The Alvirne-Milford High School Hockey team added two wide-margin victories to the season’s tally and put themselves at 10-3 and in fourth place in the Division II standings.
The Admirals started their week with a 9-2 route over the Timberlane Regional High School Owls, then finished the week, beating up Bishop Brady-MV for the second time this season, this time with a 7-2 result.
Overall, the Admirals squad outscored their opponents 16-4 last week and the victories gave them five consecutive wins.
In the seven-point win over Timberlane, on the road, Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Owls were spotted a one-goal lead in the first period, but the visitors stormed back with four goals in the second period and five in the third for the overwhelming victory.
Alvirne sophomore goaltender, Mason Komarek made 15 saves on 17 shots to help preserve the victory. Meanwhile, the Admirals finished with a staggering 52 shots at the Timberlane net-minder.
Trailing 0-1 after the first, it didn’t take long for the Alvirne-Milford squad to even things up in the second.
Alvirne junior, Brandon Callahan, tied the game at 14:22 in the second period with an unassisted goal.
A little over a minute later in the period Milford senior, Logan Howard, gave his team a 2-1 lead with another unassisted goal scored at 13:04, marking his first varsity goal of his career.
Junior Mason Tomkins added a solo shot to the back of the net at 7:43 in the second for a 3-1 Admirals lead.
Just 40-seconds later, Alvirne junior forward Brandon Ganas put in his fist of the night in at 7:03, with the assist going to Alvirne sophomore Cam Cook, notching a 4-1 lead for the Admirals.
The Owls managed to get one back before the period ended, but that would be all the scoring the visitors would allow.
In period number three, Ganas scored his second of the night at 7:51, assisted by senior Bryce Larco and Callahan.
Milford senior, Braydon Atwood, added to the lead with a shot at 6:45 in the third, assisted by freshman Brandon Hiltz, making it a 6-2 Admirals lead.
Milford sophomore Dylan MacLeod scored the seventh goal by the Admirals, assisted by Ganas at 3:50.
Alvirne sophomore Evan Pargas made it 8-2 at 2:49, assisted by Larco and Callahan.
With 1:40 left on the clock, senior Logan Howard was the eighth Admiral to score, assisted by freshman Ryan Sutton.
The win improved the Admirals season record to 9-3 and clinched a playoff spot.
Three days later, at home on Saturday, Feb. 8, the Admirals improved their season record up to 10-3 with a 7-2 win over Bishop Brady-Valley.
Komarek made 16 saves on 18 shots in the net for the Admirals while out shooting Brady 45-18 on offense.
This was the second win of the season over this opponent, winning the first time 6-3, on Jan. 15.
The Admirals got on the board first in this one, when Atwood at got one past the tender at 14:50 in the first period. Atwood was assigned by Alvirne senior Ryan Ricard.
After Brady-Valley tied the game at 1-1 later in the first, Ganas put his team up for good with 3:55 left in the first, assisted by Callahan and Tomkins.
The Admirals put up four more goals in the second period, starting with Atwood’s second and third of the night at 14:44 and 10:31. The second was assigned by senior Logan Howard and the Hat Trick goal was unassisted.
Junior Landon Briand made it 5-1 with 2:31 left in the second, assisted by Cook and Tomkins.
The final goal of the period came at 1:19, with Callahan getting the score assisted by Briand.
Bishop Brady-Valley got their second of the game to start the third period, at 14:34, and Atwood finished his team’s scoring with an unassisted shot at 9:47.
The Admirals have just five games let in the regular season and are looking at starting this week with and easy game but finishing with a tough one.
On Wednesday, Feb 12, they were scheduled to take on the winless Portsmouth-Newmarket team, followed by a game with Oyster River (11-0-1).
This will be the first time the Admirals will face the Portsmouth-Newmarket squad, but in their first meeting with Oyster River, the Admirals were sunk 0-7. Both games are at home.