Wolfpack continues their winning ways at EJ Showcase

Marlborough, MA - Ryan's Junior Wolfpack team continued their winning ways by making it all the way to the semifinals before losing a heart breaker. They started off the weekend by playing and winning 4-0 against the New Brunswick Prospects. Later that afternoon, they played the New England Huskies and beat them convincingly 6-0. Saturday, the team faced what was expected to be their toughest challenge of the weekend, but handled it nicely and won a very tough game 5-4 over the eventual champions of the tournament, South Shore Kings. After winning their division, the team went onto play Sunday morning, and withstood the tough play of the Mass Maple Leafs and won their quarterfinal game 4-3. In the 5 games Ryan played in, he recorded a couple more goals, including a short handed goal along with another assist.

Unfortunately Ryan had to work and had to leave after the first game Sunday morning just as they were about to run into the tough New York Applecore, and even though the Wolfpack controlled the play most of the game, the Applecore edged them out 2-1. This ended the team’s 10 game win streak from previous weekends as well.

“It was another great weekend showcasing the talent and determination of the kids that the Wolfpack organization as brought together. I had a lot of positive feedback from college coaches and other recruiters there that even they are excited about the direction of our program. This weekend just makes this upcoming season even more exciting for me and our staff here,” stated head coach Chris Cerrella.

Stats to date:

Venue	GP	Goals	Assist	Points	PIM
Preseason	10	4	3	7	2
Reg Season	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	10	4	3	7	2

Team record: 10-1-0

Weekend sweep in opening tournament

This past weekend in Hudson, New Hampshire, the future prospects of the Jr. Wolfpack dominated competition as they won the Cyclones Tournament. The first game, played against the Jr. Monarchs, was tight, but the Wolfpack were able to secure a victory 3-2 due to solid goal tending and the hard work and determination of the players. Ryan scored a sweet goal by being in the right place at the right time, right out front.  Pass out of the corner and quick release wrist shot into the upper right corner for his first Wolfpack goal.

The following day, the Wolfpack met the newly formed Wilkes Barre/ Scranton organization and skated to a convincing win; 9-4. That same afternoon, the Wolfpack played the Cyclones needing to win by at least six goals to secure the first overall seed for Sunday's crossover rounds. The Wolfpack did just that, as they won 6-0 with another strong performance from the entire team. In the first round of the crossovers, the Wolfpack once again ran into the same Cyclone team, and in a thirty minute game beat them 7-0. A few hours later the team ran into the Laconia Leafs and in a tough, scrappy game beat Laconia 4-0. The Wolfpack met a very hard nosed and skilled team in the Moose for the final game of the weekend. The game was very tight all the way through, but the team stuck together, played hard, and came out on top 3-1 to win the Cyclones Tournament Championship. "As a staff we saw a lot of positive things from the players," said Coach and General Manager Chris Cerrella, "the team seemed to be close nit group even though it isn't even a regular season roster. The chemistry and determination the players showed really said a lot about the great personalities this team had".

Next up, the Wolfpack look to have another strong weekend when they will travel to Marlborough, MA to compete in the EJHL Showcase.

Stats to date:

Venue	GP	Goals	Assist	Points	PIM
Preseason	5	2	2	4	2
Reg Season	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	5	2	2	4	2

Team record: 5-0-0

College Development Weekend - July 10th & 11th

Cromwell, CT - Great weekend of hockey in a high paced, college level environment.  The weekend was the coming together of some of the best futures talent in the northeast and beyond, including many from Canada,  with 10 college coaches at the helm.  Teamed up in groups of about 20 players each, the kids went through drill after drill, most of which most of them had never seen before.  Highly intense with everyone working to impress the coaches hoping to catch their eye as a potential recruit.

Following the morning work out the coaches hosted a player-parent briefing regarding college hockey, rules, what to expect and of course, questions and answers.  each afternoon, the squads matched up for real time action to show the coaches what they had.  Although the team Ryan played for came up short both days, he played extremely well, scoring a couple of goals and adding a couple of assist (we'll forget about hitting the post, no points for post!).

Coaching participants included coaches from Yale, Boston, University, UConn, UMass Amherst, Union, Dartmouth, Northeastern, Western New England College and of course, Chris Cerrella of the Junior Wolfpack and scout for the USHL Tri-City Thunder.