New Canaan blanks Fairfield to reach third straight FCIAC girls hockey final

DARIEN — The New Canaan girls ice hockey team has been faced with numerous obstacles this season, including injuries and illnesses which have led to an ever-changing lineup since Game 1 in December. Now, the Rams are healthy, and they’re back in a familiar spot. New Canaan advanced to the FCIAC final for the third … Read more

Watch the FCIAC Girls Ice Hockey Semifinals on LocalLive

The FCIAC girls ice hockey semifinals will get underway at 6 p.m., Wednesday, at the Darien Ice House and the games will be carried on LocalLive. FCIAC Girls Ice Hockey Semifinals Click the games to go to the live stream No. 1 New Canaan vs. No. 4 Fairfield co-op, 6 p.m. No. 2 Darien vs. … Read more

The GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Hockey Poll (Feb. 25): A minor switch in an otherwise steady week before postseason

With one week to go in the regular season, and one conference’s postseason getting underway Saturday, the GameTimeCT top 10 poll stayed pretty steady this week. The 10 teams remained the same, we split a tie, and only one other set of teams switched places. The top five remained identical, led by No. 1 Darien, … Read more

FCIAC Saturday Ice Hockey Scoreboard

Boys Ice Hockey Newtown 4, Staples 1 Trumbull 6, Trinity Catholic 1 Greenwich 7, St. Joseph 2 New Canaan 7, McMahon/Norwalk 1 Westhill/Stamford 4, Fairfield co-op 3 (OT) Wilton 6, Masuk 2 Girls Ice Hockey Stamford/Westhill/Staples 2, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB) 1 Wilton/Norwalk/McMahon 4, Branford co-op 2 Fairfield at Avon co-op

No. 1 Darien tips No. 6 Ridgefield, forges tie atop FCIAC

DARIEN — When Matt Fiorita scored during the opening minute of the second period of No. 1 Darien’s hockey game against No. 6 Ridgefield on Friday night, the Blue Wave had a 3-0 lead and appeared to be on their way to a romp. Then the Tigers crashed the party. Ridgefield rallied and closed to … Read more

FCIAC boys hockey playoff race down to wire; Darien, New Canaan, Greenwich vie for top seed

Darien was unanimously voted No. 1 for the second consecutive week in the GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll. That much is certain. What is still uncertain, however, is whether the Blue Wave will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming 2019-20 FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey Tournament which commences Feb. 29. Such is the … Read more

FCIAC Monday Basketball and Hockey Scoreboard

Boys Basketball Trinity Catholic 81, Stamford 61 Wilton 51, Ludlowe 47 Norwalk 69, Darien 61 Ridgefield 69, Warde 61 St. Joseph 75, Staples 71 (OT) Westhill 63, New Canaan 51 Danbury 51, Trumbull 47 Girls Basketball New Canaan 38, Westhill 37 Stamford 64, Trinity Catholic 42 Danbury 48, Trumbull 43 Norwalk 74, Darien 40 Ridgefield … Read more

FCIAC Saturday Ice Hockey Scoreboard

Boys Ice Hockey Trumbull 4, Wilton 2 Staples 3, North Branford 0 Westhill/Stamford 4, New Milford 1 Darien 6, McMahon/Norwalk 0 New Canaan 4, Simsbury 1 Ridgefield 6, Fairfield co-op 4 Girls Ice Hockey  East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB) 1, Greenwich 1 New Canaan 2, La Salle Academy (RI) 0 Darien 8, Ridgefield/Danbury 1 Fairfield co-op … Read more

No. 5 New Canaan edges No. 4 Greenwich with late goal

GREENWICH — New Canaan boys hockey coach Clark Jones decided to make a couple of changes recently, one of which involved moving senior Justin Wietfeldt from defense to forward. A look at the results show the strategy has indeed, paid dividends. After tallying twice in his first game up front in a win against Westhill-Stamford … Read more

Fairfield Prep depth helps Jesuits beat Ridgefield

BRIDGEPORT — If it was going to be the kind of mid-February hockey game where a team needed everyone pulling on the rope, Fairfield Prep goalie Andrew Stietzel saw a little bit of mid-March in it. “That’s the type of stuff you need at the Whale,” the senior said after a 3-1 win over Ridgefield … Read more