Darien takes over No. 1 spot in state boys ice hockey poll

Darien utilized an impressive 5-2 home victory over top-ranked Notre Dame-West Haven on Jan. 11 to leapfrog over two teams from the previous poll and surge up to No. 1 in the latest GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll. As is so often the case in this state hockey poll voted on by five coaches … Read more

Greenwich girls ice hockey skates past Darien, improves to 7-2

GREENWICH — Like their previous meeting last month, Darien struck first in its game against girls hockey rival Greenwich. Unlike the previous matchup, the Cardinals responded in impressive fashion. Scoring three unanswered goals after Darien tallied first, Greenwich notched a well-earned 3-1 win in a key midseason FCIAC game held at Dorothy Hamill Skating Rink … Read more

Erickson hat trick leads No. 3 Darien past No. 1 Notre Dame-West Haven

DARIEN — It’s hard to win a game from the penalty box. And though previously unbeaten Notre Dame-West Haven was confident in its ability at five-on-five, Darien took advantage when the Green Knights handed it power plays Saturday night at the Darien Ice House. Sam Erickson’s hat trick paced the No. 3 Blue Wave past … Read more

Ellis, No. 6 New Canaan skate past Northwest Catholic

DARIEN — Carter Ellis has developed into a top weapon for the New Canaan boys ice hockey team this season and the junior forward put an early stamp on the Rams’ game against Northwest Catholic on Saturday with a goal just 36 seconds after the opening drop. As if that wasn’t bad enough for the … Read more

FCIAC’s Saturday ice hockey scoreboard

Boys Ice Hockey LaSalle Academy (RI) 3, Ridgefield 1 Greenwich 7, Hamden 0 New Canaan 5, Northwest Catholic 1 Westhill/Stamford 3, Immaculate 3 (OT) New Milford 4, Norwalk/McMahon 4 (OT) Guilford 4, St. Joseph 3 (OT) Darien 5, Notre Dame-West Haven 2 Trinity Catholic 4, Milford co-op 3 Staples 5, JBWA 3 North Haven 2, … Read more

Harden, New Canaan topple Greenwich in key FCIAC battle

DARIEN — It may be an understatement, but it’s been a pretty good week for the New Canaan girls ice hockey team. Five days after shutting out rival Darien in a rematch of last year’s state final, the Rams skated past another FCIAC contender as they defeated Greenwich 4-1 Thursday night at the Darien Ice … Read more

Trinity Catholic goalie Reda approaches 75 saves in loss to Sheehan

STAMFORD—By any standard it was definitely a good night’s work. Trinity Catholic junior goalie Jeff Reda was unofficially credited with 75 saves in net during Sheehan’s 4-0 triumph over the Crusaders Wednesday night at Choate Rosemary Hall Ice Rink. Two statisticians at the contest between Division III opponents had Sheehan taking either 78 or 79 … Read more

FCIAC’s Wednesday night scoreboard

Boys Ice Hockey New Canaan 6, Staples 1 Xavier 6, St. Joseph 0 Westhill/Stamford 9, Amity 2 McMahon/Norwalk 3, Milford 0 Fairfield 7, Immaculate 3 Notre Dame-West Haven 3, Greenwich 1 Sheehan 4, Trinity Catholic 0 Wilton 8, Fox Lane (NY) 2 Girls Ice Hockey Trumbull/St. Joseph 6, Masuk/Barlow/Newtown/Lauralton Hall/Shelton 5 Wilton/Norwalk/McMahon 3, Branford/North Branford/East … Read more