Siena Boys @ Ice time

02/27/10

Siena's ACHA D3 club team will be playing tonight 8pm @ Ice Time. Burke graduates Tommy Mahoney, Alex Pizzano, Mike Beck , Danny Kelly, Andrew Keating should be in the line-up.

If Siena wins Saturday's game , they will play in their league final Sunday night at Ice Time.

Good opportunity to support the former Eagles while checking out the Siena program.

Friday's Practice Cancelled

02/26/10

Friday's Practice Cancelled----Sunday's game vs O'Neill 5:45pm--if it Stops snowing......

No Practice Today

02/25/10--No practice today...Mother Nature Wins......Make sure to check about Friday's practice......

Sunday's game is 5:45 PM vs O'Neill -- playoffs...!!!

Cycling CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW

Today 02/23/2010---cycling cancelled.

NO PHONES..WEATHER..ECONOMY

02/16/2010

Don Bosco Prep scored early and often to defeat the Eagles 9-5. Goaltender Eric Hayden, who has been one of the biggest surprises of the season, had very little help defensively with the Bosco offensive attack.

Bosco, which had 90 players tryout for their team in the fall, kept the pressure on the Eagles through out the game. Josh Koerner was the lone bright spot for the varsity , bringing the roster challenged Eagles back from a 5-0 deficit to a 6-4 game. Josh , using his outstanding speed, scored his 5th hat trick of the season. Yale Gropman and Richard Hudzik completed the Eagle scoring.

With Ithaca cancelling their game this Friday ( they could not afford the motel) the Eagles have completed their regular season with a 12-7 record.

Friday's game slot will be utilized yet senior night will have to be re-scheduled again. Ithaca becomes the third team that has cancelled with very little notice. A NY State mandate of playing 20 games ( down from 24), weather, and now the economy , has wreaked some havoc on the schedule.

The JV team will be playing this Saturday 8:15pm@ Icetime. This is the re-scheduled game vs Farrell.

The Eagles will now prepare for their must win playoff game vs O'Neill on Sunday the 28th.

CYCLING CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW

Study Hard..Play Hard..Reap the Rewards...

02/14/2010

It's been no secret that the Burke Catholic Hockey team has been one of the most successful hockey programs in the local area; over the course of the last two seasons- Section 9 and D2

Champs-Last Year's Regional Champs ; A 65 and 26 record over the last four years. Many of those players have moved on to play college hockey and have been very successful. Last week , theTimes Herald Record posted a story listing the former Eagles currently playing in the college ranks . The schools range from Siena, American University, Niagra, and New Haven.

All of the players mentioned in the article play for teams registered in American College Hockey Association. It is comprised of colleges throughout the county representing different geographical areas. There are D1-D2-D3 men and women teams. Depending on the program, they play a very competitive schedule highlighted by National Championships.

Point: if you can get into a college you can continue to play. Burke Catholic is very proud of the fact that the boys mentioned in the article had the grades and the SAT scores to be accepted by their respective institutions. Their hard work both on and off the ice enabled them the opportunity to be classified as student athletes at the Collegiate level.

So...Study hard..Play hard..Reap the rewards....

NOTES: Siena's D3 team will be playing in their playoffs at IceTime the last weekend in February...Coach Scott Malinowski jr is a graduate of the college ranks--Scott was a member of two time National Champs Morrisville College and a graduate of Towson State College where he played for their D1 club program.......Baseball calls: Coach Alex Trezza - former StonyBrook University D1 Club Ice Hockey all time leading scorer and currently professional Baseball player for the Worcester Tornadoes, has accepted an assistant coaching job at Anna Marie College in Worcester Mass. Alex, with eight years of minor league expierience with the Detroit Tigers , Colorado Rockies, North Shore Spirit, will

continue his career with the Tornadoes while working towards his masters and coaching at the collegiate level....Coach John Conroy has been a big help on the bench this year--he has volunteered his time while attending Mount St. Mary College where he is a member of their D3 baseball team-John had a great fall season and will be the Mount's starting first baseman.

Make sure to check the schedule for the final games of the year. Sunday's Jv will have to be re-scheduled as Msg. Farrell has canceled.

Eagles Roll..Work Toward Playoffs....

02/06/10

Junior Craig Mende forced an offensive turnover inside the blue line and Jay Healey finished the work with one of his 5 points on the night , helping lift the Eagles to thier 13 win of the season.

Final score: Eagles 6- Beekman 3.

With Beekman rolling into town from upstate New York, 10-2 and ranked in the top ten of D2 schools , the Eagles were more than up to the challenge. Josh Koerner(3/1), Jay Healey(1/4), Richard Hudzik(1), Alex Day(1), lit up the scoreboard while Dillon Dolansky and his defensive crew helped secure the well earned victory.

Sophomore Goaltender Eric Hayden stopped 23 of 26 shots while the penalty kill unit led by Mike McAteer killed off five of six odd man advantages.

The Eagles improve to 13-6 on the season with the playoffs , regional, final four placement, up for grabs.

Notes: Msg. Farrell has canceled Saturday's game due to ' maybe a chance' of snow. The Varsity will scrimmage NFA-8pm...Senior Night will be moved to 02/19.....Glad to report Mark McAteer is back home and getting better....

Those that think they can succeed usually do.........

Listen to replay of game from Matt and Mike....