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Nate Berke was, in his own words, mad. He’d finished his junior season of Fed hockey at St. Joe’s with just two goals and five assists in 16 league games, and he didn’t get as much playing time as he would have liked. Berke knew he had one more year to show what he could do, and he spent his …
Williamsville North picked up its second win of the season Saturday afternoon in a 4-2 victory over Canisius, but the Spartans didn’t feel too comfortable until the very end. Brett Sardina scored a goal and assisted two more, and Daniel Mosher and Rocco Bonaffini each had a goal and an assist, but it was Adam Batz’s empty netter with 44 …
Josh Surowiec just throws the puck at the net. Sometimes his forwards tip the puck into the net, as is Surowiec’s intention, and sometimes the puck finds the net on its own. The Williamsville North defenseman scored twice and picked up an assist in a non-league game against Ithaca two weeks ago, and he did the same in a 6-0 …
Last year’s regional loss is still fresh in their minds. The Spartans outshot Pittsford 48-12, but somehow it wasn’t enough. Williamsville North fell to the Panthers, 2-1, and gone was any hope of a state championship. This year’s returning players haven’t forgotten the heartbreak, but they’re excited for another chance. “I think about that Pittsford game all the time,” said …
When the puck dropped at 4 pm Monday at First Niagara Center, Williamsville North wanted one thing — a section championship. The Spartans had the opponent coach Bob Rosen had hoped for, and it’s likely that many of his players felt the same. “Deep down inside, after we won on Wednesday, I wanted to see Niagara Wheatfield,” Rosen said. “[Niagara …
Don’t take penalties against Williamsville North. The Spartans work hard on their power play in practices, and six power play goals were key to a 10-4 win over Lancaster on Saturday. “We work a lot of power play, probably 10, 15 minutes of practice,” explained forward Matt Terrance. “I don’t feel like we were handling the puck too much, we …
Only a few members of this year’s Williamsville North team played Williamsville East three years ago, but the rivalry between the three Williamsville schools was as strong as ever at Northtown Center on Thursday night as the Flames hosted the Spartans and North came away with the 4-3 victory. “It’s a big rivalry, obviously, with the Williamsville schools,” senior Zach …