Game Summary @ Woodbridge Warriors 2/3/24

Our dedicated volunteer head coach, Myles, had a busy morning. The Dare Devils had their regular practice this morning in West Orange at 9am and a game in Woodbridge at 11am. As hectic as that sounds, it was admirably handled by Coach Myles. He led 12 players at practice, changed out of his coaching gear, hopped in his car and sped down the parkway to get to Woodbridge shortly after the puck drop. He arrived just in time to help the Dare Devils avoid disaster. Coach Terence, Coach Brendon and Coach Bernard were in over their heads trying to manage 22 skaters on evenly matched lines.

By the time Coach Myles arrived, the Dare Devils were in a 2-1 hole with the lone goal coming from Micayla Shields off a Will Trampota assist. Coach Myles quickly restored order by setting up 4 lines, each anchored by one of our star A players (Will Trampota, Will Milazzo, Reese Citro, and Kory Wadleigh). From this point on, the Dare Devils operated like a well oiled machine and ultimately won a nail-biter against the strong Woodbridge squad. The Dare Devils were without a goalie today so the two talented Warriors net-minders split their time between both teams. Some of the offensive highlights included a Will Trampota wraparound goal (assisted by Shea Passikoff and Patrick Law) and an Owen Silverstein end-to-end rush that resulted in a beautiful breakaway goal. Earlier in the game, Owen showed his newly minted maturity and stuck to his "sharing is caring" mantra by assisting on a Shea Passikoff goal. The following Dare Devils made the score sheet: Jimmy McTernan with 4 goals, Kory Wadleigh with 2 goals, Shea Passikoff 1 goal and 1 assist, Will Trampota 1 goal and 1 assist, Patrick Law 1 goal and 1 assist, Owen Silverstein 1 goal and 1 assist, Reese Citro 1 goal and 1 assist, Micayla Shields 1 goal, Ryan Kientz 1 assist, Andrew Piccirillo 1 assist, and Connor Hung 1 assist.

In addition to the efforts of the four A players, solid defensive games were once again put in by Connor Hung and James Cooney. They both broke up numerous Warrior scoring chances. Strong efforts were also given by Riley Chiselko Seickel, Liam Smith, Henry Barrios, Samantha Ciemieki, Sean Glassett, Ryan Tomkievicz, Aaron Quintana and Madison Mitchell. Alfonso Mosca showed brilliant stick-handling and skating, leading to several breakaways but he couldn't sneak one past the talented goalies. 

Frank was at the game and the gallery can be found here. (thank you Frank).

A heartfelt thank you goes out to the Woodbridge Warriors for hosting us today, showing great sportsmanship, sharing their goalies and treating us to an awesome pizza party after the game. Your generosity is greatly appreciated - thank you Warriors!