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.

NJ Outlaws Blog-Five Questions with Kevin Kamenski

Five Questions with Kevin Kamenski

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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.

Continued Live Blog from the NJ Outlaws game

Here is my continued live blog from the NJ Outlaws game.

http://njoutlaws.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/nj-outlaws-vs-danville-dashers-111811-continued/

NJ Outlaws vs. Danville Dashers

Here is the link for my live blog on the NJ Outlaws game tonight against the Danville Dashers in Wayne,NJ.  If you dont know what that is, it is a minor league hockey team in Wayne,NJ.  The Outlaws are in their first season, so come on out and check out all the action and let me know.  http://njoutlaws.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/nj-outlaws-vs-danville-dashers-111811/ 

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.