The West Haven Youth Hockey Mite A travel hockey team had an exceptional bounce back weekend. The weekend started with a comeback win over GNH A-1 team, led by the scoring from Aedan Guarino and solid defense of Kyle Guarino.
Matt Ciccosanti led the scoring in the second win for the weekend against the Southeastern Seahawks Mite A team. Ethan Mazzocchi demonstrated his strong determination and puck handling skills throughout the weekend.
The West Haven Squirt A travel hockey team won two close games this weekend, defeating Yale AA 4-3 and ECHO, 4-2. The Westies raised their season record to 10-4-1 overall.
On Saturday morning at Bennett Rink, Brady Price recorded a hat trick and Zach Goetze had a goal and three assists to lead the Blue Devils past Yale.
Price opened the scoring by roofing Goetze’s feed from behind the net 3:33 into the game. After Yale tied it, Connor Moriarty hustled to keep the puck in the zone and passed to Goetze. He slid it to Price, who was wide open on the right post and the goal made it 2-1 with 24 seconds left in the first.
Yale again tied the score just over a minute into the second period.
Then, with 4:22 remaining in the period, Goetze hit Thomas Porto, who found Price on the right post to give West Haven a 3-2 advantage.
The Westies increased the lead to 4-2 in the third when Sean Studley chipped ahead to Goetze, who deked and slid in a breakaway goal. Yale made it 4-3 with two minutes to play. but Westies goaltender Jacob Silva finished off the game with several key saves. Silva had 12 total saves in the game.
On Sunday, West Haven traveled to the Bolton Ice Center to face ECHO. Studley had a hat trick and the Blue Devils earned a hard-fought 4-2 win in a physical contest.
Studley pounced on a rebound of Dylan Link’s shot from the point and slammed the puck in for a 1-0 lead 1:15 into the game. With the game tied in the final minute of the period, Moriarty passed to Ethan Kelly, who spun and hit Studley on his tape. The winger snapped it home with 32 seconds left on the clock.
With the game now even at two in the third period, Studley then broke the tie with 3:21 to go. He took Matthew Kelly’s pass on the left boards, cut inside and wristed his shot off the right post and in. Ethan Kelly iced the game with a nifty move on a breakaway, with Goetze and Dylan Bosworth assisting. Silva made 15 clutch saves in goal for the Westies.
The West Haven Squirt B travel hockey team brought its record to 6-2 with a win over the Milford Stars this weekend.
Gavin Coady led the Westies with two goals and two assists. Mike Riccelli, J.J. Hall and Tyler McColgan each added a goal to help the Westies to their 5-2 win. Cameren Lipford added in two assists as well.
Next weekend the Westies faceoff against the Riverhawks at home on Saturday, then travel to Bridgeport to play Wonderland on Sunday.
The West Haven Peewee A travel hockey team moved to 12-3-1 with a split of a pair of games this weekend.
The Westies opened the weekend with a 2-0 loss against Wonderland Saturday afternoon in Bridgeport. Despite solid defensive efforts by Bruno Martone, Sean Bosworth and Haygen Axelrod, and some stellar saves by Brendan Smith in goal, the Westies could not get on the scoreboard and fell 2-0 at the Wonderland of Ice.
West Haven then traveled to the Arena at Harbor Yard Sunday afternoon for a home game against Northeast and posted a 2-1 victory.
Smith was the story of the game as he made several outstanding saves throughout the contest. The defense, led by Axelrod, Bosworth, Jack Sellman, Jason Alling, and Martone, again played well in the victory.
With the game scoreless after two periods of play, Northeast took a 1-0 lead 3:45 into the third period. That lead did not last long as West Haven tied the contest 1:15 later when Shane Repetto scored in front off an assist from Dante Hardt for the equalizer.
The Westies pulled out the victory, scoring the winning goal with 2:02 remaining. Jayden Spreyer sent a perfect lead pass to Michael Madera on the wing. Madera came in on a partial breakaway and roofed a shot to the top right corner for the 2-1 advantage.
West Haven’s defense and Smith did the rest as the Westies held on for their twelfth victory of the year.
The West Haven Bantam A travel hockey team split its games this weekend. The Westies started strong by hammering the Greenwich Blues 9-2, but then fell short against the Greenwich Skate Club 4-1 on Sunday Morning at the Arena at Harbor Yard.
On Saturday morning, it was a quick start for the Devils as they jumped all over Greenwich early and often. The Carfora brothers teamed up twice as Ben would set DJ up for two goals in the first period. Mikey Alfano scored off an assist from Andrew Wrzosek, and then he returned the favor seconds later as Wrzosek scored off an assist from Alfano.
Anthony Peschell rounded out the scoring in the first period off a helper from Luca Ubaldi. The Westies cruised home from there as Ubaldi, Ben Carfora and Joe D’Aurio all netted goals, and Nick Boanno and Joe Honcz added assists. Nick Link was solid between the pipes, making 14 saves.
On Sunday, the Westies played a home game at Webster Bank arena in Bridgeport. In a fast-paced game, the Devils got on the board first as Peschell tipped in a rebound off a shot from Ubaldi. The play was started by a heads up look from Michael Kelly. Joe Crisci made several key stops to keep the game close.