The Alvirne-Milford Admirals hockey team came into the new-year looking to secure their first win on their home ice and did that quite easily with a 13-2 lopsided victory over the short-handed Bishop Brady-Merrimack Valley squad.
It didn’t take long for the Admirals to get on the board, scoring just two and a half minutes into the first period. Milford junior Dylan Macleod put the first goal of the night past the Brady-Valley goaltender Ronan Heatherman on a break-away, assisted by Alvirine junior Nathan Ricci.
Goal number two came just 24 seconds later with AHS senior Brandon Callahan scoring, assisted by junior Evan Pargas and Milford senior Mason Tomkins.
Tomkins followed up with two goals of his own to make it 4-0 with less than a minute in the period. His first was at 13:04, unassisted, and his second of the night was tallied at 14:14 with Luke Green and Callahan getting the assists.
The final goal of the opening period came off the stick of Alvirne senior Brandon Ganas, with his first of three-goals that evening. The AHS forward had an unassisted shot go in with just 30-seconds left in the first to give his team a 5-0 advantage.
The scoring continued in the second period, with the Ganas scoring two more before their opponents finally responded.
Ganas had his second of the night 1:30 into the period, assisted by freshman Jameson Thurrott.
Ganas made it 5-0 with an unassisted shot into the net at 8:06 in the second period.
The two goals scored by Bishop Brady-Merrimack Valley came in succession, nine-minutes into the period, but that would be all Alvirine junior goalie Ari Scarbro would give up in the contest.
Senior Chris Bozza and sophomore Aiden Bradish scored to help end the second at 9-2. Pargas had the assist for Bozza and Callahan and Ricci assisted Bradish.
The Admiral scored four more times in the third period for the 11-goal win.
The first was scored by Thurrott, unassisted; the second went to sophomore Riley McCarthy, assisted by Brandon Hiltz and Bozza; Tomkins had his third of the game; and Hiltz scored the final goal of the night.
There was only one penalty called in the game. Bishop Brady-MV was called for hooking in the third period.
The victory put Alvirne-Miford at 2-2 this season under the new leadership of Kathy Griswold, who was happy with the result, saying, “It was one of those games where you really have to work to stay disciplined.”
Leading up to the game the team played three games in a Holiday Tournament hosted by the Merrimack-Hollis Brookline-Derryfield at the Conway Arena in Nashua.
On Monday, Dec. 29, the Admiral defeated Timberlane 8-1 in a two-period contest.
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, The Admirals battled back from a 4-1 deficit in the first half and scored three in the second to tie the host Merrimack-Hollis Brookline-Derryfield 4-4.
Goals went to Hiltz, in the first half, and MacLeod, Ganas and Bozza in the second. Assited were delivered by Bozza, Ganas, MacLeod and Green.
In the final game of the tournament, Alvirne-Milford came away with a 3-2 victory in a nail-biter against the combined team from Nashua North and South.
The wining goal came off the stick of MacLeod, with 1:15 left in the game with Green getting the assist.
Callahan had the team’s second goal of the contest, to tie the game with 18:12 remaining.
Milford senior Landon Briand had the assist.
The Admirals first goal was scored by Hiltz, assisted by Ganas.
The team is scheduled for its third home game of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 7, against the Goffstown Grizzlies (3-2), starting at 5:50 p.m.
On Saturday, Jan 10, they will be on the road, taking on Timberlane-Pelham, who started the week at 2-4.