Printer Friendly Version - Girls’ Ice Hockey Wins a Trio, Boys’ Basketball Splits the Week

Raegan Wyrebek-Brasky, of Valley Regional, recorded an assist to help the Hand girls’ ice hockey co-op team defeat Amity/Cheshire/North Haven by a score of 6-2 on Jan. 10. Photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Courier

The Hand girls’ ice hockey co-op team hosted Amity/Cheshire/North Haven on Jan. 10 and won 6-2. Faith Minickene had three goals and one assist, while Kendall Dobratz had one goal and one assist. Jaime DiNapoli contributed with two goals and one assist, and Taylor Manchanda had one goal and one assist. Raegan Wyrebek-Brasky also added one assist.

The team then played host to Woodstock Academy Co-op on Jan. 12 and won 7-3. Minickene had four goals and one assist, and Dobratz had two goals. DiNapoli had one goal and one assist, while Alexa Spaniotis added two assists.

The next day, the team rounded out the week with a 3-2 overtime win at home vs. Southington. Wyrebek-Brasky scored two goals, including the overtime goal. Dobratz added one goal and one assist, and Minickene had two assists.

The East Haven Co-op boys’ ice hockey team hosted Westhill/Stamford on Jan. 15 and won 8-1. The team went off for four goals in the first period. Lorenzo Defilio started the scoring, with an assist being credited to Carter McGlinchey. Defilio then scored again a few minutes later, with Griffin McGlinchey on the assist. John D’Albero also scored two shorthanded goals in the period, with assists coming from Landon Cantele and Griffin McGlinchey.

In the second frame, Preston Cantele scored an unassisted goal on a Power Play, Mike Savo with another Power Play goal, this time assisted by Ryan Bunnell. D’Albero also scored in the period, with Defilio on the assist. Finally, in the third period, Defilio scored an unassisted goal to wrap up the action. Mike Fritz allowed one goal in net, while recording 28 saves.

Two days later, the Yellowjackets played host to Daniel Hand and won 7-2 to continue their season dominance. Carter McGlinchey led off the scoring in the first period, with an unassisted goal. The team then tacked on three more goals in the second period. These were scored by Billy Demetriades (assisted by Preston Cantele and Nick Perillo), D’Albero (assisted by Griffin McGlinchey and Carter McGlinchey), and Griffin McGlinchey (assisted by Cantele).

In the third frame of game action, Bunnell added to the scoring with an unassisted goal, followed by Defilio, who was assisted by D’Albero and Griffin McGlinchey. Perillo closed out the scoring, with Demetriades on the assist. Fritz allowed two goals in net, with 27 saves.

East Haven rounded out the week with a trip to North Branford on Jan. 20, where the Yellowjackets faced their first loss of the season at 3-0. Fritz allowed two goals on 34 saves.

The Warriors then played host to Westbrook on Jan. 19 and won 55-40. Noah Dolinsky put up 18 points in the victory, and Tommy Troy added five. Other contributors included Rex Grabowski (four points), Paul Giantonio (five points), Max Nickel (seven points), Conor Quinn (eight points), Olivia Cunningham (two points), and Jack Driscoll (six points).