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As some schools resumed conditioning for a football season that may not arrive, a potential timeline for that season came into focus on Monday. CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini had a two-and-a-half-hour conference call with around 20 state coaches on Monday, Hand coach Steve Filippone said. “He was very informative and helpful, letting us know […]
Dave Sollazzo has been a football coach for a long time, and this year he just plans to be a dad. Sollazzo has resigned after three years as Naugatuck’s head coach, leaving with a record of 23-9 and two playoff appearances. He plans to watch his son play football this fall: Chris Sollazzo will be […]
The 2019-20 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Hockey team. Compiled by Michael Fornabaio. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media and were submitted. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Boys Hockey All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Nick Maringola Cheshire, Senior, Goalie Stats: Had 45 saves or more in seven games. … Faced […]
The goalie had asked to drive himself to the game instead of taking the Cheshire boys hockey team bus from school, and it couldn’t have been a better day for that. “I remember it was such a nice day, I had the windows down. I was thinking, ‘this is going to be a good game,’” […]
FIRST TEAM Honorable mention Jeb Boyrer, Norwalk, Sr., F; Tyler Calhoun, Housatonic, Sr., D; Aaron Cholewa, WMRP, Sr., F; Lee Conlu, New Milford, Sr., G; Clayton Cowee, Enfield, Sr., F; Rhys Davies, Fairfield, Jr., F; Eric Dillner, Hand, Jr., G; Spencer Engstrom, Branford, Sr., F; Jack Esse, Fairfield Prep, Sr., F; Ryan Feher, South […]
A year ago, Jake Walker was the winning goaltender in the last high school hockey game of the year, a CIAC Division I champion with Fairfield Prep. On Tuesday morning, he found out there would be no champion this year. Walker started an online petition that has drawn more than 30,000 signatures in a few […]
North Haven’s Andrew Sacco is 6-1 in his career in the state tournament and has allowed over two goals twice in that span. What makes him so good during the postseason? #cthk pic.twitter.com/x0F8fbzzFP — Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) March 10, 2020 NORTH BRANFORD — We’ve reached that time of the boys hockey season when goalie matchups […]
On Tuesday, March 10, the CIAC cancelled the remainder of its winter tournaments due to the impact of coronavirus. ♦♦♦ The 2020 CIAC Boys Hockey State Tournament scoreboard and schedule, culminating in the CIAC state championship games at Ingalls Rink in New Haven. Division links to official brackets on CIACsports.com. Scoreboard will be updated after […]
Here's Jack Manware's game-winner with 3.8 seconds left in Branford's 4-3 win over Hand. #cthk pic.twitter.com/Oa4V49oY5j — Michael Fornabaio (@fornabaioctp) March 1, 2020 NORTH BRANFORD — Branford’s team managers counted 58 shots for Hand on Saturday night at Northford Ice Pavilion, so 55 saves for Jared Yakimoff. The number felt a little high, but honestly […]
Sheehan's Anthony DeFilio talks about his game-winner #cthk pic.twitter.com/5QSHcQA1Er — Michael Fornabaio (@fornabaioctp) February 16, 2020 MIDDLETOWN — Three times, Lyman Hall/HK/Coginchaug showed the guts to come back against Sheehan, erase a deficit in a wild atmosphere at Wesleyan’s Spurrier-Snyder Rink, make a new game of it. And all three times the Trojans did, Sheehan […]
A Newtown visit to Shelton for the second year in a row, a Hand trip to Bloomfield and a matchup of two defending state champions are among the highlights of the 2020 Connecticut High School Football Scheduling Alliance slate that was announced on Friday. The alliance began in 2017 to create more competitive regular-season […]
The 2020 FCIAC football schedule opens the weekend of Sept. 11-12 with a coach returning to his former stomping grounds for the first time. Trumbull will visit Staples to begin the year. Eagles coach Marce Petrocchio spent 25 years at Staples, winning three CIAC championships. Each FCIAC team will play two out-of-conference games in […]
They rotate once more, and Fairfield Prep is back on top. The preseason No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT top 10 boys hockey poll, the Jesuits have reclaimed the top spot going into a Wednesday-night rematch with No. 2 Darien in Bridgeport. The Blue Wave beat Fairfield Prep 6-3 on Jan. 20 in Darien. Though […]
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games and look ahead to next week.
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NORTH BRANFORD — A glance over Hand’s boys hockey stats told Cheshire goalie Nick Maringola what kind of night he was going to need to have on Saturday at Northford Ice Pavilion. Maringola had just that kind of night, beaten only on a post-and-in breakaway in the third period in the Rams’ 1-1 tie […]
Styles, to borrow a phrase from an entirely different sport (at least at this level), make fights. And maybe that’s what we’re seeing this season in Connecticut boys hockey. This team has no answer for that team’s size. But that team has no answer for that other team’s speed. And that other team can’t handle […]
AVON — Give a talented hockey team enough chances on the power play, and it’ll bite you eventually. Saturday night at Avon Old Farms, penalties bit away the state’s last unbeaten boys hockey team. The Farmington Valley Generals went 3-for-7 on the power play, scoring the third on its second five-on-three, to beat WMRP 3-2 […]
Darien showed for a fair bit of Monday’s game against Fairfield Prep just how good it can be, keeping the puck in the Jesuits’ end for long stretches. The Blue Wave scored in bunches early, and that 6-3 win helped them take an even firmer hold on the top spot in the GameTimeCT Top 10 […]
Hand’s boys hockey team wears helmet stickers honoring two former players who died from drug overdoses, and one player’s family will visit the team this weekend. A sticker bearing “NK 5” remembers Nick Kruczek, who died days short of his 21st birthday in October 2013. Kruczek’s parents plan to be in attendance on Saturday […]
VITALS WHERE/WHEN – Veterans Stadium, New Britain, 3 p.m. TICKETS – $10 Everyone ON THE AIR/WEB – NFHS Network (Subscription required) | WELI-AM 960 | Livestream WELI on Facebook SEEDS/RECORDS – No. 1 St. Joseph 12-0; No. 2 Hand 12-0 COACHES – St. Joseph: Joe Della Vecchia, 22nd year (161-90); Hand: Dave Mastroianni, 3rd year (37-1) PROGRAM […]
VITALS WHERE/WHEN – McDougall Stadium, Trumbull High School, 3 p.m. TICKETS – $10 Everyone ON THE AIR/WEB – NFHS Network (Subscription required) SEEDS/RECORDS – No. 1 Newtown 12-0; No. 3 Darien 11-1 COACHES – Newtown: Bobby Pattison, 3rd year (30-4); Darien: Rob Trifone, 13th year (130-25) PROGRAM ROSTERS | LIVE STATS (TBA) CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Newtown (3-3) […]
VITALS WHERE/WHEN – Veterans Stadium, New Britain, 11 a.m. TICKETS – $10 Everyone ON THE AIR/WEB – NFHS Network (Subscription required) | WELI-AM 960 | Livestream WELI on Facebook | WINY-AM 1350 & WINY-FM 97.1 SEEDS/RECORDS – No. 3 Killingly 11-1; No. 5 Weston 11-1 COACHES – Killingly: Chad Neal, 16th year (88-86); Weston: Dan Hassett, 3rd year […]
VITALS WHERE/WHEN – McDougall Stadium, Trumbull High School, 11 a.m. TICKETS – $10 Everyone ON THE AIR/WEB – NFHS Network (Subscription required) SEEDS/RECORDS – No. 3 Bloomfield 12-0, No. 4 Sheehan 10-2 COACHES – Bloomfield: Ty Outlaw, 10th year (88-25); Sheehan: John Ferrazzi, 15th year (79-77-2) PROGRAM ROSTERS | LIVE STATS (TBA) CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Bloomfield (9-5) […]
There will be no mud bowls Monday night in the CIAC football semifinals. The CIAC announced Monday morning that the two semifinals scheduled for grass fields, Sheehan at Ansonia in Class S and Weston at Rockville in Class M, will move to turf fields. Ansonia’s home game is in neighboring Derby at Ryan Field, and […]
BLOOMFIELD — He was everywhere on the field at Phil Rubin Stadium on Wednesday night in Blomfield’s 56-0 win over Stafford/East Windsor/Somers in the CIAC Class S football quarterfinals. Anthony Simpson scored four touchdowns, and his two interceptions, Nos. 9 and 10 on the year, turned the game squarely toward the defending-champion Warhawks. What has […]
The CIAC announced at noon Monday that all of Tuesday’s football quarterfinal games have been postponed to Wednesday. The announcement blamed “the continuing forecast of inclement weather and a need to allow host schools adequate time to prepare their facilities” for the change, which also pushes the semifinals, which had been set for Sunday afternoon, […]
We round up top performers from the week’s football games and this week allow you to vote for the Thanksgiving Week Star below. You can vote for up to five players. Check the box just above the player. Poll closes on Monday at 10 p.m. Please also consider looking through the gallery above of our […]
Wilton earned the last spot available in the CIAC Class L football playoffs. Weston and the SMSA co-op grabbed them in Class M. And Sheehan, Plainville and Plainfield all joined the Class S party. 2019 CIAC PLAYOFF POINT STANDINGS: CLASS LL | CLASS L | CLASS M | CLASS S FINAL 2019 THANKSGIVING WEEK SCOREBOARD […]
Almost there. Really. We ran through each team’s CIAC football playoff picture Tuesday night… OK, Wednesday morning, a deeper look at where everyone stood. (And missed a couple. Apologies to Stafford.) Wednesday’s games clarified things: NFA and Ridgefield won to clinch Class LL playoff spots and round out the eight-team field. Wethersfield, New Canaan and […]
