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In the second game of the weekend series, the Vipers clawed back after being down 4-1.  The  Vipers stormed back with 6 unanswered goals to secure a 7-4 victory.  Michael Gillis had a hat trick to kick start the comeback.

With one month to go before playoffs, the 01 Vipers were ready to gain two points this weekend in the standings.  The Vipers would score first with a goal by Matt Goguen, assisted by Chris Flannery.  The Red Rangers would even the score with a goal two minutes later and the first period would end in a tie 1-1.  Four minutes into the second period, the Rangers would go up 2-1.  Billy McCann (assisted by Nick Lamberti) would tie the score halfway through period two.  The Vipers would turn up the offense in periods two and three.  Matt Goguen would add two goals, assisted by Connor McCarron and Jaret Simpson) to earn the hat.  The Red Rangers would add one goal in period two.  However, Matt Goguen (assisted by Connor McCarron), Jimmy Theriault (assisted by Joey Hill), and Chris Flannery (assisted by Sam Shippee and Matt Goguen) would add three more goals for insurance to secure a great win.

In the first period the Vipers played a tight game with the Red Rangers.  The Vipers’ defense and goal tending was solid and stopped any attempts by the Red Rangers to rush the net.  The Vipers offense had some solid rushes to the net led by Luke Sargent, Harry Marshal and Nick Sasso.  The score after one period was 0-0.  The Vipers struck first in the second period with Korey Ouellette scoring the first goal of the game assisted by Luke Roberts.   Andrew Perry scored the second goal of the game assisted by Nick Sasso.  Robbie Anderson made some great saves as the Red Rangers countered with some solid rushes to the net.  Harry Marshal scored the third goal of the game for the Vipers assisted by Luke Roberts.  The Red Rangers countered soon afterward to score their first goal of the game.  Shane Haggerty scored the 4^th goal of the game assisted by Ian Worthley to make it 4-1 after two periods.  The Vipers started off the third period with some aggressive rushes to the net and Jake Krajeski scored the 5^th goal of the game to make it 5-1 after two minutes of play in the third period.  The Vipers solid defense, aggressive offense and solid goal tending continued in game 2 of the weekend with the 6^th goal of the game scored by Nick Sasso assisted by Mark Aylward.  The 7^th goal and final goal of the game for the Vipers was scored by Mark Aylward assisted by Korey Ouellette.  

The Vipers faced off against the Boch Blazers in the first game of a home and home series.  After a slow start, the Vipers poured it on racking up a 9 of total goals.  The Vipers were lead by Michael Gillis and Sal Costanzo who had two goals each.  Also tallying for the Vipers were Greg McGunigle, Conor Crovo, Rob Tibbets, Sam Cioffi and Kasey O’Brien.

The Pro-Ambitions came out strong in the beginning of the first period with some initial rushes to the net and they ended up scoring the first goal of the game, to make 1-0 in their favor.    The Vipers countered with some solid and aggressive rushes to the net by Andrew Perry, Ian Worthley, Nick Sasso, and Luke Roberts.  The Vipers' forwards continued to pressure the Pro Ambitions with rushes to the net.  Nick Sasso scored the first goal of the game assisted by Ian Worthley and Luke Roberts. 

Ian Worthley scored the second goal of the game assisted by Nick Sasso.  Sean Senier continued the offensive pressure with some nice rushes to the net.  Sean Senier scored the 4^th goal of the game and Mark Aylward scored the 5^th goal of the game to make it 5-1 at the end of the first period in the favor of the Vipers.  The Vipers, through the next two periods continued their offensive and defensive dominance by passing the puck and creating plays in front of the net.  The 7^th goal was scored by Luke Roberts, assisted by Ian Worthley and Anthony Moschella scored the 8^th goal of the game, assisted by Sean Senier to make it 8-1 in favor of the Vipers after 2 periods.  The third period goals were scored by Jake Krajeski, assisted by Andrew Perry and Ian Worthly, assisted by Luke Roberts to make it 10-1 after three periods.

The 98s kept things rolling with another solid outing as they skated past the well coached New Hampshire Jr Monarchs 7-1 at the Cronin Rink in Revere. The Green Line of Kyle Lynch (1-4-5) Kyle Hentosh (3-1-4) and Dante Maribito(2-2-4) paced the offense for the home team, as they connected on a couple of pretty goals and moved the puck well all night while also committing to all 3 zones as well. Braden Haley from Brendan White picked up the other tally. Zach Laramie and Aaron McDonnell split the game and the game was highlighted by a terrific glove save by McDonnell in the third. The Vipers continue to play solid team defense in front of their goalies as Steven Tettoni, Alex Delvento, Patrick McCarthy, Aaron Dollin, Ryan Connearney, Dom Cappadonna and Christian Kukas all had solid efforts from the blue line. The 98s take next weekend off from NEHL play and travel to Loomis Chaffe Prep School in CT for the Loomis Chaffe Prep Showcase where they will take on the likes of the Syracuse Nationals and Buffalo Regals as well as old rival the New England Jr Falcons.

The Vipers extended their NEHL winning streak to 14 games with an 8-3 victory over the Seacoast Spartans at home on Saturday. The Vipers raced out to a 5-0 lead by scoring 3 goals in the last 2 minutes of the first period, and 2 more quick ones in the first 2 minutes of the second period to stretch their lead to 6-1. The line of Brendan White (1-1-2), Braden Haley (0-2-2) and JT Chamberlain (3-0-3, first Viper Hatty) would lead the charge in this one as both Whitey and JT would score off nice individual rushes. The Green line of Kyle Hentosh (1-1-2), Kyle Lynch (1-2-3) and Dante Maribito (0-1-1) would have a nice afternoon and Evan Daddario would get the eventual game winner while linemates Noah Maercklein (0-1-1) and Ross Wahl (1-1-2), one off a fine finish of a 1v2 rush would also hit the sheet. Steven Tettoni (0-2-2), Patrick McCarthy and Alex Delvento would all pick up helpers from the blue line. Zach Laramie and Aaron McDonnell would split the duties between the pipes for the victory.

Sargent, Ouellette, Harrison, Haggerty, Maney and Robbins did an excellent job in defense and Andersen preformed some impressive goaltending during the 1^st period.  Vipers’ offense was moving the puck but the score remained at 0-0 moving into the 2^nd period.  Two minutes later Defensemen Oullette put the Vipersl on the scoreboard with a powerful shot from the left right through  Blazers goaltenders legs.  Defense remained strong.  At 5:10 Aylward took the puck from the Blazers who then passed to Marshall.  Marshall moved the puck past the blue line then passed to Senier.  With excellent stick work, Senier attacked on the right side then with a quick move to left tapped the puck into the net for the 2^nd goal of the game.  The Vipers continued to keep the Blazers from the net.  The Blazers picked up momentum in the 3^rd period allowing for an increase in even play; however goaltender Devereaux stopped everything that was attempted.  Defensemen Marshall scored the final goal with a breakaway 3 minutes left of the game. 

The Glades came out ready to play a very physical game against the 01 Vipers.  The Glades scored three quick goals.  The Vipers picked up their play and put some numbers on the board.  Joey Hill scored with only two minutes left in the first period, assisted by Simon Vinci.  At the end of period one, the score was 3-1.  The Vipers would add two more goals in period two, one by Joey Hill (unassisted) and one by Simon Vinci (assisted by Joey Hill.  The Glades would add a goal in period two—score at end of two 4-3.  The Vipers came out strong in period three.  The Glades would add another goal and the deficit would be two.  Matt Goguen would change the momentum quickly with an unassisted goal five minutes into the third period.  With the Vipers down by only one goal, the defense took over and prevented the Glades from getting shots on net.  Jack Julian, Will Garofoli, Sam Shippee and Simon Vinci played extremely well to protect the zone.  Jaret Simpson would seal the tie with a goal halfway through the third period.  Final score 5-5.

Based on the play of the first game, the Vipers knew that this one would be a tough challenge.  TJ Aiello (assisted by Joey Hill) would put the Vipers on the board first with a nifty shot.  Just two minutes later, Jake Caruso would put one between the posts, assisted by Jimmy Theriault and Joey Hill.  At the end of the first period, the Vipers would be up 2-0.  The Glades would add two quick goals in period two to tie the score.  Joey Theriault kept our net protected and the game close with some great goaltending.  Connor McCarron  (assisted by TJ Aiello) would put the Vipers up again with a goal late in period two.  The Glades would add their third goal early in the third period and that would be all the offense from either team to end with a tie score 3-3. 

The Vipers looked to continue their unbeaten streak in the NEHL national against the Red Rangers Elite.  Nick Lamberti got the offense started with an unassisted goal early in the first period.  Joey Hill (unassisted) would add a second goal for the Vipers to put them up 2-0.  With only two seconds left in the first period, the Red Rangers would knock one in.  The second period was an offensive explosion for the Vipers.  Goals scored by Nick Lamberti (assisted by TJ Aiello and Billy McCann), Joey Hill, Connor McCarron (assisted by Chris Flannery and Matt Goguen), Chris Flannery and Billy McCann.  Even though the Rangers would knock three more goals in, the Vipers would hold them off.  Final score 8-4.

The Avalanche came out strong and scored the first goal of the game within the first minute of the first period.  The Vipers struck back with a wrap around goal from behind the net from Nick Sasso, assisted by Luke Roberts to make it 1-1.  The Avalanche made it 2-1 at the end of the first period.  The Vipers come out strong in the second period, but the Avalanche continued their offensive pressure and scored three goals in the second period to make it 5-2 in their favor after two periods.  The Viper came out strong at the start of the third period with Ian Worthley scoring the Viper’s third goal of the game to make it 3-5.  However, the Avalanche scored their 6^th goal of the game less than two minutes later to make it 6-3 in their favor.  The Avalanche continued their rushes to the net by picking up rebounds in front of the net and brought the score to 7-3 in their favor.  The Vipers did counter in the third period with 2:20 left in the game to make it 4-7.  The 4^th goal of the game for the Vipers was scored by Jake Krajeski, assisted by Andrew Perry and Mark Aylward.   

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The Vipers won twice. Dave Melanson scored the winner with 38.5 seconds remaining, Sal Costanzo assisted on five goals and Rob Tibbets wore the hat in a 6-5 decision over the Glades, who got a goal and an assist apiece from Tom Samuelson and Brendan Green - and Kasey O'Brien scored twice, Tibbets had 1-1-2 and Connor Crovo two assists in a 6-1 victory over Seacoast;

King wore the hat, M. Herdiech scored twice, Valade and Carrado both had1-1-2 and D. Herdiech added two assists as the Red Rangers beat Seacoast, 10-2 - JJ New-Ouellet with both goals in the loss; Samuelson wore the hat and Eli Rivers had 1-1-2 as the Glades beat the Blazers, 5-1; Jason Bogacz scored twice, Pat Maloney and Danny Bears both had 1-1-2 and Nathan Andrew posted two assists as the Monarchs beat the Cyclones, 5-2; and the Blazers edged the Advantage, 3-2.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sal Costanzo, Vipers

The Cyclones came out strong in the beginning of the first period with some initial rushes to the net.  The Vipers countered with some solid and aggressive rushes to the net by Andrew Perry and Jake Krajeski.  The Vipers’ forwards continued to pressure the Cyclones with rushes to the net by Luke Roberts, Sean Senier, Mark Aylward and Ian Worthley.   Mark Aylward scored the first goal of the game assisted by Ian Worthley.  The Vipers came out with some good offensive pressure in the second period.  Jake Krajeski scored the first goal of the second period with an assist by Sean Senier. The second goal was scored by Ian Worthley, assisted by Andrew Perry(with a pass in front of the net).  The offensive pressured continued with another goal by Ian Worthley assisted by Mark Aylward.  The 4^th goal of the second period was scored by Luke Roberts assisted by Sean Robbins.  However, the Cyclones did counter with three goals of their own to bring it to 5-3 after two periods.  The Vipers came out in the third period with tremendous and over whelming offensive pressure.  Harry Marshall scored the first goal of the third period with a nice shot from the right side of the net, assisted by Mark Aylward and Shane Haggerty.  Ian Worthley scored the 7^th goal of the game with assists by Aylward and Perry.  Christian Calautti scored the 8^th goal  and Sean Senier scored the 9^th goal and the 10^th goal of the game with assists by Shane Haggerty, Jake Krajeski and Christian Calautti.   The Vipers played a clean game with only one penalty that took place in the first period.    

It wasn't pretty and it didn't come with their best effort but the Vipers cashed in on a late power play goal to beat league rival Nashua Panthers 2-1 thus giving the Vipers the season series sweep. The Vipers would trail 1-0 after the first period which they never seemed to come out of the Locke for as the home team was able to cash in on a turnover. The Vipers seemed to regain some swagger in the second half of the second period and got out of the second tied at 1-1 as Kyle Hentosh fed Kyle Lynch with a terrific pass from behind the net for the tie. This one stayed tied late until the Vipers went on the power play late in the third and with just under 4 minutes left Kyle Lynch made an excellent backdoor pass with sauce from the sidewall to Dante Maribito, and all Dante had to do was tap it into the wide open net on a beautifully executed power play winning goal. The Visitors got timely scoring, good goaltending from Zach Laramie and good team defense when it needed it most, but the overall effort was a little discouraging as the Vipers would like to be playing their best hockey down the stretch

The 98's scored 23 goals for and did not give up a single goal in all 6 games, an absolutly amazing feat, in going 6-0 and winning the Championship with a 3-0 victory over the much improved Red Rangers. A power play strike from the point of Aaron Dollin's stick got the #1 seed off on the right foot and a 1-0 lead. Braden Haley sent Evan Daddario in alone and he beat the goalie for a 2-0 lead and Kyle Lynch and Kyle Hentsoh would hook up on a pretty 2 on 1 power play goal to put this one out of reach. The story of the tournament is obviously the commitment to 3 zone play for the entire weekend, and solid goaltending by Aaron McDonnell and Zach Laramie as the Vipers smothered teams with an impressive show of TEAM Defense, mostly giving up 8 shots or less in most of their games. In the last 15 games for the Vipers they have outscored their opponents 76-12, an astounding +64 goal differential. The Vipers return to NEHL action this weekend with games against the Pro Ambition and The Monarchs.

The Vipers took on division rivals, the Boch Blazers and finally gained the edge to get their first win of the tournament.  This game was tight from beginning to end.  The difference was a blast from the point from Simon Vinci, assisted by Matt Goguen and was all the scoring the Vipers needed.  Joey Theriault earned a well-deserved shutout and the defense of Simon Vinci, Jaret Simpson, Sam Shippee and Jake Regan kept the Boch Blazers off the puck.  This was a team effort and an exciting win.

The Vipers took to the ice for the first game of the JWK Tournament.  The first period was very tight and the team found themselves down 1-0.  Unfortunately, the second period proved to be the demise for the Vipers as we let up 3 goals and found ourselves down 4-0 at the start of third period.  The Vipers would finally get on the board with a goal by Matt Goguen, assisted by TJ Aiello and Joey Hill.  Even though the Vipers added one more goal by TJ Aiello in the last minute of the game, the final score would end up 7-2.

It was a valiant effort put forth by the Vipers during this playoff game against the Raiders.  The Raiders had 2 goals within the 1^st 6 minutes of the 1^st period.  The Vipers made their mark on the scoreboard after a defensive battle was won by Sargent. He cleared the puck and made a strong pass to Roberts who took the puck down the left side of the ice for the shot and the goal.  2 minutes later Aylward made a pass across ice. Jake came in on the right, shot and made the goal.  At the end of the 1^st period the score was 2-3.  The Vipers had a great 2^nd period defensively. Sargent, Marshall, Maney, Robbins, Haggerty and Ouellette played with heart and not only defended our goal but set up and participated in offensive plays.  Worthley, Senier and Calautti line scored the next four goals. The passing amongst this line was impressive.   Worthley had 2 of the 4 goals with 1 assist Senier had 1 goal with 2 assists and Calautti had 1 goal and 1 assist.  Marshall also had an assist.  By the end of the 2^nd period the Vipers had taken the lead with 6-5.  The 3^rd period was even play for the 1^st 10 minutes.  With 3 minutes left, the Raiders tied it up.  Despite the Vipers best effort, the Raiders scored again with 1 minute left of the game.  The Vipers pulled their goaltender in hopes to win the next play but a lucky shot went down the ice into the net securing the Raiders victory.  The Vipers played some of their best hockey in this game and should be very proud. 

It was a slow start for the Vipers at the Top Gun Invitational Tournament. The North Shore Raiders scored 2 goals in the 1^st period and scored a 3^rd goal in the 1^st ½ of the 2^nd period.  It appeared that the Raiders were out skating and out playing the Vipers on the Olympic sized rink.  With 7min left of the 2^nd period, the Roberts, Senier, Calautti line skated as if they had enough of the Raiders.  It was a 3 on 2 situation and they were passing the puck 1^st from Caluitti then to Senier. Senier made a beautiful pass to Roberts in front of the net. He then slammed the puck in the left corner putting the Vipers on the scoreboard and creating positive momentum among their teammates.  The next line set up a similar play.  Defensemen Ouellette passed the puck up the ice to Alyward who skated down the left side of   ice. Perry received the pass and shot the puck into the right corner for the 2^nd goal of the game.  1 minute later Senier passed back to Haggerty. Haggerty went for the shot and Caluitti tapped it in.  The score was tied up at 3-3.  The Vipers pulled ahead within minutes of the 3^rd period when Marshall made a rocket slap shot and Alyward tipped the puck right over the goaltenders right shoulder.  Both teams were playing hard at this point.  1:35 seconds left the Raiders tied it up after they gained control of the puck.  It appeared that this game was going to be a tie.  But Roberts took control of the faceoff Senier brought the puck down.  All the Vipers were in position.  Senier passed to Roberts.  It seemed like seconds as he carefully determined placement…slammed the puck and GOAL!   Vipers get the win.

The Vipers looked great in the 1^st period.  Every player was skating hard creating a lot of even play with Top Gun.  Goaltending by Deveraux was solid.  The score at the end of the 2^nd period was 0-1.  The 2nd period proved a little tougher as Top Gun had a series of goals creating a 0-4 lead. At 2:44  Worthley had a breakaway and made a power shot.  Senier rushed the net got the rebound and scored for the 1^st goal of the game.    Shortly thereafter, Top Gun responded with another goal making it 5-1 but seconds later Roberts slammed a shot from the left side and snuck the puck between the pipe and the goaltender’s shoulder.  Score now was 2-5. During the 3^rd period, Top Guns defensive pressure overcame the Vipers.  The final score was 2-8. 

The 1^st goal of the game was made early in this game against the Wizards. The Worthley, Senier and Calautti line was playing real well and the passing was stellar.  Senier made the 1^st goal of the game with assists from Worthley and Calautti 4 minutes into the game.  Roberts made the next goal.  Sasso had made the shot but was picked up by Roberts who skated around the back of the net and placed it past the goaltender on the opposite corner.  Seconds later Senier made his 2^nd goal of the game sneaking it between the goaltenders legs.  This goal was assisted by Worthley after he won the   faceoff.  The 1^st period ended with a 3-1 lead.  The next ten minutes was even play until the Wizards got a goal at 4:51 left in the 2^nd period.  At 4:49, Worthley and Senier rushed the net making several passes between them before Worthley made the shot for the goal.  The momentum continued with a goal at 4:31.   Krajeski made a great pass to defensemen Robbins.  Robbins shot and it went right past the goaltenders pads.   Krajeski made the final goal of the game in the 3^rd period for the win.  Perry and Haggerty made the assists to Krajeski.  This placed Vipers in 2^nd place with 2-1 record

In a well played game by both teams the Vipers squeaked out a 2-0 win over a well coached Top Gun Elite team with 2 third period goals. Both Zach Laramie and Top Gun goaler Kyle Martin did everything they could in this one to keep goals at a premium but it was the Vipers who struck first as Dante Maribito fired an off-angle shot from the wall that eluded the Top Gun tender for the 1-0 lead, that went down as an unassisted power play goal. The 2 goal keepers exchanged incredible 2 save set sequences immediately after another in this exciting back and forth game. The Vipers defense led by Steven Tettoni, Patrick McCarthy, Aaron Dollin, Ryan Connearney, Alex Delvento and Christian Kukas buckled down as the game wore on and did a fine job in their own end. The Vipers would bang home an insurance goal with about 2 minutes left in this one as Noah Maercklein would pounce on a loose puck in front and pop it in over the shoulder of the goalie, Maribito and JT Chamberlain also picked up assists on that goal. The Vipers now advance to the Championship game against league rival Red Rangers.

In their best effort of sometime the 98s put up a 3-0 win over CP Dynamo and an extremely good goaltender. The Vipers only gave up a single shot on net while shift after shift flooding the opposition cage with pucks. Evan Daddario would get the Vipes on the board with help from Ross Wahl and Noah Maercklein, Jt Chamberlain would then up the lead to 2-0 in the second with a beautuful wrister that clanged off the post and in as Braden Haley picked up the helper on that on and finally in the 3rd Kyle Lynch from Kyle Hentosh and Ryan Connearney put the finishing touches on this one. Zach Laramie cashed in with the shutout as the Vipers continue to play a nice brand of 3 zone hockey and finish the round robin play with 0 GA. They will now take on Top Gun Elite in the Semi-Finals.

The 98 Vipers opened play in the Top Gun Invitational against a familiar foe in the Red Rangers and squeaked out a 2-0 victory thanks to some solid goaltending by Zach Laramie. The Vipers continue to fight off the rust of a pretty quiet few weeks and made their share of mental errors and miscues, not doing the little things they need to do to be an elite team. Kyle Lynch kicked of the scoring for the Vipers with a great individual rush down the right side, cutting to the middle then lifting a back hand up under the bar for a very pretty goal. It would be the goalies from each side that would steal the spotlight the rest of the way. The line of Noah Maercklein, Evan Daddario and Ross Wahl would be the Vipers best line consistently as Evan Daddario played a solid game. With about 3 minutes left in the game the Vipers would go on the Power play for the first time of the game and JT Chamberlain would get off a quick shot in the slot that would find the back of the net for the insurance tally, Daddario and Maercklein would pick up the helpers on the big goal. Ryan Connearney, Steven Tettoni, Dom Cappadona, Patrick McCarthy, Aaron Dollin and Alex Delvento and Christian Kukas all chipped in with fine games from the blueline.

Again it took the Vipers a bit longer to get going but they are slowly getting back into form as they rolled past the Pirates 5-0. The Vipers displayed complete dominance and control as the Pirates could only muster 3 shots on net or so as the Vipers consistently applied pressure in the other end. Finally it took one shift from Evan Daddario (2-0-2), Ross Wahl, Noah Maercklein (0-2-2), Patrick McCarthy(1-0-1) and Ryan Connearney to put the Vipers up 2-0. The first came on an absolute rocket from Daddario who has turned his game up a notch as he let a laser go from just inside the blueline that broke off the goalies stick, Ryan Connearney(0-2-2) and Ross Wahl picked up the assists with some good neutral zone transition. The second was a greasey goal from Daddario as he jammed in a rebound, but the play was started with another fine play of the stick of Connearney as he made a good read and play at the blueline. Alex Delvento would stretch the lead to 3-0 as he jumped up into a rush by Kyle Hentosh and Kyle Lynch and he was able to pick up the garbage with another dirty goal. Patrick McCarthy from the point and Dante Maribito through traffic would round out the scoring in this one. Aaron McDonnell had a relatively easy time of it between the pipes making a handful of saves

The Vipers used 3 first period goals, 2 of them 40 seconds apart to skate past Top Gun Non-Elite 8-0 at the Top Gun Invitational. The Vipers again got contributions from all 3 lines in this effort as well as another steady peformance on the blue line. Evan Daddario (2-1-3) Kyle Lynch (1-2-3)  Dante Maribito (2-1-3), and Noah Maercklein (1-2-3) all had 3 point games as Daddario continues to be red hot. Kyle Hentosh and Ross Wahl both chipped in with 2 assists. Patrick McCarthy also got on the board with a pretty individual effort for the goal. The Vipers have not given up a goal in the first 3 games of the tournament as Aaron McDonnell did his part between the pipes to keep the streak alive. The Vipers next take on CP Dynamo as they chase a #1 seed for the playoffs