The West Haven Mite A hockey team had a solid opening weekend with important contributions from everyone.
On Saturday against Greater New Haven, the Blue Devils battled on the ice with an impressive debut from Finn McLaughlin between the posts, and goals from Landon Alling, Maddy Bruder, and Austin Picard. Assists went to Brayden Gagliardi, Jack Weiss and Quinn Uscilla.
On Sunday, the Westies were unstoppable against Mid Fairfield Mite A Gold with multiple goals from each of Picard, Uscilla and Weiss, and additional goals from Alling, JP Beebe, Bruder, and Gabbie Jenei. The West Haven defense also proved to be a lot to handle with Ava Healy leading the way in front of McLaughlin.
West Haven started the following weekend strong against Darien A1 with multiple goals by Jenei, Weiss and Picard. The Westies spread their offense around with Bruder, Gagliardi and Quinn Uscilla also scoring and assists coming from Beebe, Alling, Gagliardi, and Uscilla. The Westies saw strong defense from Beebe and Healy, and McLaughlin had another solid game in net.
On Sunday, West Haven fought a tough battle against the Wonderland 8U A team. Healy, with her first appearance in goal, made a number of clutch saves in net.
Beebe scored a pair for the Mites, with Alling and Jenei also contributing goals. West Haven had a number of shots on goal by Picard, Gagliardi, Bruder, Weiss and Uscilla.
The West Haven Mite B hockey team took on East Haven at Bennett Rink on Saturday morning. The Blue Devils were led by an outstanding effort in net from Luke Salkins. Blake Bova led the scoring attack with a tremendous goal. Maddie Demayo and Parker Vitelli provided great hustle and battled the entire game.
The West Haven U18 Midget hockey team opened the season with four straight victories. Behind solid goaltending from Jason Gherlone and Javed Ullah, a strong defensive showing, and timely goals, the Westies have started in impressive fashion.
The Westies opened the season with four first period goals in an 8-2 victory over Greater New Haven. Cam DelVecchio led the way with three goals and an assist, Dante Hardt had two assists, and Eli Gregory, Cody Rocchio, Mike Madera, and Will DelVecchio also scored in the win.
After a 4-0 victory over CT Riverhawks, West Haven returned to action with a 2-1 victory over Ridgefield. Hardt scored off assists from Cam DelVecchio and Connor Bunnell, before JJ Alling scored the eventual winning goal in the second period off assists from Jayden Spreyer and Haygen Axelrod.
West Haven closed the weekend with an 11-0 victory over Wonderland White in Bridgeport. Cam DelVecchio led the offense with four goals and an assist, Spreyer had two goals and two assists, Madera added a goal and two assists, while Hardt had a goal and an assist. Alling and Tyler Bernardi also scored in the win, while Cody Rocchio, Zack Fonda, and Bunnell added assists.
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