Team Deposits - Last Chance

Tuesday May 22nd 6:30 - 8:00pm we will be collecting player deposits for the 2012-13 season.     Players who do not complete this process may not skate with team or order jerseys until it is completed.

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Jersey Sizings and Equipment Order Date

Wednesday May 23 / Thurs. May 24  6:00 to 10:00 pm @ Dix Hill Ice Rink.

All Players (except Mites)  must be sized for Jerseys.   For best fit players should have shoulder, elbow, and pants with them.

Jersey/equipment package must be paid in full the day of the sizing. No exceptions

The Jr Royals defeated the Rochester Ice Hawks tonight to qualify for the USA Hockey Tier III National Finals.   The Ice Hawks were in their ninth straight Jr A Nationals had swept through their first four games moving into the semi-final round.  The local Star Tribune newspaper had this paragraph about this game. "Tonight, at 6 p.m., the Rochester Ice Hawks are playing host to the hated Long Island Royals, in the U.S. Tier III Junior Hockey tournament semifinals at the Rochester Rec center. (Good seats available at the door.) A victory puts the Hawks in the noon Tuesday title game against the winner of the Billings-Atlanta game."   The rink was packed with one 3000  Ice Hawk fans to cheer on their hometown team.
Down 4-2 in the third period the Royals fought back with two quick goals  (including a shorthanded) from JT Hall (Rebels alumni) to tie the score.    With four minutes left in regulation Matt Goldberg (Rebels alumni)  worked into the slot and roofed one to get his second goal of the day  to put the Royals up 5-4.   JT Hall got his third when he stripped the defense and scored on a empty net to put the game away. Royals goalie Corey Cario stopped 48 of 52 goals including several outstanding saves during the last minute of the game.
Several Jr Royal players have been approached by scouts from the NAHL, USHL and colleges including Rebel alumni players.   
The Royals will meet Atlanta tomorrow (4-3-12) at noon for the USA Hockey Tier III Jr A National Championship.

Click here to see local TV newscast reference Royals game.

JR. ROYALS UPSET #1 SEED JR. A HELENA 

March 30th.......In Game #1 of the National Championship today in Rochester Minnesota the Long Island Jr Royals played the 2010 Jr A National Champions Helena Bighorns.   Helena who is currently ranked #1 at the Jr A level by Junior Hockey Rankings was also the #1 seed from the America West Junior Hockey League. The Jr Royals had transportation problems getting to the game today with several players not being able to make it so Coach Hoey had just 14 players on the bench. One of those players was  Rebel Alumni Brendan Jones who started in net for the Royals. The game started with Helena on the attack causing Jones to make several acrobatic saves.  Back to back penalty kills wore the Royals down and frustrated the Bighorns only to have the (Rebel alumni) Jake Bichko put one in the back of the net  to go up 1-0.     The  Royals team was giving up bodies blocking shots and taking big hits to keep Helena away from the net.    
A few seconds into the second period Royals Assistant Capt. Brendan Keating  found a hole  to make it a 2-0 game. In the second period the Royals short bench was starting to wear down and Helena's constant pressure final paid off making the score 2-1 where the period ended. The Royals could sense a big upset and came out in the third all fired up.  Bodies were given up to block shots and sacrificed to make a last second pass.   Brendan Jones  was giving a show with save after save being highlight quality.  With a few minutes left in the third Helena again went on a power play with Jones shutting the door on several cross ice plays.   With less than minute left in the game Helena pulled the goalie to go 6 on 5 when JT Hall stripped the defense and buried an empty net for the final score Royals 3 - Helena 1.
The Royals were outshot 48 to 18.   A lot of credit has to go to the Jr Royal players for working so hard but the player of the game once again is Brendan Jones for stopping 47 of 48 shots.      Several NAHL and USHL teams were present and expressed interest in Royal players.
The Royals play game two today (3-31) against the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League #1 Seed Chicago Bulldogs.

To follow the Jr Royals in Rochester Minnesota check their web page at www.liroyalsjrs.com or watch the games live at  www.fasthockey.com   

REBELS ANNOUNCE 2012-2013 COACHING STAFF
The Long Island Rebels are pleased to announce the coaching staff for the 2012-2013 season........   
Pre Travel Mites            Dennis McGovern
Mites                                Mike Porcello
Squirt Minor                    Kevin Young
Squirt Major                    Dennis McGovern
PW Minor                        Mike Porcello / Assistant Ken Hoey
PW Major                        Kevin Sparling / Assistant Dan Talia
Bantam Minor                Tony Colombo
Bantam Major                Tom Cartwright / Assistant Don Scarpato 
Midget 16U A                    Dan Talia
Midget 16U AA                Kevin Corey
Midget 18U AA                Joe Bichko 

In the Cheel Arena, Postdam NY, the Long Island Rebels Midget 16 team opened the 2012 NY State Championship facing off against the Monroe County Eagles.  The game opened with both teams sizing each other up for almost the entire first period.  Rebels net minder Trevor VonKampen was tested early, turning away everything that was thrown at him.  The Rebels started heating things up as the period drew to a close. With 16:39 gone the Rebels broke the ice as Marc Aureliano finished off a nifty pass play from Joe Posillico and Nicolas Nici.  That would end the first with each goalie facing 9 shots.  At the start of the second the Rebels began to turn it up a notch and at 5:44 in the Rebels would tally again this time by Tyler Rifice from Chris Callandra and Matt O'Shaughnessy.  The scoring in the second would end there as the Rebel defense fought off a 5 on 3 in the waining minutes of the second.  Heading into the locker room for the between period ice cut the Rebels had managed to hold on to the 2-0 score.  Returning to start the third Long Island must have been pumped up by the stellar defensive killing off the 2 man advantage. It was time for the offense to take charge.  Rifice netted his second of the game on assists from Joe McGuire and O'Shaughnessy and just 29 seconds later Aureliano would get his second with another assist going to McGuire.  At the horn, the Rebels found themselves on the top side of a 4-0 shutout.

The afternoon game would not fair as well for the Rebel squad.  The Rebels drew the Dynamos from Clifton Park in the nightcap game.  Earlier in the season the Rebels faced CP and came up on the short end of a 5-1 score.  The Dynamos got on the board early, blasting a shot off a nice pass with just 2:31 expired.  The game was fast paced and after the early tally, Rebels goalie Patrick Cavanaugh settled in and turned away shot after shot.  It was not until the third period with 4:23 left would CP register the second and final goal of the game. Cavanaugh would face 29 shots overall and the loss put the Rebels in a wait and see mode as their hopes to make the crossover were resting with their fellow Eastern Zone team the Westchester Vipers.  A win by the Vipers, who earlier had taken down the Dynamo, would all but eliminate the Rebels.  As the first day closed, Monroe County did what the Rebels had hoped and downed the Vipers 7-2.  The Long Island squad now controls their own destiny, tied with Monroe, the Vipers, and the Dynamo, the Rebels will try to seal the deal as they take on the Westchester team on Saturday.  A win over the Vipers will guarantee at least a second place finish in their round robin division and a trip to the semi-finals.  GO REBELS!!