Practice Summary - 9/20/25

The Dare Devils season is starting to get into full swing. Today was another excellent practice and it went a long way in preparing the players for tomorrow morning's game in Brick (7:50am at Howell Ice Rink) and the upcoming Frankenfest Tournament (10/11 and 10/12 at Codey).

We once again had great representation from the players, coaches, and junior coaches. Practice started with the typical learn-to-skate session and from there Coach Myles worked the players hard to get them ready for the upcoming games. Today's focus was on endurance drills and skills training but the players still seemed to have a lot of fun, despite all of the hard work. The standouts at practice today were Ayden Duran, Matty Brighton, Charlie Alterman, Joel Gooblar, Victoria Garay, Jonah Barnes and Tony He; all of whom demonstrated extra focus and determination in completing the drills.

We would also like to highlight the dedication of our coaching staff. Many of the coaches and volunteers have children on the team, so it is natural for us to put in the effort to make the Dare Devils a successful program (not to minimize the energy spent by the parent volunteers). We also have several senior coaches with siblings on the team (Head Coach Myles Mitchell, Jordan Benoff and Ray Law) and their commitment to the team is extremely admirable as they put in countless hours organizing practices and strategizing for games. In addition, we have several hero junior coaches, senior coaches and volunteers that do not have any family connection to the team. They volunteer their time and efforts out of the kindness of their hearts to enhance the lives of our kids. This includes the vast majority of the junior coaches, team photographer Frank Ingram, Eric Zlotnik, Steve Toledo, Billy Rafferty and Kristen Lattarelli.  Please take the time to acknowledge their efforts the next time you see them.

Theresa Mosca once again provided coffee for the parents during practice today. Thank you, Theresa!

Frankenfest will be here in a few weeks and we still need volunteers to assist with check-in, the hospitality room, party setup, candy donations and tricky tray donations. If you have the availability, please let us know if you can assist by completing the following form: Signup genius link