The FCIAC boys ice Hockey tournament by the numbers

Six teams will contend for the FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey championship, as the tournament gets underway with a pair of playdown round games on Saturday. The unbeaten Ridgefield Tigers head into the playoffs as the league’s No. 1 seed, with the Darien Blue Wave at No. 2. The rest of the field features No. 3 … Read more

The FCIAC boys basketball quarterfinals by the numbers

Eight teams will tip off the FCIAC Boys Basketball Tournament on Saturday when the quarterfinal games are played at Fairfield-Warde High School beginning at noon. The Trumbull Eagles secured the No.1 seed on Thursday, followed by No. 2 Wilton, No. 3 Danbury, the defending league champion, No. 4 New Canaan, No. 5 Ridgefield, No. 6 … Read more

Norwalk wins 1st FCIAC title since 2001, topping Trinity Catholic

TRUMBULL — Norwalk senior Sanaa Boyd was not going to shy away from the challenge of guarding the FCIAC’s best player in Trinity Catholic’s Iyanna Lops in the biggest game of the year. In fact, she requested the assignment. Boyd stole the ball from Lops three times in the first half and was all over … Read more

Six teams skate into FCIAC boys ice hockey playoffs

The field is set for the 2019 FCIAC boys ice hockey tournament, which will get underway with a pair of games. Six teams qualified for the tournament with the two two seeds receiving first-round byes. Unbeaten Ridgefield (20-0), the top-ranked team in the GameTImeCT Boys Ice Hockey Poll, is the No. 1 seed, and Darien … Read more

No. 2 Darien scores four power play goals, tops Notre Dame-West Haven

DARIEN — The Darien Blue Wave players were not happy campers as they skated off the ice following the second period of their game against Notre Dame-West Haven on Thursday. A comfortable 3-0 lead had become a 3-2 edge in the final two minutes, as penalties opened the door for Notre Dame. Darien, however, was … Read more

Greenwich erases two-goal, third period deficit to beat Darien in OT of FCIAC semis

It’s usually tough to beat a team three times in one season and it’s oftentimes even more difficult to defeat a defending champion in a postseason game — especially a squad that’s won multiple titles. Such was the scenario when two-time defending champion Greenwich and Darien dueled in Thursday night’s FCIAC Tournament semifinal before a … Read more