Last weekend the Jr Royals played two games with in the Mullen Division opponents NY Saints.

Saturday nights game was played at the Dix Hills Ice.   The scoring was started by team captain Michael Cartwright who got another one before the night was over.   With goals added by Drizis, Green and Goldstein the Royals helped Mike Lanaro in net get a 5-0 shutout. (Game Highlights can be seen on the Royals Fanzone)

Sundays game at Sport O Rama had James Hall open the scoring with Jake Bichko coming on to get three more.  Goldberg, Mehalakes and Monfredo added to the numbers to earn the Royals a 7-2 win.

The #8 jersey worn last year by Frank DiChara who went on to be the MJHL Leading Scorer and voted the League MVP has returned to show it powers.  

Returning Jr. Royals player JT Hall  switched from his last year #7 to the #8 jersey and scored 5 goals in the season opener vs. the Boston Bulldogs.   Hall also had an assist on the day finishing the game with 6 points.   JT was voted by the team as an Assistant Capt. for this season.  Along with the 5 goals scored by Hall was 2 goals by Nick Drixis one by Zaverdas and one by Goldberg.   Final score was Royals 9 - Boston Bulldogs 3

Game #2 of the opening weekend had the Royals playing the host team Scranton Knights.   Andrew Green opened the scoring  followed by Matt Goldberg with two power play goals and Vinny Monfredo and Michael Cartwright with one each.   Corey Cairo got the win stopping all 20 shots to earn the teams first shutout of the year.

Game #3 of the weekend put the Jr Royals vs the Cranston Reds.  Jake Bichko opened the scoring in the first and got another in the second for a two goal day.  Assistant Capt. Vincent Monfredo also got two goals and three assists.   Cartwright, Hall and Zaverdas got one goal each for a final score of Royals 7 - Cranston 3.   Marchetti got the win stopping 34 of 37 shots.

Hall  finished the three game weekend with a total of 6 goals and 5 assists for a total of 11 points.