North Tonawanda was ready to show what it was capable of Monday night at HarborCenter. The Lumberjacks were up against Division 3’s St. Francis, and they knew they’d have to be at their best to turn around a 2-4 start in league play. “Going into a Division 3 opponent, we always expect a good level of play — much better, …
Strong finish gives Sweet Home win over NT
Sweet Home hasn’t started its season the way many expected, and Thursday night’s game didn’t start out as strong as the Panthers would have liked, either. Fortunately for the Panthers, they played stronger at the end of Thursday’s game. Junior defenseman Pat Derisley had three points and freshman Ryan Corrigan scored his first Fed goal as Sweet Home defeated North …
‘Keep playing our game’: Kenmore West starts season 3-0
Kenmore West coach Rob Roszak boasted about his team’s defense before the season even began. The Blue Devils’ six defensemen have lived up to Roszak’s expectations, allowing three goals in the first game of the season (Dec. 1) against Sweet Home but settling down to allow just one in each of their last two games. And while the defense has …
Young NT team has ‘speed and skill’
Adversity is the word most would use to describe North Tonawanda’s 2015-16 season. But the Lumberjacks also have a sense of pride in how they battled through a late season suspension to several key players to win the Division 4 title. The division win earned them a bye in the first round of the playoffs before they were defeated by …
‘Never missed a beat’: Lucarelli and Dake’s chemistry leads Hamburg win
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 …
‘This is fantastic’: NT wins Division 4 with win over Sweet Home
North Tonawanda decided to win the division anyway. The Lumberjacks lost five players with three regular season games left, and they took some time to regroup and make a division win the goal for this season. Without the depth they had before, coach Alan Zbytek and his team knew that a deep playoff run would be no easy task. But …
Down by three but not out: NT hockey fights through adversity
Talk about adversity. The North Tonawanda hockey team is without its top line for the remainder of the season as the three were among several North Tonawanda High School student athletes suspended from their respective sports for the next 10 weeks. But that’s not what this story is about. Left behind is a group of talented hockey players that isn’t …
Back-to-back-to-back: Flynn’s third consecutive hat trick caps off WSE win
Danny Flynn is a sophomore, and he already has four hat tricks this season. The latest came Sunday night in a 7-2 win over North Tonawanda, and it completed Flynn’s streak of three hat tricks in three games. Just to cap off the special occasion, Flynn scored four goals on Sunday. “Had a word with my guys to stop passing …
‘Every game counts’: NT hockey earns valuable win over Amherst
Amherst has just one win this season, but the Tigers are still a tough team that might be better than its record shows, and North Tonawanda was well aware of that on Monday night. After a 5-3 win in the first week of the season, North Tonawanda was once again victorious on Monday night with another two-goal win, this time …
St. Francis coming together on win streak
St. Francis has won three straight, and everything seems to be clicking for the Red Raiders as they learn to play as a team, from goaltending and defense to just enough offense to come away with a few wins. On Sunday, St. Francis defeated North Tonawanda 2-1, and the game started off as the battle the Red Raiders expected. “I …
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