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Not putting up a complete effort the entire weekend the 98s did just enough of what it had to do to go into the finals with a 3-0 record, but could not seal the deal as they fell 3-2 in a shootout. The Vipers were plagued by mistakes and inconsistent efforts all weekend. They would show flashes in each game but could never string anything together. In the first game v. NECDl Classics they used a 3 goal third period to win going away 4-2. Kyle Lynch would score on the first shift of the third period in what looked like a shift that would snap the Vipers out of their inconsistent play. Zach Laramie would play well in the nets for the Vipers and Kyle Hentosh (1-2-3) would pace the offense. The second game saw the Vipers dispatch of the Boch Blazers 8-1, Nick Fiorentino and Aaron McDonnell would split the duties between the pipes. Brendan White led the offense with 1-2-3, Evan Daddario would chip in with 1-1-2, and Ross Wahl would add a helper on a Braden Haley goal. The Vipers would jump out to a 4-0 lead over the Wizards in the third game, then inconsistent play would take over again and they would surrender 2 late 3rd period goals and win 4-2 to send them into the finals. The finals showed up but the Vipers didn't as they surrendered 2 early goals and trailed 2-0 after 1, trying desperately to find their form of the early season they would tie the score at 2 and that is how this one would end. There was no scoring in the 5 minute 4 on 4 OT session and then they would loose it in the shoot out portion of the game after 8 shooters. Brendan White and Braden Haley would both hit the pipe in the sudden death portion of the shootout. Aaron McDonnell would stand tall as he stopped 6 of 8 shots in the shootout.

The 98Vipers will be hosting the Philadephia Little Flyers during the weekend of Nov 26-28. 

The Philadelphia Little Flyers youth ice hockey organization is a member of the Atlantic Hockey League. Our players come from all around the Delaware Valley and compete against teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This season there are Little Flyers teams at the Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, and Junior age levels.

98Vipers Dante Maribito had 4 goals and 1 assist helping the Vipers beat Cyclones in NEHL action.  Maribito's performance earned him the NEHL Player of the Week Honors for the week ending 10/24/10.

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Dante Maribito scored four goals and assisted on three others, Kyle Lynch delivered 2-3-5, John Chamberlain also scored twice and Ryan Connearney also had two assists as the Vipers scored a big win over the Cyclones

PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

Dante Maribito, Vipers

The 98Vipers have been sporting pink laces and pink tape this month in support of Cancer Awareness month.  The boys took this cause upon themselves showing a great deal of responsibilty and maturity. 

The Vipers looking to simply put forth a better effort than the day before did just that, unfortunately it was only for a period, lack of effort and poor decision making all over the ice led to the undefeated Falcons cruising to the 6-1 victory. The Vipers would jump out to the 1-0 lead just  4 minutes in but that is all they could muster up in this one. Braden Haley finished off a nice forecheck by the red line for the goal and Evan Daddario picked up the helper. Nick Fiorentino got the nod in net and played well despite not much support from his teammates.

Deciding that they weren't going to win any 1 on 1 battles, win any races and completely forget how to play disciplined 3 zone hockey was a bad way to start the weekend as a hungrier Nashua team upended the the visitors 6-2. Kyle Hentosh was 1-1-2, Kyle Lynch added a goal, and Dante Maribito and Steven Tettoni picked up helpers. The lone bright spot for the Vipers was the play of Nick Fiorientino and Brendan White. Nick came in  for relief and played with a lot of energy and confidence between the pipes coming up with many saves and a couple of the spectacular fashion. Whitey was everywhere and was clearly the best player on the ice for both teams

The Vipers looking to rebound from a questionable effort on Saturday did in a big way as they rolled on the road. The Vipers had to overcome some questionable play by the Cyclones as it was very obvious as to what their game plan would be on this day, and as the Cyclones were tagged with a 5:00 minute major game penalty late in the second period the Vipers made them pay as they went on to score 5 power play goals on the 5 minute major and put the cyclones away. The green line would lead the way offensively as they posted some big numbers lead by Dante Maribito's 4 goals and 3 assists, Kyle Hentosh (2-3-5) and Kyle Lynch (2-3-5) rounded out the scoring, The white line was lead by Noah Maercklein's 2-3-5 while JT Chamberlain ( 2-0-2) and Brendan White(0-2-2) would hit the scoresheet, and the red line who played a solid game, filled with nice energy and solid forechecking also checked in with Evan Daddario picking up a goal and Ross Wahl and Braden Haley adding the helpers. Ryan Connearney would also add 2 assists and the Vipers would also get strong performances out of Aaron Dollin, Christian Kukas, Steven Tettoni, Alex Delvento, and Patrick McCarthy. Nick Fiorentino would go the distance in the nets.

The 98s put forth half an effort on Saturday afternoon in Malden and a very talented Seacoast team made them pay as they took down the home team 3-1. The Vipers certainly had their chances but could not finish on this day, and they did not take care of business in their own end as they were anything but difficult to play against in the D-Zone as they handed the Spartans 2 of the 3 goals. The Vipers lone goal came off a 2 on 1 that was started by Alex Delvento and set up by Dante Maribito winning a race then sliding a pretty pass to Kyle Hentosh who finished it off with a nice deke to cut the lead to 3-1. The Vipers would keep on the pressure with the goalie pulled but could not get any closer as the Spartans finished off a solid effort. The Vipers would come up short on a penalty shot in the second that would have made the score 2-1, but the Seacoast goalie made a nice save. Alex Delvento chipped in with some solid play from the Vipers.

After scoring a remarkable 4 goals in 1:16 on Saturday the Vipers came back and scored 5 goals in the last 8 minutes of the third period to win going away against the NECDL Classics 6-1 in a game that saw NECDL pick up 14 penalties. In a spirited affair in Revere the Vipers would get on the board in the first on a Kyle Lynch (1-2-3) penalty shot as he was hauled down on a breakaway. The Classics would tie it at 1 in the second and the game would go into the third that way. The Vipers rolled over the Classics in the third taking advantage of some undisciplined play by the visitors. Kyle Hentosh (2-1-3) would score the eventual game winner on a breakaway to get things started, Lynchie with a nice helper along the wall to spring him free. Dante Maribito (1-1-2) would finish off a picture perfect 2 on 1 with Hentosh to up the lead to 3-1, and then Noah Maercklein (2-0-2) would tally the power play goal, as he notched his second 2 goal game of the weekend, Brendan White (0-2-2) and Aaron Dollin would pick up the helper from the point. The Green line would connect on some nice work down low as Henny would bang in the rebound for a 5-1 lead. Noah would add his second from Whitey and JT Chamberlain to push the final to 6-1. Aaron McDonnell would stand tall between the pipes, and give the Vipers back to back solid games in the nets. Christian Kukas would lead the charges from the blueline with a solid effort while Alex Delvento and Patrick McCarthy would also chip in with fine efforts. The Vipers look to get back into league action next weekend as they host the Seacoast Spartans and travel to the Cyclones.

The 98 Vipers used 4 goals in the last 1:16 of the seocnd period, the last coming to beat the buzzer as they went on to a 7-2 win over the Cyclones in their home opener. The last 2 goals of the surge by Noah Maercklein (2-0-2) and Evan Daddario, assisted by Ross Wahl and Braden Haley came just 12 seconds apart. The Vipers were trailing 2-1 at this point in the game as the Cyclones did a good job of slowing down the Vipers. Nick Fiorentino came up huge for the Vipers in the nets as about halfway through the seocnd trailing 2-1 he made a breakaway save on the Cyclones to keep the defecit at 1. The offense was lead by Dante Maribito (1-2-3) and Kyle Hentosh (1-2-3) as Maribito's goal came with 1:16 left in the second and ignited the charge. The most amazing part of the 4 goal flurry was that all but 1 of the Vipers 9 forwards hit the scoresheet in that time span. JT Chamberlain (1-1-2) from Christian Kukas got the eventual game winner and put the Vipers up 3-2, Then Maercklein banged his home after some fine forechecking by JT Chamberlain, Brendan White (0-2-2) also picked up an assist, then just 12 seconds later Daddario after again some intense forechcking by Ross Wahl would end the barrage. Maercklein and Kyle Lynch would add goals in the third to finish this one up. Defenseman Steven Tettoni (0-1-1), Patrick McCarthy and Christian Kukas would chip in with fine games, and Nick the Brick would shine betweeen the pipes, chipping in with the breakaway save, and adding a nice glove save in the third as well as a right pad save to finish his solid effort.