Wednesday, March 10, 2010

John Covello's Top Picks 18uAAA/16uAAA

First off to all players and coaches on a great season!

Congrats to Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 18uAAA on winning districts over Team Comcast.
Congrats to North Jersey Avalanche 16uAAA (National) on winning districts over Philadelphia Little Flyers.

Good luck to both teams in Nationals! Nationals are being held in Woodridge, Illinois. They will take place from April 7th to April 11th.

Congrats to Philadelphia Little Flyers (American) on winning the American league Championship

18uAAA Top Picks:

F- Kenny Agostino (92')- League's scoring leader. 23 goals, 11 assists, 34 points, 14 games. (New Jersey Colonials)
F- John Gaudreau (93')- Led Team Comcast this season with 84 points in 64 games.
F- Casey Thrush (92')- Led Team Maryland this season with 106 points in 65 games.
D- Josh Bretner (93')- Led Team Marland's defense with 60 points in 54 games. Tied for League lead with Defensemen points.
D- Donald Oliveri (91')- 2nd on Philadelphia Jr. Flyers in Points and in 1st for defensemen. 42 points in 61 games.
G- Garret Nesbitt (92')- 1st in Save Percentage with a .929, and 2nd in Goals Against Average with a 1.83. (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers)

16uAAA Top Picks:
F- Justin Selman (93')- League's scoring leader. 25 goals, 36 assists, 61 points. Top in Assists. (North Jersey Avalanche)
F- Jeff Celniker (93')- League's runner-up in scoring. 34 goals, 23 assists, 57 points. Top in goals scored. (New Jersey Jr. Devils)
F- Micheal Davis (93')- 3rd in Scoring with 50 points. 4th in goals scored, and 4th in assists.
(Philadelphia Little Flyers)
D- Joakim Ryan (93')- Top in defensemen in scoring with 36 points. Top in assists. (New Jersey Jr. Devils)
D- Ronald Fishman (93')- 2nd in scoring for defensemen with 35. Led all D-men with 15 goals. (Long Island Royals)
G- Jake Thoubboron (94')- Led league with a 2.04 Goals Against Average. Posted 5 shutouts, which was most in the league. (North Jersey Avalanche)

Final 18uAAA /16uAAA Ranks

Atlantic Youth Hockey League 18uAAA

1. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers-Overall 40-29-4
2. New Jersey Colonials-Overall 14-10-3
3. Team Comcast-Overall 19-40-9
4. Team Maryland-Overall 37-24-1
5. New Jersey Jr. Devils-Overall 3-15-5

16uAAA National

1. North Jersey Avalanche-Overall- 42-15-0
2. Long Island Royals-Overall- 47-11-2
3. Philadelphia Little Flyers-Overall- 43-14-4
4. New Jersey Jr. Devils-Overall- 32-15-2
5. Team Comcast-Overall- 39-25-6
6. Philadelphia Jr. Flyers-Overall- 29-23-4
7. Mercer Chiefs-Overall- 20-33-3
8. Team Maryland-Overall- 13-31-4
9. Long Island Gulls-Overall- 12-33-6
10. New Jersey Colonials-Overall- 2-32-1

16uAAA American

1. Philadelphia Little Flyers-Overall- 28-7-5
2.Hartford Jr. Wolfpack-Overall- 37-10-1
3. North Jersey Avalanche-Overall- 29-11-3
4. New York Saints-Overall- 22-8-3
5. Hershey Jr. Bears-Overall- 25-13-4
6. New Jersey Colonials-Overall- 22-19-2
7. Washington Little Capitals-Overall- 14-21-5
8. New Jersey Rockets
-Overall- 7-21-2
9. Long Island Gulls-Overall- 15-21-4
10. Mercer Chiefs-Overall- 10-40-2
11. Junior Titans-Overall- 9-25-2
12. New Jersey Jr. Devils-Overall- 8-29-1

18uAAA-

Top 5 PPG (Forwards)
2.43 Kenny Agostino (New Jersey Colonials)
1.93 Mike Ambrosia (New Jersey Colonials)
1.63 John Gaudreau (Team Comcast)
1.57 Mike Pirovano (New Jersey Colonials)
1.53 Casey Thrush (Team Maryland)

Top 5 PPG (Defensemen)
0.80 Josh Bretner (Team Maryland)
0.69 Matt Killian (New Jersey Colonials)
0.66 Jason Haddon (Team Comcast)
0.58 Paul Burns (Team Comcast)
0.50 Kyle Mackenzie (Team Comcast)

16uAAA National-

Top 5 PPG (Forwards)
1.79 Justin Selman (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.58 Jeff Celniker (New Jersey Jr. Devils)
1.51 Michael Davis (Philadelphia Little Flyers)
1.34 Jarrid Privitera (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.35 Robert Kirk (New Jersey Jr. Devils)

Top 5 PPG (Defensemen)
1.12 Joakim Ryan (New Jersey Jr. Devils)
1.06 Ronald Fishman (Long Island Royals)
0.96 Brendan McGovern (Long Island Royals)
0.77 Ian Spencer (North Jersey Avalanche)
0.76 Eric Sweetman (Team Maryland)

16uAAA American-

Top 5 PPG (Forwards)
1.73 Luke May (North Jersey Avalanche)
1.54 Jake Jaeger (New York Saints)
1.39 Kevin Briganti (Hartford Jr. Wolfpack)
1.38 Dylan Strober (Mercer Chiefs)
1.30 Eddie Osowski (North Jersey Avalanche)

Top 5 PPG (Defensemen)
0.89 Alex Morse (North Jersey Avalanche)
0.83 Jeff Frenkel (North Jersey Avalanche)
0.68 Adrian Gajor (Hartford Jr. Wolfpack)
0.66 Mitchell Crenshaw (Mercer Chiefs)
0.58 Jimmy Cerino (Hartford Jr. Wolfpack)

Monday, March 8, 2010

New Puckmasters Training Center


New in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. A facility to work on your hockey game. This franchise company will have 2 ice sheets. One at (120x60) and the other at (46x30). These ice sheets will be used as a training facility. They will also have a shooting simulator. Also something most people have never seen, a skating treadmill! This is the same concept as a normal treadmill, but with skates. This is to push your skating ability and get your game to the next level. For more info check out:
http://www.puckmasters.com/newjersey