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| | | | Bantam Minors Win States! | | | | |
by brian ferraro posted 03/17/2008
The Bantam Minor team won the State Tournament on Sunday & will head to the National Tournament in New Jersey April 2nd thru 6th.
The Huskies went into this weekend on a 7 game winning streak and having only lost 2 games since the end of November.
On Friday night the Huskies took on the 2nd place west. Mass Blades and scored the first four goals to roll to a 4-1 win. On Saturday the Huskies had 2 games to play and first up the 4th place NV River Rats. Huskies came out a little flat and ended up on the wrong side of 3-1 game. On the second game of the day the Huskies new they needed a win to make it to the finals and came out flying, scoring the game first 5 goals and rolled to a 7-3 win. This was a great win as they had 7 different goal scorers and dominated the game from the time the puck was dropped to the final buzzer. The Win put the Huskies in the finals and a chance to represent Mass Hockey at the Nationals!
Having to go all out on Saturday night and being down 3 players (2 to injuries) the Huskies new it would be a tough game against the 4th place River Rats.
The Huskies jumped to an early 1-0 lead and it held up to the Huskies gave up a power play goal a third of the way though the second period. The game was going back and forth with both teams coming up empty on their chance until the Rats scored with 3:14 to go in the second period. The Lead held up until 9:44 of the third when the Huskies tied it up. mid way through the third period the Rats to a penalty and the huskies put on a show moving the puck around and finally took the lead, though the ref missed the puck going into the net and with the Huskies celebrating in the corner the play continued & the Huskies had to regroup and held their poise as the play continued to what seemed like a "forever" with 5:50 left in the third period the play finally stop and the Ref could check with his linesman to see if they saw the goal. After about a minute of discussion the referee awarded the goal to the Huskies. After explaining to both teams the decision the play continued and at 4:01 the pesky Rats stormed back to tie the game. Both teams continued to get their chances the teams ended the third tied at 3.
The overtime started and both teams went right back to work, and both goalies continued to come up big for their respected teams. at 8:05 of the overtime the Huskies took a penalty. for the next minute the Rats pressured the Huskies and the penalty unit kept them outside to limit their scoring chances. Though the next 20 seconds turned the game around for the Huskies. They managed to get the puck into the neutral zone and took position of the puck bringing it over the Rats blue line only to have the puck come back to the Neutral zone at which point the Huskies stepped up and took possession and went in to score the game winner shorthanded!
This was a complete team effort, playing short to begin with the Huskies team and the coaching continued to roll and have only lost 3 games since November - great effort and a they capped of a Great Day for the Huskies!
Good Luck in New Jeresy! |
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| | | | Mass Hockey Satellite Training Program | | | | |
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posted 03/15/2008
If you are looking for Additional off-season Training, the Mass Hockey Satellite Training Program is the way to go. For more information click on the link above. |
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| | | | Hometown Hero - Huskies Goalie Dave O′Brien | | | | |
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posted 03/14/2008
Huskies U-18 Goalie Dave O'Brien Leads Bishop Guertin to another New Hampshire State Champoinship!
See WMUR Channel 9 Video |
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| | | | Reading′s hit show: Twins on ice | | | | |
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posted 03/11/2008
Reading's hit show: Twins on ice Boston Globe |
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posted 03/10/2008
The Dual State Huskies will be well represented in the Massachusetts Select Playoffs.
The Huskies have the honor of being the ONLY Select Program with a team at each of Full Season Player Development levels vying for a State Title & represent Massachusetts in the National Tournament.
Both the Pee Wee (Minor & Major) teams and the Bantam Minor team are making their State Tourney bid under hard work and dedication from not only all the players but the coaching staffs as well.
Both the P\W teams finished in 3rd place one point out of 2nd place and the Bantam Minors also finished in 3rd place 4 points out of 1st place.
All playoffs will be held at Skate III Tyngsboro - Come and Support our Teams!
Good Luck to all Teams -- and remember ICHIBAN! |
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posted 03/10/2008
Lozzis: Twin ’em up ( link to Boston Herald Article)
Huskies Note -
Both Dominique & Michael played for the 1990 Huskies under Coach Paul Picano
Michael continues to play for the Huskies U-18 Team
Dominique played through the Bantam Major Season and continues to practice with the Huskies when no conflicts arise from her current team
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| | | | Huskies Play for High School Championships! | | | | |
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posted 03/10/2008
Current Huskies have Success at Area High School Championships!
Congratulations and Good Luck to Micheal Lozzi and the Reading Rockets - two more wins!
NH State Champions
Bishop Guertin
David O'Brien
Spencer Roth
Sean White
Massachusetts Division I North Champions
Westford Academy
Derek Dirubbo
Jim Houghton
Mike young
Massachusetts Division II North Champions
Wilmington
Eric Siegel
Currently still playing for his team in the Super Eight
Reading
Mike Lozzi
Massachusetts Division III North Finalst
Concord \ Carlisle
Michael Anastos
Alex MIlofsky
Brodie Stone
Michael Van Siclen
Please forward any name we may have missed in this news item |
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| | | | Huskies Accepted into the Mass Tier II Midget Development League | | | | |
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posted 01/30/2008
The Dual State Huskies will now have 2 teams at the Midget Minor and Midget Major Levels. Currently we had one team at each level and with two age groups combining at each of the Midget levels, we wanted to insure we had enough spots available(to tryout for) for all players who played for us the previous year.
The Huskies will place the second team at each Midget level in the "year old " Mass Tier II Midget Development League. Which Currently has some very strong teams. Both the South Boston and Wellesley Midget teams will represent Mass Hockey at the Tier II nationals this coming season - Good Luck to both teams!
Midget Tryouts begin March 29th - tryout info will be posted ASAP |
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| | | | Tier I Playoffs @ Skate III Tyngsboro, Ma | | | | |
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posted 01/29/2008
The Tier I Playoffs have been moved to Skate III in Tyngsboro this season.
The Squirt Minor and Squirt Major Playoffs will be played on the weekend of March 8th & the Mites, Pee Wee and Bantam Minor levels will be played starting March 14th.
Playoff dates and times will be posted on the Mass Hockey Web site ASAP
Good Luck to teams! |
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| | | | 2007 Districts - Tier II - 12U - Massachusetts | | | | |
by By Mike Scandura posted 03/27/2007
By Mike Scandura March 16, 2007
Special to usahockey.com
Seven proved to be a lucky number for the Dual State Huskies. Coach George Popp’s team played the Central Mass. Outlaws for the seventh time this season on March 11, and they skated away with a 4-1 victory in the championship game of USA Hockey’s Massachusetts District Tier II 12 & Under Boys’ Tournament at Marlboro’s New England Sports Center.
Brendan Robbins, Jack Wilkie, Andrew Popp and Adam Kmetz accounted for the scoring, as the Huskies (who won the Massachusetts Select League title) improved to 28-3-5 and punched their ticket to USA Hockey’s National Championship in Buffalo, N.Y.
Popp had a premonition that his Huskies, who finished 4-1-2 overall vs. Central Mass., would hook up more than once with the Outlaws before the final buzzer sounded.
“We play in a very competitive league and we knew coming into this tournament it was going to be a battle, because we had very close games [during the regular season] with each of the four teams we were playing,” said Popp. “We had great games with [the Outlaws]. Really, there were never any one-sided games. They always were very closely-checked games.
“We knew we probably were going to have to play them twice in order to make it to Nationals. I really was proud of my kids because they played hard.”
Unlike in Saturday’s preliminary round game, the Huskies also played ahead.
Central Mass. grabbed a 2-0 lead by the midway point of the second period during the preliminary round, before Dual State rallied for a 6-3 victory. In the rematch, Dual State led 2-0 nearly halfway through the middle period.
Robbins gave Dual State a 1-0 lead by snapping home a pass from Jack Eichel at 8:22 of the first period. Then, about four minutes later, Andrew Popp intercepted a clearing pass and scored on a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle.
Popp’s goal came moments after Central Mass. goalie Riley Witham had robbed Stephan Crocker.
“When we’re successful, we keep the forecheck on them and we seemed to do that,” said coach Popp, referring to his son’s goal.
The Outlaws sliced their deficit in half with a power play goal at 8:51 of the second, when Hunter Burdick set up Kevin Merle's slap shot from the left circle -- 17 seconds after the penalty was assessed.
Then, after the Huskies were hit with a minor, Central Mass. had an opportunity to tie it. Wilkie and Robbins, though, teamed up for arguably the game’s key play, with Wilkie scoring a shorthanded goal at 13:20 on a wrist shot from about 12 feet out.
“We were on them early and had a 2-0 lead, and then they scored,” said coach Popp. “Then, we really knew we were in a fight at that point. We had a few more penalties than we would have liked, but that shorthanded goal changed the game.”
Dual State put the game out of reach when Kmetz finished off a two-on-one rush with Dan Moynihan at 3:06 of the third period. Kmetz scored top shelf with a wrist shot.
Coach Popp felt as much as anything the Huskies’ depth was a key to his team’s success in the tournament.
“Unlike maybe some teams, we play three lines,” he said. “We have a very deep team compared with some of the teams in our league. We have three very solid lines and try to play quick shifts.”
Playing in a national tournament isn’t something that’s built into the schedules of teams in the Dual State program.
“I would say we’ve had a couple of teams go to Nationals, but maybe not as many as some of the other programs,” said coach Popp. “Some of the other programs, like the Valley Warriors and the Middlesex Braves and South Shore, maybe have had a few more.
“But the Dual State program had four teams -- Pee Wee minor, Squirt major, Squirt minor and Mites -- make it to this tournament. The Squirt minors also won their division, so it was a good weekend all the way around for the Dual State Huskies. Maybe this is indicative of a change in our fortunes."
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. |
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| | | | Pee Wee Minors Are Headed To New York! | | | | |
by brian ferraro posted 03/26/2007
The 2006-07 State Champoin Dual State Huskies Pee Wee Minors are headed to New York for the National Champoinships!
After winning the league Title with a 25-3-5 record, the Huskies went into the playoffs as the the Heavy Favorite, going 5-0-4 against the other three playoff bound teams during League play!
They Started with the round robin with a 6-2 win over Greater Boston on Friday night. And then came the early game, but escaped with a 3-3- tie. Looking good going into saturday night the Huskies turned the jets on a beat the second play CM Outlaws 6-3. And the Jets never cooled off as the Huskies skated to 4-1 victory over the Outlaws in the Finals on Sunday.
They are now head off to Buffalo New York for the Tier II National tournament. to check to see how the Huskies are doing go to U12 Tier II Nationals
GOOD LUCK HUSKIES & HAVE FUN! |
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by Brian Ferraro posted 03/26/2007
No program sent more teams to the playoffs this season, than the Dual State Huskies . The DS Huskies had 5 teams make it to the playoffs, winning 2 and losing 1 Final.
For more info see below:
Congratulations to all Teams!!!!
The hard work started back in November when the U-16 Midget team went into the playoffs with a record of 7-3-1, good enough for a 3rd place finish. This group of players has been always in the mix for the League and State titles going back to their Pee Wee Days. Coach Paul Picano has always had them ready to play and his record shows it.
Going into the March the Pee Wee Minor Huskies had not lost a league game since Dec. 2 going 14-0-3 . heading into the playoffs they were the heavy favorite to win and they did. A great season and a great group of Players & Coaches - Good Luck in Buffalo! - see Pee Wee Minors Are Headed to New York.
What can you say about this next group of players! winning the last 2 State Championships, losing 1 league game in two years - Just Awesome! The Squirt Majors went into the playoffs for the 3rd year in row . Second as the favorite, but it just was not in the cards running up against a goalie who stopped everything but the kitchen sink!
Going 1-3-1 in their last five league games, the Squirt Minor Huskies still managed to squeak into the playoffs, but the sure managed to grease the wheels when the hardware was on the line. Winning the last 2 games of the season was enough to make them the State Champs!! see Squirt Minors win States!
The Last and certainly not forgotten Playoff team was the Mite Black team going going 6-1-1 in their last game 8 games to finish in a 3-way tie for first(13-3-2 in League play). With the 3-way tie for first the Huskies new it was going to be a grind ( as it had all year) to move forward. Unfortunately it was not their day as they came up on the short end of the stick in a hard fought 2-1 loss to the Northstars.
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| | | | Squirt Minors win STATES! | | | | |
by Brian Ferraro posted 03/25/2007
The Squirt Minors won the Squirt Minor Tier I State Championship. Finishing 9-7-2 for the 4th place playoff seeding. The Huskies were not considered the favorite, But in true Huskies' fashion they out worked the 1st place Mariners and came out with a 3-2 win and managed to carry the momentum into the finals against the Greater Boston League Bruins ( 2nd place in league play)with a 2-1 finish. This Huskies team worked hard all weekend and receive the hardware to prove it! |
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