Yesterday on Inside High School Sports, Kenmore East hockey’s Chad Diaz, Anthony Tulipane, and coach Kyle Pray were guests on WGR 550’s Inside High School Sports to talk about this year’s state championship win. If you missed it or just want to listen to it over and over again, here’s the link! 4-23-16 Inside High School Sports You guys sounded great! …
Pray leads way in redemptive section championship win; team game carries Kenmore East to states
“Clutch” might be the most appropriate word to describe Trevor Pray’s senior season at Kenmore East. It started with his timely return to the Bulldogs after spending his junior year playing for the Jr. Sabres. During the regular season, he scored the game-winning goal in an overtime win over Hamburg. And in a 4-3 overtime win over Williamsville South in …
‘That was NW hockey’: Falcons play complete game in win over Kenmore East
It’s no secret that Niagara Wheatfield had an inconsistent start to the 2015-16 season. For a team that finished last season as the Section VI champion, the Falcons were unaccustomed to this season’s difficulties and struggled to find answers. Slowly, the players bought into the systems set in place by the coaches and learned to play as a team. There …
Pray’s hat trick clinches No. 1 seed for Kenmore East
Trevor Pray was happy to get back on the score sheet after a three-game absence. He made his return to the scoring column with a hat trick on Thursday night in a 4-0 win over Clarence. His linemate AJ Marinelli assisted all four goals as the Bulldogs clinched the No. 1 seed in the small school playoffs. “[Clarence is] a …
Play a team game: Kenmore East one win away from clinching top playoff seed
Kenmore East’s focus is simple in its last six games: play a team game. Coach Kyle Pray saw glimpses of that in an overtime win over Frontier on Sunday, but it really came together in a 3-1 win over Canisius Monday night. Pray called Monday’s win the best team effort he’d seen all season. “We’ve just been stressing playing more …
Diaz breaks through, Ford records first shutout as Ken East downs Hamburg
The last time Kenmore East and Hamburg faced each other, the goaltender duel carried on through four overtimes before Kenmore East broke the scoreless tie and won to advance to the small school finals for the second year in a row. Sunday afternoon’s game once again displayed strong goaltending by both Hamburg’s Griffin Coppola and Kenmore East’s Chase Ford, but …
Marinelli’s hat trick dispels frustrations as Ken East wins
The frustrations of the beginning of the season are a thing of the past for AJ Marinelli and the Kenmore East hockey team. Marinelli couldn’t find the back of the net in the season opening 2-1 loss to Williamsville East or in last weekend’s tournament. On Thursday, he found it twice and came close a third time. And on Saturday …
Pray for the win: Hat trick carries Kenmore East to win
Trevor Pray is once again playing hockey for Kenmore East after spending last season with the Jr. Sabres. On Thursday night, Pray and linemate AJ Marinelli showed what they can bring to the Bulldogs as Pray scored three goals and Marinelli scored two in a 5-2 win over Clarence. The Bulldogs started off slower than they would have liked, and …
Fan vote: preseason All-Fed team
I’ve put together a preseason All-Fed team decided by YOU! You sent me your nominations for top six forwards, top four defensemen, and top three goalies in the Fed, and I’ve put together a First Team and Second Team each consisting of three forwards, two defensemen, and two goalies. First Team Forwards: Mike Steffan (11 votes), AJ Marinelli …
Kenmore East seniors putting in work to go far
The heartbreak of losing to Williamsville East two years in a row in the section finals is still fresh in the minds of the Kenmore East players. It’s evident in both the hard work the Bulldogs are putting in during their preseason practices this year as well as in the words they speak. “It was pretty upsetting, two years in …