2/17/24 Practice & American Dream Game Summary
Practice Summary
Despite what Coach Terence called "extreme winter weather elements," a critical mass of players and coaches still made it out to practice today. Coaches Myles, Billy, and Steve Toledo led the charge, along with our loyal junior coaches. Thank you to everyone for coming out! (Frank the "Photographer" took a well-deserved day off.)
American Dream Mall Game Summary
By John Smith (#70 Liam's Dad)
On a snowy morning, a contingent of eight Dare Devil “Mallrats” made the trek to the American Dream Mall to take part in a combined squad matchup with the Brick Stars and Philadelphia Flyers special hockey.
Seven of these Mallrats played for the squad dubbed “Stardevils” while Reese Citro lent his considerable skills to the Philadelphia squad.
The teams played a game consisting of one period with a 60-minute running time. The teams felt each other out for the first ten minutes until Owen Silverstein put the Stardevils up with a goal scored high to the blocker side to continue his torrid scoring streak. The Stardevils would score the first three goals before the Flyers would come back with four consecutive goals to take the lead. The Stardevils would again score three straight goals to take the lead back which they would not relinquish as the game would end in a 10-9 victory for the Stardevils.
All the Dare Devil players performed admirably. Reese Citro was a leader for the Flyers squad and played lock down defense as well as chipping in a couple of assists. Ari Berlin split time in the Stardevils net with the talented Brick goalie and made many tough saves. She also took a shift at forward in full goalie gear and flashed some nifty stickhandling moves. Ryan Griffin scored on a nice assist from Kory Wadleigh and Ryan returned the favor with some beautiful east west passing on Kory’s first goal. Kory scored his second of the game on a nice takeaway at the blueline. Ayden Duran, Liam Smith, and Micayla Shields each got on the scoresheet with an assist. Brick Stars players provided six goals as well to the Stardevils total. Thank you to the Brick Stars for allowing our Dare Devils to participate in such a unique opportunity and to the Philadelphia Flyers youth special hockey team for sharing the ice with us.
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Some of our players, junior coaches, and families were also treated to the Stadium Game at MetLife last night and watched the Devils beat the Flyers 6-3 in front over 70,000 fans. According to John, the hardcore metal band "Jonas Brothers" also performed before the game. Sounds fun!