The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
BOYS HOCKEY HIGHLIGHTS
TOP PERFORMERS
Reid Anastasio, Simsbury: Scored twice to break open a 6-1 win over East Catholic.
Tye Battipaglia, Notre Dame-West Haven:
Scored four goals in a 6-3 comeback win over Bergen Catholic (N.J.). Jimbo Cohrs, Lyman Hall:
Scored four times in a 7-3 win over Milford, then scored an empty-netter with an assist in a 4-2 win over Branford.
Nolan Cole, North Haven:
Three assists in a 6-1 win over North Branford. Cam Delvecchio, Amity:
Scored twice in a 7-1 win over Branford.
Drew DePodesta, Cheshire: Scored the game-winner in a 6-5 overtime victory over the West Haven co-op.
Ian Duggan, Westhill/Stamford:
Scored twice and had an assist in a 5-2 win over St. Joseph.
Graf Ely, Darien: Scored the second-period winner in a 3-1 victory over St. Joseph.
Max Festa, Sheehan:
Sophomore had a goal and two assists, including setting up Landon Cantele’s tying goal in a 3-3 draw with Guilford. Jackson Hitchcock, Watertown/Pomperaug:
Scored twice in a 4-1 win over Newtown/New Fairfield.
James Kohm, Fairfield:
Scored the tying goal on the way to a 3-1 win over New Canaan.
Cam McCollum, Eastern Connecticut Eagles:
Made 27 saves in a 3-1 win over E.O. Smith/Tolland. Sean Mercogliano, Housatonic co-op:
Scored three goals and set up four others in an 8-5 win over Mt. Everett (Mass.); teammate Joey Wootton also had a hat trick and an assist.
Sean Millen, Wethersfield: Scored the winning goal late to complete a 2-1 comeback win over Farmington Valley; scored twice, as did brother Jack, in a 5-2 win over East Catholic.
Evan Oliver, Newington co-op: Scored twice in a 4-1 win over Staples; had a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win over the Southington co-op.
Devin Oliveri, Wilton:
Stopped 38 shots, including the last 21, as the Warriors came back to beat McMahon/Norwalk 4-3, their second straight win after an 0-8 start. Christian Palmieri, Masuk: Scored the winning goal as Masuk turned a 2-0 deficit into a 5-2 win over New Milford. Owen Quick, North Haven: Defenseman had a hat trick and an assist as the Nighthawks built a lead and held on to beat Cheshire 6-4.
Michael Rodriguez, Glastonbury: Assisted on the Guardians’ first goal, then scored two third-period goals in the last 5:40 to complete a 3-2 comeback win over Amity. Noah Sampson, Woodstock Academy:
Had five assists in a 10-0 win over SGWL.
Brody Sargolini, Hamden: Stopped 61 of 67 shots in a 6-0 loss to New Canaan.
Michael Savo, East Haven co-op: Had a hat trick and two assists in a 7-1 win over Milford.
Nik Smagacz, Trumbull:
Scored three and assisted on another in a 6-5 win over Branford.
Andrew Tata, St. Joseph:
Scored three goals and an assist to help break open a 5-1 win over Prout (R.I.).
Spencer Thomas, JBWA:
Scored twice in a 4-1 win over the Shepaug co-op.
Luke Watson, Farmington Valley:
Scored four goals in a 6-2 win over Hand.
Miles Wilson, Shepaug co-op: Made 26 saves in a 2-1 overtime win over Newtown/New Fairfield.
GAMES TO WATCH
Fairfield Prep at Xavier (Cromwell), Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.: They’ve taken different routes to pretty similar records. Neither has an easy slate from here.
West Haven co-op at Hamden, Wednesday, 8 p.m.: These two venerable programs have had a rough go; between them, they have one win (West Haven’s, over East Haven’s co-op). Either one of them gets another win, or they each get a few points.
North Haven at Guilford (DiLungo), Wednesday, 8 p.m.: North Haven has rolled along undefeated, and Guilford has a pretty good record of its own, though its one loss, to Wethersfield, was by six goals, and it also tied Sheehan.
Simsbury at Farmington Valley (Avon Old Farms), Wednesday, 8 p.m.: Simsbury won a one-goal game between these teams on the big sheet in Simsbury to start the season.
Wethersfield at South Windsor (South Windsor Arena), Friday, 8 p.m.:
Another opening-night rematch: South Windsor’s 4-2 win started Wethersfield toward an 0-3 start. The Eagles are 6-1 since. South Windsor was 8-4 going into Tuesday.
Notre Dame-West Haven at Darien (Darien Ice), Saturday, 4:20 p.m.:
No. 1 in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll visits No. 2. The defending champion visits last year’s runner-up. (The rematch to the rematch is Feb. 22 in West Haven.)
Xavier
(ISCC), p.m.: For a couple of weeks in a row, the poll has featured a drop from the top five to sixth. The Falcons and Trojans are two of the teams in that next tier of teams scrapping for poll position as well as playoff points (where they’re actually top-five teams).
West Haven co-op at North Haven (Northford), Saturday, 7:30 p.m.: This game will benefit the family of Alan Tancreti Jr., a longtime North Haven assistant coach and a North Haven Middle School teacher turned police officer, who died in October.
Ridgefield at Greenwich (Hamill), Monday, 4:30 p.m.: They’ve both had spots in the back end of the poll this season, both had ups and downs. Ridgefield won 3-0 at home when they met Jan. 14.