This past weekend goaliesfrom all over competed in the first annual International GoalieCompetition held in Tewksbury, Mass. This was the first of 5 locations for the competition with the finals being held in Orlando Florida in July. We would like to congratulate one of our own goalies, Caroline Kukas who competed this weekend and took first place in the Pee Wee division. For more details check out the website igcompetition.com.

IGC Founder Ed Walsh Launches International Goaltending Competition, LLC

For the first time ever there will be a competition just for hockey goaltenders. The goaltenders will compete head to head in 8 separate events, showcasing their puck stopping ability as well as their athletic talents.

Regional competitions will be held in the following major cities Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, St Paul - Minneapolis, Boston, and Philadelphia. The gold, silver and bronze medal winners from each age group/division will advance to the International Championships in Orlando, Florida from July 28 – 29, 2012.

The International Goaltender Competition will be a true celebration of hockey goaltending for friends and family alike. Not only will it have an 8 event competition but also a host of other events, such as an outdoor festival with things like a bouncy house, shooting competition, food pavilion and more. Vendors like Reebok will be there showing and sizing goaltenders with the latest and greatest goaltending gear. Also custom helmet art renderings by Pro-Masque and much, much more.

  Info is now available on the Tryout Page.

The Greater Boston Vipers are looking for Goalies at the following levels:

• 05Vipers-Elite

• 04Vipers-Elite

• 03Vipers-Elite

• 01Vipers-Elite

For consideration, please email: vipers@vipersicehockey.com

Thank you to all the players that participated in this past weekend's tryouts for the 03, 02, 01, 00, 99, U16, & U19 levels. 

All players that participated in the tryouts will be notified of their results on Tuesday 3/20/12 by 4:00p.

Whether or not your child is invited for callbacks, you will be notified.

The 98 level tryout registrations are still open for those who would like to attend tryouts.    

For additional tryout questions, please contact: vipers@vipersicehockey.com

The Greater Boston Vipers will have an open skate for 05-06 Birth year on Wed at 5pm at Hollland Arena in Woburn.

The Greater Boston Vipers will be hosting a free skate for 03 & 04 Birth Years.  

• Saturday 3/10/12 at Revere @ 11:40a
• Monday 3/12/12 at Hockeytown @ 5:40p 

This a walk-on FREE skate for anyone interested in the following teams:

• 04Vipers-Elite
• 04Vipers-Select
• 03Vipers-Elite
• 03Vipers-Select 

The 1hr session will consist of a combined skills session and 3v3 game.     

For additional tryout information, please visit: www.vipersicehockey.com/tryouts

info@vipersicehockey.com

It was a valiant effort on the part of the Vipers during this championship game.  Skating into the game the record for the Vipers was a 1-4 against this 1^st place team. From the 1^st faceoff, the Vipers fought hard both offensively and defensively keeping the Advantage away from scoring opportunities.  Goaltender Devereaux took a few shots but shut down the Advantage for most of the 1^st period.   Maney was the first to get the Vipers on the scoreboard. The Worthley, Robbins and Maney line brought the puck down the ice Worthley handed it off to Robbins who then passed it to Maney for a shot past the pipes on the right.  With 4:12 left in the 1^st period the score was 1-0.  3 minutes later the Advantage has a breakaway and tied it up just before the buzzer.  The score was 1-1 at the end of the 1^st period.  Shortly into the second period, Robbins had another assist to Worthley taking the lead once more.  Goaltender Devereaux was replaced at the ½ of the 2^nd period by Andersen.  The puck remained in the offensive end for most of the remaining 2^nd period.  However, the Advantage took a hold of an opportunity and tied it up again.  The Advantage took the lead for the 1^st time shortly into the 3^rd period despite the constant shots on the Advantage goaltender.  But with perseverance and continued pressure, the Vipers remained in control of the game.  The Roberts, Alyward, Sasso line got control of the faceoff.  Roberts passed to Sasso who took a shot on goal and with his own rebound tied up the game with 3-3.  The game went into 5 minute overtime which the scoreboard remained unchanged at the end.  A shoot out began.  Worthley, Senier, Roberts, Robbins all had opportunity to score but the Advantage goaltender held them off.  Goaltender Andersen took the pressure with ease until the 5^th shooter deked him and snuck it passed him on the right.  Haggerty had the opportunity to tie it up but the Advantage goaltender held him off.  Despite the loss, the Vipers had nothing to be ashamed about.  They fought hard. They fought as a team.  They played a great game!

The Vipers who has two losses, one tie and one win against the Avalanche in the regular season open up the first period with some offensive pressure but the Avalanche held them off for most of the first period.  However, with 44 seconds left in the first period Roberts took the puck end to end and scored the first goal of the game to make it 1-0 at the end of the first period.  The Vipers opened up the second period with more offensive pressure but they were not able to score throughout most of the second period.  However, with 5 minutes and 22 seconds left in the second period  Robbins scored the second goal of the game(assisted by Maney and Oulette) to make it 2-0 in favor of the Vipers.  However, the Avalanche did score two goals about thirty seconds apart at the end of the second period to make it 2-2.   The Avalanche continued their offensive pressure into the third period but the Vipers defense and goal tender was able to hold them off.   Sargent stopped a three on one rush from the Avalanche at the beginning of the third period and goal tender Devereaux with stood a 3 man rush from the Avalanche soon afterwards.  As the end of the game drew closer the Vipers continued their persistent offensive pressure and Andrew Perry scored the third goal of the game to make it 3-2 in favor of the Vipers.  Soon afterward with 1 minute and 50 seconds left in the game Oulette scored the 4^th goal of the game(assisted by Roberts) to make it 4-2 in favor of the Vipers.  The Avalanche pulled their goalie and the Vipers with stood the offensive pressure from the Avalanche and Sasso scored an open net goal(assisted by goalie Devereaux) with a few seconds left in the game.  

In the first period the Vipers played a tight game with the Northern Cyclones.  However, the Vipers did score with 1:43 remaining in the first period.  Christian Maney scored the first goal of the game assisted by Sean Robbins.   The Vipers opened up the second period with some great offensive pressure and Luke Sargent scored the first goal of the second period assisted by Ian Worthley.  The offensive pressure continued with Andrew Perry scoring the 3^rd goal of the game assisted by Sean Senier.  Less than a minute later Ian Worthley scored the 4^th goal of the game assisted by Nick Sasso.  The Northern Cyclones tried to mount a comeback but it was stifled by the Viper’s defense.  Ian Worthley scored the 5^th goal of the game assisted by Sean Robbins.  The score after two periods was 5-0.  With less than three minutes into the third period, Ian Worthley scored his third goal of the game assisted by Anthony Moschella.  The Vipers offense was just too over whelming for the Cyclones as Anthony Moschella scored the 7^th goal of the game assisted by Ian Worthley.  Less than two minutes later Sean Senier scored the 8^th goal of the game assisted by Kory Ouellette.  With less than two minutes left in the game Nick Sasso scored the 9^th goal assisted by Ian Worthley.  The Cyclones did manage to squeak a goal by the Vipers with one second left in the game. So it was another solid offensive effort and defensive effort by the Vipers to end the game and the regular season 9-1. 

The Vipers are hosting (3) Free Skates this Wednesday at Holland Arena in Woburn:

5pm: 05 & 06Vipers - Elite & Select 

6pm: 04Vipers - Elite & Select

7p: 03Vipers - Elite & Select

The Vipers started of the first period with some strong rushes to the net and they continued their offensive pressure through the first period.  Sean Senier scored the first goal of the game assisted by Luke Roberts.  The Advantage countered with some rushes to the net but Vipers’ defense held off the Advantage’s attempts to rush the net.  Ian Worthley scored the second goal of the game assisted by Sean Robbins with 8 minutes left in the second period of the game.  The Vipers continued their offensive pressure and excellent defense throughout the second period.  Sean Robbins scored the third goal of the game assisted by Luke Roberts and Anthony Moschella with another strong aggressive rush to the net.  In the beginning of the third period the Advantage scored their first goal of the game.   Two minutes later the Viper’s scored the 4^th goal to answer the Advantage’s offensive pressure.  Even though the Advantage did score their second goal of the game with 5 minutes left in the third period.  The Viper’s defense played excellent and withstood the consistent offensive pressure from the Advantage through the third period of the game.   This was Viper’s 1^st win against the 1^st place team in the division.

The Vipers came out strong in the first period and had applied some great offensive pressure.  Sean Senier scored the first goal of the game assisted by Jake Krajeski and Mark Aylward.   The Pro Ambitions tried to counter but were not able to score due to the Viper's defense and strong for- checking.  Andrew Perry scored the second goal of the game late in the first period assisted by Mark Aylward and Luke Sargent.   The Pro Ambitions held the Viper's offense throughout most of the second period until Kory Ouellette scored the third goal of the game with 3 minutes and 48 seconds left in the second period of the game.   Andrew Perry and Jake Krajeski provided the assists for the third goal of the game.  Before the Pro Ambitions could counter, Andrew Perry, scored the 4^th goal of the game with 3 minutes and 24 second left in the second period, with Luke Sargent and Jake Krajeski providing the assists.   Andrew Perry started off the third period with his third goal of the game assisted by Nick Sasso and Kory Ouellette.  The Pro Ambitions did counter soon afterward with their first goal of the game.  However, three minutes later Sean Senier scored the 6^th goal of the game for the Vipers assisted by Luke Sargent and Christian Colautti.  Mark Aylward scored the 7^th goal assisted by Harry Marshal and Jake Krajeski.  Sean Senior scored the 8^th goal of the game assisted by Kory Ouellette and Matthew D'Annolfo.  

The Warriors beat Seacoast twice and Blazers, Vipers and Cyclones all also won twice. Jack Cusack scored twice and Zach Mitchell had two assists in the Warriors' 4-1 win over Seacoast - and Cusack's second goal of the game, with 7:24 left, gave VJW a 3-2 win over the Spartans; Harry Merrill had 1-2-3 and Owen Schemenn two assists as the Blazers beat the Red Rangers, 7-4, with Anthony Funicella posting 1-1-2 in the loss - and six different Blazers scored in a 6-3 win over the Vipers, who got 1-1-2 from Billy Cole; Joe Cameron's goal with 5:01 left turned out to be the winner as the Vipers edged the Cyclones, 2-1 - and Nick Merryman wore a natural hat in a 2:24 span of the second period, the second and third goals just nine seconds apart, and Devin O'Donovan had three assists as the Vipers beat the Advantage, 5-2; Zach McWhinnie pitched a shutout and Tyler Brewster scored in the first period as the Cyclones beat the Blazers, 2-0 - and Brewster and Greg Marrgraf scored 47 second apart as the Cyclones topped the Advantage Selects, 4-1

Cam Christenson scored with 6:48 left to give the Advantage a 3-1 win over the Red Rangers; and Steve Liakos posted 1-1-2 and Adam Dwyer two assists in Assabet's 4-1 win over the Advantage Selects.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick Merryman, Vipers

The Vipers and Seacoast both won twice. Kyle Lynch scored twice and Noah Maercklein had two assists as the Vipers beat the Red Rangers, 4-1 - and Evan Daddario had two goals and an assist, Maercklein posted 1-2-3, Kyle Hentosh had three assists, John Chamberlain also scored twice, Lynch had 1-1-2 and Aaron McDonnell and Zach Laramie shared the shutout in a 7-0 victory over the Crusaders; Tate Singleton came through with 1-2-3, Anthony Cosentino scored twice and Ty Turgeon had 1-1-2 in Seacoast's 8-2 win over the Wizards, who got 1-1-2 from Richard Murphy and two assists from Mario Cutone - and Byron Welch scored the winner with 3:14 left and Singleton scored twice as the Spartans edged the Monarchs, 4-3, Matt Quercia with two goals and Nate Rumford two assists in the loss;

Josh Chapman had two assists and Isaac Leslie, Alex Passafiume and Pat Swanosn scored in a 5:10 span of the first period as the Monarchs defeated Pro Ambitions, 5-1; and Louis Finocchiaro delivered 1-2-3 and Tom Sullivan 1-1-2 as the Red Rangers beat Pro Ambitions, 4-2.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Noah Maercklein, Vipers

The Vipers won twice and the Advantage and '00 Warriors both won a game and tied each other. Tyler Manzi had two goals and an assist and Mike Barletta and Anthony Bono both posted 1-1-2 as the Vipers beat the '01 Warriors, 6-2 - and Barletta had 1-1-2 and Ryan Groark two assists in a 4-0 victory over Seacoast; The Advantage beat the Blazers, 3-1 (missing game sheet from Pilgrim); Eric Degregorio wore the hat and had two assists, Blake Bartell had 1-2-3 and Hunter McCoy two assists as the '00 Warriors beat the Wizards, 6-2, Kadyn Farrell with 1-1-2 in the loss - and the Warriors and Advantage skated to a 1-1 tie (another game sheet missing from Pilgrim);

Vona scored the tying goal with 3:57 left and Lester had two assists as the Blazers pulled out a 4-4 tie with the '01 Warriors, who had gone ahead on Robbie Griffin's second goal of the game with 5:21 remaining; and Roche snapped a 1-1 tie with 12:27 left in the second period as the Red Rangers beat the Avalanche, 3-1.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Barletta, Vipers

After the first faceoff of the game, Worthley gained control of the puck and deked the goalie with a move from right to the left.  Boston Advantage responded with a goal 1:30 later.  At the next faceoff, Vipers moved down ice.  Roberts skated down the right side and made a solid pass to Senier in front of the net. Senier was quick and jabbed the puck past the goalie for the next goal.  However, Boston Advantage responded yet again with another goal making the score 2-2 in the first 5min of the game.  Vipers pulled ahead during the remainder of the 1^st period.  Great passing from Senier and Calauitti and Worthley allowed for Worthley's second goal of the game.  And minutes later Calautti had an unassisted goal on a 4 on 4 play.  The score at the end of the 1^st period was 4-2 Vipers.  Unfortunately, during the 2^nd period the Boston Advantage shut down Viper's offense and pushed past our defense.  Goaltender Andersen had some great saves but could not handle the offensive pressure without help from the defense.  Boston Advantage took the lead at the end of the 2^nd period with a score of 5-4.  Boston Advantage proceeded with the pressure and made 2 more quick goals in the first few minutes of the 3^rd period.  Perry and Worthley did not give up though.  With 6 seconds left, Perry got the puck to Worthley who topped shelf the puck and earned a hat trick.  If Viper's momentum continued from the 1^st period, the Viper's could have taken this 1^st placed team.

Vipers hit the ice with speed from the start of this game. Ouellette led the charge offensively with his quick feet and determination.  5 minutes into the 1^st period, defensemen Roberts passed to Sasso for the shot. Alyward was on the right corner of the net and took the goaltender by surprise with a quick jab placing the puck past the pipes.    Red Rangers increased their momentum after their 1^st goal 30 seconds prior to the end of the 1^st period.   They placed some defensive pressure during the first part of the 2^nd period and took the lead at 5:16. Robbins and Worthley took control of the next play as Robbins took the puck down ice and passed to Worthley for a deke on the goaltender.  Shortly thereafter, Red Rangers had a breakaway 3 against 1 and Krajeski remained patient and smart and broke the play prior to a shot on goal.   A couple minutes later, Roberts and Worthley made several passes down ice for a goal by Worthley.  At the end of the 2^nd period the score was 3-2 in favor of the Vipers.  The third period was a lot of even play.  The Vipers would strike and the Red Rangers would retaliate.  At 10:07 Sargent passed to Perry who placed the puck in front of the net and with strength and perseverance, Sasso placed the puck in goal. At 9:32, Red Rangers scored.  At 8:54 Robbins had a goal assisted by Worthley and at 6:51 Red Rangers scored.  The scoreboard read 5-4.  As a last ditch effort to tie the game, Red Rangers pulled their goaltender.  After an impressive effort, Senier pulled from the fight with the puck and made a shot down ice for the last goal of the game.

The Vipers returned back to Hudson, NH less than 24 hours later to take on the Cyclones in the regular season finale.  The Vipers were victim of “road legs” and were quickly down 2-0.  The Vipers found some rhythm in the  second period with Conor Crovo getting the Vipers on the board.  The team went on to score 5 unanswered goals pulling away.  Michael Gillis added two goals with Iannuzzi, Tibbets and Scaromozzino added scores.  All five defenseman were very effective in the second and third period to secure the win.

The 98's finished the NEHL Regular Season by beating the well coached Worcester Crusaders at home by the score of 7-0. The Vipers finished a solid 24-2-2 earning 50 out of a possible 56 points within the league, a great accomplishment for the team. The Vipers jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead against the scrappy Crusaders on a goal by Evan Daddario (2-1-3) as he raced down the right wall and fired a shot that beat the Worcester goalie 5-hole, Steven Tettoni and Noah Maercklein (1-2-3) would pick up the assists. Dom Cappadonna would then score on a screen shot from the point with Patcrick McCarthy and Kyle Hentosh (0-3-3) adding the helpers and with just 40 seconds left in the first JT Chamberlain (2-0-2) would stretch the lead to 3. Noah Maercklein would get the  only goal in the second period on the Power play as his shot from the point found the back of the net, Lynchy and Henny picked up the helpers. Lynchy from Henny, Evan and JT's second of the game would round out the scoring in this one. Christian Kukas, Braden Haley, Ross Wahl and Brendan White would all add single helpers. Aaron McDonnell would pick up the shutout going the distance between the pipes. The 98s will look to defend their EHF Invitational Championship next weekend when they travel to Marlboro.

In the first game of a weekend series, the Vipers came storming out and built a three – zero lead with goals by Tyler Hughey, Sal Costanzo and PJ Iannuzzi.  The Cyclones fought back during the middle stanza to make this game much closer than the score showed.  Costanzo chipped in two more for a hat trick while Michael Gillis, Rob Tibbets and Greg McGunigle also scored.

The 98 Elites opened up a 3-0 lead after one period and were able to hold on against the team that nobody wants to play in the post season Red Rangers by a score of 4-1. The Vipers came out of of the gates with plenty of intensity as Kyle Lynch would get them on the board with a very nice unassisted individual effort as he went end to end utilizing his speed to breaking alone and bury a wrister to the stick side for the 1-0 lead. Kyle Hentosh would get the next one on the power play as he would be in front to re-direct a shot from Noah Maercklein, Lynchy would also pick up an assist on the play as the Vipers had some pretty nice puck movement on the PP. Kyle Lynch would strike again as he easily banged home a rebound off Dom Cappadona's one timer from the point, Brendan White picked up an assist on the play as well. Ross Wahl would extend the lead to 4-0 as he took a sweet dish from Noah Maercklein from behind the net, made a quick move to his left and slid the puck into the open net, Evan Daddario also picked up an assist. Zach Laramie would go the distance in the nets loosing out on the shutout late in the third on a pretty Red Ranger goal. The Vipers close out there NEHL Regular season on Sunday at home against the Worcester Crusaders.

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.