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GAME REVIEWS
Rangers vs Terriers
Rangers 4 Terriers 2

The 98 Rangers continued there best stretch of hockey this year with a 4-2 home win over the Terriers. The 98's although only 2-2 in their last 4 games the Rangers have been playing hard. The 2 losses were to the first place capitals and the Rangers led both of those games for long stretches but could not get any bounces. Despite the losses the team has overcome injuries and has been playing the best hockey if the season. In saturdays game the Rangers picked up right where they left off last week. Cam Roach set up Mark Medeiros with 5 min to go in the first to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead. With 1:30 left in the period Jack Halloran scored to make the score 2-0.

The terriers would answer 1 minute into the second to cut the lead to 2-1. On the next shift the Rangers answered to put the lead back at 2 when luke Sideropolous picked off a pass and scored off a breakaway from center ice. The score stayed 3-1 until Bobby Leone scored the last Ranger Goal of the day putting the 98's up 4-1. The terriers would score again to make it 4-2 but the Rangers D shut the door. The Rangers out worked the terriers all over the rink and it showed. The goaltending duo of Nick Stewart and Grayson Owens played great holding the terriers to 2 goals. The Rangers defense stepped up bigtime with 3 dmen out with injuries Jeff Carlson Mark Pizzi Mitch Baker and Max Abbate all played awesome fo the 98's The win puts the Rangers at 6-6-1 right in the middle of a competitve 98AAA division.

Rangers vs Capitals
Rangers 3 Capitals 7

On Sunday the Rangers were at home to face the first place Providence Capitals. Coming off saturdays win the Rangers again came out flying and and carried they play early. Bobby Leone opened the scoring half way through the first off a feed from Liam McCarthy. The Rangers would hold a 1-0 lead until the Caps scored off a scum in front of the Ranger net midway through the 2nd to tie the game at 1. The Capitals would score 2 more goals in the second to make the score 3-1 going into the 3rd. The Rangers did not quit and continued to play hard. With the score 4-1 Bobby leone would score his second goal of the game to make it 4-2 giving the Rangers some life but the caps would score quickly to make the score 5-2. Refusing to go away the Rangers again scored to cut the lead to 5-3 when Nick Hutchinson( carlson, roach) scored. The up and down third would end badly for the rangers as the caps added to goals to end the Rangers come back bid. The final score was 7-3 but the 98s played hard and did not quit against a talented Caps team, even with the loss the Rangers can keep their heads up and move forward to next weeks games knowing they left everything on the ice this weekend.

Rangers vs Islanders
Rangers 8 Islanders 3

The 98 Rangers broke out their 2 game losing streak with a big road win vs the Middlesex Islanders. The Rangers opened the scoring with Cam Roach cutting in from the faceoff cirlce and going top shelf. Luke Sideropoulos(carlson , mccarthy) would quickly make it 2-0. The Islanders wouldnt quit and tied the game at 2 before the end of the first. The Rangers came out flying in the second with goals by Nick Timberlake(Hutchinson) Cam Roach (Hutchinson, Carlson) and Jack Halloran( Hutchinson) The Rangers would not let up and continued their dominating play in the Third with Goals by Bobby leone(medeiros) Nick hutchinson( Halloran, Roach) and Nick Timberlake to win 8-3. Nick Stewart played a great game in net and Jeff Carslon continued to lead the way on defense for the 98's

Big Win for Rangers
Rangers 6 Terriers 2

The 98 Rangers came to play on Saturday vs the first place Terriers. The 98's were fired up and would except nothing less than giving the Terriers their first loss of the season. The Rangers opened the scoring 3 minutes in when Nick TImberlake scored with the assist going to Bobby Leone. Two minutes later Cam Roach put in the Rangers 2nd goal with the assist going to Max Abbate. With an early 2 goal lead the Rangers put their foot on the gas and continued to take it to the Terriers. The Rangers would go up 3-0 when Liam McCarthy found Mark Medeiros . Later in the first the Terriers would cut the lead to 3-1. The Rangers would close out the scoring in the first with Bobby Leone making it 4-1 with assists going to Nick Timberlake and Corbin Clancy. In the 2nd Period the Terriers would settle down and cut the lead to 4-3. Less than a minute into the third Mark Medeiros set up Liam McCarthy with a behind the back pass that Liam buried into the net to put the Rangers up 5-3. The Back and forth play continued with the Terriers scoring half way through the 3rd to make the score 5-4. The last 8 minutes of the game were the most excting of the season so far with both teams making plays all over the ice. The Rangers would finally slam the door on the pesky Terriers when Jack Halloran scored off a pass from Liam McCarthy to Put the Rangers up 6-4 with 2 minutes to go. The Terriers would pull the goalie in the final minute for the extra attacker but the Rangers countered by playing smart hockey and keeping their cool. The Aggressive Terriers play was shut down by the Rangers calmly chipping the puck out of the zone and tying the puck up in the corners to allow the final seconds to tick of the clock. The Rangers Played their best game of the season and improved their record to 3-2-1.

Rangers Battle Back
Rangers 5 Islanders 5

Saturdays game vs the Islanders looked like it was going to get out of hand quick. The Islanders came out flying scoring 3 goals in under a minute to take a early 3-0 lead. The rangers got on the board cutting the lead to 3-1 when Jeff Carlson scored from the point on the PP with the assists going to Liam McCarthy and Bobby leone. The islanders came right back and made it 4-1. With a 3 goal second period lead the Islanders seemed to start taking the Ranges lightly thinking the were going run away with the W. This was the chance the 98's needed the Rangers began winning all the 1v1 battles, and knocking the Islanders all around the rink. In last minute of the second period Cam Roach found Jack Halloran to cut the lead to 4-2. The 3rd period started the way 2nd had ended with the Rangers all over the Islanders. Nick timberlake cut the lead to 4-3 on a break away goal. less than a minute later Jack Halloran tied it at 4 with Richard Joyce and Cam Roach getting the helpers. The two teams fought tooth and nail for the rest of the 3rd period until the islanders made it 5-4. Instead of hanging their heads the Rangers kept fighting and with under a minute to go Nick Timberlake took a pass from Corbin Clancy and buried it the back of the net to tie the game at 5. Which is how the game would end. The tie gave the Rangers a 2-2-1 record after the first month of the season.

98 Rangers Split
vs Minuteman Flames, Bridgewater Bandits

In the first game of the weekend the 98's lost 3-1 to the Minuteman Flames. Luke Sideropolous scored the only Ranger goal. The game was 1-1 in the 3rd when the Flames scored two quick goals to take the win. The Rangers played hard hitting two posts and keeping the pressure on until the final buzzer.

In sundays game the 98's rebounded with a big 7-0 win over the Bridgewater Bandits to even their record at 2-2. Scoring for the 98's were Mark Medeiros (3) Jack Halloran (2) Liam McCarthy and Bobby leone. Grayson Owens and Nick Stewart both played great combining for the shutout. Jeff Carlson had a big game on D for the Rangers making several nice defensive plays and and making some highlight reel passes on the power play.

vs Top Gun
Rangers 11 Top Gun 2

The 98 Rangers opened the 2010-2011 EHF season with a big 11-2 Road win at top Gun. The Rangers opened the scoring 2 minutes in with a goal by nick timberlake. Top Gun came right back and tied the score at 1 five minutes later. The Rangers quickly answered to make it 2-1. Top Gun ended the back and forth first period with goal to tie the score at 2. The rangers went on the Power Play 130 into the 2nd and mark medeiros put one under the cross bar to make it 3-2. The Rangers never looked back scoring 9 unanswered goals to take the opener 11-2. Jack Halloran and Mark Medeiros led the way with 4 goals each. Nick Timberlake would put one more in the net and Liam Mccarthy would add 1 goal to go with his 3 assists. The Rangers Defense and and goalies did a great job shutting the door on Top Gun. The Defensive pairing of Max Abbate and Matt Maloney looked like the had been playing together for years both came up with some great plays and big hits.

PRACTICE TIMES
Tentative 97/98's

» Monday's: 7:20pm - 8:30pm

» Thursday's: 6:20pm - 7:30pm

COACH
Sean Walsh
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2010-11 ROSTER
(as of 8/4)
7
Nick Hutchinson
8
Liam McCarthy
3
Maxwell Abbate
5
Jeffrey Carlson
10
Richard Joyce
14
Bobby Leone
13
Matt MAloney
12
Mark Medeiros
9
Mark Pizzi
11
Luke Sideropoulos
18
Nick Timberlake
6
Cam Roach
4
Caleb Getto
22
Jack Halloran
33
Corbin Clancy
29
Grayson Owens (G)
52
Nick Stewart (G)
 
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