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Jake Hangen loves penalty shots. He’d told teammate Jared Milley so at Saturday’s Hamburg team dinner. “Yesterday at our team dinner, Hangen told me how much he loves penalty shots,” said Milley after Sunday’s 5-2 quarterfinal win over Lewiston-Porter. “That’s the truth. That actually happened.” So when Hangen was tripped up on a shorthanded chance with 34 seconds left in …
A tie is a tricky thing. Each team thinks about what it could have done differently, what more it could have given on the ice. But Hamburg coach John McFall and his Bulldogs were in high spirits after a 2-2 tie with Clarence Monday night. They were proud of a third period comeback that gave them the tie and a …
The family vacation might be over, but the season isn’t. Last weekend, Hamburg took a trip to Cicero, New York for the Fayetteville-Manlius Pride Tournament. The Bulldogs came home champions for the third consecutive year, but that was just the icing on the cake. They spent the trip growing closer as a team, and by the end no one was …
The boys of Hamburg hockey don’t mind getting up for 5:30 am practices. In fact, they love it. “It’s the best before school,” said goaltender Griffin Coppola. “Then we go into first period, and we’ve got all the energy in the world.” “It is the best part of the whole season, honestly,” agreed defenseman Owen Gonter. The Bulldogs’ hope is …
Trevor Conschafter may have been the hardest worker on the St. Joe’s Fed team this season. After a win in early February, coach Rich Crozier told the rest of his team as much and praised Conschafter for his hard work as well as his attitude. A quiet player, Conschafter sneaked right up to the top of the St. Joe’s statistics …
Time apart did nothing to break up the chemistry between Hamburg forwards Jason Lucarelli and Josh Dake. The linemates’ nearly unstoppable chemistry continued in Sunday’s 6-2 quarterfinal win over North Tonawanda, in which Lucarelli assisted two Dake shorthanded goals just 11 seconds apart. “We played together when we were younger, and we separated for a while, and it’s nice to …
Sunday was senior day for St. Joe’s, but two juniors led the way. Trevor Conschafter scored a hat trick and Mark Gilbert scored twice as the Marauders won their penultimate league game of the season 6-2 over Hamburg. In the locker room after the game, St. Joe’s coach Rich Crozier praised the hard work and attitude of both Conschafter and …
Hamburg coach John McFall said that junior goaltender Griffin Coppola played his best game of the season on Sunday. “He made some great saves, very rarely gave up a rebound,” McFall said. “I think he caught seven or eight shots, just caught ’em right in his pads and core and didn’t give anything up. Not to give a team a …
Some of the Hamburg and Frontier players have played together since they began their hockey careers at age 4. Many are still teammates on travel teams, and before Saturday’s game, seniors from both teams were honored. But then it was time for each player to put friendships aside and instead use what he knew about his friends and travel teammates …
John McFall has been coaching the Hamburg varsity hockey team for eight years, and what keeps him coming back every year is the quality of not just players, but people, who play hockey for Hamburg. “It’s not by accident,” McFall said. “We try hard with that, and we push that, and it’s important. I think with this group, it starts …