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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 …
Hamburg’s weekend couldn’t have started out any worse. And it couldn’t have ended any better. The Bulldogs played Canisius on Saturday afternoon and Lancaster on Sunday. Both are Division 1 teams, and the Bulldogs hoped to earn a point or two over the weekend. They fell behind early on Saturday to Canisius but came back for a 4-4 tie before …
The key for newcomer Spencer Neu was a broken stick. The Williamsville East junior broke the stick he’d been using for years and was forced to use his backup for the Flames’ games Thursday night against Timon and Saturday afternoon against Hamburg. Neu scored in both games for his first two Fed goals, and he credited the new stick. “I …
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 …
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 …
Hamburg finished the season as the No. 5 seed for small school playoffs, but a win over Amherst in the prequarterfinals has the Bulldogs’ confidence high as they go into Sunday’s game against North Tonawanda. The high-scoring win allowed Hamburg coach John McFall to give more players ice time, including junior goaltender Jared Lux. “I liked that I was able …
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 …
David Evans’ hat trick and Tim Sgroi’s two goals led the way as Canisius defeated Hamburg 7-3 Thursday night. The Crusaders expected a tough game against the Bulldogs, who have come together in their last few games, but they didn’t let Hamburg’s recent hot streak intimidate them. “I thought it was gonna be a good game, but I knew we …