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The Greater Boston Vipers are pleased to announce the 2009-10 Tryout Schedule, Application and Program Outlines.  Please follow the links to the Tryout Page: http://www.vipersicehockey.com/tryouts.php

If you have any questions, please email: vipers@vipersicehockey.com 

As tryouts have now begun, we have had a lot of questions from parents regarding the recent change by NEHL to ensure age appropriate competition. 

"Will my child be playing against kids of the same birth year?"

 In the past, some NEHL teams were allowed to play in a division with teams that were a year older.  However, for the 2009-10 season, the NEHL has now realigned the divisions so that all teams are age appropriate.  There will no longer be younger teams playing up.  This will ensure that all divisions will be age appropriate competition this coming season. 

CONCORD, MA - The Assabet Valley Patriots Minor Hockey Association is pleased to announce that the Program has accepted the offer to join the New England Hockey League ("NEHL") for the 2009-2010 season. "After having evaluated various league platforms, we enthusiastically embrace the NEHL and its member organizations" said Assabet Valley President Greg Carter. "The league is professionally managed and will implement a comprehensive plan to drive parity at all levels ensuring NEHL member program teams compete against like opponents." With the addition of the Assabet Valley Patriots, the NEHL will now have 14 New England organizations competing from Mite Minor to Bantam Majors."

For more information on the NEHL, please visit their websites at www.thenehl.com .

The NEHL includes the following programs:

MA (5): Greater Boston Vipers (Malden), Valley Jr Warriors (Haverhill), Mill City Monsters (Methuen), Red Rangers (Tewksbury), Assabet Valley (Concord); NH (5): NH Avalanche (Hooksett), Cyclones (Hudson), Seacoast Spartans (Exeter), ProAmbition Panthers (Nashua), Monarchs (Hooksett)

VT: Green Mountain Glades (Burlington)

ME: Portland Jr Pirates (Saco)

CT: New England Falcons (Enfield)

NY: Albany Jr River Rats (Albany)

FL: Everblades

The New Hampshire Avalanche this past week was accepted into the NEHL for play beginning in the 2009-10 season. The Hooksett-based program will be a welcomed addition to the NEHL and will raise the level of competition across the board from Mites through Bantam Major. The NH Avalanche program is coming off a strong season of play in their final year in the Metropolitan Boston Hockey League (MBHL) with seven of its teams finishing in third place or higher. Three Avalanche teams finished the 2008-09 regular season in the #1 spot including the '96 squad and two undefeated teams -  the '98 team (30-0-0) and the '00 team (17-0-1), which is a testament to the overall talent in the organization. The NEHL looks forward to another top program in New England joining what is already perceived as the premier AAA League in New England and will make for a very competitive 2009-10 season.

For more information, please visit www.thenehl.com

Jack Egbert and Alex Caouette shared the shutout as the 94Vipers defeated the Cyclones, 4-0 and earning a trip to the playoffs. 

Ryan Noonan wore the hat and had an assist in a 9-5 win over Seacoast.

Their performance earned them the NEHL Player of the Week Honors for the week ending 2/22/09.

If you lost a glove at the last skills session on 2/23/09, please email vipers@vipersicehockey.com

The 98's spotted the Riverhawks a 3-0 first period lead before settling down and ripping off 7 unanswered goals to coast to the victory. The Green Line of Kyle Lynch (3-2-5) Dante Maribito (2-3-5) and Kyle Hentosh (1-5-6) would account for 6 of the Vipers 8 goals. This would be a very chippy affair that saw the Vipers display incredible discipline to keep their cool throughout. Heath King and JT Chamberlain(1-1-2) would add singles for the Vipers. Chris Goggin, Rob Murphy and Patrick McCarthy all stepped up and played a fine game, the latter dishing out a nice check in the third period while holding the blue line. Aaron McDonnell and Andrew Krajeski shared the duties in this one and both did a fine job.

The 98's went up north to play the New Hampshire Avalanche and may not have won the game but continued to take great strides in their development this season dropping a 5-2 decision. Playing full contact for only the second game all season the Vipers more than held their own against a very talented Avs team. The Vipers played physical and matched the Avs shift to shift, but in the end the Vipers made a few to many mental errors that a good Avs team capitalized on. Avs jumped out ahead just 1:33 into the game and closed the period with the same lead. Heath King tied the game with one of the prettiest goals of the year as he took a feed from JT Chamberlain on the left wall and made a nice cut to the middle of the ice avoiding a check and wristed one over the glove. The Avs would then hit the Vipers with a crushing blow scoring 2 goals in the last 25 seconds of the second period, which the Vipers couldn't recover from. Dante Maribito would finish off a nice feed from Kyle Lynch to pull the Vipers within 1 but thats as close as they would get. Andrew Krajeski would come on in relief between the pipes to have a solid outing.

The Greater Boston Vipers are pleased to announce their stable of high quality coaches for the upcoming 2009-10 season.  "Teaching from Experience", the Vipers coaches bring their own unique experiences from their backgrounds in professional, collegiate, high school & youth hockey programs. This experienced coaching staff accompanied by the Vipers aggressive skills development program, establishes a base to enable each player to develop his/her skills in a progressive environment. 

The Greater Boston Vipers will be rostering teams for birth years 1994 - 2003. 

• 94Vipers: Chuck Tryder
• 95Vipers: Dan Boudreau
• 96Vipers: Now Accepting Applications
• 97Vipers: Scot Somerville
• 98Vipers: Scott Hentosh
• 99Vipers: Chris Connolly
• 00Vipers: Walter Maribito
• 01Vipers: Kevin Grant
• 02-03Vipers: Rick Mayne

All applicants interested in coaching the 96Vipers, should forward a coaching resume to: vipers@vipersicehockey.com

Coach Maribito pegged it "Mission 6W" for the 98's as they emabarked on their last Tournament of the year, it would end on Monday as the 98 Vipers would upend the NV River Rats 4-2 to take home the crown

vs. Boston Jr Blackhawks - The 98's would score 4 times in the  second period to skate past the Blackhawks 8-0, The Red Line of Noah Maercklein (4-1-5), Rob Murphy (0-2-2) and Brendan White (1-3-4) led the charge for the offense. Jt Chamberlain (1-1-2) would get what would prove to be the game winner and Dante Maribito and Aaron Dollin would add singles, while Patrick McCarthy, Jack Moretti and Kyle Hentosh would all add assists. Andrew Krajeski would give way to Aaron McDonnell in the third period as they both split the shutout..

vs. Conneticut Wolves - The Vipers would start a little slow but in the end their effort would be enough as they defeated the Wolves of the MBHL 4-0 Brendan White (1-0-1) and JT Chamberlain (1-0-1) would get the Vipers on the board with a 2-0 lead after Kyle Lynch (1-1-2) and Kyle Hentosh (1-0-1) would finish off the scoring, Dante Maribito would chip in with 2 helpers and Christian Kukas would grab another helper. Aarron McDonnell would start this one and then Andrew Krajeski would finish up a fine effort between the pipes..

vs Portland Pirates - The Vipers would move to 3-0 on the weekend with a 8-1 win over the pesky pirates, this one would get physical on both ends, which seemed to favor the bigger stronger Vipers. The Green Line would lead the charge in this one As Kyle Lynch (2-1-3), Kyle Hentosh (2-3-5) and Dante Maribito (1-2-3). Andrew Krajeski would hold the fort down between the pipes. The Viper defense also have stepped up as they allowed just their first goal off the tournament. Chris Goggin (1-0-1), Aaron Dollin (1-0-1) and JT Chamberlain (1-1-2)

vs Neponset Valley River Rats - of the Mass Select League was up next and they came into the game and controled play and the tempo of the play a whole bunch. Andrew Krajeski replaced Aaron McDonnell, and Dante Maribito and JT Chamberlain would find the back of the net for the Vipers but it wasn't enough as the Rats outworked, and out hustled the sloppy Vipers and won with a score of 4-2.

The loss drops the Vipers to 4th place as they will now take on the Long Island Gulls in the semi-finals. The Green line would povide the offense and Aaron McDonnell would stand tall and get the win. 3-1 coming from behind. Dante Maribito (2-1-3) Kyle Lynch (0-2-2) and Kyle Hentosh ( 1-2-3) would account for all the scoring. Patrick MacCarthy and Christian Kukas would turn in solid efforts from the blueline

This would set the stage for the Finlas between the Vipers and the NV River Rats, and an entertaining final it was, as the Rats jumped out to a 1-0  but were quickly answered by JT Chamberlain (1-0-1) with an assist going to Chris Goggin, the Green line would provide the rest of the scoring again as Dante Maribito (2-1-3) wold score the next 2 goals and Kyle Hentosh (1-1-2) would secure the win with his, Kyle Lynch chipped in with 3 helpers. Andrew Krajeski would turn in a solid effort between the pipes, Heath King, Christian Kukas and Patrick McCarthy all continued their solid play over the weekend. This was a very entertaining game between 2 good hockey clubs, but the Vipers were flying from the start and continued to play better as the game wore on, as they were crowned 2009 Presidents Day Tournamnet Champions.