Congratulations to the EHF President's Day Tournament
Squirt Minor Champions!

Congratulations to the Bantam Major Elite EHF Champions!

Congratulations to the U10 Minuteman Lady Flames for a fine showing at the prestigious Polar Bear Tournament, held December 2008 in Connecticut. The team earned a 2nd place finish.

They Won The 2007 EHF Midget Minor AAA Championships, With a 8-2-2 Season, Defeating The  Bridgewater Bandits Black, 4-0, In The Semifinals, and the Bay State Sharks, 5-1, In The Championship Game. The team is: Joe Ackil (15), Andrew Arbour (25), Tyler Byrne (12), Dan Caliendo (10), Pat Coates (30), Brenton Croteau (3), Steven Iacaboni (22), Max Kruse (8), Ryan Levesque (61), Sean O'Keefe (7), Cam Roberts (9), Greg Silverman (3), Cody Smith (18), Devin Smith (9), Chase Williams (20).

The 96 Flames and Kings had the great pleasure of playing their league game in a professional manner at the Dunkin Donuts Center hosted by the Providence Bruins before the Providence Bruins Game on Sunday, February 18. The teams were greeted at the Dunkin Donuts Center by the Providence Bruins Staff and escorted to their locker rooms deep in the vintage facility, both reminiscent of the Colisee in Quebec City and surprisingly modern due to the $62 Million Dollar refurbishment underway. The fans were escorted to the stands, and were greeted by the DD Center’s new video scoreboard and audio system, where they would be able to watch the game, replays and special effects just like the Providence Bruins – Hartford Wolf Pack AHL Game that would follow.

After warm-ups, player introductions, and the national anthem, the game was played, with the scoring, penalties announcements and music of a regular NHL/AHL game.

     

Some of the players were able to get autographs on their P-Bruins hats, and a look at the P-Bruins locker Room. The locker on the left is Ned Havern’s, a 2002 NHL draft choice that was on the 82 Minutemen Flames Team coming up.

After the game, the teams and their fans were able to grab a bite to eat in the DD Center while watching the 8,600 Bruins and Wolf Pack fans join them to watch their AHL game... All in all, a great day of hockey.

The 1998 Minuteman Flames Mite Major team, after winning the West Chester, PA Silver Sticks Regional Tournament in November, reached the finals of the International Silver Sticks Tournament held January 26 – 28 in St. Clair Shores, MI. In advancing to the finals, the Flames went 3-0 in their preliminary bracket: A 5-2 win over the Caledon Hawks (Toronto), an 8-1 win against the North Pittsburgh Wildcats and a hard fought 3-1 victory over the Kensington Valley Rebels (Detroit) who had also entered the final preliminary bracket game at 2-0 and holding all tie breakers over the Flames.

The semi finals were comprised of the four bracket winners. In the semi’s the Flames faced the Suffolk P.A.L. Silver Shields (NY) (2-0-1 bracket winner) and came away with a 4-0 win setting up a final game match up with the Chesterfield Falcons (MO) (3-0 bracket winner) and 10-0 semi-final winners over the Markham Waxers (Toronto). The Falcons entered the final game with a total goal differential of 43 GF and 4 GA with the Flames at 20 GF and 4 GA.

In the finals Chesterfield raced out to a 3-1 lead through two periods, but the Flames mounted a furious third period attack falling just short in a 4-2 Falcons victory. By reaching the finals the Flames received an automatic bid to play in the 2008 International Silver Sticks Tournament in Whitby, Ontario.

Congratulations to the entire 1998 Minuteman Flames team on an outstanding Silver Sticks Tournament: Brendan Hamblet, Gideon Cooper, Cam Burke, Cam Finlayson, Matt Paul, Jake Tomsik, Karl Wright, Joe Corsi, Matt LaCroix, Paul Happy, Jared Wetherbee, Cole Fisher, Ryan Ward & Bryan McGrath - voted Championship Game Most Outstanding Player.