Studley flicked the puck past a defenseman and then sniped a rising wrist shot to make it 3-1. Late in the period, Alex Bowery jammed in Kelly’s feed on the doorstep to make it 4-1.

Silva played the first two periods in goal and saved 13 shots.  Galasso played the final period and made seven saves in the victory.

The West Haven Peewee AA team began the weekend early, traveling to Darien to face second-ranked New Canaan in CHC play and posted a 6-0 victory.

The Devils opened the season on the road falling to New Canaan and recently defeated NCWC at home, 6-3.

Nicky Stevens got West Haven going 3:33 into the first after finding a loose puck and scoring with a top shelf wrister. Brody DiNuzzo then went coast to coast just a few minutes later for a 2-0 lead to close out the period. Gabe Locklear drew the faceoff back to DiNuzzo who sent it to the net where Stevens tapped in the rebound for a 3-0 lead.

With just over a minute remaining in second period, Billy Mascari set up Tim Donohue, giving West Haven a 4-0 lead. Early in the third, Locklear scored from DiNuzzo for a 5-0 lead. Mascari added another unassisted as West Haven won 6-0. The goaltending was outstanding as Nate Kempton and Tyler Donroe came up big each time New Canaan attempted to shift momentum.

West Haven traveled to Newington on Saturday to face 19th-ranked Central A and posted a 14-2 win. Scoring early and often in the contest, the Devils put together a strong team effort with solid goal tending, goals and assists coming from each line. Jack Aloi delivered the final blow before the Devils moved on to face Darien AA at home on Sunday. Beckett Stenz was solid defensively and chipped in with a goal as well. Thomas Porto found his way in the scoring column.

West Haven hosted fourth-ranked Darien AA and posted a 6-0 win. The Westies took an early lead after Billy Mascari drove the net, shot, and Tim Donohue roofed his rebound with 7:05 remaining in the first. DiNuzzo collected a loose puck in the neutral zone before beating the goalie for a 2-0 lead. DiNuzzo would stop Dariens breakout in the offensive zone, lose a few defenders and find Gabe Locklear backdoor for a 3-0.

John Donohue powered his way past a defender 3:56 into the second period, put a laser on net that led to a Mascari goal off his rebound. Two minutes later, DiNuzzo added to the lead going coast to coast as he finished with a wrap-around goal. In the third period, Nicky Stevens stripped the puck from Darien, walked in and sniped one top left corner for a 6-0 win.

Kempton and Donroe were on top of their game, combining for another shutout. 

The West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team won its only game of the weekend with a 5-2 victory over Greenwich Saturday morning at the Edward L. Bennett Rink in West Haven. Cam Delvecchio led the offense with one goal and two assists, while Mickey Dowd scored twice.

Matt Wezenski gave West Haven a 1-0 lead off an assist from Haygen Axelrod with 6:46 left in the first. With the game even at one, Jayden Spreyer scored off an assist from Delvecchio for a 2-1 lead with 23 seconds to go in the opening period.

West Haven took a 4-1 lead in the third as Dowd scored off an assist from Delvecchio, and Delvecchio added an unassisted goal 5:49 later.

Bryan Hong continued his strong play in goal, making numerous saves in the first two periods to keep West Haven in front.

The West Haven Bantam B travel hockey team traveled to Hamden to play the Dragons and posted a 6-0 win. A little over five minutes into the game, Matt Wright put the Blue Devils up with an unassisted goal. Two minutes later, Jamie Kerzner (Yousaf Ullah assisted) added another goal.

In the second period, Yousaf Ullah took a pass from goalie Austin Fruin and scored to put the Westies up by three. The Westies added goals from Zack Fonda and Alex Kurowski, off assists from Ullah, and Wright, off an assist from Fonda, sealed the shutout win for Fruin and the Blue Devils.

On Sunday at the Bennett Rink, the Westies faced Darien’s A1 team and played to a 2-2 tie. Alex Kurowski got the Westies on the board with one minute left in the second period with assists from Fonda and Ashley Welch.

Darien answered back with 5.2 seconds left in the period. Darien went up by a goal with 8 minutes left in the game.

With 1:34 on the clock, the Blue Devils took a timeout and started to put some pressure on Darien, before Yousaf Ullah found a seam to rush the puck allowing Austin Fruin to get to the bench for an extra attacker. Javed Ullah was the extra attacker who got to the front of the net in time to deflect a shot from Wright to tie the game at two with 50 seconds remaining.  

The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team beat Wonderland, 7-3, at Bennett Rink on Saturday to notch its 10th win of the season.

The Blue Devils shut down the Wizards of Bridgeport behind Cameren Lipford’s five goals and one assist, and goaltender Alex Werle’s 24 saves. The dynamic duo was supported by center Tyler Silva (1 goal, 2 assists), forward Ryan Walsh (1 goal) and defenseman Kyle Guarino (2 assists), who also made several poke checks in key situations.

Walsh put the Westies on the scoreboard first, crashing the net and rebounding a shot by Silva at 5:04 of the first period. Lipford made it 2-0 just over two minutes later, catching a pass from Silva in the West Haven zone, deking his way up to the net, and backhanding a shot high to the glove side. The Wizards answered nine seconds later to make it a one-shot game. At 1:01 of the first, Lipford fired a wrist shot from the right faceoff dot to put the Blue Devils up 3-1. Kyle Guarino assisted on the play.

At 6:59 of the second, Silva rebounded a shot by Lipford and backhanded the puck into the upper corner to make it 4-1. Lipford then scored a short-handed goal to put the Westies up by four late in the period.

Less than two minutes into the third, Lipford one-timed a laser pass from forward Michael D’Aiuto to make it 6-1. After the Wizards cut it to 6-2, Lipford scored on a pass from Kyle Guarino and forward David D’Aiuto at 7:30 of the period to give the Blue Devils a five-goal lead. The Wizards scored once more at 5:27 of the third to pull within four.

On Sunday, West Haven fell 6-4 to Darien A1 in a hard-fought game at the Darien Ice House.

The Blue Devils came out strong, opening the contest with three straight goals. Lipford scored first on a rebound from forward Aedan Guarino. Michael D’Aiuto made it 2-0, crashing the net and scoring on a rebound set up by Walsh and Kyle Guarino. Lipford gave the Westies a three-goal lead at 6:59 of the first, going coast-to-coast before slipping a shot between the Darien goaltender’s legs.

Darien answered with three successive goals of its own, however, and tied the contest at 10:56 of the second. Lipford put the Blue Devils up 4-3 at 5:31 of the period after Westies defenseman Andrew Grillo made one of the defensive plays of the game. With Darien pressuring in the West Haven zone and tying Werle up on the left side of the net, Grillo dived across the ice to block a shot and stop a surefire goal. Lipford then picked up the loose puck, deked his way into the Darien zone, and wristed a shot from inside the box high to the blocker side.

Darien tied it at 10:57 of the third and netted the game-winner at 1:24 of the period. The team added a final goal 17 seconds later.

Werle tallied 23 saves for the Blue Devils.

The West Haven Peewee A travel hockey team used solid goaltending, tough defense and balanced scoring to post two wins over the weekend.  The Blue Devils defeated Darien A, 3-1, and Western Minor, 6-1.  West Haven is now 13-13-1 overall and 12-9-0 in CHC league play.

On Saturday night at Stamford Twin Rinks, the Westies faced Darien which had beaten West Haven, 8-0, earlier in the season.  After a scoreless first period, Darien took a 1-0 lead off a scramble in front of the West Haven goal midway through the second. 

Alex Bowery tied the game for the Westies six minutes later when he stole the puck from a defenseman and slid it through the five-hole.

Early in the third period, Ryan Pniewski hustled to keep the puck in the Darien zone.  Bowery took it off the boards and centered to Ronnie Mastroni for a one-timer and a 2-1 lead.  Jacob Silva (17 total saves) made a couple of clutch saves during a Darien power play late in the third. Mastroni then iced the game when Sean Studley won a face off to him and he snapped a wrist shot bar down for the 3-1 win.

On Sunday morning at Edward L. Bennett Rink, the Westies hosted Western Minor and posted the 6-1 win. Mastroni picked up right where he left off when he gathered the opening face off and fired a laser over the goalie’s shoulder seven seconds into the game.

The Colonials tied the contest in the opening minute of the second period and went on a power play looking for more.  Bowery denied them when he took Jonathan Charbonneau’s pass and slid a shot inside the far post for a short-handed score. 

West Haven then took over the game from there.Brady Price took the puck to the net and Chris Consorte cleaned it up with six seconds left in the second.  Zach Melchiore made it 4-1 in the third with helpers from Price and Consorte.  Mastroni fed Bowery for a long wrist shot and Dylan Bosworth finished the scoring with a breakaway goal with Matt Kelly assisting.  Greg Galasso was clutch with his glove and finished with 18 saves.

The West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team won its only game of the week, defeating the Ramapo Saints, 8-0, Saturday afternoon at the Edward L. Bennett Rink.

Cade Simone led the way with two goals and an assist, Michael Madera added a goal and an assist, while Dante Hardt and Gabe Mongelli each had two assists.

West Haven took control of the game with three goals in a span of 41 seconds in the opening period. Cam Delvecchio got the ball rolling with a goal off an assist from Sean Bosworth, before Mickey Dowd scored off an assist from Jayden Spreyer 31 seconds later. Just 10 seconds later. Madera took a pass from Simone and scored for a 3-0 advantage.

The Westies increased the lead to 4-0 with 1:10 remaining in the second as Dave Brown scored off assists from Mongelli and Hardt.

West Haven put the game away with four goals in the third period. Will Giaquinto scored off assists from Matt Stevens and Jason Alling, 4:16 in, Simone scored an unassisted goal with 6:06 remaining, then added another tally off assists from Kyle Droney and Madera. Chris Adkins rounded out the scoring, assisted by Hardt and Mongelli.

Bryan Hong and Brendan Smith each played well in goal, combining for the shutout. West Haven’s defense of Bosworth, Brown, Alling, Haygen Axelrod, Josh Gyolai and Matt Wezenski each played very well to aid in the shutout.

The West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team won three games this weekend.

On Saturday, the Blue Devils traveled to South Kent to play Northwestern and came away with a 6-4 victory. Northwestern jumped out to an early lead, but the Westies took the lead by the end of the first with unassisted goals from Yousaf Ullah and Matt Wright.

In the second period, Javed Ullah connected on a pass from Zack Fonda to take a 3-2 lead into the third. After falling behind 4-3 halfway through the third, the Westies tied the game on a goal from Wright off an assist from Alex Kurowski. The Westies took the lead on a goal from Yousaf Ullah off an assist from Ashley Welch. An empty net goal from Wright, for his hat trick, and 24 saves from Austin Fruin sealed the win.

On Sunday morning, the Westies started December in Pawling, New York against Trinity-Pawling and posted a 7-2 victory. Trailing 1-0, Cody Rocchio answered back 30 seconds later with assists to Danny Johnson and Carson Lee.

The Westies added goals from Fonda (Javed Ullah assisted), Yousaf Ullah (unassisted and short-handed) and Nate Chiappetta (Kurowski assisted) to end the first period up, 4-1.

In the second period, the Westies got goals from Yousaf Ullah (unassisted), Jamie Kerzner, his first of the season off an assist from Kurowski, and a short-handed goal from Wright off an assist from Fruin.

Both teams were held scoreless in the third as West Haven won 7-2. Fruin had 22 saves.

In their third game of the weekend, the Westies faced off against the Southern Stars and once again fell behind in the first period before posting the victory. The Westies were unable to get a puck past the Stars goalie until the third period when Fonda scored off assist from Welch and TJ  Levenduski to tie the game.

With four minutes left on the clock, Yousaf Ullah found a seam to get around the Stars defense and tucked a puck around an outstretched Stars goalie. Despite a valiant effort from the Stars, Fruin and the rest of the Westies shut the door and win the game, 2-1.

The West Haven Youth Hockey Mite C team played its first two games of the season. On Saturday, the Westies lost 5-3 against a tough Wallingford Hawks squad.  Evan Harrison played well in goal, supported by Joey Mondo and Julius Stokes.  Jax Guarino scored the first goal of the season for the team, and Tony Parise added the second, before Guarino picked up the third. 

Ben Trenchard worked hard to get the puck and created a few scoring chances that forced the Wallingford goalie to make some great saves.  Brady Salkins and Kyle Johnson showed off their growing stick-handling skills as they worked the puck down the ice. 

On Sunday, the Mite C Blue Devils were back in action against a skilled Greater New Haven Mite B team.  New Haven dominated early, but Guarino made some fantastic saves in goal. Mondo and Stokes worked hard to get their team back into the game. Trenchard played a great defensive game, as Harrison, Salkins, Johnson, and Parise tried to put the puck into the back of the New Haven goal.

The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team defeated Greenwich A, 7-, in a convincing victory at Dorothy Hamill Rink on Sunday. The Blue Devils played with grit and determination for three periods en route to winning their ninth game of the season.

Forward Cameren Lipford (3 goals), center Tyler Silva (2 goals, 1 assist) and forward Aedan Guarino (2 goals) led the offensive charge for the Westies, with goaltender Alex Werle stopping 24 shots to smother the Cardinals’ offense.

In the first period, Silva put the Blue Devils up, 1-0, crashing the net and rebounding Lipford’s shot off the Greenwich goaltender. The Cardinals tied it on a power-play goal at 1:46 of the period.

Early in the second, Lipford caught a pass from Silva and fired a wrist shot from inside the right faceoff circle to put the Westies up 2-1. Silva made it 3-1 at 9:27 of the period on a rebound assisted by defenseman Andrew Grillo.

At 6:18 of the second, Lipford went coast-to-coast to give the Blue Devils a three-goal lead. Lipford then scored his third of the contest on a power play, launching a wrister from inside the right blue line at 2:56 of the period.

At 2:16 of the second, Werle made a highlight reel-worthy save. While lying on his back, he reached behind his body with his stick on the ice and batted a shot away, robbing a Greenwich goal.

Grillo and fellow defenseman Kyle Guarino complemented Werle’s tremendous defensive efforts and blocked several shots as well.

At 0:02 of the second, Aedan Guarino scored in front of the net to put the Blue Devils up, 6-1.

The Cardinals scored twice to start the third, cutting the Westies’ lead to 6-3. Aedan Guarino put the game out of reach at 3:45 of the period with his second goal of the contest on a rebound from forward Ryan Walsh. The Cardinals scored a final time at 1:35 of the third to pull within three.

The West Haven Peewee A travel hockey team went 2-1 over the weekend with a pair of convincing wins and a close loss.  The Westies knocked off New Canaan A, 9-2, and Greater New Haven A1, 9-6, but dropped a 4-3 decision to Greenwich Skate A.  The Peewee A squad is now 11-13-1 overall and 10-9-0 in CHC action.

On Saturday, the Blue Devils traveled to the New Canaan Winter Club’s outdoor rink for a game under the bright afternoon sun. New Canaan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes before the Westies righted the ship. 

Sean Studley broke into the New Canaan zone and fed Ronnie Mastroni to get West Haven on the scoreboard.  Mastroni later connected with Mike Page for a one-timer with only twenty seconds remaining in the period to tie the game at two.

The Blue Devils erupted for four second period goals to take over the game.  Studley fed Mastroni again in the opening minute.  Brady Price found Page for his second goal of the game,  Studley buried a wraparound goal, and Alex Bowery jammed home a rebound of Chris Consorte’s shot to give the Westies a 6-2 lead.

In the third period, Price roofed a wrist shot, Mastroni returned the favor and assisted Studley for a one-timer, and Page’s shot deflected to Price, who fired it in to close the scoring and give West Haven the 9-2 win. 

Greg Galasso started in goal and made four saves, before falling ill and leaving the game. Jacob Silva relieved and shut out New Canaan the rest of the way with 15 saves.  After shaking off the start, the Westies’ defensemen- Leo Mazuroski, Ryan Pniewski, Matt Kelly and Jonathan Charbonneau- were stout.

On Sunday morning at Edward L. Bennett Rink, the Westies hosted Greenwich Skate Club and fell behind 3-0 in the second period before mounting a comeback attempt. 

While short-handed, Studley dug out the puck and hit a streaking Mastroni who converted a beautiful wrist shot.  Greenwich extended the lead to 4-1 in the third period when, with just over five minutes remaining, the Westies pulled Silva and added the extra attacker. 

Page found Dylan Bosworth at the right point and he fired one over the goalie’s shoulder.  With the Westies’ net still empty, Bosworth again shot from the point and Studley redirected it in to cut it to 4-3. The equalizer could not be found though and time ran out on the Westies.  Silva made 23 saves in goal.

On Sunday afternoon, the Westies headed to the Northford Ice Pavilion to face Greater New Haven and won, 9-6. 

Consorte opened the scoring with a laser assisted by Studley.  Matt Kelly then scored on a power play with assists to Bowery and Bosworth. The Warriors came back with three straight goals to open the second period and went up, 3-2. 

Page quickly tied the game when he converted Studley’s drop pass. GNH then scored twice more for a 5-3 lead, but Consorte scored less than ten seconds later when Bosworth won the face off to him.  The Westies tied the game with 29 seconds left in the period when Studley’s shot was saved and Bowery swept in the rebound.

West Haven scored four goals to start the third period and ice the game. Page chipped in Matt Kelly’s pass, Price was foiled on a wraparound attempt, but Studley knocked in the rebound, Bowery found a streaking Studley for a wrist shot, and Mastroni converted a breakaway with assists from Kelly and Bowery. 

Galasso started the game and made 13 saves while Silva finished up with 10 saves.

The West Haven Peewee AA travel hockey team has finally arrived atop the CHC ratings as it continues to ride a winning streak which has earned the team rights to the number one rating in the state. The Devils opened the weekend in Long Island against the Nassau County Lions AA on Saturday, looking to avenge an earlier season loss.

John Donohue gave the Devils a 1-0 lead in the first when he beat the Lions goaltender. Nick Eberhart added to the lead off a beauty started by Thomas Porto behind the net who fed Nicky Steven before he put a pass on Eberharts tape for a goal and a 2-0 lead.

The Lions tried to claw their way back but ultimately fell to West Haven, 4-3. John Donohue finished with a hat trick, including the game-winner. Tyler Donroe, despite allowing three goals, played extremely well as he was tested early and often.

On Sunday, the Westies hosted New Canaan (ranked 3rd in CHC) and posted a 6-3 victory at the Bennett Rink.

Donohue delivered again after picking up a loose puck and going the rest of the way shorthanded with 7:23 remaining in first for a 1-0 lead. Donohue scored again 4:15 into the second period, adding to the lead with a power play goal and he completed his hat trick five minutes later for a 3-0 advantage.

Porto opened the third by battling to win possession along the boards, before scoring for a 4-0 lead. New Canaan bounced back to cut the deficit in half, before Nicky Stevens scored off an assist from Eberhart for a 5-2 lead. Leading 5-3 with 33 seconds remaining in the game, Billy Mascari sent a backhand pass across the slot to a wide open Porto, giving West Haven the final margin of victory.

Nate Kempton tended net, completed the game and was outstanding along the way. The Devils are now riding an 18-game winning streak. 

The West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team swept three games this weekend, topping Greater New Haven, Long Island Mustangs, and Southeastern. Bryan Hong was the story in goal all weekend as he came up with several big saves in each of the three games.

The Westies opened the week with a 5-3 victory over Greater New Haven Friday evening at the Edward L. Bennett Rink. Michael Madera and Dave Brown led the offense with two goals apiece, while Colin Deane added two assists.

Brown gave West Haven a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal 1:19 into the contest, before Madera broke a 1-1 tie in the second period when he knocked in a rebound of a Deane shot. With the game even at two, Brown scored off an assist from Cade Simone for a 3-2 advantage with 5:05 to go in the second.

Cam Delvecchio gave West Haven a 4-2 lead in the third off assists from Jayden Spreyer and Mickey Dowd, and Madera increased the lead to three off an assist from Deane with 1:12 to go.

The Westies won their second of the weekend with a 7-1 victory over Long Island in West Haven Saturday afternoon. Spreyer led the way with three goals, while Dowd and Delvecchio each had a pair of assists.

West Haven took a 3-0 lead in the first as Spreyer opened with an unassisted goal 3:02 in, then scored off an assist from Dowd 2:27 later. Delvecchio made it a 3-0 game off assists from Dowd and Matt Wezenski with 28 seconds left in the first.

Simone increased the lead to 4-0 off an assist from Madera 1:14 into the second, before Matt Stevens scored off assists from Kyle Droney and Josh Gyolai 2:29 later. Chris Adkins scored off an assist from Simone, and Spreyer scored off an assist from Delvecchio with 2:54 left in the second.

West Haven capped the weekend with a 4-1 victory over Southeastern in Norwich Sunday afternoon. Spreyer gave West Haven a 1-0 lead 32 seconds in off assists from Dowd and Delvecchio, before Brown scored with 9:16 left in the opening period off a helper from Will Giaquinto.

The Westies increased the lead to 3-0 when Madera fed Simone in front with 3:58 to go in the middle period. Spreyer capped the scoring off an assist from Dowd.

Dante Hardt and Gabe Mongelli played well offensively, while Sean Bosworth, Haygen Axelrod, and Jason Alling played well defensively.

The West Haven Bantam B travel hockey team faced off against Echo B in a non-CHC game on Saturday and posted a 4-1 victory. The Westies were led by a hat trick from Zack Fonda and a goal from Danny Johnson. Ashley Welch assisted on all three of Fonda’s goals and Carson Lee and Taylor Alfano would also contribute assists.

On Sunday, the Westies played East Haven in a rematch from earlier in the season and played to a 4-4 tie. The Blue Devils fell behind early in the first, but tied the game when Fonda connected from Lee and Yousaf Ullah. The Westies also received goals from Lee, off an assist from Fonda, and Yousaf Ullah, which was unassisted. 

West Haven fell behind, 4-3, with 5:32 left in the third period and goalie Austin Fruin was pulled with under 1:30 for an extra attacker. Ashley Welch drew the face off back to Taylor Alfano on the point who got off a high shot which found its way to the back of the net for the tying goal.

Fruin fended off an eight second attack by East Haven to seal the tie for the Blue Devils.

The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team beat the Connecticut RiverHawks, 8-3, at The Rinks at Shelton on Sunday to notch its eighth win of the season.

Forward Cameren Lipford scored five goals and tallied an assist and goaltender Alex Werle saved 15 shots to lead the way for the Blue Devils.

Just 33 seconds into the game, Lipford put the Westies up 1-0 with forward Aedan Guarino assisting on the goal. The RiverHawaks tied it at 7:23 of the first before Lipford made it 2-1 at 2:47 of the period.

Bolstered by strong efforts offensively and defensively, the Blue Devils never looked back. Center Grady Schulte made it 3-1 at 10:10 of the second with Lipford assisting on the play. Lipford and Aedan Guarino then scored three minutes apart to give the Westies a four-goal lead. The RiverHawks cut it to 5-2 at 1:18 of the period.

Lipford opened the third with a goal assisted by forward Ryan Walsh, followed by a goal set up by Aedan Guarino. The RiverHawks cut it to 7-3 before Schulte netted his second goal of the contest at 1:23 of the period to seal the victory for the Blue Devils.

On Saturday, West Haven fell, 7-4, to Yale A in a tough game at Bennett Rink.

The Blue Devils struck first, with Lipford scoring 41 seconds into the game on a pass from center Tyler Silva. Lipford made it to 2-0 on a wrist shot from downtown at 9:16 of the first. Aedan Guarino assisted on the goal.

Werle, who stopped 38 shots during the game, made a pair of showstopping glove saves at 7:59 and 2:39 of the first to keep the Westies in the contest. Yale cut it to 2-1 at 1:55 of the period.

In the second, Yale tied the game on a power-play goal before scoring at 7:37 of the period to go up 3-2. Yale then scored twice in two minutes to make it 5-2. Lipford cut it to 5-3 on a rebound from Aedan Guarino at 2:00 of the second. Silva also assisted on the play.

At 5:40 of the third, Schulte made it a one-shot game, firing a wrister from inside the right faceoff circle that sailed off the Yale goaltender’s glove. The Blue Devils could not keep up the momentum, however, as Yale sunk two straight goals to close out the contest.

The West Haven Peewee AA travel hockey team has won 16 consecutive contests. The Westies opened the weekend in CHC action playing third-ranked Southeastern in the first of two games on Saturday.
Riding a 13-game win streak. The Westies increased the run to 14 games with an 8-0 victory. Nick Eberhart made sure the streak would not end at 13 as he beat the goalie with a wrister, assisted from Nicky Stevens and Thomas Porto with 3:42 left in the first period.

The Devils piled on seven more tallies. The goals were scored by Eberhart (2), Nick Salzano (2), Billy Mascari, John Donohue, Tim Donohue, and Brody DiNuzzo. Assists went to DiNuzzo (3), Thomas Porto (2), Zach Goetze, Gabe Locklear, Stevens, Tim Donohue and Jack Aloi. Nate Kempton started and finished in net as he turned aside everything Southeastern threw at him while earning another shutout.
West Haven then topped Hamden 10-1. To open the second contest of the day, DiNuzzo found a loose puck in the neutral zone and went the rest of the way, before beating the Hamden goaltender on his backhand with 8:07 remaining in the first.

The Westies tacked on seven more goals, before Hamden found the back of the net. West Haven added two more goals late as the team defeated Hamden, 10-1, behind another strong performance in net from Tyler Donroe.

Goals were scored by DiNuzzo (2), Locklear (2), Stevens, Eberhart, Connor Benz, Tim Donohue, and Porto. Collecting assists were DiNuzzo (2), John Donohue, Aloi, Eberhart, Drew Kauffman, Stevens and Mascari. Goetze and Beckett Stenz played well.

West Haven capped the weekend with a 2-0 victory over Whalers Black. Stevens scored the opening goal and DiNuzzo added an empty net goal. Kempton played well in a complete game shutout.
The West Haven Peewee A travel hockey team split a pair of games this weekend and now stand at 9-12-1 overall and 8-8-0 in CHC league play. The Blue Devils defeated Watertown A, 10-4, and fell to highly-ranked Avon A, 8-3.

On Saturday night at The Rinks at Shelton against Watertown, the Westies shook off a slow start when Ronnie Mastroni got them on the scoreboard 6:21 into the first period.  Brady Price’s slap shot bounced off the boards and Mastroni knocked in the loose puck.  Dylan Bosworth made it 2-0 with a wrist shot before the Red Wings cut the lead in half before the break.

West Haven came out flying in the second period. Connor Moriarty won a face off and Mastroni took the puck to the net to make it 3-1.  Alex Bowery then jammed home a wraparound.  Price roofed a back hand making it 5-1.  Zach Melchiore then fed Mastroni for a breakaway goal.  After a Red Wings score, Chris Consorte found Sean Studley in the slot for a wrist shot.  Price then redirected Bosworth’s point shot just before the second period ended.

In the third period, Studley converted another Consorte pass before Watertown scored a pair of goals.  Mike Page wrapped things up with a goal from Bosworth and Bowery giving West Haven the 10-4 victory.  Greg Galasso made six saves in net.

On Sunday morning at Edward L. Bennett Rink, the Westies and Avon were locked in a battle for the first half of the game. Avon scored in the opening minute, but the teams skated evenly into the second period.

Avon scored on a power play for a 2-0 lead, before the Westies got on the board. Bowery gathered a loose puck and found Studley cutting in front for a one-timer to make it 2-1.  Avon responded immediately though and scored three goals in the next three minutes to take control.

West Haven opened the third with a short-handed goal when Price took it to the net and Bowery fired in the loose puck.  Avon responded again, before Page completed the scoring with an unassisted goal.  Jacob Silva was strong in goal at times for West Haven and finished with 32 saves.