NORTH BRANFORD — While the Northwest Catholic and New Canaan boys hockey teams have solid defenses, their combined offensive talent was expected to produce some excitement for their fans entering their CIAC Division I quarterfinal matchup on Saturday with a few goals in the process. After all, in their last 10 games the Lions outscored … Read more
DARIEN — Gunnar Granito has delivered an endless parade of highlights for the New Canaan boys ice hockey team during the past four seasons. But with the seconds ticking away and the Rams trailing the Greenwich Cardinals in a playoff game on Tuesday, the highlights were fading and the emotions were coming to the forefront. … Read more
DARIEN — The Darien boys ice hockey team had to wait nearly a week to get back on the ice following a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Greenwich in the FCIAC semifinals. Needless to say, it was an angry group of Blue Wave players. Darien took out its frustrations on St. Joseph, scoring five goals … Read more
Greenwich 0 1 0 – 1 Ridgefield 3 4 1 – 8 Greenwich: Matt Davey 1g; Nick Columbo 1a; Nic Pelletier-Martinelli 1a Ridgefield: Kees van Wees 4g, 3a; Will Forrest 3g, 1a; Nick Cullinan 1g, 2a; Matt Walker 3a; Daniel Parson 1a; Simon van Wees 1a; Owen Luft 1a; Logan Chang 1a Saves: Greenwich – … Read more
GREENWICH — Ridgefield is already a tough team to defend at even strength, but when it’s on a power play, watch out. The Tigers put on a power play execution clinic during Saturday’s FCIAC boys hockey tournament final against Greenwich and in the process kept their streaks of superiority alive. Scoring five power play goals, … Read more
GREENWICH — Ridgefield proved how dangerous it can be when given opportunities. The Tigers scored five of their eight goals off the power play, including three during a three-minute stretch in the second period, and they stifled the Greenwich attack in locking up a decisive 8-1 victory over the Cardinals in the FCIAC boys hockey … Read more
The FCIAC boys ice hockey championship game between the No. 6 Greenwich Cardinals and No. 1 Ridgefield Tigers will be streamed by FairfieldLive. The game will begin at 6 p.m., Saturday, at Dorothy Hamill Skating Rink in Greenwich. To visit FairfieldLive, go to the home page of FCIAC.net and click on the LocalLive logo near … Read more
There are 600 tickets available for the FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey Final between No. 1 Ridgefield (21-0) and No. 6 Greenwich (11-9-1), which will be held at 6 p.m., Saturday, at Dorothy Hamill Rink in Greenwich. Tickets should be purchased in advance at eventbrite.com. Tickets are $10 each. Click here for the FCIAC link on eventbrite … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Call it a portent, an omen, or a harbinger … any of those will suffice. When Ridgefield’s Nick Cullinan scored just 35 seconds into Wednesday afternoon’s FCIAC boys hockey semifinal, it was a sign for the Westhill/Stamford co-op team. A sign of major trouble ahead. Unbeaten Ridgefield registered five goals unanswered goals in … Read more
Greenwich 1 0 0 0 1 – 2 Darien 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 1st period: G – Jack Eschricht (Julian Rubushofski, Jake Shredders) 1:41; 2nd period: D – Blake Swiggett (Bennett McDermott, CJ Hathaway) 5:47; 3rd period: No scoring; OT: No scoring; 2OT: G – Charlie Graves (Sean Pratley, Dylan Madden) 5:19 … Read more