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The location of the meeting is the East Amherst Fire Hall at 9100 Transit Road. Parking is available across the street (Muegel Rd) and please use the side Muegel Rd entrance. 

The four tryout dates have been added to the calender and the practice schedule tab.

The Chiavetta BBQ Chicken Dinner Fund Raiser will be held onThursday Nov.20 from 3:15 PM-6:30 PM.  More details to follow as they become finalized. Please remember help will be needed as this is our major fund raiser for the year.  This sale benefits both the varsity and JV programs.        UPDATE- All players will receive and must sell 15 tickets each. The tickets cost $8 each.  There will also be a baked goods in the commons that day.

The JV scrimmage game against Kenmore West JV scheduled for Monday Nov. 10 has been cancelled by Kenmore West.  No make up date scheduled yet.

UPDATE: Head Coach Annese has added a JV practice on Tuesday Nov. 11 at 6:30 AM at APC-feature rink.   No school that day.

Williamsville North defeated East 5-1 last night.  JV player matt Territo has been added to the varsity roster. Matt had 4 goals and 5 assists in 4 games for the JV, including a short handed goal.

Niagara Wheatfield defeated East 4-2 as East lost both games in the Williamsville South Tournament.  Billy Gaffney (Simon Fedak) and Mike DeStefano scored the East goals.

Varsity team pictures will take place on Tuesday Dec.30 at the 4 PM practice.  Any questions,please contact Coach Torrillo. 

The JV team pictures are scheduled for Saturday Jan. 10 at the 8:30 PM practice. Any questions, contact Coach Annese.

On Saturday, in the first round of the Batavia Christmas Tournament, Batavia edged East 2-1 in double OT.  Peter Elliott scored the East goal in the first period which held gave East a 1-0 until midway through the 2nd period.  Batavia scored at 2:09 of the 2nd OT to win. 

Simon Fedak scored a goal and assist to lead the varisty to a 3-1 win over Amherst on Thursady Dec. 18. 

Last Sunday, Timon edged East 7-6 on a powerplay goal with just 28 seconds left to play.  In the game, East scored three powerplay goals - Ted Tetrault, Don Frauenhofer, and Billy Gaffney. James Faran also added a shorthanded tally. The other two gaols were scored by Matt notaro and Mike DeStefano.

 In last week's Williamsille South Tourney,defenseman Max Fogel was named to the all tourney team.

East JV suffered their first loss of the season in a non-league game by a 6-1  score to North Tonawanda JV. Derek Aichinger scored the lone goal. Brandon Hess and Ricky Bress shard the goaltending duties. East never led in this game trailing 2-0 after 2 although they closed the gap to 2-1 midway thru the 3rd period. NT then scored 4 goals in just under 4 minutes.

The following day, East came out 6-1 winners over Clarence. The goal scorers were Jordan Leising, Ryan Shaw (SHG) , Matt Petrie (his 1st JV goal), Nick Kowalski, adam Pressman, and Jacob Feldman. Jamie Floss had 2 assists.  Robert Vermilye got the win in goal with help from Brandon Hess in the 3rd period.   

East JV won twice this past week end, by 4-0 over Williamsville South and 8-1 over Amherst. In the South game, Mike Sarcinelli scored twice and Jacob Feldman and Luke Sokolowski added singles. Jordan Leising had 2 assists. Robert Vermilye played the first period and Ricky Bress the final 2 periods in goal to share the shutout. East outshot South 51-10.   The next day, East was over Amherst 8-1 and outshot them 36-14. Brandon Hess played the first 2 periods and Ricky Bress the final period in goal.  Mike Sarcinelli again led the offense scoring 2 goals and assisting on 2 others. Jordan Leising,Luke Sokolowski,Marc Bezbatchenko, Jamie Floss,Derek Aichinger, and Brandon Vujcec added single tallies. Cole Weppner had 4 assists as East improved to 8-0-1 in league play.

NOTE: Before the week end games, JV Adam Pressman was called up to varsity by Coach Torrillo.

Jake Lewis shutout goaltending led East varsity to a 6-0 win over Nichols.  Matt Terrrito scored twice in the game,his first 2 goals in Federation games. Last Thursday, Williamsville South shutout East 4-0.

The JV remained endefeated by winning over Williamsville North JV 4-1. Derek Aichinger and Mike Sarcinelli each scored 2 goals and added 2 assists.  Sarcinelli's first goal was his 5th shorthanded goal of the year and gave East a 2-1 lead late in the second period. East outshot North 26-14 as Robert Vermilye was there again to make the key saves when his team needed them.

James Faran scored 2 goals to as the varsity tied Amherst 3-3.  The team does not play again until Feb.5 against Kenmore East.  Meanwhile, the JV squad remained undefeated as they edged Kenmore West JV 3-1.  Goals were scored by Luke Sokolowski late in the 2nd period and the winner was scored with just over 5 minutes left by Jordan Leising.  Mike Sarcinelli's 20th of the season in league play  was the insurance tally with 1:19 left in the game. Robert Vermilye stopped 15 of 16 shots to post the win. 

The JV squad earned a 3-3 tie with St,Joe's White by scoring 3 goals inthe final period.  Mike Sarcinelli scored with 1:18 left in the game to earn the tie. It was his 2nd of the game and 22nd of the year in league play.  Sarcinelli now has established a new JV single season goal scoring record in NFJV play.  The record was held by Nick Bordonaro which he set last year.  Brandon Vujcec scored a powerplay  goal early in the final period to tie the score at 1-1. SJW scored 2 late powerplay goals to briefly lead 3-2 before Sarcinelli tied the game. Cole Weppner added 3 assists as the team played with only 4 defenseman for the entire game due to travel team commitments.  Robert Vermilye stopped 25 of 28 shots for East. 

Billy Gaffney scored late in the final period assisted by Peter Elliott to defeat Thousand Islands 4-3 and win the Alexandria Bay Memorial Tournament.  East had three players neamed to the all-tournament team: Forwards Nick Bordonaro and James Faran and Defenseman Max Fogel.

East JV suffered its second consecutive loss in league play by a 3-1 score to Niagara Wheatfield JV. Ryan Shaw scored the lone goal on the powerplay off a nifty pass from Nick Kowalski to pull East within a goal  2-1 late in the 2nd period. NW scored an empty net goal with 6 seconds left to clinch the win.  East stills need just 1 point or a St Joes Maroon loss or tie to clinch the 2nd seed for the NFJV playoffs.

After losing their final two regular season games to West Seneca East and Williamsville South, East will play Hamburg onSat. Feb. 21 at 5 PM in the quarter finals.  

East's Sean Mahon scored early in the 2nd OT period to give East a 4-3 win over Hamburg.  East will now play Kenmore East in the semi finals on Thurs. 2/26 at 7 PM. Nick Bordonaro scored 2 goals and Jake Lewis got the win in goal. 

East JV was led by 4 goals and 4 assists from Mike Sarcinelli and 3 goals and 3 assists from Luke Sokolowski. East led 7-0 after a period enroute to the 14-1 win over Amherst. Cole Weppner and Brendan Vujcec each scored 2 goals and Robert Vermilye,Brendan Hess, and Ricky Bress each worked a period in goal.  East plays their quarter final game on wednesday 2/25 at 7 PM.

East varsity lost in triple OT to top seed Kenmore East 2-1 on a controversial deciding goal. Eric Esposito (Joey Cantafio-Max Fogel)  scored the lone goal,short handed, for East. Cullen Hensley stopped 34 of 36 shots in goal. Six varsity players are graduating this year- Fogel, James Faran, Mike Smith,Chris Pettis, Simon Fedak,and Jake Lewis.

The JV team defeated Kenmore East JV 3-1 in a quarter final game.  Mike Sarcinelli scored 2 goals and Cole Weppner added one goal. Robert Vermilye stopped 24 of 25 Ken East shots.  East JV lost in the semi-finals to Williamsville North JV 3-1. Sarcinelli scored the lone goal which tied the game late in the 2nd period. North scored the winner late in the final period and added an empty net goal to clinch the win.