2017-18 Fed Hockey Schedule

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*NOTE: All games and times are subject to change. Check back for updates. This schedule contains league games only. Non-league matchups/times will be announced as they become available.   MONDAY, NOV. 27 6:00 PM: Timon vs. St. Joe’s (HarborCenter) 6:00 PM: Niagara Falls vs. Lockport (Hyde Park) 8:00 PM: Frontier vs. Williamsville North (HarborCenter) 8:00 PM: St. Mary’s vs. North …

Melissa Brawdy2017-18 Fed Hockey Schedule

‘Neu’ stick, quick start key for Williamsville East in win over Hamburg

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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 …

Melissa Brawdy‘Neu’ stick, quick start key for Williamsville East in win over Hamburg

‘It’s my life’: German exchange student achieves goal of playing hockey in America

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In Germany, soccer is mandatory. But with a hockey rink next to his house and a few German NHL players from his hometown of Memmingen, which is near Munich and the Alps, Dominikus Milz has devoted his time and energy to hockey since he was 6 years old. “I never played soccer for a club, but in Germany it’s kind …

Melissa Brawdy‘It’s my life’: German exchange student achieves goal of playing hockey in America

Metz scores OT winner as Flames down Bulldogs

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Williamsville East wanted redemption for last year’s Section VI final loss to Kenmore East, and the Flames had their chance Thursday night. It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t pretty, but the Flames defeated the Bulldogs 6-5 in overtime for their second win of the season. Kenmore East led 2-0 and then 3-1 early in the second, but Williamsville East came …

Melissa BrawdyMetz scores OT winner as Flames down Bulldogs

Williamsville East ‘ready for anyone’

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Williamsville East coach Mike Torrillo doesn’t want to talk about last season. “Last season is over,” Torrillo said. “That’s history. These guys are gonna take care of what they need to do. It becomes their legacy.” The Flames lost to rival Kenmore East in the small school finals after finishing as state runners-up the year before. Last season, Kenmore East …

Melissa BrawdyWilliamsville East ‘ready for anyone’

Mike Steffan: ‘Passion for baseball’

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Mike Steffan has made his decision. A year ago, at least publicly, the dual-sport athlete hadn’t yet decided whether to pursue a future in baseball or hockey. Even as a sophomore, he’d excelled in both. Steffan began playing both baseball and hockey around age 3, following in his father’s footsteps in both sports. His summers were spent on the baseball …

Melissa BrawdyMike Steffan: ‘Passion for baseball’

BASEBALL: Crosstown rivalry transpires into semifinals

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CARROTS For Williamsville East baseball, it’s about carrots. It’s a term coach Jerry Gasz came up with, and the players aren’t sure of the meaning behind it, but they’ve gone along with it, and so far it’s worked. “At the beginning of the year, we set three carrots for ourselves,” Mike Steffan explained. “The first carrot was to win the …

Melissa BrawdyBASEBALL: Crosstown rivalry transpires into semifinals

Pray leads way in redemptive section championship win; team game carries Kenmore East to states

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“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 …

Melissa BrawdyPray leads way in redemptive section championship win; team game carries Kenmore East to states

‘Love covers’: Will East’s selfless play carries team to section finals

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Williamsville East, last year’s Division 2 Section VI champion and state runner-up, is on its way back to First Niagara Center. The Flames played a tougher schedule this year against the league’s larger and deeper schools, but through it all, they held onto a love for each other. And when Matt Cohen recorded a hat trick in Thursday’s 6-4 semifinal …

Melissa Brawdy‘Love covers’: Will East’s selfless play carries team to section finals

Will East wins first playoff game over WSE

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Williamsville East proved to be the stronger team through a physical matchup with West Seneca East in Sunday’s small school quarterfinals. The Flames didn’t allow a goal until the third period and came away with a 3-1 win over the Trojans. William Mann started off the scoring with 6:36 left in the first, and the Flames killed off three penalties …

Melissa BrawdyWill East wins first playoff game over WSE