Pricing Announced

Listed below are the team fees for the Jr Titans 2008/09 season.

Juniors: $6,000.00

Tier 1: AAA

Midget Full Season: $3,900.00

Midget Short Season: $2,550.00

Bantam: $3,750.00

Peewee: $3,550

Squirt: $ 3,450.00

Tier 2 AA/A/B

Midget Short Season: $2,300.00

Bantam: $3,050.00

Peewee: $3,025.00

Squirt: $2,900.00

Mite: $1,900.00

 

Spring HS & Middle School League

We are still taking registrations for our Spring High School and Middle School Leagues: Games will be played on weekday nights–Day has not been determined as yet, but if you have a preference you can let me know and I’ll forward it onto George.

Spring Middle School league: 6, 7 and 8th grades only

Begins week of March 24

12-15 players per team

10 games per team

2 practices per team

All teams will be included in playoffs

Cost: $235.00 per player

Registrations can be by individual or team–sign up as a team and receive a team discount.

Spring High School League:  9, 10 and 11th grades only

Begins week of March 24

12-15 players per team

10 games per team

2 practices per team

All teams included in playoffs

Cost: $250.00 per player

Registrations can be by individual or team–sign up as a team and receive a team discount.

Registration brochures can be picked up at the rink for more information.

If you have any questions, please contact me

Thanks!!

Joanne Torrisi
Wall Sports Arena
Group Events/Jr. Titan Administrator
732-919-7070

 

PeeWees win another tourney

Coach Gibby’s boys hit Bridgewater this weekend and came away winners, for their second tournament gold in a row.  Full Story:

http://titanpeeweea.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pee-wee-champs-again/ 

 

Mites Strong in ‘08

“Mites Squish the Competition”

On the weekend of February 9th and 10th the mites traveled to Rockville,
Maryland for a three-game series against the Montgomery Blue Devils.
The teams split the two games played at Wall Sports Arena in late
October, and each was looking to see an improvement on that result.  The
weekend started poorly for the Titans, as Coach Huggan and Ian couldn’t
make the trip due to illness, and Coach Kerber and Danny had to leave
before the games on Saturday when it became apparent that Danny had
chickenpox.  Coaches Walker and Heiser did well in managing with only
ten skaters on the bench for the weekend as the Mites came away with
three impressive wins: 9-3, 4-1, and 6-2.  The Titans’ dominance was
such that the Montgomery coaches questioned whether this was the same
team they played in October.

On February 16th the mites improved to 9-1 in 2008 and 19-11 overall
with a 7-1 drubbing of the Princeton Tigers at Baker Arena.  The Titans
gave up a number of chances in the first period as they didn’t seem
ready to play, but still managed a 1-0 lead.  The Titans blew open the
game in the second period and cruised in the third to an eventual 7-1
win.

On Sunday the mites ventured to Iceland to play the Mercer Chiefs, but
due to a scheduling mishap many of the Chief players did not arrive in
time for the game.  4 Titans played on the side of the Chiefs and opened
up a 6-2 lead on the strength of a hat trick by Ryan Damelio and two
goals by Trevor Cear against their mates.  The all-Titan team came
storming back on the strength of great passing and scoring by Alex
Phipps and James Waiter.  The exciting and fun game ended Titans 6,
Titans/Chiefs 6.

 

Bantams Competitive Against Sharp Competition

The Titans Bantam A Black faced another tough opponent from the NJYHL when the NJ Devils came to visit Wall Saturday. The Devils are currently in third place in the Bantam A National Conference with a 12-4-2 record and most likely headed toward the playoffs.

When these two well matched teams met back in September they fought to hard earned 3-3 tie and this game would be no different. After a well played scoreless first period it was easy to see the two teams were not giving anything away in front of the net and goals would not come easy. The Titan bench seemed to get a jolt of energy in the second period when Joe Miller delivered a thunderous bone jarring hit along the boards. The hit noticeably got the boys pumped! Shortly afterward, it was a fluke goal that put the Titans on the board first. The Devil goalie vacated his net thinking a penalty was being called on the Titans, when in fact it was a Devil penalty. With Devil goalie on the bench, speedy winger Conrad Quinn, in his first game back from a broken wrist injury, fired the puck into the open net for the 1-0 lead. Welcome back Quinny!

The Titan defense and Goalie Thomas Wiedmann made the 1-0 lead stand up the rest of the second by putting up a brick wall around the net. With the Devils goalie and “Weeds” clearly on their game, the next goal would be huge. Timmy Behan gave the Titans that huge goal, and a little breathing room, when he found the back of the net off a nice feed from Morton for the 2-0 lead.

Penalties would become a big factor in the third when the Titans found themselves killing numerous penalties including three, 5 on 3’s. Wiedmann and his defensive posse were up to the task and gave away nothing. With less than four minutes remaining, however, the relentless Devils got a generous goal when “Weeds”, recovering from a save, fell awkwardly backwards, allowing an open net goal to the Devils and a 2-1 game.

After closing the gap to one goal, and new life, the Devils applied the pressure on “Weeds”. With the Devil goalie pulled for the extra attacker, the Devils were able to find scoring chances and throw shots on net. ”Weeds” and company held off the barrage and skated off with a well earned 2-1 victory.

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Sunday’s game vs. the Sharks in AC was one of those games that left you scratching your head. After playing a great game on Saturday, the Titans seemed to have left their game at Wall. I believe that after playing a long season with hardly any stinkers, the odds of one happening become greater. This was not due to lack of effort by the team which battled until the finale buzzer, but sometimes the hockey gods don’t smile on you on a particular day. The Sharks, a big, speedy, and well positioned team got off to a quick start when they scored just two minutes into the game on the always reliable goalie Reilly. This was a really bad omen and the boys just couldn’t seem to shake it off. They didn’t connect on passes, and missed the net with their scoring opportunities. The Sharks held down our shots on net to a season low of 17. The bright side of this loss, however was the fact that no matter how badly we played we were never out of the game, (3-1) and battled till the end.

Not to be overlooked in the loss was the fine play of defense by Dax Conrad as well as “MonkeyBoy” Reilly. Reilly stopped 24 of the 27 shots faced and kept the team in the hunt until the end. Charlie Morton was our lone scorer of the day to keep us from being shutout which hasn’t occurred this year. With next weeks tournament coming up maybe the loss will help the boys refocus and get back to their winning ways. Go Titans!

 

Bantam A Black wins 2

Cathy Wiedmann  reports:

The NJ Titans went into this weekend’s games verses the Penguins and Senators looking to build momentum to carry into this weekends tournament in Virginia. They did just that by winning back to back games in impressive fashion playing two totally different games.

Saturday The Titans traveled to Ice Rock Arena and played a wild wide open game vs the Penguins and Sunday at Wall played a more conservative, solid game.

After dropping the prior two close games to the Titans the Penguins were definitely up for Saturdays matchup. The Penguins came out flying and victimized starting goalie Cody Reilly with two powerplay goals to open up a two goal lead. The Titans responded in the second period and refused to not let this game get away from them. The Titans charged back with three unanswered goals. Charlie Morton started the scoring in the second with his signature slapshot, followed by Will Conte’s powerplay goal and Timmy Behan’s tally to end the exciting second period with a 3-2 lead. The Penguins opened the scoring in the third by netting their third powerplay goal to tie the game 3-3. Dax Conrad playing a great defensive game chipped in some offense to regain the lead at 4-3.

The Titans gave the lead back when they gave up their fourth powerplay goal of the game to the relentless

Penguins for the 4-4 tie. Not letting up, the Titans Johnathan Weinstein tipped in goal at 8:52 that proved to be the backbreaker and game winner. A busy Reilly and the defense settled in afterward and shut out the Penguins the rest of the way with Cody stopping 20 0f 24 shots! Dax Conrad put the game out of reach when he netted his second goal of the game for the 6-4 victory. Pat, “don’t call me Bam Bam” Bruno saw some action around the net and is now officially 2-0 in his battles in the crease, Ha Ha Ha.

Sundays game against the Grundy Senators was a complete opposite game from Saturdays wild high scoring game. The Titans went back to basics with solid defense and opportunistic scoring for this 4-2 victory. The first period belonged to a hot Charlie Morton as he scored two goals and his third in two days! Thomas Wiedmann starting in nets keep the Senators at bay with some nifty saves for the 2-0 lead ending the first.

The second period turned into special teams play for both teams when a total of six penalties were called. The Titans penalty killing unit which gave up four goals Saturday, clamped down and shut down the Senators 5 on 3 opportunity and two other 5 on 4’s. Will Conte scored his second powerplay goal of the weekend to produce a Titan 3-0 lead to end the second period. Both teams seemed to play smarter in the third, keep out of the box, and got back to 5 on 5 hockey. The Senators took advantage of a miscue at the blueline and raced in for a breakaway goal which eluded “Weeds” and ended his shutout bid at 10:38. Charlie Morton’s big weekend continued when he completed his hat trick at 9:13 for the 4-1 lead!

The game was all tucked away when the Senators caught the Titan “D” by surprise and snuck in a goal at 1:08 of the third for the 4-2 finale. Good luck in VA Titans! Congrats to coach Gibby when he announced he’s going to be adding a new member to “his” team!

 

Swann produces as Squirt AAA drops one

The Squirt Minor team lost 6-3 at home this weekend.  The Avs turned out to be too much for our kids today.   The game had its share of penalties, including a fair amount of roughing and an Av player removed for misconduct.  T1 hockey can be intense, even at this age.  But the Titans never gave up and put up a few points of their own.  The first was a Jessica Haviland score in the first period.  Matt Swann assisted.  Way to go Jess!  Swan then scored his goal in the second off of a Ryan Walker assist.  Then late in the 3rd James Mirabeti added the Titans 3rd goal and Swann was there again to assist.  Keep battling Squirts!

 

Bantam A Black Challenges Caps

Saturday nights game verses the Clarkstown Capitals saw the old story of ” Davey vs. Goliath” play out. The Capitals were a huge physical team that worked to wear down its smaller opponents. This was by far the most punishing game to date. The Titans however were not intimidated by the size of this team and threw their bodies around the rink and matched the Caps hit for hit. The hard work finally paid off in the middle of the 1st when Charlie Morton whipped a shot into the corner of the net off a nice feed from Will Conte and Conrad Quinn to take the lead 1-0. Cody Reilly in net held off numerous chances by the Caps but held them off the board to end the first 1-0.

Reilly was on his game in the second period when the Caps had back to back power play opportunities which included a 5 on 3 and denied them both with some acrobatic saves. Minutes later, however the Caps finally broke through Reilly when a rebound shot found its way in over the sprawled out netminder to tie the score 1-1. The Titans seemed to catch a break to regain some momentum when they went to work on a power play. An aggressive Capital penalty kill unit forced an errant pass and took advantage of a downed Titan defenseman to break in alone and score a short-handed goal taking a 2-1 lead that they never surrendered. The Caps opened the lead to 3-1 minutes later when a blast from the left circle squeezed itself in on the shortside of the net that Reilly had covered. That was definitely a seeing eye puck ending the period 3-1.

 The Caps continued their physical play into the third and it seemed to finally wear down a feisty Titan team. It was a up and down played period that saw some huge hits and big saves on both sides. The Cap defense gave nothing away and never seemed to be caught out of position giving up only 15 shots on net and killing all 5 power play chances. Reilly, playing one of his best games, stopped everything thrown at him in the third to end the game stopping 21 of 24 shots on net! Cody was pulled for a extra attacker in the closing minutes of the game but the Caps found the empty net for a 4-1 lead. Not hanging their heads low the Titans never gave up as Pat Bruno on an assist from Billy Regan scored with 25 seconds left to end the game 4-2. This was a awesome effort by everybody against a very tough team. I’m sure the boys slept well Saturday night!

 

Bantam A Black takes it to Senators

The NJ Titans Bantam A Black team came away with a 6-1 win over the Grundy Senators, Saturday, October 6th in Bristol, PA. Chris Baker started off the 1st period at 12:28 with an unassisted goal from the point to put the Titans in a 1-0 lead.  Shortly thereafter at 11:12, Pat Bruno, on an assist from Devin Corso, scored a power play goal to push the Titans to a 2-0 lead.  In net, Cody Reilly, made excellent save on a breakaway shot by the Senators at 4:32.  The Titans lead the period in shots on goal with 14-6. 

 The 2nd period started off with a penalty to Billy Regan at 13:55.  Pat Bruno stepped up and scored a shorthanded goal at 13:48 to put the Titans in a 3-0 lead.  Senators struggled to gain momentum, but with Reilly in net who performed at his best, they couldn’t get going. The Titans then grabbed another goal at 11:51 by an unassisted power play goal off the face off by Charlie Morton.  With a 4-0 lead, the Titans couldn’t seem to get the puck out of their zone on 2 back to back power plays.  Reilly worked hard in net with the Senators down 2 men.  With the penalty kill over for the Senators, Pat Bruno scored his 2nd goal of the night on an assist from Billy Regan.  That ended the 2nd period with a score of 5-0.  Titans received a penalty by Joe Miller and that put the Senators on a power play for the start of the 3rd period.

The 3rd period opened up with a goal scored off the face off by the Senators to put them on the board.  With the score at 5-1, the Titans killed several penalties with hats off to Reilly who helped to keep the Titans from giving up any goals.  At 2:00 left in the 3rd period, the Titans answered back with a 2nd goal of the night by Charlie Morton to bring the final score to 6-1.  In the end, the Senators out shot the Titans 29-25. 

      

 

Bantam B Red closes the weekend on a high note

by Carkeek

Coach Tony’s boys split this weekend. They lost to Ice Vault Bandits 8 - 1 Saturday, but pulled off a victory over the Toms River Independent team 5 - 3.

Our win on Sunday was a true team win, goalie Aaron Zaentz had numerous saves in the 5 - 3 win for the Titans Bantam B Red. Scorers for the Titans were Patrick Carkeek (1 goal and 2 assists), Patrick Manfredi (1 goal), Joe Dicksinson (2 goals), Ben Cleaves (1 goal). Assists also went to Connor Hall (1 assist) and Kyle Clark (3 assists). As usual defense played a huge part in the win with Ryan Selby, Mike Holmes, and Jon Nelson. Billy Murphy and Julian Santos came through many times by stealing the pucks away from Toms River.

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