New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium

New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium


This is basically like two worlds meeting for me. The title of this blog is Yanks and more, meaning the focus is on the New York Yankees but I also cover more. The New York Rangers are playing at Yankee Stadium tomorrow afternoon. This is such a cool thing to me. I really thought about attending the event but it is just too cold for that. I can’t wait to see it on television. I really think this is a cool thing and it will be interesting to see how the players and fans react.

I did find out today that Bald Vinny who is the leader of the Yankee stadium bleacher creatures will be doing a Rangers roll call tomorrow. I think that is pretty cool of the Rangers to have him there and attempt this. I hope they get it on television and the world can see it. The Rangers have been playing much better hockey lately although they lost their last couple of games. They need to get back on track and get a win at the Stadium tomorrow against their division rivals. The Devils have seemed to have their number lately although the Rangers are a better team. The Islanders who they will also play at the Stadium have also given them problems lately. Henrik Lundqvist will be in goal and he has been on a hot streak lately. He will be sporting his pinstriped pads and special stadium series mask.

I am expecting a really fun day for all and hopefully it will be a good game. The points in this game are very important especially considering it is a divisional game. The Rangers right now are in second place in their division. They are only one point ahead of two teams though and a couple of points ahead of two others. They changed the way the setup is this season. It used to be the top eight teams in the conference would make the playoffs and be seeded by their place in the standings. This year it is the top three in each division and then two wild card teams make it. The Rangers right now would make it but they have to keep winning because it is such a tight race.

NJ Outlaws vs Akwesasne Warriors

The New Jersey Outlaws return home on Saturday night to take on the Akwesasne Warriors. The Outlaws come into the game with a record of 13-1-0-2 and the Warriors come in with a record of 8-1-1-4. The Warriors are the defending Federal Hockey League Champions. This is the tenth home game for the Outlaws and they are 7-1-0-1 at home. They have won their only overtime game of the season.  They played last night in Brooklyn and won 3-2.

The Outlaws have scored 83 goals on the season and given up 40. They will take on the Danbury Whalers in their next game which is Friday December 16th at Danbury. The game is at 7:35PM. The Outlaws have a high percentage on the power play which is 30.3% and ranks first in the league. The penalty kill is at 83.3% and ranks fifth in the league.

The leading goal scorer for the Outlaws is Travis Kauffeldt who has 19 goals. Kauffeldt also leads the team in points with 35. Kevin Cooper has 13 goals and 31 points. The Outlaws have a well-balanced attack. Matthew Puntureri has eight goals and 29 points on the season, John Goffredo has 18 points and Luke Flicek has 17 points. Tyler Barr leads the team in penalty minutes with 108 and William McCreary has 58.

The Outlaws have two very good goalies. Adam Dekker is 7-0 with a 2.14 goals against average and a 930 save percentage. Dan McWhinney is 7-2 with a 2.77 goals against average and a 911 save percentage.

The Warriors 4-1-0-1 road record and are 4-0-1-3 at home. They have scored 79 goals and given up 67 on the season. They played to a 0-0 tie in their last game at Cape Cod and they will take on the Brooklyn Aviators in Brooklyn on Sunday December 11th at 5:00PM. The Warriors power play is at 13.9% which is sixth in the league and their penalty kill is at 83.9% which is fourth in the league.
The leading goal scorer on the Warriors is Pierre Dagenais who has 24 goals. He is a former NHL player. Nicolas Corbeil has 11 goals and 23 points. Dagenais leads the team in points with 42. Mathieu Raby leads the team in penalty minutes with 80, Ahmed Mahfouz has 79 penalty minutes and Patrick Deraspe has 60 penalty minutes. They have three guys with double-digit + ratings.

They have had three goalies who have started this season. Adam Thompson is 3-0-1 with a 5.05 goals against average and a 818 save percentage. David Plouffe is 5-4 with a 4.05 goals against average and Jacob Lazore is 1-0 with a 6.99 goals against average and a 857 save percentage.

Outlaws win 3-2 in Brooklyn

The New Jersey Outlaws won their 11th straight game tonight in Brooklyn. They defeated the Brooklyn Aviators 3-2 in Brooklyn. They remain at the top of the Federal Hockey League and now have 44 points points on the season. The Outlaws record is now 14-1-0-2. They have eight more points then the second place team 1000 Islands. They have seven wins at home and seven on the road, they also have one loss each at home and away and their only overtime game was a win at home.

This game started out slow as neither team scored in the first period. New Jersey had a 13-12 shot advantage in the first period. There was one penalty against Brooklyn which was a hooking call at the 3:35 mark of the first period. Colin Ronayne received the penalty which was a two minute minor.

The second period had a lot more action as each team scored two goals, there was only one penalty again to the Aviators. Matthew Puntureri got the Outlaws on the board at the 6:04 mark of the second period. He was assisted by Kevin Cooper and Travis Kauffeldt. Kauffeldt scored a goal to give the Outlaws a 2-0 lead at 8:14 of the period. His goal was assisted by Puntureri and Cooper. The Aviators cut the lead in half at 13:25 of the period with a goal from Jesse Felten who was assisted by Matt Atsoff and Nick Grove. The Aviators tied the game at the end of the second period. They scored with 33 second lefts in the second period. The goal was scored by Andrew Owsiak and it was a shorthanded goal, he was assisted by Casey Mignone.

The only goal of the third period which was the game winner was scored by Cooper of the Outlaws. The assists came from Kauffeldt and Puntureri at the 3:01 mark of the third period. Cooper, Kauffeldt and William McCreary all received penalties in the third period, there was none against the Aviators. Cooper got a two minute holding penalty at 3:30 of the period, Kauffeldt had a two minute tripping penalty at 9:07 and McCreary had a five minute high sticking major at 10:35 of the period.

New Jersey was 0-2 on the power play and Brooklyn was 0-3. Brooklyn outshot New Jersey 35-29 for the game. Dan McWhinney got the win and Josselin St. Pierre took the loss. Cooper, Kauffeldt and Puntureri were all +2 for the game. The game lasted two hours and 13 minutes and there were 502 in attendance. The three stars of the game were St. Pierre as the third star, McWhinney as the second star and Cooper got the first star. The Outlaws will return home to take on the defending champs Akwesasne tomorrow night at the Ice Vault. The Outlaws will be looking for their 12th straight win and to extend their first place lead in the league.

The Outlaws win their 10th straight as they win in Danville once again

The New Jersey Outlaws won their 10th straight game tonight as they defeated the Danville Dashers 3-0. It was the second night in a row that they won in Danville. The Outlaws remain in first place in the Federal Hockey League. The game had no scoring until the third period. The Outlaws scored all their goals in the third and towards the end of the game. Travis Kauffeldt the captain had two goals.

The first goal came at the 14:43 mark of the third from Kevin Cooper. He was assisted by Kauffeldt and Matthew Puntureri. Kauffeldt scored on the power play assisted by Puntureri and Cooper at the 16:07 mark of the third. The final goal came at the 18:35 mark of the third as Kauffeldt scored again. Anthony Battaglia and Nathan Oke had the assists.

In the first period there were four penalties, three on New Jersey. In the second period there were 10 penalties with seven of them against New Jersey. In the third period there were only three penalties and only one against New Jersey. There were no fights in the game. New Jersey was 1-4 on the power play and Danville was 0-9.

New Jersey had 47 shots on goal and Danville had 21. Adam Dekker got the win for New Jersey. Nick Wydock took the loss for Danville. The length of the game was two hours and 20 minutes. 373 was the attendance as Danville continues to hurt. Danville has one overtime win on the season and that is it. Cooper, Oke and Kauffeldt were all +2 for the Outlaws.

Nolan Ryan, Michal Jordan and Kaleb Chillman were all -2 for Danville. The Outlaws will play at Brooklyn on Friday night December 9th. The three stars of the game were Wydock as number three, Dekker as number two and Kauffeldt as the first star. New Jersey is now 14-2 on the season with an overtime win. They have 41 points. 1000 Islands is in second and with their loss tonight New Jersey now has a five point advantage in the standings which is their largest lead of the season. 1000 Islands has 12 wins and four losses. They have one win and one loss in overtime. The Outlaws will return home next Saturday December 10th as they take on the defending FHL Champs the Akwesasne Warriors.

If you have any questions or comments please email me at gmarchesej@aol.com, find me on twitter @gmarchesej or facebook Gary Marchese Jr. Also for all your NJ Outlaws needs check out Newjerseyoutlaws.com and follow them on twitter @NJOutlawsHockey and facebook NJOutlaws.

NJ Outlaws Blog-Five Questions with Kevin Kamenski

Five Questions with Kevin Kamenski

1Dec

Here is my next set of the Five Question Series. It is a series that I developed to get to know some of the Outlaws front office. I also hope to do this with some of the players as well in the future. Rob Boertlein was my first victim and he did a great job and now Kevin Kamenski is next up. Kevin is the Vice President of Business Operations for the New Jersey Outlaws. Here are the five questions and his answers to them. I would love any feedback that you may have. As always you can write it on here or contact me on Twitter @gmarchesej, on facebook Gary Marchese Jr or email gmarchesej@gmail.com, thanks a lot.

1. What kind of goal or goals do you have for yourself and the team this season?

Our goal is to win the FHL Championship this season and to fill our building for every home game at the Ice Vault. My goal is to run a successful business for the Outlaws and to have this franchise grow into a huge attraction in Northern New Jersey

2. What does your job entail??

My day to day activities include; staff management, corporate sponsorships, ticket sales and business operations.

3. If you weren’t doing what you are doing now, what would you be doing?

I would be working for a corporate marketing firm in New York City.

4. What is the thing that you most love about your job?

Hockey, I have been involved in playing and coaching this awesome game since I was 6 years old.

5. What led you to joining the Outlaws team??

I was approached in July of this year about this position. I accepted this position on August 1st with the Outlaws. I find this to be a great opportunity to launch a new professional minor league hockey team in New Jersey.

Thank you to Kevin for a job well done and for taking time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions for this blog and fans of this blog and franchise.

NJ Outlaws vs. Danbury Whalers-11/23/11 Live Blog

We are here at the Capital One Ice Vault Arena in Wayne,NJ. The Outlaws are on their third game fo the five game homestand. This is a good matchup tonight as they are taking on the only team that they have lost too this season. The two teams have played four games so far this season and have split the four games. The Outlaws only have two losses on the season and they have both come to the Whalers. The games have all been close games and this one figures to be no different.

**We are just over five minutes away from the puck dropping. The puck has dropped and we are three minutes into the game and nothing doing as of yet. It has been a very crisp, clean game so far.

**Matthew Puntureri takes a tripping penalty at the 3:29 mark of the first period. Danbury takes a 1-0 lead on a power play goal at the 4:32 mark of hte first period. Danbury continues to put some pressure on the Outlaws after the goal was scored. They are controlling the game so far outshooting the Outlaws 7-1.

**The Outlaws tie the game at the 12:20 mark of the first period. It was a 2-1, but the goal was scored on the rebound by #9 Goffredo. Luke Flicek assisted on the goal. The Outlaws have picked up their play in the second half of this period and are now outshooting the whalers 11-9. It has continued to be a very fast moving, clean period.

**The first period comes to a close, it was a fast moving period and ends in a 1-1 tie. The shots for the period were 16 for the Outlaws and 13 for the Whalers. The second period has started, we are just under two minutes in and Kevin Cooper has taken a penalty. The Whalers will have their second power play of the game. They are 1-1 so far on the power play. The Whalers will have a 32 second two man advantage as Matt Miller of the Outlaws goes off the ice at the 3:30 mark of the second period. The Outlaws have 44 seconds left in their penalty as they killed off the first one. The Outlaws have killed off both penalties as we head to the 11 minute mark of the 3rd period.

**The Outlaws have killed off the first penalty and are working on the second one now. The Outlaws have killed off both penalties, lets see if they get some momentum from that. The Outlaws have the 18-15 shot advantage. The Outlaws score a goal at the 5:54 mark of the second period. The goal was scored by #10 Anthony Battaglia. The Outlaws have a 2-1 lead. The Outlaws go on their first power play of the game at the 6:15 mark of the second period. The Outlaws have a couple of really good chances and the Danbury goalies denies them as the power play is killed off. The Outlaws score a goal at the 9:04 mark of the second period. #9 Goffredo scores his second of the game on a nice wrist shot from the left side.

**The Outlaws score another goal to take a 4-1 lead at the 9:51 mark of the second period. They have really dominated the second period. The goal was scored by Nathan Oke and assisted by Goffredo who is having a great game. There is nine minutes left in the second and the Outlaws have a 4-1 lead and a commanding lead in shots now. The majority of the play has been in the Whalers zone this period. the Outlaws go on a power play as three guys go in the box but the Outlaws come away with the power play. The power play is killed off and with just over two minutes to go in the period the Outlaws maintain a 4-1 lead. The Outlaws have really taken control of the game in the second period. The Outlaws are shorthanded for four minutes. This will carry over into the third period. It is a big chance for the Whalers to get back into the game. The second period ends with the Outlaws leading 4-1 and having a 32-20 advantage in shots. The Outlaws still have 2:22 left in their double minor to #15 William McCreary.

**The Outlaws will be shorthanded here with 15:24 left in the third period. #55 Barr goes off the ice for slashing. The Whalers will have a 50 second two man advantage as #20 Miller gets a elbowing penalty. The Whalers cut the lead to 4-2 as #9 Martin Moucha scores his first goal of the season. The whalers have a little more then half of hte period to come back. This game is becoming tight, will the Outlaws hold them off or will the Whalers get even closer??

**The Outlaws get their goal back at the 10:13 mark of the third period. The goal is scored by Luke Flicek and it was assisted by Goffredo and McCreary. Flicek scores another goal with 59 seconds left to give the Outlaws a 6-2 lead. Tyler Barr and Corey Fulton get into a fight with 10 seconds left in the game.

New Jersey Outlaws vs. Danbury Whalers-Thanksgiving Eve

The New Jersey Outlaws will take on the Danbury Whalers tonight from the Ice Vault at 7:35PM. The Outlaws are on their longest home stand of the year, this is game three of five and are 8-2 on the season. The Whalers are the only team they have lost too and Danbury is right behind them in the standings. The Outlaws are in second place and the Whalers in third place. It should be a exciting night of hockey at the Ice Vault in Wayne,NJ. Here are the pregame notes.
The Outlaws have yet to play an overtime game. This is their 11th game of the season and their seventh home game. They are 5-1 at home and 3-1 on the road. The Outlaws defeated the Vermont Wild on Saturday night by the score of 8-2. The Outlaws will take on Brooklyn Friday and Saturday nights at home. They won’t be playing many home games over the next month after this weekend so they want to take advantage of these games.

The Outlaws have scored 51 goals and allowed 27. They have a very good power play which comes in at 34%. The penalty kill is at 80 percent which isn’t great but it isn’t horrible either. The leading goal scorers are Kevin Cooper and Travis Kauffeldt who each have nine. Matthew Puntureri leads the team in points with 21. Kauffeldt has 19 and Cooper has 18. The Outlaws have a pretty balanced scoring attack, they have a lot of guys that can score and put points on the score sheet. The two goalies are also good, Adam Dekker is 4-0 with a 2.50 goals against average and a 924 save percentage. Dan McWhinney is 4-2 with a 2.84 goals against average and a 905 save percentage.

This is also the 11th game for Danbury and they are 7-3 on the season. They also have not played an overtime game this season. They are 3-2 on the road and 4-1 at home. They have scored 43 goals and given up 34 goals. They won their last game against Cape Cod 5-3 and they will take on Akwesasne on Friday on the road.

Their power play is pretty good with a 25% success rate and their penalty kill is at 75.6% which is pretty low. Chris Seifert leads the team with seven goals and he leads the team with 15 points. Nick Deschenes has 13 points and Greg Holt has 12 points. Peter Vetri is one of their goalies and he is 3-1 with a 3.00 goals against average and a 916 save percentage. Nick Niedert is 4-2 with a 3.60 goals against average.

This is the fifth time these two teams have met this season and they have split the first four games. The Outlaws lost at Danbury to start the season by the score of 5-4. They won at home 5-3 in the second game of the season. November 5th they lost at home to them by the score of 4-2 and they beat them on November 11th by the score of 5-2.

NJ Outlaws defeat the Vermont Wild

Wayne,NJ-

The New Jersey Outlaws took on the Vermont Wild tonight at the Ice Vault. It was the two teams first ever meeting. The Outlaws came out flying in the first period and had a 4-0 lead after one. There was two simultaneous fights at the buzzer to end the first period. It got very nasty with #55 Barr receiving the bulk of the penalties including a game misconduct.

The goals in the first were scored by Matt Miller on the power play and assisted by Nathan Oke and John Goffredo. The second goal was scored 29 seconds later by Goffredo unassisted, Miller gave the Outlaws a 3-0 lead at the 14:48 mark of the first unassisted and Oke scored a shorthanded goal unassisted at the 18:01 mark of the first to give the Outlaws a 4-0 lead. New Jersey had a 18-4 shot advantage in the first.

In the second Vermont played much better, the Outlaws outshot them 15-9 and scored three goals to Vermont one goal. Matthew Puntureri scored the fifth goal for the Outlaws at the 4:51 mark of the second period and was assisted by Travis Kauffeldt. Kauffeldt scored at the 12:43 mark of the second period to give New Jersey a 6-0 lead and he was assisted by Kevin Cooper and Puntureri. Vermont finally got on the board at the 16:52 mark on a power play goal from Jason Dolgy. Goffredo scored his second goal of the game, assisted by Anthony Battaglia and Miller. It was scored at the 18:36 mark of the second period.

The third period saw each team score one goal. The Outlaws finished with a 54-23 shot advantage. The game got a little nasty at the end with a couple of fights. It didn’t get too crazy though. The Outlaws are now 8-2 on the season. The game for the most part was a very smooth game, Vermont for such a big team doesn’t really take the body.

The Outlaws will play Wednesday night at the Ice Vault against the Danbury Whalers. They will renew their rivalry. The Outlaws only two losses have come at the hand of the Whalers. It should be a good game and a fun night at the Ice Vault.

NJ Outlaws Five Question Series

Here is my link to my blog entry on the NJ Outlaws five question series that I have started, I am starting out with the front office and going to try to do one a week.  Here it is with the director of game day operations Rob Boertlein.  If you don't know the NJ Outlaws are a minor league hockey team in Wayne,NJ.  Check out my blog that I have developed for the team and continue to try and improve.  If you have any questions, thoughts, positives, negatives whatever please let me know, thank you for following and come out and support the NJ Outlaws. 

http://njoutlaws.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/meet-your-nj-outlaws-front-office/

NJ Outlaws winning streak ends

The New Jersey Outlaws were defeated by the Danbury Whalers this evening by the score of 4-2. They got behind 4-1 in the first period and they weren’t able to come back from that. The Outlaws winning streak came to an end at four games. They are now 4-2 on the season but still lead the league with 12 points. They won’t play again until Friday night at home against the same Danbury Whalers team.


The Whalers took a 1-0 lead in the first period at the 18:32 mark. The goal was scored by Matt Caranci, the Outlaws would tie the game 13 seconds later on a goal by Kevin Cooper who was assisted by Matthew Puntureri and Trevor Kauffeldt. The first penalty of the game would come at the 14:37 mark and it would be a minor for roughing on Puntureri. Chris Seifert who is the leading goal scorer for the Whalers would score a power play goal at the 14:10 mark of the first period. At the 14:07 mark there were two penalties one for each team. Jari Bolbotowski had a holding penalty and Devin Guy got a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. John Goffredo received an interference penalty at the 11:47 mark of the period. Greg Holt scored 11 seconds later on the power play and was assisted by Martin Moucha. At the 8:19 mark Kelly Miller scored to make it a 4-1 game in favor of the Whalers. He was assisted by Matt Caranci. Seifert had a slashing penalty at the 5:38 mark of the period. Gentry Zollars of the Outlaws got a tripping penalty at the 2:15 mark of the period and Seifert got a hooking penalty at the 1:40 mark of the period. The period would come to an end and the Whalers had a 4-1 lead.

In the second period Sean OMalley was charged with a delay of game penalty at the 10:23 mark of the period. Kauffeldt would score a goal at the 5:35 mark of the second period. Zollars would assist on the goal and it would be a 4-2 game in favor of the Whalers.

In the third period there would be no scoring at all. Nick Deschenes would receive a hooking penalty for the Whalers at the 16:53 mark of the period. William McCreary had a slashing penalty at the 7:30 mark of the third period. Miller of the Whalers got a tripping penalty at the 5:53 mark of the third period. At the 3:19 mark of the third period Matt Moffat got a tripping penalty.

The shots on goal were 50-31 in favor of the Outlaws. The Outlaws really came at them in the third period outshooting the Whalers 25-7. The Whalers were 2-5 on the power play and the Outlaws were 0-5. Danbury had 14 penalty minutes and New Jersey had 13. Dan McWhinney took the loss for the Outlaws as the goalie. He made 27 saves out of 31 shots. Vetri picked up the win in net for the Whalers, he saved 48 out of 50 shots.

The time of the game was two hours and 34 minutes and there were 963 people in attendance. If you haven’t come on out to check out the Outlaws and see what they are all about then you should come down to the Capital One Ice Vault arena. It is a good atmosphere and it is good for the whole family. The tickets are 13 dollars for adults and 10 for children. There is a team store which sells a lot of hockey equipment and a lot of NHL merchandise. There is an arcade for the kids and plenty of food options for fairly cheap.