It took 23 minutes, but the Pics opened up the scoring affair in the late game on Saturday night, and skated away with the 5 - 2 victory. Aiden Grabowski was able to grab his first Elite goal of the year just as the Pics were starting on the power play and was able to one time it past Bandits goaltender Paul Bodey. Zack Fox and  Nick Disanti were credited with the assists.

The Bandits got revenge just 5 minutes later when Sean Heritage was able to get one past Colin Sherwood to tie the game up at 1.

​Simon Higgins got his name added to the scoring column as a shot bounced off a Bandits player and went into the back of the net. Brigham Dubey and Chris Foster were credited with the assists.

Tyler Genovese got what would end up being the game winning goal early in the 3rd period when he he set up at the near post, got a soft pass from Higgins, and put it between the legs of the goaltender to make it 3 - 1. Dubey was credited with the secondary assist.

Foster got what would be the insurance goal at the 5:22 mark of the 3rd period when he got the quick one time pass and fed it through to make it 4 - 1.  Martin Rudolf and Disanti were credited with the assists.

Kearney scored one of his own in the waining minutes of regulation, but Rudolf got one of his own at the 17:25 mark when he got the outlet pass and went one on one with the goaltender. He was able to finish off the game with a goal low stick side. Foster and Grabowski were credited with the assists.

Sherwood stopped 36 out of 38 shots for the win, while Paul Bodey stopped 36 out of 41 shots for the loss.

It took three periods, plus an overtime period, but the Pics fell to the Bandits 3 - 2 on Halloween in Bridgewater. 

Simon Higgins opened up the scoring affair early in the 1st with a shot from the blue line that beat Luca Bruns high. Nick Zanin and Tyler Genovese got the assists.

The Bandits scored twice in the 2nd to take the lead, but Zanin returned the favor when he went down the wing and beat Bruns opposite side high to tie the game up at 2 midway through the 3rd period. Jack Fore and Aiden Grabowski got the assists.

Chris Foster drew a crucial tripping call, and the Bandits scored on the ensuing power play to defeat the Pics 3 - 2.

Ray Picard stopped 42 out of 45 shots in the loss.

Box Score
The Pics defeated the Cyclones 4 - 3 Saturday afternoon, notching their first win of the season.

The Cyclones struck first early in the 1st period when Matt JaJoie was able to sneak it past Ray Picard to make it 1 - 0. Chase Burnell was credited with the assist.

Braeden Humphrey was able to even up the score when Zack Fox went behind the goal and into the near corner, spun around and found Humphrey right in front of the net, and deposited it to make it 1- 1. Bryce St. Martin was credited with the secondary assist.

Burnell was able to make it 2 - 1 just 5 minutes later when he got it past Picard. Alexander Nisevich and Lajoie were credited with the assists.

Zack Fox was able to make it 2 - 2 as he was able to pick up the loose puck when it got away from Hayden Manning while on the power play. James Delaney and Brandon Shuman were credited with the assists.

Simon Higgins got the Pics the lead for good as he was able to get a breakaway chance and went top shelf glove side to make it 3 - 2. Tyler Genovese and Brigham Dubey got the assists.

Chris Foster was able to make it 4 - 2 when he was able to take the pass from Fox in a set play on the power play. Humphrey was credited with the secondary assist.

The Cyclones put one more on the board with 6 minutes remaining in the 2nd, but the Pics held strong in the 3rd period, not allowing any goals to be scored.

Picard stopped 33 out of 36 shots for the win, while Cyclones goaltender Manning stopped 29 out of 33 for the loss.

The Pics struck first, but the Islanders had two unanswered goals in the 3rd to skate away with the victory on Saturday night 2 - 1.

Oliver Cookson got the loan goal for the Pics just past the half way point in the 1st period when he set up just outside the near faceoff circle in front of the net and he got a pass from Connor O'Brien who wrapped around the Islanders goal to attempt a goal, but passed the puck through traffic to Cookson who deposited it in the back of the net. Nick Foster was credited with the secondary assist.

The Islanders deposited two unanswered goals in the 3rd period. The Pics did pull Friedlander for the extra attacker, but could not convert on the numerous attempted and fell 2 - 1. Friedlander stopped 30 out of 32 shots for the loss.

The Pics and the B's battled back and forth Saturday night, but it was three unanswered goals that threw momentum in the favor of the B's, and the Pics fell 6 - 4.

Dominick Balboni, and Paud O'Brien each had multi-point nights.

Sam Zavelson stopped 21 out of 27 shots for the loss.

The Pics scored twice in the 1st, but the Islanders might have been down but not out as it took until overtime for the Pics to defeat the Islanders 5 - 4 on top of a Dominick Balboni overtime goal.

 ​Aaron Champagne opened up the scoring just under 6 minutes into the opening frame when he got a feed from Connor Cognac. Dominick Balboni added to his team leading 20 assists with the secondary assist while on the power play.

Eli Boyle got a short handed goal just about 10 minutes later. Connor Cognac and Bryce St. Martin got the assists.

The Islanders returned the two in a row with two in a row of their own in the 2nd period.

Liam Byrne and Cognac each scored a goal of their own in the 2nd period, with Cognac, Balboni, Paud O'Brien, and Bryce St. Martin all got assists.

The Islanders got two more in the 3rd to tie it up, with the tying goal in the waining minute while on the shorthand.

Dominick Balboni got the game winning goal at just about the half way point in the overtime period when he dragged the puck in front of the goal, getting the goaltender to commit the opposite way.

Pics goaltender Garret Woodruff stopped 37 out of 41 goals for the win.

The Springfield Pics skated in on Saturday night, knowing that they had a target on their back with their current streak, and skated out with a victory, defeating the Islanders Hockey Club 4 - 3 in a back and forth battle.

Neither team scored in the first period, but the Pics struck first in the 2nd when Bryce St. Martin got the give and go pass from Felix Appelt, who was breaking down the wing and St. Martin was on the opposite side. St. Martin set up on the opposite post and shot from his knees and got Varveris blocking low while St. Martin went high over the leg blockers. Timofey Basarab was credited with the secondary assist.

The Pics struck again later on in the 2nd when Seth Chernik went stick side against Varveris. Liam Byrne got possession of the puck and looked to take the initial shot. He then went behind the net for a wrap around but noticed traffic, and went a bit further down to find Chernik sitting in front of the net. Aiden Grabowski was credited with the secondary assist.

The Islanders then scored three in a row to make it 3 - 2 going into the 3rd period. The Pics may have been down,  but they were not out and ​Timofey Basarab showed it on the power play when he popped the water bottle as he got the pass from Dominick Balboni. Felix Appelt won the face off and dished if off to Balboni.

Garret Woodruff stopped 35 out of 38 shots in the win, while Mike Varveris stopped 40 out of 44 shots for the loss.

The Pics face the Boston Junior Bruins Sunday at 11:30 am at the New England Sports Center.

The Pics skated into Sunday afternoon's tilt against the Islanders with 5 wins in a row, and skated out with 6 wins in a row as they defeated the Islanders 6 - 3.

The Islanders opened up the scoring first early in the 1st period, but it took until a little over 6 minutes on into the 2nd period when Timofey Basarab started up with the Pics four unanswered goals. Basarab lined up behind the screen of two Pics players and shot it into the back of the net. Ryan Moorhouse and Sean Ferus were credited with the assists.

Aiden Grabowski got the Pics' 4th goal almost immediately off the faceoff when he got the pass from Dominick Balboni who won the faceoff. Grabowski was able to shoot it in from the blue line unopposed. Bryce St. Martin was also credited with an assist.

IHC was able to notch two goals to bring them within one, but Connor Cognac was able to restart the Pics' scoring frenzy when he was able to deposit the soft rebound off a Bryce St. Martin shot from the point. Liam Byrne was able to dish it off to St. Martin to complete the assist.

Connor Cognac was able to net an empty net goal to complete the hat trick. Timofey Basarab and Aaron Champagne got the assists.

Cameron Schnopp stopped 52 out of 55 shots for the win.

The Pics skated in on a 4 game winning streak, and were able to make it 5 in a row when they shut out the Bandits 10 - 0 on Saturday night. Having a combined total of 15 unanswered goals over two games. Timofey Basarab and Dominick Balboni each had hat tricks in the rout.

​Dominick Balboni opened up the scoring frenzy while on the penalty kill when he got a feed from Nicholas Lopes off the boards to originally get it out of the zone, and was originally going down the ice as a forechecker. He noticed that the Bandits opposing player was not moving fast after the puck and took off, beating the player to the puck and was able to line up a quick shot and went top shelf against the goaltender.

Timofey Basarab made it 3 - 0 when he was able to bring the puck in close, and deke the Lee and left him frozen and got it in the opposite side. Dominick Balboni and Bryce St. Martin were both credited with the assists.

Sean Ferus made it 5 - 0 when he was able to get the soft drop pass from Aaron Champagne when he was challenged by a defender and was able to one-time it into the back of the net. Connor Cognac was credited with the secondary assist.

​Timofey Basarab netted his hat trick when he tipped a shot in from Aiden Grabowski. Basarab drove down the ice and was challenged in the corner. He dished the puck off to Matt Kennedy, who dished it off to Grabowski who made the intitial shot. Basarab deflected it into a different direction beating the goaltender.

​Connor O'Brien made it 9 - 0 when he was able to tip in the shot from Timofey Basarab on a 3 on 1. Nicholas Lopes got the secondary assist.

Connor Lee stopped 34 out of 41 for the loss, while Sean Raynor stopped 19 out of 22 for the Bandits. Cameron Schnopp stopped all 39 shots for the win.

The Pics skated into IHC, and defeated them 8 - 3 in a Friday noontime tilt.

The Pics opened up the scoring when Timofey Basarab was able to capitalize off a faceoff win from Brigham Dubey and deposited it in the back of the net.

The Islanders were able to get one on the board after that, but Dominick Balboni was able to go 5-hole on the goaltender when he broke down the wing  and received a drop pass from Timofey Basarab who was on the opposite end of the ice. Balboni was unopposed on his trek down the ice and was given enough time to line up his shot to make it 3 - 1.

The Islanders tried to start to throw the momentum their way when they scored two unanswered goals, but Nick Foster  got what would be the game winning goal when Connor O'Brien fed him the loose puck and Foster was able to deposit it bar down.

It was hat-trick time for Connor O'Brien has he got a close in shot opportunity and was able to capitalize on it as Timofey Basarab had the puck, and dished it off to O'Brien who was sitting on the post and tapped it in top shelf.

Marcello De Antunano stopped 49 out of 52 shots for the win.

 Pics defeated the Junior Bruins 7 - 5 in front of the friendly faithful making it 3 wins in a row. 

The Bruins opened up the scoring frenzy, scoring twice in a row. 

Dominick Balboni opened up the scoring frenzy for the Pics.  Seth Chernik and Aiden Grabowski were credited with the assists.

Seth Chernik scored the Pics' second goal, with Paud O'Brien and Connor Cognac assisting.

The Bruins then scored one more, making it 3 - 2 in favor of the visiting Bruins.

Liam Byrne then scored, tying the score up at 3 a piece. Zach Shupe and Matt Kennedy got the assists.

Vaughn Gillen scored his first of the game, putting the B's back on top.

​Liam Andersen restarted the frenzy, as the Pics scored 3 in a row to throw the momentum in their favor. Cole Growhoski and Connor Cognac got the assists on the first of 3 goals. Dylan Taylor then scored what would be the game winning goal with Hunter Dodds and Matt Kennedy getting the assists. Connor Cognac then scored what would be the insurance goal with Seth Chernik and Paud O'Brien assisting.

Vaughn Gillen got the B's within one, but Connor Cognac scored on the empty net to make it 7 - 5. Dominick Balboni and Cole Growhoski got the assists.

Quinn Sullivan stopped 34 out of 39 shots for the win.

Four unanswered goals were key to the Elite squad's road victory Saturday night against the Bandits, as they emerged victorious 4 - 2.

Liam Byrne opened up the scoring shortly after the opening faceoff as he got the give and go pass from Seth Chernik and deposited it stick side of Bandits goaltender Connor Lee. Matt Kennedy was credited with the secondary assist.

​Aiden Grabowski got the Pics second goal as him and Paud O'Brien were driving down the near side of the ice one behind each other when O'Brien drop passed the puck to Grabowski who deposited the puck in exactly the same area as Byrne did earlier. Matt Kennedy was credited with the secondary assist.

​Felix Appelt got what would end up being the game winning goal when he got a rebound from Paud O'Brien and spun around and delivered the puck to the rear of the net. Bryce St. Martin was credited with the secondary assist.

​Sean Ferus got revenge for the brutal hit on him as he was able to deposit a dragging slapshot of a goal off a feed from Liam Byrne who broke down the ice with Bryce St. Martin while on the power play.

Garret Woodruff was credited with the win, stopping 38 out of 40 shots.

The Springfield Pics defeated the Bandits 5 - 3 this afternoon, snapping a 6 game losing streak that started last month. Aaron Champagne netted his first hat trick as a Pic, as well as Matt Kennedy making a statement, netting his first goal of his career, which happened to be the game winning goal.

Aaron Champagne opened up the game scoring just 6 minutes in when he won the race to the puck to prevent the icing call. He then dished it off to Aaron Champagne opened up the game scoring just 6 minutes in when he won the race to the puck to prevent the icing call. He then dished it off to Sean Ferus who sent it back to Champagne who was in front of the net, in the slot for the one time. James Lynch was credited with the secondary assist.

The Bruins put up two unanswered goals, both of them in the 1st period.

​Aaron Champagne then notched his 2nd goal of the afternoon when Connor Cognac shot the puck in front of the net, and Champagne was able to shove the puck in the back of the net. Eli Boyle was credited with the secondary assist.

Bryce St. Martin netted the next goal off a deflection to an open end of the net as the goaltender was out of position. Eli Boyle fed St. Martin the puck who then put it in the back of the net. Dylan Taylor was given credit as he was able to dish in the original feed to Boyle. 

​Matt Kennedy netted his first goal as a Pic, as well as getting the game winning goal in the waning seconds of the 2nd period when he was able to get set up within a few feet dead center in front of the net and got the feed from Felix Appelt. Paud O'Brien was credited with the secondary assist.

Aaron Champagne was able to net the insurance goal, as well as the signature to the hat trick in the 3rd period when he was able to get a shot in, and it bounced off, up, and over the glove of Connor Lee. It trickled into the crease and just passed the goal line. Alex Speckhart and Cole Lemay were credited with the assists.

The Elite squad bounce back from being down 2 - 1 against a strong IHC squad to win 3 - 2.

Zach Shupe got the Pics on the board first when he received a cross ice pass from Simon Banas, which caused a dual with the goaltender, in which he was victorious. Aiden Grabowski was credited with the secondary assist.

 
​The Islanders were able to put two goals on the board which was the score until the waining minutes of the 2nd period when Paud O'Brien was able to drill a shot past the Islanders goaltender to tie it up at 2 a piece. Dominic Balboni and Mike Dyer were credited with the assists.

Balboni got another game-winning goal when he was able to split the defense and drove down the ice when he got a pass from Mike Penna. Cody Samson got the other assist.

​Sam Zavelson stopped 49 out of 51 shots for the win, and Islanders goaltender Austin GIlbert stopped 19 out of 22 shots for the loss.

The Pics struck first, but it was four unanswered goals from the Bandits as they steal this one away 4 - 3 on Wednesday.

Zach Shupe was able to knock in the rebound early in the 1st after a quick shot just a few seconds after the faceoff. Sean Ferus and Bryce St. Martin were credited with the assists.

 The Bandits scored three more times in the first to make it 4 - 1.

Felix Appelt started the trek to get the Pics back into the game in the waining minutes of the 1st period when he beat Will Haney glove side off a quick shot. Timo Basarab and Matt Kennedy got the assists.

It was the law offices of Appelt, Basarab and Kennedy again about midway in the 3rd period when Appelt went bar down on Haney.

The Pics couldn't get another one on the board and fell to the Bandits 4 - 3. The tandem of Woodruff and Schnopp stopped a combined 31 saves in the loss.

The U16, Elite and Premier Pics teams faced opponents this past weekend. Below is a recap of what happened:

U16
The U16 squad continued their 4 game unbeaten streak with a tie on Saturday against a tough South Shore Kings team 3 - 3, and then slamming the door on them on Sunday 2 - 0 in a penalty filled game.

On Saturday, Zack Fox scored all three goals against the Kings, with scoring the tying goal with just 30 seconds to spare in regulation with the extra attacker on the ice. Coleson Hanrhan had two assists, and Chris Foster and Ilya Zhuravlev each had an assist in Saturday's game. Pics goaltender John Hanscom stopped 40 shots.

On Sunday, it was a different story as Nick Disanti scored what would be game winning goal at the 8 minute mark into the 2nd period, with assists from Brigham Dubey and Coleson Hanrahan.
Dubey put in the insurance goal two minutes later with assists from Fox and Disanti. Ray Picard recorded his first career shutout as he stopped all 36 shots he faced.

Elite
Dom Balboni notched his 100 career point in this weekend's series of games as the Elite squad went 1 - 2. He also extended his point streak to 6 games.

On Friday, it was three unanswered goals in the 3rd period that brought the visiting Bruins' to victory as they defeated the Pics 5 - 2. Pics goaltender Garret Woodruff stopped 41 out of 46 shots in the loss. Dom Balboni and Nick Disanti both scored for the Pics, with Matt Kennedy and Bryce St. Martin each with an assist.

On Saturday, it was two goals from the Islanders that swung momentum the wrong way as the Pics fell to the Islanders 3 - 1. Dylan Taylor scored with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation. Dom Balboni got the lone assist. Elijah Rapaport stopped 46 out of 49 shots in the loss.

Sunday was a different story as the Pics stole one on back from the Bandits 5 - 4 in overtime.

The first period was all Bruins, and it looked like the Bruins were going to run away with the game with three unanswered goals, but the Pics said no, and answered with 4 unanswered goals, three of them in a period of 2 minutes (one being a penalty shot, as Timofey Basarab was brought down on his way to scoring a goal).

Zach Shupe got the ball rolling when he was able to put back in his own rebound after receiving a pass from Mike Penna. Matt Kennedy got the secondary assist.

Dom Balboni potted his first goal of the night when he received a tape-to-tape pass from Simon Banas, and broke down the length of the ice, getting a close in shot on Bandits goaltender Josh Chausse. It rebounded off him and sneaked in the back of the net to make it 3 - 2.

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​Basarab then converted on his penalty shot attempt when he was able to put it between the legs of the goaltender.

Dom Balboni then made it 4 goals in the period when he was able to get the rebound attempt from Sean Ferus after Balboni passed it to Ferus who initially didn't get it into the net.

​The Bruins then pressed hard and tied the game up with just under 2 minutes remaining when Dean Mason was able to get the puck past Schnoop
Paud O'Brien then returned the favor in OT when he was able to put in a rebound goal from Balbont. Mike Penna got the secondary assist.

Schnoop stopped 23 out of 27 shots for the win.

PREMIER
The Premier squad also went 1 - 2 on the weekend, defeating the South Shore Kings 8 - 3 on Thursday, then falling to the Jr Bandits 2 - 1 on Friday, and to the Junior Bruins 4 - 1 on Saturday.

Friday's game, it was the Pics scoring two goals in the 1st period, that started to swing the momentum the Pics' way as Matthew Tullo and Matthew Kowal each got goals in the first period. Oliver Cookson, Cam Gaylor, Matt Pelletier and Timofey Basarab each got assists in the 1st period.

The Kings then spoiled the shutout towards the end of the 1st period with a goal from Drew Arpin.

Nico Rodrigues, Connor Matthews, and Connor O'Brien each got goals in the 2nd period, with Cookson (2), Tullo, Basarab, Nicholas Lopes, and Chase Reynolds each getting assists.

CJ Smith for the Kings got their final goal of the game with just 3 minutes remaining in the 2nd.

Levtuhkov, Kowal, and Stacey all did their part in slamming the door on the Kings in the 3rd period, each scoring a goal. Bouchard, Tullo, Balboni, Perino, Rodrigues, and Moorhouse each scored assists in the 3rd period.

Matthew Jonas stopped 20 out of 23 shots in the win.

On Friday, the Pics fell to the Bandits, who stole one in OT 2 - 1.

Brian Scnindler from the Bandits scored just 4 minutes into the game.

Matthew Kowal scored early into the 2nd period when he received a tape to tape pass from Chase Reynolds. Kyle Nelson got the secondary assist.

Connor O'Brien got send to the bin with just over 10 seconds remaining in regulation, and the Bandits convered on the power play just 18 seconds into the overtime period when Jace Rearic scored. Wyatt Friedlander stopped 28 out of 30 shots in the loss.

On Saturday, The Pics struck first, but it was the Bruins who had the last laugh as they scored 4 unanswered goals to defeat the Pics, 4 - 1.
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Felix Appelt scored the Pics only goal just under 3 minutes into the game, with assists from Andrii Levtuhkov and Nicholas Lopes. Pics Goaltender Matthew Jonas stopped 32 out of 36 shots in the loss.