Wednesday, October 24, 2012

MJHL Announces Three Stars of the Week

Press Release sent to the World of Junior Hockey



HAWTHORNE, NJ – The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its “Three Stars of the Week” for the period ending October 21, 2012.  The three stars program is a weekly award given to the top three performers in league games, regardless of position, for the previous week.  The awards will be scored on a 5-3-1 point basis and will assist in determining the end of year awards.

This week, Central Penn Panthers forward Dominic Brenza (’95 birth year/Camp Hill PA) is the league’s 1st star, Long Island Royals forward J.T. Hall (’93 birth year/Lake Grove, NY) is the league’s 2nd star and Connecticut Wolfpack forward Nick Amarone (’94 birth year/Hamden, CT) is the league’s 3rd star of the week.

Brenza, a key returnee for Head Coach Andy Scott and the Central Penn Panthers had a tremendous offensive week for the Panthers.  Brenza had 8 points (5G 3A) during the review period in leading the Panthers to wins over the Philadelphia Little Flyers (6-2) and the Philadelphia Junior Flyers (5-4 and 6-1).  The three victories gave the Panthers a 6 point cushion in the Dowd Division over second-place Richmond and Brenza now finds himself among the MJHL scoring leaders after the outburst this past week.  “Dominic was a difference maker for us,” commented Scott.  “We had a lot of key players injured and Dominic put us on his shoulders.”

Hall, the Lake Grove, New York native, continued his strong play in the early part of the 2012-2013 season, keeping the defending National Silver Medalists undefeated in MJHL play with a pair of victories over the New York Saints (9-3 and 6-2).  Hall singlehandedly paced the Royals in the first matchup, scoring three consecutive goals, adding a pair of assists, for a total of five points.  Hall would add an assist in the second matchup to pad his weekend total to six.  Hall has been in discussion for star of the week recognition all season long and his play is a big reason behind the Royals 12-0 start.  “JT had a great weekend,” commented Long Island Royals Head Coach Ken Hoey.  “He simply took the game over on Saturday and carried our team to victory against a scrappy Saints club.”

Amarone, a first time honoree, had a big weekend for Head Coach Chris Cerella and the Connecticut Wolfpack.  Amarone 4 points (3G 1A) over a two game sweep of the Boston Junior Rangers.  The pair of victories (5-4 and 6-2) closed the Rangers lead over the Wolfpack to a single point in the Francis division race.  “We are expecting big things from Nick in the near future,” commented Cerella.  “After missing a year of hockey, he has the skill and hockey awareness to become a future student athlete.  We feel that he is one of the top players in the MJHL and will get his chance at higher levels once his conditioning is where it needs to be.”
 


 (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)

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