Boys' Hockey: Monday and Tuesday's Review (12/26 and 12/27)

I apologize for absence but after Christmas weekend, I got my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday.  However, I'm back now and here is everything I missed from the past two days:

Monday
-The Maine games started and Guilford got a 9-2 win over Portland (9 points because they are out-of-state, regardless of how good they are).  In another game against an out-of-state team, Xavier choked in a major way and lost 3-5 to Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School rival St. John's from Shrewsbury, MA; X was up 1-0 after first, 2-0 after second and 3-1 in the middle of the third when St. John's just turned it on and scored two quick goals (span of 90 seconds) to start a run of four unanswered.  Milford Co-op improved to 4-0 with a 4-2 win over Wilton on only 13 shots (Goals: M-Craig Wargo 2, Zach White, T.J. Olsson; W - Matt Kobya 2.  Assists: M - Will Vitelli 2, Wargo, Ben Lavallee, White; W - Matt Meissner, Alex Pagliaro.  Saves: M - Matt White (27); W - Nick Wells (9).  Shots: M - 13, W - 29).

Tuesday
-More Maine games worth six points (like beating a DI team in CT) and Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury beat Cape Elizabeth 6-1, and then in games worth 9 points Newington/Berlin beat Portland 9-0 and South Windsor beat York 6-3.  Fairfield Prep lost their first game when they went to Rhode Island and faced off against the undefeated RI powerhouse Bishop Hendricken but lost 3-1 (Goals: FP-Connor Henry; BH-Rob Bueher, Ryan Amalfitano, Gabe Mitchell.  Assists: BH-Bueher, Mitchell, Andy Fera, Liam Watkinson.  Saves: FP-Chris Gutierrez (12), Matt Beck (11); BH-Bill Palmer (24).  Shots: FP-25, BH-26.).  New Canaan improved to 2-2 with a 3-2 OT win over Notre Dame-Fairfield (Goals: 2nd period: ND-F - Garrett Gintoli (Frank Zumbo, Christian La Croix) 1:07, Sal Sereno (Dave Canfarotta) 5:27; NC - Jack Stanton (Jake Granito) 6:05; 3rd period: NC - Peter Reinhardt 8:00; OT: NC - Tyler Manchuck (Spencer Manchuck) 1:46.  Saves: ND-F - Mike Samulenas (29); NC - Chris Koennecke (22).  Shots: ND-F - 24; NC - 32.) and Tri-Town took care of business 5-2 against Greenwich (now 2-1, only loss was 3-4 in OT to East Haven).  The only remaining undefeated teams are: DI - ND-WH (4-0), West Haven (3-0), Hamden (2-0); DII - Milford Co-op (4-0); DIII - Joel Barlow (2-0).