WEEKEND HEADLINES

GAME OF THE WEEKEND — Jersey Hitmen 16U trailed PAL Jr. Islanders by three goals in the second period and won 4-3. Christopher Curko scored twice, including the goal that tied it early in the third, and Brendan N Bane buried the winner midway through the period.

TOP PLAYER PERFORMANCE — Ryan Zhang put together back-to-back four-point games for Rockets Hockey Club 13U Premier, scoring three times in each of two wins over PAL Jr. Islanders.

OT HERO — Michael Parker settled it in overtime for PAL Jr. Islanders 18U, 3-2 at Mercer Chiefs, after the Islanders had trailed by two. Jans Treinis forced the extra period with a third-period goal.

GOALIE PERFORMANCE — Kevin Derhammer turned aside 50 shots as NY Dynamo 13U edged NY Arrows 4-3. Dynamo took the second game of the set 5-4 behind 36 saves from Ryan Carpenter.

BIGGEST KRACH SURPRISE — Red Bank Generals 13U turned in one of the weekend’s biggest surprises, beating a PBK side rated well above them in KRACH, 3-2. They built a three-goal first-period lead and held on behind 31 saves from Mason Tsveitel.

UNBEATEN WEEKEND — Woodbridge Wolfpack 13U went 4-0. Rockets Hockey Club 13U Premier and Woodbridge Wolfpack 12U each finished 3-0, as did Red Bank Generals 9U and NYC Hockey Club 9U.

BY DIVISION

9U

NYC Hockey Club and Red Bank Generals both went 3-0. Marcel Zolech scored four times in one NYC Hockey Club win and added a three-point night in another, while Luke Arfa started all three and posted a shutout in the first of them. Brandon Lorello answered with a four-goal game for Red Bank. The division’s best finish came Sunday, when Mercer Chiefs erased a two-goal deficit against Flyers Elite to earn a 2-2 tie, Mason Shen starting the comeback in the second period.

10U

Flyers Elite produced the division’s finish of the weekend, coming from two goals down to beat Mercer Chiefs 5-4 on Ryder Rivera’s goal with 53 seconds left; Rivera finished with three points and Jacob Einstein scored twice. Benjamin D’Agostino was the most productive skater in the age group, posting six points in one game and five in another as CT Jr. Rangers went 2-0. PAL Jr. Islanders also swept their two-game set with Springfield Aces, Spencer Mirman making 19 saves in the opener.

11U

Utica Jr. Comets swept PBK and needed every bit of the second game, winning 5-4 on Reed Davidson’s goal with 1:20 left after trailing by two; Trevor Ames collected three points. NY Dynamo also went 2-0 against PBK, Jack Sample contributing a goal and an assist in each. Mid-Fairfield’s 3-2 win at Woodbridge Wolfpack was the division’s other one-goal result, George Tomaszewski scoring twice.

12U

New York Saints and CT Jr Rangers played the division’s best game, a 5-5 tie in which the Rangers trailed by three and came all the way back — Kasen Fu scored twice and Andrew Laver tied it in the third. Red Bank Generals edged Team Maryland 7-5 behind 39 saves from Dominic Florio. Woodbridge Wolfpack went 3-0, with Gregory Toczynski posting four points against Mid-Fairfield.

13U

Fifteen games, more than any other division, and the tightest ones all went down to the final minutes. Woodbridge Wolfpack went 4-0, James Sanger scoring five times in one win and Andrew Burns posting a shutout in another. PBK and Red Bank Generals split a two-game set on Sunday, Cole Marotta’s 29-save shutout earning PBK a 1-0 win. Mercer Chiefs edged NYC Hockey Club 3-2 behind 25 saves from Leo Ahn.

14U

CT Jr Rangers Elite swept Team Maryland, taking the first 5-4 behind 35 saves from Alec Gallagher and the second on the back of Aleksander Ptasinski’s three goals. New York Saints also went 2-0 against Utica Jr Comets, winning the second 5-4 through two lead changes with Ryan Spooner making 25 saves. Henry Theriot turned aside 36 shots in Hartford Jr. Wolfpack’s win over Mid Fairfield.

15U

Cyclones Academy scored the latest winner of the weekend anywhere in the federation, beating Springfield Pics 4-3 on a goal with 3.5 seconds left; AKSHAY VANI made 34 saves. PBK went 2-0 against Rockets Premier, Broc EARDLEY posting a 15-save shutout in a 1-0 win before Will Bailey scored the winner in a 5-4 rematch. CT Jr. Rangers National came from two down to win 6-4, Maverock Krulewich setting up four goals.

16U

Only two games were completed, and the better of them was the weekend’s biggest comeback: Jersey Hitmen’s 4-3 win at PAL Jr. Islanders, where Luke Bourghol made 30 saves after his team fell behind by three. Pittsburgh Stars beat Team Maryland 4-2 in the division’s other result.

18U

South Kent School went 2-0, including a 5-4 win over Cyclones Academy National in which Egor Toskin, Justin Osso and Gino DiMartino each finished with three points and combined on three of the five goals. PAL Jr. Islanders’ overtime win at Mercer Chiefs was the division’s other one-goal finish.

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